Patents by Inventor Tetsu Wada

Tetsu Wada 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: 20260122329
    Abstract: The video creation method includes a setting step of setting, in an imaging region of a first video having a first angle of view, regions having a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view, a selection step of selecting a selection region which is an imaging region of a recorded video from among the regions, a switching step of reselecting the selection region from among the regions to switch the selection region after the selection step, a first recording step of recording a video of the selection region in a first period, in which the first recording step is executed between a time when the switching step is executed and a time when the first period elapses, a second recording step of recording a video of the selection region in a second period other than the first period, in which the second recording step is executed the second period, and an adjustment step of adjusting at least one condition of an exposure amount of the selection region, white balance of the video of the selection region
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Patent number: 12581022
    Abstract: There is provided a data creation method for efficiently performing volume adjustment of a sound of each subject according to a state of each of a plurality of subjects. A data creation method includes: an association step (step S10 and step S11) of associating the microphone with each subject possessing each of the microphones; a recording step (step S12, step S20, and step S21) of recording moving image data using the imaging apparatus; a sound recording step (step S13) of recording sound data of each subject using each of the microphones in synchronization with a start of the recording step; a detection step (step S14 and step S15) of automatically detecting a state of the subject during the recording step; and an addition step (step S16 to step S19) of adding, to the moving image data, an identification code for volume adjustment of the sound data of each subject based on a result of the detection step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori Nishiyama, Yuya Nishio, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12542958
    Abstract: Provided is a video creation method capable of obtaining a good image quality of a video obtained by extracting a part of a captured video even in a case in which a position of the extracted region is changed. The video creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a setting step of setting, in an imaging region of a first video having a first angle of view, a plurality of regions having a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view, a designation step of designating, out of a first region and a second region included in the plurality of regions, the second region having a smaller appropriate exposure amount than the first region as a reference region, and a condition determination step of determining at least one condition of an exposure time in a case in which the first video is captured or a stop amount for an incidence ray on the imaging lens based on the appropriate exposure amount of the reference region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Yukinori Nishiyama, Yuya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20250365421
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device capable of performing compression processing on a video captured in each video capturing mode according to a first video capturing mode and a second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. A possible range of a quantization parameter applied in a case where the video is compressed is made different in the first video capturing mode and the second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. The quantization parameter is determined within a first range in a case of the first video capturing mode, and the quantization parameter is determined within a second range narrower than the first range in a case of the second video capturing mode. In particular, a second upper limit value of the second range is smaller than a first upper limit value of the first range, and a second lower limit value of the second range is larger than a first lower limit value of the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12461541
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including a processor and a memory connected to or built into the processor. The processor acquires, for a marker of which a position in a vertical direction is variable with a displacement mechanism, the position of the marker in the vertical direction detected by an optical sensor mounted on a flying object and performs control of maintaining or changing a position of the flying object in the vertical direction, with respect to the flying object, based on the position of the marker in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsu Wada
  • Patent number: 12413730
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device capable of performing compression processing on a video captured in each video capturing mode according to a first video capturing mode and a second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. A possible range of a quantization parameter applied in a case where the video is compressed is made different in the first video capturing mode and the second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. The quantization parameter is determined within a first range in a case of the first video capturing mode, and the quantization parameter is determined within a second range narrower than the first range in a case of the second video capturing mode. In particular, a second upper limit value of the second range is smaller than a first upper limit value of the first range, and a second lower limit value of the second range is larger than a first lower limit value of the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori Nishiyama, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12395742
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and a video recording method for a user to perceive a position of an extraction range moving within an angle of view, wherein the display method includes an acquisition step of acquiring a reference video that is a motion picture, an extraction step of extracting an extraction video set to be smaller than an angle of view of the reference video within the angle of view from the reference video, a movement step of moving an extraction range of the extraction video over time, a first display step of displaying the extraction video on a display device, and a second display step of displaying a support video based on a positional relationship between the angle of view and the extraction range on the display device, in which the second display step is executed during execution of the first display step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nishio, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 12363436
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus has an imaging element that captures an optical image with a first angle of view, and a control unit that has a first mode and a second mode as a video imaging mode and records video data of a video based on the optical image. The control unit executes thinning-out drive to thin out a part of readout of the plurality of pixels in the first mode and the second mode, sets a second thinning-out rate in the thinning-out drive of the second mode to be lower than a first thinning-out rate of the thinning-out drive of the first mode, and changes the second angle of view of the recording region following movement of a subject in the recording region in the second mode, and changes the second thinning-out rate of the recording region with change in the second angle of view in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nishio, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20250193530
    Abstract: A control device is a control device applied to a moving object equipped with an imaging apparatus and a light source. The imaging apparatus images a first imaging target region and a second imaging target region of a subject according to a movement position of the moving object. A first region that is a part of the first imaging target region overlaps with a second region that is a part of the second imaging target region. The control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to perform control of causing the light source to irradiate the first imaging target region with light. An intensity of the light with which the first region is irradiated is higher than an intensity of the light with which a periphery of the first region is irradiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu WADA
  • Publication number: 20250184613
