Patents by Inventor Yasufumi Oyama

Yasufumi Oyama 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: 20160330383
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus (100) includes a first imaging unit (13), a second imaging unit (103) configured to image an object in an opposite direction from the first imaging unit, a detection unit (44) configured to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus, and a control unit (50) configured to perform control for displaying an image captured by the first imaging unit and an image captured by the second imaging unit on a display unit (28) at the same time. The control unit performs control so that the image captured by the second imaging unit is displayed after being rotated if the detection unit detects that the orientation of the imaging apparatus is a predetermined orientation, in a case where the image captured by the second imaging unit is displayed together with the image captured by the first imaging unit without being reversed by a mirror image reversal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20160080686
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure an elapsed time after start of recording movie, a set movie creation unit configured to create a set of movies from a plurality of movies, a display control unit configured to perform control so as to display a plurality of sections respectively corresponding to the set of movies, and to display a section corresponding to a recorded movie in a first display appearance, and to display a section corresponding to a not-recorded movie in a second display appearance, wherein the display control unit is further configured to perform control to display, a portion indicating a rate of an elapsed time in the first display appearance, and a remaining portion in the second display appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yasufumi Oyama, Kazuya Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20150042687
    Abstract: A display control apparatus displays, together with an image on a display unit, items related to a plurality of objects in the image. At this time, for the plurality of objects in the image, the display control apparatus displays items related to the respective objects at display positions having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the objects. The display control apparatus decides the order of priority of the plurality of objects. In case that the area of a main object having a highest decided priority level and the display position having the predetermined relative positional relationship for an item related to another object overlap each other, the display control apparatus adjusts the display position of the item related to the other object to eliminate the overlapping, and displays the item related to the other object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yasufumi Oyama, Ryo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8922667
    Abstract: In an image sensing apparatus adapted to apply user-settable image processing to a sensed image, display in an electronic viewfinder of an image to which a user-set image processing is applied and an image to which such image processing is not applied is switched with each passage of a predetermined period of time or in response to a user operation. Implementing a preview function with the electronic viewfinder image enables the user to check the results of the image processing in real time prior to actual image sensing by comparing the processed image and the original image to provide an easy-to-use preview function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 8902344
    Abstract: A display control apparatus displays, together with an image on a display unit, items related to a plurality of objects in the image. At this time, for the plurality of objects in the image, the display control apparatus displays items related to the respective objects at display positions having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the objects. The display control apparatus decides the order of priority of the plurality of objects. In case that the area of a main object having a highest decided priority level and the display position having the predetermined relative positional relationship for an item related to another object overlap each other, the display control apparatus adjusts the display position of the item related to the other object to eliminate the overlapping, and displays the item related to the other object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasufumi Oyama, Ryo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140327805
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a touching detection unit configured to detect a touching operation and a touch-up operation for the display unit, a time counting unit configured to count a time period of continuous touching on a specific area of the display unit, and a control unit configured, when a touch-up operation from the specific area is detected and a counted time period of continuous touching has not reached a predetermined time period, to execute a function assigned to the specific area while when the touch-up operation from the specific area is detected and the counted time period of continuous touching has reached the predetermined time period, not to execute the function assigned to the specific area in relation only to the detected touch-up operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20140327640
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a touching detection unit configured to detect a touching operation and a touch-up operation for the display unit, a time counting unit configured to count a time period of continuous touching on a specific area of the display unit, and a control unit configured, when a touch-up operation from the specific area is detected and a counted time period of continuous touching has not reached a predetermined time period, to execute a function assigned to the specific area while when the touch-up operation from the specific area is detected and the counted time period of continuous touching has reached the predetermined time period, not to execute the function assigned to the specific area in relation only to the detected touch-up operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20140176746
    Abstract: When an image is photographed vertically, vertical position information is added to the image. When an upside-down image is photographed, data itself is rotated by 180 degrees and recorded. Thus, when the image is reproduced by a general another reproducing apparatus, the image can be viewed with the too and bottom thereof being normally positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 8385715
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is intended to display an image arbitrarily selected between an original image and an edited image in accordance with a user's preference after image editing. The image processing apparatus is designed so that an image displayed after the image editing can be selected depending on a user's intention. The image processing apparatus specifies and displays an unedited or edited image on the basis of a user operation, whereby the user can easily view a desired image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 8223253
    Abstract: If a subject change button of a device is pressed after a face image is detected from moving image data and the number of identified face images is counted, the value of the operation count becomes +1 so that a single face image can be selected. Then, a face image for selection is changed in sequence at the press of the subject change button. If the operation count number exceeds the identified face number of the time, it is determined that a round of the face selection is completed, so that the counted operation number is cleared, the face selection is cancelled, and the device is put on standby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20120146929
