Patents by Inventor Naoto Toshima

Naoto Toshima 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).

  • Publication number: 20220321924
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an imaging unit, a recording unit, a control unit, and a communication unit. The control unit controls the imaging unit to generate first moving image data. In starting transmission of the first moving image data currently being generated by the imaging unit to an external apparatus, the control unit controls the communication unit to automatically transmit second moving image data different from the first moving image data, before starting the transmission of the first moving image data, where second moving image data is recorded in the recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Naoto Toshima
  • Patent number: 11082363
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that is located within a local area network (LAN) includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus located outside the LAN and with another communication apparatus located within the LAN, and a control unit. The control unit receives information about live streaming performed using a plurality of communication apparatuses. The control unit detects the other communication apparatus configured to perform the live streaming, the other communication apparatus being located within the LAN. In a case where the other communication apparatus configured to perform the live streaming is not detected within the LAN, the control unit sets a bit-rate of moving image data to a first bit-rate. In a case where the other communication apparatus configured to perform the live streaming is detected within the LAN, the control unit sets the bit-rate to a second bit-rate, the second bit-rate being lower than the first bit-rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Toshima
  • Publication number: 20200106716
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that is located within a local area network (LAN) includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus located outside the LAN and with another communication apparatus located within the LAN, and a control unit. The control unit receives information about live streaming performed using a plurality of communication apparatuses. The control unit detects the other communication apparatus configured to perform the live streaming, the other communication apparatus being located within the LAN. In a case where the other communication apparatus configured to perform the live streaming is not detected within the LAN, the control unit sets a bit-rate of moving image data to a first bit-rate. In a case where the other communication apparatus configured to perform the live streaming is detected within the LAN, the control unit sets the bit-rate to a second bit-rate, the second bit-rate being lower than the first bit-rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Naoto Toshima