NEC Corporation patent applications on March 21st, 2024
Patent Applications by NEC Corporation on March 21st, 2024
NEC Corporation: 62 patent applications
NEC Corporation has applied for patents in the areas of G06N20/00 (8), G06F18/2135 (6), H04B10/11 (6), G06T7/70 (6), G06F18/214 (6)
With keywords such as: unit, information, communication, image, optical, apparatus, data, target, device, and based in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by NEC Corporation
Inventor(s): Tatsu KIMURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takuma IGARASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): A61B1/00, G06T7/00, G06T11/00, G06T11/20, G16H40/63
Abstract: in the endoscopic examination support apparatus, the image acquisition means acquires an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope. the lesion detection means detects a lesion candidate from the endoscopic video. the heat map generation means generates a heat map indicating a possibility of lesion of the lesion candidate in the endoscopic video by a color. the display control means displays a position of a lesion on a frame of the endoscopic video based on the lesion candidate and the heat map.
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.
Inventor(s): Kazuki Ogata of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shintaro Chiku of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoko Tanaka of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuki Tsuji of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kosei Kobayashi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kei Yanagisawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Natsumi Yokoyama of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): B60W40/06, G06V20/56
Abstract: an on-vehicle apparatus includes an abnormal section determination part that determines a road section having a road surface on which an abnormality is probably present, based on an output value of a sensor mounted on a vehicle, an image selection part that selects an image(s) including the determined road section from a plurality of images shot at predetermined time intervals by a camera mounted on the vehicle, and a transmission part that is able to transmit the selected image(s) to a predetermined server.
Inventor(s): Yuta Goebuchi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01C15/00, G06T17/10
Abstract: the purpose of this invention is to provide a building change detection device, and the like, that make it possible to easily compare a three-dimensional model of a building corresponding to individual points in time and a model of the building based on reference information. a building change detection device comprises a measurement data acquisition means for acquiring measurement data indicating the results of measurement based on emitted laser light emitted onto a region under measurement including a building and reflected laser light, a building model generation means for using the measurement data to generate a building model that is a three-dimensional point-cloud model of the building, a building reference model acquisition means for acquiring a building reference model, and a display control means for carrying out control for displaying a first image including the building reference model and the building model.
Inventor(s): Yusuke Mizukoshi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Chisato Sugawara of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoshihiro Nishikawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuta Shimizu of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01C21/34, G01C21/36
Abstract: a route generation system includes a diagnosis unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. the diagnosis unit performs a diagnosis to estimate a deterioration degree of a road surface from an image to be monitored. the generation unit generates a travel route based on the deterioration degree of the road surface for each point diagnosed by the diagnosis unit and information regarding a road environment affecting the diagnosis for each point, the travel route being generated for capturing another image used for another diagnosis. the output unit outputs the generated travel route.
Inventor(s): Takahiro Ono of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01S17/34, G01S7/481, G01S7/4913
Abstract: the optical sensing system includes a three-dimensional scanner and a scanning density determination means. the three-dimensional scanner measures a distance to a measurement target by scanning the measurement target with a laser light and receiving reflected light of the laser light. the scanning density determination means dynamically determines a scanning density based on a distance to a distance measurement point or luminance of the reflected light during scanning of the three-dimensional scanner so as to suppress variation in a point cloud density caused by a length of the distance to the distance measurement point.
Inventor(s): Jiro Abe of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01S17/89, G01S7/48, G01S7/4911, G01S7/4914, G01S17/08
Abstract: provided is a technique that specifies (a) a part actually having an abnormal change in surface or (b) a region including the part. the device includes at least one processor configured to: extract, on the basis of a reflection signal generated in response to a signal that one of a plurality of emitting sections included in a distance measuring device has emitted to a subject, a part of a surface of the subject which part has an abnormal change, the extracting being carried out for each of the plurality of emitting sections; and specify a region of the surface, the region including parts of the surface which parts have been extracted in relation to two or more of the plurality of emitting sections.
Inventor(s): Takahiro Ono of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G01S17/89, G01S7/481
Abstract: the optical sensing system includes a three-dimensional scanner and an intensity determination means. the three-dimensional scanner scans a measurement target with a laser light and receives reflected light of the laser light to generate distance data indicating a distance to the measurement target and luminance data indicating luminance of the reflected light. the intensity determination means dynamically determines intensity of the laser light based on the distance data so as to suppress a change in luminance of the reflected light caused by a length of the distance during the scanning of the three-dimensional scanner.
