Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Kuwabara

Yasuhiro Kuwabara 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).

  • Patent number: 11582379
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that allows a photographer to easily recognize whether or not a blurring generated in an image at the time of image capturing is due to a spherical aberration variable mechanism is provided. The image capturing apparatus, to/from which a lens barrel can be attached/detached, comprising a mounting unit configured to mount the lens barrel, a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the image capturing apparatus to obtain an adjustment amount of spherical aberration from the lens barrel mounted on the mounting unit, and control a display device to display information about the adjustment amount together with an image obtained through the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Matsumoto, Ryo Maeda, Yasuhiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20220368838
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about an in-focus position on a live view image, and a display control unit configured to perform control to display an item indicating the in-focus position on the live view image, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The display control unit performs control to display a first item at a first in-focus position at which focus is continuously achieved, in a display form having higher visibility than in a display form of a second item to be displayed at a second in-focus position at which focus is not achieved at least last time, the first in-focus position and the second in-focus position being positions at which focus is currently achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20220191384
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that allows a photographer to easily recognize whether or not a blurring generated in an image at the time of image capturing is due to a spherical aberration variable mechanism is provided. The image capturing apparatus, to/from which a lens barrel can be attached/detached, comprising a mounting unit configured to mount the lens barrel, a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the image capturing apparatus to obtain an adjustment amount of spherical aberration from the lens barrel mounted on the mounting unit, and control a display device to display information about the adjustment amount together with an image obtained through the lens barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Matsumoto, Ryo Maeda, Yasuhiro Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 11195256
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, comprising: a memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit to perform the operations of the following units: a control unit configured to 1) display, in a display area, at least a part including a reference point out of a VR image expressed by a projection format using a predetermined point as the reference point, and 2) change the reference point in case an instruction is received from a user; and a determination unit configured to determine the reference point as a zenith or a nadir of the VR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 11128764
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of image processing units output images obtained by imaging an object respectively in different directions; a generating unit combines images output by the plurality of image processing units; a recording unit; acquiring unit acquires display range information; a control unit: controls the plurality of image processing units to drive in a first mode, in a case where the combined image is recorded in the recording medium; and controls (1) a first image processing unit which outputs an image corresponding to a displayed range in the combined image to drive in the first mode, and (2) a second image processing unit which outputs an image corresponding to a non-displayed range in the combined image to drive in a second mode, in a case where the combined image is not recorded in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 11079898
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a determining unit configured to determine a display direction based on a movement distance of a touch position or an amount of a change in a posture of the electronic device; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial region of a VR image in accordance with the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is smaller than the predetermined angle and control the display unit to change over to another VR image and display another VR image instead of displaying the partial region of the VR image if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is larger than the predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20200301565
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a determining unit configured to determine a display direction based on a movement distance of a touch position or an amount of a change in a posture of the electronic device; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial region of a VR image in accordance with the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is smaller than the predetermined angle and control the display unit to change over to another VR image and display another VR image instead of displaying the partial region of the VR image if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is larger than the predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20200258198
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, comprising: a memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit to perform the operations of the following units: a control unit configured to 1) display, in a display area, at least a part including a reference point out of a VR image expressed by a projection format using a predetermined point as the reference point, and 2) change the reference point in case an instruction is received from a user; and a determination unit configured to determine the reference point as a zenith or a nadir of the VR image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20190356792
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of image processing units output images obtained by imaging an object respectively in different directions; a generating unit combines images output by the plurality of image processing units; a recording unit; acquiring unit acquires display range information; a control unit: controls the plurality of image processing units to drive in a first mode, in a case where the combined image is recorded in the recording medium; and controls (1) a first image processing unit which outputs an image corresponding to a displayed range in the combined image to drive in the first mode, and (2) a second image processing unit which outputs an image corresponding to a non-displayed range in the combined image to drive in a second mode, in a case where the combined image is not recorded in the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuwabara