Patents by Inventor Saeko Samejima

Saeko Samejima 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: 20150095179
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an information offering unit that offers information on joint purchase of a commodity to a plurality of candidates; and an adjuster that performs adjustment about the commodity. Alternatively, an electronic device includes: an information obtainer that obtains information on a purchase commodity or a purchase scheduled commodity of a first group; and an information offering unit that offers information on a commodity relevant to the purchase commodity or the purchase scheduled commodity of the first group to a second group, based on the information obtained by the information obtainer, the second group being different from the first group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromi Tomii, Sayako Yamamoto, Mitsuko Matsumura, Saeko Samejima, Yae Nakamura, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20150084984
    Abstract: To improve the usability of an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first camera provided to a main unit, a second camera provided to the main unit at a different location form the first camera, a first orientation detection sensor configured to detect an orientation of the main unit, and a control unit configured to carry out image capturing by the first and second cameras depending on a detection result of the first orientation detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromi Tomii, Sayako Yamamoto, Mitsuko Matsumura, Saeko Samejima, Yae Nakamura, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20150018979
    Abstract: In order to acquire suitable information related to an apparatus, an electronic apparatus has a first acquisition unit that acquires usage status of a first apparatus that belongs to a given category, and a second acquisition unit that acquires information about a second apparatus that belongs to the given category and is different from the first apparatus on the basis of the usage status of the first apparatus acquired by the first acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromi Tomii, Sayako Yamamoto, Mitsuko Matsumura, Saeko Samejima, Yae Nakamura, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20150018023
    Abstract: To acquire information related to contents of word-of-mouth information, an electronic device includes: an input unit that accepts an input of a text from a user; an information acquiring unit that acquires information of the user in relation to the input of the text when allowed to acquire the information by the user; and a transmitting unit that transmits the text and the information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hiromi Tomii, Sayako Yamamoto, Mitsuko Matsumura, Saeko Samejima, Yae Nakamura, Masakazu Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8587658
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a main photography means for photographing a photographic subject and acquires a photographic image, a preparatory image acquisition means for performing preparatory photography before or after the main photography means acquires the photographic image and acquiring preparatory images, a photographic information acquisition means for acquiring photographic information related to a circumstance of photography when the preparatory images are acquired by the preparatory image acquisition means, and a recording means for recording the photographic information and the photographic image upon a recording medium in mutual correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Nitta, Yuko Hattori, Go Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tomita, Hideo Hoshuyama, Kenji Suzuki, Saeko Samejima, Mikiya Tanaka, Setsu Mitsuhashi, Takeshi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20100128138
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a main photography means for photographing a photographic subject and acquires a photographic image, a preparatory image acquisition means for performing preparatory photography before or after the main photography means acquires the photographic image and acquiring preparatory images, a photographic information acquisition means for acquiring photographic information related to a circumstance of photography when the preparatory images are acquired by the preparatory image acquisition means, and a recording means for recording the photographic information and the photographic image upon a recording medium in mutual correlation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Nitta, Yuko Hattori, Go Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tomita, Hideo Hoshuyama, Kenji Suzuki, Saeko Samejima, Mikiya Tanaka, Setsu Mitsuhashi, Takeshi Nishi