NEC Corporation patent applications on August 8th, 2024
Patent Applications by NEC Corporation on August 8th, 2024
NEC Corporation: 22 patent applications
NEC Corporation has applied for patents in the areas of A61B5/00 (2), G16H50/20 (2), H04N23/667 (2), A61B1/00 (1), G10L25/66 (1) A61B1/000094 (1), G10L25/66 (1), H04W28/0289 (1), H04N23/667 (1), H04N23/611 (1)
With keywords such as: device, image, unit, information, apparatus, target, means, imaging, based, and data in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by NEC Corporation
Inventor(s): Masahiro SAIKOU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): A61B1/00, A61B5/00, A61B34/10, G06T7/73
CPC Code(s): A61B1/000094
Abstract: provided are a surgery assistance apparatus, a surgery assistance method, and a computer readable recording medium that includes a surgery assistance program recorded thereon that improve the accuracy of endoscopic surgery by identifying a target part image. a surgery assistance apparatus includes a feature amount calculation unit that calculates, from a human-body internal image captured using an endoscope, a feature amount of a target part image corresponding to a target part, a similarity degree calculation unit that calculates a similarity degree of the features amount between different human-body internal images, and an identification unit that identifies the target part image in each of the different human-body internal images if the similarity degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
Inventor(s): Hiroshi KAJITANI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A61B5/00
CPC Code(s): A61B5/112
Abstract: a condition setting device includes an acquisition unit that acquires measurement success/failure information indicating success/failure of measurement of a physical quantity related to a motion of a foot, the measurement being executed by a measurement device installed at a foot portion of a user at a measurement opportunity included in a target measurement time zone, and a measurement condition setting unit that sets, based on the measurement success/failure information in the target measurement time zone, a measurement condition including a standby time from when a gait is sensed at a measurement opportunity included in a related measurement time zone related to the target measurement time zone to when measurement is started.
20240262145. ROBOT AND ROBOT PROPULSION METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)
Inventor(s): Takeharu Kitagawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): B60F5/02, B62D57/032, B64U10/70, B64U30/12
CPC Code(s): B60F5/02
Abstract: a walking robot includes a plurality of propulsion devices that are attached to the robot and apply thrust to the robot. at least one propulsion device of the plurality of propulsion devices is movably attached to a body unit by a movable device. the walking robot includes a control device. the control device performs posture control of changing a posture of the propulsion device attached to the body unit from a posture during walking by controlling the movable device during propulsion that is moving using the propulsion device. the control device performs direction control of a leg unit such that an extending direction of the leg unit during propulsion is opposite to a forward direction by controlling a hip joint actuator.
Inventor(s): Chisato FUNAYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masato TSUKADA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01J3/52, G01J3/10, G01J3/42, G01J3/50, G06T7/90, G06V40/10
CPC Code(s): G01J3/52
Abstract: a chart includes: a substrate; a first skin reflection patch part that is formed on the substrate and that simulates reflection of near-infrared rays of a predetermined wavelength, in a skin of a living body of a first skin color; and a second skin reflection patch part that is formed on the substrate and that simulates reflection of the near-infrared rays of the predetermined wavelength, in the skin of the living body of a second skin color that is different from the first skin color. according to such a chart, it is possible to properly determine whether or not an imaging environment of an image is suitable for biometric authentication.
Inventor(s): Hiroshi Imai of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G02B26/08, H04N23/55
CPC Code(s): G02B26/0883
Abstract: an optical system including: an imaging element configured to convert light into an electric signal; a lens configured to deflect and converge the light; and a prism disposed in an optical path between the imaging element and the lens, wherein a virtual image of a light receiving surface of the imaging element is formed in the prism and a focusing surface is at a position conjugate with the virtual image with the lens interposed therebetween.
Inventor(s): Kris Ranganath of Sacramento CA (US) for nec corporation, Erwin Alva of Sacramento CA (US) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/04817, G06F3/04847, G06T3/60, G06T11/00, G06V10/143, G06V10/50, G06V40/18, G06V40/60
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to: obtain a first image including a first representation of an iris region of a first eye; obtain a second image including a second representation of an iris region of a second eye; receive an input to rotate at least one of the first image or the second image; and control a display to display the at least one of the first image or the second image in a rotated state based on the input.
