NEC Corporation patent applications on February 20th, 2025
Patent Applications by NEC Corporation on February 20th, 2025
NEC Corporation: 25 patent applications
NEC Corporation has applied for patents in the areas of G06V40/16 (3), G06V20/52 (2), H04L9/40 (2), G06F21/32 (2), G06T7/60 (2) A61B5/1116 (1), G06T11/60 (1), H04N23/611 (1), H04L63/10 (1), H04L49/201 (1)
With keywords such as: image, information, unit, means, light, target, device, user, apparatus, and control in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by NEC Corporation
Inventor(s): Zhenwei WANG of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kenichiro FUKUSHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Chenhui HUANG of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiroshi KAJITANI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Fumiyuki NIHEY of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A61B5/00, G16H50/30
CPC Code(s): A61B5/1116
Abstract: provided is an evaluation device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires position data pertaining to a plurality of measurement target sites established in an evaluation target segment of a body, a calculation unit that fits a circle to the plurality of measurement target sites and calculates a value of a diameter of the fitted circle, an evaluation unit that evaluates flexibility of the evaluation target segment according to the calculated value of the diameter of the circle, and an output unit that outputs an evaluation result relating to the flexibility of the evaluation target segment.
Inventor(s): Yuta SHIMIZU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): B60R21/015, G06F3/01, G06T7/70, G06V20/59, G06V40/16
CPC Code(s): B60R21/015
Abstract: a locating means identifies a location of at least one vehicle occupant in a vehicle. an attribute identifying means identifies an attribute of the at least one vehicle occupant from an image captured by a camera for capturing an image of inside of the vehicle. a control means performs control of a device inside the vehicle based on the location identified by the locating means and the attribute identified by the attribute identifying means.
Inventor(s): Masayuki TAKEKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kosei KOBAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masaaki TAKEUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kazuki OGATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Nobuyuki TOZAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): B60W30/095, G08G1/16
CPC Code(s): B60W30/095
Abstract: a monitoring-control apparatus according to the present disclosure can improve safety inside a vehicle. in the monitoring-control apparatus, a monitoring information acquisition unit acquires monitoring information including at least one item out of vehicle information, intra-vehicular information, and extra-vehicular information of a vehicle being a monitoring target. an avoidance action formulation unit formulates a plurality of avoidance actions for the vehicle to avoid a collision, based on the monitoring information. for each of the plurality of avoidance actions, a degree-of-damage calculation unit calculates a degree of damage to the inside of the vehicle by the avoidance action, based on the monitoring information. an avoidance action instruction unit selects an avoidance action from among the plurality of avoidance actions, based on the degree of damage, and instructs the vehicle on the selected avoidance action.
Inventor(s): Sakiko Mishima of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takahiro Kumura of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Murtuza Petladwala of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01B11/02
CPC Code(s): G01B11/02
Abstract: a displacement estimation apparatus includes: a first displacement estimation unit estimates first displacement that occurred in a structure, based on change of a signal from an optical fiber cable laid in the structure; and a second displacement estimation unit that estimates bias included in the estimated first displacement, and calculating second displacement by removing the bias from the first displacement.
Inventor(s): Kohei SUGAI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takashi KURIBARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masato KITA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Ryosuke KUMAGAI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01C21/00, G01C21/20, G01P13/00
CPC Code(s): G01C21/3807
Abstract: an information output device includes: information reception means for receiving radio wave information about a radio wave present in surroundings being received by radio wave reception means for receiving the radio wave; estimation means for estimating, based on the radio wave information, a movement direction of wireless communication means for performing wireless communication in which an influence of radio wave interference on the wireless communication is reduced; and output means for outputting movement information being information indicating the movement direction, wherein the output means outputs the movement information to display means for displaying an image, the movement information is image information for displaying the image on the display means, and the image is an image in which the movement direction of the wireless communication means is displayed on a map.
Inventor(s): Kazumine OGURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masayuki Ariyoshi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01V3/12, G06F18/214, G06F18/40
CPC Code(s): G01V3/12
Abstract: the present invention provides a processing apparatus () including an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit () that irradiates an electromagnetic wave from a transmission antenna, and receives a reflection wave by a reception antenna; a label determination image generation unit () that generates a label determination image, based on a signal of the received reflection wave; a learning image generation unit () that generates a learning image, based on a signal being a part of a signal of the receive reflection wave, and less than a signal to be used in generation of the label determination image; a label determination unit () that determines a label, based on the label determination image; and a training data generation unit () that generates training data in which the learning image and the label are associated, and causing a training data storage unit () to store the generated training data.
