Patents Assigned to NEC Corportion
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Publication number: 20250078348Abstract: In the endoscopic examination support apparatus, the video acquisition means acquires an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope. The lesion detection means detects a lesion candidate from the endoscopic video. The heat map generation means generates a heat map which represents a lesion possibility of the lesion candidate included in the endoscopic video by a color. The display control means superimposes and displays an area where the lesion possibility is equal to or higher than a first threshold on the endoscopic video in a first display mode, and superimposes and displays an area where the lesion possibility is equal to or higher than a second threshold on the endoscopic video in a second display mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Naoto MAEDA, Takuma IGARASHI, Masahiro SAIKOU, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Yuko MAEKAWA
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Publication number: 20250053741Abstract: A request extraction device 500 includes: an acquisition section 521 acquiring a first natural sentence input by a user; a request extraction section 522 extracting at least a target word of a relevant word and the target word from the first natural sentence acquired by the acquisition section using a model learnt to output the relevant word and the target word with a second natural sentence as an input, the relevant word being a word indicating a request of a user included in the second natural sentence and the target word being a word serving as the target of the relevant word; and an output section 523 outputting the target word extracted by the request extraction section 522.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: NEC CorportionInventor: Jun YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20250037043Abstract: A status notification apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger of an aircraft, the face image data having been acquired at departure/arrival airports and of the aircraft, and acquires, from a storage device in which arrival destination information regarding the arrival destination of the aircraft, the face image data of the passenger, and identification information identifying the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance, the identification information and the arrival destination information corresponding to the acquired face image data. The status notification apparatus acquires a movement status of the passenger, and notifies a service provider at the arrival destination of the acquired movement status and the acquired identification information based on the acquired arrival destination information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Masanori KOBAYASHI, Akihiko ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20240202504Abstract: The input means 81 accepts input of trajectory data indicating the subject's decision-making history. The learning means 82 performs inverse reinforcement learning using the trajectory data. The output means 83 outputs a reward function and a constraint condition derived by inverse reinforcement learning. Here, the learning means 82 performs inverse reinforcement learning based on distribution of the trajectory data calculated using a differentiable function that indicates distribution of the constraint condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Dai KUBOTA, Riki Eto
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Publication number: 20240196297Abstract: A communication system is disclosed that includes a non-terrestrial network portion including a plurality of cells each cell serving at least one coverage area. A first base station stores a UE context associated with a suspended Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection of a user equipment (UE) related to a first coverage area. The UE initiates a procedure for resuming the suspended RRC connection via a second cell serving a different coverage area to the first coverage area, transmits information related to a location of the UE; and receives, from a base station controlling the second cell, a message releasing the RRC connection based on the location of the UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Chadi KHIRALLAH, Sadafuku HAYASHI, Yuhua CHEN
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Publication number: 20240175693Abstract: An evacuation route guidance system, which can respectively acquire one or more images shot by one or more cameras placed near roads of a target area, and a hazard map which includes locations of one or more dangerous places and locations of one or more safe areas in the target aera, including: a movement analysis part for analyzing movement of one or more moving bodies passing through a road in the target area based on one or more images shot by the one or more cameras at a time of occurrence of a disaster; a route creation part for creating a route adapted to movement of a moving body passing through the road, which route enables the moving body to move to a safe area by avoiding the one or more dangerous places; and a route output part for outputting the route to a predetermined display apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Nobuyuki TOZAWA, Atsushi MATSUDA, Kei YANAGISAWA, Kosei KOBAYASHI, Shouji HARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20240171644Abstract: A network apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a memory (902) and at least one processor (901) coupled to the memory (902). The at least one processor has a function of converting a Diameter protocol compatible message to an SBI protocol compatible message, and a function of converting an SBI protocol compatible message to a Diameter protocol compatible message.