Inventor(s): Genki KUSANO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F16/25
CPC Code(s): G06F16/258
Abstract: to make it possible to extract similar data from across different data sets and to interpret the reason for the extraction, an information processing apparatus () includes: a feature calculation section () that calculates, with respect to data included in a second data set with which a second attribute expressed in a natural language is associated, a second feature pertaining to the second attribute; and a conversion section () that converts, on the basis of a relationship between a first attribute and the second attribute, the second feature into a first feature pertaining to the first attribute.
Inventor(s): Yuto HAYAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Norio YAMAGAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F21/55
CPC Code(s): G06F21/552
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to a monitoring area determination apparatus that determines, for software to be monitored, a monitoring area of a tampering detection feature call function (hook) incorporated together with a tampering detection feature. the apparatus generates a cfg based on a binary of the software, temporarily determines, based on the cfg, a part of a source code of the software into which a hook is incorporated and temporarily determines, based on the cfg, in accordance with a predetermined rule, a monitoring area of the hook whose incorporated part is temporarily determined, sequentially selects the hook whose incorporated part has been temporarily determined, adds a node to the temporarily-determined monitoring area of the selected hook based on a predetermined allowable processing delay, and determines, as the monitoring area of the selected hook, a monitoring area after the node is added to the temporarily-determined monitoring area of the selected hook.
Inventor(s): Masaaki OOISHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06K7/10
CPC Code(s): G06K7/10297
Abstract: a reading system () includes a reading device () and a server apparatus (). the reading device () includes a transmission unit () that transmits own model information to the server apparatus (), a reception unit () that receives, from the server apparatus (), guide information for displaying a position of a medium () relative to the reading device () during wireless communication, and a display processing unit () that causes a display () to display a display element based on the guide information. the server apparatus () includes an acquisition unit () that acquires model information from the reading device (), and a guide information transmission unit () that acquires associated guide information, based on the model information, and transmits the guide information to the reading device ().
Inventor(s): Yuji KOBAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoshiaki SAKAE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takashi KONASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiroki TAGATO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Jun NISHIOKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Jun KODAMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Etsuko ICHIHARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N20/00
CPC Code(s): G06N20/00
Abstract: in a model optimization device for a parameter estimation concerning optical communications, a model acquisition acquires a trained model. a data acquisition means acquires data from a terminal device. a model update means performs a model update of the trained model step by step to generate an updated model based on the data. a model output means outputs to an output destination device corresponding to the terminal device.
Inventor(s): Yasuhiro Ajiro of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0637, G06V30/19
CPC Code(s): G06Q10/06375
Abstract: to more accurately identify a business negotiation similar to a target business negotiation, a sales support apparatus () includes: an obtaining section () that obtains a first document set including one or more first documents in each of which contents of a first business negotiation are described in a natural language; and an identification section () that refers, for each of multiple second business negotiations that are other than the first business negotiation, to a storage device storing a second document set including a second document in which contents of the second business negotiation are described in a natural language, and identifies a second business negotiation that is similar to the first business negotiation from among the second business negotiations, on the basis of a degree of similarity between the first document set and the second document set.
Inventor(s): Kazuhiro WATANABE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akinori Ebihara of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Taiki Miyagawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00, G06V10/764, G16H30/40, G16H50/20
CPC Code(s): G06T7/0012
Abstract: according to one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire a plurality of elements included in sequential data; a first calculation unit configured to calculate, based on two or more of the plurality of elements, an indicator indicating which one of a plurality of classes each of the plurality of elements should belong to; a second calculation unit configured to calculate weights showing importance of the respective indicators of the plurality of respective elements; a third calculation unit configured to weight the indicators of the plurality of respective elements by the corresponding weights and integrate the weighted indicators to calculate an integrated indicator indicating which one of the plurality of classes the sequential data should belong to; and a classification unit configured to classify the sequential data into one of the classes based on the integrated indicator.
