Patents by Inventor Satoshi Ejima
Satoshi Ejima 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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Publication number: 20180220393Abstract: An electronic device having an attachment part that attaches/detaches the electronic device to/from a predetermined member; a physical quantity sensor detecting a physical quantity affecting the predetermined member according to a movement of a human body; and a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device and transmit the physical quantity detected by the physical quantity sensor to the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Kubota, Satoshi Ejima, Takeo Motohashi, Mitsuko Matsumura, Hiroki Ono, Masakazu Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 9949229Abstract: To improve the usability of an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first communication unit located near a user; a receive unit configured to receive data through communication via a body of the user or near field communication between a second communication unit located in a member used by the user and the first communication unit; and a recording unit configured to record data pertaining to the member when communication is established between the first communication unit and the second communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Kubota, Satoshi Ejima, Takeo Motohashi, Mitsuko Matsumura, Hiroki Ono, Masakazu Sekiguchi
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Publication number: 20160205658Abstract: To improve the usability of an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first communication unit located near a user; a receive unit configured to receive data through communication via a body of the user or near field communication between a second communication unit located in a member used by the user and the first communication unit; and a recording unit configured to record data pertaining to the member when communication is established between the first communication unit and the second communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio KUBOTA, Satoshi EJIMA, Takeo MOTOHASHI, Mitsuko MATSUMURA, Hiroki ONO, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI
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Patent number: 9337900Abstract: To improve the usability of an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first communication unit located near a user; a receive unit configured to receive data through communication via a body of the user or near field communication between a second communication unit located in a member used by the user and the first communication unit; and a recording unit configured to record data pertaining to the member when communication is established between the first communication unit and the second communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yukio Kubota, Satoshi Ejima, Takeo Motohashi, Mitsuko Matsumura, Hiroki Ono, Masakazu Sekiguchi
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Publication number: 20150288917Abstract: Recorded information is grouped in recording units. The information of each recording unit is displayed by the order of older recording date based upon information recorded in memory. The recording time of each recording unit is displayed on the left edge of the display screen, to the right of which is a memo icon indicating memo information, a thumbnail image indicating shooting image information, a sound icon indicating sound, and reproduction time information for each recording unit. If a predetermined recording unit is designated and reproduced, the screen is re-displayed so that the reproduced recording unit appears at the lowermost line of the screen. If a new recording unit is recorded, the newest recording unit is displayed at the lowermost line. If the screen is scrolled and another display screen is displayed by operation of a scroll key, a screen similar to the previously displayed screen is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Satoshi EJIMA, Akihiko HAMAMURA
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Patent number: 9147106Abstract: A digital camera system capable of operating by detecting a feature point, which has not been accomplished, in addition to ordinary functions of a conventional camera is provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, a digital camera system includes a detecting means that detects a given feature point from an image data, a receiving means that receives an order from a user, a selecting means that selects each feature point in accordance with a given order instructed by the receiving means when a plurality of feature points are detected, and a display that displays feature point information identifying the feature point selected by the selecting means.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Hideo Hibino, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Norizaku Yokonuma, Satoshi Ejima, Tadashi Ohta
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Publication number: 20150253873Abstract: In order to provide an easy-to-use apparatus, provided is an electronic device comprising an input section that inputs information relating to a first instrument in a hand of a user; a control section that controls display in a display section based on the information input by the input section; an image capturing section that is capable of capturing an image of the user and the first instrument; an image adjusting section that adjusts the image captured by the image capturing section, according to the first instrument in the hand of the user; and a determining section that determines what body part of the user the first instrument is to be used on, based on the information relating to the first instrument. The image adjusting section adjusts at least one of a display region and size of the image captured by the image capturing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya SATO, Daiki ITO, Satoshi EJIMA, Minako NAKAHATA, Hiroyuki MUSHU, Tomoko SUGAWARA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20150242863Abstract: To acquire information on products which a user has handled and at which a line of sight of the user has been stopped, associating with products that the user has purchased and the user's attributes. The present invention includes a first input unit to which information indicating that a user has reached for a first product is input; an estimating unit that estimates the attributes of the user; and a storage unit that stores the information indicating that the user has reached for the first product in association with the attributes of the user when the user has not purchased the first product, wherein when the user has purchased a second product in the same category as the first product, the storage unit stores information on the second product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya SATO, Daiki ITO, Satoshi EJIMA, Minako NAKAHATA, Hiroyuki MUSHU, Tomoko SUGAWARA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20150022690Abstract: Recorded information is grouped in recording units. The information of each recording unit is displayed by the order of older recording date based upon information recorded in memory. The recording time of each recording unit is displayed on the left edge of the display screen, to the right of which is a memo icon indicating memo information, a thumbnail image indicating shooting image information, a sound icon indicating sound, and reproduction time information for each recording unit. If a predetermined recording unit is designated and reproduced, the screen is re-displayed so that the reproduced recording unit appears at the lowermost line of the screen. If a new recording unit is recorded, the newest recording unit is displayed at the lowermost line. If the screen is scrolled and another display screen is displayed by operation of a scroll key, a screen similar to the previously displayed screen is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi EJIMA, Akihiko HAMAMURA
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Patent number: 8908056Abstract: An image recording and reproducing device includes: an image sensor that captures an image of a photographic subject; a storage unit that stores captured image data generated by the image sensor; a photography control unit that causes the image sensor to capture an image repeatedly, and causes the storage unit to accumulate the captured image data at a rate of P frames per unit time; a display unit that displays a reproduced image according to the captured data; and a display control unit that sequentially reads out the captured image data accumulated in the storage unit, and causes the display unit to display a reproduced image according to this captured image data that has been read out, at a rate of S frames per unit time that is lower than P frames per unit time.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventor: Satoshi Ejima
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Publication number: 20140295757Abstract: To improve the usability of an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first communication unit located near a user; a receive unit configured to receive data through communication via a body of the user or near field communication between a second communication unit located in a member used by the user and the first communication unit; and a recording unit configured to record data pertaining to the member when communication is established between the first communication unit and the second communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Yukio Kubota, Satoshi Ejima, Takeo Motohashi, Mitsuko Matsumura, Hiroki Ono, Masakazu Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 8758920Abstract: The present application is intended to prevent an excessive pressure from acting on a battery due to an expansion of the battery. A battery accommodating device having a battery chamber, which is formed in a housing and in which a battery is accommodated, the battery chamber being covered with a cover member, and has a lock part which fixes the housing and the cover member and a lock release part which unlocks the lock part when the battery has expanded. An output device includes a lock member which, while the cover member is being mounted to the housing, engages with a part of the cover member to prevent separation of the cover member and a displacement transmitting member, which transmits an expansive displacement of a battery to the lock member and releases the engagement of the lock member with a part of the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Masaki Otsuki, Satoshi Ejima
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Patent number: 8614752Abstract: An image signal resulting from an image-capturing operation performed at a CCD undergoes analog processing at an image processing unit. Image data resulting from the analog processing are first digitized at an A/D conversion circuit and then undergo image processing at a DSP. The image data having undergone the image processing are stored in a frame memory. At a peaking processing circuit, a brightness signal Y stored in a Y signal memory of the frame memory is read out and differentiated at a differentiation circuit. The differentiated signal is amplified at an amplifier circuit and then the amplified signal is added to the original brightness signal Y at an adder circuit. A brightness signal Y? representing the sum is output to a display LCD. The edges in the image signal are emphasized in the display on the display LCD.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Satoshi Ejima, Hirotake Nozaki
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Publication number: 20130329029Abstract: A digital camera system capable of operating by detecting a feature point, which has not been accomplished, in addition to ordinary functions of a conventional camera is provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, a digital camera system includes a detecting means that detects a given feature point from an image data, a receiving means that receives an order from a user, a selecting means that selects each feature point in accordance with a given order instructed by the receiving means when a plurality of feature points are detected, and a display that displays feature point information identifying the feature point selected by the selecting means.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hirotake NOZAKI, Hideo HIBINO, Toshiaki KOBAYASHI, Norizaku YOKONUMA, Satoshi EJIMA, Tadashi OHTA
