Patents by Inventor Nobuhito Seki

Nobuhito Seki 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).

  • Patent number: 11276193
    Abstract: An information processing device has a receiving section for receiving, from a second vehicle having started the tracking of a first person, the position information of the second vehicle and the image data photographed by the on-vehicle camera mounted on the second vehicle; a control section for searching for the image of the first vehicle included in the image data from the images photographed by monitoring cameras installed around the position indicated by the position information and for tracking the first vehicle searched for using the images photographed by the monitoring cameras; and a transmitting section for transmitting the tracking position information of the first vehicle being tracked by the control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Hagio, Nobuhito Seki, Keiichi Miyazaki, Kosuke Shinozaki, Masayuki Hasegawa, Shinichi Arai, Ryutaro Sen, Naoya Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20220012496
    Abstract: A security system according to the present invention comprises: a wearable camera that can be worn by a person and can record a first image which has been captured; an unmanned aerial vehicle that can record a second image which has been captured by a camera mounted thereon; and a control device that acquires the position of the wearable camera and transmits a first instruction to the unmanned aerial vehicle to start recording the second image and to move toward the position of the wearable camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Minoru HAGIO, Keiichi MIYAZAKI, Nobuhito SEKI
  • Patent number: 11062578
    Abstract: An information processing device and a determination method for determining whether a person other than the persons determined to be permitted to enter each zone has entered the zone is provided. The information processing device has a communication section for receiving face image data from cameras for photographing respective plurality of zones in a building and a control section for collating the face image data with the registered face image data of the persons permitted to enter each zone and for determining whether the entry of the person corresponding to the face image data is permitted or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kamio, Kosuke Shinozaki, Koji Kawamoto, Hiromichi Sotodate, Yuiko Takase, Masashige Tsuneno, Eisaku Miyata, Nobuhito Seki
  • Publication number: 20210209909
    Abstract: An information processing device receives face image data from cameras for photographing respective plurality of zones in a building and includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores first information in which camera identification information of respective plurality of cameras is associated with the plurality of zones, and second information in which registered face image data is associated with a zone into which an entry of a person corresponding to the registered face image data is permitted. The processor refers to the first information and the second information, determines a photographing zone in which a person corresponding to the received face image data has been photographed, and determines whether or not the entry of the person corresponding to the face image data is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KAMIO, Kosuke SHINOZAKI, Koji KAWAMOTO, Hiromichi SOTODATE, Yuiko TAKASE, Masashige TSUNENO, Eisaku MIYATA, Nobuhito SEKI
  • Patent number: 11017646
    Abstract: An information processing device and a determination method for determining whether a person other than the persons determined to be permitted to enter each zone has entered the zone is provided. The information processing device has a communication section for receiving face image data from cameras for photographing respective plurality of zones in a building and a control section for collating the face image data with the registered face image data of the persons permitted to enter each zone and for determining whether the entry of the person corresponding to the face image data is permitted or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kamio, Kosuke Shinozaki, Koji Kawamoto, Hiromichi Sotodate, Yuiko Takase, Masashige Tsuneno, Eisaku Miyata, Nobuhito Seki
  • Publication number: 20200234553
    Abstract: An information processing device and a determination method for determining whether a person other than the persons determined to be permitted to enter each zone has entered the zone is provided. The information processing device has a communication section for receiving face image data from cameras for photographing respective plurality of zones in a building and a control section for collating the face image data with the registered face image data of the persons permitted to enter each zone and for determining whether the entry of the person corresponding to the face image data is permitted or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KAMIO, Kosuke SHINOZAKI, Koji KAWAMOTO, Hiromichi SOTODATE, Yuiko TAKASE, Masashige TSUNENO, Eisaku MIYATA, Nobuhito SEKI
  • Patent number: 10715766
    Abstract: Communication is performed between a wearable camera and a vehicle-mounted recorder, the wearable camera captures an image of a capturing area, and the vehicle-mounted camera captures an image of the capturing area. The vehicle-mounted recorder records first image data of the capturing area captured by the vehicle-mounted camera according to a recording start request from the wearable camera, and transmits a recording start instruction to the wearable camera simultaneously with the recording. The wearable camera starts the recording of second image data of the capturing area captured by the wearable camera after the recording start instruction is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Yoshimura, Nobuhito Seki
  • Publication number: 20200211216
    Abstract: An information processing device has a receiving section for receiving, from a second vehicle having started the tracking of a first person, the position information of the second vehicle and the image data photographed by the on-vehicle camera mounted on the second vehicle; a control section for searching for the image of the first vehicle included in the image data from the images photographed by monitoring cameras installed around the position indicated by the position information and for tracking the first vehicle searched for using the images photographed by the monitoring cameras; and a transmitting section for transmitting the tracking position information of the first vehicle being tracked by the control section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Minoru HAGIO, Nobuhito SEKI, Keiichi MIYAZAKI, Kosuke SHINOZAKI, Masayuki HASEGAWA, Shinichi ARAI, Ryutaro SEN, Naoya SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 10497130
    Abstract: Each of cameras generates a background image of an imaging region captured by the camera, extracts moving information regarding a staying position or a passing position of a moving object in the imaging region of the camera, and transmits the background image and moving information of the moving object in a specific period to a server in response to a transmission request from the server or an input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhito Seki, Tetsuo Tayama, Shinpei Hagisu
  • Patent number: 10268103
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a camera device including a light transmitting cover, a rotatable camera unit that is provided in the cover, a light shielding plate unit that can move the positions of a plurality of light shielding plates each of which blocks a portion of light incident on the camera unit, and a control unit that controls the light shielding plate unit, in which the control unit changes a light shielding range of each of the plurality of light shielding plates according to a tilt angle of the camera unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyouji Wada, Yoshihito Urashima, Masahito Oka, Nobuhito Seki
  • Publication number: 20180152675
    Abstract: Communication is performed between a wearable camera and a vehicle-mounted recorder, the wearable camera captures an image of a capturing area, and the vehicle-mounted camera captures an image of the capturing area. The vehicle-mounted recorder records first image data of the capturing area captured by the vehicle-mounted camera according to a recording start request from the wearable camera, and transmits a recording start instruction to the wearable camera simultaneously with the recording. The wearable camera starts the recording of second image data of the capturing area captured by the wearable camera after the recording start instruction is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Masami YOSHIMURA, Nobuhito SEKI
  • Patent number: 9912919
    Abstract: Communication is performed between a wearable camera and a vehicle-mounted recorder, the wearable camera captures an image of a capturing area, and the vehicle-mounted camera captures an image of the capturing area. The vehicle-mounted recorder records first image data of the capturing area captured by the vehicle-mounted camera according to a recording start request from the wearable camera, and transmits a recording start instruction to the wearable camera simultaneously with the recording. The wearable camera starts the recording of second image data of the capturing area captured by the wearable camera after the recording start instruction is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Yoshimura, Nobuhito Seki
  • Publication number: 20170330330
    Abstract: Each of cameras generates a background image of an imaging region captured by the camera, extracts moving information regarding a staying position or a passing position of a moving object in the imaging region of the camera, and transmits the background image and moving information of the moving object in a specific period to a server in response to a transmission request from the server or an input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Nobuhito SEKI, Tetsuo TAYAMA, Shinpei HAGISU
  • Publication number: 20170261836
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a camera device including a light transmitting cover, a rotatable camera unit that is provided in the cover, a light shielding plate unit that can move the positions of a plurality of light shielding plates each of which blocks a portion of light incident on the camera unit, and a control unit that controls the light shielding plate unit, in which the control unit changes a light shielding range of each of the plurality of light shielding plates according to a tilt angle of the camera unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyouji WADA, Yoshihito URASHIMA, Masahito OKA, Nobuhito SEKI
  • Publication number: 20160344983
    Abstract: Communication is performed between a wearable camera and a vehicle-mounted recorder, the wearable camera captures an image of a capturing area, and the vehicle-mounted camera captures an image of the capturing area. The vehicle-mounted recorder records first image data of the capturing area captured by the vehicle-mounted camera according to a recording start request from the wearable camera, and transmits a recording start instruction to the wearable camera simultaneously with the recording. The wearable camera starts the recording of second image data of the capturing area captured by the wearable camera after the recording start instruction is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Masami YOSHIMURA, Nobuhito SEKI
  • Patent number: 7847837
    Abstract: An image pickup device has an image pickup element (20), a variable power lens (20) for changing image pickup magnification, a magnification converting lens (15) for converting the image pickup magnification into a predetermined multiple, a signal processing circuit (30) for outputting a signal from the image pickup element (20) as a picture image signal, an image recording section (31) for recording an image, and a control section (40). The signal processing circuit (30) outputs the image recorded to the image recording section (31) to a monitor when the magnification converting lens (15) is inserted onto an optical axis L. At the inserting time of the magnification converting lens, it is possible to prevent that a frame body of the magnification converting lens is displayed in the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ootsuna, Jyouji Wada, Nobuhito Seki
  • Publication number: 20090303379
    Abstract: An image pickup device driving apparatus includes: an image pickup device holder that holds an image pickup device, with an image pickup surface of the image pickup device directing to a predetermined direction, and is movable in a direction of optical axis; a movable unit that is provided to contact the image pickup device holder; a driving unit that moves the image pickup device held by the image pickup device holder in the direction of optical axis by driving the movable unit, with a surface direction of the image pickup surface unchanged; and a position holding power providing member that provides position holding power to hold a position of the image pickup device holder in the direction of the optical axis, and an imaging apparatus using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Jouji Wada, Shokichi Takahashi, Masami Takahashi, Nobuhito Seki
  • Publication number: 20070085915
    Abstract: An image pickup device has an image pickup element (20), a variable power lens (20) for changing image pickup magnification, a magnification converting lens (15) for converting the image pickup magnification into a predetermined multiple, a signal processing circuit (30) for outputting a signal from the image pickup element (20) as a picture image signal, an image recording section (31) for recording an image, and a control section (40). The signal processing circuit (30) outputs the image recorded to the image recording section (31) to a monitor when the magnification converting lens (15) is inserted onto an optical axis L. At the inserting time of the magnification converting lens, it is possible to prevent that a frame body of the magnification converting lens is displayed in the monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ootsuna, Jyouji Wada, Nobuhito Seki