Patents by Inventor Takanobu MACHIDA

Takanobu MACHIDA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230403493
    Abstract: An earphone includes a housing having a space therein and an air-permeable path from one end of an ear canal of a user to another end of the ambient environment, an opening and closing valve accommodated in the housing and capable of blocking a part of the path, a speaker accommodated in the housing and configured to output a sound signal, a first microphone configured to detect a leakage amount of a sound output from the speaker and leaking from an ear of the user, and a control unit configured to cause the speaker to output the sound signal. The control unit sets the opening and closing valve to an open state or a closed state based on a volume of the sound signal or the leakage amount of the sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Takanobu MACHIDA
  • Patent number: 11538249
    Abstract: An indoor camera includes: an image capturing unit; a storage unit configured to store at least one detection area in association with stagnation times, the detection area that is a target area for detecting stagnation of a pet, and the stagnation times indicating the number of times when the pet enters the detection area and stagnates in the detection area; and a processor configured to detect a position of the pet and count the stagnation times of the pet in the detection area based on captured images. If determining, based on the captured images, that the pet stagnates in the detection area for a predetermined time period or longer, the processor increments and counts the stagnation times of the pet in the detection area and generates an action log including identification information of the detection area and information on the stagnation times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanobu Machida, Hiroyoshi Hatae, Takashi Uchida
  • Patent number: 11100776
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus disposed within a building and wirelessly transmitting a captured image to a plurality of electronic devices. The imaging apparatus includes: a camera; a receiver that receives information regarding a distance between the plurality of electronic devices and the building from each of the plurality of electronic devices; and a controller having a first operation mode in which the camera starts capturing when an object moves and a second operation mode in which the camera does not start capturing video even when the object moves, the controller switching between the first operation mode and the second operation mode based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takahashi, Takanobu Machida
  • Publication number: 20210216786
    Abstract: An indoor camera includes: an image capturing unit; a storage unit configured to store at least one detection area in association with stagnation times, the detection area that is a target area for detecting stagnation of a pet, and the stagnation times indicating the number of times when the pet enters the detection area and stagnates in the detection area; and a processor configured to detect a position of the pet and count the stagnation times of the pet in the detection area based on captured images. If determining, based on the captured images, that the pet stagnates in the detection area for a predetermined time period or longer, the processor increments and counts the stagnation times of the pet in the detection area and generates an action log including identification information of the detection area and information on the stagnation times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanobu MACHIDA, Hiroyoshi HATAE, Takashi UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 10992868
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a receiver that receives image data of an image taken with a camera by wireless communication, a touchscreen that displays a camera image of the camera, and a controller that, when the touchscreen is tapped, gives the camera instructions on a capturing direction so that a tapped position of the image displayed on the touchscreen moves to the center of the touchscreen, and displays on the camera image an operation image for receiving an operation to instruct the capturing direction of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takahashi, Takanobu Machida
  • Publication number: 20200152031
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus disposed within a building and wirelessly transmitting a captured image to a plurality of electronic devices. The imaging apparatus includes: a camera; a receiver that receives information regarding a distance between the plurality of electronic devices and the building from each of the plurality of electronic devices; and a controller having a first operation mode in which the camera starts capturing when an object moves and a second operation mode in which the camera does not start capturing video even when the object moves, the controller switching between the first operation mode and the second operation mode based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Takanobu MACHIDA
  • Patent number: 10645288
    Abstract: A first camera sends a first detection notification to a master device when detecting a person in a first imaging area, and starts transmission of a captured video of the first imaging area to the master device by shifting an operation mode from a sleep mode to a standby mode. The master device notifies a camera other than the first camera of a shift instruction to the standby mode in accordance with the first detection notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takahashi, Daisuke Wakeyama, Takanobu Machida, Yuichi Sasaki, Yoko Oie, Koji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200092491
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a receiver that receives image data of an image taken with a camera by wireless communication, a touchscreen that displays a camera image of the camera, and a controller that, when the touchscreen is tapped, gives the camera instructions on a capturing direction so that a tapped position of the image displayed on the touchscreen moves to the center of the touchscreen, and displays on the camera image an operation image for receiving an operation to instruct the capturing direction of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Takanobu MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190082115
    Abstract: A first camera sends a first detection notification to a master device when detecting a person in a first imaging area, and starts transmission of a captured video of the first imaging area to the master device by shifting an operation mode from a sleep mode to a standby mode. The master device notifies a camera other than the first camera of a shift instruction to the standby mode in accordance with the first detection notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Daisuke WAKEYAMA, Takanobu MACHIDA, Yuichi SASAKI, Yoko OIE, Koji YAMAGUCHI