Patents by Inventor Marie SHODA

Marie SHODA 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).

  • Control apparatus, control system, and control program
    Patent number: 11575825
    Abstract: A control apparatus that access first cameras capturing a first subject of a first area, and second cameras capturing a second subject of a second area, detects a viewing direction of a spectator group in the first subject on the basis of image data of the first subject captured by any one of first cameras, identifies a focus area in the second area that is focused on by the spectator group on the basis of the viewing direction of the spectator group, identifies a focus subject, focused on by the spectator group, that is present in the focus area on the basis of image data of the second subject captured by each of the second cameras, determines a specific second camera to be a transmission source of image data from among the second cameras on the basis of the focus subject, and transmits image data from the specific second camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Otsubo, Satoshi Takahashi, Yuuya Takayama, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideo Hoshuyama, Marie Shoda, Sho Somiya, Tetsuya Koike, Naoya Otani
  • CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210203837
    Abstract: A control apparatus that access first cameras capturing a first subject of a first area, and second cameras capturing a second subject of a second area, detects a viewing direction of a spectator group in the first subject on the basis of image data of the first subject captured by any one of first cameras, identifies a focus area in the second area that is focused on by the spectator group on the basis of the viewing direction of the spectator group, identifies a focus subject, focused on by the spectator group, that is present in the focus area on the basis of image data of the second subject captured by each of the second cameras, determines a specific second camera to be a transmission source of image data from among the second cameras on the basis of the focus subject, and transmits image data from the specific second camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke OTSUBO, Satoshi TAKAHASHI, Yuuya TAKAYAMA, Kazuhiro ABE, Hideo HOSHUYAMA, Marie SHODA, Sho SOMIYA, Tetsuya KOIKE, Naoya OTANI