Patents by Inventor Akihiro Kohno

Akihiro Kohno 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: 10582242
    Abstract: When a camera server receives an instruction involving invalidation of viewing limitation (masking processing) of video from a privileged client, the camera server limits viewing of video data with respect to a general client and a recording client. The camera server stores the video data of a limited period in a secondary storage device. When the camera server receives an instruction involving validation of the viewing limitation from the privileged client, the camera server transmits the stored video data of the limiting period to the recording client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichi Kamei, Shinichi Matsumoto, Akihiro Kohno
  • Publication number: 20180025247
    Abstract: Upon input of conditions of a scale, the height of a ceiling, and an algorithm in an operation area through an operation by a user and dragging of a detection position object with a pointer by the user to set a detection position in a layout guide, an information processing apparatus displays a mounting position guide indicating a position where a camera is capable of being arranged on the layout guide in accordance with the algorithm that is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Publication number: 20170026679
    Abstract: When a camera server receives an instruction involving invalidation of viewing limitation (masking processing) of video from a privileged client, the camera server limits viewing of video data with respect to a general client and a recording client. The camera server stores the video data of a limited period in a secondary storage device. When the camera server receives an instruction involving validation of the viewing limitation from the privileged client, the camera server transmits the stored video data of the limiting period to the recording client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yoichi Kamei, Shinichi Matsumoto, Akihiro Kohno
  • Patent number: 9525816
    Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling a display of a video image photographed by a camera discriminates a state and controls a display of a dialogue box in accordance with data which shows whether or not the dialogue box is displayed in accordance with a display mode for displaying the video image photographed by the camera and with the determined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Publication number: 20160191792
    Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling a display of a video image photographed by a camera discriminates a state and controls a display of a dialogue box in accordance with data which shows whether or not the dialogue box is displayed in accordance with a display mode for displaying the video image photographed by the camera and with the determined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Patent number: 9307152
    Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling a display of a video image photographed by a camera discriminates a state and controls a display of a dialogue box in accordance with data which shows whether or not the dialogue box is displayed in accordance with a display mode for displaying the video image photographed by the camera and with the determined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Publication number: 20140002708
    Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling a display of a video image photographed by a camera discriminates a state and controls a display of a dialogue box in accordance with data which shows whether or not the dialogue box is displayed in accordance with a display mode for displaying the video image photographed by the camera and with the determined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Patent number: 8418564
    Abstract: A retainer for use in measuring a force generated between a photocurable resin and a pressing member by a detector includes: a pressing member that has light transmission characteristics and is pressed to the photocurable resin; and a light irradiation block that is provided between the detector and the pressing member and irradiates light emitted from an external light source onto the pressing member in a state of being not contacting a light source and an optical transmission line including an optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Shimadzu Corporation, Tohoku Technoarch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kaneda, Masaru Nakagawa, Akihiro Kohno
  • Patent number: 8265463
    Abstract: Video data and audio data corresponding to a predetermined attribute is retrieved from the video data and the audio data, each of which is stored in association with an attribute, and the retrieved items of the video data and the audio data are listed in a form showing a correlation between the video data and the audio data. In a case that items of the video data and audio data are selected, wherein said items of the video data and audio data are displayed and correlated with each other, the selected video data and audio data can be synchronized with each other and played-back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Patent number: 8219702
    Abstract: A video delivery apparatus for delivering a video stream with a property according to a request from a client. The video delivery apparatus includes reception means for receiving a delivery request from one client, first estimation means for estimating a current processing load by calculating a sum total of the processing loads for other clients connected to deliver a video stream upon reception of the delivery request from the one client, second estimation means for estimating a processing load upon delivering the video stream to the one client according to the delivery request, and delivery control means for performing the delivery control of the video stream on the basis of at least one of the current processing load estimated by the first estimation means and the processing load upon delivering the video stream to the one client according to the delivery request, which is estimated by the second estimation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Kohno, Takao Fujita, Yoshiro Hikida, Toshiyuki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20110101354
    Abstract: A semiconductor device 101 includes: a substrate 1; an active layer 4 provided on the substrate 1, the active layer 4 including a channel region 4c and a first region 4a and a second region 4b that are respectively located on opposite sides of the channel region 4c; a first contact layer 6a and a second contact layer 6b which are respectively in contact with the first region 4a and the second region 4b of the active layer 4; a first electrode 7 electrically coupled to the first region 4a via the first contact layer 6a; a second electrode 8 electrically coupled to the second region 4b via the second contact layer 6b; and a gate electrode 2 which is provided such that a gate insulating layer 3 is interposed between the gate electrode 2 and the active layer 4, the gate electrode 2 being configured to control a conductivity of the channel region 4c. The active layer 4 contains silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Yuichi Saito, Masao Moriguchi, Akihiro Kohno
  • Publication number: 20110056310
