Patents by Inventor Yasuo Okutani

Yasuo Okutani 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: 11750851
    Abstract: An apparatus 103 stores, in a storage unit, a plurality of parameters for generation of a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of captured images, the plurality of parameters including a parameter representing a time and a parameter representing a position of a virtual viewpoint and a direction of view from a virtual viewpoint corresponding to the time, and causes, in accordance with a switching operation performed while a virtual viewpoint image is being displayed on a display unit, the display unit to display a virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a parameter representing a time selected from the plurality of parameters stored in the storage unit based on the switching operation, and corresponding to a parameter representing a position of a virtual viewpoint and a direction of view from a virtual viewpoint corresponding to the virtual viewpoint image being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Kawanishi, Yasuo Okutani
  • Patent number: 11205360
    Abstract: A plurality of virtual viewpoint images corresponding to positions and directions of a plurality of virtual viewpoints are displayed on an operation screen for an operation associated with the position and direction of the virtual viewpoint. The virtual viewpoint image corresponding to the virtual viewpoint selected as a position and direction operation target among the plurality of virtual viewpoints is generated based on a plurality of captured images obtained by capturing an image capturing target region by a plurality of cameras, and is transmitted to another apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Publication number: 20210390721
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a virtual viewpoint in accordance with user operation, and a display controller configured to perform control such that a first virtual viewpoint image generated based on the virtual viewpoint and a second virtual viewpoint image having a virtual imaging range larger than a virtual imaging range of the first virtual viewpoint image are displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Patent number: 11132807
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a virtual viewpoint in accordance with user operation, and a display controller configured to perform control such that a first virtual viewpoint image generated based on the virtual viewpoint and a second virtual viewpoint image having a virtual imaging range larger than a virtual imaging range of the first virtual viewpoint image are displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Patent number: 11086395
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a plurality of images based on image capturing performed by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses, receives an input corresponding to operation of a first device, receives an input corresponding to operation of a second device different from the first device; and generates, based on the plurality of images obtained, a first virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a first virtual viewpoint determined based on the input corresponding to the operation of the first device, wherein a second virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a second virtual viewpoint determined based on the input received by the second receiving unit is displayed within the first virtual viewpoint image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Publication number: 20210099734
    Abstract: An apparatus 103 stores, in a storage unit, a plurality of parameters for generation of a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of captured images, the plurality of parameters including a parameter representing a time and a parameter representing a position of a virtual viewpoint and a direction of view from a virtual viewpoint corresponding to the time, and causes, in accordance with a switching operation performed while a virtual viewpoint image is being displayed on a display unit, the display unit to display a virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a parameter representing a time selected from the plurality of parameters stored in the storage unit based on the switching operation, and corresponding to a parameter representing a position of a virtual viewpoint and a direction of view from a virtual viewpoint corresponding to the virtual viewpoint image being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Hajime Kawanishi, Yasuo Okutani
  • Patent number: 10834477
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image generating apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image that is based on a plurality of images acquired by image capturing with a plurality of cameras from a plurality of directions, comprises a transmission unit which transmits an inquiry to the image generating apparatus that is obtaining a data set for generating a virtual viewpoint image, an obtaining unit which obtains time information regarding a time corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image that can be generated by the image generating apparatus, based on a response to the inquiry transmitted by the transmission unit, and an output unit which outputs, to the image generating apparatus, a generation instruction to generate a virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a time determined based on the time information obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Okutani, Hajime Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20200335020
    Abstract: A plurality of virtual viewpoint images corresponding to positions and directions of a plurality of virtual viewpoints are displayed on an operation screen for an operation associated with the position and direction of the virtual viewpoint. The virtual viewpoint image corresponding to the virtual viewpoint selected as a position and direction operation target among the plurality of virtual viewpoints is generated based on a plurality of captured images obtained by capturing an image capturing target region by a plurality of cameras, and is transmitted to another apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Publication number: 20200265633
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a plurality of images based on image capturing performed by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses, receives an input corresponding to operation of a first device, receives an input corresponding to operation of a second device different from the first device; and generates, based on the plurality of images obtained, a first virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a first virtual viewpoint determined based on the input corresponding to the operation of the first device, wherein a second virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a second virtual viewpoint determined based on the input received by the second receiving unit is displayed within the first virtual viewpoint image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Patent number: 10733925
    Abstract: A plurality of virtual viewpoint images corresponding to positions and directions of a plurality of virtual viewpoints are displayed on an operation screen for an operation associated with the position and direction of the virtual viewpoint. The virtual viewpoint image corresponding to the virtual viewpoint selected as a position and direction operation target among the plurality of virtual viewpoints is generated based on a plurality of captured images obtained by capturing an image capturing target region by a plurality of cameras, and is transmitted to another apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Publication number: 20200105174
    Abstract: A plurality of virtual viewpoint images corresponding to positions and directions of a plurality of virtual viewpoints are displayed on an operation screen for an operation associated with the position and direction of the virtual viewpoint. The virtual viewpoint image corresponding to the virtual viewpoint selected as a position and direction operation target among the plurality of virtual viewpoints is generated based on a plurality of captured images obtained by capturing an image capturing target region by a plurality of cameras, and is transmitted to another apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Publication number: 20190297393
