Patents by Inventor Ryu Wakui
Ryu Wakui 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).
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Patent number: 11134187Abstract: An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control so as to execute a predetermined function in accordance with a predetermined touch operation with respect to a touch operation member in a case where the touch operation member is in an enabled state, and not to execute the predetermined function in a case where the touch operation member is in a restricted state; and a switching unit configured to switch to the enabled state in accordance with a first touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the restricted state, a touch continuation time of the first touch operation reaching a first time, and switch to the restricted state in accordance with a second touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the enabled state, a touch continuation time of the second touch operation reaching a second time.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Jun Kamiya, Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
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Patent number: 11122207Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first selection unit which selects one of items in a first layer, a second selection unit which selects one of items in a second layer which become selectable when one of the items in the first layer is selected, a display controller which performs control such that the items in the first layer are displayed in a first direction and the items in the second layer are displayed in the first direction in a first display unit, and a controller which performs control such that, even when the first selection unit selects one of the items in the first layer, the items in the first layer are not shifted and the selected item in the second layer is displayed in a position corresponding to a display position of a corresponding one of the items in the first layer in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuro Miyajima, Ryu Wakui, Takeshi Kikkawa, Naomi Mori, Mayu Asano
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Electronic device, control method for electronic device, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Patent number: 10999496Abstract: An electronic device is capable of assigning a function selected by a user as a function to be executed in accordance with each of a plurality of operations, and the electronic device includes: a first accepting unit configured to accept a first user operation for selecting any of a plurality of groups obtained by classifying a plurality of assignable functions; a second accepting unit configured to, after any of the plurality of groups is selected, narrow down options to a plurality of assignable functions included in the selected group among all assignable functions excluding functions not included in the selected group, and accept a second user operation for selecting a function to be respectively assigned to the plurality of operations among the options; and an assigning unit configured to assign the function selected by the second user operation to each of the plurality of operations.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa -
Patent number: 10958826Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising: a display controlling unit configured to control to display a group of candidates representing a plurality of candidates of settings with respect to a specific setting object in response to a first type of operation and to hide the group of candidates in a case where a prescribed condition is satisfied; and a control unit configured to change the specific setting object to a selected setting, by selecting one setting from a plurality of candidates including the group of candidates in response to the first type of operation, and in a case where the group of candidates is displayed, in response to a second type of operation, change the specific setting object to a specific setting associated with the second type of operation and update the display of the group of candidates so as to correspond to the changed setting.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiyu Ueno, Takuro Miyajima, Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
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Electronic device, control method for electronic device, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Patent number: 10924678Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a specific operation member; an assigning unit configured to assign, in accordance with a designating operation by a user, a function to be executed in accordance with an operation with respect to the specific operation member; and a display controlling unit configured to control so as not to display a guide showing that function assignment to the specific operation member is possible even when a specific operation with respect to the specific operation member is performed in a case where function assignment by the assigning unit has been performed, and configured to control so as to display the guide in accordance with the specific operation with respect to the specific operation member in a case where function assignment by the assigning unit has not been performed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daiyu Ueno, Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato -
Publication number: 20210004152Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation; and a display control unit configured to perform control so as to execute a first action to continuously change a display target when a specific type of operation is detected, execute a second action which is one of: an action to continuously change the display target at a higher speed than the first action; an action to change the display target by a predetermined amount; and an action to change the display target to a predetermined change destination, when a second type of operation is detected, and display a guidance for the second type of operation at the end of the specific type of operation in a case where the specific type of operation is detected and a predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Ryo Takahashi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Ryu Wakui, Asami Takenaga
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Publication number: 20200404158Abstract: An electronic device controls so that before a specific touch operation, a first action is executed to change a specific target in a first direction and at a first speed according to continuation of touch, controls so that when the specific touch operation is performed in a second operation direction before the first action, according to the continuation after that, a second action is executed to change the specific target in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, and at a second speed which is higher than the first speed, and controls so that when the specific touch operation is performed in the second operation direction during the first action, according to the continuation after that, a third action is executed to change the specific target in the second direction and at a third speed which is lower than the second speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Tomoaki Takahashi, Ryo Takahashi, Ryu Wakui, Asami Takenaga
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Patent number: 10873695Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a switching unit configured to switch a display mode of a setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, the setting screen being arranged to display a plurality of setting items, including a predetermined setting item; and a control unit configured to, in the first display mode, display on the setting screen a first item related to the predetermined setting item and a plurality of items related to a plurality of setting items different from the predetermined setting item, and display a second item, on the setting screen in the case that the first item is selected, the second item representing candidate values which may be set, and in the second display mode, display on the setting screen a third item representing candidate values which may be set, and display a plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Shingo Yamazaki, Takuro Miyajima