Inventor(s): Masafumi OYAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F16/906
Abstract: in order to automatically classify data without using a classifier constructed by machine learning, an information processing apparatus () includes: a data acquiring section () for acquiring target data, which is data to be classified into one of a plurality of categories in a hierarchical structure; and a classifying section () for classifying the target data into one of the plurality of categories in accordance with (i) a matching degree indicating a degree to which the target data matches that category and (ii) an upper-level matching degree indicating a degree to which the target data matches an upper-level category of that category.
Inventor(s): Masaki INOKUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tomohiko YAGYU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F21/55, H04L9/14
Abstract: a display apparatus () includes an acquiring unit () configured to acquire configuration information of an information system that includes a plurality of nodes; a determining unit () configured to determine a display method of displaying an object of security information display concerning a node in the acquired configuration information, based on a security characteristic of an attackable element used to attack the object of security information display and a security characteristic of a preventive measure element preventing an attack on the object of security information display; and a display unit () configured to, when displaying a system configuration of the information system, display the object of security information display in accordance with the determined display method.
Inventor(s): Kunihiro Takeoka of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F40/40
Abstract: in order to expand a taxonomy more accurately, an information processing apparatus () includes: an obtaining section () that obtains a taxonomy which indicates a relationship between a plurality of phrases; a generating section () that generates a new phrase which differs from each of the plurality of phrases, with reference to a first sentence group; and an expanding section () that expands the taxonomy by associating the new phrase with any of the plurality of phrases. one or both of the generating section () and the expanding section () use a language model.
Inventor(s): Shigeaki NAMIKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Toshinori HOSOI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N3/042
Abstract: in order to ensure necessary inference accuracy while minimizing inference time, an information processing apparatus () includes: a first difficulty calculation unit () that calculates difficulty in inference carried out by inputting input data, constituting a time series, to a first-stage inference model among multiple-stage inference models which are configured such that use of a later-stage inference model achieves higher inference accuracy; and a first determination unit () that determines, on the basis of the difficulty, whether a second- or later-stage inference model will be used.
Inventor(s): Yuta HATAKEYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuzuru OKAJIMA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N7/01, G06N20/00
Abstract: an information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a region dividing unit that divides an instance input space of each of a plurality of machine learning models into a plurality of regions and assigns a probability to each of the division regions; a probability calculating unit that calculates a sampling probability on a predetermined instance belonging to the division region based on the probability assigned to the division region; and an instance selecting unit that selects the predetermined instance based on the sampling probability on the predetermined instance.
Inventor(s): Roberto GONZALEZ SANCHEZ of Heidelberg (DE) for nec corporation, Vittorio Prodemo of Madrid (ES) for nec corporation, Marco Gramagiia of Madrid (ES) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N20/00, G06F18/2135, G06F18/214, G06F21/62
Abstract: systems and method for training a shared machine learning (ml) model. a method includes generating, by a first entity, a data transformation function; sharing, by the first entity, the data transformation function with one or more second entities; creating a first private dataset, by the first entity, by applying the data transformation function to a first dataset of the first entity; receiving one or more second private datasets, by the first entity, from the one or more second entities, each second private dataset having been created by applying the data transformation function to a second dataset of the second entity; and training a machine learning (ml) model using the first private dataset and the one or more second private datasets to produce a trained ml model.
Inventor(s): Roberto GONZALEZ SANCHEZ of Heidelberg (DE) for nec corporation, Vittorio Prodomo of Leganes (ES) for nec corporation, Marco gramaglia of Leganes (ES) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N20/00, G06F18/2135, G06F18/214, G06F21/62
Abstract: systems and method for training a shared machine learning (ml) model. a method includes generating, by a first entity, a data transformation function; sharing, by the first entity, the data transformation function with one or more second entities; creating a first private dataset, by the first entity, by applying the data transformation function to a first dataset of the first entity; receiving one or more second private datasets, by the first entity, from the one or more second entities, each second private dataset having been created by applying the data transformation function to a second dataset of the second entity; and training a machine learning (ml) model using the first private dataset and the one or more second private datasets to produce a trained ml model.
Inventor(s): Roberto Gonzales Sanchez of Heidelberg (DE) for nec corporation, Vittorio Prodomo of Leganes (ES) for nec corporation, Marco Gramaglia of Leganes (ES) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N20/00, G06F18/2135, G06F18/214, G06F21/62
Abstract: systems and method for training a shared machine learning (ml) model. a method includes generating, by a first entity, a data transformation function; sharing, by the first entity, the data transformation function with one or more second entities; creating a first private dataset, by the first entity, by applying the data transformation function to a first dataset of the first entity; receiving one or more second private datasets, by the first entity, from the one or more second entities, each second private dataset having been created by applying the data transformation function to a second dataset of the second entity; and training a machine learning (ml) model using the first private dataset and the one or more second private datasets to produce a trained ml model.
