Patents by Inventor Keita WASEDA

Keita WASEDA 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).

  • Conference system, video conference apparatus, and video image processing method
    Patent number: 11438184
    Abstract: A video conference apparatus includes a relay unit that is configured to transmit video image data acquired at a site of a first conference system to a second terminal provided in a second conference system and transmit video image data of the second conference system to a first terminal provided in the first conference system. The relay unit is configured to transmit only a combined video image of video images at respective sites of the first conference system to the second terminal as first video image data, and transmit a video image sent from the second terminal to the first terminal as second video image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshige Masuda, Satoshi Yashiki, Keita Waseda, Naoki Koga, Hitoshi Yamada
  • CONFERENCE SYSTEM, VIDEO CONFERENCE APPARATUS, AND VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20220182250
    Abstract: A video conference apparatus includes a relay unit that is configured to transmit video image data acquired at a site of a first conference system to a second terminal provided in a second conference system and transmit video image data of the second conference system to a first terminal provided in the first conference system. The relay unit is configured to transmit only a combined video image of video images at respective sites of the first conference system to the second terminal as first video image data, and transmit a video image sent from the second terminal to the first terminal as second video image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshige MASUDA, Satoshi YASHIKI, Keita WASEDA, Naoki KOGA, Hitoshi YAMADA
  • Conference system, video conference apparatus, and video image processing method
    Patent number: 11057443
    Abstract: A video conference apparatus includes a relay unit that is configured to transmit video image data acquired at a site of a first conference system to a second terminal provided in a second conference system and transmit video image data of the second conference system to a first terminal provided in the first conference system. The relay unit is configured to transmit only a combined video image of video images at respective sites of the first conference system to the second terminal as first video image data, and transmit a video image sent from the second terminal to the first terminal as second video image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Koga, Hiroshige Masuda, Keita Waseda, Satoshi Yashiki
  • CONFERENCE SYSTEM, VIDEO CONFERENCE APPARATUS , AND VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200396264
    Abstract: A video conference apparatus includes a relay unit that is configured to transmit video image data acquired at a site of a first conference system to a second terminal provided in a second conference system and transmit video image data of the second conference system to a first terminal provided in the first conference system. The relay unit is configured to transmit only a combined video image of video images at respective sites of the first conference system to the second terminal as first video image data, and transmit a video image sent from the second terminal to the first terminal as second video image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Naoki KOGA, Hiroshige MASUDA, Keita WASEDA, Satoshi YASHIKI