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image generating apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image that is based on a plurality of images acquired by image capturing with a plurality of cameras from a plurality of directions, comprises a transmission unit which transmits an inquiry to the image generating apparatus that is obtaining a data set for generating a virtual viewpoint image, an obtaining unit which obtains time information regarding a time corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image that can be generated by the image generating apparatus, based on a response to the inquiry transmitted by the transmission unit, and an output unit which outputs, to the image generating apparatus, a generation instruction to generate a virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a time determined based on the time information obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuo Okutani, Hajime Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 10277544
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to transmit transmission target data to another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display at least one object corresponding to the transmission target data together with a live view image on a display screen, and a receiving unit configured to receive an association operation for associating any one of the objects with any one of photographic subjects included in the live view image on the display screen. The information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify another information processing apparatus associated beforehand with the photographic subject to be subjected to the association operation received by the receiving unit as a transmission destination to which the transmission target data corresponding to the object associated with the photographic subject is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonori Nakamura, Makoto Hirota, Yasuo Okutani, Kenichiro Nakagawa, Hiromi Omi, Rei Ishikawa, Masayuki Ishizawa
  • Publication number: 20180061071
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a virtual viewpoint in accordance with user operation, and a display controller configured to perform control such that a first virtual viewpoint image generated based on the virtual viewpoint and a second virtual viewpoint image having a virtual imaging range larger than a virtual imaging range of the first virtual viewpoint image are displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Publication number: 20170076428
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus configured to improve visibility for a user when presentation information is projected and displayed on a target object. The information processing apparatus includes an image capture device and a display device. The information processing apparatus recognizes marker IDs and positions of markers included in a captured image obtained via the image capture device, and determines whether or not one or more markers are included in the captured image (Step S203). When one or more markers are included in the captured image (Step S203: Y), a related information acquisition unit acquires related information corresponding to the marker IDs (Step S204). At this stage, a distance between the information processing apparatus and each marker is calculated based on a size of the markers included in the image (Step S212).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Rei Ishikawa, Yasuo Okutani
  • Patent number: 9406136
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an imaging unit, a storage unit that stores face images of at least two persons, including an owner of the information processing device, in association with a communication device owned by each of the at least two persons, an identification unit that identifies, based on a first group of face images and a second group of face images, a person associated with a face image detected from an image including face images of a plurality of persons imaged by the imaging unit, the first group of face images includes the face image of each person detected from the image imaged by the imaging unit, and the second group of face images includes the faces stored in the storage unit, and a decision unit that decides a person as a receiver from the identified persons excluding the owner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishizawa, Yasuo Okutani
  • Publication number: 20160050173
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to transmit transmission target data to another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display at least one object corresponding to the transmission target data together with a live view image on a display screen, and a receiving unit configured to receive an association operation for associating any one of the objects with any one of photographic subjects included in the live view image on the display screen. The information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify another information processing apparatus associated beforehand with the photographic subject to be subjected to the association operation received by the receiving unit as a transmission destination to which the transmission target data corresponding to the object associated with the photographic subject is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Tomonori Nakamura, Makoto Hirota, Yasuo Okutani, Kenichiro Nakagawa, Hiromi Omi, Rei Ishikawa, Masayuki Ishizawa
  • Patent number: 9141334
    Abstract: A page designated by a page designation instruction of those included in an electronic book is displayed. When a voice output instruction is input, a page displayed at that input timing is set as a voice output page, and voices corresponding to respective characters in the voice output page are sequentially output in accordance with an arrangement order of the characters. A start character from which a voice output operation is started is determined based on characters in the voice output page, and voices corresponding to characters, which include the start character and subsequent characters, are controlled to be sequentially output in accordance with the arrangement order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonori Tanaka, Yasuo Okutani
  • Patent number: 9100512
    Abstract: A reading apparatus includes a first generation unit, a determination unit, a second generation unit, and an association unit. The first generation unit generates data of a first target object obtained by using an image capture unit attached above a reading platen to read the first target object placed in a reading area of the reading platen. The determination unit determines, in a state where the first target object is placed in the reading area, whether a second target object has been placed in the reading area. The second generation unit generates data of a second target object obtained by using the image capture unit to read the second target object. The association unit associates, in response to determining that the second target object has been placed in the reading area, the data of the first target object with the data of the second target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuo Okutani
  • Patent number: 9035889
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus may include a detection unit and a switching unit. The detection unit detects an amount of change in a position of an object of interest per a predetermined time period. The switching unit switches between a first mode for determining a first operation position on a display surface based on the position and direction of an object of interest and a second mode for determining a second operation position on the display surface based on a position where the object of interest is in contact with the display surface using the detected amount of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonori Tanaka, Yasuo Okutani, Toshiaki Fukada