Patents by Inventor Yuko Mimura

Yuko Mimura 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: 8115822
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject and generate a captured image of the subject, a feature value extracting unit configured to extract a feature value of the captured image, a scene candidate determining unit configured to determine a scene candidate of a subject scene included in the captured image on the basis of the extracted feature value, and a scene determining unit configured to determine that the scene candidate is the subject scene included in the captured image when the scene candidate determining unit continuously determines scene candidates of an identical kind for a scene determining period taken for determining the subject scene included in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Mimura, Yuji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20090201390
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject and generate a captured image of the subject, a feature value extracting unit configured to extract a feature value of the captured image, a scene candidate determining unit configured to determine a scene candidate of a subject scene included in the captured image on the basis of the extracted feature value, and a scene determining unit configured to determine that the scene candidate is the subject scene included in the captured image when the scene candidate determining unit continuously determines scene candidates of an identical kind for a scene determining period taken for determining the subject scene included in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Mimura, Yuji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7046285
    Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus, portably structured, for recording a photographed digital picture signal to a recording medium and reproducing a digital picture signal from the recording medium The apparatus includes a recording means for recording the digital picture signal supplied from a signal processing means and position information supplied from a position information obtaining means to the recording medium, a reproducing means for reproducing the digital picture signal and the position information from the recording medium, a map information obtaining means for obtaining map information, a table creating means for creating a table for the reproduced position information, and a controlling means for referencing the table for the position information and displaying an icon corresponding to the position information and the map information to the displaying means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Miyagi, Yuko Mimura
  • Publication number: 20010040629
    Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus, portably structured, for recording a photographed digital picture signal to a record medium and reproducing a digital picture signal from the record medium is disclosed, that comprises a photographing means for photographing a picture and outputting a picture signal, a signal processing means for processing the picture signal supplied from the photographing means, a position information obtaining means for obtaining position information, a displaying means for displaying the digital picture signal supplied from the signal processing means, a recording means for recording the digital picture signal supplied from the signal processing means and the position information supplied from the position information obtaining means to the record medium, a reproducing means for reproducing the digital picture signal and the position information from the record medium, a map information obtaining means for obtaining map information, a table creating means for creating a table for the rep
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Shiro Miyagi, Yuko Mimura