Patents by Inventor Tomokazu Mori
Tomokazu Mori 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: 20230254577Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing section for performing image capturing, an image capturing mode-determining section, and an installation place-identifying section. If an identified installation place of the apparatus and an installation place registered in advance match, the image capturing mode registered in advance in association with the identified installation place is determined as an image capturing mode to be used for image capturing. If image capturing modes are registered in advance in association with one installation place, one of the modes is selected and determined as an image capturing mode to be used for image capturing. Each mode is different from others in at least one of moving image/still image selection, an image capturing repetition period, a resolution, a frame rate, execution/non-execution of panning/tilting, and a driving range of panning/tilting.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Tomokazu MORI, Kiyoshi SEKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230076864Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sound information generation unit configured to generate sound information in which a physiological sound of a body is extracted from an acquired sound, a sound direction detection unit configured to detect a direction of the physiological sound of the body based on the sound information, a facial state detection unit configured to detect a state of a face existing in the direction of the physiological sound of the body detected by the sound direction detection unit, from an image captured and generated by an imaging unit, and a contamination information generation unit configured to generate contamination information in which a predetermined area according to the state of the face is set as a contaminated area, based on the state of the face detected by the facial state detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Takaaki Shoji, Tomokazu Mori, Taro Matsuno, Yoshihiko Okamoto
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Patent number: 11491864Abstract: A fuel tank system for a vehicle includes a fuel tank, a fuel supply passage, a canister, an evaporated fuel gas supply passage, a communication passage, a backflow prevention device, first and second pressure measurement devices, and a control device. The fuel tank stores fuel supplied by the fuel supply passage. The canister adsorbs evaporated fuel gas generated in the fuel tank and supplied through the evaporated fuel gas supply passage. The backflow prevention device is provided in a pipe line of the fuel supply passage, and prevents a backflow of the fuel from the fuel tank. The first and second pressure measurement devices respectively measure pressures in the fuel supply passage and the evaporated fuel gas supply passage. The control device diagnoses the communication passage as being blocked when a difference between pressure values measured by the first and second pressure measurement devices exceeds a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Okazaki, Tetsuya Kaneko, Tomokazu Mori, Akihiro Takemura, Fumihiro Nei
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Patent number: 11375115Abstract: An image capturing apparatus with a mechanical shutter, an output unit that outputs a sound, and a setting unit that sets whether the output unit outputs sound includes an image capturing mode where image capturing occurs without the mechanical shutter and an image capturing mode where image capturing is automatically switched between using the mechanical shutter and not using the mechanical shutter, where during image capturing without the mechanical shutter the output unit outputs sound based on the setting made by the setting unit, and where during image capturing without the mechanical shutter when image capturing switches between using and not using the mechanical shutter, the output unit outputs sound regardless of the setting made by the setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akitaka Yoshizawa, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Tomokazu Mori, Hitoshi Nishitani
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Patent number: 11372614Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an internal speaker, a communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication with a wearable external speaker, and a control unit. The control unit establishes wireless connection with the external speaker through the communication unit and the control unit continuously performs a control operation for preventing an output of an audio signal from the internal speaker in a case where the wireless connection with the external speaker is disconnected by a first factor in a state where the control unit performs the control operation. The control unit cancels performance of the control operation in a case where the wireless connection with the external speaker is disconnected by a second factor different from the first factor in a state where the control unit performs the control operation for preventing the output of the audio signal from the internal speaker.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Tomokazu Mori, Akitaka Yoshizawa, Hitoshi Nishitani
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Publication number: 20210370761Abstract: A fuel tank system for a vehicle includes a fuel tank, a fuel supply passage, a canister, an evaporated fuel gas supply passage, a communication passage, a backflow prevention device, first and second pressure measurement devices, and a control device. The fuel tank stores fuel supplied by the fuel supply passage. The canister adsorbs evaporated fuel gas generated in the fuel tank and supplied through the evaporated fuel gas supply passage. The backflow prevention device is provided in a pipe line of the fuel supply passage, and prevents a backflow of the fuel from the fuel tank. The first and second pressure measurement devices respectively measure pressures in the fuel supply passage and the evaporated fuel gas supply passage. The control device diagnoses the communication passage as being blocked when a difference between pressure values measured by the first and second pressure measurement devices exceeds a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Kazuya OKAZAKI, Tetsuya Kaneko, Tomokazu Mori, Akihiro Takemura, Fumihiro Nei
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Patent number: 11029916Abstract: An electronic device includes an internal speaker, a connection unit configured to connect an external speaker, an operation unit configured to receive a user operation, and a control unit, wherein, in a case where the external speaker is connected via the connection unit in a state in which the internal speaker is controlled not to output an electronic sound, the control unit controls the operation unit to receive an instruction to change a setting for switching whether to output an electronic sound, and wherein, in a case where the external speaker is not connected via the connection unit in a state in which the internal speaker is controlled not to output an electronic sound, the control unit controls the operation unit not to receive an instruction to change a setting for switching whether to output an electronic sound.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomokazu Mori, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Akitaka Yoshizawa, Hitoshi Nishitani
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Publication number: 20200264832Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an internal speaker, a communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication with a wearable external speaker, and a control unit. The control unit establishes wireless connection with the external speaker through the communication unit and the control unit continuously performs a control operation for preventing an output of an audio signal from the internal speaker in a case where the wireless connection with the external speaker is disconnected by a first factor in a state where the control unit performs the control operation. The control unit cancels performance of the control operation in a case where the wireless connection with the external speaker is disconnected by a second factor different from the first factor in a state where the control unit performs the control operation for preventing the output of the audio signal from the internal speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Tomokazu Mori, Akitaka Yoshizawa, Hitoshi Nishitani