Inventor(s): Masafumi Kurita of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G05D1/689, G05D1/48, G05D1/695, G05D105/55, G05D109/20
CPC Code(s): G05D1/689
Abstract: a control device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: control a first flying object and a second flying object in such a way that the first flying object hovers above a first target device, and the second flying object hovers above a second target device; control the first flying object in such a way that the first flying object measure a first distance to the second flying object in response to the first flying object hovering above the first target device and the second flying object hovering above the second target device; and acquire the measured first distance from the first flying object.
Inventor(s): Yuki TSURUOKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akihiko ONITA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yushi NIWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takashi MIYAKE of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1423
Abstract: this output control system comprises: a specifying unit; and a first output control unit. the specifying unit specifies the position of a tablet by recognizing the code displayed on a tablet in a real space by using an imaging device. the first output control unit displays a shape representing an input area of the tablet of which the position is specified in a virtual space on the head-mounted display.
Inventor(s): Haruka Kurose of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kakumi Otani of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Junichi Inoue of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F21/32, H04L9/40
CPC Code(s): G06F21/32
Abstract: a terminal includes a determination request unit and a registration unit. the determination request unit transmits to a server apparatus a determination request including biometric information of a target person to be determined regarding a determination as to whether or not a system registration is made to proceed with a predetermined procedure using an authentication terminal that supports biometric authentication. when the target person to be determined is not registered in a system, a registration unit transmits a token issuance request that includes biometric information of the target person to be determined who is not registered in the system to the server apparatus. by transmitting the token issuance request, the registration unit requests the server apparatus to register the target person to be determined in the system who is not registered in system.
Inventor(s): Ichiro IGURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Naoki KATOH of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takahiro TOIZUMI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akiyuki ISHIYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yasuhiko AWASAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F40/106, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0483
CPC Code(s): G06F40/106
Abstract: in order to easily select a candidate from among layout candidates, the candidate conforming with the intention of a user, an information processing apparatus () includes: a display control section () for displaying, on a display, (i) a list of articles to be arranged in a layout and (ii) pieces of layout information in each of which an arrangement of the articles in a corresponding one of candidates for the layout is represented with use of respective shapes corresponding to the articles, the list and the pieces of layout information being displayed such that the shapes are associated with the articles in the list; and an accepting section () for accepting a selection made by a user with respect to the candidates.
Inventor(s): Ryo IWASAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takuo DAIKAKU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06K7/10, G06V20/52, G06V40/10
CPC Code(s): G06K7/10118
Abstract: an article reading system 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: identify a reading position from an image including a gate and a customer; and execute reading of article information from a wireless tag appended to an article, using an article reader provided to the gate.
Inventor(s): Hiroyasu Saiga of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Naoto Maeda of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tatsu Kimura of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takayuki Okuna of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00, A61B1/00, G06T7/60
CPC Code(s): G06T7/0012
Abstract: the endoscopic image acquisition means acquires an endoscopic image. the polyp detection means detects a polyp area from the endoscopic image. the first estimation means estimates a size of the polyp based on an image of the detected polyp area. the output means outputs an estimation result of the size of the polyp.
Inventor(s): Hiroo IKEDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T7/246, G06F18/23, G06F18/24, G06T7/60, G06T7/70, G06V20/52
CPC Code(s): G06T7/246
Abstract: a crowd type classification system of an aspect of the present invention includes: a staying crowd detection unit that detects a local region indicating a crowd in staying from a plurality of local regions determined in an image acquired by an image acquisition device; a crowd direction estimation unit that estimates a direction of the crowd for an image of a part corresponding to the detected local region, and appends the direction of the crowd to the local region; and a crowd type classification unit that classifies a type of the crowd including a plurality of staying persons for the local region to which the direction is appended by using a relative vector indicating a relative positional relationship between two local regions and directions of crowds in the two local regions, and outputs the type and positions of the crowds.
Inventor(s): Tomoki Kitahori of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T11/60, G06V10/44
CPC Code(s): G06T11/60
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate, based on a first image taken of a person at a first angle of depression, a pseudo image corresponding to an image taken of the person at a second angle of depression different from the first angle of depression. the generation unit is configured to perform transformation on an image region of a head part of the person difference from that performed on an image region of a torso part of the person. the information processing apparatus includes a creation unit for creating, based on the pseudo image, a recognition dictionary of the person whose image is taken at the second angle of depression.
