Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Nishiguchi
Tatsuya Nishiguchi 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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Publication number: 20240080574Abstract: The invention provides an image capturing apparatus which comprises an image capturing unit, a selecting unit which selects a dynamic range, a developing unit which performs a developing process on RAW image data obtained by the image capturing unit; and a control unit which performs control such that if a first dynamic range is selected, image data obtained by performing a developing process for the first dynamic range on the RAW image data by the developing unit is recorded as the RAW image file together with the RAW image data, and if a second dynamic range is selected, image data obtained by performing a developing process for the second dynamic range on the RAW image data by the developing unit is recorded as the RAW image file together with the RAW image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Noboru Omori
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Patent number: 11871124Abstract: The invention provides an image capturing apparatus which comprises an image capturing unit, a selecting unit which selects a dynamic range, a developing unit which performs a developing process on RAW image data obtained by the image capturing unit; and a control unit which performs control such that if a first dynamic range is selected, image data obtained by performing a developing process for the first dynamic range on the RAW image data by the developing unit is recorded as the RAW image file together with the RAW image data, and if a second dynamic range is selected, image data obtained by performing a developing process for the second dynamic range on the RAW image data by the developing unit is recorded as the RAW image file together with the RAW image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Noboru Omori
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Publication number: 20230196508Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus. An obtainment unit obtains a first image, first subject information indicating a first subject detected from the first image, a second image, and second subject information indicating a second subject detected from the second image. A composition unit generates a composite image by compositing the first image and the second image. A recording unit records the first subject information and the second subject information in association with the composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventor: Tatsuya NISHIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210385375Abstract: The invention provides an image capturing apparatus which comprises an image capturing unit, a selecting unit which selects a dynamic range, a developing unit which performs a developing process on RAW image data obtained by the image capturing unit; and a control unit which performs control such that if a first dynamic range is selected, image data obtained by performing a developing process for the first dynamic range on the RAW image data by the developing unit is recorded as the RAW image file together with the RAW image data, and if a second dynamic range is selected, image data obtained by performing a developing process for the second dynamic range on the RAW image data by the developing unit is recorded as the RAW image file together with the RAW image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Noboru Omori
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Patent number: 11178343Abstract: An image processing apparatus that communicates with an external device and combines a sub image received from the external device with a main image includes a determination unit that determines a wipe shape of the sub image, and a notification unit that notifies the external device of the determined wipe shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Patent number: 11165970Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving image; and a generation unit configured to generate a thumbnail image from the moving image, wherein in a case where the moving image is a high dynamic range (HDR) moving image, the generation unit generates the thumbnail image of which gamma is equal to a gamma of the moving image and bit depth is lower than a bit depth of the moving image.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Patent number: 11050943Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Emi Kondo, Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
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Patent number: 10986280Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Emi Kondo, Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
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Patent number: 10972674Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a converting unit that converts a first type of image into a converted image; a connecting unit that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit that sets a connection mode; and a control unit that controls so that in a case where the connection is in a first connection mode, the first type of image is outputted from the connecting unit without converting the first type of image by the converting unit, and in a case where the connection is in a second connection mode, the first type of image is converted by the converting unit, and is outputted from the connecting unit, wherein source of the image to be outputted from the connecting unit can be switched from a second type of image to the first type of image, while maintaining the connection in the second connection mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Emi Kondo, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
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Publication number: 20200404153Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving image; and a generation unit configured to generate a thumbnail image from the moving image, wherein in a case where the moving image is a high dynamic range (HDR) moving image, the generation unit generates the thumbnail image of which gamma is equal to a gamma of the moving image and bit depth is lower than a bit depth of the moving image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Publication number: 20200294211Abstract: An image display apparatus determines, based on information obtained from an image supply apparatus via a communication interface, whether or not the image display apparatus has a capability of displaying an image of a first dynamic range that is generated in the image supply apparatus, and if the image display apparatus has a capability of displaying an image of the first dynamic range, requests the image supply apparatus for an image of the first dynamic range, and if the image display apparatus does not have a capability of displaying an image of the first dynamic range, requests the image supply apparatus for an image of a second dynamic range that can be displayed on the image display apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Shuhei Iino, Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Publication number: 20200244860Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Emi Kondo, Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
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Publication number: 20190335097Abstract: An image processing apparatus that communicates with an external device and combines a sub image received from the external device with a main image includes a determination unit that determines a wipe shape of the sub image, and a notification unit that notifies the external device of the determined wipe shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Publication number: 20190199904Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a converting unit that converts a first type of image into a converted image; a connecting unit that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit that sets a connection mode; and a control unit that controls so that in a case where the connection is in a first connection mode, the first type of image is outputted from the connecting unit without converting the first type of image by the converting unit, and in a case where the connection is in a second connection mode, the first type of image is converted by the converting unit, and is outputted from the connecting unit, wherein source of the image to be outputted from the connecting unit can be switched from a second type of image to the first type of image, while maintaining the connection in the second connection mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Emi Kondo, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
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Publication number: 20190199901Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Emi Kondo, Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
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Patent number: 9467550Abstract: A communication apparatus which controls an external apparatus, comprises a communication unit configured to control communication with the external apparatus, a control unit configured to control the external apparatus by causing the communication unit to transmit, to the external apparatus, operation information for causing the external apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and a management unit configured to, when a function controllable on the external apparatus is added, manage additional function information that renders the added function usable also by second application software that is different from first application software, the first application software causing the control unit to function so as to control the external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Patent number: 9467549Abstract: An external apparatus which is controlled by a communication apparatus, comprises a control unit configured to execute functions corresponding to operation information received from the communication apparatus, a changing unit configured to change the operation information that are assigned in every function, wherein the operation information is changed by the changing unit each time connection to the communication apparatus is established, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the changed operation information that are assigned in every function to the communication apparatus together with decryption information for the changed operation information that is encrypted.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Patent number: 9445000Abstract: A control method for a communication apparatus includes communicating with an external device using a communication application including a first program for receiving a user operation to communicate with the communication apparatus, and a second program for communicating with the communication apparatus, notifying the external device of an operation available for the external device among operations for controlling the communication apparatus in the communication between the communication apparatus and the external device, and determining the type of the second program used by the external device. In the notifying, a different operation to be notified is provided according to the type of the second program.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Publication number: 20160014248Abstract: An external apparatus which is controlled by a communication apparatus, comprises a control unit configured to execute functions corresponding to operation information received from the communication apparatus, a changing unit configured to change the operation information that are assigned in every function, wherein the operation information is changed by the changing unit each time connection to the communication apparatus is established, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the changed operation information that are assigned in every function to the communication apparatus together with decryption information for the changed operation information that is encrypted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi
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Publication number: 20160014256Abstract: A communication apparatus which controls an external apparatus, comprises a communication unit configured to control communication with the external apparatus, a control unit configured to control the external apparatus by causing the communication unit to transmit, to the external apparatus, operation information for causing the external apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and a management unit configured to, when a function controllable on the external apparatus is added, manage additional function information that renders the added function usable also by second application software that is different from first application software, the first application software causing the control unit to function so as to control the external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventor: Tatsuya Nishiguchi