Patents by Inventor Shigeki Shinoda
Shigeki Shinoda 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: 11983967Abstract: A control apparatus (2000) computes a waiting time index value for each of a plurality of gates (20) for entering an area (10). The control apparatus (2000) detects, from among the plurality of gates (20), a first gate (20) and a second gate (20) of which relation between the waiting time index values satisfies a first criterion. Herein, the waiting time index value of the first gate (20) is greater than the waiting time index value of the second gate (20). The control apparatus (2000) causes a terminal (30) associated with the first gate (20) to output priority use information, which allows prioritized use of the second gate (20).Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Shin Tominaga, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shigeru Sekine
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Publication number: 20240020837Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) includes an image processing unit (110) and a risk information generation unit (120). The image processing unit (110) acquires and processes an image generated by an image capture apparatus (20), that is, an image including a plurality of persons. As an example, the image processing unit (110) sets a person being at least part of the plurality of persons as a reference person and computes a distance (first distance) between the reference person and the closest person to the reference person. By using the first distance, the risk information generation unit (120) generates infection risk information in a target region being an image capture target of the image capture apparatus (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Gaku NAKANO, Shoji NISHIMURA, Yoshitaka HIGETA, Youtarou NODA, Shigeki SHINODA, Yuzo SENDA, Shin TOMINAGA, Masumi ISHIKAWA, Daisuke IKEFUJI, Kana TAKIZAWA, Kenichi ISHII, Yoshiyuki SATOU, Eishi ARITA, Shota YAMAMOTO, Shinya YAMASAKI, Narumitsu NOTOMI, Aki NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11847592Abstract: A required time prediction apparatus (2000) acquires utilization facility information and assumed date and time information. The utilization facility information is information enabling to determine a departure facility and a destination facility. The assumed date and time information is information enabling to determine an assumed departure date and time assuming departure from the departure facility or an assumed arrival date and time assuming arrival at the destination facility. The apparatus (2000) estimates a waiting time at each facility being present between the departure facility and the destination facility, regarding a case of assuming departure from the departure facility at the assumed departure date and time, or a case of assuming arrival at the destination facility at the assumed arrival date and time. Then, the apparatus (2000) computes, based on the estimated waiting time, a predicted required time from departure from the departure facility to arrival at the destination facility.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Shin Tominaga, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shigeru Sekine
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Publication number: 20230307138Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to process an image of a target region, and thereby compute a proximity index being an index relating to a proximity state of a plurality of persons captured in the image, and cause a predetermined apparatus to execute predetermined control, when the proximity index satisfies a criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230298166Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) includes an image processing unit (110) and a risk information generation unit (120). The image processing unit (110) acquires and processes an image generated by an image capture apparatus (20), that is, an image including a plurality of persons. As an example, the image processing unit (110) sets a person being at least part of the plurality of persons as a reference person and computes a distance (first distance) between the reference person and the closest person to the reference person. By using the first distance, the risk information generation unit (120) generates infection risk information in a target region being an image capture target of the image capture apparatus (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230274553Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus (10) that includes: a feature value extraction unit (11) that, by processing an image including a plurality of persons, extracts an external appearance feature value of each of the persons; and a determination unit (12) that, by processing the image, determines another of the persons who satisfies an infection condition between him/her and each of the persons, and registers relevant information relating to the determined another person in association with the external appearance feature value of each of the persons.