Patents by Inventor Tomoharu Shimada

Tomoharu Shimada 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: 20250126351
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of improving operability in a case in which manual focus adjustment is performed. Processing of extracting a plurality of subjects from moving image data obtained by imaging is performed, first moving image data in which a region including a specific subject among the plurality of subjects is magnified is output to a display destination, and, in a case in which a change has occurred in any of the plurality of subjects in the moving image data, second moving image data in which a region of each of the plurality of subjects is magnified is output to the display destination instead of the first moving image data, and then, in a case in which an instruction to select the subject is given, third moving image data in which a region including a selected subject is magnified is output to the display destination instead of the second moving image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu SHIMADA, Takehiro KOGUCHI, Shinya FUJIWARA, Taro SAITO, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12279046
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and an imaging program capable of easily capturing a moving image under an imaging condition desired by a user. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes an imaging unit and a processor. The processor sets a first imaging parameter applied to moving image data captured by the imaging unit, records first moving image data captured based on the first imaging parameter on a recording device before a first operation by a user of the imaging device is received, sets a second imaging parameter applied to the moving image data in a case where the first operation is received, and records the second moving image data captured based on the second imaging parameter on the recording device in a case where a second operation by the user is received after the reception of the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Koguchi, Shinya Fujiwara, Taro Saito, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tomoharu Shimada
  • Publication number: 20250117879
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor; and the processor is configured to determine an imaging method for imaging a designated imaging target region a plurality of times according to a form of the imaging target region, acquire a plurality of pieces of first image data obtained by imaging in the imaging method, and generate second image data related to the imaging target region by performing, onto the plurality of pieces of first image data, resize processing in a reduction direction and combining processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Tomoharu SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20250106524
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and an imaging program capable of easily acquiring a slow moving image with good image quality. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes an optical system, an imaging element, and a processor, and the processor performs detection processing of detecting a movement of a subject based on an image signal output from the imaging element, frame rate control of increasing a frame rate of a moving image output from the imaging element based on the detected movement, exposure control processing of maintaining a rate of an exposure time per frame of the moving image constant according to the increase in the frame rate, and dimming control processing of changing a degree of dimming of the optical system according to the exposure control processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro KOGUCHI, Taro SAITO, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tomoharu SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20250069253
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor, and the processor is configured to: acquire first position information of an imaging target position associated with a captured image captured by an imaging system and second position information of a terminal device obtained by the terminal device in an imaging region of the imaging system; and generate first data based on the first position information and the second position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko SUGIMOTO, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Tomoharu SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20250071413
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging instruction method, and an imaging instruction program capable of efficiently changing an imaging condition during capturing of a moving image. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device is an imaging device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image and a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Takehiro KOGUCHI, Shinya FUJIWARA, Taro SAITO, Tomoharu SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 12225298
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and an imaging program capable of easily acquiring a slow moving image with good image quality. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes an optical system, an imaging element, and a processor, and the processor performs detection processing of detecting a movement of a subject based on an image signal output from the imaging element, frame rate control of increasing a frame rate of a moving image output from the imaging element based on the detected movement, exposure control processing of maintaining a rate of an exposure time per frame of the moving image constant according to the increase in the frame rate, and dimming control processing of changing a degree of dimming of the optical system according to the exposure control processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Koguchi, Taro Saito, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tomoharu Shimada
  • Patent number: 12219241
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of improving operability in a case in which manual focus adjustment is performed. Processing of extracting a plurality of subjects from moving image data obtained by imaging is performed, first moving image data in which a region including a specific subject among the plurality of subjects is magnified is output to a display destination, and, in a case in which a change has occurred in any of the plurality of subjects in the moving image data, second moving image data in which a region of each of the plurality of subjects is magnified is output to the display destination instead of the first moving image data, and then, in a case in which an instruction to select the subject is given, third moving image data in which a region including a selected subject is magnified is output to the display destination instead of the second moving image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu Shimada, Takehiro Koguchi, Shinya Fujiwara, Taro Saito, Yukinori Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20250014138
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a processor; and a memory. The processor is configured to: acquire a plurality of image data; acquire area information which is information on an area related to the image data; select first image data based on a first criterion from an image data group which is a set of the image data corresponding to the same area information; and perform control of displaying, on a display, at least one image data in the image data group as second image data based on the first image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta ABE, Tetsuro ASHIDA, Tomoharu SHIMADA, Morito NISEKI
  • Patent number: 12177581
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method, an image processing program, and an imaging device capable of generating two pieces of moving image data subjected to different pieces of image processing. A processor is configured to perform processing of calculating a first image processing parameter from first moving image data obtained by imaging, processing of generating second moving image data from the first moving image data based on the first image processing parameter, processing of storing the first moving image data in the memory, and processing of generating third moving image data from the first moving image data stored in the memory based on a second image processing parameter calculated from the first moving image data with a lapse of a time (T) after the first moving image data starts to be stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Saito, Takehiro Koguchi, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tomoharu Shimada, Shinya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12170838
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging instruction method, and an imaging instruction program capable of efficiently changing an imaging condition during capturing of a moving image. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device is an imaging device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori Nishiyama, Takehiro Koguchi, Shinya Fujiwara, Taro Saito, Tomoharu Shimada
  • Publication number: 20240373138
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a processor, and a memory. The processor is configured to: acquire first image data including a subject; determine a first composition of the subject in a first direction based on first information regarding a state of the subject; determine a second composition of the subject in a second direction different from the first direction based on second information different from the first information regarding the state of the subject; and generate second image data based on the first composition and the second composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu SHIMADA, Tetsuro ASHIDA, Yuta ABE, Morito NISEKI
  • Publication number: 20240364848
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: combine a plurality of pieces of image data obtained by imaging performed by an imaging apparatus whose imaging direction is changeable to generate second image data; generate third image data, which is different from the second image data, based on the second image data; output the third image data and first image data obtained by imaging performed by the imaging apparatus to a display; output the second image data to the display; and selectively perform first control of outputting the first image data and the third image data to the display and second control of outputting the second image data and the third image data to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu SHIMADA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240323536
    Abstract: A control device controls a revolution mechanism causing an imaging apparatus to revolve. The control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to switch between first control and second control that are related to an operation of the revolution mechanism based on at least any one of an imaging condition of the imaging apparatus or operating information of the revolution mechanism, the first control is continuous control in which an input factor is a command value of a speed, and the second control is discrete control in which the input factor is a command value of a position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Tomoharu SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240276085
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus and a control method of the imaging apparatus which are for reducing noise included in an output image of an imaging element having a photosensitive layer on a silicon substrate. An imaging apparatus (1-1) includes an imaging element (12) having a photosensitive layer on a silicon substrate, a cooling unit (14) that cools the imaging element (12), a temperature detection unit (16) that detects a temperature of the imaging element (12), and a CPU (26) functioning as a processor, in which the processor (26) controls the cooling unit (14) based on a first frame rate at which the imaging element is driven (12) and the temperature of the imaging element (12) detected by the temperature detection unit (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Shinichi SHIMOTSU, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Tomoharu SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240244339
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes: a processor; and a memory, and the processor is configured to control one of a plurality of imaging devices based on first image information related to an image captured in a reference state by one of the plurality of imaging devices and second image information related to an image captured in a non-reference state by one of the plurality of imaging devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta ABE, Tetsuro ASHIDA, Atsushi ONODA, Tomoharu SHIMADA, Morito NISEKI
  • Publication number: 20240233105
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing device, an imaging apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of accurately extracting an abnormal region of a subject from an image. In the image processing device according to one aspect of the present invention, a processor generates a first mask image showing a first region where an abnormality exists on a surface of a subject and a second region including a region where an abnormality exists inside the subject, based on a visible image and a first near-infrared image, acquires a second near-infrared image of the subject captured with light in a second wavelength range in a state where the subject is held in focus with the light in the second wavelength range, and extracts an abnormal region in the first region and the second region based on the first mask image and the second near-infrared image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu SHIMADA, Shinichi SHIMOTSU, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240205538
    Abstract: An imaging control apparatus, that controls plural imaging apparatuses, includes: a processor; and a memory, and the processor is configured to change, based on a first operation different from an operation of changing imaging setting of the plural imaging apparatuses, the imaging setting for at least one of the plural imaging apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu SHIMADA, Tetsuro ASHIDA, Morito NISEKI, Atsushi ONODA, Yuta ABE
  • Publication number: 20240202900
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory, and the processor is configured to acquire a plurality of image data, perform control of displaying, in a first region of a display, a first image data group including a plurality of first image data selected from the plurality of acquired image data based on a first criterion, perform control of displaying, in a second region of the display, selected image data that is at least one image data selected from the first image data group, and perform control of displaying, in a third region of the display, a second image data group including second image data selected from the plurality of image data based on a second criterion based on specific image data that is at least one of the selected image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Morito NISEKI, Yuta ABE, Tomoharu SHIMADA, Atsushi ONODA, Tetsuro ASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240037710
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire a second image, which is obtained by performing first AI processing on a first image, and a fourth image, which is obtained without performing the first AI processing on the first image or a third image; and combine the second image and the fourth image according to an indicator of the first image and/or the third image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu SHIMADA, Taro SAITO, Koichi TANAKA