Patents by Inventor Satoshi Aoyama

Satoshi Aoyama 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: 20240141190
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition is provided which contains water, a (meth)acrylic resin, and a wax emulsion and which is a water-based clear ink, and the (meth)acrylic resin described above satisfies predetermined requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuya AOYAMA, Satoshi TSUBAMOTO, Masahiro YATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240139895
    Abstract: A cutting fluid circulation device includes a tank reservoir, a drum filter, and a pump. The tank reservoir stores cutting fluid discharged from a machine tool. The drum filter is disposed in the tank reservoir. The drum filter performs as a primary filter that filters cutting fluid. The pump pumps up cutting fluid in the tank reservoir. An annular flow channel in which the cutting fluid filtered by the drum filter circulates is formed in the tank reservoir. A part of the cutting fluid pumped up by the pump is fed to the drum filter, used for cleaning the drum filter, and then returned to the annular flow channel, and a part of the remaining cutting fluid is fed to a secondary filter disposed outside the tank reservoir, filtered by the secondary filter, and then returned to the annular flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio GOTO, Satoshi AOYAMA, Hikaru ARAI
  • Publication number: 20230360368
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a detection unit that detects a subject from an image; an inference unit that performs inference processing using an inference model on the detected subject; and a generation unit that generates an image file by combining image data of the image, information of the subject, an inference result of the inference processing, and information of the inference model. The generation unit records the inference model in a private area of the image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi AOYAMA, Noboru OMORI, Yuki TSUIHIJI, Yuta USUI, Yohei FUJITANI
  • Patent number: 11122234
    Abstract: An image output apparatus, which outputs data for a multiple playback displaying one frame in which two or more images are arranged, reads a set number of images in the multiple playback from a recording unit, generates an image for display for the multiple playback by using the set number of images read from the recording unit, sets a maximum luminance information of the image for display to a highest luminance among luminance indicated by a maximum luminance information of an HDR image included in the set number of images, and adds the set maximum luminance information to the generated image for display and output the image for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11030716
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a panoramic image, and a moving image generation unit configured to generate a moving image based on the panoramic image, the moving image generation unit configured to crop the panoramic image by sequentially moving a position of a cropping area for cropping the panoramic image, thereby generating a moving image in which a plurality of cropped images cropped by changing the position of the cropping area is sequentially reproduced, wherein according to an aspect ratio or a size in a predetermined direction of the panoramic image, the moving image generation unit switches whether to crop the panoramic image with a predetermined aspect ratio or crop the panoramic image with an aspect ratio different from the predetermined aspect ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10999552
    Abstract: This invention provides an image capturing apparatus that has an image capturing portion and records captured image data into a recording medium, where the image capturing apparatus comprises an acquiring portion configured to acquire information indicating a standard of the recording medium from the recording medium, the standard being related to writing; and a control portion configured to, when at least two types of images are to be recorded as separate files from among images acquired from the image capturing portion, perform processing for recording into the recording medium in accordance with the information acquired by the acquiring portion and types of the two different types of images to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10939067
    Abstract: This invention provides an image capturing apparatus that has an image capturing portion and records captured image data into a recording medium, where the image capturing apparatus comprises an acquiring portion configured to acquire information indicating a standard of the recording medium from the recording medium, the standard being related to writing; and a control portion configured to, when at least two types of images are to be recorded as separate files from among images acquired from the image capturing portion, perform processing for recording into the recording medium in accordance with the information acquired by the acquiring portion and types of the two different types of images to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHlKi KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20200314379
    Abstract: An image output apparatus, which outputs data for a multiple playback displaying one frame in which two or more images are arranged, reads a set number of images in the multiple playback from a recording unit, generates an image for display for the multiple playback by using the set number of images read from the recording unit, sets a maximum luminance information of the image for display to a highest luminance among luminance indicated by a maximum luminance information of an HDR image included in the set number of images, and adds the set maximum luminance information to the generated image for display and output the image for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20200145606
    Abstract: This invention provides an image capturing apparatus that has an image capturing portion and records captured image data into a recording medium, where the image capturing apparatus comprises an acquiring portion configured to acquire information indicating a standard of the recording medium from the recording medium, the standard being related to writing; and a control portion configured to, when at least two types of images are to be recorded as separate files from among images acquired from the image capturing portion, perform processing for recording into the recording medium in accordance with the information acquired by the acquiring portion and types of the two different types of images to be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20190251661
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a panoramic image, and a moving image generation unit configured to generate a moving image based on the panoramic image, the moving image generation unit configured to crop the panoramic image by sequentially moving a position of a cropping area for cropping the panoramic image, thereby generating a moving image in which a plurality of cropped images cropped by changing the position of the cropping area is sequentially reproduced, wherein according to an aspect ratio or a size in a predetermined direction of the panoramic image, the moving image generation unit switches whether to crop the panoramic image with a predetermined aspect ratio or crop the panoramic image with an aspect ratio different from the predetermined aspect ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9578233
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging apparatus including a plurality of imaging units, and capable of recording a situation when a photographer captures a still image, and a change or reaction of the person such as the photographer other than the objects in the still image. The imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, an imaging instruction unit configured to instruct the first imaging unit to capture a still image, and a control unit configured to record a still image captured by the first imaging unit in a recording medium and to record a moving image captured by the second imaging unit in the recording medium when the imaging instruction unit instructs the first imaging unit to capture a still image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Aoyama, Tetsuya Hada