    Abstract: A retainer for use in measuring a force generated between a photocurable resin and a pressing member by a detector includes: a pressing member that has light transmission characteristics and is pressed to the photocurable resin; and a light irradiation block that is provided between the detector and the pressing member and irradiates light emitted from an external light source onto the pressing member in a state of being not contacting a light source and an optical transmission line including an optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicants: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masaki Kaneda, Masaru Nakagawa, Akihiro Kohno
  • Patent number: 7440595
    Abstract: A method for processing images that reduces an enormous number of images down to images suitable for measuring a similarity index and that measures the similarity index between the reduced number of images more suitably. Image data and attribute information stored in an HDD are read, and an image data unit is selected as a reference on the basis of displaying data according to an image-displaying program. Then, a similarity-measuring program is activated, and the attribute information of the selected image data unit is compared with the attribute information of other image data units. An image data unit to be used for measuring the similarity index is determined, and the similarity index is measured between the selected image data unit and the determined image data units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Patent number: 7262791
    Abstract: There is the possibility that the operator misunderstands as if an abnormality has occurred in an apparatus, depending on the state of reception of an image changing in accordance with situation. This problem is solved by providing a reception unit for receiving images generated from a plurality of communication terminals, an output unit for outputting the images received by the reception unit in order to dipslay the images on a display unit as multiple images, and a notification unit for grasping and notifying a state of reception of the images by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Kohno, Yasuo Nakamura, Koichiro Tanaka, Hiroki Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 7249317
    Abstract: This invention allows easy update of an image to be included in a document which is submitted on the network. For this purpose, data that set the image sensing times and image sensing states of a camera (111) the pan angle, tilt angle, and zoom ratio of which can be varied, are stored in an HD (106). If one of the stored times has been reached, image sensing is done in accordance with the set contents, and the obtained image is stored in the HD (106). Upon launching a candidate edit program, an old document inserted with images is displayed on a CRT (103). When a desired image is designated, it is substituted by a new, sensed image candidate corresponding to that designation position. The created document is then uploaded to a WWW server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisao Nakagawa, Tadashi Yamakawa, Eiji Kato, Akihiro Kohno, Yoichi Kamei
  • Patent number: 7225203
    Abstract: This invention provides a system for managing information in a format that can be used based on the international standard time and local time. Upon storing and managing information (150), a) the local time (121) of a predetermined area, b) a standard difference (122) as the difference between the international standard time and the standard time of the predetermined area, and c) a season difference (122) as the difference between the standard time and the local time of the predetermined area in a corresponding season are appended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Publication number: 20070014539
    Abstract: Video data and audio data corresponding to a predetermined attribute is retrieved from the video data and the audio data, each of which is stored in association with an attribute, and the retrieved items of the video data and the audio data are listed in a form showing a correlation between the video data and the audio data. In a case that items of the video data and audio data are selected, wherein said items of the video data and audio data are displayed and correlated with each other, the selected video data and audio data can be synchronized with each other and played-back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Akihiro KOHNO
  • Patent number: 7099394
    Abstract: It is an object of this invention to easily search many photographed images for a desired image. In order to achieve this object, an image processing apparatus for processing a plurality of photographed images and image information having attributes attached to the plurality of images includes a similarity determination device which determines similarities between a query image and the plurality of images, an attribute comparing device which compares an attribute of the query image and attributes of the plurality of images, and a weighting device which weights a similarity determination result obtained by the similarity determination device on the basis of the comparison result obtained by the attribute comparing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Kohno
  • Publication number: 20050262258
    Abstract: A video delivery apparatus for delivering a video stream with a property according to a request from a client. The video delivery apparatus includes reception means for receiving a delivery request from one client, first estimation means for estimating a current processing load by calculating a sum total of the processing loads for other clients connected to deliver a video stream upon reception of the delivery request from the one client, second estimation means for estimating a processing load upon delivering the video stream to the one client according to the delivery request, and delivery control means for performing the delivery control of the video stream on the basis of at least one of the current processing load estimated by the first estimation means and the processing load upon delivering the video stream to the one client according to the delivery request, which is estimated by the second estimation means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Akihiro Kohno, Takao Fujita, Yoshiro Hikida, Toshiyuki Fukui
  • Patent number: RE42509
    Abstract: A document processing apparatus which permits the sharing of a document element in a document structure while ensuring that any change to the content appears in the document element in each document sharing it. In a document processing apparatus for managing a plurality of documents each containing a plurality of document elements, a document element having content to be shared with a second document is designated from a plurality of document elements of a first document, and the content of the designated document element is defined as the content of a predetermined document element of the second document to be shared as common content by the first and second documents. Further, any document element having shared content is detected from a document when the display of the document is commanded, and is displayed in a distinguishable manner from other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Nagashima, Tadashi Yamakawa, Akihiro Kohno