IP Library Granted Patent US 10,116,862
Granted Patent B2
US 10,116,862 · App. 15/848,136 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Imaging apparatus

Inventors: Akinobu Sato (Hachioji, JP); Takashi Suzuki (Hino, JP); Yoichi Yoshida (Inagi, JP); Osamu Nonaka (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
H04N5/23222H04N5/2258H04N5/23206
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Patent No.
US 10,116,862
App. No.
15/848,136
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image generation apparatus and method includes a first imaging circuit that acquires first image data, a second imaging circuit that acquires second image data, a control circuit that searches a region corresponding to the first image data from the second image data, a designating circuit that limits a region in the second image data corresponding to the first image data by a touch operation designating a limited region in the second image data corresponding to the first image data, and a communication circuit that is provided in the second imaging circuit, transmits, upon receipt of an information acquiring operation, information obtained by analyzing the limited region or the corresponding region in the second image data to a server, and receives information relating to the first image data from the server.

Claims (16)

1. An image generation apparatus comprising:

a first imaging circuit that acquires first image data;

a second imaging circuit that acquires second image data;

a control circuit that searches a region corresponding to the first image data from the second image data;

a designating circuit that limits a region in the second image data corresponding to the first image data by a touch operation designating a limited region in the second image data corresponding to the first image data; and

a communication circuit that is provided in the second imaging circuit, transmits, upon receipt of an information acquiring operation, information obtained by analyzing the limited region or the corresponding region in the second image data to a server, and receives information relating to the first image data from the server.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guide information includes a method of imaging the first image data.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guide information includes map information to specify a position of a subject in the first image data.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication circuit transmits at least one of sound information, direction information, position information, and time information in addition to the region corresponding to limited region to the server.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the limited region in the second image data has a lower resolution than the first image data.

6. An image generation method comprising:

acquiring first image data with a first imaging circuit;

acquiring second image data with a second imaging circuit;

searching a region corresponding to the first image data from the second image data with a control circuit;

limiting a region in the second image data corresponding to the first image data by a touch operation designating a limited region in the second image data corresponding to the first image data with a designating circuit; and

transmitting, upon receipt of an information acquiring operation, information obtained by analyzing the limited region or the corresponding region in the second image data to a server, and receiving information relating to the first image data from the server with a communication circuit that is provided in the second imaging circuit.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058901/0912 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 10, 2018
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046117/0577 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 17, 2018
From: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045079/0344 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2018
From: SATO, AKINOBU; SUZUKI, TAKASHI; YOSHIDA, YOICHI; NONAKA, OSAMU
To: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.; OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044517/0465 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-017596 · Jan 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14595887 · Jan 13, 2015
Continuation PCTJP2014066970 · Jun 26, 2014
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