Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kikkawa

Takeshi Kikkawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20230254578
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Takeshi KIKKAWA, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Akihiko SATO, Takeshi NAKATA
  • Patent number: 11659278
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Kikkawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihiko Sato, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11451712
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a recording control unit configured to perform control to start recording content including at least one of a moving image and sound in response to an operation of a first operating member or a second operating member; and a control unit configured to perform control to: record the content as content of a new group that differs from a group of content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the first operating member; and record the content as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Harry Vermeulen, Takeshi Kikkawa, Soshi Takita, Takeshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20220283637
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an operation member configured to receive an operation performed by a user, a display device configured to display a display item, an eye tracking unit configured to detect a gaze point of the user on the display device, and an execution unit configured to perform control to execute a first processing corresponding to a first operation item assigned to the operation member or a second processing corresponding to a second operation item assigned to the display item displayed at the detected gaze point, in response to an operation to the operation member performed by a user. In a case where the display item is not displayed at the detected gaze point, the execution unit performs control to execute the first processing, and in a case where the display item is displayed at the detected gaze point, the execution unit performs control to execute the second processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Shingo Yamazaki, Takeshi Kikkawa, Mayu ONO, Takeshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20220078346
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Kikkawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihiko Sato, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11184543
    Abstract: There is provided an exposure setting apparatus. A display control unit performs control so that a coordinate system region which expresses a coordinate system including a first axis corresponding to an aperture value and a second axis corresponding to a shutter speed is displayed in a display unit. The display control unit performs control to add, to the coordinate system region, a visual gradation in which a tone value changes in the coordinate system region in a direction from a side where the aperture value is low and the shutter speed is slow to a side where the aperture value is high and the shutter speed is fast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mayu Asano, Takeshi Kikkawa, Takeshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20210352218
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a recording control unit configured to perform control to start recording content including at least one of a moving image and sound in response to an operation of a first operating member or a second operating member; and a control unit configured to perform control to: record the content as content of a new group that differs from a group of content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the first operating member; and record the content as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Harry Vermeulen, Takeshi Kikkawa, Soushi Takita, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11134187
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control so as to execute a predetermined function in accordance with a predetermined touch operation with respect to a touch operation member in a case where the touch operation member is in an enabled state, and not to execute the predetermined function in a case where the touch operation member is in a restricted state; and a switching unit configured to switch to the enabled state in accordance with a first touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the restricted state, a touch continuation time of the first touch operation reaching a first time, and switch to the restricted state in accordance with a second touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the enabled state, a touch continuation time of the second touch operation reaching a second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Jun Kamiya, Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 11122207
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first selection unit which selects one of items in a first layer, a second selection unit which selects one of items in a second layer which become selectable when one of the items in the first layer is selected, a display controller which performs control such that the items in the first layer are displayed in a first direction and the items in the second layer are displayed in the first direction in a first display unit, and a controller which performs control such that, even when the first selection unit selects one of the items in the first layer, the items in the first layer are not shifted and the selected item in the second layer is displayed in a position corresponding to a display position of a corresponding one of the items in the first layer in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuro Miyajima, Ryu Wakui, Takeshi Kikkawa, Naomi Mori, Mayu Asano
  • Patent number: 11064128
    Abstract: There is provided an exposure setting apparatus. A display control unit performs control to display a coordinate system region, a first indicator, and a second indicator on a display unit. The coordinate system region represents a coordinate system that includes a first axis corresponding to a first exposure control parameter and a second axis corresponding to a second exposure control parameter. The first indicator indicates positions, in the coordinate system region, of a plurality of combinations of a value of the first exposure control parameter and a value of the second exposure control parameter that correspond to a predetermined exposure. The second indicator indicates a position, in the coordinate system region, of a combination of the setting value of the first exposure control parameter and the setting value of the second exposure control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mayu Asano, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shingo Yamazaki, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 10999496
    Abstract: An electronic device is capable of assigning a function selected by a user as a function to be executed in accordance with each of a plurality of operations, and the electronic device includes: a first accepting unit configured to accept a first user operation for selecting any of a plurality of groups obtained by classifying a plurality of assignable functions; a second accepting unit configured to, after any of the plurality of groups is selected, narrow down options to a plurality of assignable functions included in the selected group among all assignable functions excluding functions not included in the selected group, and accept a second user operation for selecting a function to be respectively assigned to the plurality of operations among the options; and an assigning unit configured to assign the function selected by the second user operation to each of the plurality of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 10958826
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising: a display controlling unit configured to control to display a group of candidates representing a plurality of candidates of settings with respect to a specific setting object in response to a first type of operation and to hide the group of candidates in a case where a prescribed condition is satisfied; and a control unit configured to change the specific setting object to a selected setting, by selecting one setting from a plurality of candidates including the group of candidates in response to the first type of operation, and in a case where the group of candidates is displayed, in response to a second type of operation, change the specific setting object to a specific setting associated with the second type of operation and update the display of the group of candidates so as to correspond to the changed setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiyu Ueno, Takuro Miyajima, Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20210044758
    Abstract: There is provided an exposure setting apparatus. A display control unit performs control so that a coordinate system region which expresses a coordinate system including a first axis corresponding to an aperture value and a second axis corresponding to a shutter speed is displayed in a display unit. The display control unit performs control to add, to the coordinate system region, a visual gradation in which a tone value changes in the coordinate system region in a direction from a side where the aperture value is low and the shutter speed is slow to a side where the aperture value is high and the shutter speed is fast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mayu Asano, Takeshi Kikkawa, Takeshi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20210044735
    Abstract: There is provided an exposure setting apparatus. A display control unit performs control to display a coordinate system region, a first indicator, and a second indicator on a display unit. The coordinate system region represents a coordinate system that includes a first axis corresponding to a first exposure control parameter and a second axis corresponding to a second exposure control parameter. The first indicator indicates positions, in the coordinate system region, of a plurality of combinations of a value of the first exposure control parameter and a value of the second exposure control parameter that correspond to a predetermined exposure. The second indicator indicates a position, in the coordinate system region, of a combination of the setting value of the first exposure control parameter and the setting value of the second exposure control parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mayu Asano, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shingo Yamazaki, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 10764502
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20200162676
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first selection unit which selects one of items in a first layer, a second selection unit which selects one of items in a second layer which become selectable when one of the items in the first layer is selected, a display controller which performs control such that the items in the first layer are displayed in a first direction and the items in the second layer are displayed in the first direction in a first display unit, and a controller which performs control such that, even when the first selection unit selects one of the items in the first layer, the items in the first layer are not shifted and the selected item in the second layer is displayed in a position corresponding to a display position of a corresponding one of the items in the first layer in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Takuro Miyajima, Ryu Wakui, Takeshi Kikkawa, Naomi Mori, Mayu Asano
  • Patent number: D873292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikkawa, Katsuhito Yoshio
  • Patent number: D932512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikkawa, Katsuhito Yoshio
  • Patent number: D953361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Katsuhito Yoshio, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Patent number: D983809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Takeshi Kikkawa