Patents by Inventor Shinjiro Takami

Shinjiro Takami 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: 20220286617
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that includes a moving unit that moves an image capturing area: performs a tracking control for detecting a tracking target from a captured video image, and tracking the tracking target while controlling the moving unit to move the image capturing area of the image capturing apparatus; obtains information indicating a state of movement control of the image capturing area that is performed by the moving unit; transmits a response that includes the information indicating the obtained movement control state, to an external apparatus in accordance with a request from the external apparatus; and changes the information indicating the movement control state that is to be included in the response, based on a state of tracking that is performed in the tracking control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Patent number: 11330168
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image capture device comprising, an image capture unit, an image-capture control unit for controlling pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) when an image is captured, a storage unit for storing a set value of the PTZ for capturing an image of a predetermined region in an image-capture area of the image capture unit, and region information that specifies a detection region for detecting an object in a captured image, an reception unit for receiving a deletion instruction to delete the set value from an information processing device, and a processing unit for deleting the set value from the storage unit if the set value for which the deletion instruction has been received is not associated with the region information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Patent number: 11265475
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit, a communication unit and a control unit that controls communication by the communication unit, wherein the control unit determines whether a predetermined setting has been made on the image capturing apparatus, upon receiving, from the client apparatus via the local network, a connection request for connecting the image capturing apparatus and the cloud server via an Internet, wherein the predetermined setting includes at least one of: a setting of a mask function for masking at least a part of an image captured by the image capturing unit; and a setting of a limiting function for limiting a driving range of a driving unit that can drive the image capturing unit in a pan direction or a tilt direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Patent number: 11170520
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus captures an image, detects an object in the captured image, and transmits the image and metadata containing object information regarding the object detected from the image to an information processing apparatus. If a detection function is valid with respect to a first image to transmit and the detection function is invalid with respect to a second image to transmit after the first image, the image processing apparatus transmits invalidity information indicating that the object is not detected with respect to the second image to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Patent number: 11095823
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image capture device comprising, an image capture unit, an image-capture control unit for controlling PTZ, a storage unit for storing a set value of the PTZ, and region information that specifies a detection region for an object in a captured image, a reception unit for receiving a deletion instruction to delete the region information from an information processing device, and a processing unit for, when the deletion instruction to delete the region information is received by the reception unit, deleting, from the storage unit, the region information for which the deletion instruction has been received, and deleting the set value from the storage unit if the set value associated with the region information for which the deletion instruction has been received is not associated with another region information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Patent number: 11064103
    Abstract: A video image transmission apparatus configured to transmit a video image captured by an image capturing unit includes a determination unit configured to determine whether to add object information to metadata based on a video type of an image to be transmitted to an information processing apparatus, an addition unit configured to add, to the metadata, the object information about the video image to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus in a case where the determination unit determines that the object information is to be added to the metadata, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the video image and the metadata to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Patent number: 11010864
    Abstract: An acquiring unit configured to acquire association information that indicates a relationship between a profile, which is a setting information group containing a plurality of pieces of setting information, and dewarp information on a fisheye image, and a associating unit configured to associate a video source configuration, a video encoder configuration, and a PTZ configuration to the profile based on the association information acquired by the acquiring unit are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Publication number: 20210092290
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image capture device comprising, an image capture unit, an image-capture control unit for controlling pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) when an image is captured, a storage unit for storing a set value of the PTZ for capturing an image of a predetermined region in an image-capture area of the image capture unit, and region information that specifies a detection region for detecting an object in a captured image, an reception unit for receiving a deletion instruction to delete the set value from an information processing device, and a processing unit for deleting the set value from the storage unit if the set value for which the deletion instruction has been received is not associated with the region information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Publication number: 20210092303
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image capture device comprising, an image capture unit, an image-capture control unit for controlling PTZ, a storage unit for storing a set value of the PTZ, and region information that specifies a detection region for an object in a captured image, a reception unit for receiving a deletion instruction to delete the region information from an information processing device, and a processing unit for, when the deletion instruction to delete the region information is received by the reception unit, deleting, from the storage unit, the region information for which the deletion instruction has been received, and deleting the set value from the storage unit if the set value associated with the region information for which the deletion instruction has been received is not associated with another region information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Publication number: 20200322537
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit, a communication unit and a control unit controls communication by the communication unit, wherein the control unit determines whether a predetermined setting has been made on the image capturing apparatus, upon receiving, from the client apparatus via the local network, a connection request for connecting the image capturing apparatus and the cloud server via Internet, wherein the predetermined setting includes at least one of: a setting of a mask function for masking at least a part of an image captured by the image capturing unit; and a setting of a limiting function for limiting a driving range of a driving unit that can drive the image capturing unit in a pan direction or a tilt direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Publication number: 20200167892
    Abstract: An acquiring unit configured to acquire association information that indicates a relationship between a profile, which is a setting information group containing a plurality of pieces of setting information, and dewarp information on a fisheye image, and a associating unit configured to associate a video source configuration, a video encoder configuration, and a PTZ configuration to the profile based on the association information acquired by the acquiring unit are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Publication number: 20190370992
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus captures an image, detects an object in the captured image, and transmits the image and metadata containing object information regarding the object detected from the image to an information processing apparatus. If a detection function is valid with respect to a first image to transmit and the detection function is invalid with respect to a second image to transmit after the first image, the image processing apparatus transmits invalidity information indicating that the object is not detected with respect to the second image to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Publication number: 20190238744
    Abstract: A video image transmission apparatus configured to transmit a video image captured by an image capturing unit includes a determination unit configured to determine whether to add object information to metadata based on a video type of an image to be transmitted to an information processing apparatus, an addition unit configured to add, to the metadata, the object information about the video image to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus in a case where the determination unit determines that the object information is to be added to the metadata, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the video image and the metadata to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Patent number: 10277570
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a holding unit, an updating unit, an authentication unit, a mode controller, and a mode acquisition unit. The holding unit holds configuration information used to control the communication apparatus. The updating unit updates the configuration information held in the holding unit with occasional configuration information. The authentication unit performs user authentication in communication with the external apparatus. The mode controller controls the mode of the communication apparatus. The mode acquisition unit acquires the mode of the communication apparatus controlled by the mode controller. The configuration information includes an account configuration used for the authentication unit. Depending on a result of acquisition performed by the mode acquisition unit, the updating unit does not update, with the occasional configuration information, at least part of the account configuration included in the configuration information held in the holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Publication number: 20190045109
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit, to an imaging apparatus, a mask setting command including mask setting information indicating a position of a mask selected to prevent at least a part of a region in a captured image, captured by the imaging apparatus, from being viewed, a reception unit configured to receive an image containing said mask, in which the position of the mask is specified, generated based on the mask setting information, and a display control unit configured to display the image containing said mask received by the reception unit on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami
  • Publication number: 20160226850
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a holding unit, an updating unit, an authentication unit, a mode controller, and a mode acquisition unit. The holding unit holds configuration information used to control the communication apparatus. The updating unit updates the configuration information held in the holding unit with occasional configuration information. The authentication unit performs user authentication in communication with the external apparatus. The mode controller controls the mode of the communication apparatus. The mode acquisition unit acquires the mode of the communication apparatus controlled by the mode controller. The configuration information includes an account configuration used for the authentication unit. Depending on a result of acquisition performed by the mode acquisition unit, the updating unit does not update, with the occasional configuration information, at least part of the account configuration included in the configuration information held in the holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Shinjiro Takami