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a touching detection unit configured to detect a touching operation and a touch-up operation for the display unit, a time counting unit configured to count a time period of continuous touching on a specific area of the display unit, and a control unit configured, when a touch-up operation from the specific area is detected and a counted time period of continuous touching has not reached a predetermined time period, to execute a function assigned to the specific area while when the touch-up operation from the specific area is detected and the counted time period of continuous touching has reached the predetermined time period, not to execute the function assigned to the specific area in relation only to the detected touch-up operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 8159560
    Abstract: When image shooting is performed in a mode that records plural images in response to a single shooting instruction and deletion is instructed on a shot-image confirmation screen that displays the shot image data immediately after the shooting, the plural image data generated by the same shooting instruction are all collectively deleted. On the contrary, in a playback mode, when deletion is instructed to one of the plural image data shot by the same shooting instruction, only the one image that has been instructed for deletion is deleted. This feature improves usability of the image sensing apparatus capable of recording plural images in response to a single shooting instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20110187751
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of images while a screen is scrolled, including a processing unit configured to process an image to be displayed on a display unit, a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of images processed by the processing unit, a scroll control unit configured to set another plurality of images as display targets to be displayed on the display unit by scrolling the displayed plurality of images, and a control unit configured to control the processing unit to process the plurality of images as the display targets such as to prioritize the processing for an image disposed on an upstream side over an image disposed on a downstream side in a moving direction of scrolled images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20100033592
    Abstract: If a subject change button of a device is pressed after a face image is detected from moving image data and the number of identified face images is counted, the value of the operation count becomes +1 so that a single face image can be selected. Then, a face image for selection is changed in sequence at the press of the subject change button. If the operation count number exceeds the identified face number of the time, it is determined that a round of the face selection is completed, so that the counted operation number is cleared, the face selection is cancelled, and the device is put on standby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20090231480
    Abstract: In an image sensing apparatus adapted to apply user-settable image processing to a sensed image, display in an electronic viewfinder of an image to which a user-set image processing is applied and an image to which such image processing is not applied is switched with each passage of a predetermined period of time or in response to a user operation. Implementing a preview function with the electronic viewfinder image enables the user to check the results of the image processing in real time prior to actual image sensing by comparing the processed image and the original image to provide an easy-to-use preview function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20090160974
    Abstract: When image shooting is performed in a mode that records plural images in response to a single shooting instruction and deletion is instructed on a shot-image confirmation screen that displays the shot image data immediately after the shooting, the plural image data generated by the same shooting instruction are all collectively deleted. On the contrary, in a playback mode, when deletion is instructed to one of the plural image data shot by the same shooting instruction, only the one image that has been instructed for deletion is deleted. This feature improves usability of the image sensing apparatus capable of recording plural images in response to a single shooting instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 7538308
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus adapted to apply user-settable image processing to a sensed image, real time display in an electronic viewfinder of an image to which a user-set image processing is applied and an image to which such image processing is not applied is switched with each passage of a predetermined period of time or in response to a user operation. Implementing a preview function with the electronic viewfinder image enables the user to check the results of the image processing in real time prior to actual image sensing by comparing the processed image and the original image to provide an easy-to-use preview function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 7522196
    Abstract: When image shooting is performed in a mode that records plural images in response to a single shooting instruction and deletion is instructed on a shot-image confirmation screen that displays the shot image data immediately after the shooting, the plural image data generated by the same shooting instruction are all collectively deleted. On the contrary, in a playback mode, when deletion is instructed to one of the plural image data shot by the same shooting instruction, only the one image that has been instructed for deletion is deleted. This feature improves usability of the image sensing apparatus capable of recording plural images in response to a single shooting instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Patent number: 7463300
    Abstract: The sizes of objects indicating photographing conditions and/or the state of an image sensing apparatus displayed on a display unit of the image sensing apparatus can be changed by simple operation. When the operation of a zoom operation unit is detected, it is determined whether a menu for setting the photographing conditions and the like is displayed on the display unit. If the menu is displayed, the sizes of item objects of the menu displayed on the display unit are changed in accordance with whether the zoom operation unit is operated to a wide side or telephoto side. If the menu is not displayed, zooming is executed in accordance with the operation of the zoom operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama
  • Publication number: 20070189729
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is intended to display an image arbitrarily selected between an original image and an edited image in accordance with a user's preference after image editing. The image processing apparatus is designed so that an image displayed after the image editing can be selected depending on a user's intention. The image processing apparatus specifies and displays an unedited or edited image on the basis of a user operation, whereby the user can easily view a desired image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasufumi Oyama