Patents by Inventor Yosuke Kimura

Yosuke Kimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20240169739
    Abstract: In order to acquire an image suitable for driving instruction while reducing the image acquisition load, and to use the acquired image to output information relating to the driving of the driver of a vehicle, a driving information output device according to the present invention comprises: a communication means that communicates with an image acquisition device mounted on a vehicle; an information acquisition means that acquires, from the image acquisition device via the communication means, an image that satisfies image acquisition conditions including at least one of an image acquisition position, an image acquisition time, and a vehicle operating status and a vehicle surrounding environment at the time of image acquisition; a driving information generation means that generates driving information, which is information regarding the driving of the driver of the vehicle, on the basis of the acquired image; and an output means that outputs the driving information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Kimura, Nana Jumonji, Chisato Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20240159890
    Abstract: A displacement output device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performing operations. The operations include: acquiring a first ground surface displacement at a first point from a synthetic aperture radar; estimating a second ground surface displacement at a second point different from the first point using the acquired first ground surface displacement; clipping at least one of the first ground surface displacement and the second ground surface displacement included in a preset first region from the first ground surface displacement and the second ground surface displacement; and outputting at least one of the first ground surface displacement and the second ground surface displacement included in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shouhei OHNO, Takakazu Ishii, Hiromichi Hirata, Daisuke Hashizume, Nana Jumonji, Kaori Iwafuchi, Yosuke Kimura, Chisato Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20240162760
    Abstract: An electric-power conversion device receives an electromagnetic wave transmitted from space and converts the electromagnetic wave into electric power. The electric-power conversion device includes: an electric-power conversion portion for receiving an electromagnetic wave transmitted from space and converting the electromagnetic wave into electric power; a propelling device or driving device for moving the electric-power conversion device; a positioning device for determining the position of the electric-power conversion device; a control device for controlling the propelling device or the driving device based on information about the position and the electric power received by the electric-power conversion portion; and an electric-power supply device for supplying the electric power received by the electric-power conversion portion to an electric system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto ITO, Koichi WATANABE, Tsukasa FUNANE, Yosuke TANABE, Hisatoshi KIMURA, Keiji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240152876
    Abstract: A road deterioration diagnosis device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions, deterioration information including a detection status of a pothole, and a maintenance status of the detected pothole in each section, the each section obtained by dividing a predetermined region by a predetermined size; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to cause a display to display a map indicating the deterioration information in the each section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke KIMURA, Nana JUMONJI, Chisato SUGAWARA, Toru TAKAMI, Hiroshi NAKASATO
  • Publication number: 20240150978
    Abstract: An information management device according includes a storage unit, a search processing unit, and a display processing unit. The storage unit stores report information in which report content indicating the condition of road deterioration is associated with location information, which includes at least one of a deterioration occurrence location indicating a location identified for a deterioration occurrence, and a deterioration occurrence area indicating a prescribed area. The search processing unit searches, from the storage unit, report information in which the location information is included in a search area indicating a prescribed area being searched. The display processing unit outputs the search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Sugawara, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Malko Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20240117575
    Abstract: An infrastructure diagnostic 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: generate a road section by dividing, by meshes, a movement path of a moving body collected from the moving body moving on a road, the meshes being obtained by dividing a ground surface into a predetermined size; and determine and output a state of the road section based on sensor information of the road section collected from the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Chisato Sugawara, Toru Takami, Hiroshi Nakasato
  • Patent number: 11936217
    Abstract: An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Kozuma, Shinpei Nishikawa, Shinji Kimura, Yusuke Hori, Goro Mikano, Yuuki Iwasaki, Shigetoshi Onitsuka
  • Publication number: 20240084528
    Abstract: A training data generation device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations including: selecting, from items included in any of a state of a road, a type of the road, a type of sensor information for determining the state of the road, an acquisition condition of the sensor information and an external environment in an acquisition of the sensor information, a combination including at least two or more of the items; and extracting the sensor information using the combination as training data to be used for training a model for determining the state of the road using the sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Sugawara, Gaku Nakano, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240087372
    Abstract: A wheel state obtaining system configured to obtain a wheel state that is a state of at least one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle includes: a wheel speed detection device configured to detect a wheel speed of each of the plurality of wheels; a traveling state detection device configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle; and a controller. When the traveling state of the vehicle detected by the traveling state detection device is a predetermined set state, the controller obtains a wheel speed difference of two of the plurality of wheels based on the wheel speeds of the plurality of wheels detected by the wheel speed detection device. The controller determines whether at least one of the two wheels is in an abnormal state based on the wheel speed difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke KIMURA, Yoshihisa Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240078725