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventor: Yoshihiko HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20240168363Abstract: A projection device a includes a light source that emits parallel light, a spatial light modulator that has a modulation part that modulates a phase of the parallel light emitted from the light source, a liquid crystal projection lens that includes a liquid crystal region on which modulated light modulated by the spatial light modulator is incident and that projects the modulated light in a lens region dynamically formed in the liquid crystal region as projection light, and a control unit that causes the lens region to be formed at a desired position in the liquid crystal region of the liquid crystal lens, sets a phase image corresponding to the projection light projected toward a projection target, to the modulation part of the spatial light modulator, and controls the light source to emit the parallel light toward the modulation part to which the phase image is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Koya TAKATA, Hiroshi MIZUMOTO, Fujio OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20240161409Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide an annotation apparatus that can improve workability of annotation. An annotation apparatus (1) according to an example aspect of the present disclosure includes a cluster generation unit (11) configured to generate a plurality of clusters by grouping point cloud data corresponding to three-dimensional position information about a measurement target, a presentation order determination unit (12) configured to determine a presentation order of the plurality of clusters based on similarity between the generated plurality of clusters, a cluster presentation unit (13) configured to present the plurality of clusters in order based on the determined presentation order, and a label assignment unit (14) configured to assign a predetermined label to each of the clusters presented in the order.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Jiro ABE, Akira TSUJI
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Publication number: 20240160690Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a calculation means for calculating a projection matrix used for dimensionality reduction of a plurality of data based on an objective function. The objective function includes a first function including a first term indicating interclass dispersion of the plurality of data between a first class and a second class included in a plurality of classes and a second function including a second term indicating intraclass dispersion of the plurality of data in at least one of the first class and the second class. The calculation means performs optimization of the objective function under a constraint in which the first class and the second class are selected so that a combination of the first class and the second class includes a specific class.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Yoshitaka ITO, Hitoshi YAMAMOTO, Yoshinori KODA, Kouji OOSUGI
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Publication number: 20240152363Abstract: An object is to provide a management device that can appropriately manage a code that may be applied to a plurality of systems. A management device (10) according to the present disclosure includes: an extraction unit (11) that extracts a parameter associated with definition information included in configuration information used for constructing an infrastructure system on a cloud infrastructure; and a management unit (12) that manages, when the configuration information is applied to a plurality of the infrastructure systems, the parameter to be changed according to the infrastructure system in association with the infrastructure system to which the configuration information is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventor: Ryota KUBONIWA
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Publication number: 20240104891Abstract: In the object detection device, the plurality of object detection units output a score indicating a probability that a predetermined object exists, for each partial region set with respect to image data inputted. The weight computation unit computes a weight for each of the plurality of object detection units by using weight computation parameters and based on the image data. The weights are used when the scores outputted by the plurality of object detection units are merged. The weight redistribution unit changes the weight for a predetermined object detection unit, among the weights computed by the weight computation unit, to 0 and output the weights. The merging unit merges the scores outputted by the plurality of object detection units for each of the partial regions, by using the weights computed by the weight computation unit and including the weight changed by the weight redistribution unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Katsuhiko TAKAHASHI, Yuichi NAKATANI, Tetsuuo INOSHITA, Asuka ISHII, Gaku NAKANO
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Publication number: 20240045303Abstract: A projection device a includes a light source that emits parallel light, a spatial light modulator that has a modulation part that modulates a phase of the parallel light emitted from the light source, a liquid crystal projection lens that includes a liquid crystal region on which modulated light modulated by the spatial light modulator is incident and that projects the modulated light in a lens region dynamically formed in the liquid crystal region as projection light, and a control unit that causes the lens region to be formed at a desired position in the liquid crystal region of the liquid crystal lens, sets a phase image corresponding to the projection light projected toward a projection target, to the modulation part of the spatial light modulator, and controls the light source to emit the parallel light toward the modulation part to which the phase image is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Koya TAKATA, Hisashi MIZUMOTO, Fujio OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20230410185Abstract: A change detection means 840 detects an area of change in a product shelf on which a product has been arranged, on the basis of a captured image of the product. A classification means 850 classifies the change in the product shelf in the detected area of change. A shopping list generation means 860 generates a shopping list for a customer on the basis of the classification of the change in the product shelf and of shelving information on the product shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Kyota