Patents by Inventor Yuichi Nakase
Yuichi Nakase 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).
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Patent number: 10410674Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises an imaging unit, a recording unit configured to record a piece of moving image data, a setting unit configured to set a frame rate of a piece of moving image data, a selection unit configured to select a piece of moving image data to be edited from among a plurality of pieces of moving image data, and a generation unit configured to generate a piece of moving image data having a first frame rate by combining pieces of moving image data, wherein the selection unit sets, as the first frame rate, a frame rate that has been set by the setting unit, and selects, as the piece of moving image data to be edited, a piece of moving image data having a second frame rate that is related to the first frame rate.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 10244199Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a recording unit configured to record RAW image data into a recording medium in accordance with a recording instruction; a setting unit configured to control whether to set the RAW image data as a target of storage into the recording medium or not in accordance with a user instruction; a development unit configured to perform development processing on RAW image data; and a control unit configured to perform control to automatically develop the RAW image data recorded in the recording medium after recording of the RAW image data and to automatically record the developed image data into the recording medium. In a case where RAW image data not set as the target of storage has been developed by the development unit, the control unit performs control to automatically delete said RAW image data from the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 9848159Abstract: An image reproducing apparatus including a selection unit configured to select a still image to be reproduced, a moving image to be reproduced, and a reproduction range of the moving image from a recording medium in which a plurality of still images and moving images is recorded, and a reproduction control unit configured to perform control to sequentially reproduce the still image and the reproduction range of the moving image selected to be reproduced by the selection unit, the selection unit being configured to perform control so that both a still image and a range of a moving image in which the still image is inserted are not selected to be reproduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Publication number: 20170150091Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a recording unit configured to record RAW image data into a recording medium in accordance with a recording instruction; a setting unit configured to control whether to set the RAW image data as a target of storage into the recording medium or not in accordance with a user instruction; a development unit configured to perform development processing on RAW image data; and a control unit configured to perform control to automatically develop the RAW image data recorded in the recording medium after recording of the RAW image data and to automatically record the developed image data into the recording medium. In a case where RAW image data not set as the target of storage has been developed by the development unit, the control unit performs control to automatically delete said RAW image data from the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 9609203Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is “ON”, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 9565360Abstract: A moving image data recording apparatus and method that records a moving image file and a still image file and associates them with each other in the same directory.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 9503607Abstract: The size of an image file is not influenced even if location information is added or deleted after storing the image file. To achieve this, when an image is stored on a storage medium, whether GPS measurement was successful is determined. If measurement was successful, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in a first area as attribute information compliant with the image file format, the acquired location information is stored in a second area as attribute information, and the image is stored in a predetermined format. If not, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in the first area, predetermined information is stored in the second area, a reserved area having a pre-set size is allocated in a continuous area that follows the second area, and the captured image is stored.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Publication number: 20160189747Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises an imaging unit, a recording unit configured to record a piece of moving image data, a setting unit configured to set a frame rate of a piece of moving image data, a selection unit configured to select a piece of moving image data to be edited from among a plurality of pieces of moving image data, and a generation unit configured to generate a piece of moving image data having a first frame rate by combining pieces of moving image data, wherein the selection unit sets, as the first frame rate, a frame rate that has been set by the setting unit, and selects, as the piece of moving image data to be edited, a piece of moving image data having a second frame rate that is related to the first frame rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Publication number: 20160112599Abstract: The size of an image file is not influenced even if location information is added or deleted after storing the image file. To achieve this, when an image is stored on a storage medium, whether GPS measurement was successful is determined. If measurement was successful, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in a first area as attribute information compliant with the image file format, the acquired location information is stored in a second area as attribute information, and the image is stored in a predetermined format. If not, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in the first area, predetermined information is stored in the second area, a reserved area having a pre-set size is allocated in a continuous area that follows the second area, and the captured image is stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 9237302Abstract: The size of an image file is not influenced even if location information is added or deleted after storing the image file. To achieve this, when an image is stored on a storage medium, whether GPS measurement was successful is determined. If measurement was successful, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in a first area as attribute information compliant with the image file format, the acquired location information is stored in a second area as attribute information, and the image is stored in a predetermined format. If not, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in the first area, predetermined information is stored in the second area, a reserved area having a pre-set size is allocated in a continuous area that follows the second area, and the captured image is stored.