Inventor(s): Shinji ITO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/04
Abstract: a purpose of the present invention is to achieve highly accurate optimization for a submodular function when a policy is optimized without preparing data for machine learning. an optimization apparatus () according to the present invention includes a determination unit () that determines one or more execution policies from a predetermined policy in an objective function having diminishing marginal utility and convexity, a reward acquisition unit () that acquires reward, which is an execution result in the objective function for the determined execution policy, a calculation unit () that calculates an update rate of the policy based on the reward, and an update unit () that updates the policy based on the update rate.
Inventor(s): Yasufumi Hirakawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Nobuaki Kawase of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takashi Yasuda of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0836, H04W4/02
Abstract: an information processing apparatus () includes a position information acquisition unit () that acquires position information of a customer, and an order reception unit () that receives an order for product purchase by the customer at a virtual store, when the position information satisfies a criterion.
Inventor(s): Rina TOMITA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuji TAHARA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/087
Abstract: the acquisition unit () acquires target period information that can determine a first period. the first period is a period being a setting target of a preparation plan of a product cooked at a target store. the screen display unit () displays a first screen on a display. the first screen includes an input field of a preparation number of the product by a plurality of kinds of the products. then, an arrangement order of the input field associated with each of the two or more products described above on the first screen is the same as an arrangement order of the two or more products described above on the display shelf.
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): G06Q10/087, G06T7/70, G06V20/40, G06V40/16
Abstract: an item management apparatus manages the number of items displayed on an item shelf. an acquisition unit acquires an ideal quantity indicating an ideal number of items to be displayed, and a current quantity indicating the number of items being actually displayed on the item shelf. a detection unit detects the number of times of taking out and placing back an item with respect to the item shelf. an ideal quantity correction unit corrects the ideal quantity based on the current quantity and the number of times of taking out and placing back the item.
Inventor(s): Rumi Ikezawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q20/20
Abstract: a settlement 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: accept a selection of one of a first process of acquiring settlement information of a commodity registered using a terminal device used by a customer and a second process of acquiring settlement information of a commodity registered by the settlement device having a registration function of registering the commodity through an operation of a customer; and perform the selected first or second process and perform settlement for a price using the acquired settlement information.
Inventor(s): Makoto TAKAMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Daniel ONORO RUBIO of Heidelberg (DE) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0242, G06V10/762, G06V40/18
Abstract: in order to generate and present information that is effective for preparing and determining a product design, a product-design generation support device according to the present invention is provided with an acquisition unit, a classification unit, and an output unit. the acquisition unit acquires design information representing a target design for a target product, as well as gaze information of a plurality of target persons in relation to the target design. the classification unit classifies the plurality of target persons into a plurality of groups on the basis of the acquired design information and gaze information. the output unit outputs the result of the classification.
Inventor(s): Makoto Takamoto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Daniel Onoro Rubio of Heidelberg (DE) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0282, G06N5/022, G06T7/20
Abstract: to generate and present effective information for making and determining a product design, this product design generation support device includes: an acquisition unit; a design classification unit; and an output unit. the acquisition unit acquires design information of each of a plurality of designs of the subject product that are different to each other and line-of-sight information of the subject person for those designs. the design classification unit classifies the plurality of designs into a plurality of groups according to the acquired design information and line-of-sight information. the output unit outputs the classification results.
Inventor(s): Ryo TOMARU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Makoto Takamoto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601
Abstract: the acquisition unit acquires a design image relating to the design of the target product. the estimation unit uses the design image and an estimation model and estimates opinion information and line-of-sight information of a target person regarding the design of the target product. the estimation model is a model obtained by switching persons and products in various ways to learn the relation between, on the one hand, training product information, including product design images, and training attribute information about persons, and, on the other hand, training line-of-sight information of the persons regarding the product designs and training opinion information of the persons regarding the product designs. the output unit outputs the line-of-sight information and the opinion information estimated by the estimation unit.
Inventor(s): Tomoyuki Nishiyama of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q40/06
Abstract: a credit assistance system is configured to include an extraction unit and an output unit. the extraction unit extracts a second company, financial indicators of which at a second point in time coincide with financial indicators of a first company at a first point in time later than the second point in time under prescribed conditions. the output unit outputs actual data of the financial status of the second company after the second point in time.
