NEC CORPORATION patent applications on December 19th, 2024

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Patent Applications by NEC CORPORATION on December 19th, 2024

NEC CORPORATION: 23 patent applications

NEC CORPORATION has applied for patents in the areas of G06V20/52 (3), B25J9/16 (2), H04N7/18 (2), G06V40/20 (2), G06V20/40 (2) G06V20/52 (2), G06V40/193 (1), H04W52/52 (1), H04W24/02 (1), H04L67/306 (1)

With keywords such as: information, unit, apparatus, device, means, image, target, control, multicore, and determination in patent application abstracts.



Patent Applications by NEC CORPORATION

20240416516. CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Masatsugu Ogawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masumi ICHIEN of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hisaya WAKAYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): B25J9/16, B25J19/02

CPC Code(s): B25J9/1661



Abstract: a control device x mainly includes an operation planning means x and a determination means x. the operation planning means x determines an operation plan of a robot regarding a work of sorting plural items into plural sorting containers. the determination means x determines whether or not the sorting containers are replenished. then, the operation planning means x updates the operation plan based on the arrangement of the sorting containers after the replenishment if the sorting containers is replenished.


20240416976. POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT SYSTEM, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Akira TSUJI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): B61L25/02, G01C21/02

CPC Code(s): B61L25/025



Abstract: provided is a position estimation device capable of appropriately grasping a position of a moving object. according to the present disclosure, a position estimation device () includes an acquisition unit () configured to acquire shape information of a surface of a structure around a moving object, an extraction unit () configured to extract a feature portion indicating a shape change of the surface of the structure from the shape information and extract feature information including a position and a size of the feature portion, a storage unit () configured to store, in advance, reference information including a position and a size of a reference portion that is a reference for position estimation, and an estimation unit () configured to compare the feature information with the reference information and estimates a current position of the moving object.


20240417955. PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Mineto SATOH of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): E02F9/20, B25J9/16, E02F9/24, E02F9/26

CPC Code(s): E02F9/2033



Abstract: a processing device determines whether or not a control target has entered an area other than an area that the control target is allowed to enter in an environment of a range including at least a part of the control target. the processing device executes a predetermined process when it is determined that the control target has entered an area other than the area that the control target is allowed to enter.


20240417956. EXCAVATION SYSTEM, WORK SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hiroshi YOSHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tatsuya YOSHIMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Daisuke OHTA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): E02F9/20, H04Q9/00

CPC Code(s): E02F9/2054



Abstract: the present invention provides an excavation system capable of improving the work efficiency at a worksite. an excavation device () excavates an object () treated as an excavation target at an excavation spot. a first detection device () is installed at an excavation spot away from the excavation device (). the first detection device () detects information related to the object () at the excavation spot. a control device () transmits, to the excavation device (), control information related to operations of the excavation device () based on target location data indicating the position of the object (), which corresponds to information related to the object (). the excavation device () executes operations for excavation in accordance with the control information.


20240418929. MULTICORE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, COMPLEX JOINT BOX, AND MULTICORE FIBER ACCOMMODATION METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Koji INADA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G02B6/02, G02B6/38, G02B6/44

CPC Code(s): G02B6/02042



Abstract: a multicore transmission apparatus includes: first to fourth multicore fibers each having a plurality of cores; a first multicore device for outputting a plurality of light beams, which have been inputted from the respective cores of the first multicore fiber and which have been individually processed, to mutually different cores of the second multicore fiber; a second multicore device for outputting a plurality of light beams, which have been inputted from the respective cores of the third multicore fiber and which have been individually processed, to mutually different cores of the fourth multicore fiber; a first joint box for accommodating the first multicore fiber, the first multicore device, the second multicore fiber, and the fourth multicore fiber; and a second joint box for accommodating the second multicore fiber, the third multicore fiber, the second multicore device, and the fourth multicore fiber.


