Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Shimono

Tsutomu Shimono 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).

  • Detecting apparatus for detecting subject
    Patent number: 10423857
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes an imaging means (an imaging unit), and a CPU that is configured to perform orientation detection (an orientation detecting unit) to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus, perform subject detection (a detecting unit) to detect a subject in a detection area (a detection area in a live view image) in an image captured by the imaging means (the live view image), and perform position change (a position changing unit) to change the position of the detection area in the image according to the detected orientation of the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimono, Masayuki Endo
  • Detecting apparatus, detecting method and computer readable recording medium recording program for detecting state in predetermined area within images
    Patent number: 9779290
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes a detecting unit 4d for detecting a state in a detection area T within an image displayed in a display panel 8a, an identifying unit 4b for identifying a subject from the image, an acquiring unit 4c for acquiring information relating to a predetermined subject in the case that the identifying unit 4b identifies the predetermined subject outside the detection area T, and a control unit (the detecting unit 4d) for controlling detection of the state in the detection area T based on the information relating to the predetermined subject acquired by the acquiring unit 4c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Endo, Tsutomu Shimono
  • DETECTING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SUBJECT
    Publication number: 20160217580
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes an imaging means (an imaging unit), and a CPU that is configured to perform orientation detection (an orientation detecting unit) to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus, perform subject detection (a detecting unit) to detect a subject in a detection area (a detection area in a live view image) in an image captured by the imaging means (the live view image), and perform position change (a position changing unit) to change the position of the detection area in the image according to the detected orientation of the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: TSUTOMU SHIMONO, MASAYUKI ENDO
  • DETECTING APPARATUS, DETECTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM FOR DETECTING STATE IN PREDETERMINED AREA WITHIN IMAGES
    Publication number: 20160044222
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes a detecting unit 4d for detecting a state in a detection area T within an image displayed in a display panel 8a, an identifying unit 4b for identifying a subject from the image, an acquiring unit 4c for acquiring information relating to a predetermined subject in the case that the identifying unit 4b identifies the predetermined subject outside the detection area T, and a control unit (the detecting unit 4d) for controlling detection of the state in the detection area T based on the information relating to the predetermined subject acquired by the acquiring unit 4c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Endo, Tsutomu Shimono