Patents by Inventor Yoichiro Imai

Yoichiro Imai 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: 11671699
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of an imaging apparatus, and at least memory and at least one processor which function as a calculation unit configured to calculate a time limit for recording a moving image based on the temperature acquired by the acquisition unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to display the time limit on a display unit in a standby state where a moving image is not recorded in a moving image recording mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichiro Imai, Daiyu Ueno, Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Hiroshi Toriumi
  • Publication number: 20220353413
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus comprises a display unit that displays a captured image, an output unit that outputs the image to an external device, a processing unit capable of switching and executing a plurality of operations that include a first operation of capturing the image with an image capturing mode setting during shooting standby, and a second operation of capturing the image with the same image capturing mode setting regardless of whether it is during shooting standby or during shooting, and a control unit that, when an output of the image to the external device is not being performed, permits the processing unit to perform the first operation, and when an output of the image to the external device is being performed, prohibits the processing unit to perform the first operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Daiyu Ueno, Yoichiro Imai, Hiroshi Toriumi, Tomoyuki Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 11314153
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first sensor configured to acquire a first temperature at a predetermined position, a second sensor configured to acquire a second temperature at a position different from the predetermined position, a controller configured to limit a predetermined function, and a prediction unit configured to obtain an environmental temperature based on a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature, and information about temporal variation of the difference between the first temperature and the second temperature in a case where the predetermined function is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Hiroshi Toriumi, Yoichiro Imai, Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210294185
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first sensor configured to acquire a first temperature at a predetermined position, a second sensor configured to acquire a second temperature at a position different from the predetermined position, a controller configured to limit a predetermined function, and a prediction unit configured to obtain an environmental temperature based on a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature, and information about temporal variation of the difference between the first temperature and the second temperature in a case where the predetermined function is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Hiroshi Toriumi, Yoichiro Imai, Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210297586
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of an imaging apparatus, and at least memory and at least one processor which function as a calculation unit configured to calculate a time limit for recording a moving image based on the temperature acquired by the acquisition unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to display the time limit on a display unit in a standby state where a moving image is not recorded in a moving image recording mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichiro Imai, Daiyu Ueno, Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Hiroshi Toriumi
  • Patent number: 9720224
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus that processes an object by scanning light on the object, the apparatus comprising a scanning device including a mirror for reflecting the light and configured to scan the light by driving the mirror, and a controller configured to control the scanning device, wherein the controller is configured to obtain, based on a target scanning velocity, an angle of the mirror at which the scanning device is caused to start driving of the mirror, so that an angle of the mirror, at which scanning of the light is started, is a target angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoichiro Imai
  • Publication number: 20160109698
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus that processes an object by scanning light on the object, the apparatus comprising a scanning device including a mirror for reflecting the light and configured to scan the light by driving the mirror, and a controller configured to control the scanning device, wherein the controller is configured to obtain, based on a target scanning velocity, an angle of the mirror at which the scanning device is caused to start driving of the mirror, so that an angle of the mirror, at which scanning of the light is started, is a target angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Yoichiro Imai