Patents by Inventor Shigeru Tsujita

Shigeru Tsujita 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: 10401708
    Abstract: An adapter device according to the present disclosure includes: a mount section that is attached to any one of a plurality of main body mount sections included in a main body apparatus; and a user interface a state of which is switched in accordance with whether to which one of the plurality of main body mount sections the mount section has been attached. With this configuration, it is possible to attach to any one of a plurality of main body mount sections included in a main body apparatus, and the state of a user interface can be switched in accordance with whether which one of the main body mount sections has been attached with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Tsujita
  • Publication number: 20180299749
    Abstract: An adapter device according to the present disclosure includes: a mount section that is attached to any one of a plurality of main body mount sections included in a main body apparatus; and a user interface a state of which is switched in accordance with whether to which one of the plurality of main body mount sections the mount section has been attached. With this configuration, it is possible to attach to any one of a plurality of main body mount sections included in a main body apparatus, and the state of a user interface can be switched in accordance with whether which one of the main body mount sections has been attached with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: SHIGERU TSUJITA
  • Patent number: 8379131
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including: an image sensor generating an image signal; a photographing control section performing a photographing operation in which an exposure of the image sensor is divided into a plurality of exposures in accordance with a predetermined exposure time; an addition section adding sequentially the image signals obtained at each exposure; an amplification ratio calculation section calculating an amplification ratio of the added image signal on the basis of the predetermined exposure time; an amplification section amplifying the added image signal by using the amplification ratio to compensate for insufficient exposure for the predetermined exposure time; and a display control section displaying information related to the amplified image signal; wherein the photographing control section ends the photographing operation when instructed by a user, and determines that the amplified image signal is a captured image obtained by performing the photographing operation with the predetermin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Minakuti, Takahiro Koyama, Shinya Ishibashi, Shigeru Tsujita, Masaomi Moritsu
  • Patent number: 8237811
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device generating an image signal on a subject image; a shooting control mechanism dividing an exposure to be made to the imaging device in an exposure period into a plurality of times of exposures; an adding mechanism adding individual image signals obtained by the plurality of divided exposures in sequence to generate a sum image signal; an amplification control mechanism amplifying the sum image signal using a predetermined amplification factor in a first period in the exposure period to generate an amplified image signal; and a display control mechanism displaying, on a display section, the amplified image based on the amplified image signal in the first period, and displaying, on a display section, an image based on the sum image signal in a period other than the first period in the exposure period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Minakuti, Takahiro Koyama, Shinya Ishibashi, Shigeru Tsujita, Masaomi Moritsu
  • Publication number: 20100079616
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device generating an image signal on a subject image; a shooting control mechanism dividing an exposure to be made to the imaging device in an exposure period into a plurality of times of exposures; an adding mechanism adding individual image signals obtained by the plurality of divided exposures in sequence to generate a sum image signal; an amplification control mechanism amplifying the sum image signal using a predetermined amplification factor in a first period in the exposure period to generate an amplified image signal; and a display control mechanism displaying, on a display section, the amplified image based on the amplified image signal in the first period, and displaying, on a display section, an image based on the sum image signal in a period other than the first period in the exposure period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun MINAKUTI, Takahiro Koyama, Shinya Ishibashi, Shigeru Tsujita, Masaomi Moritsu
  • Publication number: 20100073516
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including: an image sensor generating an image signal; a photographing control section performing a photographing operation in which an exposure of the image sensor is divided into a plurality of exposures in accordance with a predetermined exposure time; an addition section adding sequentially the image signals obtained at each exposure; an amplification ratio calculation section calculating an amplification ratio of the added image signal on the basis of the predetermined exposure time; an amplification section amplifying the added image signal by using the amplification ratio to compensate for insufficient exposure for the predetermined exposure time; and a display control section displaying information related to the amplified image signal; wherein the photographing control section ends the photographing operation when instructed by a user, and determines that the amplified image signal is a captured image obtained by performing the photographing operation with the predetermin
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun MINAKUTI, Takahiro Koyama, Shinya Ishibashi, Shigeru Tsujita, Masaomi Moritsu
  • Publication number: 20020176630
    Abstract: An image data processing method in accordance with the JPEG compression reduces the necessary amount of process in storing still images and the requirements for the storage capacity of temporary storage. In the image data processing method, when input still image data is JPEG-compressed, a JPEG compressing process is performed on each block including a plurality of MCUs, the JPEG-compressed data of each block is stored in temporary storage, a restart marker is added to the head of each block read from the temporary storage when the JPEG-compressed data is stored, and the resultant data is stored. Thus, a recompressing process is not required between adjacent blocks, and it is not necessary to reserve an area storing a DC coefficient required to recompress data between adjacent blocks in the temporary storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Tsujita
  • Patent number: 6138035
    Abstract: In a mobile communication system including an outdoor public base station, an indoor private host phone unit, and a mobile station formed by a cordless handy phone unit, when the mobile station is located within an area where a service area of the outdoor public base station overlaps a service area of the indoor private host phone unit, the mobile station waits for connection with the outdoor public base station by way of the host phone unit. Thus, the mobile station always waits for connection only with the indoor private host phone unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Shigeru Tsujita
  • Patent number: 6078822
    Abstract: A cordless telephone system including a independent base station and a dual purpose mobile station which enables the mobile station to respond to an incoming call from a public base station while a first phone call is being conducted by the mobile station through the independent base station. During this operation, the first phone call is either put on hold or disconnected thus enabling the mobile station to shift to the call from the public base station. The independent base station is provided with a public reception antenna, a reception radio circuit, a mobile station reception channel CODEC, a public reception control section, and a public reception interface, enabling it to receive a call signal from the public base station intended for the dual purpose mobile station. Due to this constitution, the independent base station receives the call signal from the public base station intended for the dual purpose mobile station during the first phone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru Tsujita
  • Patent number: 6049708
    Abstract: In an apparatus for intermittently receiving a broadcasting signal at a reception timing which appears by a predetermined intermittent reception cycle and is determined by using a clock generator (5) for generating a clock signal of a clock frequency liable to vary due to an environment temperature, a first section (309) determines a maximum count by multiplying the predetermined intermittent reception cycle by the clock frequency at a particular time instant. Given the maximum count at the particular time instant, a second section (308) repeatedly carries out a counting operation of counting up a count to the maximum count in response to the clock signal to produce, when the count is equal to the maximum count, a coincidence signal specifying the reception timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru Tsujita