Patents by Inventor Shigekuni Chiba

Shigekuni Chiba 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).

  • Electronic apparatus, imaging device, method for time correction, and program
    Patent number: 8264567
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a time measuring unit that measures time, a time information acquiring unit that acquires time information, a determining unit that determines whether a specific process using time measured by the time measuring unit is being performed, and a time correcting unit that corrects time measured by the time measuring unit on the basis of the time information when the determining unit determines that the specific process is not being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Sakaue, Shigekuni Chiba
  • Electronic apparatus, imaging device, method for time correction, and program
    Publication number: 20100177202
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a time measuring unit that measures time, a time information acquiring unit that acquires time information, a determining unit that determines whether a specific process using time measured by the time measuring unit is being performed, and a time correcting unit that corrects time measured by the time measuring unit on the basis of the time information when the determining unit determines that the specific process is not being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Sakaue, Shigekuni Chiba