Patents Assigned to Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
  • Patent number: 12114248
    Abstract: There is provided a radio communication system comprising: a plurality of movable bodies that support route diversity transmission using a plurality of radio communication lines for data transmission; and an integration controller configured to collect line states of the radio communication lines for each of the plurality of movable bodies. The integration controller is configured to transmit a control signal of the radio communication line to a particular unmanned movable body so as to increase the number of unmanned movable bodies in which the number of radio communication lines whose line states satisfy a quality determination criterion is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, based on the line states of the radio communication lines collected for each of the plurality of movable bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventor: Masayuki Takekawa
  • Patent number: 12042254
    Abstract: Provided is a method for estimating a pulse rate with high accuracy in the case that short-term burst noise is mixed in an estimation interval. Included are a pulse wave signal generating step of generating a pulse wave signal from an image of a pulse rate estimation target; a peak component suppression step of limiting an amplitude value of the pulse wave signal that is larger than a first threshold value to the first threshold value, and outputting a pulse wave analysis signal; and a frequency analysis step of outputting a frequency spectrum of the pulse wave analysis signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventor: Keigo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12047554
    Abstract: A monitoring system is provided and includes a camera attached to a train car that takes an image of the vicinity of a door of the car, where a monitor displays a camera image taken by the camera and a dirt detection unit executes a dirt detection process for detecting dirt on the front glass of the camera. This configuration thereby allows the dirt detection unit to determine the execution timing for a dirt detection process on the basis of the train information that indicates the operational state of the train to execute the dirt detection process by using the camera image that has been obtained according to the execution timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventor: Keita Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12015878
    Abstract: A train monitoring system in the present embodiment is provided with a compartment camera 10 that takes an image of the inside of a compartment of the train, a processing server 30 that calculates a vacancy probability for each reserved seat on the basis of the image taken by the compartment camera 10 while the train is running and detects a resale candidate seat by comparing the vacancy probability with a threshold value, and a touch panel monitor 40 that displays resale candidate seat information indicating the resale candidate seat that has been detected by the processing server 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hironori Naoi, Satoshi Masuda, Tetsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 11967174
    Abstract: The cloud server holds the main database for storing all the registration data that is handled in the present system, and the edge server that is arranged close to the sensor holds a sub-database for storing part of the registration data. The sub-database in the edge server stores only the registration data having a high probability of being verified in the edge server. In the case where the edge server verifies the detection data that has been acquired by the sensor with the registration data within the sub-database and determines that the registration data that matches the detection data does not exist within the sub-database, the configuration allows the detection data to be transmitted to the cloud server and requests the detection data to be verified with the registration data within the main database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Keigo Hasegawa, Hiroto Sasao
  • Patent number: 11967750
    Abstract: A low-cost, small-size Wilkinson-type combiner that suppresses the risk of damaging an isolation resistor due to combination loss is provided. The combiner comprises first and second input terminals to which RF signals are input; an output terminal; a wiring line that combines the RF signals input to the first and second input terminals, and outputs the combined signal to the output terminal; an isolation unit provided between the first and second input terminals and formed by a first isolation resistor, a transformer, and a second isolation resistor connected in series; a detection circuit connected to a secondary coil of the transformer and configured to detect a current flowing in the secondary coil; and a determination circuit that outputs a control signal to block input of RF signals to the first and second input terminals if the current flowing in the isolation unit and detected by the detection circuit is higher than or equal to a prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Sunao Egashira, Kenji Nasu, Yuichiro Suenaga, Naoya Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11930272
    Abstract: The invention performs a processing for improving an image quality of a camera in a state where a sufficient link rate cannot be ensured. A controlling method for a camera includes an imaging sensor configured to acquire an imaging data, a signal processing unit configured to perform an image processing on the imaging data, a buffer into which data subjected to the image processing is written, and a format conversion unit configured to convert a format of data read from the buffer and transmit the data to a transmission path, wherein the controlling method includes a status prediction step of predicting a status of the buffer based on a readout rate of the imaging sensor and a link rate of the transmission path and generating a status prediction information, and an adjustment step of adjusting a content of the image processing according to the status prediction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventor: Hirotake Usami
