Patents by Inventor Osafumi Moriya

Osafumi Moriya has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160172004
    Abstract: A video capturing apparatus includes imaging unit, generator, detector, storage unit, assigning unit, and output unit. The generator generates time information for the captured video. The detector detects a predetermined video feature from the captured videos. The storage unit stores the captured videos, the time information, and the video features, with the captured videos being associated with the time information and the video features. The assigning unit assigns tag information to either the video having an evaluated value for the video feature that is larger than a predetermined value or the video having a change amount of the video feature that is larger than a predetermined value. The output unit preferentially outputs a video, of the captured videos, to which the tag information is assigned, when the captured videos are output. This configuration allows the video capturing apparatus capable of playing back a digest of videos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MORIOKA, Kenji MATSUURA, Hiroyuki KAMEZAWA, Osafumi MORIYA, Hideaki HATANAKA, Eiji YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 9263001
    Abstract: A display control device of the present disclosure is a device for controlling a video image displayed on a display unit. The display control device includes a controller configured to generate an image including a first image and a second image superimposed on the first image to display the image on the display unit. The controller performs control to display the first image of a first field angle on the display unit when a first mode is set, and performs control to display the first image of a second field angle which is wider than the first field angle on the display unit when a second mode is set. The second mode is a mode for setting a region of the second image in a region of the first image of the second field angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suguru Kitahara, Osafumi Moriya, Kazumasa Tabata
  • Publication number: 20140184642
    Abstract: A display control device of the present disclosure is a device for controlling a video image displayed on a display unit. The display control device includes a controller configured to generate an image including a first image and a second image superimposed on the first image to display the image on the display unit. The controller performs control to display the first image of a first field angle on the display unit when a first mode is set, and performs control to display the first image of a second field angle which is wider than the first field angle on the display unit when a second mode is set. The second mode is a mode for setting a region of the second image in a region of the first image of the second field angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Suguru KITAHARA, Osafumi MORIYA, Kazumasa TABATA
  • Patent number: 8000029
    Abstract: A lens position detecting device includes a lens, a lens driver for moving the lens in the optical axis direction, a lens drive command unit for outputting a drive command to the lens driver, a position detector for detecting that the lens is located at a predetermined position, and a first reference position detector that moves the lens to a first position upon starting a detecting operation, receives an output signal from the position detector while moving the lens in one direction along the optical axis direction from the first position, and detects a reference position of the lens based on the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Masahiro Murakami, Osafumi Moriya
  • Publication number: 20090161233
    Abstract: A lens position detecting device includes a lens, a lens driver for moving the lens in the optical axis direction, a lens drive command unit for outputting a drive command to the lens driver; a position detector for detecting that the lens is located at a predetermined position, and a first reference position detector that moves the lens to a first position upon starting a detecting operation, receives an output signal from the position detector while moving the lens in one direction along the optical axis direction from the first position, and detects a reference position of the lens based on the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Kobayashi, Masahiro Murakami, Osafumi Moriya
  • Publication number: 20070024741
    Abstract: An image processing device for automatically setting the accumulation time (exposure time) in accordance with the illuminance even in a dark environment and smoothly following the motion of an object. The image processing device includes: gain control means (7) for performing gain control of a video signal from an imaging element (6) which focuses a signal from an iris (2) controlling the light quantity of the optical signal coming from outside and outputs a video signal; signal processing means (9) for signal-processing an output signal from the gain control means (7); and imaging control means (25) for controlling the opening degree of the iris (2), the exposure time of the imaging element (6), and the gain amount of the gain control means according to the video signal from the signal processing means (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Indrstrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Osafumi Moriya, Aya Yanase, Mineo Mino