  • Patent number: 9560289
    Abstract: A control method for a recording device includes image processing of applying an effect to a moving image, and controlling to record the moving image into a recording medium, when recording a moving image obtained by image capturing. In the image processing, an effect is applied to a moving image corresponding to a partial period of a normal moving image to be recorded into the recording medium with no effect being applied. In the controlling, control is performed to connect the normal moving image to which no effect is applied and a moving image created by applying the effect to the moving image corresponding to the partial period of the normal moving image, to record the normal moving image and the created moving image into the recording medium as a continuous moving image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20160191817
    Abstract: A control method for a recording device includes image processing of applying an effect to a moving image, and controlling to record the moving image into a recording medium, when recording a moving image obtained by image capturing. In the image processing, an effect is applied to a moving image corresponding to a partial period of a normal moving image to be recorded into the recording medium with no effect being applied. In the controlling, control is performed to connect the normal moving image to which no effect is applied and a moving image created by applying the effect to the moving image corresponding to the partial period of the normal moving image, to record the normal moving image and the created moving image into the recording medium as a continuous moving image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9294633
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control apparatus comprising connection means for connecting a storage medium that has a memory function for reading and writing data, and a wireless communication function for communicating with an external apparatus. Control means supplies a clock to the storage medium at a predetermined timing and controls the wireless communication function of the storage medium. Obtaining means obtains, after the storage medium is supplied with the clock by the control means, communication protocol information on a communication protocol with which the wireless communication function is compatible from the storage medium. Display means performs display according to the communication protocol information obtained by the obtaining means. The control means stops supplying the clock to the storage medium after the communication protocol information has been obtained by the obtaining means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9106836
    Abstract: A shooting target detection unit detects a main shooting target from a position where a touch-down operation is performed on a touch panel. A system control device causes a ranging control device and an exposure control device to perform AF processing and AE processing on the main shooting target. The system control device displays a continuous shooting switch near the touched position. The system control device performs continuous shooting if a user moves his/her finger to the continuous shooting switch and then performs a touch-up operation. Whereas, the system control device performs single shooting if the user performs the touch-up operation without moving his/her finger to the continuous shooting switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20150189141
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging apparatus including a plurality of imaging units, and capable of recording a situation when a photographer captures a still image, and a change or reaction of the person such as the photographer other than the objects in the still image. The imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, an imaging instruction unit configured to instruct the first imaging unit to capture a still image, and a control unit configured to record a still image captured by the first imaging unit in a recording medium and to record a moving image captured by the second imaging unit in the recording medium when the imaging instruction unit instructs the first imaging unit to capture a still image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Satoshi Aoyama, Tetsuya Hada
  • Publication number: 20150146019
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control apparatus comprising connection means for connecting a storage medium that has a memory function for reading and writing data, and a wireless communication function for communicating with an external apparatus. Control means supplies a clock to the storage medium at a predetermined timing and controls the wireless communication function of the storage medium. Obtaining means obtains, after the storage medium is supplied with the clock by the control means, communication protocol information on a communication protocol with which the wireless communication function is compatible from the storage medium. Display means performs display according to the communication protocol information obtained by the obtaining means. The control means stops supplying the clock to the storage medium after the communication protocol information has been obtained by the obtaining means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9017757
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hydrogen separation membrane with a carrier is characterized by including a first step of providing, between the hydrogen separation membrane and the carrier that supports the hydrogen separation membrane, a low-hardness metal membrane having a hardness that is lower than the hardness of the hydrogen separation membrane, and a second step of joining the hydrogen separation membrane, the low-hardness metal membrane, and the carrier by a cold joining method. In this case, it is possible to suppress the deformation of the hydrogen separation membrane, the low-hardness metal membrane, and the carrier and, as a result, it is possible to prevent damaging of the hydrogen separation membrane. The adhesion of the contact between the hydrogen separation membrane and the carrier is also improved. The result is that it is not necessary to increase the severity of the cold joining conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Aoyama, Yasuhiro Izawa, Kenji Kimura, Shinji Ohsawa, Kazuo Yoshida, Kouji Nanbu
  • Patent number: 8953055
    Abstract: In response to an input of an instruction of still image capturing when a moving image is being captured, an image pickup apparatus compresses predetermined image data as an IDR frame of a moving image more than once, and uses a plurality of acquired IDR frames more than once to record the IDR frames onto a recording medium as moving image data in such an order that the IDRIDs of the adjacent IDR frames are not identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8581171
    Abstract: A cyclic A/D converter which can reduce the number of reference voltages for D/A conversion is provided. The cyclic A/D converter (11) comprises a gain stage (15), an A/D converter circuit (17), a logic circuit (19), and a D/A converter circuit (21). In an operational action of the gain stage (15), an operational value (VOP) is generated by the use of an operational amplifier circuit (23) and capacitors (25, 27, 29). The gain stage (15) operates as receiving three kinds of voltage signal from the D/A converter circuit (21) by the switching of two kinds of voltage signal (VDA1, VDA2) to be applied to the capacitors (25, 27) in a switching circuit (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: National University Corporation Shizuoka University
    Inventors: Shoji Kawahito, Jong-ho Park, Satoshi Aoyama, Keigo Isobe