Inventor(s): Wenjing Cui of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoshihiro Mishima of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T7/73, G06V20/56
Abstract: the area recognition image generation means generates an area recognition image including a road area from an area recognition image which is a captured image of the front of a vehicle. the overhead view image generation means generates a first overhead view image obtained by converting the generated area recognition image into an overhead view image. the line position estimation means estimates a position of line marked on a road surface from the road area identified by the generated first overhead view image, based on a principle of lane boundaries.
Inventor(s): Shizuo SAKAMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kouki Miyamoto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T7/80, H04N23/60
Abstract: a calibration method includes: imaging a member having a predetermined design in which a pattern varies depending on a position on a member surface and a marker disposed at a predetermined position, with at least two cameras; and performing calibration of the at least two cameras by using an image of the member captured by the at least two cameras. according to this calibration method, it is possible to reduce a “deviation” that occurs in a plurality of cameras in a relatively easy manner.
Inventor(s): Eisuke Kawakami of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yasunari Tsuji of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T11/00, G06T7/70
Abstract: an image processing system () includes an image analysis unit (), an image acquisition unit (), and a guide information output unit (). the image analysis unit () analyzes an image in a video captured by an image capturing apparatus, and detects a pose of a personal identification document in the image. the image acquisition unit () acquires, as an image to be processed, an image in the video in which a pose associated to any of a plurality of reference poses preset for the personal identification document is detected. the guide information output unit () outputs, onto the video, guide information representing a reference pose of the personal identification document while changing a type and a display position thereof, depending on a detection result of a pose of the personal identification document.
Inventor(s): Royston RODRIGUES of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masahiro Tani of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V10/75, G06V10/26, G06V10/44, G06V10/74
Abstract: the image matching apparatus () acquires a ground-view image () and an aerial-view image (). the image matching apparatus () extracts features from the ground-view image (). the image matching apparatus () extracts features from the aerial-view image (). the image matching apparatus () extracts a plurality of partial aerial regions () from the aerial-view image (), and extracts features from each partial aerial region (). the image matching apparatus () computes, for each partial aerial region (), a combined aerial feature by combining the features of the partial aerial region () and the features of the aerial-view image (). the image matching apparatus () determines, for each partial aerial region (), whether the partial aerial region () matches the ground-view image () by comparing the combined aerial feature of the partial aerial region () and the features of the ground-view image ().
Inventor(s): Akira Hirokawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V10/98, G06V40/12
Abstract: an information processing device includes an extraction unit that extracts a core line from an image containing dermatoglyphic pattern; an identification unit that identifies an evaluation value indicating possibility of the dermatoglyphic pattern of the core line; and a correction unit that corrects the image based on the evaluation value.
Inventor(s): Eiichi Tokumi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shohe Ikeda of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V20/52, G01S13/86, G01S13/91, G01S17/88
Abstract: a detection device is constructed by a combination of a plurality of types of detection sensors, which include at least a photographing device serving as a sensor that detects an unmanned aerial vehicle, among a plurality of types of detection sensors including a radar, a lidar, a passive radar, and the photographing device. an acquisition unit acquires a sensor signal output. an image processing unit detects an unmanned aerial vehicle by object recognition processing from an image photographed. a determination unit determines whether or not a suspicious vehicle, which is an unmanned aerial vehicle not permitted to fly in the monitored airspace, has intruded into the monitored airspace on the basis of the result of detecting an unmanned aerial vehicle from the photographed image and a sensor signal output from a detection sensor other than the photographing device among the plurality of types of detection sensors constructing the detection device.
Inventor(s): Kazuki Ogata of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kosei Kobayashi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kei Yanagisawa of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shintaro Chiku of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yoko Tanaka of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuki Tsuji of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Natsumi Yokoyama of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V20/56, G06T7/62, G06V10/74
Abstract: a data collection apparatus, including: a data reception part that receives sensor data from a vehicle capable of photographing a road surface, the sensor data being acquired by a sensor mounted on the vehicle; and a control part that evaluates a goodness degree of a road surface photographing environment on a basis of the sensor data and control a transmission from the vehicle of a road surface photographed image on a basis of the goodness degree of the road surface photographing environment.
