IP Library Granted Patent US 9,894,267
Granted Patent B2
US 9,894,267 · App. 14/595,887 · Granted Feb 13, 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 9,894,267
App. No.
14/595,887
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, a designating unit, a control unit, a communication unit, and a reproducing unit. The first imaging unit acquires first image data. The second imaging unit acquires second image data including a region corresponding to the first imaging unit. The designating unit designates a designation region in the first image data. The control unit searches a region corresponding to the designation region in the second image data. The communication unit transmits the region corresponding to the designation region in the second image data to a server. The reproducing unit associates the first image data with a guide information and reproduces the first image data and the guide information.

Claims (20)

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a first imaging circuit that acquires first image data;

a first communication circuit that is provided along with the first imaging circuit and transmits the first image data to a second imaging circuit;

the second imaging circuit acquires second image data at a wider angle than the first image data, and at a lower resolution than the first image data, the second image data includes a region corresponding to the first image data;

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

a second communication circuit that is provided along with the second imaging circuit and transmits only the limited region in the second image data to a server and receives guide 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 second 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. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a reproducing circuit that associates the first image data with the guide information to reproduce the first image data and the guide information.

7. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a first imaging circuit that captures first image data including an image of an object;

a second imaging circuit that captures second image data at the same time as the first image data and at a wider angle than the first image data, the second image data includes a region corresponding to the first image data;

a first communication circuit that is provided along with the first imaging circuit and transmits the first image data to the second imaging circuit;

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

a second communication circuit that is provided along with the second imaging circuit and transmits only the limited region in the second image data to a server and information relating to the distance to the object, size of the object, or color of the object, and receives guide information relating to the first image data from the server.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the second image data has a lower resolution than the first image data.

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 Jun 16, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042836/0439 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036279/0239 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2015
From: SATO, AKINOBU; SUZUKI, TAKASHI; YOSHIDA, YOICHI; NONAKA, OSAMU
To: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.; OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034755/0293 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-017596 · Jan 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014066970 · Jun 26, 2014
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