Patents by Inventor Ryota Sekimoto

Ryota Sekimoto 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: 20230305266
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a first optical system and a second optical system arranged in parallel, a first optical member provided to the first optical system and drivable, a second optical member provided to the second optical system, and having the same function as that of the first optical member, and a control unit configured to control driving of the first and second optical members so as to provide a difference between driving positions of the first and second optical members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Ryota SEKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11599130
    Abstract: A power receiving apparatus controls a power receiving unit to receive a first power from the power transmitting apparatus without performing a determination process of determining whether or not the power transmitting apparatus meets a predetermined condition in a case where the power receiving apparatus is in a first operation state. The power receiving apparatus performs the determination process of determining whether or not the power transmitting apparatus meets the predetermined condition before the power receiving unit receives a second power higher than the first power from the power transmitting apparatus in a case where the power receiving apparatus is in a second operation state. The power receiving apparatus controls the power receiving unit to receive the second power from the power transmitting apparatus in a case where the power receiving apparatus is in the second operation state and the power transmitting apparatus meets the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryota Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 11539218
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a charging unit that charges a battery with power supplied from an external device, and a control unit that controls a communication unit of the electronic device such that a communication interval from a start of charging the battery by the charging unit until a battery voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold is shorter than a communication interval after the battery voltage exceeds the predetermined threshold, in a case where power is received from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryota Sekimoto
  • Publication number: 20220057821
    Abstract: A power receiving apparatus controls a power receiving unit to receive a first power from the power transmitting apparatus without performing a determination process of determining whether or not the power transmitting apparatus meets a predetermined condition in a case where the power receiving apparatus is in a first operation state. The power receiving apparatus performs the determination process of determining whether or not the power transmitting apparatus meets the predetermined condition before the power receiving unit receives a second power higher than the first power from the power transmitting apparatus in a case where the power receiving apparatus is in a second operation state. The power receiving apparatus controls the power receiving unit to receive the second power from the power transmitting apparatus in a case where the power receiving apparatus is in the second operation state and the power transmitting apparatus meets the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Ryota SEKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210167615
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a charging unit that charges a battery with power supplied from an external device, and a control unit that controls a communication unit of the electronic device such that a communication interval from a start of charging the battery by the charging unit until a battery voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold is shorter than a communication interval after the battery voltage exceeds the predetermined threshold, in a case where power is received from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Ryota Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 10163222
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a touch panel unit that detects a touch operation. When a user touches the touch panel unit while the image capturing apparatus is in a mode of tracking a predetermined object, a system control unit sets an object search area for searching for the predetermined object. The system control unit sets the tracking area based on a difference between information corresponding to a distance to an object calculated by an image calculation unit for the object search area and information corresponding to a distance to an object that has previously been tracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryota Sekimoto
  • Publication number: 20170228887
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a touch panel unit that detects a touch operation. When a user touches the touch panel unit while the image capturing apparatus is in a mode of tracking a predetermined object, a system control unit sets an object search area for searching for the predetermined object. The system control unit sets the tracking area based on a difference between information corresponding to a distance to an object calculated by an image calculation unit for the object search area and information corresponding to a distance to an object that has previously been tracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Ryota Sekimoto