Inventor

Teruo Hieda

Inventor

Yokohama, JP

Overview

1987–2008

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 83 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television81%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests7%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer3%

G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them2%

G06JHybrid computing arrangements2%

G11CStatic stores2%

G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light1%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general1%

H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation1%

PatentTitleYear

7,394,966'Image communication apparatus for wireless communication of digital images, and method thereof'2008 7,274,389'Camera apparatus and image processing system with variable resolution'2007 6,999,116'Image processing apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium having a color suppression mechanism'2006 6,631,216'Image interpolation apparatus'2003 6,538,696'Image sensing apparatus using a non-interlace or progressive scanning type image sensing device'2003 6,496,226'Image sensing device'2002 6,445,824'Data transmission with receiver side control'2002 6,380,974'Digital video camera with electronic zoom'2002 6,377,301'Image pickup apparatus having different processing rates for still and moving images'2002 6,353,488'Image sensing apparatus having common circuitry for processing digital adjustment signals'2002 6,285,250'Signal processing integrated circuit which limits current flow through a path between digital and analog signal processing means on a common substrate'2001 6,278,486'Information signal controlling system'2001 6,204,878'Image pickup device having interlacing circuitry'2001 6,091,880'Video signal processing apparatus'2000 6,091,885'Signal recording system using memory for audio signal'2000 6,088,057'Image pickup apparatus with reduced signal noise'2000 6,052,021'Signal processing integrated circuit having first and second buffers each connected in first and second paths between an analog signal processor and a digitial signal processor to prevent abnormal current flow'2000 6,011,583'Image sensing apparatus using a non-interlace or progressive scanning type sensing device'2000 6,011,893'Signal processing system using external storage device'2000 5,995,141'Image pick-up device with a motion detection circuit and a memory control circuit'1999 5,969,761'Image sensing device'1999 5,966,171'Digital video camera with electronic zoom'1999 5,930,443'Video signal processing apparatus'1999 5,818,521'Image pickup apparatus having computational gamma correction facility'1998 5,796,429'Apparatus for recording a video signal together with information from an external storage device'1998 5,784,521'Signal recording system'1998 5,781,244'Image signal processing apparatus'1998 5,767,899'Image pickup device'1998 5,712,680'Image pickup device for obtaining both moving and still images'1998 5,699,469'Image sensing recording apparatus for digital recording of digitally modulated video signals without frequency rate conversion'1997 5,691,821'A/D converting apparatus and image sensing apparatus'1997 5,675,381'Control of solid-state image sensor'1997 5,659,358'Image pickup device with digital signal processing for reducing signal distortion'1997 5,638,118'Image sensing device with diverse storage times used in picture composition'1997 5,606,366'Image sensor driving apparatus wherein photoelectric conversion operations are performed a plurality of times'1997 5,585,848'Control of solid-state image sensor'1996 5,585,844'Image sensing apparatus having common circuitry for processing digital adjustment signals'1996 5,576,841'Signal processing system using external storage device'1996 5,552,826'Digital video camera with external chrominance signal digitized at subcarrier frequency multiple'1996 5,548,330'Image pickup device for generating a corrected luminance signal'1996 5,543,836'White balance using combined feedback and external color information for control'1996 5,510,901'Signal recording system using sound memory'1996 5,510,850'Video signal correction device'1996 5,508,741'Image pickup apparatus with plural filters jointly receiving image pickup signals to provide luminance and contour-related information'1996 5,481,317'Gamma correction circuit which selects one of a plurality of gamma corrected signals as an output signal based on the level of an input signal'1996 5,471,241'Image sensing method and apparatus for producing a color video signal and luminance video signal'1995 RE034926'Color temperature detecting device for producing a color temperature signal developed using the ratio between color component signals'1995 5,351,080'Color temperature control by comparing chrominance signals with reference levels'1994 5,323,238'Image signal processing apparatus having improved storage control in accordance with an image signal level'1994 5,313,438'Delay apparatus'1994 5,307,159'Color image sensing system'1994 5,293,239'Camera apparatus'1994 5,196,923'Automatic image signal correcting device'1993 5,175,624'Video system having image combining function'1992 5,162,914'Image sensing device with diverse storage fumes used in picture composition'1992 5,161,236'Video signal processing apparatus for synthesizing video signal with multiple color pattern signal'1992 5,153,713'Color temperature information forming device'1992 5,140,424'Image signal processing apparatus with noise reduction'1992 5,132,783'Device for adjusting white balance by peak detection and smoothing'1992 5,087,978'Camera system and interchangeable lens'1992 5,057,927'Image sensing apparatus'1991 5,045,928'White balance control with choice of control dependent on brightness'1991 5,023,704'Color temperature detecting device wherein comparison is made between color component levels and reference levels which vary with the illuminance of incident light'1991 5,019,894'White balance adjusting circuit'1991 4,987,482'Image pickup apparatus having exposure control for human subjects'1991 4,963,982'Image pickup apparatus with excess-charge control'1990 4,963,978'Color correction circuit'1990 4,947,242'White balance control with adjusting means responsive to image brightness change'1990 4,942,459'Color temperature detecting device for producing a color temperature signal developed using the ratio between color component signals'1990 4,931,856'Image sensing apparatus'1990 4,901,152'Image pickup apparatus'1990 4,884,128'Signal processing apparatus with independent gain control for chrominance and color signals'1989 4,860,092'Color image signal processing circuit with white balance control and gain control'1989 4,857,996'Image pickup device with reduced fixed pattern noise'1989 4,845,568'Image pickup apparatus for selectively storing electrical signals'1989 4,833,538'Image pickup apparatus for producing an inhibited image signal'1989 4,814,861'Signal processing apparatus with independent gain control for chrominance and color signals'1989 4,811,086'Image sensing apparatus'1989 4,782,394'Image pickup apparatus having saturation prevention control modes'1988 4,760,453'Solid-state image pickup with mode selection to control noise'1988 4,757,385'Video signal processing apparatus with means for correcting interlace displacement'1988 4,748,506'Image pickup apparatus with excess-charge control'1988 4,712,138'Low-noise apparatus for image pickup and combination of light and electric signals'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987–2008Patents assigned to CANON KK (82)· patent assignee history

1987–2008Based in Yokohama, JP· patent location history

1988–2002Based in Kanagawa, JP· patent location history

1990–1997Based in Kawasaki, JP· patent location history

1996Patents assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA P C (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
CANON KK	82	1987–2008
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA P C	1	1996

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Yokohama, JP	38	1987–2008
Kanagawa, JP	37	1988–2002
Kawasaki, JP	8	1990–1997