Patents by Inventor Yohei Takada

Yohei Takada 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: 20100208127
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor obtaining a captured image of a subject, a face detection section detecting a face of the subject from the captured image, a focusing control section performing a tracking focusing operation for maintaining a state in which the face of the subject is focused on the basis of a signal obtained from a distance measuring area provided in an image capturing area, a first determination section determining whether the face of the subject is present in the distance measuring area when the face of the subject is detected by the face detection section, and a second determination section determining whether a body area in which a body corresponding to the face of the subject is expected to be present is present in the distance measuring area when the face of the subject is determined not to be present in the distance measuring area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Takada, Hisamo Sogawa
  • Publication number: 20100097513
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device which captures an image regarding an object image, an object detector detecting a specific object from the captured image, a focus control unit configured to execute a focusing operation on the basis of a phase-difference detection signal obtained from a distance measurement area set at a predetermined position in an image capturing area, a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a display element indicating a position of the specific object, and a first determining unit configured to determine whether or not the focusing operation has been executed on the basis of the phase-difference detection signal regarding the specific object. The display control unit changes a display mode of the display element indicating the position of the specific object in accordance with the result of the determination performed by the first determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Takada, Hisamo Sogawa, Hirokazu Naruto
  • Publication number: 20080028784
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a cross flow fan and an indoor heat exchanger. The cross flow fan generates a flow of air. The heat exchanger has a two row part and a one row part. The one row part has an area that is smaller than the two row part, and is disposed so that it overlaps one part of the two row part (83) in an air transit direction. Furthermore, during a cooling operation, a refrigerant flows to the two row part before flowing to the one row part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Takada, Hitoshi Kawashima, Mikio Ito, Masaaki Kitazawa