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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2006
Applicants:

Kaoru Yokota, Hyogo, JP;

Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;

Kazuhisa Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Atsushi Saso, Kanagawa, JP;

Mizuho Sakakibara, Tokyo, JP;

Naoaki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kaoru Yokota, Hyogo, JP;

Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;

Kazuhisa Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Atsushi Saso, Kanagawa, JP;

Mizuho Sakakibara, Tokyo, JP;

Naoaki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This relates to an imaging device in which the necessary monitoring of an individual can be realized, while still maintaining protection of an individual's privacy. The imaging device includes an encryption key storage unit in which encryption key data is stored for an individual, an object judging unit operable to judge whether or not the captured video is of the individual, and a limited-capture video generation unit operable to (i) convert a part of the captured video that includes the individual into encrypted video, (ii) generate limited-capture video, which includes the encrypted video, when said object judging unit judges that the captured video includes the individual, and (iii) output the captured video, which does not include the encrypted video, when said object judging unit judges that the captured video does not include the individual.


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