Patents Assigned to NEC Corporation
  • Patent number: 12193819
    Abstract: An arousal level control apparatus calculates a setting value of a control device under a constraint condition using an arousal level optimization model so that a value of an objective function is maximized. The control device affects a physical quantity of a surrounding environment that affects arousal level of a subject. The arousal level optimization model includes the constraint condition and the objective function. The constraint condition includes a physical quantity prediction model, an arousal level prediction model, and a setting value range condition that the setting value is within a predetermined range. The physical quantity prediction model is an explicit function that includes the physical quantity and the setting value as explanatory variables and has a predicted value of the physical quantity as an explained variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuma Kogo
  • Patent number: 12198471
    Abstract: An information providing device according to one 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: receive a face image; determine whether a person in the face image is unsuitable for iris data acquisition based on the face image; and output information based on determining that the person is unsuitable for the iris data acquisition when the person is determined to be unsuitable for the iris data acquisition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Chono, Masato Tsukada, Chisato Funayama, Ryuichi Akashi, Yuka Ogino, Takashi Shibata, Shoji Yachida, Hiroshi Imai, Emi Kitagawa, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Yusuke Mori
  • Publication number: 20250014438
    Abstract: To enable accurate detection of a moving body that has fraudulently entered a monitored area, a moving body management device comprises: a reception unit that receives moving body identification information enabling identification of a moving body and representing the state of the moving body from an information processing terminal device that has received the moving body identification information from the moving body that has transmitted the moving body identification information; a determination unit that determines whether or not the moving body has entered an entry-prohibited area by comparing the received moving body identification information with entry permission management information representing an area that the moving body is permitted to enter or prohibited from entering; and a transmission unit that transmits a determination result obtained by the determination unit to the information processing terminal device capable of displaying the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke HASHIZUME, Yumi TANAKA, Takahiro OBA, Mitsuyuki KONDO, Hiroaki YOSHIDA, Iwao ISHIDA, Hiroyuki ISHII
  • Publication number: 20250016225
    Abstract: An edge configuration server, a multi-access system, a method, and a computer-readable medium are provided that make it possible to relocate an application context between different multi-access edge computing systems. An edge configuration server according to the present disclosure is a server included in a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system, and includes: a reception unit configured to receive, from a source-edge enabler server (S-EES) in the MEC system, an inquiry about a relocation target of an application context; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to another edge configuration server (ECS) in another MEC system, an inquiry about the relocation target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro FUJIOKA, Yutaro OBARA
  • Publication number: 20250012574
    Abstract: In the present invention, to make it possible to reduce the wait time for charging an unmanned aerial vehicle at a charging facility, information that can be used to determine the cruising range of an unmanned aerial vehicle is acquired, a priority on the use of a charging facility by an unmanned aerial vehicle is set according to intended use, and a charging facility to be used by an unmanned aerial vehicle is determined on the basis of the priority and the cruising range calculated on the basis of the information that can be used to determine the cruising range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Remi TANAKA, Takeshi Shouta, Hiroyuki Kakinuma, Tomoyuki Muto, Toshihide Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20250014310
    Abstract: A time-series data processing apparatus of the present invention includes: an extracting unit that extracts a feature value of each of a plurality of image regions within an image at each time of day when a target is captured; a generating unit that generates time-series data in which the feature value of each of the plurality of image regions and a measured value measured from the target using a measurement device are parameters; and a detecting unit that detects a state of the target based on the time-series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Ryosuke TOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20250012898
    Abstract: The optical sensing system (100) comprises a plurality of scanner devices (1) that are disposed at different sites and a signal processing device (2) that is connected to the plurality of scanner devices (1) by using a plurality of optical fiber cables (3), wherein: the plurality of scanner devices (1) emit laser beams toward a subject and receive reflected light reflected by the subject; and the signal processing device (2) outputs a first optical signal, which corresponds to the laser beams to be emitted by the plurality of scanner devices (1), to the plurality of scanner devices (1) via the plurality of optical fiber cables (3) and acquires a second optical signal, which corresponds to the reflected light received by the plurality of scanner devices (1), from the plurality of scanner devices (1) via the plurality of optical fiber cables (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20250013711
    Abstract: The input means 81 accepts input of a condition to be satisfied by a parameter. The model generation means 82 converts the input condition into a model represented by a Hamiltonian. The annealing process means 83 generates an Ising model from the converted model and inputs the generated Ising model to an annealing machine to perform annealing. The output means 84 converts an annealing result into the parameter and outputs the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi CHISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20250014213
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus (10) including: a screen generation unit (11) that generates a screen including a playback region playing back and displaying a moving image including a plurality of frame images and a missing key point display region indicating a key point of a human body not being detected in a human body included in the frame image displayed in the playback region, and causes a display unit to display the generated screen; and an input reception unit (12) that receives an input specifying a section to be extracted from the moving image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo KAWAI, Noboru YOSHIDA, Jianquan LIU
  • Publication number: 20250016437