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Patent number: 10764502Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a finder; a grip portion on a side of a first direction relative to the finder; a touch operation member provided on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus on a side of the first direction relative to the finder, on a side of a second direction relative to the grip portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and on a side of a third direction relative to a center of the imaging apparatus, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and being oriented from the center toward the finder; and a control unit configured to control the imaging apparatus so as to execute a first function in accordance with a slide operation in the first direction and to execute a second function in accordance with a slide operation in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Yoshida, Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20200162676Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first selection unit which selects one of items in a first layer, a second selection unit which selects one of items in a second layer which become selectable when one of the items in the first layer is selected, a display controller which performs control such that the items in the first layer are displayed in a first direction and the items in the second layer are displayed in the first direction in a first display unit, and a controller which performs control such that, even when the first selection unit selects one of the items in the first layer, the items in the first layer are not shifted and the selected item in the second layer is displayed in a position corresponding to a display position of a corresponding one of the items in the first layer in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Takuro Miyajima, Ryu Wakui, Takeshi Kikkawa, Naomi Mori, Mayu Asano
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ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
Publication number: 20200007787Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a specific operation member; an assigning unit configured to assign, in accordance with a designating operation by a user, a function to be executed in accordance with an operation with respect to the specific operation member; and a display controlling unit configured to control so as not to display a guide showing that function assignment to the specific operation member is possible even when a specific operation with respect to the specific operation member is performed in a case where function assignment by the assigning unit has been performed, and configured to control so as to display the guide in accordance with the specific operation with respect to the specific operation member in a case where function assignment by the assigning unit has not been performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Daiyu Ueno, Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato -
ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
Publication number: 20200007752Abstract: An electronic device is capable of assigning a function selected by a user as a function to be executed in accordance with each of a plurality of operations, and the electronic device includes: a first accepting unit configured to accept a first user operation for selecting any of a plurality of groups obtained by classifying a plurality of assignable functions; a second accepting unit configured to, after any of the plurality of groups is selected, narrow down options to a plurality of assignable functions included in the selected group among all assignable functions excluding functions not included in the selected group, and accept a second user operation for selecting a function to be respectively assigned to the plurality of operations among the options and an assigning unit configured to assign the function selected by the second user operation to each of the plurality of operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa -
Publication number: 20200007750Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising: a display controlling unit configured to control to display a group of candidates representing a plurality of candidates of settings with respect to a specific setting object in response to a first type of operation and to hide the group of candidates in a case where a prescribed condition is satisfied; and a control unit configured to change the specific setting object to a selected setting, by selecting one setting from a plurality of candidates including the group of candidates in response to the first type of operation, and in a case where the group of candidates is displayed, in response to a second type of operation, change the specific setting object to a specific setting associated with the second type of operation and update the display of the group of candidates so as to correspond to the changed setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Daiyu Ueno, Takuro Miyajima, Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
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Publication number: 20200007749Abstract: An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control so as to execute a predetermined function in accordance with a predetermined touch operation with respect to a touch operation member in a case where the touch operation member is in an enabled state, and not to execute the predetermined function in a case where the touch operation member is in a restricted state; and a switching unit configured to switch to the enabled state in accordance with a first touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the restricted state, a touch continuation time of the first touch operation reaching a first time, and switch to the restricted state in accordance with a second touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the enabled state, a touch continuation time of the second touch operation reaching a second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Jun Kamiya, Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
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Publication number: 20190141258Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a finder; a grip portion on a side of a first direction relative to the finder; a touch operation member provided on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus on a side of the first direction relative to the finder, on a side of a second direction relative to the grip portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and on a side of a third direction relative to a center of the imaging apparatus, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and being oriented from the center toward the finder; and a control unit configured to control the imaging apparatus so as to execute a first function in accordance with a slide operation in the first direction and to execute a second function in accordance with a slide operation in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20180183994Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a switching unit configured to switch a display mode of a setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, the setting screen being arranged to display a plurality of setting items, including a predetermined setting item; and a control unit configured to, in the first display mode, display on the setting screen a first item related to the predetermined setting item and a plurality of items related to a plurality of setting items different from the predetermined setting item, and display a second item, on the setting screen in the case that the first item is selected, the second item representing candidate values which may be set, and in the second display mode, display on the setting screen a third item representing candidate values which may be set, and display a plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Shingo Yamazaki, Takuro Miyajima
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Patent number: D861030Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Inventors: Shingo Yamazaki, Ryu Wakui, Natsuko Miyazaki
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Patent number: D873291Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shingo Yamazaki, Ryu Wakui
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Patent number: D873849Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shingo Yamazaki, Ryu Wakui
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Patent number: D900834Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shingo Yamazaki, Ryu Wakui