ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,420, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Video surveillance system and video surveillance method" was invented by Kenichiro Ida (Tokyo), Hiroshi Kitajima (Tokyo) and Ryoma Oami (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video surveillance system includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined event on the basis of an image captured by a first imaging apparatus; and a control unit that controls a second imaging apparatus such that the second imaging apparatus captures an image of a predetermined position after the detection of the predetermined event."
The patent was filed on Aug. 31, 2021, under Application N...