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Patent number: 8605162Abstract: A digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an image capturing control unit, and an image processing unit. The image capturing control unit controls the image capturing unit so as to obtain a still image. The image processing unit creates freeze video data used for reproducing the still image for a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Satoshi Ejima, Akira Ohmura
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Patent number: 8547469Abstract: An electronic camera of the present invention includes: an imaging unit capturing a subject to generate an original image; a derivative image generating unit reducing resolution or color of the original image to generate a derivative image for transfer; a recording unit recording the original image and the derivative image thereon such that the original image and the derivative image get associated with each other; and a transfer unit transferring the derivative image recorded on the recording unit to an external transfer destination. In this configuration, the recording unit finds the derivative image (original image) by referring to the association with the original image (or derivative image), thereby collectively managing the original image and the derivative image. This makes it possible to prevent a user from being confused at image management due to the original image and the derivative image being the same image.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Satoshi Ejima, Kazuya Umeyama, Takumi Kawahara, Toshihisa Kuroiwa, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Hirotake Nozaki, Tomoaki Kawamura
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Patent number: 8538252Abstract: A face detecting section of a camera detects a face area in a shooting screen under an output of an image sensor. A focus detecting section calculates a defocus amount from a relative interval of a pair of images under an optical flux passed through a shooting lens in each of optional areas in the shooting screen. A first focus controlling section specifies a focus detecting area from the optional areas under an output of the face detecting section, and performs a focus operation under the defocus amount of the focus detecting area. A second focus controlling section calculates a focus evaluation value in the face area under an output of the image sensor, and performs a focus operation by using the focus evaluation value. A control section causes at least one of the first focus controlling section and the second focus controlling section to perform a focus operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Satoshi Ejima, Akira Ohmura
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Patent number: 8488022Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic camera which images an object image and records image data. Particularly, the present invention relates to technology to record image data in a good shooting state, such as with little blurring due to hand shaking. The invention has an image pick-up means which continuously images an object, a temporary memory means which temporarily stores a plurality of frames of image data which are continuously imaged by the image pick-up means, a shooting evaluation means which evaluates a good or bad shooting state of the image data imaged by the image pick-up means, a still image selection means which selects the image data with the highest evaluation of the shooting evaluation means among the image data which are stored in the temporary memory means, and an image saving means which saves the image data which is selected by the still image selection means.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Satoshi Ejima
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Patent number: 8274568Abstract: An electronic camera includes a zoom changing unit that changes a focal length of a zoom lens, an image-capturing unit that executes photoelectric conversion for a subject image projected by the zoom lens onto an image-capturing area, a range finding unit that detects a distance to a subject, a photographic range setting unit that sets a size of a photographic range at a subject position, and a zoom control unit that controls the zoom changing unit based upon the photographic range that has been set and the subject distance so that the subject within the photographic range is projected almost over the entirety of the image-capturing area.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Satoshi Ejima, Tomoaki Kawamura
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Patent number: 8248489Abstract: The image playback device includes an input part that inputs images, an image output part that selects a plurality of images from the input images and sequentially outputs the plurality of images, and an output controlling part that, when an image is additionally input to the input part during output of the images by the image output part. Alternatively, the image playback device includes an image output part, an audio playback part a playback time calculation part, and an output controlling part that plays back the audio by the audio playback part while outputting the images from the image output part in accordance with the time calculated by the playback time calculation part, and when an image is added to the images, the playback time calculation part calculates time for outputting the images and the additional image in accordance with remaining playback time of the audio.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Satoshi Ejima, Takuya Shirahata, Hiroshi Taoka