Patents by Inventor Tsuneo Sato

Tsuneo Sato 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: 20240378709
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image to be processed from a storage unit in which a captured image having first date/time information indicating a time of imaging is stored, a date/time information acquisition unit that acquires the first date/time information and acquires second date/time information indicating a date/time when the captured image to be processed is acquired, an elapsed date/time calculation unit that calculates an elapsed date/time from the time of imaging by making a comparison between the first date/time information and the second date/time information, and an image processing unit that selects image processing based on a length of the elapsed date/time from among a plurality of kinds of image processing that change according to the length of the elapsed date/time and performs the selected image processing on the captured image to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina FUJINO, Toshiaki NAGAI, Tsuneo SATO
  • Patent number: 12079966
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image to be processed from a storage unit in which a captured image having first date/time information indicating a time of imaging is stored, a date/time information acquisition unit that acquires the first date/time information and acquires second date/time information indicating a date/time when the captured image to be processed is acquired, an elapsed date/time calculation unit that calculates an elapsed date/time from the time of imaging by making a comparison between the first date/time information and the second date/time information, and an image processing unit that selects image processing based on a length of the elapsed date/time from among a plurality of kinds of image processing that change according to the length of the elapsed date/time and performs the selected image processing on the captured image to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Fujino, Toshiaki Nagai, Tsuneo Sato
  • Patent number: 12028607
    Abstract: A digital camera with a printer is a digital camera with a printer and includes a communication unit that communicates with a digital camera with a printer that is another apparatus, and an image composition unit that generates a composite image in which a first image captured by the digital camera with a printer that is an owned apparatus and a second image captured by the other apparatus are composited, in which the communication unit transmits the composite image to the other apparatus. A user of the other apparatus can also obtain the composite image. Accordingly, the composite image can be enjoyed by capturing images using a plurality of cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Fujino, Toshiaki Nagai, Tsuneo Sato
  • Patent number: 11995804
    Abstract: A printer-equipped camera includes an instant film pack loading unit in which an instant film pack, a first displaying unit of which a displaying surface is arranged to face an exposure surface of an instant film in the instant film pack through the exposure opening with respect to the instant film pack loaded in the instant film pack loading unit, and that exposes the instant film by displaying an image, a light exit direction restriction member that is included on the displaying surface of the first displaying unit and restricts a light exit direction of light from each pixel of the first displaying unit to a constant range, an imaging unit that captures a subject image, a second displaying unit that displays an image to an outside, a print instruction unit that provides a print instruction for the image displayed on the second displaying unit, and a displaying control unit that exposes the exposure surface of the instant film by displaying the image on the first displaying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurase, Tsuneo Sato
  • Publication number: 20240029212
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image to be processed from a storage unit in which a captured image having first date/time information indicating a time of imaging is stored, a date/time information acquisition unit that acquires the first date/time information and acquires second date/time information indicating a date/time when the captured image to be processed is acquired, an elapsed date/time calculation unit that calculates an elapsed date/time from the time of imaging by making a comparison between the first date/time information and the second date/time information, and an image processing unit that selects image processing based on a length of the elapsed date/time from among a plurality of kinds of image processing that change according to the length of the elapsed date/time and performs the selected image processing on the captured image to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina FUJINO, Toshiaki NAGAI, Tsuneo SATO
  • Publication number: 20230417691
    Abstract: With the use of the sample cell, it is possible to control the thickness of a fluid sample to be analyzed. The sample cell includes a sample cell outer frame 107 having openings at both ends, a lower window member 104 configured to close an opening of the sample cell outer frame, a sample cell inner frame 106 having narrower openings at both ends than the openings of the sample cell outer frame, and an upper window member 105 configured to close an opening of the sample cell inner frame, in which at least one of the lower window member and the upper window member is made of a material that transmits X-rays, the sample cell inner frame is inserted into the sample cell outer frame, and a gap between the lower window member and the upper window member is filled with a fluid sample 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki KANAZAWA, Tsuneo Sato, Masaki Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 11842461