    Abstract: In order to appropriately specify an important image region in a video, an important region specification system (1) includes: an information acquisition means (11) for acquiring position information of a vehicle; an important region specification means (12) for specifying an important region in an image-capturable region of a camera based on the position information of the vehicle; and an important region notification means (13) for notifying an image processing apparatus, which processes an image taken by the camera, of the important region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki OGATA, Kosei Kobayashi, Yusuke Shinohara, Takanori Iwai, Hayato Itsumi, Koichi Nihei, Kei Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20250013935
    Abstract: The information processing device 1X mainly includes an acquisition means 16X and a history display means 161X. The acquisition means 16X acquires constraint relaxation history information indicating a history relating to settings of relaxation of a constraint condition in an optimization problem. The history display means 161X displays, on a display device, a graph structure in which each of the settings included in the history is represented by a node, based on the constraint relaxation history information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto OHSAKA, Tatsuya MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20250015896
    Abstract: A light module (1), in order to adjust the phase of light using a simple configuration, comprises: a light outputting means (20) for outputting light; a phase control means (17) for adjusting the phase of the light; and a detection means (16) for detecting the intensity of the light. The phase control means (17) adjusts the phase of the light on the basis of the intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Mizutani, Masaki Oe
  • Publication number: 20250013945
    Abstract: In order to generate a more efficient operation plan as an operation plan regarding a water distribution plan, an information processing apparatus (1) includes: an acquisition means (11) for acquiring target data regarding a target water distribution plan; and a generation means (12) for generating an operation plan regarding the target water distribution plan by solving an optimization problem that uses (i) a cost function determined by inverse reinforcement learning which uses reference data regarding a reference water distribution plan and (ii) the target data acquired by the acquisition means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Riki Eto
  • Publication number: 20250013727
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires biometric information on a user in a procedure area where the user is able to select a first scheme involving use of biometric authentication in a procedure or a second scheme not involving use of the biometric authentication in the procedure; a matching unit that matches the biometric information with registered biometric information on a registrant allowed to use the first scheme and determines whether or not the user is the registrant; and a guidance unit that, when it is determined by the matching unit that the user is the registrant, guides the user for a procedure place corresponding to the first scheme and, when it is determined that the user is not the registrant, generates guidance information about a way to a procedure place corresponding to the second scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20250016596
    Abstract: A communication system is disclosed in which a serving base station configures a mobile device for performing measurements with respect to signals transmitted by a neighbour base station. The serving base station obtains a measurement report from the mobile device, the measurement report comprising a result of signal measurements in association with information identifying a beamformed region in which a signal to which said result of said signal measurements relates was transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhua CHEN, Sivapathalingham SIVAVAKEESAR
  • Publication number: 20250013695
    Abstract: The search assistance device receives a first input related to an article as a search target, specifies a statistical number candidate into which the search target is classified based on the first input and classification information for each statistical number included in a statistical number group having a hierarchical structure, and outputs first information requesting a second input related to the search target to be additionally input in a case where a plurality of statistical number candidates is specified, and the statistical number candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko FUJII, Kohei SUGA
  • Publication number: 20250013940
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus including: determination means (21) for determining a destination targeted for negotiation from among a plurality of destinations by solving a delivery planning problem including one or more constraint conditions, the one or more constraint conditions being associated with at least one of a capacity and a time window, the one or more constraint conditions being expressed by using a manipulated variable defined for each destination; and output means (22) for outputting information including a negotiation description for the destination determined by the determination means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromu IMURA, Shinji NAKADAI
  • Publication number: 20250016712
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to sending of a one time identifier of a UE during the NAS procedure. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to determining whether to use same one time identifier or different one time identifier during registration retry procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kundan TIWARI, Toshiyuki TAMURA, Sheeba Backia Mary BASKARAN
  • Publication number: 20250014137
    Abstract: One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a management device that make it possible to properly calculate the tolls required for corridor transit. A management device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an acquisition means for acquiring position information of a flying mobile unit, and corridor information which includes information on tolls and which is defined for a corridor that is a specific airspace; an identification means for identifying, on the basis of the position information, a transit area, which is an area in the corridor that the mobile unit has transited; and a calculation means for calculating a toll corresponding to the transit area on the basis of the corridor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Remi TANAKA, Takeshi Shouta, Hiroyuki Kakinuma, Tomoyuki MUTO
  • Publication number: 20250014385
    Abstract: A face authentication apparatus includes a face image acquisition unit that acquires, as a first face image, a face image of a user who moves from a first area to a second area via a gate provided between the first area and the second area, a collation unit that performs face authentication, a flow rate measurement unit that measures a flow rate of users who move from the first area to the second area via the gate and a flow rate of users who move from the second area to the first area via the gate, and a security level determination unit that determines the security level of the first area and the security level of the second area on the basis of the flow rates measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Taketo KOCHI, Kenji SAITO