Inventor(s): Mariko Hagiwara of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V40/16, G06V10/75, G06V20/64, G06V40/50
Abstract: the disclosure provides an authentication system () including: an acquisition unit () that acquires a processing target image including a face of a user; a per-part evaluation unit () that evaluates a change for each part of a face, based on a registration image being preregistered and the processing target image; a verification unit () that performs face verification processing, based on the registration image and the processing target image; and a notification unit () that notifies a notification target person of an evaluation result of a change for each part of a face when a verification score of the face verification processing satisfies a predetermined condition.
Inventor(s): Daisuke SUGIDOMARI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V40/16, G06V10/762, G06V40/50
Abstract: a video processing system () includes: an image acquisition unit () that acquires at least one frame image included in video data; a skeleton information generation unit () that generates skeleton information based on a body region of a person included in the at least one frame image; a behavior conversion unit () that converts the skeleton information into a behavior id; a person specifying unit () that specifies, based on a facial region of the person included in the at least one frame image, a person id for identifying features of a person estimated to be an identical person; and a registration unit () that registers the behavior id, the person id, and scene-related information related to the at least one frame image in a database in association with each other.
Inventor(s): Kazufumi Ikeda of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Mamoru TAKEUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G07C9/37, G01J5/00
Abstract: an information processing system (sys) includes: a plurality of gate apparatuses () that are respectively placed at a plurality of lanes (l) through each of which a target person (p) can pass; a thermal camera () that is configured to generate a body temperature information (img_t) indicating a body temperature of the target person by capturing an image of the target person included in an imaging range (trg) thereof, the imaging range including at least a part of each of the plurality of lanes; and an information processing apparatus () that obtains the body temperature information from the thermal camera.
Inventor(s): Ryo KAWAI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Noboru YOSHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Jianquan LIU of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shunsuke TSUDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Yuki TSURUOKA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G07G1/00, A47F9/04, G06V20/40
Abstract: an action detection system () includes an action specification unit () configured to start specification of at least one action id based on at least part of skeleton information extracted from video data that is a captured video of a user in response to detection of the user visiting checkout machine determined in advance, a determination unit () configured to determine whether or not an action sequence including the specified at least one action id corresponds to registration action sequences registered in advance, and a processing control unit () configured to execute processing determined in advance in accordance with a determination result.
Inventor(s): Takahiro YAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Naomi YAMASHITA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G08B21/22, G06T7/70
Abstract: the present invention provides a notification system () including: a customer status information generation unit () generating, based on an image in which the inside of a store is captured, customer status information indicating at least one of the number of customers waiting for checkout and the number of customers in the store; a checkout work region information generation unit () generating, based on an image in which the inside of the store is captured, checkout work region information indicating status of a checkout work region where a clerk performing checkout work is positioned; a determination unit () determining, based on the customer status information and the checkout work region information, whether to make notification of an assistance request for checkout work; and a notification unit () making notification of the assistance request through an output apparatus when notification of the assistance request is determined to be made.
Inventor(s): Akira Tsuji of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shigeo Suzuki of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiroshi Matsumoto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Takanori Shigeta of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G08B25/00
Abstract: an area determination apparatus () acquires three-dimensional facility data (). the three-dimensional facility data () is three-dimensional data of a target facility including a plurality of segments. the area determination apparatus () determines a designated segment, which is a segment designated in an input screen () including an image of the target facility. the area determination apparatus () determines, as a monitoring area or a non-monitoring area, a three-dimensional area that is determined based on three-dimensional segment data () of the designated segment.
Inventor(s): Toshiyuki KONDO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kosei KOBAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G08G1/01
Abstract: to provide a roadside communication device that can transfer, to an appropriate vehicle, information from another vehicle; a roadside communication method; and a recording medium,
Inventor(s): Toshiyuki KONDO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kosei KOBAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G08G1/01
Abstract: this roadside communication device comprises: a reception unit that receives a first wireless signal from a first moving body; a determination unit that determines a notification target range on the basis of at least one among the traffic properties of a road where the first moving body is located, the environmental state of the road, and the attributes of information included in the first wireless signal; and a transmission unit that transmits a second wireless signal including said information to a wireless terminal within the notification target range.
20240096241.DISPLAY APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)
Inventor(s): Hiroki Sugegaya of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Akihiko Onita of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shunsuke Tsuda of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Benny Goh of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hiromitsu Nakano of Kanagawa (JP) for nec corporation, Kunihiro Akaba of Kanagawa (JP) for nec corporation, Kazuhiko Oda of Kanagawa (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G09F3/20, H05K5/02
Abstract: a display apparatus () includes a shelf tag attachment member () being fixed to a front end surface of a product shelf s, and a shelf tag () having a display surface (). the shelf tag () is attached to the shelf tag attachment member () via a rotation axis a, and is rotatable in a predetermined direction in which the display surface () is turned upward. a lower end of the shelf tag () is located below a lower surface ls of the product shelf s and a lower end of the shelf tag attachment member () in a vertical direction.
