Patents by Inventor Shotaro Yanai
Shotaro Yanai 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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Patent number: 12323698Abstract: In an electronic device, a memory temporarily holds image data output from an image sensor during a first operation instruction instructing preparation for shooting is output, and an acquisition unit repeatedly acquires determination information used for estimating a level of possibility that a second operation instruction for instructing recording of a shot image will be output. A controller controls image shooting and to hold image data in the memory by a first control if the level is a first level, and by a second control that can reduce power consumption if the level is a second level which is lower than the first level. When the second operation instruction is output, the image data of an image shot in response to the second operation instruction and the latest image data held in the memory are recorded on a recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Hoshina, Shotaro Yanai
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Publication number: 20240298087Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit configured to detect contact with an object using a detector, and a processor configured to change between a first power mode and a second power mode that consumes less power than the first power mode, based on a contact area size of an object on the display unit detected by the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventor: SHOTARO YANAI
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Publication number: 20240073516Abstract: In an electronic device, a memory temporarily holds image data output from an image sensor during a first operation instruction instructing preparation for shooting is output, and an acquisition unit repeatedly acquires determination information used for estimating a level of possibility that a second operation instruction for instructing recording of a shot image will be output. A controller controls image shooting and to hold image data in the memory by a first control if the level is a first level, and by a second control that can reduce power consumption if the level is a second level which is lower than the first level. When the second operation instruction is output, the image data of an image shot in response to the second operation instruction and the latest image data held in the memory are recorded on a recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takayuki HOSHINA, Shotaro YANAI
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Patent number: 11838620Abstract: In an electronic device, a memory temporarily holds image data output from an image sensor during a first operation instruction instructing preparation for shooting is output, and an acquisition unit repeatedly acquires determination information used for estimating a level of possibility that a second operation instruction for instructing recording of a shot image will be output. A controller controls image shooting and to hold image data in the memory by a first control if the level is a first level, and by a second control that can reduce power consumption if the level is a second level which is lower than the first level. When the second operation instruction is output, the image data of an image shot in response to the second operation instruction and the latest image data held in the memory are recorded on a recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Hoshina, Shotaro Yanai
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Publication number: 20230179857Abstract: In an electronic device, a memory temporarily holds image data output from an image sensor during a first operation instruction instructing preparation for shooting is output, and an acquisition unit repeatedly acquires determination information used for estimating a level of possibility that a second operation instruction for instructing recording of a shot image will be output. A controller controls image shooting and to hold image data in the memory by a first control if the level is a first level, and by a second control that can reduce power consumption if the level is a second level which is lower than the first level. When the second operation instruction is output, the image data of an image shot in response to the second operation instruction and the latest image data held in the memory are recorded on a recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Takayuki HOSHINA, Shotaro Yanai
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Patent number: 10924671Abstract: An imaging control apparatus includes an instruction providing unit configured to be capable of providing an instruction for continuous image capturing in response to an operation on a first operation member, a touch detector configured to be capable of detecting a touch operation on a second operation member, and a control unit configured to perform control for recording images at an interval that varies, between continuous image capturing in a first image capturing period in which the second operation member is not touched, and continuous image capturing in a second image capturing period in which the second operation member is touched, during continuous image capturing that begins in response to an operation on the first operation member.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10764502Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a finder; a grip portion on a side of a first direction relative to the finder; a touch operation member provided on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus on a side of the first direction relative to the finder, on a side of a second direction relative to the grip portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and on a side of a third direction relative to a center of the imaging apparatus, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and being oriented from the center toward the finder; and a control unit configured to control the imaging apparatus so as to execute a first function in accordance with a slide operation in the first direction and to execute a second function in accordance with a slide operation in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Yoshida, Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20190141258Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a finder; a grip portion on a side of a first direction relative to the finder; a touch operation member provided on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus on a side of the first direction relative to the finder, on a side of a second direction relative to the grip portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and on a side of a third direction relative to a center of the imaging apparatus, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and being oriented from the center toward the finder; and a control unit configured to control the imaging apparatus so as to execute a first function in accordance with a slide operation in the first direction and to execute a second function in accordance with a slide operation in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20190141244Abstract: An imaging control apparatus includes an instruction providing unit configured to be capable of providing an instruction for continuous image capturing in response to an operation on a first operation member, a touch detector configured to be capable of detecting a touch operation on a second operation member, and a control unit configured to perform control for recording images at an interval that varies, between continuous image capturing in a first image capturing period in which the second operation member is not touched, and continuous image capturing in a second image capturing period in which the second operation member is touched, during continuous image capturing that begins in response to an operation on the first operation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10108257Abstract: An electronic device includes a posture detection unit configured to detect a posture of the electronic device; a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch on a touch panel; a function execution unit configured not to execute a function according to a touch when a touch area on an object area of the touch panel is equal to or greater than the threshold, while, to execute a function according to the touch when the touch area on the object area is less than the threshold, regardless of a touch area on an area other than the object area being less than or equal to or greater than the threshold; and a control unit configured to control the object area of the touch panel to be made different according to the posture detected by the posture detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shotaro Yanai
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Publication number: 20160334867Abstract: An electronic device includes a posture detection unit configured to detect a posture of the electronic device; a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch on a touch panel; a function execution unit configured not to execute a function according to a touch when a touch area on an object area of the touch panel is equal to or greater than the threshold, while, to execute a function according to the touch when the touch area on the object area is less than the threshold, regardless of a touch area on an area other than the object area being less than or equal to or greater than the threshold; and a control unit configured to control the object area of the touch panel to be made different according to the posture detected by the posture detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventor: Shotaro Yanai