Patents by Inventor Yumi Toyoda

Yumi Toyoda 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).

  • Control apparatus, lens apparatus, imaging apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 11678057
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes at least one processor configured to execute instructions to function as a first controller that automatically adjusts a focus lens to a focusing position, a second controller that adjusts the focus lens on the basis of a user operation quantity, and a third controller that drives the focus lens. The first controller and the second controller effectively work in a first drive area of the focus lens. The first controller is disabled in a second drive area of the focus lens. The third controller drives the focus lens on the basis of changes of the second drive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumi Toyoda, Fuya Mizuochi
  • CONTROL APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220060631
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes at least one processor configured to execute instructions to function as a first controller that automatically adjusts a focus lens to a focusing position, a second controller that adjusts the focus lens on the basis of a user operation quantity, and a third controller that drives the focus lens. The first controller and the second controller effectively work in a first drive area of the focus lens. The first controller is disabled in a second drive area of the focus lens. The third controller drives the focus lens on the basis of changes of the second drive area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yumi TOYODA, Fuya MIZUOCHI
  • Control apparatus, lens apparatus, imaging apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 11202013
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes at least one processor configured to execute instructions to function as a first controller that automatically adjusts a focus lens to a focusing position, a second controller that adjusts the focus lens on the basis of a user operation quantity, and a third controller that drives the focus lens. The first controller and the second controller effectively work in a first drive area of the focus lens. The first controller is disabled in a second drive area of the focus lens. The third controller drives the focus lens on the basis of changes of the second drive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumi Toyoda, Fuya Mizuochi
  • CONTROL APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210243373
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes at least one processor configured to execute instructions to function as a first controller that automatically adjusts a focus lens to a focusing position, a second controller that adjusts the focus lens on the basis of a user operation quantity, and a third controller that drives the focus lens. The first controller and the second controller effectively work in a first drive area of the focus lens. The first controller is disabled in a second drive area of the focus lens. The third controller drives the focus lens on the basis of changes of the second drive area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yumi TOYODA, Fuya MIZUOCHI
  • Image capture apparatus and control method
    Patent number: 10827119
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes a charge control unit that stops charging a battery with power supplied from a power supply apparatus, a voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of the battery in a state where the charging of the battery is stopped, and a determining unit that determines whether the image capture apparatus is operable based on the detected voltage of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yumi Toyoda
  • IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20190149743
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes a charge control unit that stops charging a battery with power supplied from a power supply apparatus, a voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of the battery in a state where the charging of the battery is stopped, and a determining unit that determines whether the image capture apparatus is operable based on the detected voltage of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Yumi Toyoda