Higa, Emi Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20150236767Abstract: A method according to the present invention is for selecting User Equipment (UE) for scheduling/precoding within the coverage area of a communications node having a predefined codebook. The method includes: receiving at the communications node feedback information from each of the UEs within the coverage area of the communications node wherein the feedback information includes at least one precoder matrix indicator (PMI); generating at the communications node a precoder matrix based on the reported precoder matrix indicator from each UE; determining at the communications node correlation values for each UE in the coverage utilising the precoder matrix; identifying a pair of UEs having minimum correlation values; and selecting the identified UEs for scheduling/precoding if the minimum correlation value is less than or equal to a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Yasushi Maruta, Duong Pham, Arun Gurung
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Publication number: 20140365279Abstract: Provided is an information management device (10) that includes a matrix display unit (15) that displays a two-dimensional matrix table, displays some or all of required qualities required for a first commercial product and specification items associated with the first commercial product, as vertical direction elements, in a vertical column in the two-dimensional matrix table, and displays some or all of the required qualities required for the first commercial product and the specification items associated with the first commercial product, as horizontal direction elements, in a horizontal row in the two-dimensional matrix table, a relationship information reception unit (16) that receives an input of relationship information indicating strength of correspondence between the vertical direction element (required quality or specification item) and the horizontal direction element (required quality or specification item) with respect to a cell at an intersection between the vertical direction element and the horType: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: NEC CorportionInventors: Hajime Eda, Yoshiaki Matsubara, Kazuki Tsuji, Mitsuteru Tanoue
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Patent number: 8238432Abstract: A weighting factor calculation unit (1903) calculates a weighting factor using characteristics respectively corresponding to a picture to be predicted and a selected reference picture in accordance with a weighting factor equation derived from a fade effect generation principle. For each picture, an intra-picture characteristic calculation unit (1901) calculates the characteristics as characteristics closed in the picture. The weighting factor of a fade picture can be obtained with a small calculation amount at high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: NEC CorportionInventor: Hirofumi Aoki
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Publication number: 20040044981Abstract: CAD (Computer Aided Design) data which is reticle design data is input to first and second data conversion devices which respectively convert the CAD data to electron beam (EB) write data and inspection data. The EB write data and inspection data output are input to a data verification device to verify whether or not there is a data conversion error. If no data conversion error is detected by the data verification device, an EB writing device writes a pattern on an unwritten reticle with an electron beam based on the EB write data and develops the reticle, after which the fabricated developed reticle is inspected by a reticle inspection device. As a defect, such as a data conversion error contained in EB write data is detected before fabrication of a reticle, the reticle inspection process is simplified, the effective availability factors of the EB writing device and reticle inspection device and the time needed to fabricate a reticle is made shorter, thereby reducing the fabrication cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: NEC CORPORTIONInventors: Takashi Yoshimura, Takeshi Bashomatsu
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Publication number: 20030131091Abstract: A system for supporting construction of a server having a plurality of constraints determined depending on an application area of the server is disclosed. A service method definition section defines a value of each of the plurality of constraints by defining a value of each of a group of constraints to thereby determine a value of each of the other group of constraints which are related to at least one constraint of the group of constraints. A program generator generates a server construction program using the defined constraints. The server operates according to the server construction program received from the system. A simultaneous multiple-access processing server used by the interactive program, WEB shopping, and the like can be easily constructed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: NEC CORPORTIONInventors: Katsuhiro Ochiai, Yuichi Koike, Masahiro Tabuchi
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Patent number: 6346465Abstract: A fabrication method of a semiconductor device that realizes a simplified contact formation process is provided. After a single-crystal silicon substrate having a main surface is provided, a dielectric film having a contact hole uncovering the main surface of the substrate is formed on the main surface of the substrate. Next, a silicon nitride film is formed on the main surface of the substrate in the contact hole of the dielectric film. Then, a metal film is formed on the dielectric film to be contacted with the silicon nitride film in the contact hole of the dielectric film. The metal film has a property that an atom of the metal film serves as diffusion species in a solid-phase silicidation reaction. The metal film, the silicon nitride film, the dielectric film, and the substrate are heat-treated to thereby form a metal silicide film due to a solid-phase silicidation reaction between the metal film and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: NEC CorportionInventors: Yoshinao Miura, Koichi Ishida