Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Mumura

Toshihiko Mumura 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).

  • Electronic camera featuring single image processing
    Patent number: 5543835
    Abstract: An electronic camera includes a memory circuit for storing a video signal representing at least a single image, a signal processing circuit for conducting digital processing in a vertical direction with a predetermined characteristic on the video signal read out from the memory circuit in the vertical direction and for conducting digital processing in a horizontal direction with another predetermined characteristic which is different from the predetermined characteristic on the video signal read out from the memory circuit in the horizontal direction, and a control circuit for switching over reading out of the video signal from the memory circuit between the vertical direction and the horizontal direction and for switching over the processing characteristic of the signal processing circuit between the predetermined characteristic and the another predetermined characteristic which is different from the predetermined characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshihiko Mumura