Inventor(s): Mana Aihara of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G16H50/80, A61B5/01, G06V20/52, G06V40/16
Abstract: in order to suitably collect information relating to a person who is suspected to have an infectious disease, a terminal device a includes: a communication means communicating with a first terminal device and a second terminal device; a difficulty information obtaining means that obtains information relating to difficulty in obtaining physical condition information in a place around the first terminal device; a selecting means that selects one of the first and second terminal devices based on the information relating to the difficulty in obtaining the physical condition information; and a physical condition information obtaining means that obtains, from the terminal device selected by the selecting means, the information relating to the physical condition of the pedestrian.
Inventor(s): Kazufumi Ikeda of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Mamoru Takeuchi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): G16H70/60
Abstract: an information processing apparatus () includes: an obtaining unit () that obtains an infection information relating to an infected person that catches an infection disease; and an identifying unit () that identifies, as a contact person that possibly contacts the infected person, at least one target person staying in a stay area in which the infected person stays in at least a part of a time period during which the infected person stays in the stay area from a plurality of target persons based on the infection information and a history information () that is generated based on a plurality of target person images (img) that indicate the plurality of target persons, respectively.
Inventor(s): Hitoshi TAKESHITA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Keiichi MATSUMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shigeyuki YANAGIMACHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H01S3/067, G02B6/02, H01S3/13, H04B10/291
Abstract: it is difficult to construct an optical fiber transmission system enabling relay optical amplification using a coupled multi-core optical fiber as an optical transmission path; therefore, an optical amplification device includes first optical spatial layout converting means for converting a spatial layout of a plurality of optical signal beams propagating through each of a plurality of cores, from a coupled state in which optical signal beams interfere between a plurality of cores to a non-coupled state in which optical signal beam interference is reduced between a plurality of cores; optical amplifying means for amplifying, in the non-coupled state, the plurality of optical signal beams with the non-coupled state and generating a plurality of amplified optical signal beams; and second optical spatial layout converting means for converting a spatial layout of the plurality of amplified optical signal beams from the non-coupled state to the coupled state.
Inventor(s): Shohei YAMAGUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H02J1/08
Abstract: a branching device to be used for branching a power supply path connecting a first trunk station and a second trunk station to a branch station, the branching device including: a first power reception port being connected with a first power supply path connected to the first trunk station; a second power reception port being connected with a second power supply path connected to the second trunk station; a third power reception port being connected with a third power supply path connected to the branch station; and a power supply unit configured to supply, via the third power reception port, power to the third power supply path by power supply from at least either of the first power supply path and the second power supply path.
Inventor(s): Naofumi KUROSAWA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/077, H04B10/071
Abstract: an optical control apparatus includes a first connection unit to be connected to a first optical transmission path and a second optical transmission path, a second connection unit to be connected to the first optical transmission path and the second optical transmission path, and a route setting unit that complementarily sets a first optical route in the first connection unit and a second optical route in the second connection unit, to either of a conductive state and a non-conductive state.
Inventor(s): Koya TAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Atsushi KAMOI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hisashi MIZUMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masaki AIZONO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/11
Abstract: a free space optical communication device includes: a plurality of light transmitting/receiving sections; and at least one processor configured to execute: a communication control process of controlling communication which is to be carried out via the plurality of light transmitting/receiving sections, in the communication control process, the at least one processor causing two or more light transmitting/receiving sections of the plurality of light transmitting/receiving sections to transmit same pieces of information in parallel according to respective different communication schemes.
Inventor(s): Koya Takata of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Atsushi Kamoi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hisashi Mizumoto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masaki Aizono of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/11, H04B10/079
Abstract: a management system for managing an upper free-space optical communication apparatus and a lower free-space optical communication apparatus that carry out free-space optical communication in an up-and-down direction is provided, the management system including at least one processor, the at least one processor carrying out: an acquisition process of acquiring a first index that indicates a quality of a first upward light signal received by the upper free-space optical communication apparatus; and a determination process of determining a possibility of contamination of a light sending and receiving window of the lower free-space optical communication apparatus in accordance with the first index, the lower free-space optical communication apparatus being configured to send and receive a light signal of the free-space optical communication through the light sending and receiving window.