Inventor(s): Tomoki KITAHORI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V20/58, G06T7/73, G06V20/56
CPC Code(s): G06V20/58
Abstract: a falling-down detection apparatus according to the present invention includes a first detection unit that detects a set of skeletal points of a person present near a vehicle from a first image taken by a first on-board camera mounted on a vehicle traveling on a road, a second detection unit that detects a road area indicating an area of the road from the first image, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the person is lying down on the road based on a positional relationship between a skeletal point and the road area. in particular, the determination unit uses a distance of the skeletal point from a ground calculated from position information of the skeletal point and position information of the road area as the positional relationship.
Inventor(s): Toru AOYAGI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoshiko IMANISHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V40/16, G06V30/413, G06V40/40
CPC Code(s): G06V40/168
Abstract: this invention can readily, reliably perform identity verification and input of user information when opening an account from a terminal. an information processing apparatus includes a first feature extractor extracting a first feature from a face image of a user included in a moving image, a second feature extractor extracting a second feature from a face image of an identity verification document for authenticating the user included in the moving image, a collator collating whether the first feature and the second feature match each other, a determiner instructing the user to perform a predetermined action, and determining whether an action of the user included in the moving image corresponds to the instructed predetermined action, and a verifier verifying that the user is the person himself or herself, when the first feature and the second feature match each other and the action of the user corresponds to the instructed predetermined action.
Inventor(s): Tomoaki TANAKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G07B15/02, G06F21/32, G06V40/16
CPC Code(s): G07B15/02
Abstract: a parking lot terminal includes a face image acquisition unit acquires a first face image obtained by capturing an image of a user who drives a vehicle entering a parking lot and a second face image obtained by capturing an image of a user who drives a vehicle exiting the parking lot, and a server includes: a user information storage unit stores identification information on a user, registered face information, and destination information in advance; an entry processing unit transmits, when a vehicle enters the parking lot, temporary password information to a user terminal and stores identification information and password information in an entry information storage unit; and an exit processing unit performs authentication, when the vehicle exits the parking lot, using the temporary password information when identification information on the exiting user is not stored in the entry information storage unit.
Inventor(s): Ling GUO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hitoshi YAMAMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G10L13/02
CPC Code(s): G10L13/02
Abstract: a speech recognizing system comprises: an utterance data acquiring means for acquiring real utterance data uttered by a speaker, a text converting means for converting the real utterance data into a text data, a speech synthesizing means for generating corresponding synthesis speech corresponding to the real utterance data by speech synthesizing using the text data, a conversion model generating means for generating a conversion model converting input speech into synthesis speech using the real utterance data and the corresponding synthesis speech, and a speech recognizing means for speech recognizing the synthesis speech converted using the conversion model.
20250062586. OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)
Inventor(s): Takeshi TAKEUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Satoshi Mikami of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H01S3/10, H01S3/067, H01S3/094, H04J14/02
CPC Code(s): H01S3/10015
Abstract: an optical amplification system includes: an optical mixer which combined first light, second light, third light, and fourth light, then branches the combined lights, and outputs first combined light, second combined light, third combined light, and fourth combined light; a first brancher that branches the first combined light and outputs first excitation light and second excitation light; a second brancher that branches the second combined light and outputs third excitation light and fourth excitation light; a third brancher that branches the third combined light and outputs fifth excitation light and sixth excitation light; and a fourth brancher that branches the fourth combined light and outputs seventh excitation light and eighth excitation light.
Inventor(s): Kohei YOSHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Koya TAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, FujIo OKUMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for nec corporation, Ryota NIHEI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, kenji WAKAFUJI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B1/40
CPC Code(s): H04B1/40
Abstract: a transmitter/receiver that includes a spherical radio wave lens in which a meta-surface converging a desired radio wave which is a transmitting/receiving target is formed and a plurality of array antennas that are arranged to face the spherical radio wave lens, and include antenna units that transmit and receive the desired radio wave which is the transmitting/receiving target and are arranged in accordance with focal positions of the spherical radio wave lens.
20250062818. METHODS AND DEVICES FOR COMMUNICATION_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)
Inventor(s): Yukai GAO of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation, Peng GUAN of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation, Gang WANG of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04B7/06964
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer storage media for communication. according to this solution, a terminal device detects a beam failure on a first component carrier (cc). the terminal device applies at least one ne quasi co-location (qcl) parameters as the ones associated with a first reference signal for downlink reception on the first cc until a first timing, or applies a spatial domain filter as the one associated with the first reference signal or as for a physical random access channel (prach) transmission for uplink transmission on the first cc until the first timing. in this way, the failed cc can still be under control of common beam update/activation.
