Patents by Inventor Ryuichi WATAHIKI

Ryuichi WATAHIKI 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: 11463658
    Abstract: Provided is a camera system that includes: a weather information-acquiring unit acquiring weather information provided with respect to weather, the weather information including information relating to an area of interest; a plurality of cameras installed within a plurality of bases, respectively; a camera installation information-storing unit storing information with respect to positions of the bases wherein the plurality of cameras are installed; an image data-storing unit storing images photographed by the plurality of cameras respectively as moving images; a camera-specifying unit using the weather information acquired by the weather information-acquiring unit to specify a camera installed within the area of interest based on the information with respect to the positions of the bases, the information with respect to the positions of the bases being stored in the camera installation information-storing unit; and a moving image-providing unit acquiring from the image data-storing unit moving images of the c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CIAO INC.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Watahiki, Tomoaki Nitta
  • Publication number: 20210235038
    Abstract: Provided is a gateway device includes: a snapshot unit configured to acquire still image data at predetermined intervals from moving image data input from a camera device; a motion detection unit configured to detect a presence or absence of a motion, by difference extraction, from the still image data acquired by the snapshot unit; a data processing unit configured not to perform compression on the moving image data when the motion detection unit detects that the motion is present, but to perform compression on the moving image data when the motion detection unit detects that the motion is absent; and a data transfer unit configured to transfer the moving image data to a cloud storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoaki NITTA, Ryuichi WATAHIKI
  • Patent number: 10986394
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a camera base position-providing unit providing an image that bases are displayed on a map based on the information with respect to the positions of the bases wherein cameras are installed, the information being stored by the camera installation information-storing unit; a thumbnail image-providing unit providing an image wherein a list of thumbnail images are displayed, the thumbnail images corresponding to the cameras installed within one or more bases selected from among the bases displayed on the map, the thumbnail images being obtained from an image data-storing unit; and a moving image-providing unit providing moving images corresponding to one or more cameras selected from among the cameras whose thumbnail images are displayed in the list by the thumbnail image-providing unit, the moving images being obtained from the image data-storing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ciao Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nitta, Ryuichi Watahiki
  • Publication number: 20210067740
    Abstract: Provided is a camera system that includes: a weather information-acquiring unit acquiring weather information provided with respect to weather, the weather information including information relating to an area of interest; a plurality of cameras installed within a plurality of bases, respectively; a camera installation information-storing unit storing information with respect to positions of the bases wherein the plurality of cameras are installed; an image data-storing unit storing images photographed by the plurality of cameras respectively as moving images; a camera-specifying unit using the weather information acquired by the weather information-acquiring unit to specify a camera installed within the area of interest based on the information with respect to the positions of the bases, the information with respect to the positions of the bases being stored in the camera installation information-storing unit; and a moving image-providing unit acquiring from the image data-storing unit moving images of the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuichi WATAHIKI, Tomoaki NITTA
  • Publication number: 20190289357
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a camera base position-providing unit providing an image that bases are displayed on a map based on the information with respect to the positions of the bases wherein cameras are installed, the information being stored by the camera installation information-storing unit; a thumbnail image-providing unit providing an image wherein a list of thumbnail images are displayed, the thumbnail images corresponding to the cameras installed within one or more bases selected from among the bases displayed on the map, the thumbnail images being obtained from an image data-storing unit; and a moving image-providing unit providing moving images corresponding to one or more cameras selected from among the cameras whose thumbnail images are displayed in the list by the thumbnail image-providing unit, the moving images being obtained from the image data-storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoaki NITTA, Ryuichi WATAHIKI