Patents by Inventor Yuuki MURUTANI

Yuuki MURUTANI 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).

  • Camera device, compartment-interior imaging system, and compartment-interior-information acquisition device
    Patent number: 10194081
    Abstract: A camera device of one embodiment is provided with an image capturing unit configured to capture image of a room interior; a receiving unit configured to receive an image capturing instruction for capturing image of the room interior by way of a home appliance; and a camera-side controller being configured to standby in a low-power mode consuming relatively less electric power compared to a normal-operation mode and being configured to capture image of the room interior through the image capturing unit by returning to the normal-operation mode when the receiving unit receives the image capturing instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Watanabe, Hirokazu Izawa, Kazuhiro Furuta, Yuuki Murutani
  • CAMERA DEVICE, COMPARTMENT-INTERIOR IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPARTMENT-INTERIOR-INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160134811
    Abstract: A camera device of one embodiment is provided with an image capturing unit configured to capture image of a room interior; a receiving unit configured to receive an image capturing instruction for capturing image of the room interior by way of a home appliance; and a camera-side controller being configured to standby in a low-power mode consuming relatively less electric power compared to a normal-operation mode and being configured to capture image of the room interior through the image capturing unit by returning to the normal-operation mode when the receiving unit receives the image capturing instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Kota WATANABE, Hirokazu IZAWA, Kazuhiro FURUTA, Yuuki MURUTANI