Patents by Inventor Hideki Hama
Hideki Hama 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: 20170309144Abstract: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form a thumbnail as the coverage area picture. The coverage area picture display presents a display indicating a direction in which the camera is currently directed for picture photographing. In accordance with the display, a photographing direction is controlled. A plurality of frames are photographed with respect to a designated position, then stored, and displayed. A whole picture display presents a whole panorama picture. A selective picture display presents a frame at the position designated within the whole panorama picture as a selected picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 9734680Abstract: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form a thumbnail as the coverage area picture. The coverage area picture display presents a display indicating a direction in which the camera is currently directed for picture photographing. In accordance with the display, a photographing direction is controlled. A plurality of frames are photographed with respect to a designated position, then stored, and displayed. A whole picture display presents a whole panorama picture. A selective picture display presents a frame at the position designated within the whole panorama picture as a selected picture.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Publication number: 20130242042Abstract: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form a thumbnail as the coverage area picture. The coverage area picture display presents a display indicating a direction in which the camera is currently directed for picture photographing. In accordance with the display, a photographing direction is controlled. A plurality of frames are photographed with respect to a designated position, then stored, and displayed. A whole picture display presents a whole panorama picture. A selective picture display presents a frame at the position designated within the whole panorama picture as a selected picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 8462253Abstract: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form a thumbnail as the coverage area picture. The coverage area picture display presents a display indicating a direction in which the camera is currently directed for picture photographing. In accordance with the display, a photographing direction is controlled. A plurality of frames are photographed with respect to a designated position, then stored, and displayed. A whole picture display presents a whole panorama picture. A selective picture display presents a frame at the position designated within the whole panorama picture as a selected picture.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 8044992Abstract: A system and method to monitor a target area of a panoramic images by shooting the target area, sequentially shifting the shooting direction. A unit image of a generated panoramic image and a corresponding unit image of another panoramic image generated before the first panoramic image are compared and the change, if any, in the luminance level is detected. Then, the detected difference of luminance level is compared with a predetermined threshold value and predetermined information is displayed on the display screen with the generated panoramic image. It is possible to define small regions in the area for which a large threshold is predetermined and/or small regions in the area for which no such comparison is made on a unit image basis.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaaki Kurebayashi, Mikiko Mase, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama
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Patent number: 7924318Abstract: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form a thumbnail as the coverage area picture. The coverage area picture display presents a display indicating a direction in which the camera is currently directed for picture photographing. In accordance with the display, a photographing direction is controlled. A plurality of frames are photographed with respect to a designated position, then stored, and displayed. A whole picture display presents a whole panorama picture. A selective picture display presents a frame at the position designated within the whole panorama picture as a selected picture.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 7848628Abstract: A camera system includes a camera apparatus for shooting an object to output an image signal and a camera control apparatus for controlling the camera apparatus such that the camera apparatus shoots a plurality of images constructing a panorama image in a predetermined order while changing zoom magnifications based on previously-determined setting and making a panorama image by joining a plurality of images with different zoom magnifications shot by the camera apparatus together.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takanobu Ujisato, Hideki Hama, Hiromitsu Baba, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 7697025Abstract: Positional and elevation data obtained from a camera unit is correlated with coordinates in an entire image display portion, used as a GUI having positional information to select a specified image with a mouse. Which frame this corresponds to in the entire image is calculated, and further, the position within the clicked frame is calculated. The calculated positional information is converted into positional information and elevation data of the frame. The camera unit is controlled with the positional information and elevation data from the camera unit, and an image of a range indicated by a specified image display frame superimposed on the display portion is taken, and stored and/or displayed. This allows confirmation an image of a range to be photographed beforehand, and the user can tell the relation between the range capable of acquiring images and the photography range at a glance, so desired portions can be continuously monitored.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Publication number: 20090213209Abstract: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form a thumbnail as the coverage area picture. The coverage area picture display presents a display indicating a direction in which the camera is currently directed for picture photographing. In accordance with the display, a photographing direction is controlled. A plurality of frames are photographed with respect to a designated position, then stored, and displayed. A whole picture display presents a whole panorama picture. A selective picture display presents a frame at the position designated within the whole panorama picture as a selected picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventors: Hiroyuki HASEGAWA, Hideki HAMA, Hiroshi NEDU, Takeyoshi KUROYA, Masaaki KUREBAYASHI
