Patents by Inventor Takeshi Nakata
Takeshi Nakata 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: 12137288Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Kikkawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihiko Sato, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20240083180Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata
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Patent number: 11840104Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20230254578Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Takeshi KIKKAWA, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Akihiko SATO, Takeshi NAKATA
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Patent number: 11659278Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Kikkawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihiko Sato, Takeshi Nakata
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Patent number: 11451712Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Harry Vermeulen, Takeshi Kikkawa, Soshi Takita, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20220283637Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Shingo Yamazaki, Takeshi Kikkawa, Mayu ONO, Takeshi Nakata
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Patent number: 11436776Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a designation unit configured to designate at least a part of a plurality of frame areas in each of which an image provided on a screen is arrangeable; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a frame area that satisfies a predetermined condition from the designated frame area; a first determination unit configured to automatically determine an image to be arranged in the frame area that satisfies the predetermined condition; and a display control unit configured to arrange and display the determined image in the frame area that satisfies the predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuko Hokari, Akane Sakamoto, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20220080744Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is smaller than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is larger than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state when the amount of the printing material is larger than the predetermined amount to a state when the amount of the printing material is smaller than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20220078346Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Kikkawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihiko Sato, Takeshi Nakata
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Patent number: 11247489Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata
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Patent number: 11203210Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata
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Patent number: 11184543Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mayu Asano, Takeshi Kikkawa, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20210352218Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Harry Vermeulen, Takeshi Kikkawa, Soushi Takita, Takeshi Nakata
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Patent number: 11070734Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of taking and editing a content with satisfactory operability while holding a grip. The image pickup apparatus includes a display unit, a grip, an operation unit including a touch operation member extending in a slide direction for a slide operation that designates one of taken contents, a first instruction member to take, and a second instruction member to retake, and a controller that changes a display content on the display unit according to a slide operation to the touch operation member. The operation unit is provided between the grip and the display unit in a perpendicular direction to the slide direction. The first and second instruction members are provided between the touch operation member and the grip in the perpendicular direction. The first and second instruction members are respectively provided near one end and the other end of the touch operation member.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Harry Vermeulen, Kenichi Nishimura, Takeshi Nakata
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Patent number: 11064128Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mayu Asano, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shingo Yamazaki, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20210044735Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mayu Asano, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shingo Yamazaki, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20210044758Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mayu Asano, Takeshi Kikkawa, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20200344422Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of taking and editing a content with satisfactory operability while holding a grip. The image pickup apparatus includes a display unit, a grip, an operation unit including a touch operation member extending in a slide direction for a slide operation that designates one of taken contents, a first instruction member to take, and a second instruction member to retake, and a controller that changes a display content on the display unit according to a slide operation to the touch operation member. The operation unit is provided between the grip and the display unit in a perpendicular direction to the slide direction. The first and second instruction members are provided between the touch operation member and the grip in the perpendicular direction. The first and second instruction members are respectively provided near one end and the other end of the touch operation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Harry Vermeulen, Kenichi Nishimura, Takeshi Nakata
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Publication number: 20200307256Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is smaller than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is larger than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state when the amount of the printing material is larger than the predetermined amount to a state when the amount of the printing material is smaller than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Keita Takatani, Takeshi Nakata