Patents by Inventor Hidenori Tsukahara

Hidenori Tsukahara 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).

  • Patent number: 11935336
    Abstract: A drive recorder to be mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit, a recording unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires data representing driving condition. The recording unit records the acquired data. The communication unit transmits the acquired data to the outside. The control unit controls the quality of the data to be transmitted based on the information received from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20240083443
    Abstract: A driving-state monitoring system includes a driving-state monitoring device and a driving-state sensing device. The driving-state sensing device captures an image of a driver of a vehicle to thereby generate driving-state data. The driving-state monitoring device acquires the driving-state data and the captured image of a driver of a vehicle from the driving-state sensing device. An authentication process is made to determine whether or not a driver matches a pre-registered driver based on the information of a driver included in the captured image, thus determining the identification information of the driver successfully authenticated. The driving-state data is recorded on a database in association with the identification information of the driver. Accordingly, it is possible for the driving-state monitoring device to monitor a plurality of vehicles using a plurality of driving-state sensing devices, thus precisely managing a plurality of vehicles in terms of their driving states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki INAGAKI, Hidenori Tsukahara, Nana Sakuma, Kazuki Ogata
  • Publication number: 20230091376
    Abstract: A deterioration prediction 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: predict a deterioration level of the road at prediction time points according to road inspection data and the prediction time points, the road inspection data obtained by inspecting a road and the prediction time points indicating future time points, and superimpose the deterioration level on a map for each of the prediction time points in a display mode according to the deterioration level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana JUMONJI, Yutaka YAMANAKA, Hidenori TSUKAHARA, Kaori IWAFUCHI, Maiko HASEGAWA, Kazuki INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220270376
    Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis device including an acquisition unit that acquires sensing information including at least a captured image captured by an image capture device mounted on a moving body, driving condition information indicating driving details of the moving body, and position information corresponding to the captured image and the driving condition information; a deterioration degree analysis unit that analyzes a deterioration degree of an inspection target appearing in the captured image; and a priority ranking computation unit that computes a priority ranking of the inspection target based on deterioration degrees of the same inspection target appearing in multiple captured images identified by the position information, and the driving condition information corresponding to the identified inspection target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana JUMONJI, Yuta SHIMIZU, Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220254199
    Abstract: A drive recorder to be mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit, a recording unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires data representing driving condition. The recording unit records the acquired data. The communication unit transmits the acquired data to the outside. The control unit controls the quality of the data to be transmitted based on the information received from the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Patent number: 11361556
    Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis device including an acquisition unit that acquires sensing information including at least a captured image captured by an image capture device mounted on a moving body, driving condition information indicating driving details of the moving body, and position information corresponding to the captured image and the driving condition information; a deterioration degree analysis unit that analyzes a deterioration degree of an inspection target appearing in the captured image; and a priority ranking computation unit that computes a priority ranking of the inspection target based on deterioration degrees of the same inspection target appearing in multiple captured images identified by the position information, and the driving condition information corresponding to the identified inspection target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nana Jumonji, Yuta Shimizu, Hidenori Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 11348379
    Abstract: A drive recorder to be mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit, a recording unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires data representing driving condition. The recording unit records the acquired data. The communication unit transmits the acquired data to the outside. The control unit controls the quality of the data to be transmitted based on the information received from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20220101509
    Abstract: A deterioration diagnostic device acquires captured images from an image capturing device, the image capturing device being provided on a moving body that travels on a road surface and capturing images of the road surface; extracts, from the acquired captured images, a captured image captured at night and captured in a state of the road surface being illuminated; and diagnostics whether the road surface has deteriorated, using the extracted captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana JUMONJI, Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210339755
    Abstract: A driving-state monitoring system includes a driving-state monitoring device and a driving-state sensing device. The driving-state sensing device captures an image of a driver of a vehicle to thereby generate driving-state data. The driving-state monitoring device acquires the driving-state data and the captured image of a driver of a vehicle from the driving-state sensing device. An authentication process is made to determine whether or not a driver matches a pre-registered driver based on the information of a driver included in the captured image, thus determining the identification information of the driver successfully authenticated. The driving-state data is recorded on a database in association with the identification information of the driver. Accordingly, it is possible for the driving-state monitoring device to monitor a plurality of vehicles using a plurality of driving-state sensing devices, thus precisely managing a plurality of vehicles in terms of their driving states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki INAGAKI, Hidenori TSUKAHARA, Nana SAKUMA, Kazuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20210303883
    Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis device including an acquisition unit that acquires sensing information including at least a captured image captured by an image capture device mounted on a moving body, driving condition information indicating driving details of the moving body, and position information corresponding to the captured image and the driving condition information; a deterioration degree analysis unit that analyzes a deterioration degree of an inspection target appearing in the captured image; and a priority ranking computation unit that computes a priority ranking of the inspection target based on deterioration degrees of the same inspection target appearing in multiple captured images identified by the position information, and the driving condition information corresponding to the identified inspection target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana JUMONJI, Yuta SHIMIZU, Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210279975