Inventor(s): Tsvi LEV of Tel-Aviv (IL) for nec corporation of america
IPC Code(s): G06T15/50, G06T17/00, G06V10/60, H04N23/56
CPC Code(s): G06T15/506
Abstract: disclosed herein is a method of improving computation of a 3 dimensional (3d) model of an object, comprising adjusting one or more illumination parameter of one or more light sources illuminating a target object having one or more high reflection surfaces, and operating one or more image sensors to capture a plurality of images depicting the target object from a plurality of different viewpoints while the object is illuminated by the one or more light sources. wherein the plurality of images are used by one or more processors to compute a 3d model of the target object based on a plurality of features extracted from the plurality of images.
Inventor(s): Shota MORISHITA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G10L25/66, G08B21/02, H04M3/02
CPC Code(s): G10L25/66
Abstract: a notification system includes: detection means () for detecting an acoustic event from voice data transmitted from a communication terminal held by a target person; and notification means () for sending a predetermined notification when the detection means () has detected the acoustic event. accordingly, it is possible to determine the state of a target person regardless of the state of this person. further, when the difference between an acoustic pattern of the voice data transmitted from the communication terminal and acoustic patterns registered in advance is outside a predetermined range, a management server () does not send a notification, whereby it is possible to prevent communication traffic from being increased based on unnecessary notifications.
Inventor(s): Tasuku KITADE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G16H50/20
CPC Code(s): G16H50/20
Abstract: a stressor estimation device x mainly includes a chronic stress acquisition means x, a difference acquisition means x, and a stressor estimation means x. the chronic stress acquisition means x acquires a first chronic stress value of a target person in a first period and a second chronic stress value of the target person in a second period. the difference acquisition means x acquires difference information representing a difference between the first chronic stress value and the second chronic stress value and a difference between an event that occurred in the first period and an event that occurred in the second period. the stressor estimation means x estimates a stressor relating to a chronic stress of the target person, based on the difference information.
Inventor(s): Yuushi MATSUO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/29, G02B6/42, H04B10/079
CPC Code(s): H04B10/29
Abstract: an optical repeater includes: a first fan-in/fan-out (fifo) including a first mcf connectable to a first mcf transmission path, and a first scf group including a plurality of scfs relevantly connected to each core of the first mcf; and a monitoring light circuit that outputs, based on a fixed loss, monitoring light being input to a first core included in the first mcf, from light being output from a first scf being an scf included in the first scf group and being an scf relevant to the first core.
Inventor(s): Mingqi WU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kazushi MURAOKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/516, H04J14/02
CPC Code(s): H04B10/516
Abstract: a penalty is introduced to the channel with less noise when the difference in the transmitted signal quality among channels is reduced; therefore, an equalization apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the disclosure includes a processing means for performing a process associated with a signal using a transfer function with a coefficient, the signal propagating through each of a plurality of channels; and a coefficient generating means for generating the coefficient based on channel quality information on each of the plurality of channels.
Inventor(s): Yuto Suzuki of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L9/32, G06V10/70
CPC Code(s): H04L9/32
Abstract: an image analysis server () includes personal information analysis means () for determining whether an image analysis target image contains personal information, encryption means () for encrypting the image analysis target image if it is determined that the image analysis target image contains the personal information, and storage means () for storing the image analysis target image encrypted by the encryption means. thus, measures (security measures) can be taken to prevent the leakage of image analysis target images (images containing personal information such as names, phone numbers, and photos that can identify individuals).
Inventor(s): Jun NISHIOKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoshiaki SAKAE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiroki TAGATO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takashi KONASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuji KOBAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Etsuko ICHIHARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Jun KODAMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L41/0659, H04L9/40
CPC Code(s): H04L41/0661
Abstract: an information processing apparatus () includes acquisition means () for acquiring information indicating a defect of a first relay apparatus (), and control means () for changing at least one of a setting of the first relay apparatus regarding communication and a setting of a second relay apparatus () regarding communication based on the information acquired by the acquisition means, the second relay apparatus being configured to communicate with the first relay apparatus.
Inventor(s): Yuka OGINO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Keiichi Chono of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N23/611, G06T7/70, G06V40/19, H04N23/667, H04N23/67, H04N23/90
CPC Code(s): H04N23/611
Abstract: an imaging system is provided with: a first imaging apparatus () that captures an image of an imaging target (t, tp) that is located at a first point (p); a second imaging apparatus () a focus position of which is set at a second point (p) that is located at a forward side along a moving direction of the imaging target than the first point; and a control apparatus () that controls the second imaging apparatus to capture an image of the imaging target that is located at the second point on the basis of the image () captured by the first imaging apparatus.