    Abstract: An imaging support device is an imaging support device that supports imaging performed by an imaging device mounted in a moving object. The imaging device includes an image sensor. The imaging support device includes a processor. The processor derives a shake amount that is allowable for a subject image formed on the image sensor in a state in which the moving object is moving, based on a dimension of a specific part included in a subject and pixel resolution, and derives an exposure time for the image sensor based on a moving speed of the moving object and the shake amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu WADA
  • Publication number: 20250159099
    Abstract: Provided is a video creation method in which, in a configuration in which a part of a captured video is extracted and displayed, the adjustment of an exposure amount and the video display in a case in which an extracted region is changed are appropriately executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20250142219
    Abstract: An imaging support device includes a processor configured to control an exposure time of a photoelectric conversion region of an image sensor having the photoelectric conversion region in which plural pixels are two-dimensionally disposed. The processor is configured to, in a case where an incidence ray on the photoelectric conversion region causes a difference in brightness along one direction in the photoelectric conversion region, perform a control of reducing the exposure time from a divided region on a darker side to a divided region on a brighter side of a plurality of divided regions into which the photoelectric conversion region is divided along the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu WADA
  • Patent number: 12256073
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device capable of performing compression processing on a video captured in each video capturing mode according to a first video capturing mode and a second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. A possible range of a quantization parameter applied in a case where the video is compressed is made different in the first video capturing mode and the second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. The quantization parameter is determined within a first range in a case of the first video capturing mode, and the quantization parameter is determined within a second range narrower than the first range in a case of the second video capturing mode. In particular, a second upper limit value of the second range is smaller than a first upper limit value of the first range, and a second lower limit value of the second range is larger than a first lower limit value of the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori Nishiyama, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12238448
    Abstract: A video creation method of creating a video is provided. The method includes setting, in an imaging region of a reference video having a first angle of view, one or more regions having a second angle of view different from the first angle of view, determining a selection region that is the region in which a subject of a recording target is included, switching the selection region, displaying an insertion video in a period between a display period of a pre-switching video which is a video of the selection region before the switching and a display period of a post-switching video which is a video of the selection region after the switching, and executing, during a display period of the insertion video, a process to change a displayed video from one of the pre-switching video or the post-switching video to the other of the pre-switching video or the post-switching video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Yukinori Nishiyama, Yuya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20250022106
    Abstract: An imaging support apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to, for each of a plurality of divided regions that are obtained by dividing an imaging target region and that have an overlapping region which is a region in which the divided regions partially overlap with each other, cause a light source to irradiate the overlapping region of the divided region with a reference light beam, acquire a divided image including a reference image indicating the reference light beam for each divided region by causing an imaging apparatus to image the divided region in a state where the overlapping region is irradiated with the reference light beam, and calculate a blurriness amount of an overlapping region image indicating the overlapping region for each divided region based on the reference image in the divided image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu WADA
  • Publication number: 20250024132
    Abstract: An imaging control apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to cause an imaging apparatus to image a first imaging target region, and in a case where a part of a second imaging target region overlaps with a part of the first imaging target region while a moving object on which the imaging apparatus is mounted is moving, perform overlapping imaging processing of causing the imaging apparatus to image the second imaging target region. The processor is configured to, in a case where the overlapping imaging processing fails, perform interval imaging processing of causing the imaging apparatus to image a third imaging target region on a condition that a moving distance by which the moving object moves from a first position at which the first imaging target region is imaged by the imaging apparatus reaches a first predetermined moving distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsu WADA
  • Patent number: 12154335
    Abstract: An imaging device including an image sensor that captures a video; and a processor configured to extract a first frame from a plurality of frames constituting the video captured by the image sensor to generate a first static image file, generate a video file constituted of a plurality of frames including the first frame from the video, and store the video file, the first static image file, and additional information indicating a position of the first frame in the video file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yukinori Nishiyama, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240305891
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and a video recording method for a user to perceive a position of an extraction range moving within an angle of view, wherein the display method includes an acquisition step of acquiring a reference video that is a motion picture, an extraction step of extracting an extraction video set to be smaller than an angle of view of the reference video within the angle of view from the reference video, a movement step of moving an extraction range of the extraction video over time, a first display step of displaying the extraction video on a display device, and a second display step of displaying a support video based on a positional relationship between the angle of view and the extraction range on the display device, in which the second display step is executed during execution of the first display step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12058444
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus facilitating recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided, which includes an image sensor that captures a reference video which is a motion picture, a housing that accommodates the image sensor, a detection portion for detecting a motion of the housing, and a processor configured to execute setting processing of setting an extraction range smaller than an angle of view within the angle of view in a case of capturing the reference video, extraction processing of extracting an extraction video within the extraction range from the reference video, movement processing of moving the extraction range within the angle of view over time in accordance with the motion detected by the detection portion, and recording processing of recording the extraction video during movement of the extraction range in the movement processing on a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama, Yuya Nishio, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240259686
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus has an imaging element that captures an optical image with a first angle of view, and a control unit that has a first mode and a second mode as a video imaging mode and records video data of a video based on the optical image. The control unit executes thinning-out drive to thin out a part of readout of the plurality of pixels in the first mode and the second mode, sets a second thinning-out rate in the thinning-out drive of the second mode to be lower than a first thinning-out rate of the thinning-out drive of the first mode, and changes the second angle of view of the recording region following movement of a subject in the recording region in the second mode, and changes the second thinning-out rate of the recording region with change in the second angle of view in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA