Patents by Inventor Tsubasa Kasai

Tsubasa Kasai 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: 20140368616
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit; a first connection unit that allows a stereoscopic shooting interchangeable lens and an ordinary shooting interchangeable lens to be selectively attached thereto so that an image of a subject can be formed on the image pickup unit; a second connection unit that allows a finder including two display units corresponding to a right eye and a left eye, the finder being capable of displaying a plurality of images, and a finder including a single display unit, the finder being capable of displaying a single image, to be selectively attached thereto; and a display control unit that controls display of an image picked up by the image pickup unit on the finder, based on at least one of information on the interchangeable lens connected to the first connection unit and information on the finder connected to the second connection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Tsubasa KASAI, Hiroshi Kodama
  • Patent number: 8824853
    Abstract: A shooting apparatus includes: a stop/resumption determination unit that determines stop and resumption of recording of a moving image being shot by an image pickup unit provided in a shooting apparatus body; an unnecessary part determination unit that determines an unnecessary part of the moving image based on at least one of a state change of the shooting apparatus body and a state change of the moving image; and a recording control unit that records, as a single video file, the moving image except a moving image part corresponding to a stop period from the stop to the resumption and a moving image part determined as the unnecessary part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Corp.
    Inventor: Tsubasa Kasai
  • Patent number: 8780185
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit; a first connection unit that allows a stereoscopic shooting interchangeable lens and an ordinary shooting interchangeable lens to be selectively attached thereto so that an image of a subject can be formed on the image pickup unit; a second connection unit that allows a finder including two display units corresponding to a right eye and a left eye, the finder being capable of displaying a plurality of images, and a finder including a single display unit, the finder being capable of displaying a single image, to be selectively attached thereto; and a display control unit that controls display of an image picked up by the image pickup unit on the finder, based on at least one of information on the interchangeable lens connected to the first connection unit and information on the finder connected to the second connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Kasai, Hiroshi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20120008923
    Abstract: A shooting apparatus includes: a stop/resumption determination unit that determines stop and resumption of recording of a moving image being shot by an image pickup unit provided in a shooting apparatus body; an unnecessary part determination unit that determines an unnecessary part of the moving image based on at least one of a state change of the shooting apparatus body and a state change of the moving image; and a recording control unit that records, as a single video file, the moving image except a moving image part corresponding to a stop period from the stop to the resumption and a moving image part determined as the unnecessary part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Tsubasa KASAI
  • Publication number: 20110122233
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit; a first connection unit that allows a stereoscopic shooting interchangeable lens and an ordinary shooting interchangeable lens to be selectively attached thereto so that an image of a subject can be formed on the image pickup unit; a second connection unit that allows a finder including two display units corresponding to a right eye and a left eye, the finder being capable of displaying a plurality of images, and a finder including a single display unit, the finder being capable of displaying a single image, to be selectively attached thereto; and a display control unit that controls display of an image picked up by the image pickup unit on the finder, based on at least one of information on the interchangeable lens connected to the first connection unit and information on the finder connected to the second connection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Tsubasa Kasai, Hiroshi Kodama