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Patent number: 7573492Abstract: A monitoring system includes a picture capturing unit, a storage unit for storing original images composed of still images captured by said picture capturing unit, or a compressed images composed of compressed still images generated by compressing the still images, an image display unit, a designating unit for designating a region in an image displayed on the image display unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls said image display unit to display a panoramic entire image composed of the stored original images or compressed images, and updates only an image in the designated region in the entire image.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Publication number: 20070189747Abstract: A camera system includes a camera apparatus for shooting an object to output an image signal and a camera control apparatus for controlling the camera apparatus such that the camera apparatus shoots a plurality of images constructing a panorama image in a predetermined order while changing zoom magnifications based on previously-determined setting and making a panorama image by joining a plurality of images with different zoom magnifications shot by the camera apparatus together.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takanobu Ujisato, Hideki Hama, Hiromitsu Baba, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Publication number: 20070182828Abstract: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form a thumbnail as the coverage area picture. The coverage area picture display presents a display indicating a direction in which the camera is currently directed for picture photographing. In accordance with the display, a photographing direction is controlled. A plurality of frames are photographed with respect to a designated position, then stored, and displayed. A whole picture display presents a whole panorama picture. A selective picture display presents a frame at the position designated within the whole panorama picture as a selected picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 7224374Abstract: A monitoring system includes a picture capturing unit, a storage unit for storing original images composed of still images captured by said picture capturing unit, or a compressed images composed of compressed still images generated by compressing the still images, an image display unit, a designating unit for designating a region in an image displayed on the image display unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls said image display unit to display a panoramic entire image composed of the stored original images or compressed images, and updates only an image in the designated region in the entire image.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 7221401Abstract: A camera includes a lens unit and an imaging unit. The optical axis of the camera is defined as a reference line, and a central line of a shooting area including an object to be shot is defined as an imaging centerline. A shift lens is moved to a shift-lens position which corresponds to the count of pulses supplied to a servomotor of a pan/tilter, so that an object image travels along an optical path generated by the shift lens is incident on another lens, and is then incident on the imaging unit. Accordingly, the object image incident on the imaging unit does not change while the shift lens is moved.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideki Hama, Noriyuki Yamashita, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Patent number: 7218352Abstract: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form a thumbnail as the coverage area picture. The coverage area picture display presents a display indicating a direction in which the camera is currently directed for picture photographing. In accordance with the display, a photographing direction is controlled. A plurality of frames are photographed with respect to a designated position, then stored, and displayed. A whole picture display presents a whole panorama picture. A selective picture display presents a frame at the position designated within the whole panorama picture as a selected picture.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Publication number: 20070091124Abstract: A monitoring system includes a picture capturing unit, a storage unit for storing original images composed of still images captured by said picture capturing unit, or a compressed images composed of compressed still images generated by compressing the still images, an image display unit, a designating unit for designating a region in an image displayed on the image display unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls said image display unit to display a panoramic entire image composed of the stored original images or compressed images, and updates only an image in the designated region in the entire image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Publication number: 20050157173Abstract: When a target area is monitored by way of panoramic images of the area that are generated by shooting the target area, sequentially shifting the shooting direction, a unit image of a generated panoramic image and a corresponding unit image of another panoramic image generated before the first panoramic image are compared and the change, if any, in the luminance level is detected. Then, the detected difference of luminance level is compared with a predetermined threshold value and predetermined information is displayed on the display screen along with the generated panoramic image. It is possible to define small regions in the area for which a large threshold is predetermined and/or small regions in the area for which no such comparison is made on a unit image basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2004Publication date: July 21, 2005Inventors: Masaaki Kurebayashi, Mikiko Mase, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama
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Publication number: 20050151838Abstract: The present invention is directed to a monitoring apparatus adapted for monitoring panoramic image obtained by picking up images of photographic range while successively changing photographic direction, and serves to successively record, at a server (53), every unit image, panoramic images obtained by picking up images of photographic range while successively changing photographic direction to compare luminance levels for each original color component between one unit image selected from the server and unit image on the same photographic direction which is recorded prior to the unit image to display, through a display (6), on the basis of the comparison result thereof, a predetermined information every unit images constituting the panoramic image to thereby pay attention to user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Hironori Fujita, Mikiko Mase, Hideki Hama, Hiroyuki Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20050100087Abstract: Positional and elevation data obtained from a camera unit is correlated with coordinates in an entire image display portion, used as a GUI having positional information to select a specified image with a mouse. Which frame this corresponds to in the entire image is calculated, and further, the position within the clicked frame is calculated. The calculated positional information is converted into positional information and elevation data of the frame. The camera unit is controlled with the positional information and elevation data from the camera unit, and an image of a range indicated by a specified image display frame superimposed on the display portion is taken, and stored and/or displayed. This allows confirmation an image of a range to be photographed beforehand, and the user can tell the relation between the range capable of acquiring images and the photography range at a glance, so desired portions can be continuously monitored.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2003Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Hideki Hama, Hiroshi Nedu, Takeyoshi Kuroya, Masaaki Kurebayashi
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Publication number: 20050030581Abstract: Presence/absence of a movement between a first unit-image that constitutes the entire image representing the whole imaging area and a second unit-image that constitutes the previous entire image and that is located in the same imaging direction as the first unit-image is determined. When a movement exists between the first and second unit-images, imaging operations for the next entire image are performed with the imaging direction fixed to the first unit-image and its surrounding unit-images, and the imaged unit-images are recorded in the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Shoji Hagita, Hideki Hama, Yuriko Tsuchiya, Masae Takeda, Yuki Muraoka