Patents by Inventor Takehiro Hattori

Takehiro Hattori 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).

  • Video server and video distribution system using the same
    Patent number: 8561115
    Abstract: There is provided a stream transmitter for generating and transmitting a digest stream that is a single stream into which digests, each having a predetermined time length, cut out from the respective plurality of video contents stored in a contents storage are combined. This configuration allows a user to view the digest stream, which collects the digests of the respective contents, and select a desirable program by viewing each digest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Hattori, Kouichi Matsumura, Ken Suzuki, Shinya Teshima
  • Landmark search apparatus, electronic apparatus and imaging apparatus having the same, and landmark search method
    Patent number: 8356049
    Abstract: A landmark search apparatus includes a position obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position of the object, a first storage unit configured to store landmark information including a name of a landmark and position information of the landmark related to the name, an retrieving unit configured to retrieve the landmark information from the first storage unit based on the obtained current position, a second storage unit configured to store the retrieved landmark information as retrieved landmark information, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the retrieved landmark information is valid, based on the current position of the object, and a distance between a position of the subject at the time of storing the retrieved landmark information in the second storage unit and the landmark indicated by the retrieved landmark information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Takehiro Hattori
  • LANDMARK SEARCH APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND LANDMARK SEARCH METHOD
    Publication number: 20110213798
    Abstract: A landmark search apparatus includes a position obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position of the object, a first storage unit configured to store landmark information including a name of a landmark and position information of the landmark related to the name, an retrieving unit configured to retrieve the landmark information from the first storage unit based on the obtained current position, a second storage unit configured to store the retrieved landmark information as retrieved landmark information, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the retrieved landmark information is valid, based on the current position of the object, and a distance between a position of the subject at the time of storing the retrieved landmark information in the second storage unit and the landmark indicated by the retrieved landmark information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: KYOSUKE OSUKA, TAKEHIRO HATTORI
  • VIDEO SERVER AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090083810
    Abstract: There is provided a stream transmitter for generating and transmitting a digest stream that is a single stream into which digests, each having a predetermined time length, cut out from the respective plurality of video contents stored in a contents storage are combined. This configuration allows a user to view the digest stream, which collects the digests of the respective contents, and select a desirable program by viewing each digest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Hattori, Kouichi Matsumura, Ken Suzuki, Shinya Teshima