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).
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Publication number: 20140354840Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20140267737Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20140267751Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 8830326Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 8395680Abstract: Video files recorded on a disk recording medium are acquired from an image capturing apparatus. First contents information indicating a list of the acquired video files is created. Based on the created first contents information, second contents information in a network advertisement format is created. Based on the first contents information and the acquired video files, video files in the network advertisement format are created. The created second contents information is advertised onto a network. Video files requested from a client terminal on the network based on the second contents information are delivered to the client terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 8146124Abstract: An adapter connected to a device and also connected to a client terminal via a network displays an operation window corresponding to the process mode of the device on the client terminal and remote-controls the operation of the device based on an operation signal for the operation window. When the process mode is a remote control mode that allows the client terminal to read out data accumulated in the device, the client terminal displays an image for which open setting is done by the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20090046992Abstract: Video files recorded on a disk recording medium are acquired from an image capturing apparatus. First contents information indicating a list of the acquired video files is created. Based on the created first contents information, second contents information in a network advertisement format is created. Based on the first contents information and the acquired video files, video files in the network advertisement format are created. The created second contents information is advertised onto a network. Video files requested from a client terminal on the network based on the second contents information are delivered to the client terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20090040331Abstract: An adapter connected to a device and also connected to a client terminal via a network displays an operation window corresponding to the process mode of the device on the client terminal and remote-controls the operation of the device based on an operation signal for the operation window. When the process mode is a remote control mode that allows the client terminal to read out data accumulated in the device, the client terminal displays an image for which open setting is done by the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20070188621Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 7110134Abstract: In a facsimile system having a server device connected to a local-area network system, to which a plurality of client terminals are connected, and connected also to an ISDN and a pay-station telephone network, the server device performs communication with the pay-station telephone network and the plurality of client terminals, performs communication with the ISDN and the plurality of client terminals, and changes over communication between the ISDN and the pay-station telephone network in accordance with a command from each of the plurality of client terminals.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiichi Iimoto, Ken Kuroda, Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 7065590Abstract: In an image input apparatus which can be controlled by a host computer, and has a request sending unit for sending a request input by the user to the host computer, an internal command execution unit for executing the request, and a request route flag table which stores correspondence data of the request type and destination, the user input is accepted, a request in a predetermined format is generated on the basis of the accepted user input, and the generated request is sent to the request sending unit or command execution unit with reference to the request route flag table.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2001Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 6803949Abstract: In an image sensing apparatus which senses a plurality of color images for obtaining a single color image or black-and-white image of high resolution by combining the sensed images, a color image/black-and-white image determination unit determines whether a sensed image is a black-and-white image or a color image. When it is determined that the sensed image is a black-and-white image, a pixel shifting method of shifting by half pixel for increasing a resolution is performed. Accordingly, the number of times to sense images is reduced, thereby shortening a period of time required for sensing a black-and-white image of high resolution by using a single CCD type color image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1996Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20030202217Abstract: In a facsimile system having a server device connected to a local-area network system, to which a plurality of client terminals are connected, and connected also to an ISDN and a pay-station telephone network, the server device performs communication with the pay-station telephone network and the plurality of client terminals, performs communication with the ISDN and the plurality of client terminals, and changes over communication between the ISDN and the pay-station telephone network in accordance with a command from each of the plurality of client terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiichi Limoto, Ken Kuroda, Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 6608696Abstract: In a facsimile system having a server device connected to a local-area network system, to which a plurality of client terminals are connected, and connected also to an ISDN and a pay-station telephone network, the server device performs communication with the pay-station telephone network and the plurality of client terminals, performs communication with the ISDN and the plurality of client terminals, and changes over communication between the ISDN and the pay-station telephone network in accordance with a command from each of the plurality of client terminals.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2000Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiichi Iimoto, Ken Kuroda, Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20020100037Abstract: A software sale and distribution method is implemented by using inexpensive media and by a facilitated user operation, while the cost of a device therefor is reduced. By storing, in a portable information storage medium loadable into an information processing device connected to a network and in which software is downloaded from the network and is executed, identification information on the software, information on the location on the network of the software, and secret information related to a user who uses the software, the software can be executed after being automatically downloaded from a server terminal, without requesting a user to perform an operation. This enables a system for which a right-to-use software can be sold, which is stored in a small-capacity, low-cost portable information storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2002Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 6404447Abstract: When a TV conference application program is initiated, a software timer is activated. The timer is set to a predetermined period, e.g., 30 seconds, which is shorter than the time when a screen saver image starts to be displayed, e.g., one minute. Every 30 seconds, a pseudo user input event of mouse displacement is generated. Accordingly, the time counter of a screen saver is cleared before the predetermined time when the screen saver image starts to be displayed has elapsed, thereby it is possible to prevent the screen saver image from being displayed during executing the TV conference application program.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1998Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20020013863Abstract: In an image input apparatus which can be controlled by a host computer, and has a request sending unit for sending a request input by the user to the host computer, an internal command execution unit for executing the request, and a request route flag table which stores correspondence data of the request type and destination, the user input is accepted, a request in a predetermined format is generated on the basis of the accepted user input, and the generated request is sent to the request sending unit or command execution unit with reference to the request route flag table.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 6304283Abstract: A conference apparatus is adapted to advantageously perform a conference with a remote counterpart apparatus, store information on the events of the conference and then provide a realistic reproduction of those events. To this end, the conference apparatus includes an image memory for storing image information entered during the conference. A shared board presents the same image frame to the conference apparatus and to the counterpart apparatus, where the shared board is adapted to have shared information written therein by both the conference apparatus and by the counterpart apparatus, and a shared information memory, different from the image memory time-sequentially stores the shared information written into the shared board.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1996Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa
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Patent number: 6157463Abstract: In a facsimile system having a server device connected to a local-area network system, to which a plurality of client terminals are connected, and connected also to an ISDN and a pay-station telephone network, the server device performs communication with the pay-station telephone network and the plurality of client terminals, performs communication with the ISDN and the plurality of client terminals, and changes over communication between the ISDN and the pay-station telephone network in accordance with a command from each of the plurality of client terminals.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1992Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eiichiro Kitagawa