Patents by Inventor Shuma Yokoyama

Shuma Yokoyama 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: 11985418
    Abstract: An imaging system, having an imaging apparatus and a moving apparatus that moves with the imaging apparatus mounted thereon, includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a movable time, which is a time when the moving apparatus is capable of moving, based on a residual battery capacity of a first power supply that supplies power to the moving apparatus; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an imageable time, which is a time when the imaging apparatus is capable of imaging, based on a residual battery capacity of a second power supply that supplies power to the imaging apparatus; and a control unit configured to control whether power is fed from the second power supply to the moving apparatus or power is fed from the first power supply to the imaging apparatus, based on at least one of the movable time and the imageable time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuma Yokoyama, Koji Nishimori
  • Patent number: 11789881
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus comprising a connector that includes a plurality of signal lines and connects to an external recording device. The control unit performs control to determine whether a second signal has been input before a predetermined time period elapses since a first signal was output to the external recording device, the second signal indicating that the external recording device is compatible with a second transfer mode. In a case where it is determined that the second signal has been input, the control unit performs control to perform communication in the second transfer mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuma Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20230102313
    Abstract: An imaging system, having an imaging apparatus and a moving apparatus that moves with the imaging apparatus mounted thereon, includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a movable time, which is a time when the moving apparatus is capable of moving, based on a residual battery capacity of a first power supply that supplies power to the moving apparatus; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an imageable time, which is a time when the imaging apparatus is capable of imaging, based on a residual battery capacity of a second power supply that supplies power to the imaging apparatus; and a control unit configured to control whether power is fed from the second power supply to the moving apparatus or power is fed from the first power supply to the imaging apparatus, based on at least one of the movable time and the imageable time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Shuma Yokoyama, Koji Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20230012913
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus comprising a connector that includes a plurality of signal lines and connects to an external recording device. The control unit performs control to determine whether a second signal has been input before a predetermined time period elapses since a first signal was output to the external recording device, the second signal indicating that the external recording device is compatible with a second transfer mode. In a case where it is determined that the second signal has been input, the control unit performs control to perform communication in the second transfer mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Shuma Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20220405413
    Abstract: An information management apparatus is provided and includes a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor of the information management apparatus to register second information about a second image modified from a first image in a blockchain for management, and determine whether modification content of the second image meets a permission condition based on permission information indicating a permission condition that describes a type of modification able to be performed on the first image, the permission information being included in first information about the first image. The first image is managed through registration of the first information in the blockchain, and the second information is registered in the blockchain if the information management apparatus determines that the modification content of the second image meets the permission condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shuma Yokoyama, Ayaka Kinoshita