Canon had two patents in social media during Q1 2024. Canon Inc’s patent describes a content management system that applies an edition process to content based on administrator instructions, generates hash values and identification numbers for edited content, registers them in a blockchain for authenticity verification, and compares hash values for content verification. GlobalData’s report on Canon gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.

Canon had no grants in social media as a theme in Q1 2024.

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Application: Content management system, content generation apparatus, content management method, control method for contents generation apparatus, and storage medium storing content management program (Patent ID: US20240054507A1)

The patent filed by Canon Inc. describes a content management system that applies an edition process to content based on administrator instructions, generates hash values and identification numbers for edited content, registers them in a blockchain, and determines authenticity by comparing hash values. The system is particularly focused on managing image data, both undeveloped and developed, and includes processes for developing image data, clipping still images from moving images, and registering information about pre-edition and edition content in the blockchain.

Additionally, the patent includes claims for a content generation apparatus that captures and synthesizes image data, generates hash values for synthetic images, and transmits them to the content management system for blockchain registration. The apparatus includes processes for panoramic image generation, reducing camera shake influence, enhancing brightness reproducibility, and reducing noise in synthesized images. The patent also covers a content management method and a control method for the content generation apparatus, as well as computer-readable storage mediums storing control programs for executing these methods.

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