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230238149Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus (10) including: a companion determination unit (12) that determines a companion of each of a plurality of persons detected from an image, based on the image; a distance computation unit (13) that computes a first distance being a distance to the nearest person among the persons other than a companion, for the each person; and a risk information generation unit (14) that generates, with use of the first distance, infection risk information being information related to a risk of getting an infectious disease or a safety rate of not getting an infectious disease within a target region being a region included in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke lkefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi lshi, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yammoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230230380Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit and a risk information generation unit. By processing at least one image, the image processing unit identifies a caution-requiring location being a location where a proximity indicator being an indicator related to a proximity state between a plurality of persons satisfies a criterion. The risk information generation unit outputs information indicating the caution-requiring location. For example, the information is displayed on a display unit through a display control unit. For each person, the image processing unit computes a first distance being the distance to the closest person to the person. Then, for each of a plurality of locations, the image processing unit counts the number of times the first distance has a reference value or less. Then, the proximity indicator is set by using the number of times the first distance has the reference value or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11703189Abstract: A fluid leakage diagnosing device includes: when fluid leakage relating to a pipeline is being diagnosed by employing adaptive signal processing to suppress a component of a disturbance vibration contained in a vibration measured at a prescribed location in the pipeline, an acquiring unit that acquires distribution information that is associated with a characteristic of the pipeline and represents an actual distribution result of a value of a parameter in the adaptive signal processing when performance of suppressing the component of the disturbance vibration satisfies a criterion; an estimating unit that, based on the distribution information, estimates a probability density at which the value of the parameter with which the performance satisfies the criterion exists; and a determining unit that, based on the probability density estimated by the estimating unit, determines a range to search for the value of the parameter in the adaptive signal processing.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Shigeki Shinoda, Junichiro Mataga, Katsumi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20230115168Abstract: An activity support apparatus supports an activity of a worker at a disaster site. The activity support apparatus comprises a position acquisition unit that acquires a position of the worker, a boundary data acquisition unit that acquires boundary data that indicates a boundary of a building at the disaster site, and an entry determination unit that determines whether the worker has entered the building based on the positions of the worker acquired at different timings and the boundary data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Shigeki SHINODA, Yoshihiro SATO, Shin TOMINAGA, Daisuke IKEFJI
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Patent number: 11614205Abstract: A piping diagnostic device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes: criteria distribution generating means for generating a criteria distribution that is statistical data of criteria data of piping based on construction information about the piping, design information about the piping, and material information about the piping; changed-state distribution generating means for generating a changed-state distribution that is statistical data of changed-state data of the piping that have changed due to aging based on at least either vibration or dynamic pressure of the piping that have changed due to aging; measurement means for measuring at least either vibration or dynamic pressure of the piping; and determining means for determining deterioration of the piping based on the criteria distribution, the changed-state distribution, and at least either vibration or dynamic pressure of the piping.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Soichiro Takata, Takahiro Kumura, Kanta Miyake, Shin Tominaga, Hirofumi Inoue, Shigeki Shinoda
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Publication number: 20230083818Abstract: There is provided a judgment support apparatus 100 including: a disaster situation estimating unit 110 configured to estimate a disaster situation in an object region from disaster related information using a disaster situation estimation model; and a determining unit 120 configured to determine, based on at least an estimated disaster situation and a presentation destination of judgment support information for supporting judgment with respect to the disaster situation, the judgment support information to be presented to the presentation destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Shigenori BEPPU, Keita SUZUKI, Shigeki SHINODA, Norifumi YAMAZAKI, Hiroki NAOSHIMA, Daisuke IKEFUJI, Daisuke YAMAKAWA, Mikiko MAKISE
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Publication number: 20230046797Abstract: A required time prediction apparatus (2000) acquires utilization facility information and assumed date and time information. The utilization facility information is information enabling to determine a departure facility and a destination facility. The assumed date and time information is information enabling to determine an assumed departure date and time assuming departure from the departure facility or an assumed arrival date and time assuming arrival at the destination facility. The apparatus (2000) estimates a waiting time at each facility being present between the departure facility and the destination facility, regarding a case of assuming departure from the departure facility at the assumed departure date and time, or a case of assuming arrival at the destination facility at the assumed arrival date and time. Then, the apparatus (2000) computes, based on the estimated waiting time, a predicted required time from departure from the departure facility to arrival at the destination facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Shin TOMINAGA, Shigeki SHINODA, Yuzo SENDA, Shigeru SEKINE