20240419189. MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Remi TANAKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takeshi Shouta of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hroyuki Kakinuma of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tomoyuki Muto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G05D1/646, G05D1/247, G05D1/667, G05D109/20, G06Q10/083

CPC Code(s): G05D1/646



Abstract: a management device that includes a reception unit that receives transport information relevant to an application for use of an aerial transport path formed indoors, a determination unit that determines whether the aerial transport path can be formed in accordance with the transport information, a reception information output unit that outputs, to a requesting party of the transport information, reception information including a determination result regarding whether the aerial transport path can be formed, a transport path formation unit that generates formation information of the aerial transport path in response to the determination result indicating that the aerial transport path can be formed, and a formation information output unit that outputs the formation information of the aerial transport path to a guide light installed indoors to form the aerial transport path.


20240419765. LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAM AND SORTING DEVICE, SORTING METHOD, AND SORTING PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Atsushi SATO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F18/2431, G06N20/00

CPC Code(s): G06F18/2431



Abstract: to carry out a learning technique in which a solution of a parameter is not likely to be a locally optimal solution, a learning apparatus includes: a learning means for setting a parameter (�) included in a score function (f) for carrying out two-class classification of data, the learning means setting the parameter (�) such that, in a square having a horizontal axis representing a false positive rate and a vertical axis representing a true positive rate, an area of a region in which the false positive rate is not more than a given threshold is minimized in a region over a receiver operating characteristic (roc) curve obtained from a training data group.


20240419807. SECURITY ANALYSIS APPARATUS, SECURITY ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Junpei Kamimura of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kazuhiko Isoyama of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F21/57

CPC Code(s): G06F21/577



Abstract: a security analysis apparatus includes a determination unit. the determination unit searches for information described in a data flow diagram of a computer system to be analyzed, using a search query corresponding to an analysis rule for use in analysis, and determines a relationship between the data flow diagram and the analysis rule based on retrieved information.


20240420056. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Osamu SAKAGUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tomohiro Hatae of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Cheng Zhang of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0635, G06F18/22, G06Q10/02, G06V40/16, G06V40/50

CPC Code(s): G06Q10/0635



Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes: an information management unit that registers boarding information on users regarding boarding and biometrics information on the users acquired by a check-in procedure of the users in association with each other; and a comparison unit that compares target biometrics information, which is biometrics information acquired in a procedure up to the boarding for one of the users, with registered biometrics information, which is the biometrics information registered by the information management unit, and the comparison unit selects the registered biometrics information to be compared with the target biometrics information based on status regarding the procedure up to the boarding of the user corresponding to the registered biometrics information.


20240420074. INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Yoshihisa Honda of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0835, G06Q30/0235

CPC Code(s): G06Q10/08355



Abstract: in an information processing device, a delivery address acquisition means acquires a delivery address where a package of a customer is to be delivered. a delivery condition extraction means extracts delivery conditions which increase a delivery density representing a delivery efficiency of packages including the package of the customer based on a default delivery route already determined for packages other than the package of the customer and the delivery address.


20240420173. SERVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Tomoki INOUE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0207

CPC Code(s): G06Q30/0224



Abstract: a service management apparatus () includes: a node that stores a rule () associating a usage history () of a service provided by each of a plurality of business entities with a providable incentive service; and a service processing unit () that, when acquiring the usage history () of the service provided by each of the plurality of business entities for a user, determines, by using the rule (), an incentive service providable to the user and executes processing related to the determined incentive service.


20240420475. MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Koichi NIHEI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Joshifumi ONISHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takanori IWAI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Koichi KAWASHIMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akira YAMAUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V20/52, H04N23/611

CPC Code(s): G06V20/52



Abstract: a monitoring system () according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of image capturing means () installed at a plurality of locations within a region being monitored; identifying means () configured to identify targets being monitored from videos captured by the plurality of image capturing means; determining means () configured to determine whether, of the identified targets being monitored, the same target being monitored is in the videos of the plurality of image capturing means captured in the same time span; and controlling means () configured to select, based on a predetermined condition, at least one image capturing means from image capturing means that have captured videos including the same target being monitored and control image capturing of the selected image capturing means or feeding of a video from the selected image capturing means.


