Patents by Inventor Arata Mukai

Arata Mukai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tag sensor system and sensor device, and object position estimating device and object position estimating method
    Patent number: 8243136
    Abstract: A position identifying system (1) is comprised of a radio terminal device (2) carried by a monitoring target and a sensor device (3) provided with a radio communication unit (9) for communicating by radio with the radio terminal device (2) and a camera unit (10) for taking an image of the monitoring target. In the sensor device (3), the position (tag position) of the radio terminal device (2) is detected on the basis of a detection signal from the radio terminal device (2), and the position (image position) of the monitoring target is calculated on the basis of the image taken by the camera unit (3). By linking the tag position with the image position, the position of the monitoring target is identified. Thus, there is provided the position identifying system capable of identifying the position of the monitoring target and keeping track of the movement of the monitoring target even if the image of the monitoring target cannot be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Aota, Yasunari Kimura, Mikio Morioka, Masataka Sugiura, Junko Ueda, Arata Mukai
  • TAG SENSOR SYSTEM AND SENSOR DEVICE, AND OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATING DEVICE AND OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20110205358
    Abstract: A position identifying system (1) is comprised of a radio terminal device (2) carried by a monitoring target and a sensor device (3) provided with a radio communication unit (9) for communicating by radio with the radio terminal device (2) and a camera unit (10) for taking an image of the monitoring target. In the sensor device (3), the position (tag position) of the radio terminal device (2) is detected on the basis of a detection signal from the radio terminal device (2), and the position (image position) of the monitoring target is calculated on the basis of the image taken by the camera unit (3). By linking the tag position with the image position, the position of the monitoring target is identified. Thus, there is provided the position identifying system capable of identifying the position of the monitoring target and keeping track of the movement of the monitoring target even if the image of the monitoring target cannot be taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Aota, Yasunari Kimura, Mikio Morioka, Masataka Sugiura, Junko Ueda, Arata Mukai