Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Ueguri

Toshiaki Ueguri 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: 20230254555
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of image capturing units, a first display device, a connection unit that connects an external second display device to the electronic apparatus, and a control unit that controls, depending on a number of display devices including the first display device and the external second display device, displaying a plurality of images generated by the plurality of image capturing units on the display devices in a different mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: TOSHIAKI UEGURI
  • Patent number: 11490002
    Abstract: A method of an apparatus includes detecting a focusing state based on an output from a sensor, setting a step width of a focus position, and controlling to perform a plurality of times of image capturing based on a result of focus detection by the detecting and the set step width by the setting. In the setting, a step width from an in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward an infinity side is set to a value different from a step width from the in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward a closest side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Publication number: 20220078353
    Abstract: A method of an apparatus includes detecting a focusing state based on an output from a sensor, setting a step width of a focus position, and controlling to perform a plurality of times of image capturing based on a result of focus detection by the detecting and the set step width by the setting. In the setting, a step width from an in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward an infinity side is set to a value different from a step width from the in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward a closest side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Patent number: 11212433
    Abstract: A method of an apparatus includes detecting a focusing state based on an output from a sensor, setting a step width of a focus position, and controlling to perform a plurality of times of image capturing based on a result of focus detection by the detecting and the set step width by the setting. In the setting, a step width from an in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward an infinity side is set to a value different from a step width from the in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward a closest side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Patent number: 10712932
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control to regard, as a processing target, a display object at a position between touch positions of a first point and a second point and perform specific processing to the processing target according to a subsequent relative change between the touch positions when a multi-touch in which a time difference between starts of touching the first point and the second point is within a predetermined time is performed, and control to regard a display object at the touch position of the first point as a processing target and perform the specific processing to the processing target according to a subsequent relative change between the touch positions when a multi-touch in which a time difference between starts of touching the first point and the second point exceeds the predetermined time is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Patent number: 10666850
    Abstract: An imaging control apparatus includes: an imaging control unit configured to perform control so that continuous shooting in which a plurality of images are continuously shot is performed; a temporary storage unit configured to temporarily store image data acquired by the continuous shooting into a first memory; a recording unit configured to record the image data stored in the first memory into a second memory; a setting unit configured to set a predetermined shooting setting relating to the continuous shooting; and a display control unit configured to perform control so that information indicating a storage state of data in the first memory is displayed in the continuous shooting, wherein the display control unit performs control so that an indication relating to the storage state of the data in the first memory in accordance with the predetermined shooting setting is displayed together with the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Patent number: 10649645
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes touch and pressure detection units and a control unit. The touch detection unit detects a touch on a touch surface. The pressure detection unit detects a pressure on the touch surface. In response to movement of a touch position in a first direction with the touch kept detected, the control unit changes a setting value of a specific setting item in a predetermined direction. In response to movement of the touch position in a second direction with the touch kept detected, the control unit changes the setting value in another direction different from the predetermined direction. In response to detection of the pressure by the touch after changing the setting value of the specific setting item upon movement of the touch position in the first direction, the control unit further changes the setting value of the specific setting item in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Publication number: 20200007783
    Abstract: A method of an apparatus includes detecting a focusing state based on an output from a sensor, setting a step width of a focus position, and controlling to perform a plurality of times of image capturing based on a result of focus detection by the detecting and the set step width by the setting. In the setting, a step width from an in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward an infinity side is set to a value different from a step width from the in-focus position based on the result of focus detection by the detecting toward a closest side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Patent number: 10356327
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a touch detection unit that detects a touch operation on a touch panel, a unit setting unit that sets a unit of unit-by-unit image switching, and a switching unit that switches images so that if the unit is a first unit, an image the first unit ahead is displayed based on a predetermined touch-move of moving a touch position for a first distance, and if the unit is a second unit greater than the first unit, an image the second unit ahead is displayed based on the predetermined touch-move for a second distance longer than the first distance. The second distance is shorter than a distance of the predetermined touch-move required to display an image the second unit ahead of a first image when the unit set by the unit setting unit is the first unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Publication number: 20190187871
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control to regard, as a processing target, a display object at a position between touch positions of a first point and a second point and perform specific processing to the processing target according to a subsequent relative change between the touch positions when a multi-touch in which a time difference between starts of touching the first point and the second point is within a predetermined time is performed, and control to regard a display object at the touch position of the first point as a processing target and perform the specific processing to the processing target according to a subsequent relative change between the touch positions when a multi-touch in which a time difference between starts of touching the first point and the second point exceeds the predetermined time is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Publication number: 20190124255
    Abstract: An imaging control apparatus includes: an imaging control unit configured to perform control so that continuous shooting in which a plurality of images are continuously shot is performed; a temporary storage unit configured to temporarily store image data acquired by the continuous shooting into a first memory; a recording unit configured to record the image data stored in the first memory into a second memory; a setting unit configured to set a predetermined shooting setting relating to the continuous shooting; and a display control unit configured to perform control so that information indicating a storage state of data in the first memory is displayed in the continuous shooting, wherein the display control unit performs control so that an indication relating to the storage state of the data in the first memory in accordance with the predetermined shooting setting is displayed together with the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Patent number: 10216313
    Abstract: Provided are a touch detector capable of detecting touch, a controller effecting control so that a touch operation is invalidated in a case where the touch area detected by the touch detector is equal to or larger than a threshold value, and so that a touch operation is validated in a case where the touch area detected by the touch detector is smaller than a threshold value, and a setting unit setting the threshold value used by the controller so that the threshold value used in a case of displaying a first screen is smaller than the threshold value used by the controller in a case of displaying a second screen in accordance with an operation relating to a displayed item displayed in the first screen having been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Ichihara, Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Publication number: 20180348982
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes touch and pressure detection units and a control unit. The touch detection unit detects a touch on a touch surface. The pressure detection unit detects a pressure on the touch surface. In response to movement of a touch position in a first direction with the touch kept detected, the control unit changes a setting value of a specific setting item in a predetermined direction. In response to movement of the touch position in a second direction with the touch kept detected, the control unit changes the setting value in another direction different from the predetermined direction. In response to detection of the pressure by the touch after changing the setting value of the specific setting item upon movement of the touch position in the first direction, the control unit further changes the setting value of the specific setting item in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Publication number: 20180234632
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a touch detection unit that detects a touch operation on a touch panel, a unit setting unit that sets a unit of unit-by-unit image switching, and a switching unit that switches images so that if the unit is a first unit, an image the first unit ahead is displayed based on a predetermined touch-move of moving a touch position for a first distance, and if the unit is a second unit greater than the first unit, an image the second unit ahead is displayed based on the predetermined touch-move for a second distance longer than the first distance. The second distance is shorter than a distance of the predetermined touch-move required to display an image the second unit ahead of a first image when the unit set by the unit setting unit is the first unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Patent number: 9992405
    Abstract: An image capture control apparatus comprises a display control unit that performs control so as to display, on a display unit, a live view image captured by an image capturing unit in any of a plurality of display states that include normal magnification display and enlarged display that is enlarged more than the normal magnification display, and a control unit that performs control so as to, in a case where a first operation is performed during the enlarged display of the live view image, switch to the normal magnification display and execute AF processing based on a first AF method, and in a case where a second operation is performed during the enlarged display of the live view image, maintain the enlarged display and execute AF processing based on a second AF method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Patent number: 9936139
    Abstract: An image pickup control apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an instruction unit configured to instruct an image pickup unit to shoot an image in accordance with an operation of a photographer, a first display processing unit configured to display the image shot by the image pickup unit in accordance with an instruction by the instruction unit, an obtaining unit configured to obtain position information input by the photographer with respect to the image displayed by the first display processing unit, a second display processing unit configured to display options based on the position information obtained by the obtaining unit, and an assistance unit configured to perform an assistance for next shooting based on an option selected by the photographer from among the options displayed by the second display processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kobayashi, Toshiaki Ueguri, Emi Kondo, Hiroshi Matsushima, Hiroshi Nakamura, Yutaka Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9692979
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus including a storage unit configured to store an adjustment value for adjusting a position at which a photographing lens stops during an automatic focusing operation performed with respect to an object; and a control unit, the control unit including a first mode for controlling so that when an image switching request has been received, before a switched image is displayed on a display unit, a thumbnail image corresponding to the switched image is displayed on the display unit; and a second mode for controlling so that when the image switching request has been received, the switched image is displayed on the display unit without displaying the thumbnail image, the control unit being configured to, in an operation state for selecting the adjustment value, control in the second mode so that the switched image is displayed on the display unit without the thumbnail image being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Publication number: 20160381281
    Abstract: An image capture control apparatus comprises a display control unit that performs control so as to display, on a display unit, a live view image captured by an image capturing unit in any of a plurality of display states that include normal magnification display and enlarged display that is enlarged more than the normal magnification display, and a control unit that performs control so as to, in a case where a first operation is performed during the enlarged display of the live view image, switch to the normal magnification display and execute AF processing based on a first AF method, and in a case where a second operation is performed during the enlarged display of the live view image, maintain the enlarged display and execute AF processing based on a second AF method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueguri
  • Publication number: 20160373655
    Abstract: An image pickup control apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an instruction unit configured to instruct an image pickup unit to shoot an image in accordance with an operation of a photographer, a first display processing unit configured to display the image shot by the image pickup unit in accordance with an instruction by the instruction unit, an obtaining unit configured to obtain position information input by the photographer with respect to the image displayed by the first display processing unit, a second display processing unit configured to display options based on the position information obtained by the obtaining unit, and an assistance unit configured to perform an assistance for next shooting based on an option selected by the photographer from among the options displayed by the second display processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kobayashi, Toshiaki Ueguri, Emi Kondo, Hiroshi Matsushima, Hiroshi Nakamura, Yutaka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160224179
    Abstract: Provided are a touch detector capable of detecting touch, a controller effecting control so that a touch operation is invalidated in a case where the touch area detected by the touch detector is equal to or larger than a threshold value, and so that a touch operation is validated in a case where the touch area detected by the touch detector is smaller than a threshold value, and a setting unit setting the threshold value used by the controller so that the threshold value used in a case of displaying a first screen is smaller than the threshold value used by the controller in a case of displaying a second screen in accordance with an operation relating to a displayed item displayed in the first screen having been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi Ichihara, Toshiaki Ueguri