Inventor(s): Shinichi ANAMI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L49/201, H04L12/46
CPC Code(s): H04L49/201
Abstract: a communication system includes at least one first device having a communication function, at least one second device having a communication function, and a communication apparatus that communicates with the first device within the same network, forms a tunnel network together with the opposite second device and virtually communicates with the second device in the same network segment via the tunnel network, executes igmp snooping and analyzes a multicast transfer policy, and controls packet transfer according to the multicast transfer policy for a packet to be transferred in communication between the first device and the second device. accordingly, it is possible to provide a communication system that can maintain communication quality, improve usability, and suppress a failure.
Inventor(s): Shohei MITANI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hirofumi Ueda of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40
CPC Code(s): H04L63/10
Abstract: an information processing apparatus according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire a data set in which a plurality of combinations of a pattern of a plurality of elements indicating an access attribute and an access control action associated with the pattern of the elements are defined and request a user to input an action associated with a pattern of an element not covered by the data set in a case in which the data set does not cover an action associated with one or more assumed patterns of an element.
Inventor(s): Yuta Shimizu of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N23/611, H04N23/80
CPC Code(s): H04N23/611
Abstract: an object of the present disclosure is to provide a camera control apparatus, a control method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium capable of bringing the state of an image into an optimum state for authentication in a shorter time even when the state of the image has changed rapidly. a camera control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: area determination means for determining a part of a first image including an authentication target as a first area, the first image being obtained by capturing a nearby environment, determining a part of a second image including the authentication target as a second area, the second image being obtained by setting a control parameter of the camera control apparatus so that a state of an image of the authentication target becomes an optimum state for authentication of the authentication target and then capturing the nearby environment.
Inventor(s): Kundan TIWARI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Toshiyuki TAMURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, iskren Ianev of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W8/18
CPC Code(s): H04W8/18
Abstract: the policy control function (pcf) provides ue policy (e.g. ursp, andsp, v2xp) to a ue supporting the s1 and n1 mode when the ue is registered in the 5gs. in addition, the ue policy is also used while the ue is registered to the eps. in current 3gpp specifications, there is no procedure defined for sending the ue policy to the ue when the ue is attached to the eps. in absence of the ue policy, user data from the ue cannot be routed properly when the ue is registered to eps. a method of a user equipment (ue) includes sending, to a mobility management entity (mme), a first message including information to obtain a ue policy, and receiving, from the mme, a second message including the ue policy.
- NEC Corporation
- A61B5/11
- A61B5/00
- G16H50/30
- CPC A61B5/1116
- Nec corporation
- B60R21/015
- G06F3/01
- G06T7/70
- G06V20/59
- G06V40/16
- CPC B60R21/015
- B60W30/095
- G08G1/16
- CPC B60W30/095
- G01B11/02
- CPC G01B11/02
- G01C21/00
- G01C21/20
- G01P13/00
- CPC G01C21/3807
- G01V3/12
- G06F18/214
- G06F18/40
- CPC G01V3/12
- G05D1/689
- G05D1/48
- G05D1/695
- G05D105/55
- G05D109/20
- CPC G05D1/689
- G06F3/14
- CPC G06F3/1423
- G06F21/32
- H04L9/40
- CPC G06F21/32
- G06F40/106
- G06F3/0482
- G06F3/0483
- CPC G06F40/106
- G06K7/10
- G06V20/52
- G06V40/10
- CPC G06K7/10118
- G06T7/00
- A61B1/00
- G06T7/60
- CPC G06T7/0012
- G06T7/246
- G06F18/23
- G06F18/24
- CPC G06T7/246
- G06T11/60
- G06V10/44
- CPC G06T11/60
- G06V20/58
- G06T7/73
- G06V20/56
- CPC G06V20/58
- G06V30/413
- G06V40/40
- CPC G06V40/168
- G07B15/02
- CPC G07B15/02
- G10L13/02
- CPC G10L13/02
- H01S3/10
- H01S3/067
- H01S3/094
- H04J14/02
- CPC H01S3/10015
- H04B1/40
- CPC H04B1/40
- H04B7/06
- H04L5/00
- CPC H04B7/06964
- H04L49/201
- H04L12/46
- CPC H04L49/201
- CPC H04L63/10
- H04N23/611
- H04N23/80
- CPC H04N23/611
- H04W8/18
- CPC H04W8/18