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image to be processed from a storage unit in which a captured image having first date/time information indicating a time of imaging is stored, a date/time information acquisition unit that acquires the first date/time information and acquires second date/time information indicating a date/time when the captured image to be processed is acquired, an elapsed date/time calculation unit that calculates an elapsed date/time from the time of imaging by making a comparison between the first date/time information and the second date/time information, and an image processing unit that selects image processing based on a length of the elapsed date/time from among a plurality of kinds of image processing that change according to the length of the elapsed date/time and performs the selected image processing on the captured image to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Fujino, Toshiaki Nagai, Tsuneo Sato
  • Publication number: 20230384246
    Abstract: Proposed are an X-ray inspection apparatus and a method of inspection with X-rays in which foreign objects in even a sample in which bending, sagging, or curving may occur can be inspected accurately. The X-ray inspection apparatus includes an X-ray source (2) which irradiates a sample with an X-ray, an X-ray detection unit (3) that is installed on a side opposite to the X-ray source with respect to the sample and detects the X-ray that passed through the sample, and a sample support mechanism (14) that supports the sample, wherein the sample is flexible and has a shape of a film, and the sample support mechanism has a support body (4) through which the X-ray is capable of passing and which is in close contact with and supports at least a portion of the sample, that is disposed between the X-ray source and the X-ray detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TAKAHARA, Tsuneo SATO, Satoshi MATSUBARA, Yuta SEKI, Kazuya IWATA
  • Publication number: 20230384247
    Abstract: Proposed are an X-ray inspection apparatus and a method of inspection with X-rays in which even in a sample having coated portion and uncoated portion of the cathode material, the inspection of foreign objects in the both portions can be simultaneously performed under the same conditions. The X-ray inspection apparatus includes an X-ray source (2) that irradiates the sample (S) with X-rays (X1), an X-ray detection unit (3) which is installed at a side opposite to the X-ray source with respect to the sample and detects the X-rays that passed through the sample, and a filter (4) installed between the X-ray source and the X-ray detection unit, wherein the sample has a region with a large amount of X-ray absorption and a region with a small amount of X-ray absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TAKAHARA, Tsuneo SATO, Satoshi MATSUBARA, Yuta SEKI, Kazuya IWATA
  • Patent number: 11736631
    Abstract: A printer-equipped digital camera and a displaying control method thereof capable of printing a high quality image and reducing a power load are provided. A printer-equipped digital camera 1 includes a film loading chamber 50 in which an instant film pack 100 is loaded, an exposure display 56, a louver plate 62 that is included on a displaying surface of the exposure display 56, an imaging lens 12, an image sensor 42, and an image displaying display 16, in which an image is recorded on the instant film 110 by displaying the image on the exposure display 56. Displaying of the image displaying display 16 is switched OFF while the image is displayed on the exposure display 56.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurase, Tsuneo Sato
  • Publication number: 20230239569
    Abstract: A digital camera with a printer is a digital camera with a printer and includes a communication unit that communicates with a digital camera with a printer that is another apparatus, and an image composition unit that generates a composite image in which a first image captured by the digital camera with a printer that is an owned apparatus and a second image captured by the other apparatus are composited, in which the communication unit transmits the composite image to the other apparatus. A user of the other apparatus can also obtain the composite image. Accordingly, the composite image can be enjoyed by capturing images using a plurality of cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina FUJINO, Toshiaki NAGAI, Tsuneo SATO
  • Patent number: 11671538
    Abstract: An image to be printed is displayed in an image display region EA1 set on a center line L passing through a center of a screen in a width direction. A print button PB for providing an instruction for printing of the image and an image editing menu buttons EB1 to EB3 are displayed in a button display region EA2 side by side along the width direction of the screen. The print button PB is disposed on the center line L and displayed in a larger size than other buttons EB1 to EB3. In a case in which the image editing menu button is touch-operated, a plurality of operation buttons for image editing are expanded and displayed in an operation region EA3 between the button display region EA2 and the image display region EA1. The operation buttons for image editing are displayed in a radial pattern on the same circumference around a point set on the center line L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nagai, Tsuneo Sato
  • Patent number: 11647282
    Abstract: A digital camera with a printer is a digital camera with a printer and includes a communication unit that communicates with a digital camera with a printer that is another apparatus, and an image composition unit that generates a composite image in which a first image captured by the digital camera with a printer that is an owned apparatus and a second image captured by the other apparatus are composited, in which the communication unit transmits the composite image to the other apparatus. A user of the other apparatus can also obtain the composite image. Accordingly, the composite image can be enjoyed by capturing images using a plurality of cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Fujino, Toshiaki Nagai, Tsuneo Sato
  • Patent number: 11463593
