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).
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Publication number: 20230114332Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinya FUJIWARA, Taro SAITO, Tomoharu SHIMADA, Takehiro KOGUCHI, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20230005241Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus capable of continuously imaging a natural video even though brightness is changed. In an imaging apparatus in which an exposure condition is set based on a characteristic of a transmittance control element, a first exposure condition range is calculated based on photometry of the imaging apparatus. Determination is made whether or not the calculated first exposure condition range is included in a second exposure condition range where a control range acquired by the transmittance control element is applicable. In a case where the calculated first exposure condition range is not included in the second exposure condition range, the exposure condition of the imaging apparatus is changed such that the first exposure condition range is included in the second exposure condition range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tomoharu SHIMADA, Takehiro KOGUCHI, Taro SAITO, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220417409Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Takehiro KOGUCHI, Taro SAITO, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tomoharu SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20220417432Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and a program capable of changing assignment of functions to a plurality of operation units according to a use environment of the imaging device. An imaging device (1) includes: a plurality of operation units (265) provided on a plurality of surfaces of a device main body (101), respectively, and capable of being assigned functions; a memory (267) that stores assignment information indicating a relationship between a use environment and assignment of the functions to the plurality of operation units (265); and a processor (301), in which the processor (301) performs use environment determination processing of determining the use environment of the imaging device, and assignment setting processing of setting the assignment of the functions to the plurality of operation units on the basis of the assignment information of the memory, according to a result of the use environment determination processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Taro SAITO, Takehiro KOGUCHI, Tomoharu SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20220408028Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program that change a display form of a display unit in accordance with whether or not a display content of the display unit is visually recognizable. An imaging apparatus (10) includes a first display unit (13), and a processor (40), in which the processor (40) performs a determination process for determining whether or not a display content of the first display unit (13) is visually recognizable by a user, and a display control for displaying a first display including at least one of a captured image or a character in a case where it is determined through the determination process that the display content is visually recognizable, and for causing the first display unit (13) to display a second display that is a surface display in a case where it is not determined through the determination process that the display content is visually recognizable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Taro SAITO, Takehiro KOGUCHI, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tomoharu SHIMADA
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Patent number: 11509826Abstract: An imaging device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an imaging section that captures a video, a static image file generation section that extracts a first frame from a plurality of frames constituting the video and generates a static image file, a video file generation section that divides the video in accordance with the generation of the static image file to generate a plurality of video files, and a storage section that stores the static image file in association with a first video file that includes the first frame among the plurality of video files.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tetsuya Fujikawa
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Publication number: 20220303471Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus that obtains a video with a resolution of satisfactory quality and a small angle of view from a video with a large angle of view through real-time image processing. An imaging apparatus has an imaging element that captures an optical image of a standard video with a first angle of view, and a control unit that includes 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 first recording processing of recording video data of the standard video using the imaging element in the first mode. The control unit executes setting processing of setting a recording region with a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view in the standard video and second recording processing of recording a video data of a recorded video of the recording region in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 11438521Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing section that captures first video data having a frame cycle of a first frame cycle and an exposure time for one frame shorter than the first frame cycle, an image acquisition section that acquires the first video data captured by the image capturing section, a detection section that detects a flicker of a light source in the first video data, and an image capturing frame cycle control section that controls the frame cycle of the image capturing in the image capturing section. The image capturing frame cycle control section changes the frame cycle of the first video data captured by the image capturing section from the first frame cycle to a second frame cycle, which is a frame cycle shorter than the first frame cycle, in a case where the detection section detects the flicker.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yukinori Nishiyama, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi
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Publication number: 20220279136Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
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Publication number: 20220279106Abstract: Provided is a video creation method capable of obtaining a good image quality of a video obtained by extracting a part of a captured video even in a case in which a position of the extracted region is changed. The video creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a setting step of setting, in an imaging region of a first video having a first angle of view, a plurality of regions having a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view, a designation step of designating, out of a first region and a second region included in the plurality of regions, the second region having a smaller appropriate exposure amount than the first region as a reference region, and a condition determination step of determining at least one condition of an exposure time in a case in which the first video is captured or a stop amount for an incidence ray on the imaging lens based on the appropriate exposure amount of the reference region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
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Publication number: 20220270388Abstract: There is provided a data creation method for efficiently performing volume adjustment of a sound of each subject according to a state of each of a plurality of subjects. A data creation method includes: an association step (step S10 and step S11) of associating the microphone with each subject possessing each of the microphones; a recording step (step S12, step S20, and step S21) of recording moving image data using the imaging apparatus; a sound recording step (step S13) of recording sound data of each subject using each of the microphones in synchronization with a start of the recording step; a detection step (step S14 and step S15) of automatically detecting a state of the subject during the recording step; and an addition step (step S16 to step S19) of adding, to the moving image data, an identification code for volume adjustment of the sound data of each subject based on a result of the detection step.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20220217280Abstract: 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. A display method according to an aspect of the present invention 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220191400Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an imaging method that further facilitate recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided. An imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220094935Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11223826Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukinori Nishiyama, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kenkichi Hayashi
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Publication number: 20210344839Abstract: Provided are an image processing device, an image capturing device, and an image processing method. Included are a video acquisition section that acquires a video with a variable image capturing frame rate during image capturing, an image capturing mode selection section that selects a first video capturing mode or a second video capturing mode in which an exposure time per frame is set to be shorter than that in the first video capturing mode, a compression processing selection section that selects first compression processing that prioritizes a capacity in a case where the first video capturing mode is selected or selects second compression processing that prioritizes image quality in a case where the second video capturing mode is selected, and a compression processing section that compresses the video acquired by the video acquisition section and performs the first compression processing or second compression processing selected by the compression processing selection section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Koichi TANAKA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Kensuke MASUI
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Publication number: 20210329161Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing section that captures first video data having a frame cycle of a first frame cycle and an exposure time for one frame shorter than the first frame cycle, an image acquisition section that acquires the first video data captured by the image capturing section, a detection section that detects a flicker of a light source in the first video data, and an image capturing frame cycle control section that controls the frame cycle of the image capturing in the image capturing section. The image capturing frame cycle control section changes the frame cycle of the first video data captured by the image capturing section from the first frame cycle to a second frame cycle, which is a frame cycle shorter than the first frame cycle, in a case where the detection section detects the flicker.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yukinori Nishiyama, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi
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Publication number: 20210185228Abstract: An imaging device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an imaging section that captures a video, a static image file generation section that extracts a first frame from a plurality of frames constituting the video and generates a static image file, a video file generation section that divides the video in accordance with the generation of the static image file to generate a plurality of video files, and a storage section that stores the static image file in association with a first video file that includes the first frame among the plurality of video files.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsu WADA, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA
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Publication number: 20210174090Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210176470Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Kenkichi HAYASHI