Patents by Inventor Yohei Fujitani

Yohei Fujitani 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: 20110194010
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image search apparatus including a control unit configured to, when a search key image is set, perform an obtaining process of obtaining at least either of feature amounts of the search key image, a generation process of generating a plurality of search conditions different from each other from the at least either of the feature amounts and the image capturing conditions, a search process of searching the plurality of images except the search key image for an image matching or similar to the search condition for each of the plurality of search conditions, the display control process of displaying a plurality of images that are images found for the plurality of search conditions, a selection process of selecting one image from the plurality of images, and a setting process of setting, as a new search key image, the image selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakase, Yohei Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20110176008
    Abstract: When a connected recording medium has a wireless communication function, the save destination is changed to store received data in a save destination set for data transmitted from the recording medium by wireless communication. The save destination of data received from the connected recording medium having the wireless communication function can be set appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohei Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20110043929
    Abstract: A lens control apparatus having a zoom lens includes first and second operation members that give a zoom instruction for moving the zoom lens, and a controller that changes a zoom stop position to a first pattern according to the operation of the first operation member, and changes the zoom stop position to a second pattern, which has an interval wider than that in the first pattern, according to the operation of the second operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Maniwa, Eiji Yoshino, Koji Sudo, Yohei Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20090290044
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus using a limited-rewriteable storage medium is disclosed. The image capturing apparatus writes generated image data in the limited-rewriteable storage medium at the time of shooting processing. On the other hand, an internal memory in the image capturing apparatus holds management information such as a FAT and directory entry. The apparatus writes the management information in the limited-rewriteable storage medium after the contents of the information are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshino, Yohei Fujitani