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Publication number: 20200264834Abstract: An electronic device includes an internal speaker, a connection unit configured to connect an external speaker, an operation unit configured to receive a user operation, and a control unit, wherein, in a case where the external speaker is connected via the connection unit in a state in which the internal speaker is controlled not to output an electronic sound, the control unit controls the operation unit to receive an instruction to change a setting for switching whether to output an electronic sound, and wherein, in a case where the external speaker is not connected via the connection unit in a state in which the internal speaker is controlled not to output an electronic sound, the control unit controls the operation unit not to receive an instruction to change a setting for switching whether to output an electronic sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Tomokazu Mori, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Akitaka Yoshizawa, Hitoshi Nishitani
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Publication number: 20200195848Abstract: An image capturing apparatus with a mechanical shutter, an output unit that outputs a sound, and a setting unit that sets whether the output unit outputs sound includes an image capturing mode where image capturing occurs without the mechanical shutter and an image capturing mode where image capturing is automatically switched between using the mechanical shutter and not using the mechanical shutter, where during image capturing without the mechanical shutter the output unit outputs sound based on the setting made by the setting unit, and where during image capturing without the mechanical shutter when image capturing switches between using and not using the mechanical shutter, the output unit outputs sound regardless of the setting made by the setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Akitaka Yoshizawa, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Tomokazu Mori, Hitoshi Nishitani
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Patent number: 10459318Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an input image to be displayed on a display unit and a display control unit configured to reduce display luminance of the display unit in a case where a display image obtained by enlarging the input image is displayed on the display unit or in a case where a display image obtained by enhancing a contour of an object in the input image is displayed on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Iwata, Tomokazu Mori
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Patent number: 10455119Abstract: Provided is a display device that illuminates a printed material taking into consideration the characteristics of the printed material. The display device obtains an image for illuminating the printed material, and information pertaining to the optical characteristics, such as light reflectance or transmission, of the printed material. Then, on the basis of metadata pertaining to a luminance or color of the obtained image and the obtained information, the display device controls a light source illuminating the printed material. Through this, the display device enhances the dynamic range or the color gamut of the printed material.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Morikawa, Tomokazu Mori
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Publication number: 20190096298Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus that includes an optical modulator having a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate light from a light source and a projection optical system configured to project an optical image formed by light modulated by the optical modulator. If the optical image is to be projected onto printed matter, the sharpness of the optical image is reduced more than in a case where the optical image is not to be projected onto printed matter, and a grid pattern of the optical modulator is made indiscernible.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Tomokazu Mori, Masanao Kurita, Yasuo Suda
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Publication number: 20190014234Abstract: Provided is a display device that illuminates a printed material taking into consideration the characteristics of the printed material. The display device obtains an image for illuminating the printed material, and information pertaining to the optical characteristics, such as light reflectance or transmission, of the printed material. Then, on the basis of metadata pertaining to a luminance or color of the obtained image and the obtained information, the display device controls a light source illuminating the printed material. Through this, the display device enhances the dynamic range or the color gamut of the printed material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Kenichi Morikawa, Tomokazu Mori
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Patent number: 9955111Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of LF image data in which a corresponding focus position being an in-focus position in a depth direction is changeable after image capturing, and pieces of added data each of which is associated with a position in the depth direction, a group identification unit configured to identify a group to which at least one of the pieces of added data belongs, an image generation unit configured to generate, from pieces of image data associated with one or more pieces of added data belonging to an identified group, each of a plurality of refocused images with a corresponding focus position set to a position associated with one or more pieces of added data belonging to the group, and a display control unit configured to display the plurality of refocused images on a screen.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomokazu Mori
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Publication number: 20170293205Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an input image to be displayed on a display unit and a display control unit configured to reduce display luminance of the display unit in a case where a display image obtained by enlarging the input image is displayed on the display unit or in a case where a display image obtained by enhancing a contour of an object in the input image is displayed on the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Takuya Iwata, Tomokazu Mori
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Publication number: 20170006231Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire each of a plurality of pieces of LF image data in which a corresponding focus position being an in-focus position in a depth direction is changeable after image capturing, and a plurality of pieces of added data each of which is associated with a position in the depth direction, a group identification unit configured to identify a group to which at least one of the plurality of pieces of added data belongs, an image generation unit configured to generate, from a plurality of pieces of image data associated with one or more pieces of added data belonging to an identified group, each of a plurality of refocused images with a corresponding focus position set to a position associated with one or more pieces of added data belonging to the group, and a display control unit configured to display the plurality of refocused images on a display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventor: Tomokazu Mori
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Patent number: 9443554Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which records, on a recording medium, development parameters corresponding to a plurality of first Raw image frames, of a plurality of Raw image frames, which satisfy a predetermined condition, and a development parameter corresponding to a last Raw image frame, of the plurality of Raw image frames, which corresponds to a last image frame of a Raw moving image data, together with the Raw moving image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomokazu Mori
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Patent number: 9037771Abstract: A communication device includes a first communication unit that complies with an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) standard and a second communication unit that complies with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard. The communication device selects one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit as a communication unit that uses a DDC (Display Data Channel) line.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuya Ota, Tomokazu Mori
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Publication number: 20140363136Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which records, on a recording medium, development parameters corresponding to a plurality of first Raw image frames, of a plurality of Raw image frames, which satisfy a predetermined condition, and a development parameter corresponding to a last Raw image frame, of the plurality of Raw image frames, which corresponds to a last image frame of a Raw moving image data, together with the Raw moving image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventor: Tomokazu Mori