Patents by Inventor Toshihide Ishimoto

Toshihide Ishimoto 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).

  • Patent number: 9232146
    Abstract: The disclosure herein aims to provide an electronic device that makes a sound recording, which gives a realistic sensation. An electronic device disclosed herein includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject; an acquiring unit that acquires a parameter having a constant relation with a subject distance that is a distance from the subject to the device; a sound collecting unit that collects sound and generates sound data; a zooming unit that adjusts a magnification of an image of the subject; and a sound processing unit that changes a degree of changing a volume indicated by the sound data with respect to the change in the magnification, according to the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko Kaneaki, Toshihide Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140253763
    Abstract: The disclosure herein aims to provide an electronic device that makes a sound recording, which gives a realistic sensation. An electronic device disclosed herein includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject; an acquiring unit that acquires a parameter having a constant relation with a subject distance that is a distance from the subject to the device; a sound collecting unit that collects sound and generates sound data; a zooming unit that adjusts a magnification of an image of the subject; and a sound processing unit that changes a degree of changing a volume indicated by the sound data with respect to the change in the magnification, according to the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko KANEAKI, Toshihide ISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 6931138
    Abstract: A pickup section transduces sounds to audio signals. A zoom control section outputs a zoom position signal corresponding to a zoom position. A directivity control section alters the directivity characteristics under a telescopic operation so as to mainly pick up sounds coming from a frontal direction with an enhancement which is in accordance with the zoom position signal, thereby outputting an R channel audio signal and an L channel audio signal. In accordance with the zoom position signal, a noise suppression section applies a greater degree of suppression to the background noise contained in the respective channel audio signals under the telescopic operation than under a wide-angle operation. As a result, a target sound from a remote location can be picked up with a sufficient enhancement in accordance with the zoom position under the telescopic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Takeo Kanamori, Toshihide Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20020064287
    Abstract: A pickup section 11 transduces sounds to audio signals. A zoom control section 12 outputs a zoom position signal corresponding to a zoom position. A directivity control section 13 alters the directivity characteristics under telescopic operation so as to mainly pickup sounds coming from a frontal direction with an enhancement which is in accordance with the zoom position signal, thereby outputting an R channel audio signal and an L channel audio signal. In accordance with the zoom position signal, a noise suppression section 14 applies a greater degree of suppression to the background noise contained in the respective channel audio signals under telescopic operation than under wide-angle operation. As a result, a target sound from a remote location can be picked up with a sufficient enhancement in accordance with the zoom position under telescopic operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Takeo Kanamori, Toshihide Ishimoto