IP Library Granted Patent US 12,549,864
Granted Patent B2
US 12,549,864 · App. 18/764,260 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Imaging device

Inventors: Junpei Matsuda (Osaka, JP); Shinichi Yamamoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H04N23/80H04N23/62H04N23/633
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Patent No.
US 12,549,864
App. No.
18/764,260
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device of the present disclosure includes: a communication unit that connects via a communication network to a provision server that provides a trained model used for image capturing; a connection unit that connects to a storage and outputs data to the storage; and a controller. The storage stores the trained model. The controller transmits photographing-related information obtained in association with image capturing to the provision server via the communication unit at a predetermined timing; and the controller stores, in the storage, a new trained model transmitted from the provision server in response to the photographing-related information.

Claims (49)

1 . An imaging device comprising:

a communication unit that connects via a communication network to a provision server that provides a trained model used for image capturing;

a connection unit that connects to a storage or an external storage so as to output data to the storage or the external storage; and

a controller,

wherein

the storage or the external storage stores the trained model, and

the controller

transmits photographing-related information obtained in association with image capturing to the provision server via the communication unit at a predetermined timing, and

stores, in the storage or the external storage, a new trained model transmitted from the provision server in response to the photographing-related information.

2 . The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller

receives, before receiving the new trained model, recommendation data including information of training data used to generate the new trained model, and

transmits to the provision server a request signal to request transmission of the new trained model, upon receiving an operation for transmission of the new trained model performed by a user using the recommendation data.

3 . The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller

analyzes the photographing-related information,

displays, before transmitting the photographing-related information to the provision server, an analysis result of the photographing-related information on a display unit, and

transmits to the provision server the photographing-related information, upon receiving an operation performed by a user to transmit the photographing-related information.

4 . The imaging device according to claim 3 , wherein the imaging device

receives an operation signal by the user for change with respect to the analysis result, and

transmits, upon receiving the operation signal for change, information changed in accordance with the operation signal to the provision server as the photographing-related information.

5 . The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller

performs machine learning to generate a new trained model by using, as new training data, the photographing-related information stored in the storage or the external storage, and

stores the new trained model having been generated, in the storage or the external storage.

6 . The imaging device according to claim 5 , wherein the controller transmits the new trained model having been generated to the provision server.

7 . The imaging device according to claim 6 , wherein the controller

acquires, from the provision server, a new trained model generated in a past by another imaging device used by a user of the imaging device, and

stores the acquired new trained model in the storage or the external storage.

8 . The imaging device according to claim 5 , wherein the controller

displays the photographing-related information stored in the storage or the external storage, and

generates a new trained model by using, as new training data, photographing-related information selected by a user from the displayed photographing-related information.

9 . A provision server comprising:

a communication unit that connects to an imaging device via a communication network;

a storage that stores a plurality of trained models used for image capturing and information of training data used to generate each of the trained models while associating the trained models and the information of the training data with each other; and

a controller,

wherein the controller

acquires photographing-related information that is obtained in association with image capturing and is transmitted from the imaging device via the communication unit,

selects, from the plurality of trained models stored in the storage, a trained model that is associated with training data whose information includes the obtained photographing-related information, and

transmits the selected trained model to the imaging device via the communication unit.

10 . The provision server according to claim 9 , wherein the controller

transmits, before transmitting the trained model to the imaging device, recommendation data including information associated with the selected trained model to the imaging device via the communication unit, and

transmits, upon receiving a request signal that is transmitted from the imaging device via the communication unit and requests transmission of a trained model in response to the recommendation data, the trained model to the imaging device.

11 . The provision server according to claim 9 , wherein

the training data includes an image, and

the controller

acquires, from an external terminal connected via the communication unit, a new trained model generated by the external terminal and information obtained in association with capturing of an image included in training data used for the new trained model, and

stores, in the storage, the acquired new trained model and information obtained in association with the capturing of the image in association with each other.

12 . The provision server according to claim 9 , wherein the controller

acquires new training data from an external terminal connected via the communication unit,

generates a new trained model by using the new training data, and

stores, in the storage, the generated new trained model in association with information obtained in association with capturing of an image included in the new training data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2024
From: MATSUDA, JUNPEI; YAMAMOTO, SHINICHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068628/0936 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-115212 · Jul 13, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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