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 9197815Abstract: An image management apparatus comprises an input unit which inputs a first image and a second image; a storage unit which stores the first image and the second image in association with each other; a selection unit which selects an image to be deleted out of the first and second images; and a control unit which performs control such that, in a case where the first image is selected by the selection unit, an option of deleting the second image stored in association with the first image is presented, and subsequently processing for deleting the first image is performed, and in a case where an instruction to delete the second image is received, processing for deleting the second image is performed without presenting an option of deleting the first image stored in association with the second image.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Publication number: 20150334256Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is “ON”, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 9131140Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is “ON”, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20150195455Abstract: A moving image data recording apparatus and method that records a moving image file and a still image file and associates them with each other in the same directory.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Publication number: 20150189221Abstract: An image reproducing apparatus including a selection unit configured to select a still image to be reproduced, a moving image to be reproduced, and a reproduction range of the moving image from a recording medium in which a plurality of still images and moving images is recorded, and a reproduction control unit configured to perform control to sequentially reproduce the still image and the reproduction range of the moving image selected to be reproduced by the selection unit, the selection unit being configured to perform control so that both a still image and a range of a moving image in which the still image is inserted are not selected to be reproduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 9013598Abstract: A moving image data recording apparatus and method that records a moving image file and a still image file and associates them with each other in the same directory.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Publication number: 20150022689Abstract: An image management apparatus comprises an input unit which inputs a first image and a second image; a storage unit which stores the first image and the second image in association with each other; a selection unit which selects an image to be deleted out of the first and second images; and a control unit which performs control such that, in a case where the first image is selected by the selection unit, an option of deleting the second image stored in association with the first image is presented, and subsequently processing for deleting the first image is performed, and in a case where an instruction to delete the second image is received, processing for deleting the second image is performed without presenting an option of deleting the first image stored in association with the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 8934738Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores a database which includes first analytical information obtained by analyzing an image existing on a recording medium, a matching dictionary including information extracted from a camera dictionary with an identifier added to each subject, and file information relating information about each subject existing in the image file with the identifier, and checks consistency between the information in the matching dictionary and information in the camera dictionary, and reconstructs the database retrieve of the database is possible to be performed, in a case where any inconsistency is found as a result of the consistency confirming.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuichi Nakase
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Patent number: 8780250Abstract: An image processing apparatus that makes it possible, when executing processing on image data groups classified according to classification information, to perform the processing on an image data item having a plurality of pieces of classification information added thereto, in a user-friendly manner adapted to a type of the processing. A system controller selects an image data group of image data items to which specific classification information is added. The controller designates processing to be executed on the image data group. When a plurality of image data groups are selected, the controller causes the processing designated by said designation unit to be executed on an image data item belonging to a plurality of selected image data groups such that the number of times of execution of the processing on the image data item is made different according to a type of the processing.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kondo, Yuichi Nakase, Yousuke Takagi
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Patent number: 8643761Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit to capture an image of an object, a selection unit to select one of a plurality of shooting modes of the imaging unit, a recording unit to record the captured image onto a recording medium, a switching unit to switch between a reproduction mode in which recorded image data is read out and displayed on a display device, and a shooting processing mode in which shooting processing is performed in the selected shooting mode and a reproduction control unit to cause the display device to display the read out image data. When the switching unit switches the mode to the reproduction mode, the reproduction control unit changes an operation that can be instructed in the reproduction mode according to the selected shooting mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeo Ogawa, Yuichi Nakase, Akira Kubota