Patents by Inventor Ryunosuke YOKOYA

Ryunosuke YOKOYA 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).

  • Patent number: 10237488
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit having an image capturing device; and a control unit that calculates a control value of exposure conditions on the basis of an image signal for output, the image signal for output being generated by exposing the image capturing device under the exposure conditions including an exposure time for image output for every unit time, and corrects the control value on the basis of a detection image signal, the detection image signal being generated by adding at least one of an exposure time for first detection longer than the exposure time for image output and an exposure time for second detection shorter than the exposure time for image output within a unit time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryunosuke Yokoya
  • Publication number: 20170201665
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit having an image capturing device; and a control unit that calculates a control value of exposure conditions on the basis of an image signal for output, the image signal for output being generated by exposing the image capturing device under the exposure conditions including an exposure time for image output for every unit time, and corrects the control value on the basis of a detection image signal, the detection image signal being generated by adding at least one of an exposure time for first detection longer than the exposure time for image output and an exposure time for second detection shorter than the exposure time for image output within a unit time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: RYUNOSUKE YOKOYA
  • Patent number: 9131161
    Abstract: A light emission control unit includes: a light emission control section configured to control a light emission timing of a flash used in an image pickup unit, in which the image pickup unit has a function of variably controlling, during exposure, an aperture diaphragm between a first diaphragm position and a second diaphragm position at which the aperture diaphragm is closed more than at the first diaphragm position, and the light emission control section allows the flash to emit light at a first timing at which the aperture diaphragm is closed to the second diaphragm position in an exposure section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryunosuke Yokoya
  • Publication number: 20150062413
    Abstract: A light emission control unit includes: a light emission control section configured to control a light emission timing of a flash used in an image pickup unit, in which the image pickup unit has a function of variably controlling, during exposure, an aperture diaphragm between a first diaphragm position and a second diaphragm position at which the aperture diaphragm is closed more than at the first diaphragm position, and the light emission control section allows the flash to emit light at a first timing at which the aperture diaphragm is closed to the second diaphragm position in an exposure section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Ryunosuke YOKOYA