Inventor(s): Keiichi CHONO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N23/667, A61B5/1171
CPC Code(s): H04N23/667
Abstract: an imaging system () includes an imaging unit () configured to capture an eye of a target person, and a mode control unit () configured to select one of imaging modes including a first imaging mode that sets a capture volume for which a greatest distance from the imaging unit () in an optical axis direction of the imaging unit () is a first distance, and a second imaging mode that sets the capture volume for which the greatest distance from the imaging unit is a second distance, in which the second distance is greater than the first distance. with the imaging system (), a balance between an image quality matching a purpose of use and a capturing time may be easily achieved.
Inventor(s): Hajime ZEMBUTSU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Toshiyuki TAMURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Naoaki SUZUKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04L67/104, H04W8/02, H04W12/06, H04W28/10, H04W48/00, H04W72/04
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0289
Abstract: an object is to provide a control device which can control, in consideration of a traffic characteristic of an application operating between an application server and a communication terminal, traffic or a data amount transferred on a core network. a control device () according to the present example embodiment includes: a communication unit () configured to receive, via a service control device () which authenticates an application server () providing a service for a communication terminal (), information relating to a transmittable data amount determined in the application server (); and a control unit () configured to execute, by using the information relating to the transmittable data amount, traffic control on data transmitted from the communication terminal ().
Inventor(s): Yukai GAO of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation, Gang WANG of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W72/044, H04J13/00, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04W72/0466
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media for communication. a method comprises determining, at a first device, a first parameter for determination of a sequence group index based on at least one of the following: a second parameter indicating an identity associated with a physical channel between the first device and a second device, a third parameter indicating a scrambling identity, and a fourth parameter indicating a cell identity; determining the sequence group index based on the first parameter; generating, at least based on the sequence group index, a demodulation reference signal (dmrs) sequence to be transmitted to the second device; and transmitting the generated dmrs sequence to the second device over the physical channel. embodiments of the present disclosure can enable dmrs transmission with low peak to average power ratio (papr) and high flexibility.
- NEC Corporation
- A61B1/00
- A61B5/00
- A61B34/10
- G06T7/73
- CPC A61B1/000094
- Nec corporation
- A61B5/11
- CPC A61B5/112
- B60F5/02
- B62D57/032
- B64U10/70
- B64U30/12
- CPC B60F5/02
- G01J3/52
- G01J3/10
- G01J3/42
- G01J3/50
- G06T7/90
- G06V40/10
- CPC G01J3/52
- G02B26/08
- H04N23/55
- CPC G02B26/0883
- G06F3/01
- G06F3/04817
- G06F3/04847
- G06T3/60
- G06T11/00
- G06V10/143
- G06V10/50
- G06V40/18
- G06V40/60
- CPC G06F3/013
- G06F16/25
- CPC G06F16/258
- G06F21/55
- CPC G06F21/552
- G06K7/10
- CPC G06K7/10297
- G06N20/00
- CPC G06N20/00
- G06Q10/0637
- G06V30/19
- CPC G06Q10/06375
- G06T7/00
- G06V10/764
- G16H30/40
- G16H50/20
- CPC G06T7/0012
- G06T15/50
- G06T17/00
- G06V10/60
- H04N23/56
- CPC G06T15/506
- Nec corporation of america
- G10L25/66
- G08B21/02
- H04M3/02
- CPC G10L25/66
- CPC G16H50/20
- H04B10/29
- G02B6/42
- H04B10/079
- CPC H04B10/29
- H04B10/516
- H04J14/02
- CPC H04B10/516
- H04L9/32
- G06V10/70
- CPC H04L9/32
- H04L41/0659
- H04L9/40
- CPC H04L41/0661
- H04N23/611
- G06T7/70
- G06V40/19
- H04N23/667
- H04N23/67
- H04N23/90
- CPC H04N23/611
- A61B5/1171
- CPC H04N23/667
- H04W28/02
- H04L67/104
- H04W8/02
- H04W12/06
- H04W28/10
- H04W48/00
- H04W72/04
- CPC H04W28/0289
- H04W72/044
- H04J13/00
- H04L5/00
- CPC H04W72/0466