  • Patent number: 11901159
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) generator device for supplying RF powers of different frequencies to multiple antennas disposed in a chamber is provided. The RF generator device includes a plurality of RF generators configured to supply the RF powers of the different frequencies to the multiple antennas, and a plurality of RF controllers configured to control the RF generators, respectively. Each of the RF controllers includes a fast Fourier transformer, and a filter. The fast Fourier transformer performs fast Fourier transform on a signal introduced as a reflected wave to decompose the signal into frequency components, and the filter removes waves having frequency components that are not outputted from the corresponding RF generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Naoto Takahashi, Naoya Fujimoto, Sunao Egashira, Yoshiyuki Oshida
  • Patent number: 11881013
    Abstract: A system configuration suitable for carrying out video recognition by machine learning in a video system including an imaging device and a video processing device is provided. One aspect of the video system according to the present invention includes an imaging device and a video processing device. The imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to generate video data by imaging, a front side NN unit including multiple layers of neural networks from an input layer to a predetermined intermediate hidden layer (hereinafter referred to as “intermediate hidden layer”) that are configured to perform recognition processing of the video data; and an imaging side control unit configured to transmit an output of the intermediate hidden layer of the front side NN unit (hereinafter referred to as “intermediate feature quantity”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventor: Takaomi Kanda
  • Patent number: 11876301
    Abstract: An antenna control device includes a weight unit in which weight values to be superimposed on transmission/reception signals are set for forming radiation patterns using a plurality of antennas and a weight synthesis unit that superposes the weight values on the transmission/reception signals. The antenna control device further includes an arrival direction detector that detects arrival directions of the reception signals, a distribution information calculator that calculates distribution information of the detected arrival directions, a signal quality calculator that calculates signal quality information of each of the radiation patterns, and a radiation pattern selector that selects a radiation pattern on the basis of the distribution information and signal quality information for the radiation patterns, and sets the weight values corresponding to the selected radiation pattern in the weight unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Yasui, Takahito Ishii, Keiju Ito, Teppei Shoji, Koji Yotsumoto
  • Patent number: 11870470
    Abstract: A software-defined radio equipment includes a hardware/module, implements radio equipment functions by downloading radio communication software that controls the hardware/module from an external source, and switches the radio communication software by using a distributed object. The software-defined radio equipment includes a first means that transmits, when a hardware to be used by the radio communication software is selected from the hardware/module, first predetermined information of the selected hardware, a second means that interrupts an execution of the radio communication software before selection when the selection is reselection and transmits second predetermined information of a selected hardware after the reselection, and a third means that transmits predetermined information of a hardware that is currently being selected. Further, if the selected hardware is the hardware that is currently being selected, an error is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Tomoya Shoji, Michitomo Suzuki, Nobuyuki Uchikawa
  • Publication number: 20230386188
    Abstract: An image analysis system and update method for a machine-learning model are to update a model in operation 111 to a retrained model 121, wherein in an image analysis server 1 which analyzes shot images, a first inference unit 11 performs inference using the trained model in operation 111, a relearning unit 14 performs relearning to generate a retrained model, a second inference unit 12 performs inference using a retrained model 121, and a comparison unit 15 compares the execution results of the first inference unit 11 and the second inference unit 12 to determine whether or not to update the model in operation 111 to the retrained model 121.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc
    Inventor: Keigo HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 11810759
    Abstract: The RF generator is provided with a first RF power source and a second RF power source that generate RF waves of different frequencies from each other, and respectively supply RF power to a first antenna and a second antenna that are installed in a plasma reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oshida, Naoya Fujimoto, Norikazu Kato, Sunao Egashira
  • Publication number: 20230298205