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Publication number: 20230033538Abstract: A control apparatus (2000) computes a waiting time index value for each of a plurality of gates (20) for entering an area (10). The control apparatus (2000) detects, from among the plurality of gates (20), a first gate (20) and a second gate (20) of which relation between the waiting time index values satisfies a first criterion. Herein, the waiting time index value of the first gate (20) is greater than the waiting time index value of the second gate (20). The control apparatus (2000) causes a terminal (30) associated with the first gate (20) to output priority use information, which allows prioritized use of the second gate (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Shin Tominaga, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shigeru Sekine
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Publication number: 20230017248Abstract: An information providing system 100 of the present invention includes an acquisition means 121 for acquiring disaster information and acquiring user information that is information related to a user, a generation means 122 for, on the basis of the disaster information and the user information, generating provided information including a captured image that is an image obtained by capturing a predetermined place, and a providing means 123 for providing an information processing device of the user with the provided information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Daisuke Ikefuji, Shigeki Shinoda, Mikiko Makise, Norifumi Yamazaki, Tetsuo Nakagawa, Akiko Tashiro, Masaki Sawada, Shinichiro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20230005258Abstract: A prediction device 100 of the present invention includes a detection means 121 for, on the basis of a river image that is an image obtained by capturing a river and associated with capturing position information representing a position where the river is captured, detecting river condition information representing a condition of the river at the position where the river image is captured; and a prediction means 122 for, on the basis of the capturing position information, the river condition information, and topography information representing the topography of the river, predicting a river condition representing a condition of the river at a given point of the river. The given point is different from the position represented by the capturing position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Shigeki SHINODA, Daisuke IKEFUJI, Shin TOMINGA, Yuzo SENDA, Hirofumi INOUE
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Patent number: 11448565Abstract: To reduce erroneous determinations of detecting a leak, a measurement time determination device is provided with: a degree-of-ease calculation unit configured to calculate degree-of-ease of detecting a leak in piping, based on vibration propagating through the piping or a fluid flowing through the piping when the piping is vibrated; and a determination unit configured to determine a measurement time necessary for detecting the leak, based on the degree-of-ease.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Katsumi Kikuchi, Shigeki Shinoda, Shin Tominaga
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Patent number: 11402290Abstract: A leakage inspection 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: determine a measurement time; measure vibration waveforms for the measurement time by using at least two sensors set to a pipe; calculate a cross-correlation function of the measured vibration waveforms; detect peaks of the cross-correlation function at least twice in the measurement time; and determine that leakage occurs in a case where the peaks are repeatedly detected in the measurement time.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeki Shinoda, Hirofumi Inoue, Junichiro Mataga, Takahiro Kumura, Katsumi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20220198924Abstract: A passage information providing device acquires information regarding movement of people on a road as people flow information. The passage information providing device estimates whether the road is passable by using the people flow information that has been acquired. The passage information providing device outputs passage availability information indicating the estimated state of whether the road is passable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Shigeki Shinoda, Norifumi Yamazaki, Hiroki Naoshima, Satoshi Kusaka, Shigenori Beppu, Keita Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220114687Abstract: A scheduled boarding time acquiring unit acquires a scheduled boarding time of an airport user. A security checkpoint arrival time calculating unit calculates, based on the scheduled boarding time, a security checkpoint arrival time at which the airport user arrives at a security checkpoint. A security checkpoint congestion predicting unit acquires a time series prediction of congestion at the security checkpoint. A privilege determining unit determines, based on the security checkpoint arrival time and the time series prediction of congestion at the security checkpoint, privilege information to be issued to the airport user and its validity period. A privilege issuing unit issues, to the airport user, the privilege information determined by the privilege determining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Akane ARUGA, Shigeki SHINODA, Takumi OTANI, Ikumi SAGA, Yuzo SENDA