Patents by Inventor Yukinori Nishiyama

Yukinori Nishiyama 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: 12382170
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging apparatus including an image sensor, and a processor, in which the processor is configured to acquire information related to distances at a plurality of positions within an imaging area of the image sensor, generate moving image data represented with a vertical axis and a lateral axis, based on imaging data obtained by the image sensor, generate distance image data in which a first axis corresponds to the vertical axis or the lateral axis and a second axis represents the information related to the distance, and output the moving image data and the distance image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Fujiwara, Taro Saito, Yukinori Nishiyama, Takehiro Koguchi
  • Patent number: 12363436
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus has an imaging element that captures an optical image with a first angle of view, and a control unit that has a first mode and a second mode as a video imaging mode and records video data of a video based on the optical image. The control unit executes thinning-out drive to thin out a part of readout of the plurality of pixels in the first mode and the second mode, sets a second thinning-out rate in the thinning-out drive of the second mode to be lower than a first thinning-out rate of the thinning-out drive of the first mode, and changes the second angle of view of the recording region following movement of a subject in the recording region in the second mode, and changes the second thinning-out rate of the recording region with change in the second angle of view in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Nishio, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 12316958
    Abstract: One embodiment according to the technology of the present disclosure provides an imaging device, an imaging method, and a program that allow a user to easily visually discriminate a difference between setting conditions by displaying video image data indicating the difference. An imaging device (1) is an imaging device 1 including a connection unit (109) that is connectable to an external device (3), and a processor (107).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Fujiwara, Taro Saito, Tomoharu Shimada, Takehiro Koguchi, Yukinori Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20250159099
    Abstract: Provided is a video creation method in which, in a configuration in which a part of a captured video is extracted and displayed, the adjustment of an exposure amount and the video display in a case in which an extracted region is changed are appropriately executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Patent number: 12301991
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor (16) and a memory, in which the processor (16) performs processing of generating first moving image data for recording based on input imaging data, processing of setting a specific subject region including a specific subject in an imaging region represented by the imaging data or the first moving image data, processing of evaluating a focus state based on the imaging data or the first moving image data, processing of generating second moving image data for display in which a focus state of the specific subject region is visually recognizable based on data of the specific subject region, an evaluation result of the focus state, and the first moving image data, and processing of outputting the second moving image data to a display destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Fujiwara, Takehiro Koguchi, Taro Saito, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tomoharu Shimada
  • Publication number: 20250126351
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of improving operability in a case in which manual focus adjustment is performed. Processing of extracting a plurality of subjects from moving image data obtained by imaging is performed, first moving image data in which a region including a specific subject among the plurality of subjects is magnified is output to a display destination, and, in a case in which a change has occurred in any of the plurality of subjects in the moving image data, second moving image data in which a region of each of the plurality of subjects is magnified is output to the display destination instead of the first moving image data, and then, in a case in which an instruction to select the subject is given, third moving image data in which a region including a selected subject is magnified is output to the display destination instead of the second moving image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu SHIMADA, Takehiro KOGUCHI, Shinya FUJIWARA, Taro SAITO, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12279046
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and an imaging program capable of easily capturing a moving image under an imaging condition desired by a user. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes an imaging unit and a processor. The processor sets a first imaging parameter applied to moving image data captured by the imaging unit, records first moving image data captured based on the first imaging parameter on a recording device before a first operation by a user of the imaging device is received, sets a second imaging parameter applied to the moving image data in a case where the first operation is received, and records the second moving image data captured based on the second imaging parameter on the recording device in a case where a second operation by the user is received after the reception of the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Koguchi, Shinya Fujiwara, Taro Saito, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tomoharu Shimada
  • Publication number: 20250106524
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and an imaging program capable of easily acquiring a slow moving image with good image quality. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes an optical system, an imaging element, and a processor, and the processor performs detection processing of detecting a movement of a subject based on an image signal output from the imaging element, frame rate control of increasing a frame rate of a moving image output from the imaging element based on the detected movement, exposure control processing of maintaining a rate of an exposure time per frame of the moving image constant according to the increase in the frame rate, and dimming control processing of changing a degree of dimming of the optical system according to the exposure control processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro KOGUCHI, Taro SAITO, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tomoharu SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 12256073
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device capable of performing compression processing on a video captured in each video capturing mode according to a first video capturing mode and a second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. A possible range of a quantization parameter applied in a case where the video is compressed is made different in the first video capturing mode and the second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. The quantization parameter is determined within a first range in a case of the first video capturing mode, and the quantization parameter is determined within a second range narrower than the first range in a case of the second video capturing mode. In particular, a second upper limit value of the second range is smaller than a first upper limit value of the first range, and a second lower limit value of the second range is larger than a first lower limit value of the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori Nishiyama, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20250071413
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging instruction method, and an imaging instruction program capable of efficiently changing an imaging condition during capturing of a moving image. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device is an imaging device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image and a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Takehiro KOGUCHI, Shinya FUJIWARA, Taro SAITO, Tomoharu SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 12238448