    Abstract: A skeleton detection system stores a target image for use in skeleton detection, and a plurality of skeleton detection models respectively corresponding to a plurality of skeleton definition models for defining different skeletons. The skeleton detection system determines a predetermined condition for the skeleton detection of the target image, selects a first skeleton detection model from the plurality of skeleton detection models based on a result of the determination, and executes the skeleton detection of the target image by the first skeleton detection model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi HIROKI, Toshiaki TARUI, Shun FUKUDA, Kenichi MORITA, Yoshiki ITO
  • Patent number: 11734118
    Abstract: This software wireless device comprises framework software that installs wireless communication software; and interface service software that is provided so as to be directly managed by an OS, and that manages a user interface service and the framework software. The framework software has user interface software, domain management software, hardware management software, and hardware control software. The interface service software issues a running status monitoring request to the user interface software and the domain management software, and determines that there is an abnormality if there is no response from the user interface software or the domain management software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventor: Tomoya Shoji
  • Patent number: 11736657
    Abstract: An image capturing device in the present embodiment has a configuration that is provided with an image splitting unit 21 and an edge extracting unit 22 that acquire the edge component for each block image that has been divided from an image captured by an image sensor 10, a resolution controlling unit 23 that writes each block image into a frame memory 30 with a resolution in accordance with the amount of its edge component, an image enlarging unit 24 that reads out at least one block image that corresponds to a selected region from the frame memory 30 and enlarges the block image with a magnification in accordance with the size of the selected region, and an enlarged output unit 45 that outputs the enlarged block image that corresponds to the selected region that is supplied from the image enlarging unit 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventor: Takuhiro Shibuya
  • Patent number: 11683568
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique of reducing colored afterimages. To solve this problem, an image capturing system includes the following structure: A color separation optical system disperses subject light into a plurality of wavelength ranges, and forms images of a plurality of color components. A plurality of image capturing elements capture the respective images of the plurality of color components, and generate the respective color components of a video signal. A color-specific exposure setting unit sets respective exposure periods for the plurality of color components. An exposure control unit performs exposure control ? of approximately simultaneously exposure-controlling each of the plurality of image capturing elements to obtain a video signal (hereafter referred to as a reference video signal) in a common period shorter than or equal to a shortest period of the respective exposure periods set for the color components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventor: Takuhiro Shibuya
  • Patent number: 11665539
    Abstract: A public key of a sensor node key pair is transmitted from a sensor node 22 to a server 20 via sensor network communication, and furthermore is transmitted from the server 20 to a mobile terminal 25 via mobile line communication. In addition, a public key of a mobile terminal key pair is transmitted from the mobile terminal 25 to the sensor node 22 through local communication. Thus, the configuration allows the sensor node 22 and the mobile terminal 25 to generate a common key by combining their own private key and the public key of the counterpart in order to encrypt the local communication by using this common key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventor: Satoru Yasui
  • Patent number: 11653297
    Abstract: An unmanned mobile vehicle M acquires the line quality of a wireless communication line to each of the corresponding base stations having been measured by each mobile station and transmits the line quality to a control station 30. The control station 30 acquires the line quality of a wireless communication line to each of the corresponding mobile stations having been measured by each base station and transmits the line quality to the unmanned mobile vehicle M. When the same communication data is transmitted using two or more wireless communication lines in combination between the control station 30 and the unmanned mobile vehicle M, the transmitting side of the communication data selects two or more wireless communication lines that are used for the transmission of the communication data, on the basis of the line quality of each wireless communication line having been measured by each base station or each mobile station on the receiving side of the communication data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki Takekawa, Tatsuya Abe
  • Publication number: 20230109474
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of improving the uniformity of the film formation among the substrates. According to the technique described herein, there is provided a configuration including: a reaction tube having a process chamber where a plurality of substrates are processed; a buffer chamber protruding outward from the reaction tube and configured to supply a process gas to the process chamber, the buffer chamber including: a first nozzle chamber where a first nozzle is provided; and a second nozzle chamber where a second nozzle is provided; an opening portion provided at a lower end of an inner wall of the reaction tube facing the buffer chamber; and a shielding portion provided at a communicating portion of the opening portion between the second nozzle chamber and the process chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Hidenari YOSHIDA, Takeo HANASHIMA, Hiroaki HIRAMATSU