    Abstract: A drive recorder to be mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit, a recording unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires data representing driving condition. The recording unit records the acquired data. The communication unit transmits the acquired data to the outside. The control unit controls the quality of the data to be transmitted based on the information received from the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210056329
    Abstract: A driving state monitoring device includes: a sensing data acquisition unit that acquires, from a driving state sensing device, driving state data comprising driving states of a plurality of items and event data for notifying an event during driving; and a dangerous occasion driving data generation unit that generates dangerous occasion driving data comprising information of a driving state of any item selected from the plurality of items according to a driver attribute and the event data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nana SAKUMA, Hidenori TSUKAHARA, Kazuki INAGAKI, Yuta SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210027078
    Abstract: A looking away determination device includes: a determination unit that determines that a driver is in a looking away state when a proportion of an image in which the face of the driver is not detected with respect to a plurality of images obtained by imaging the driver is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana SAKUMA, Hidenori TSUKAHARA, Yuta SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10586440
    Abstract: An anti-theft management device includes a notification information-transmitting unit that transmits notification information to vehicles located within a communicable range when the notification information is not able to be transfer to a set theft notification destination and when it is determined that identification information of a determination target vehicle coincides with identification information of a stolen vehicle on the basis of theft information including the identification information of the stolen vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Shimizu, Hidenori Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20190228228
    Abstract: A drive recorder records a video captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle in association with a time of day, and extracts the video of a predetermined time period including the time of day when the abnormal event is detected from the recording medium, and transmits a first file including the extracted video and information of the predetermined time period. An information terminal device acquires driving condition information of the vehicle, and records it in association with the time of day. When receiving the first file, the information terminal device extracts driving condition information of the time period that is the same as the information of the predetermined time period included in the first file, creates a second file including the extracted driving condition information and the video included in the first file, and records it as an erasure prohibited object, or transmits it to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190202400
    Abstract: An anti-theft management device includes a notification information-transmitting unit that transmits notification information to vehicles located within a communicable range when the notification information is not able to be transfer to a set theft notification destination and when it is determined that identification information of a determination target vehicle coincides with identification information of a stolen vehicle on the basis of theft information including the identification information of the stolen vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta SHIMIZU, Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190188930
    Abstract: A drive recorder includes a video recording unit that records a video captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle in association with the time of day, an abnormal event detection unit that detects an abnormal event, a time period determination unit that determines a time period that includes the time of day when the abnormal event is detected and that has a length determined based on a traveling condition other than the speed of the vehicle, a video extraction unit that extracts a video of the determined time period from the video recording unit, and a data saving unit that records, or transmits to an external device, a file including the extracted video as an erasure prohibited object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170359696
    Abstract: A wireless communication network includes a plurality of nodes each capable of performing wireless communication by a first communication method that can form P2P group and wireless communication by a second communication method. A first owner node that operates as an access point to a first P2P group uses the wireless communication by the second communication method to discover a second P2P group present in a second communicable range that is a region outside a first communicable range defined by the first communication method, predicts the time that elapses before the second P2P group moves into the first communicable range, and performs group reorganization before the predicted time elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masato YASUDA, Kazuaki NAKAJIMA, Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170346891
    Abstract: In the present invention, a wireless communication network includes a plurality of nodes which can form P2P (peer-to-peer) groups and are capable of performing wireless communications using a first communication method and wireless communications using a second communication method. A first owner node (GO node) that operates as a first P2P group access point transmits a message for requesting delivery node connection preparations to a second GO node that operates as a second P2P group access point present in a neighborhood by wireless communication using the second communication method, and selects, as a delivery node, one or a plurality of client nodes belonging to the first P2P group. The delivery node is disconnected from the first P2P group and is connected to the second P2P group, and information is transferred between the delivery node and the second GO node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masato YASUDA, Kazuaki NAKAJIMA, Hidenori TSUKAHARA
  • Patent number: 9043645
    Abstract: A malfunction analysis apparatus (100) is provided with a malfunction-analysis processor (107), an attribute-extraction processor (108), and an outputter (105). The malfunction-analysis processor (107) obtains a malfunction-contribution degree, which indicates a degree that individual malfunctions (to be called malfunctioning elements, hereafter) contribute to the malfunctioning of the object being analyzed, on the basis of the relative relationship between the data to be analyzed that has, as elements thereof, values generated on the basis of a plurality of indicator values of the object being analyzed, and representative values for the plurality of indicators corresponding to each of the plurality of malfunctions. Then, the malfunctioning elements being generated is specified, on the basis of the obtained malfunction-contribution degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Fujimaki, Hidenori Tsukahara