20240420478. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Ryoma OAMI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V20/52, G06V20/40, G06V40/20, G08B21/24, H04N7/18

CPC Code(s): G06V20/52



Abstract: an information processing apparatus () detects a stationary object from video data (). in addition, the information processing apparatus () executes person detection process of detecting a person in vicinity of an object (target object) detected as the stationary object for each of a plurality of video frames () which includes the target object. furthermore, the information processing apparatus () executes a predetermined process by comparing results of the person detection process for each of the plurality of video frames ().


20240420505. IRIS RECOGNITION APPARATUS, IRIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM, IRIS RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Takahiro TOIZUMI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masato TSUKADA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuka OGINO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masatsugu ICHINO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tsubasa BOURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V40/18, G06T3/4053, G06V10/52, G06V10/77, G06V10/82

CPC Code(s): G06V40/193



Abstract: included are: an iris image acquisition unit that acquires an iris image including an iris of a living body; a calculation unit that calculates a scale factor for the iris image, from a size of an iris area included in the iris image and from a desired size; a generation unit that generates a resolution-converted image in which resolution of the iris image is converted in accordance with the scale factor; and a post-transform feature vector extraction unit that extracts a post-transform feature vector that is a feature vector of the resolution-converted image.


20240420506. MOTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, MOTION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Noboru YOSHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Ryo Kawai of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Jianquan Liu of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G06V40/20, G06V20/40, G06V20/52, G06V40/10

CPC Code(s): G06V40/20



Abstract: provided is a motion determination apparatus and the like that can determine a motion of a person faster and more efficiently. a motion determination apparatus includes a position specifying means for specifying a position of a person from acquired image data, a motion specifying means for specifying a first characteristic motion by analyzing a motion of the person in the image data in accordance with a first characteristic motion pattern associated with a first position of the specified person, and specifying a second characteristic motion by analyzing a motion of the person in the image data in accordance with a second characteristic motion pattern associated with a second position of the specified person, and a determination means for determining whether the specified characteristic motion is in a predetermined order.


20240420553. ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Ryusuke IMAI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akira Tsuji of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G08B13/186, G08B13/16

CPC Code(s): G08B13/186



Abstract: an abnormality determination method capable of contributing to improvement of abnormality determination accuracy is implemented. the abnormality determination method according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure includes: setting a first area for an optical fiber sensor to attempt to detect an abnormality; setting a second area in which detection of an abnormality is invalidated when the abnormality is detected in the first area; setting an invalid time zone in which detection of an abnormality is invalidated when the abnormality is detected in the first area; and determining, when an abnormality is detected in the first area, that no abnormality has occurred in the first area in a case where a position where the abnormality is detected is inside the second area and a time when the abnormality is detected is within the invalid time zone.


20240420554. SECURITY CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEM AND SECURITY CAMERA MONITORING METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Takeshi KATO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): G08B13/196, G08B29/00, H04B10/114, H04N7/18, H04N7/22, H04N17/00

CPC Code(s): G08B13/196



Abstract: a security camera monitoring system includes: a first communication apparatus that is attached to a security camera and can transmit, via optical space communication, image data obtained by the security camera to a second communication apparatus; the second communication apparatus that can receive the image data transmitted from the first communication apparatus; and a monitoring apparatus that can communicate with the second communication apparatus and monitors whether or not there is an interference from outside with respect to the security camera, the monitoring apparatus including at least one first processor which carries out a detection process of detecting a transmission failure of the image data from the first communication apparatus to the second communication apparatus, and a generation process of generating, based on a detection result in the detection process, a signal indicating occurrence of the interference.