    Abstract: A video creation method of creating a video is provided. The method includes setting, in an imaging region of a reference video having a first angle of view, one or more regions having a second angle of view different from the first angle of view, determining a selection region that is the region in which a subject of a recording target is included, switching the selection region, displaying an insertion video in a period between a display period of a pre-switching video which is a video of the selection region before the switching and a display period of a post-switching video which is a video of the selection region after the switching, and executing, during a display period of the insertion video, a process to change a displayed video from one of the pre-switching video or the post-switching video to the other of the pre-switching video or the post-switching video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Yukinori Nishiyama, Yuya Nishio
  • Patent number: 12225298
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and an imaging program capable of easily acquiring a slow moving image with good image quality. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes an optical system, an imaging element, and a processor, and the processor performs detection processing of detecting a movement of a subject based on an image signal output from the imaging element, frame rate control of increasing a frame rate of a moving image output from the imaging element based on the detected movement, exposure control processing of maintaining a rate of an exposure time per frame of the moving image constant according to the increase in the frame rate, and dimming control processing of changing a degree of dimming of the optical system according to the exposure control processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Koguchi, Taro Saito, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tomoharu Shimada
  • Patent number: 12219241
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of improving operability in a case in which manual focus adjustment is performed. Processing of extracting a plurality of subjects from moving image data obtained by imaging is performed, first moving image data in which a region including a specific subject among the plurality of subjects is magnified is output to a display destination, and, in a case in which a change has occurred in any of the plurality of subjects in the moving image data, second moving image data in which a region of each of the plurality of subjects is magnified is output to the display destination instead of the first moving image data, and then, in a case in which an instruction to select the subject is given, third moving image data in which a region including a selected subject is magnified is output to the display destination instead of the second moving image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu Shimada, Takehiro Koguchi, Shinya Fujiwara, Taro Saito, Yukinori Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 12177581
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method, an image processing program, and an imaging device capable of generating two pieces of moving image data subjected to different pieces of image processing. A processor is configured to perform processing of calculating a first image processing parameter from first moving image data obtained by imaging, processing of generating second moving image data from the first moving image data based on the first image processing parameter, processing of storing the first moving image data in the memory, and processing of generating third moving image data from the first moving image data stored in the memory based on a second image processing parameter calculated from the first moving image data with a lapse of a time (T) after the first moving image data starts to be stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Saito, Takehiro Koguchi, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tomoharu Shimada, Shinya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12170838
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging instruction method, and an imaging instruction program capable of efficiently changing an imaging condition during capturing of a moving image. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device is an imaging device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori Nishiyama, Takehiro Koguchi, Shinya Fujiwara, Taro Saito, Tomoharu Shimada
  • Patent number: 12154335
    Abstract: An imaging device including an image sensor that captures a video; and a processor configured to extract a first frame from a plurality of frames constituting the video captured by the image sensor to generate a first static image file, generate a video file constituted of a plurality of frames including the first frame from the video, and store the video file, the first static image file, and additional information indicating a position of the first frame in the video file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yukinori Nishiyama, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240305891
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and a video recording method for a user to perceive a position of an extraction range moving within an angle of view, wherein the display method includes an acquisition step of acquiring a reference video that is a motion picture, an extraction step of extracting an extraction video set to be smaller than an angle of view of the reference video within the angle of view from the reference video, a movement step of moving an extraction range of the extraction video over time, a first display step of displaying the extraction video on a display device, and a second display step of displaying a support video based on a positional relationship between the angle of view and the extraction range on the display device, in which the second display step is executed during execution of the first display step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12058444
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus facilitating recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided, which includes an image sensor that captures a reference video which is a motion picture, a housing that accommodates the image sensor, a detection portion for detecting a motion of the housing, and a processor configured to execute setting processing of setting an extraction range smaller than an angle of view within the angle of view in a case of capturing the reference video, extraction processing of extracting an extraction video within the extraction range from the reference video, movement processing of moving the extraction range within the angle of view over time in accordance with the motion detected by the detection portion, and recording processing of recording the extraction video during movement of the extraction range in the movement processing on a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama, Yuya Nishio, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240259686
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus has an imaging element that captures an optical image with a first angle of view, and a control unit that has a first mode and a second mode as a video imaging mode and records video data of a video based on the optical image. The control unit executes thinning-out drive to thin out a part of readout of the plurality of pixels in the first mode and the second mode, sets a second thinning-out rate in the thinning-out drive of the second mode to be lower than a first thinning-out rate of the thinning-out drive of the first mode, and changes the second angle of view of the recording region following movement of a subject in the recording region in the second mode, and changes the second thinning-out rate of the recording region with change in the second angle of view in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240223763
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device capable of performing compression processing on a video captured in each video capturing mode according to a first video capturing mode and a second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. A possible range of a quantization parameter applied in a case where the video is compressed is made different in the first video capturing mode and the second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. The quantization parameter is determined within a first range in a case of the first video capturing mode, and the quantization parameter is determined within a second range narrower than the first range in a case of the second video capturing mode. In particular, a second upper limit value of the second range is smaller than a first upper limit value of the first range, and a second lower limit value of the second range is larger than a first lower limit value of the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Kenkichi HAYASHI