Patents by Inventor Eiichiro Kitagawa

Eiichiro Kitagawa 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: 11962931
    Abstract: A system and camera device for displaying collected sensor data together with images comprises an image capturing unit, a communication interface, and processing circuitry. The image capturing unit is configured with a variable zoom level. The method comprises capturing, by the image capturing unit, images depicting a scene; communicating, by the communication interface, with a user interface for displaying the images and with a sensor device for obtaining collected sensor data from the sensor device for display on the user interface together with the images; and configuring, by the processing circuitry and via the communication interface, the sensor device to provide the collected sensor data at a higher frequency of occurrence when the image capturing unit captures images with a zoom level above a zoom threshold value and depicting the sensor device than when the image capturing unit captures images with a zoom level is below the zoom threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20240040262
    Abstract: A control apparatus communicates with an external apparatus via a coaxial cable and receives supply of power via the coaxial cable. The apparatus comprising: a first functional unit; a second functional unit; a power supply unit configured to supply power to the first and the second functional units by using power supplied via the coaxial cable; and a control unit configured to control the first and the second control units in accordance with a control instruction received from the external apparatus. The control unit controls execution timings of a first control operation and a second control operation based on (i) operation contents of the first control operation to be executed, (ii) operation contents of the second control operation to be executed, (iii) an operation state of the first functional unit, and (iv) an operation state of the second functional unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: EIICHIRO KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11842518
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes a search unit configured to search for another camera apparatus connected to the camera apparatus via a network, and a display unit configured to display, on a terminal device, information related to a device connected to the another camera apparatus found by the search and an instruction area for issuing an instruction to display a video image that is generated by superimposing, on a video image captured by the another camera apparatus, the information related to the device connected to the another camera apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20220417451
    Abstract: A system and camera device for displaying collected sensor data together with images comprises an image capturing unit, a communication interface, and processing circuitry. The image capturing unit is configured with a variable zoom level. The method comprises capturing, by the image capturing unit, images depicting a scene; communicating, by the communication interface, with a user interface for displaying the images and with a sensor device for obtaining collected sensor data from the sensor device for display on the user interface together with the images; and configuring, by the processing circuitry and via the communication interface, the sensor device to provide the collected sensor data at a higher frequency of occurrence when the image capturing unit captures images with a zoom level above a zoom threshold value and depicting the sensor device than when the image capturing unit captures images with a zoom level is below the zoom threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Axis AB
    Inventor: Eiichiro KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220343540
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes a search unit configured to search for another camera apparatus connected to the camera apparatus via a network, and a display unit configured to display, on a terminal device, information related to a device connected to the another camera apparatus found by the search and an instruction area for issuing an instruction to display a video image that is generated by superimposing, on a video image captured by the another camera apparatus, the information related to the device connected to the another camera apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11245815
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus obtains image data captured by an image capturing apparatus, generates a background image based on the image data, performs detection processing including detection of a moving object using the image data and the background image, and sets a continuing time until the detected moving object comes to rest and is then handled as a background based on a condition concerning detection processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20210357676
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus determining whether image capturing by an image capturing apparatus is obstructed, the information processing apparatus comprising: a dividing unit configured to divide an input image captured by the image capturing apparatus into a plurality of blocks; a processing determination unit configured to determine whether to perform first detection processing using a reference image corresponding to the image capturing apparatus or second detection processing using a feature of the input image, on each of the blocks; and an obstruction determination unit configured to determine whether the image capturing by the image capturing apparatus is obstructed, based on a detection result of each of the blocks by the first detection processing or the second detection processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10979614
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes at least one processor operatively coupled to a memory, serving as a sensing unit configured to sense a tracking target that appears in a sensed video, a recording unit configured to record a size of the tracking target, and a search unit configured to obtain a predicted size of the tracking target in the sensed video, based on the size recorded by the recording unit, for a case of zooming out at a predetermined scaling factor, and, if the predicted size is larger than a predetermined size, to zoom out by the predetermined scaling factor, and then to search for the tracking target in the sensed video after the zoom out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10965858
    Abstract: Between first detection processing in which detection processing related to a moving object is executed without using a discrimination result indicating whether the moving object is a predetermined object and second detection processing in which the detection processing is executed by using the discrimination result, one of the first detection processing and the second detection processing which corresponds to setting related to installation of the image capturing device is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10796543