20240421903. FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

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

IPC Code(s): H04B10/11

CPC Code(s): H04B10/11



Abstract: a free-space optical communication technique is provided for effectively reducing the occurrence of burst errors caused by the attenuation or loss of packets. a free-space optical communication apparatus includes a light sending and receiving section configured to send and receive communication light and a communication control section configured to control packet communication. the communication control section causes the light sending and receiving section to send either a given packet or first coded information, and then causes the light sending and receiving section to send second coded information which contains the given packet and a packet received by the light sending and receiving section at a point in time at which a first predetermined time elapses.


20240422188. SECURITY DETERMINATION DEVICE, SECURE SYSTEM DESIGN DEVICE, SECURITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Ryosuke HOTCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L9/40

CPC Code(s): H04L63/1433



Abstract: a security determination device comprehensively generates an attack path, which is a chained route of a threat showing execution steps of an attack to be prevented from being established; determines the validity of the attack path; and determines whether a system configuration is secure or insecure, depending on the validity of the attack path.


20240422231. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Kazufumi KOJIMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masahiro TANI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Keisuke IKEDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L67/306, G06Q50/00

CPC Code(s): H04L67/306



Abstract: to accurately decide identity of a person using a plurality of target accounts, an information processing apparatus includes a determination unit and a decision unit. the determination unit determines a first acquaintance account group and a second acquaintance account group being associated with a first target account and a second target account, respectively. the decision unit decides identity of a person using the first target account and the second target account, based on similarity between a first person group and a second person group using the first acquaintance account group and the second acquaintance account group, respectively.


20240422583. RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS THEREFOR_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Hisashi FUTAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W24/02, H04W36/08, H04W72/231

CPC Code(s): H04W24/02



Abstract: a radio terminal () receives, from a network, control information indicating whether or not the radio terminal () is allowed to perform a particular action based on an inference result of machine learning-based artificial intelligence. the radio terminal () makes a prediction or decision using a trained machine learning model. if the control information allows performing the particular action based on the inference result, the radio terminal () performs the particular action triggered by the prediction or decision. for example, this helps to enable a network (e.g., a radio access network (ran) node) to control whether or not a radio terminal is allowed to perform an action based on a prediction or decision made by a trained machine-learning model.


20240422702. ANTENNA APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Sou OFUDE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kenichi HOSHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoshiyuki ISHII of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Mizuki NIKAIDO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W52/52, H01Q3/08, H04B10/40, H04W84/06

CPC Code(s): H04W52/52



Abstract: an antenna apparatus includes: an antenna that transmits and receives signals; antenna-side equipment that transmits and receives signals to and from the antenna, and a base that rotatably supports the antenna; a slip ring that transmits and receives electrical signals with the antenna-side equipment and base-side equipment included in the base; an optical rotary joint that transmits and receives optical signals to and from the antenna-side equipment and the base-side equipment included in the base; and an amplifier that performs a process for cancelling out a variation amount of an actual transmission signal from a desired power at an actual angle of the optical rotary joint based on the actual angle of the optical rotary joint and a correspondence relationship between respective angles of the optical rotary joint and variation amounts of transmission signals from the desired power at the respective angles.


20240422752. METHODS, DEVICES, AND MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)

Inventor(s): Zhaobang MIAO of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation, Gang WANG of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W72/0453, H04W72/25

CPC Code(s): H04W72/0453



Abstract: example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an effective mechanism for handing the scenario of discontinuous coverage. in this solution, the first terminal device receives receive a sidelink transmission on a first resource within a frequency bandwidth. then the first terminal device determines at least one second resource within the frequency bandwidth for transmitting feedback information for the sidelink transmission, a frequency range occupied by the at least one second resource exceeding or being equal to a predefined percentage of the bandwidth, the at least one second resource comprising a common second resource and transmits the feedback information on the at least one second resource. in this way, the occupied channel bandwidth requirement for the feedback information of the sidelink transmission is ensured.


NEC CORPORATION patent applications on December 19th, 2024