    Abstract: An infrastructure diagnostic device comprises a time-series display control unit, a reception unit, and a location display control unit. The time-series display control unit displays the infrastructure states of a plurality of locations in a predetermined area in time series on a display. The reception unit receives selection of data from among the time series for the infrastructure states of the plurality of locations. The location display control unit displays, on a map, a location corresponding to the selected data on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Kimura, Nana Jumonji, Chisato Sugawara, Toru Takami, Hiroshi Nakasato
  • Publication number: 20240051547
    Abstract: A driver collation system including: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring driving characteristics related to driving by a driver of a vehicle; and extracting a driver candidate from past drivers by collating the acquired driving characteristics with the driving characteristics of the past drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Tokunaga, Chisato Sugawara, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Toru Takami
  • Publication number: 20240046779
    Abstract: A driving determination system includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: sensing dangerous driving of a vehicle based on sensor information of the vehicle; based on image information obtained by photographing inside or outside of the vehicle, detecting a traveling condition regarding traveling of the vehicle at the time the dangerous driving is sensed; and determining whether the sensed dangerous driving is unavoidable driving according to the detected traveling condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Sugawara, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Masaya Tokunaga, Toru Takami
  • Publication number: 20240034108
    Abstract: After the air pressure of the tire of the vehicle has decreased to a predetermined abnormal value, the system management server determines that the vehicle has returned to a normal value without performing a tire replacement operation or a tire repair operation (for example, there is a driver that continuously drives the vehicle by replenishing air without performing a tire replacement even if the tire is punctured), and transmits abnormality notification information to the administrator terminal device. Thus, the warning information is provided to the current driver of the vehicle by the operation of the administrator terminal device by the administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ANDOU, Takahiro KAMOGAWA, Yosuke KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240029003
    Abstract: An infrastructure management system includes an information acquisition unit, a ranking unit, and a display control unit. The information acquisition unit acquires management information indicating an infrastructure management state of each of a plurality of companies. The ranking unit calculates a score pertaining to the management state of each of the plurality of companies, on the basis of the management information for each of the plurality of companies, and ranks the plurality of companies according to the calculated scores. The display control unit displays the rankings of the plurality of companies on a display means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Maiko HASEGAWA, Nana JUMONJI, Chisato SUGAWARA, Yosuke KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240026615
    Abstract: A deterioration determination device includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring a diagnosis result of first deterioration of a structure and a determination result of displacement of a ground surface including the structure; determining second deterioration of the structure using the diagnosis result of the first deterioration and the determination result of the displacement of the ground surface; and outputting the second deterioration and a position of the second deterioration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana JUMONJI, Yosuke Kimura, Chisato Sugawara, Takakazu Ishii, Shouhei Ohno, Hiromichi Hirata, Daisuke Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20230419687
    Abstract: A state determination device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations including: combining output from a plurality of determination models for an input image of a road, the plurality of determination models each learned using training data in which at least one of a state of a moving object mounting an imaging device that acquires an image of the road, a state of the road, and an external environment is different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nana JUMONJI, Gaku NAKANO, Chisato SUGAWARA, Yosuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230417902
    Abstract: A deterioration assessment device includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring information on displacement of a ground surface; extracting a position at which sensor information used for assessment of deterioration is acquired based on the information on the displacement of the ground surface; and outputting the extracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana JUMONJI, Kaori IWAFUCHI, Yosuke KIMURA, Chisato SUGAWARA, Takakazu ISHII, Daisuke HASHIZUME, Hiromichi HIRATA, Shouhei OHNO
  • Publication number: 20230391342
    Abstract: The calculation server aggregates the fluctuation per unit time of the physical quantity indicating the behavior of each of the plurality of detected vehicles, the plurality of maximum values by each of the plurality of vehicles in the first predetermined period, the section average fluctuation which is an average value for the plurality of vehicles, and each of the section maximum fluctuation which is a maximum value of the plurality of maximum values in the first predetermined period in a second predetermined period longer than the first predetermined period, and detects the road surface damage location based on the result of removing the noise component from the aggregated result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yosuke KIMURA, Tatsuya OBUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230382337
    Abstract: The information processing device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires vehicle information including an acceleration of a vehicle and a detection time at which the acceleration is detected; a deriving unit that derives an amount of change of the acceleration per unit time using the vehicle information; a setting unit that sets a threshold value of the amount of change corresponding to an interval at which the acceleration is detected using the detection time; and an extracting unit that extracts the vehicle information corresponding to the amount of change as target data when the amount of change is equal to or larger than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kentaroh NAGAYA, Yosuke KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230357998
    Abstract: A road surface management 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: identify a section in which an image is captured, among a plurality of sections obtained by dividing a traveling road of an airport, based on positional relationships between the plurality of sections and signs, and signs in the image included in sensor information collected on the traveling road; detect an abnormality of the traveling road in the identified section based on the collected sensor information; and output the detected abnormality in association with the identified section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Sugawara, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Maiko Hasegawa