Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Yanagi
Kazuhiro Yanagi 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).
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Patent number: 11823126Abstract: The present disclosure accurately detects the position of a shelf label disposed on a display shelf. A shelf label detection device may be provided with a shelf label position correction unit and a shelf label position identification unit. The shelf label position correction unit corrects a manual shelf label position set including a shelf label position that has been set in advance for a reference camera image, using an automatic shelf label position set which includes a shelf label position detected from a monitoring camera image using image recognition, thereby generating a corrected shelf label position set. The shelf label position identification unit uses the corrected shelf label position set to identify the shelf label position in the monitoring camera image.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Yanagi, Takeshi Wakako, Tetsurou Kakizawa
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Patent number: 11640576Abstract: A shelf monitoring device may be provided with a detector, a setter, a monitoring section, and an output section. The detector detects shelf labels attached to a display shelve to correspond to articles to be displayed on the display shelves, with video recognition of video data that includes the display shelves. Based on the position of the detected shelf label, the setter sets a monitoring area in which articles to be displayed on the display shelves in video data. The monitoring section monitors the shelving condition of the articles on the display shelves based on a change in video in response to the presence or absence of the article in the monitoring area. The output unit outputs the monitoring results according to the monitoring unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Yanagi, Takeshi Wakako, Tetsurou Kakizawa
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Publication number: 20230112215Abstract: A monitoring device is configured to acquire an image in which the article is imaged when the article is placed, set a display section in which the article is to be displayed in the image, to set an intermediate section used for determining misplacement of the article adjacent to the display section in the image, to detect an article area which is an image area of the article from the image, and to determine whether the detected article area is misplaced in a correlation with the display section based on a positional correlation between the article area and the intermediate section in a case where at least a part of the detected article area does not overlap the display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro YANAGI, Takefumi TAKAGI, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA
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Publication number: 20220277563Abstract: The present disclosure accurately detects the position of a shelf label disposed on a display shelf. A shelf label detection device may be provided with a shelf label position correction unit and a shelf label position identification unit. The shelf label position correction unit corrects a manual shelf label position set including a shelf label position that has been set in advance for a reference camera image, using an automatic shelf label position set which includes a shelf label position detected from a monitoring camera image using image recognition, thereby generating a corrected shelf label position set. The shelf label position identification unit uses the corrected shelf label position set to identify the shelf label position in the monitoring camera image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro YANAGI, Takeshi WAKAKO, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA
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Patent number: 11380098Abstract: The present disclosure accurately detects the position of a shelf label disposed on a display shelf. A shelf label detection device may be provided with a shelf label position correction unit and a shelf label position identification unit. The shelf label position correction unit corrects a manual shelf label position set including a shelf label position that has been set in advance for a reference camera image, using an automatic shelf label position set which includes a shelf label position detected from a monitoring camera image using image recognition, thereby generating a corrected shelf label position set. The shelf label position identification unit uses the corrected shelf label position set to identify the shelf label position in the monitoring camera image.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Yanagi, Takeshi Wakako, Tetsurou Kakizawa
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Publication number: 20200334620Abstract: A shelf monitoring device may be provided with a detector, a setter, a monitoring section, and an output section. The detector detects shelf labels attached to a display shelve to correspond to articles to be displayed on the display shelves, with video recognition of video data that includes the display shelves. Based on the position of the detected shelf label, the setter sets a monitoring area in which articles to be displayed on the display shelves in video data. The monitoring section monitors the shelving condition of the articles on the display shelves based on a change in video in response to the presence or absence of the article in the monitoring area. The output unit outputs the monitoring results according to the monitoring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro YANAGI, Takeshi WAKAKO, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA
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Publication number: 20200279113Abstract: The present disclosure accurately detects the position of a shelf label disposed on a display shelf. A shelf label detection device may be provided with a shelf label position correction unit and a shelf label position identification unit. The shelf label position correction unit corrects a manual shelf label position set including a shelf label position that has been set in advance for a reference camera image, using an automatic shelf label position set which includes a shelf label position detected from a monitoring camera image using image recognition, thereby generating a corrected shelf label position set. The shelf label position identification unit uses the corrected shelf label position set to identify the shelf label position in the monitoring camera image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro YANAGI, Takeshi WAKAKO, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA
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Patent number: 10585037Abstract: There is provided a substance detecting device emits first invisible light to the inside and the outside of a detection region of a substance, changes an emitting direction of the first invisible light inside and outside the detection region, receives third invisible light which is passing light of the first invisible light through the reference cell in which a detection target substance is stored, outside of the detection region, and adjusts a temperature of the first invisible light and controls the wavelength of the first invisible light based on the wavelength characteristics of the third invisible light.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Yanagi, Keiji Hirata
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Patent number: 10309896Abstract: There is provided a plant stress detection apparatus including a first light source that radiates a reference beam of a first wavelength that has a characteristic of tending not to be absorbed in water toward a plant by optical scanning, a second light source that radiates a measuring beam of a second wavelength that has a characteristic of tending to be absorbed in water toward the plant by optical scanning, and a detector that detects presence or absence of water or undulation of the plant based on reflection light of the reference beam that is reflected at an irradiation position of the plant that has a first irradiation area and reflection light of the measuring beam that is reflected at an irradiation position of the plant that has a second irradiation area that is different from the first irradiation area.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Fujiyama, Yuuji Terashima, Kazuhiro Yanagi
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Patent number: 10094769Abstract: A substance detection sensor includes a first light source, a second light source, and a substance detector. The first light source irradiates a detection area including a plurality of target areas with reference light having a first wavelength through surface irradiation using optical scanning. The second light source irradiates the detection area with first measuring light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength through the surface irradiation using the optical scanning. The substance detector detects a specific substance in the detection area based on reflection light of the reference light from the first light source and reflection light of the first measuring light from the second light source.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji Hirata, Yuuji Terashima, Kazuhiro Yanagi
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Publication number: 20180284016Abstract: There is provided a plant stress detection apparatus including a first light source that radiates a reference beam of a first wavelength that has a characteristic of tending not to be absorbed in water toward a plant by optical scanning, a second light source that radiates a measuring beam of a second wavelength that has a characteristic of tending to be absorbed in water toward the plant by optical scanning, and a detector that detects presence or absence of water or undulation of the plant based on reflection light of the reference beam that is reflected at an irradiation position of the plant that has a first irradiation area and reflection light of the measuring beam that is reflected at an irradiation position of the plant that has a second irradiation area that is different from the first irradiation area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi FUJIYAMA, Yuuji TERASHIMA, Kazuhiro YANAGI
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Publication number: 20180231460Abstract: There is provided a substance detecting device emits first invisible light to the inside and the outside of a detection region of a substance, changes an emitting direction of the first invisible light inside and outside the detection region, receives third invisible light which is passing light of the first invisible light through the reference cell in which a detection target substance is stored, outside of the detection region, and adjusts a temperature of the first invisible light and controls the wavelength of the first invisible light based on the wavelength characteristics of the third invisible light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro YANAGI, Keiji HIRATA
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Publication number: 20170261426Abstract: A substance detection sensor includes a first light source, a second light source, and a substance detector. The first light source irradiates a detection area including a plurality of target areas with reference light having a first wavelength through surface irradiation using optical scanning. The second light source irradiates the detection area with first measuring light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength through the surface irradiation using the optical scanning. The substance detector detects a specific substance in the detection area based on reflection light of the reference light from the first light source and reflection light of the first measuring light from the second light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji HIRATA, Yuuji TERASHIMA, Kazuhiro YANAGI
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Publication number: 20140077608Abstract: A power generation control device is electrically connected to a photovoltaic panel for controlling an output voltage of the photovoltaic panel. The power generation control device includes a scanning unit, configured to perform a scanning process in which the output voltage of the photovoltaic panel is sequentially changed in a predetermined voltage range. The predetermined voltage range is changed in accordance with the photovoltaic panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shigekiyo NOSAKA, Kazuhiro YANAGI
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Publication number: 20090233203Abstract: The present invention provides a toner comprising core particles that contain at least first resin particles, colorant particles, and wax particles, in an aqueous medium, wherein the core particles contain nucleus particles in which the first resin particles and the colorant particles are aggregated and particles in which the first resin particles and the wax particles are aggregated. Accordingly, the treatment time for forming the core particles can be shortened, generation of colorant particles or wax particles that are not aggregated but suspended in a liquid can be suppressed, and particles having a small particle size and a sharp particle size distribution can be formed without classification, by suppressing an increase in the size of core particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhito Yuasa, Hidekazu Arase, Kazuhiro Yanagi