Patents by Inventor Shinya Taoki

Shinya Taoki 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: 12096116
    Abstract: A control apparatus having an image capturing unit and configured to operate as a master device that controls a slave device, comprises: at least one processor causing the control apparatus to act as: a registration unit configured to register slave device information of a slave device to be controlled by the control apparatus; and an identification unit configured to, based on the slave device information registered by the registration unit, identify a slave device that exists in a range of image capturing by the image capturing unit. The registration unit registers, as the slave device information, information on a relative direction of existence of a slave device with respect to a position of the image capturing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Publication number: 20220385833
    Abstract: An obtaining unit is configured to obtain image capturing direction information indicating an image capturing direction of a first image capturing part that can change the image capturing direction. A determining unit is configured to determine, in accordance with the image capturing direction of the first image capturing part, a second image capturing part having an image capturing direction closest to the image capturing direction of the first image capturing part in an image capturing part set including a plurality of image capturing parts having a different image capturing direction. A generating unit is configured to generate a combined image such that an image captured by the second image capturing part is arranged at a predetermined position in the combined image by combining images captured by the respective image capturing parts in the image capturing part set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Publication number: 20220377245
    Abstract: A control apparatus having an image capturing unit and configured to operate as a master device that controls a slave device, comprises: at least one processor causing the control apparatus to act as: a registration unit configured to register slave device information of a slave device to be controlled by the control apparatus; and an identification unit configured to, based on the slave device information registered by the registration unit, identify a slave device that exists in a range of image capturing by the image capturing unit. The registration unit registers, as the slave device information, information on a relative direction of existence of a slave device with respect to a position of the image capturing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Publication number: 20220135049
    Abstract: A display control apparatus which controls a display of a plurality of captured images captured by one or a plurality of image capturing apparatuses installed inside of a movable body includes a determination unit configured to determine whether movement of the movable body is stopped, and a display control unit configured to control the display of the plurality of captured images on a display unit so that a first captured image having an angle of view for capturing a side of the movable body from the inside of the movable body and a second captured image different from the first captured image are selectively displayed among the plurality of captured images based on at least a result of the determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Patent number: 10643315
    Abstract: A position determination unit determines, in a fisheye image, a position of a clipping portion clipped from the fisheye image. Based on the position of the clipping portion determined by the position determination unit, a determination unit determines a moving amount of the clipping portion for moving the clipping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Patent number: 10567639
    Abstract: An acquisition unit acquires at least one of a first image captured by an image capturing unit and a partial image corresponding to a partial area of the first image. A setting unit sets at least one of a plurality of preset parameter sets in an image capturing apparatus including the image capturing unit wherein the plurality of preset parameter sets include at least one of a position setting parameter specifying a position of a partial image in the first image and an image quality setting parameter specifying image quality of the first image. A display control unit controls displaying such that a selection screen for setting at least one of the plurality of parameters in the image capturing apparatus is displayed on a display unit, and such that the selection screen displayed on the display unit is different depending on the image being acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Patent number: 10462346
    Abstract: In a case where a definition condition defining a plurality of conditions including an image quality condition for defining image quality of a captured image captured by an imaging apparatus is specified, a determination unit determines whether predetermined processing according to a different image is being performed, the different image being different from an image corresponding to the definition condition and being generated by the imaging apparatus. In a case where the definition condition is specified, a control unit controls the imaging apparatus to generate an image not satisfying at least part of the conditions defined by the definition condition and satisfying the other condition(s) according to a result of determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Patent number: 10291836
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one imaging unit, a change unit configured to change an imaging position at which the imaging unit performs an imaging operation, a storage unit configured to store a plurality of tour conditions each including the imaging position, a control unit configured to control the change unit based on the plurality of tour conditions, and a priority order setting unit configured to set, based on a predetermined priority order, a tour condition to be used for the control of the change unit. Each of the plurality of tour conditions further includes a period for controlling the change unit, and the priority order setting unit automatically sets a tour condition to be performed in a case where the plurality of tour conditions overlaps each other in the period for controlling the change unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Publication number: 20190052797
    Abstract: An acquisition unit acquires at least one of a first image captured by an image capturing unit and a partial image corresponding to a partial area of the first image. A setting unit sets at least one of a plurality of preset parameter sets in an image capturing apparatus including the image capturing unit wherein the plurality of preset parameter sets include at least one of a position setting parameter specifying a position of a partial image in the first image and an image quality setting parameter specifying image quality of the first image. A display control unit controls displaying such that a selection screen for setting at least one of the plurality of parameters in the image capturing apparatus is displayed on a display unit, and such that the selection screen displayed on the display unit is different depending on the image being acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Publication number: 20180374200
    Abstract: A position determination unit determines, in a fisheye image, a position of a clipping portion clipped from the fisheye image. Based on the position of the clipping portion determined by the position determination unit, a determination unit determines a moving amount of the clipping portion for moving the clipping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Publication number: 20180316842
    Abstract: In a case where a definition condition defining a plurality of conditions including an image quality condition for defining image quality of a captured image captured by an imaging apparatus is specified, a determination unit determines whether predetermined processing according to a different image is being performed, the different image being different from an image corresponding to the definition condition and being generated by the imaging apparatus. In a case where the definition condition is specified, a control unit controls the imaging apparatus to generate an image not satisfying at least part of the conditions defined by the definition condition and satisfying the other condition(s) according to a result of determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki
  • Publication number: 20160127635
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one imaging unit, a change unit configured to change an imaging position at which the imaging unit performs an imaging operation, a storage unit configured to store a plurality of tour conditions each including the imaging position, a control unit configured to control the change unit based on the plurality of tour conditions, and a priority order setting unit configured to set, based on a predetermined priority order, a tour condition to be used for the control of the change unit. Each of the plurality of tour conditions further includes a period for controlling the change unit, and the priority order setting unit automatically sets a tour condition to be performed in a case where the plurality of tour conditions overlaps each other in the period for controlling the change unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Shinya Taoki