Inventor(s): Koya TAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Atsushi KAMOI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hisashi MIZUMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masaki AIZONO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/11
Abstract: a communication control system includes at least one processor executing: a main communication process of carrying out communication with one or more targets through an optical fiber line; a specifying process of specifying, from among the one or more targets, a free-space optical communication target based on communication statuses in the main communication process; a sub communication process of carrying out communication with the free-space optical communication target via a free-space optical communication apparatus(es); and a selecting process of selecting, according to at least one of (i) a capacity of the communication with the free-space optical communication target in the main communication process, (ii) the communication statuses of the free-space optical communication apparatuses, and (iii) processing capacities of the free-space optical communication apparatuses, a path for free-space optical communication with the free-space optical communication target in the sub communication process.
Inventor(s): Koya TAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Atsushi Kamoi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hisashi Mizumoto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masaki Aizono of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/112, H04B10/079
Abstract: a free-space optical communication control system includes at least one processor. the at least one processor carries out: an interruption estimation process of estimating an interruption of free-space optical communication over a free-space optical communication network in accordance with movement route information that indicates a movement route of a mobile object movable within a communication area of the free-space optical communication network; and a path change process of changing a free-space optical communication path in accordance with an estimation result of the interruption estimation process.
Inventor(s): Koya TAKATA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Atsushi KAMOI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Hisashi MIZUMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Masaki AIZONO of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/112, H04B10/077
Abstract: a free space optical communication device includes: a plurality of light transmitting/receiving sections; and at least one processor configured to execute: a communication control process of controlling communication which is to be carried out via the plurality of light transmitting/receiving sections, in the communication control process, the at least one processor (a) determining a required communication capacity for the communication and (b) controlling, on the basis of the required communication capacity, the number of light transmitting/receiving sections to be used for the communication.
Inventor(s): Ankith Vinayachandran of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Emmanuel Le Taillandier de Gabory of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Naoto Ishii of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Norifumi Kamiya of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04B10/516, H04B10/2507
Abstract: a symbol constellation generation apparatus () acquires specification information () of the optical communication system (). the symbol constellation generation apparatus () uses a first prediction model () to generate noise characteristics information () based on the specification information (). the symbol constellation generation apparatus () uses a second prediction model () to generate symbol constellation () suited to the optical communication system having the noise characteristics represented by the noise characteristics information ().
Inventor(s): Tomoyuki Muto of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Shobei IKEDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kenichi KEYAKI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04K3/00
Abstract: in order to deal with suspicious aircraft, which are unmanned aircraft that are not authorized to fly in a surveillance airspace, while preventing adverse effects on authorized aircraft, which are unmanned aircraft that are authorized to fly in the surveillance airspace, this device for dealing with suspicious aircraft includes a detection unit and an instruction unit. the detection unit detects the intrusion of a suspicious aircraft into the surveillance airspace. when the intrusion of a suspicious aircraft into the surveillance airspace is detected, the instruction unit outputs an evacuation command to evacuate the authorized aircraft from an area where the suspicious aircraft is dealt with, containing the suspicious aircraft. the instruction unit also outputs a command to deal with the suspicious aircraft in the surveillance airspace after the authorized aircraft has evacuated from the area where the suspicious aircraft is dealt with.
Inventor(s): Masaya Tanaka of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04M11/04, G08B25/10
Abstract: a server apparatus includes: an instructing unit that prompts a reporting device to transmit information showing a situation of a site where an event to be reported has occurred, upon receipt of a call from the reporting device; an assistance information transmitting unit that transmits assistance information for assisting a caller operating the reporting device, to the reporting device; and an acquiring unit that acquires the information showing the situation of the site from the reporting device.
Inventor(s): Yoshifumi OKUDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tatsushi YASUDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Kenichiro IDA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N7/18, G01P3/38, G06T7/20, G06T7/246, G08B13/196
Abstract: an abnormality behind a shielding object is discovered. there is provided a monitoring system including a video acquirer, a detector, and a notifier. the video acquirer of the monitoring system acquires a video. the detector of the monitoring system detects entering of a target object into a blind spot generated by a shielding object in the video and appearance of the target object from the blind spot. if the target object does not appear from the blind spot even after a first time elapses since entering of the target object into the blind spot, the notifier of the monitoring system makes a notification.