    Abstract: A display control apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a detection notification indicating detection of an event by a first camera; an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a video from a second camera; and a display control unit configured to, in a case where the detection notification is received from the first camera that corresponds to detection of the event in which an occurrence position is included in the video from the second camera, display a predetermined image corresponding to the detection of the event together with the video from the second camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20190318594
    Abstract: A display control apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a detection notification indicating detection of an event by a first camera; an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a video from a second camera; and a display control unit configured to, in a case where the detection notification is received from the first camera that corresponds to detection of the event in which an occurrence position is included in the video from the second camera, display a predetermined image corresponding to the detection of the event together with the video from the second camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20190297230
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus obtains image data captured by an image capturing apparatus, generates a background image based on the image data, performs detection processing including detection of a moving object using the image data and the background image, and sets a continuing time until the detected moving object comes to rest and is then handled as a background based on a condition concerning detection processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10404947
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising: an association unit configured to associate coordinates on a video captured by a first camera with coordinates on a video captured by a second camera based on specific positions specified in the video captured by the first camera and in the video captured by the second camera; an input unit configured to input position information for event detection by the first camera; and a determination unit configured to determine position information for event detection by the second camera based on the position information for the event detection by the first camera and on the association made by the association unit between the coordinates on the video captured by the first camera and the coordinates on the video captured by the second camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10373459
    Abstract: A display control apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a detection notification indicating detection of an event by a first camera; an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a video from a second camera; and a display control unit configured to, in a case where the detection notification is received from the first camera that corresponds to detection of the event in which an occurrence position is included in the video from the second camera, display a predetermined image corresponding to the detection of the event together with the video from the second camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20190222740
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes at least one processor operatively coupled to a memory, serving as a sensing unit configured to sense a tracking target that appears in a sensed video, a recording unit configured to record a size of the tracking target, and a search unit configured to obtain a predicted size of the tracking target in the sensed video, based on the size recorded by the recording unit, for a case of zooming out at a predetermined scaling factor, and, if the predicted size is larger than a predetermined size, to zoom out by the predetermined scaling factor, and then to search for the tracking target in the sensed video after the zoom out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20190166299
    Abstract: Between first detection processing in which detection processing related to a moving object is executed without using a discrimination result indicating whether the moving object is a predetermined object and second detection processing in which the detection processing is executed by using the discrimination result, one of the first detection processing and the second detection processing which corresponds to setting related to installation of the image capturing device is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20190130677
    Abstract: A subject detection region is appropriately set relative to a reference position used for a detection of a passed subject. An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain setting information of a detection line which is set in an image and which is to be used for a detection of passing of an object which has been detected in the image, and a setting unit configured to set a detection region, in the image, to be subjected to a detection process of detecting the object in the image based on the setting information of the detection line obtained by the obtaining unit. The obtaining unit obtains at least one of a position, a length, and an inclination of a detection line included in the image as the setting information of the detection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10257402
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes at least one processor operatively coupled to a memory, serving as a sensing unit configured to sense a tracking target that appears in a sensed video, a recording unit configured to record a size of the tracking target, and a search unit configured to obtain a predicted size of the tracking target in the sensed video, based on the size recorded by the recording unit, for a case of zooming out at a predetermined scaling factor, and, if the predicted size is larger than a predetermined size, to zoom out by the predetermined scaling factor, and then to search for the tracking target in the sensed video after the zoom out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10038843
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image transmission apparatus connected to an image pickup apparatus and configured to transmit an image picked up by the image pickup apparatus to a plurality of client terminals via a network. The image transmission apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a transmission processing mode for transmitting a still image picked up by the image pickup apparatus and a real-time image picked up by the image pickup apparatus and having a resolution lower than that of the still image according to an instruction issued from one of the plurality of client terminals, and a control unit configured to control an instruction to the image pickup apparatus and a transmission processing for the still image and the real-time image according to the transmission processing mode set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20170064180
    Abstract: A recording unit records a size of a tracking target that appears in a sensed video that is sensed by the image sensing device. A search unit, when from a state in which the tracking target can be detected from the sensed video, a state in which it cannot be detected is entered, obtains a predicted size of the tracking target in the sensed video based on the size recorded by the recording unit for a case of zooming out at a predetermined scaling factor. Then if the predicted size is larger than a predetermined size, the search unit zooms out by the predetermined scaling factor, and then searches for the tracking target in the sensed video after the zoom out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa