NEC Corporation patent applications on March 14th, 2024

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Patent Applications by NEC Corporation on March 14th, 2024

NEC Corporation: 70 patent applications

NEC Corporation has applied for patents in the areas of G06V40/16 (16), G06V20/52 (15), G06V40/172 (8), G06Q30/0207 (8), G06Q30/0601 (6)

With keywords such as: information, unit, image, data, apparatus, device, based, processing, user, and authentication in patent application abstracts.

See the following report for NEC Corporation patent applications on March 14th, 2024: NEC Corporation patent applications on March 14th, 2024



Patent Applications by NEC Corporation

20240081614.ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hiroyasu SAIGA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tatsu KIMURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): A61B1/00



Abstract: in the endoscopic examination support apparatus, the image acquisition means acquires captured images during removal of an endoscope. the posture change estimation means estimates a relative posture change of an endoscope camera from the captured images. the distance estimation means estimates a distance between a surface of colon and the endoscope camera from the captured images. the intestinal tract direction estimation means estimates an intestinal tract direction of the colon based on the posture change and the distance. the calculation means calculates a direction in which the endoscope camera should be directed, based on the intestinal tract direction and the relative posture of the endoscope camera. the output means outputs a display image including the direction in which the endoscope camera should be directed, to a display device. the display image can be used for support such as user's decision making.


20240081684.ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Chenhui HUANG of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kenichiro FUKUSHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A43B3/44, A61B5/00, G01P3/00, G01P15/08, G01P15/18



Abstract: in order to estimate the type of footwear worn by a pedestrian, an estimation device and the like according to the present invention are provided with: an extraction unit which acquires sensor data from a sensor installed on the footwear, and uses the sensor data to extract a walking feature quantity characteristic of walking in footwear; and an estimation unit which estimates the type of footwear on the basis of the walking feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit.


20240081685.ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Chenhui HUANG of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kenichiro Fukushi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A43B3/44, A61B5/00, G01P3/00, G01P15/08, G01P15/18



Abstract: in order to estimate the type of footwear worn by a pedestrian, an estimation device and the like according to the present invention are provided with: an extraction unit which acquires sensor data from a sensor installed on the footwear, and uses the sensor data to extract a walking feature quantity characteristic of walking in footwear; and an estimation unit which estimates the type of footwear on the basis of the walking feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit.


20240081686.ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Chenhui HUANG of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kenichiro FUKUSHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A43B3/44, A61B5/00, G01P3/00, G01P15/08, G01P15/18



Abstract: in order to estimate the type of footwear worn by a pedestrian, an estimation device and the like according to the present invention are provided with: an extraction unit which acquires sensor data from a sensor installed on the footwear, and uses the sensor data to extract a walking feature quantity characteristic of walking in footwear; and an estimation unit which estimates the type of footwear on the basis of the walking feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit.


20240081687.STEP WIDTH MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, STEP WIDTH MEASUREMENTMETHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hiroshi KAJITANI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A61B5/00



Abstract: a step width measurement device includes a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between both feet of a user by using propagation data related to transmission/reception times of ultrasonic waves transmitted/received by ultrasonic transmission/reception devices mounted on each of the both feet of the user, a height calculation unit that calculates a height of a sensor by using sensor data including a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity measured by sensors mounted on each of the both feet of the user, and a step width calculation unit that calculates a step width of the user by using the distance between the both feet measured at the same timing and the height of the sensor.


20240081688.STEP WIDTH MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, STEP WIDTH MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hiroshi KAJITANI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A61B5/00



Abstract: a step width measurement device includes a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between both feet of a user by using propagation data related to transmission/reception times of ultrasonic waves transmitted/received by ultrasonic transmission/reception devices mounted on each of the both feet of the user, a height calculation unit that calculates a height of a sensor by using sensor data including a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity measured by sensors mounted on each of the both feet of the user, and a step width calculation unit that calculates a step width of the user by using the distance between the both feet measured at the same timing and the height of the sensor.


20240081707.STRESS LEVEL ESTIMATION METHOD, TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yoshiki NAKASHIMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): A61B5/16, A61B5/00, G16H50/70



Abstract: in order to estimate a stress level with higher accuracy than conventional techniques, a stress level estimation method includes: classifying, by at least one processor, measurement data into first measurement data and second measurement data, the measurement data having been measured during a predetermined time period and pertaining to a stress level that indicates a degree of stress of a subject, the first measurement data having been measured during working hours of the subject, and the second measurement data having been measured outside the working hours; and estimating, by the at least one processor, a stress level of the subject using at least one of the first measurement data and the second measurement data.


20240082636.EXERCISE ASSISTING APPARATUS, EXERCISE ASSISTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Makoto YASUKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kosuke NISHIHARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuji OHNO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): A63B24/00



Abstract: an exercise assisting apparatus includes: a division unit configured to divide sample motion information indicating motions of a sample person doing exercise into a plurality of pieces of motion element information , according to regularity of the motions of the sample person; and a generation unit configured to generate an inference model by causing a pre-trained model to learn time-series antecedent dependency of the plurality of pieces of motion element information, the inference model inferring motions of a target person, based on target motion information indicating the motions of the target person doing exercise.


20240083441.DRIVING EVALUATION SYSTEM, LEARNING DEVICE, EVALUATION RESULT OUTPUT DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Asako Fujii of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takuroh Kashima of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): B60W40/09



Abstract: the function input means accepts input of a cost function expressed as a linear sum of terms in which each feature indicating driving of a driver is weighted by a degree of emphasis. the learning means learns the cost function for each area by inverse reinforcement learning using expert driving data as training data that includes information representing contents of driving of an expert collected for each area. the driving data input means accepts input of user driving data including information indicating driving of a subject whose driving is evaluated, information indicating environment when driving, and position information where these pieces of information were obtained. the evaluation means identifies an area where a user drives from the position information, selects the cost function corresponding to the area, applies the information indicating the environment when the subject drives to the selected cost function to estimate the driving of the expert in the same environment, and outputs an evaluation result comparing estimated driving of the expert with the driving of the subject.


20240083443.DRIVING STATE MONITORING DEVICE, DRIVING STATE MONITORING METHOD, AND DRIVING STATE MONITORING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Kazuki INAGAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hidenori Tsukahara of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Nana Sakuma of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kazuki Ogata of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): B60W40/09, G06V20/59, G06V40/16



Abstract: a driving-state monitoring system includes a driving-state monitoring device and a driving-state sensing device. the driving-state sensing device captures an image of a driver of a vehicle to thereby generate driving-state data. the driving-state monitoring device acquires the driving-state data and the captured image of a driver of a vehicle from the driving-state sensing device. an authentication process is made to determine whether or not a driver matches a pre-registered driver based on the information of a driver included in the captured image, thus determining the identification information of the driver successfully authenticated. the driving-state data is recorded on a database in association with the identification information of the driver. accordingly, it is possible for the driving-state monitoring device to monitor a plurality of vehicles using a plurality of driving-state sensing devices, thus precisely managing a plurality of vehicles in terms of their driving states.


20240084528.TRAINING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, TRAINIG DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Chisato Sugawara of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Gaku Nakano of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Nana Jumonji of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yosuke Kimura of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): E01C23/01, G06T7/00, G06V10/774



Abstract: a training data generation device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. the processor performs operations. the operations including: selecting, from items included in any of a state of a road, a type of the road, a type of sensor information for determining the state of the road, an acquisition condition of the sensor information and an external environment in an acquisition of the sensor information, a combination including at least two or more of the items; and extracting the sensor information using the combination as training data to be used for training a model for determining the state of the road using the sensor information.


20240085180.OPTICAL FIBER SENSING SYSTEM AND EVENT IDENTIFICATION METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yutaka YANO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Eitaro MISUMI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G01C13/00



Abstract: an optical fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure includes: an optical fiber () configured to sense water pressure change caused by an event that has occurred in an observation region, the optical fiber being disposed in water; a reception unit () configured to receive a light signal from the optical fiber (); and an identification unit () configured to detect distribution of water pressure and time fluctuation of water pressure in the observation region based on a pattern of the light signal, and to identify an event that has occurred in the observation region based on the detection result.


20240085196.TRAVEL PLANNING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Asako FUJII of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takuroh KASHIMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G01C21/34, G06N3/092



Abstract: a function input means accepts input of a cost function that calculates a cost incurred by an itinerary, the cost function being expressed as a linear sum of terms weighted for each feature that a traveler is expected to intend in the itinerary. a learning means learns the cost function by inverse reinforcement learning using training data that includes scheduled information indicating travel planning of the traveler, attribute information indicating an attribute of the traveler, and actual information indicating an actual travel result of the traveler. a data extraction means extracts the training data whose specified attribute matches the attribute information. then, the learning means learns the cost function according to the attributes by inverse reinforcement learning using the extracted training data.


20240085497.MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Kenta Matsumoto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G01R33/032, G01R33/00



Abstract: a magnetic field measurement apparatus according to the present invention includes: a gas cell in which an alkali metal atom is encapsulated; a light generation device configured to generate light to be radiated to the gas cell while controlling a polarization state thereof; an optical frequency modulation device configured to modulate a frequency of the light generated by the light generation device; a light detection device configured to measure an intensity and a polarization state of light transmitted through the gas cell; and a control device configured to determine a magnetic field value at a predetermined position inside the gas cell based on each of the intensity of the light and the polarization state of the light measured by the light detection device.


20240085593.CONCEALMENT METHOD AND CONCEALMENT SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yuki ASHINO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G02B3/00, G02B5/20



Abstract: a concealment method includes: acquiring image data showing a background of an object; detecting a change in a component in a predetermined direction included in the image data; determining a pseudo direction of the image data on the basis of the result of the detection; and arranging, between the object and an observation position of the object, a first concealment body including a plurality of optical elements having a property of refracting light rays in a predetermined direction and continuously arranged in an arrangement direction in a state of the arrangement direction being oriented in a direction along the pseudo direction.


20240085879.PROGRAM ANALYSIS ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, PROGRAM ANALYSIS ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Masafumi WATANABE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G05B19/05



Abstract: a program analysis assistance apparatus includes: an instruction analyzing unit that extracts, from the device control program, instructions and comments in which the registers are used as operands, and identifies the signal values output by the registers based on the extracted instructions; and a matching processing unit that identifies the signal lines to which the registers are connected by matching the extracted comments by the instruction analyzing unit and the identified signal values by the instruction analyzing unit , against rules defining relationships between signal lines, signal values, and keywords.


20240086039.ORDER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Tetsuya Fuyuno of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kumiko Takatsuka of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Mayumi Itou of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yosuke Minowa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Mari Tanaka of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F3/0484, G06Q30/0601



Abstract: an order assistance apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to display sales information that has accepted the selecting operation with an addition of the number of orders corresponding to the number of times of the selecting operations in question; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the number of orders in question is equal to or greater than an upper limit value, in which when the number of orders is smaller than the upper limit value, the display control unit updates a display of the number of orders added to the sales information that has accepted a selecting operation by a value obtained by adding a number corresponding to the single selecting operation to the number of orders in question, and clears the number of orders in question when the number of orders is equal to or greater than the upper limit value.


20240086334.DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yuki ASHINO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kazushi SUGYO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F12/14, H04L69/04



Abstract: in order to record communication data via a communication network, in a storage apparatus in accordance with an appropriate data recording method, a data processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain communication data including one or more packets continuously communicated via a communication network; a recording unit configured to record the communication data in a storage; and a reading processing unit configured to read the communication data from the storage, wherein the recording unit selects a first data compression method from among a plurality of data compression methods based on compression rate for each data compression method, reading speed of the communication data from the storage, and decompression speed of the communication data required from reading of the communication data to decompression of the communication data in accordance with each compression method, and records the communication data in accordance with the first data compression method.


20240086424.INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Taiki MIYAGAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akinori EBIHARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F16/28, G06F17/18



Abstract: an information processing system includes: an acquisition unit that obtains a plurality of elements included in series data; a calculation unit that calculates a likelihood ratio indicating a likelihood of a class to which the series data belong, on the basis of at least two consecutive elements of the plurality of elements; a classification unit that classifies the series data into at least one class of a plurality of classes that are classification candidates, on the basis of the likelihood ratio; and a learning unit that performs learning related to calculation of the likelihood ratio, by using a loss function of a log-sum-exp type. according to such an information processing system, it is possible to properly select the class to which the series data belong, from a plurality of classes that are classification candidates.


20240086455.IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS, IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Tingting Dong of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Noboru YOSHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F16/535



Abstract: to improve accuracy of processing of searching for an image including a desired person from among a plurality of images, the present invention provides an image search apparatus including an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of query images, an attribute information generation unit that generates attribute information from each of a plurality of the query images, an integration unit that generates integrated attribute information by integrating a plurality of pieces of the attribute information generated from each of a plurality of the query images, and a search unit that searches for a target image from a plurality of reference images by using the integrated attribute information.


20240086492.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Daniel Georg ANDRADE SILVA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuzuru OKAJIMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F17/18



Abstract: an information processing apparatus () is disclosed. the information processing apparatus () includes an input means (), a statistic calculation means () and an optimization means (). the input means () receives input samples including responses and covariates. the statistic calculation means () transforms the responses into transformed samples using a function depending on the covariates and an unbiased parameter. a distribution of the transformed samples only depends on a dispersion parameter. the optimization means () maximizes a distribution of the transformed samples to determine an estimate of the dispersion parameter.


20240086510.FACE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, FACE AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Makoto KATAOKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yohel Itou of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Satoshi Terasawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kazuki Seko of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F21/32



Abstract: a first authentication apparatus executes authentication of a person captured in an input image by comparing face feature information of the person being acquired from an input image, with registered face feature information in a first watchlist. a second authentication apparatus executes authentication of a person unauthenticated with the first watchlist by comparing face feature information of the face feature information for which matching registered face feature information does not exist in the first watchlist, with registered face feature information in a second watchlist. a host server includes a watchlist updating unit that updates registered face feature information in the first watchlist and registered face feature information in the second watchlist, based on at least one of a priority degree for each piece of registered face feature information in the first watchlist and a priority degree for each piece of registered face feature information in the second watchlist.


20240086523.INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Masafumi WATANABE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F21/55



Abstract: an information processing device () includes an anomaly receiving means () for receiving an anomaly detected by a monitoring device installed in a control system, a collating means () for receiving the anomaly from the anomaly receiving means (), making a first determination to determine whether the anomaly matches each of predetermined collating conditions for collating an event contained in an attack procedure and the anomaly, and when the first determination results in a match, making a further second determination to determine whether an event contained in each of predefined attack procedures matches the collating condition determined to match the anomaly, and when the second determination results in a match, specifying an attack procedure containing the event, and an extracting means () for extracting an event matching a predetermined extraction condition from the specified attack procedure.


20240086702.LEARNING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Batnyam Enkhtaivan of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06N3/08



Abstract: a learning device includes an acquisition unit and a conversion unit. the acquisition unit inputs thereto, for each class, an output of a learner for each class received from another learning device and an output of a learner for each class trained by the own device, and acquires a given output for each class. the conversion unit performs, for each class, a conversion process to express a probability with respect to the given output for each class acquired by the acquisition unit.


20240086738.CAUSAL ANALYSIS_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Chunchen LIU of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06N5/022



Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, systems and computer program products for causal analysis. in some embodiments, there is provided a computer-implemented method. the method comprises determining, from observation samples of a plurality of factors, a first causal structure indicating a first causal relationship among the plurality of factors, each observation sample including a set of observation values of the plurality of factors; presenting the first causal structure to a user; in response to receiving at least one user input about the first causal structure from the user, executing actions associated with the at least one user input based on the first causal structure; and presenting a result of the execution of the actions to the user. in other embodiments, another method, systems and computer program products are provided.


20240086784.STATUS NOTIFICATION APPARATUS, STATUS NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Masanori KOBAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akihiko ICHIKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q10/02, B64F1/36, G06Q50/30, G06V40/16, G08G5/00



Abstract: a status notification apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger of an aircraft, the face image data having been acquired at departure/arrival airports of the aircraft, and acquires, from a storage device in which arrival destination information regarding the arrival destination of the aircraft, the face image data of the passenger, and identification information identifying the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance, the identification information and the arrival destination information corresponding to the acquired face image data. the status notification apparatus acquires a movement status of the passenger, and notifies a service provider at the arrival destination of the acquired movement status and the acquired identification information based on the acquired arrival destination information.


20240086812.A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MEASURING PRODUCTIVITY_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Isaac PEK of Singapore (SG) for nec corporation, Masaharu MORIMOTO of Singapore (SG) for nec corporation, Hayato CHISHAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0633, G06T7/20



Abstract: a method, an apparatus () and a program(s) for measuring productivity are provided. the method comprises: identifying a first movement based on at least one image frame, wherein the first movement matches a start action which define a cycle of movements (s1); identifying a second movement based on at least one image frame, wherein the second movement matches an end action which define the cycle (s2); and determining a period of time between the identified first movement and the identified second movement to measure productivity (s3).


20240086837.OUT-OF-STOCK DETECTION APPARATUS, OUT-OF-STOCK DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Rina TOMITA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuji TAHARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q10/087, G06T5/50, G06V10/75



Abstract: an out-of-stock detection apparatus () includes an acquisition unit () and an image processing unit (). the acquisition unit () acquires a first image including a display shelf on which a product is displayed. the image processing unit () determines, by processing the first image, whether a stockout is occurring on the display shelf. the image processing unit () generates first statistical information that indicates a result obtained by statistically processing colorfulness of a plurality of pixels included in at least a portion of the first image. the image processing unit () determines, using the first statistical information, whether a stockout is occurring on the display shelf. the first statistical information is, for example, an average value.


20240086883.PRODUCT INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Shozo Fujino of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q20/20, G07G1/01



Abstract: a product information processing apparatus () is used in a state of being arranged between a salesperson who performs purchase processing of a product and a customer who purchases the product. in an example illustrated in the present figure, the product information processing apparatus () is placed on a support member () for purchasing a product. the support member () is, for example, a counter. the salesperson and the customer are opposed to each other with the support member () interposed therebetween. the product information processing apparatus () includes an input/output unit (). the input/output unit () performs at least one of input and output of information relating to a product. in addition, the input/output unit () is oriented in a direction different from the salesperson and the customer in planar view.


20240086942.INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Mikako MARUYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Juny ENOMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tsubasa KIKUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for nec corporation, Suzuri UCHIKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takuto MATSUMURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0201, G06Q30/0601



Abstract: an information providing apparatus () includes a customer information acquisition unit () and a first information transmission unit (). the customer information acquisition unit () acquires customer identification information and first customer information of the customer in association with each other. the first customer information includes at least one of a first purchase history being a purchase history of a customer at a real shop and an action history of the customer in the real shop. the first information transmission unit () generates online shop information being information to be provided to the customer in relation to an online shop by using the first customer information and transmits the online shop information to a customer terminal operated by the customer.


20240086946.FAMILIARITY DEGREE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, FAMILIARITY DEGREE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Azusa FURUKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kan ARAI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kei SHIBUYA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Ken HANAZAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Makiko AKIGUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0201, G06V20/52, G06V40/16



Abstract: in a familiarity degree estimation apparatus, a first video process unit calculates a time while a hand being viewed, which is a time when a customer is viewing the hand. a second video process unit calculates a time while an item being held, which is a time when the customer is holding an item. a familiarity degree estimation unit calculates a time while the item being viewed based on the time while a hand being viewed and the time while the item being held, and estimates that the longer the time while the item being viewed, the lower the degree of familiarity of the customer with respect to the item.


20240086956.VISIT PROMOTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Akira KAMEI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Honami Yuki of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kelsuke Tsukahara of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0207, G06V40/16



Abstract: provided are visit promotion apparatuses for providing users who have actually visited various points with information in which visits to the respective points are recorded. a visit promotion apparatus () includes: an acquisition unit () configured to acquire captured images in which a user is photographed; an authentication control unit () configured to extract the user's face area or facial feature information from the captured images and cause an authentication apparatus () to perform face authentication; an image generation unit () configured to, when a prescribed image generation condition based on the face authentication at a plurality of points is satisfied, generate a composite image including the captured images at the respective points of the user who has succeeded in the face authentication; and an output unit () configured to transmit the composite image generated by the image generation unit () to a prescribed display terminal.


20240086957.VISIT PROMOTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Akira KAMEI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Honami YUKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Keisuke TSUKAHARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0207, G06V40/16



Abstract: provided are visit promotion apparatuses for providing users who have actually visited various points with information in which visits to the respective points are recorded. a visit promotion apparatus () includes: an acquisition unit () configured to acquire captured images in which a user is photographed; an authentication control unit () configured to extract the user's face area or facial feature information from the captured images and cause an authentication apparatus () to perform face authentication; an image generation unit () configured to, when a prescribed image generation condition based on the face authentication at a plurality of points is satisfied, generate a composite image including the captured images at the respective points of the user who has succeeded in the face authentication; and an output unit () configured to transmit the composite image generated by the image generation unit () to a prescribed display terminal.


20240086960.INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NOTIFICATION PROVISION METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Rumi Ikezawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0207



Abstract: an information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: determine whether a total amount of commodities registered on a portable terminal by an operation of a customer satisfies a coupon issuance condition for a target commodity; and notify the customer, before checkout of the commodities is completed, of the coupon issuance condition when the issuance condition is not satisfied.


20240086962.SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION SERVER, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AUTHENTICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hidenori Kitakata of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0207, G06Q20/40



Abstract: authentication server stores biometric information and a user id of each of a plurality of users in association with each other. management server stores the user id of each of the plurality of users and information of electronic coupons owned by each user in association with each other. authentication terminal transmits authentication request including biometric information of first user who uses the electronic coupon among the plurality of users to the authentication server. the authentication server identifies first user id corresponding to the first user by a biometric authentication using the biometric information included in the authentication request, and transmits coupon information transmission instruction including the identified first user id to the management server. the management server transmits owned coupon information related to the electronic coupon owned by the first user corresponding to the first user id included in the coupon information transmission instruction to the authentication terminal.


20240086985.INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Naoto OHSAKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tatsuya MATSUOKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601



Abstract: the information processing device x mainly includes an acquisition means xa and a transition sequence determination means xb. the acquisition means xa acquires a first combination between sellers and buyers conducting transactions and a second combination between the sellers and the buyers differing from the first combination. the transition sequence determination means xb determines a transition sequence of combinations between the sellers and the buyers, the transition sequence being generated in a process of making a transition, per basic operation for changing the combinations between the sellers and the buyers, from the first combination to the second combination, each combination of the transition sequence making a profit of a mediator equal to or larger than a threshold value, the mediator mediating the transactions.


20240086986.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Masanori Kobayashi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akihiko Ichikawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601, G06Q50/14, G06T7/70, G06V20/52, G06V40/16



Abstract: an information processing apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger who has disembarked from an aircraft, and acquires flight information corresponding to the face image data acquired by an image capture device from a storage device in which flight information of the passenger and the face image data of the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance. it is determined based on the acquired flight information whether the passenger is a transit passenger. sightseeing area information regarding the sightseeing area of the tour is acquired, and if the passenger is a transit passenger, a tour based on the sightseeing area information and flight information is searched for. the information of the searched-for tour is displayed on display devices.


20240086990.PURCHASING FACTOR ESTIMATION DEVICE, PURCHASING FACTOR ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PURCHASING FACTOR ESTIMATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH PURCHASING FACTOR ESTIMATION PROGRAM IS STORED_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Makoto TAKAMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Daniel ONORO RUBIO of Heidelberg (DE) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601



Abstract: a purchasing factor estimation device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires person attribute information relating to a first person and product attribute information relating to a first product; an estimation unit that, on the basis of the person attribute information and the product attribute information, uses an estimation model to estimate the first person's degree of interest in the first product; and an output unit that outputs the first person's estimated degree of interest and an estimation reason therefor. the factors behind the purchase of a product by a customer are determined as a result of generating the estimation model by learning the relationship among person attribute information relating to a second person, product attribute information relating to a second product, line of sight information of the second person in relation to the second product, and the second person's degree of interest in the second product.


20240087028.INDICATOR SELECTION APPARATUS, INDICATOR SELECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Tomoyuki Nishiyama of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q40/06, G06F16/906, G06N20/00



Abstract: an indicator selection apparatus () includes an acquisition unit () and a selection unit (). the acquisition unit () acquires information (hereinafter, described as category variable specification information) that specifies a category variable. the selection unit () selects a support variable from among the plurality of indicators described above for each category variable. specifically, the selection unit () generates a first model by performing machine learning by using a combination (combination variable) of the category variable and the support variable as an explanatory variable and using an evaluation result of an evaluation target as an objective variable. then, a first influence degree is generated for each of a plurality of the combination variables. the first influence degree indicates magnitude of an influence of the combination variable on accuracy of the first model. then, the selection unit () selects a support variable by using the first influence degree.


20240087074.DELIVERY SUPPORT APPARATUS, DELIVERY SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Takehito KATOU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akira Kamei of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masato Kitada of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Miki Otani of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q50/30, G06Q50/28, G06V40/16



Abstract: a delivery support apparatus includes: an individual detection unit that detects a registered individual based on an image transmitted from a camera, an information specifying unit that specifies a destination of the individual, a schedule at the destination, and a baggage to be received at the destination for the individual detected by the individual detection unit, a notification unit that notifies a terminal device at the destination that the specified baggage will be received by the individual according to the specified schedule.


20240087146.TRAINING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGEMEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Royston RODRIGUES of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masahiro TANl of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06T7/35



Abstract: a training apparatus () acquires a ground-view image (), an aerial-view image (), and alignment information (), and trains a discriminator () that extracts a plurality of partial aerial regions () from the aerial-view image () and determines that the ground-view image () matches the aerial-view image () when there is the partial aerial region () that matches the ground-view image (). the training apparatus () extracts a correctly-aligned partial aerial region () and a mis-aligned partial aerial region () from the aerial-view image (). the correctly-aligned partial aerial region () is indicated by the alignment information () and corresponds to the ground-view image (). the mis-aligned partial aerial region () partially overlaps the correctly-aligned partial aerial region (). the training apparatus () trains the discriminator () using both the correctly-aligned partial aerial region () and the mis-aligned partial aerial region () as positive examples.


20240087192.LAYOUT SUPPORT SYSTEM, LAYOUT SUPPORT APPARATUS, INFORMATION ACCUMULATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Takahiro TOIZUMI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06T11/60, G06V10/74, G06V30/414



Abstract: this invention contributes to improvement in efficiency in generation of a layout. a layout support system () includes: an information accumulation apparatus () that extracts image feature vectors of a plurality of existing contents and stores, in a database, the image feature vectors in association with pieces of layout information; and a layout support apparatus () that detects, on the basis of similarities between the image feature vectors stored in the database and a comparative feature vector generated for a target content, a piece of layout information matching the target content, from among the pieces of layout information stored in the database.


20240087289.IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Noboru Yoshida of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V10/764, G06F3/04842, G06F3/14, G06V20/52



Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires plural person images, person identification information generated for each of the plural person images and provided to a person in the person image, and time series information indicating a time series of the plural person images; a classification unit that classifies the person image having the same person identification information into an identical group; a display control unit that simultaneously displays, on a display, at least one person image belonging to a target group being a processing target and an item input field for inputting information indicating a correction item to be executed for the target group; and a correction execution unit that decides a display position of the person image belonging to the target group by using the time series information, and the correction execution unit executes correction processing according to the information input in the item input field.


20240087295.TRAINING DATA GENERATION APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Manabu NAKANOYA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V10/774, G06T7/246, G06T7/73, G06V10/776



Abstract: a training data generation apparatus uses spatial data of an actual object and thereby trains a generative model to perform conversion from the spatial data to a feature vector and conversion from the feature vector to spatial data. moreover, the training data generation apparatus generates a sample of the feature vector as a realization value of a probability distribution defined by a set of parameters. moreover, the training data generation apparatus generates training data used in training for an object recognition model based on the spatial data output from the generative model when the generated sample of the feature vector is input into the generative model.


20240087296.INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yoshikazu Watanabe of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V10/774, G06V10/22, G06V10/70



Abstract: an information processing device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. the processor performs operations. the operations include: generating, based on inference target data include a detection target object, aggregate data smaller than the inference target data; and applying the aggregate data to a trained model to infer a first region that is a region of the detection target object in the aggregate data, generating packed data that is data packed with the first region or a region of the inference target data, applying the packed data to a trained model to infer a second region that is a region of the detection target object that is included, and inferring the detection target object in the inference target data based on the second region.


20240087307.IMAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yaeko YONEZAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V10/96, G06V10/74, G06V10/75



Abstract: an image management apparatus () acquires a target image () acquired by capturing an image of a target object (). the image management apparatus () determines, from among master information (), a master image () whose degree of similarity to the target image () is high. the image management apparatus () compares suitability as a master image between the target image () and the determined master image () (a similar master image), and updates the master information (), based on a comparison result. specifically, the image management apparatus () adds the target image () to the master information () as a master image when the target image () has higher suitability. further, in this case, the image management apparatus () deletes the similar master image from the master information (), or assigns, to the target image (), a higher degree of priority than a degree of priority assigned to the similar master image.


20240087312.INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Takanori Tanaka of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiroshi Suzuki of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V20/30, G06F21/32, G06Q30/0207, G06V40/16, G06V40/50



Abstract: an information processing device includes a first authentication controlling unit that causes an authentication device to execute first facial 5 authentication or facial registration of a first photographed image capturing a user at a first store, a presenting unit that presents recommendation information related to a second store to the user in response to a success of the first facial authentication or in response to the facial registration, a second authentication controlling unit that causes the authentication device to execute second facial 10 authentication of a second photographed image capturing the user at the second store, and a bonus applying unit that causes a bonus to be applied to a settlement process of the user at the second store based on a history of the first facial authentication or the facial registration, if the user has been authenticated successfully in the second facial authentication.


20240087313.INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Takanori TANAKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiroshi Suzuki of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V20/30, G06F21/32, G06Q30/0207, G06V40/16, G06V40/50



Abstract: an information processing device includes a first authentication controlling unit that causes an authentication device to execute first facial authentication or facial registration of a first photographed image capturing a user at a first store, a presenting unit that presents recommendation information related to a second store to the user in response to a success of the first facial authentication or in response to the facial registration, a second authentication controlling unit that causes the authentication device to execute second facial authentication of a second photographed image capturing the user at the second store, and a bonus applying unit that causes a bonus to be applied to a settlement process of the user at the second store based on a history of the first facial authentication or the facial registration, if the user has been authenticated successfully in the second facial authentication.


20240087325.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Nobuaki KAWASE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kunio FUDEMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V20/52, G06F3/14, G06Q40/03, G06V10/44, G06V10/77, G06V40/16



Abstract: an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires biometric information of a person; a second acquisition unit that acquires identification information of the baggage possessed by the person; and a creating unit that creates link information for associating the biometric information with the identification information.


20240087326.NOTIFICATION DEVICE, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND NOTIFICATION STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Daiki YAMAZAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Ryuji Wakakusa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V20/52, G06V40/16, G06V40/20, H04N7/18, H04R1/08



Abstract: the present invention provides a processing apparatus () including: a detection unit () that detects that a notification apparatus is operated; an acquisition unit () that acquires, when it is detected that the notification apparatus is operated, at least one of an image generated by a camera and a sound collected by a microphone; a decision unit () that decides whether at least one of the image and the sound satisfies a notification condition; and an output unit () that outputs, when it is decided that the notification condition is satisfied, notification information indicating that the notification apparatus is operated.


20240087328.MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yoshihiro Kajiki of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V20/52, G06V20/40, G06V40/16



Abstract: provided is a new technique in which the severity of an occurred abnormal situation can be learned. a monitoring apparatus () includes: a position acquisition unit () configured to acquire an occurrence position of an abnormal situation in a monitoring target area; an analysis unit () configured to analyze a state of a crowd around the occurrence position of the abnormal situation based on video data of a camera that images the monitoring target area; and a severity estimation unit () configured to estimate a severity of the abnormal situation based on a result of the analysis.


20240087353.IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Noboru YOSHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shoji NISHIMURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V40/10, G06T7/60, G06T7/73, G06V10/32, G06V10/764



Abstract: an image processing apparatus () according to the present disclosure includes: a skeleton detection unit () configured to detect a two-dimensional skeleton structure of a person based on an acquired two-dimensional image; an estimation unit () configured to estimate the height of the person when the person stands upright in a two-dimensional image space based on the two-dimensional skeleton structure detected by the skeleton detection unit (); and a normalizing unit () configured to normalize the two-dimensional skeleton structure detected based on the height of the person when the person stands upright estimated by the estimation unit ().


20240087359.CUSTOMER ANALYSIS APPARATUS, CUSTOMER ANALYSIS METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Makiko AKIGUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Azusa FURUKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kei SHIBUYA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kan ARAI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Ken HANAZAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V40/16, G06Q30/0201, G06T7/246, G06T7/292, G06T11/00, G06V20/52



Abstract: a customer analysis apparatus () includes an image acquisition unit () and an image processing unit (). the image acquisition unit () acquires a first image generated by a first image capture unit () and a second image generated by a second image capture unit (). the image processing unit () processes the first image and the second image. more specifically, the image processing unit () generates product information indicating a product () taken out from a product shelf (), by processing the first image and the second image. further, the image processing unit () generates customer attribute information of a customer taking out the product (), by processing the first image. then, the image processing unit () causes a result storage unit () to store the product information and the customer attribute information in association with each other.


20240087363.GUIDANCE ACQUISITION DEVICE, GUIDANCE ACQUISITION METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Koui NORIMATSU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V40/16, G06T7/73, G06V20/20, G07C9/10, G07C9/25, G10L13/00, H04N23/611



Abstract: face image data is acquired and a face image is captured, and a difference between a face image indicated by the face image data and the face image that is captured or a candidate of the difference is detected on the basis of at least one of the face image indicated by the face image data that is acquired, and the face image that is captured. guidance is acquired on the basis of the difference or the candidate of the difference which is detected, and an output unit is controlled to output the guidance.


20240087369.VIDEO PROVISION APPARATUS, VIDEO PROVISION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hiroaki KUJIRAI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Satoru FUJITA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kazufumi HOSHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G07C1/24, G06T5/50, G06V20/52



Abstract: a video provision apparatus () includes a specification unit () for acquiring a racer id for identifying a racer specified by a user from among racers that participate in a race, a video collection unit () for collecting videos of the race captured in the same time section from a plurality of cameras, a generation unit () for generating, based on the racer id specified by the user, a user-specific video from the videos collected from the plurality of cameras, and an output control unit () for causing a user terminal used by the user to output the user-specific video.


20240087374.DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yuma Yazaki of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takahiro Kato of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yusuke Koitabashi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G07C5/08, G07C5/00



Abstract: the present invention provides a detection apparatus () including: an acquisition unit () that acquires vehicle state data of each of a plurality of vehicles when each vehicle travels through a measurement position; a generation unit () that generates a detection model detecting an internal abnormality of a vehicle, based on the acquired vehicle state data; a detection unit () that performs processing of detecting an internal abnormality of a target vehicle, based on the detection model and vehicle state data when the target vehicle travels through the measurement position; and an output unit () that outputs a result of the detection.


20240087427.SERVER APPARATUS, PURCHASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Rumi IKEZAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Manabu HIKIN of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G07G1/00, A47F9/04, G06Q20/18, G06Q20/20, G06Q30/0601



Abstract: a server apparatus receives item identification information generated based on an item from a terminal apparatus, and generates a list of items to be purchased based on the received item identification information. also, when receiving a quantity change request of an item included in the list of items to be purchased, the server apparatus determines whether or not a subject item of the quantity change request is an item prohibited to change a quantity, and transmits information indicating that the quantity is unchangeable to the terminal apparatus when the subject item of the quantity change request is the item prohibited to change the quantity.


20240087730.AMBULANCE SERVICE SUPPORT DEVICE, AMBULANCE SERVICE SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hiroki NAOSHIMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hironori NAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Eiji TAKADA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuji TAKAGI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuri MASHIMO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G16H40/20, G06V40/16, G16H10/60, G16H40/67



Abstract: an ambulance service support device receives biological information to be used for personal identification of a person to be transported. the ambulance service support device identifies, using a database storing personal medical information, the personal medical information of the person to be transported by using the acquired biological information. the personal medical information is personal information regarding medical care including the biological information. the ambulance service support device outputs emergency support information obtained from the identified personal medical information.


20240087732.AMBULANCE SERVICE SUPPORT DEVICE, AMBULANCE SERVICE SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hiroki NAOSHIMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hironori NAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Eiji TAKADA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuji TAKAGI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuri MASHIMO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G16H40/20, G06V40/16, G16H10/60, G16H40/67



Abstract: an ambulance service support device receives biological information to be used for personal identification of a person to be transported. the ambulance service support device identifies, using a database storing personal medical information, the personal medical information of the person to be transported by using the acquired biological information. the personal medical information is personal information regarding medical care including the biological information. the ambulance service support device outputs emergency support information obtained from the identified personal medical information.


20240088569.ANTENNA AND BEAM FORMING METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Koya TAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kenji WAKAFUJI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Fujio OKUMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H01Q15/02, H01Q3/44



Abstract: to provide an antenna capable of accelerating beamforming. the antenna includes a metasurface with an opening part that receives electromagnetic waves and a mems mechanism configured to change a shape of the opening part by operating a moveable member with respect to the opening part of the metasurface.


20240088981.WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Kenji Wakafuji of (US) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04B7/08



Abstract: a ground base station () and a high-altitude base station () perform transmission beam sweeping in an orientation of a terminal (). the terminal () performs reception beam sweeping in an orientation of the ground base station () only for a time determined in advance and, when the terminal () is able to find the ground base station (), the terminal () connects to the ground base station (). when the terminal () is unable to find the ground base station (), the terminal () starts reception beam sweeping in an orientation of the high-altitude base station () and, when the terminal () is able to find the high-altitude base station (), the terminal () connects to the high-altitude base station ().


20240088996.COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yohei Hasegawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04B10/077



Abstract: a communication apparatus () capable of easily grasping a communication quality status is provided. the communication apparatus () includes: an acquisition unit () configured to acquire measured values of a predetermined number or more, the measured values being measured for communication quality information in an optical communication path; an estimation unit () configured to calculate an average value of the measured values thus acquired, generate a first cumulative distribution function of the communication quality information based on the measured values thus acquired, and estimate a second cumulative distribution function of the communication quality information based on measured values in a case where the measured values more than a number of the measured values thus acquired are acquired on a basis of the average value and the first cumulative distribution function; and a determination unit () configured to determine a value of the communication quality information as a reference quality value, a cumulative probability in the second cumulative distribution function becoming a predetermined value at the value of the communication quality information.


20240089043.COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Kengo OKETANI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoshikazu KAKURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04J13/00, H04J13/16, H04W28/04, H04W72/0446, H04W72/20, H04W72/23



Abstract: a device and method in which a plurality of zadoff-chu sequences is allocated to a frame, a value of a parameter in the zadoff-chu sequence is different among the plurality of zadoff-chu sequences, and the zadoff-chu sequence allocated to the frame is different among a plurality of cells.


20240089093.RECEPTION DEVICE, QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING QUANTUM SIGNAL_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Ken-ichiro YOSHINO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Mikio FUJIWARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akihisa TOMITA of Hokkaido (JP) for nec corporation, Masato KOASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masahiro TAKEOKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masahide SASAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L9/08, G06N10/40



Abstract: an object is to prevent eavesdropping in quantum key distribution. a decoding unit decodes a quantum signal incident thereinto. a plurality of detect photons of the decoded quantum signal output from the decoding unit. a signal processing unit detects bits of the decoded quantum signal based on photon detection results of the plurality of detectors. a control unit perform switching processing by switching destinations to which two decoded quantum signals corresponding to one encoding basis are output between the plurality of detectors, and switching the bits detected by the signal processing unit based on the respective photon detection results of the plurality of detectors.


20240089415.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Ryoutarou SAKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04N7/18, H04N5/77, H04N23/611



Abstract: an information processing apparatus () includes: an acquisition unit () that acquires information indicating an event detected based on an image captured by an imaging apparatus (); a determination unit () that determines to start recording of the image when the event is detected at a first point of time, to continue the recording when the event is continuously detected within a first period from the first point of time, and to stop the recording when the event is continuously detected in a case of exceeding the first period from the first point of time; and a recording control unit () that controls a start and an end of the recording based on a result determined by the determination unit.


20240089747.BASE STATION, TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Takahiro YANAGISAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shizen SASAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W16/28, H04W72/044, H04W72/23



Abstract: in order to enable a terminal apparatus to identify a beam to be used by a base station, while reducing radio resource use, a base station of the present invention includes: an information obtaining section configured to obtain obtainable information obtainable for both the base station and a terminal apparatus , the obtainable information being neither communication quality information nor an identifier indicating a transmit beam for transmission to the terminal apparatus ; and a beam selecting section configured to select a transmit beam for transmission to the terminal apparatus , from among a plurality of candidate transmit beams, based on the obtainable information.


20240089877.WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Takuji Mochizuki of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W52/52, H04W52/42



Abstract: in a wireless communication apparatus according to the present disclosure, a determination unit detects presence or absence of a transmission signal for each transmission symbol in each of a plurality of transmitters. in response to detection of presence of the transmission signal at any transmitter of the plurality of transmitters and absence of the transmission signal at all of the plurality of transmitters in a transmission symbol before a transmission symbol to which the any transmitter transmits a transmission signal, the determination unit causes a stabilization signal to pass through the any transmitter and any transmission amplifier before the transmission signal passes through the any transmitter and the any transmission amplifier by inserting the stabilization signal for stabilizing characteristics of the any transmission amplifier associated to the any transmitter into a time domain preceding a time domain of the transmission signal.


20240090055.COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Koya TAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hisashi Mizumoto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Atsushi Kamoi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W76/15, H04L41/12



Abstract: a communication system () includes a plurality of communication apparatuses () and a control apparatus (), the control apparatus () including a control unit (), the control unit () including a management unit () that manages, for each of the plurality of communication apparatuses (), the number of connections that are capable of being established, and the number of established connections.


20240090142.ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ADAPTER_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Tatsuhiro Nakada of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H05K5/02, H05K5/00, H05K7/20



Abstract: an electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes a substrate and an adapter, the substrate includes a flow path adjustment plate that adjusts a stream of gas in such a way that the gas flows in a first direction, and the adapter includes a first connector connectable, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, to the substrate, a second connector protruding in a direction parallel to the first direction, a circuit electrically connecting the first connector to the second connector, and a holding member holding the first connector, the second connector and the circuit, and being in contact with a part of a periphery of the substrate due to connection of the first connector to the substrate.


NEC Corporation patent applications on March 14th, 2024