    Abstract: A printer-equipped camera includes an instant film pack loading unit in which an instant film pack including an exposure opening is loaded, a first displaying unit of which a displaying surface is arranged to face an exposure surface of an instant film in the instant film pack through the exposure opening with respect to the instant film pack loaded in the instant film pack loading unit, and that exposes the instant film by displaying an image, a light exit direction restriction member that is included on the displaying surface of the first displaying unit and restricts a light exit direction of light from each pixel of the first displaying unit to a constant range, the light exit direction restriction member being arranged to be spaced from the exposure surface of the instant film, an imaging unit that captures a subject image, and a second displaying unit that displays an image to an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurase, Tsuneo Sato, Kenji Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20210409553
    Abstract: An image to be printed is displayed in an image display region EA1 set on a center line L passing through a center of a screen in a width direction. A print button PB for providing an instruction for printing of the image and an image editing menu buttons EB1 to EB3 are displayed in a button display region EA2 side by side along the width direction of the screen. The print button PB is disposed on the center line L and displayed in a larger size than other buttons EB1 to EB3. In a case in which the image editing menu button is touch-operated, a plurality of operation buttons for image editing are expanded and displayed in an operation region EA3 between the button display region EA2 and the image display region EA1. The operation buttons for image editing are displayed in a radial pattern on the same circumference around a point set on the center line L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki NAGAI, Tsuneo SATO
  • Publication number: 20210409596
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image to be processed from a storage unit in which a captured image having first date/time information indicating a time of imaging is stored, a date/time information acquisition unit that acquires the first date/time information and acquires second date/time information indicating a date/time when the captured image to be processed is acquired, an elapsed date/time calculation unit that calculates an elapsed date/time from the time of imaging by making a comparison between the first date/time information and the second date/time information, and an image processing unit that selects image processing based on a length of the elapsed date/time from among a plurality of kinds of image processing that change according to the length of the elapsed date/time and performs the selected image processing on the captured image to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina FUJINO, Toshiaki NAGAI, Tsuneo SATO
  • Publication number: 20210394530
    Abstract: A digital camera with a printer is a digital camera with a printer and includes a communication unit that communicates with a digital camera with a printer that is another apparatus, and an image composition unit that generates a composite image in which a first image captured by the digital camera with a printer that is an owned apparatus and a second image captured by the other apparatus are composited, in which the communication unit transmits the composite image to the other apparatus. A user of the other apparatus can also obtain the composite image. Accordingly, the composite image can be enjoyed by capturing images using a plurality of cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rina FUJINO, Toshiaki NAGAI, Tsuneo SATO
  • Publication number: 20210181605
    Abstract: A printer-equipped camera includes an instant film pack loading unit in which an instant film pack, a first displaying unit of which a displaying surface is arranged to face an exposure surface of an instant film in the instant film pack through the exposure opening with respect to the instant film pack loaded in the instant film pack loading unit, and that exposes the instant film by displaying an image, a light exit direction restriction member that is included on the displaying surface of the first displaying unit and restricts a light exit direction of light from each pixel of the first displaying unit to a constant range, an imaging unit that captures a subject image, a second displaying unit that displays an image to an outside, a print instruction unit that provides a print instruction for the image displayed on the second displaying unit, and a displaying control unit that exposes the exposure surface of the instant film by displaying the image on the first displaying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KURASE, Tsuneo SATO
  • Publication number: 20210185184
    Abstract: A printer-equipped digital camera and a displaying control method thereof capable of printing a high quality image and reducing a power load are provided. A printer-equipped digital camera 1 includes a film loading chamber 50 in which an instant film pack 100 is loaded, an exposure display 56, a louver plate 62 that is included on a displaying surface of the exposure display 56, an imaging lens 12, an image sensor 42, and an image displaying display 16, in which an image is recorded on the instant film 110 by displaying the image on the exposure display 56. Displaying of the image displaying display 16 is switched OFF while the image is displayed on the exposure display 56.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KURASE, Tsuneo SATO
  • Publication number: 20210185183
    Abstract: A printer-equipped camera includes an instant film pack loading unit in which an instant film pack including an exposure opening is loaded, a first displaying unit of which a displaying surface is arranged to face an exposure surface of an instant film in the instant film pack through the exposure opening with respect to the instant film pack loaded in the instant film pack loading unit, and that exposes the instant film by displaying an image, a light exit direction restriction member that is included on the displaying surface of the first displaying unit and restricts a light exit direction of light from each pixel of the first displaying unit to a constant range, the light exit direction restriction member being arranged to be spaced from the exposure surface of the instant film, an imaging unit that captures a subject image, and a second displaying unit that displays an image to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KURASE, Tsuneo SATO, Kenji SUGIYAMA