Inventor(s): Yuki Imae of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W16/18
Abstract: provided are a communication management system, an operation management system, and an integration system that enable reduction of costs and storage locations required when possession of many mobile base station vehicles is assumed and enable efficient continuation of a mobile communication service even in a case of local traffic increase, temporary traffic increase, and the like. the communication management system includes: a base station operating status storage unit holding operation to information of a base station operated by a communication carrier; a data processing unit selecting a movable object, being equipped with a base station function and managed by a distribution-delivery operator, to be dispatched to a predetermined area, based on positional information and operation plan information of the movable object; and an operation system requesting the distribution-delivery operator to dispatch the selected movable object to the predetermined area, based on a selection result by the data processing unit.
Inventor(s): Chadi KHIRALLAH of Epsom (GB) for nec corporation, Sadafuku KAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Stanislav FILIN of Stanislav (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W24/02, H04B17/336, H04W24/10
Abstract: a method is presented in which a central unit (-) of a split base station apparatus in a cellular communication system sends, to a distributed unit (-) of the split base station apparatus, a first message comprising an information element for configuring the distributed unit (-) of the split base station apparatus serving a ue () to report current measurement data representative of communication quality measurements. the central unit (-) receives, from the distributed unit (-) of the split base station apparatus, in a second message sent in response to the first message, communication quality measurements for the cell and/or beam currently serving the ue () under control of the distributed unit (-) of the split base station apparatus.
Inventor(s): Yukai GAO of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation, Gang WANG of Beijing (CN) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W24/08, H04L5/00
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer storage media for communication. a method comprises receiving, at a terminal device, at least one configuration about a first control resource set (coreset) and a second coreset, wherein the at least one configuration indicates that the first coreset is associated with a first set of reference signals (rss) for beam failure detection (bfd), and the second coreset is associated with the first set of rss or a second set of rss for bfd; and monitoring at least one pdcch candidate based on detection of a beam failure with assessing radio link quality over at least one of the first set of rss and the second set of rss. as such, some meaningless blind detection for pdcch can be avoided, so as to increase the efficiency of pdcch detection.
20240098626.EARLY DATA TRANSMISSION AUTHORIZATION CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)
Inventor(s): Iskren IANEV of Reading (GB) for nec corporation, Toshiyuki TAMURA of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H04W48/12, H04W8/20, H04W8/24, H04W48/02, H04W74/08, H04W76/27
Abstract: user equipment, ue, includes: a receiver configured to receive a parameter indicating whether the ue is restricted or authorized for transmission of user data in a message transmitted on uplink synchronization channel, ul-sch, from an access network node; and a hardware processor configured to process instructions to determine whether the transmission of the user data in the message is restricted or authorized based on the parameter.
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): H04W76/10
Abstract: a communication system () according to an example aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of communication apparatuses () and a control apparatus (), the control apparatus () including a control unit (), the control unit () including: an acquisition unit () that acquires related information related to the communication apparatuses () and reference information; and an accumulation unit () that calculates correlation between the related information and the reference information, and accumulates correlation information indicative of the calculated correlation.
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): H04W76/14
Abstract: a communication system () includes a plurality of communication apparatuses () and a control apparatus (), the plurality of communication apparatuses () each including: a communication means that is configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving directional communication media; a specification means that specifies at least one connection destination candidate by carrying out scanning with use of the communication means; and a connection establishment means that establishes connection with the at least one connection destination candidate specified by the specification means, and the control apparatus () including a control means that controls a meshed network composed of the plurality of communication apparatuses () connecting to each other.
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): H04W76/19, H04W8/00, H04W16/28
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 the number of established connections for each of the plurality of communication apparatuses (); and an instruction unit () that instructs, in a case where at least one connection included in the established connections has been broken, the at least one communication apparatus () involved in the at least one broken connection to reestablish the at least one broken connection.
20240099160.QUANTUM DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD_simplified_abstract_(nec corporation)
Inventor(s): Tetsuro Sato of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation, Tsuyoshi Tsuyoshi of Tokyo (JP) for nec corporation
IPC Code(s): H10N60/12, H10N60/01, H10N60/80
Abstract: a quantum device () includes a plurality of first conductors (), a plurality of second conductors (), and a conductor layer (). the first conductors (), the second conductors (), and the conductor layer () are formed of superconducting materials. an oxide film () is formed between the first conductors () and the second conductors (). a josephson junction () is formed by a part of one of the plurality of first conductors (), a part of one of the plurality of second conductors (), and the oxide film (). at least one projecting part (), which is not covered by the second conductors (), is formed in the first conductors (). the projecting part () and the conductor layer () are connected to each other directly or through another conductor. the second conductors () are connected to the conductor layer () directly or through another conductor.
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