Patents by Inventor Sayuri Idaka

Sayuri Idaka 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: 11838638
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit and a driving unit configured to change a direction of the image capturing unit. The control apparatus comprises an obtaining unit configured to obtain status information concerning an installation status of the image capturing apparatus; and a control unit configured to control, prior to power-off of the image capturing apparatus, the driving unit such that the direction of the image capturing unit is set in a predetermined direction determined based on the status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka
  • Publication number: 20230345125
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to acquire an image, a drive unit configured to drive the imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the drive unit, a detection unit configured to detect a blur of the acquired image, a correction unit configured to correct the detected blur of the image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a drive velocity at which the drive unit drives the imaging unit, and a setting unit configured to set the detection unit. The setting unit sets the detection unit such that in a case where the drive velocity is in a resonance velocity range in which resonance occurs in the imaging unit, the detection unit detects the blur of the image at a first frequency band corresponding to a blur due to the resonance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: SAYURI IDAKA
  • Publication number: 20230097796
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a pan drive unit or a tilt drive unit to change a capturing direction of a pickup unit, a detection unit configured to detect shaking to the pickup unit, and a determination unit configured to perform determination processing for determining whether or not a turn angle of the pan drive unit or the tilt drive unit is normal, in which in a case where the detection unit detects the shaking, the control unit executes the control of the pan drive unit or the tilt drive unit based on the detected shaking so that the detected shaking is to be reduced, and the determination unit performs the determination processing according to whether or not the control unit executes the control of the pan drive unit or the tilt drive unit based on the detected shaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka
  • Publication number: 20220239838
    Abstract: A control apparatus controls an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit and a driving unit configured to change a direction of the image capturing unit. The control apparatus comprises an obtaining unit configured to obtain status information concerning an installation status of the image capturing apparatus; and a control unit configured to control, prior to power-off of the image capturing apparatus, the driving unit such that the direction of the image capturing unit is set in a predetermined direction determined based on the status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka
  • Patent number: 11172137
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a rotation detection unit, a direction determination unit, a position detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform control such that the position detection unit is energized in a case where the rotation direction determined by the direction determination unit is a first direction where the first member and the second member approach each other, and that the position detection unit is not energized in a case where the rotation direction determined by the direction determination unit is a second direction where the first member and the second member separate from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka
  • Publication number: 20210176401
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a rotation detection unit, a direction determination unit, a position detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform control such that the position detection unit is energized in a case where the rotation direction determined by the direction determination unit is a first direction where the first member and the second member approach each other, and that the position detection unit is not energized in a case where the rotation direction determined by the direction determination unit is a second direction where the first member and the second member separate from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka
  • Patent number: 10728454
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a panning driver and a tilting driver for changing an imaging direction. A PT (pan-tilt) controller performs image blur correction by using at least one of a panning driver and a tilting driver, based on a shake detection signal of the imaging apparatus. The PT controller stores the position information of the current driver in a memory before each driver is driven in an image blur correcting start process. With the stored position as a reference position, image blur correction is performed by using the shake detection signal. After the end of the image blur correction control, the PT controller sets the position stored in the memory to the drive target value and controls the operation of each driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka
  • Patent number: 10440441
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a first protocol and a first capability information in a memory, the first capability information being associated with the first protocol as a capability information and also store a second protocol and second capability information in the memory, the second capability information being associated with the second protocol as the capability information, a reception unit configured to receive a command for requesting the capability information from the external apparatus via the network, a determination unit configured to determine whether the received command is in conformity to the first protocol or the second protocol, a reading unit configured to read out the first or second capability information associated with the protocol determined by the determination unit from the memory, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the read capability information to the external apparatus via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka
  • Publication number: 20190158745
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a panning driver and a tilting driver for changing an imaging direction. A PT (pan-tilt) controller performs image blur correction by using at least one of a panning driver and a tilting driver, based on a shake detection signal of the imaging apparatus. The PT controller stores the position information of the current driver in a memory before each driver is driven in an image blur correcting start process. With the stored position as a reference position, image blur correction is performed by using the shake detection signal. After the end of the image blur correction control, the PT controller sets the position stored in the memory to the drive target value and controls the operation of each driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka
  • Publication number: 20150135248
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a first protocol and a first capability information in a memory, the first capability information being associated with the first protocol as a capability information and also store a second protocol and second capability information in the memory, the second capability information being associated with the second protocol as the capability information, a reception unit configured to receive a command for requesting the capability information from the external apparatus via the network, a determination unit configured to determine whether the received command is in conformity to the first protocol or the second protocol, a reading unit configured to read out the first or second capability information associated with the protocol determined by the determination unit from the memory, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the read capability information to the external apparatus via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Sayuri Idaka