Patents Assigned to NEC PLATFORM, LTD.
  • Patent number: 12375374
    Abstract: A server includes communication means for communicating with another device via a network and light-emitting control means for controlling a light-emitting state of a light-emitting member provided in a functional unit identified by identification information based on the identification information that identifies one or more functional units that execute a predetermined function and control information that controls the light-emitting state of the light-emitting member provided in the functional unit acquired via the communication part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuhito Takamura
  • Publication number: 20250240510
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a camera that captures a target; an illuminator that applies illumination light in response to capturing is performed by the camera; and an illumination range change unit that changes an illumination range of the illuminator based on a position of the target. According to the information processing apparatus, the target can be properly illuminated with the illumination light based on the position of the target, and it is thus possible to acquire the image of the target, more properly, even when the position of the target in the capturing is changed, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro OOMINE, Daisuke SHIMADA, Katsumi KAYAMA, Yuta KOMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250233298
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a substrate, an antenna element disposed on a front surface of the substrate, and a radome of a conductor with thermal conductivity, being configured to cover the front surface of the substrate, and having a slot formed at a position facing the antenna element. The radome includes a heat radiation fin structure formed in such a way as to protrude from an outer surface on an opposite side to the substrate side, and the heat radiation fin structure includes at least a heat radiation fin formed in such a way as to surround the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji MORI, Tetsuya SAITO
  • Patent number: 12347232
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus for authentication includes: a first imaging unit that obtains a first image used in a first authentication process by imaging a target person; a second imaging unit that obtains a second image used in a second image process by imaging the target person in an imaging range narrower than that of the first imaging unit; a drive unit that integrally drives the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit; and a drive control unit that controls the drive unit on the basis of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Ogatsu, Ryoma Oami, Toshiyuki Sashihara, Takamichi Miyamoto, Ryuichi Akashi, Ryo Yamakabe, Daisuke Shimada
  • Patent number: 12345813
    Abstract: Provided is an object detection system including: a ranging device that emits light so as to pass through a detection region and receives reflected light in which the ranging device is configured to perform a scan by changing an optical path of emitted light; and a reflection member that is provided in a scan range so as to reflect light passing through the detection region toward the ranging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20250193235
    Abstract: A diagnosis apparatus or the like including a configuration information acquisition part that acquires configuration information that is configuration content of a target device; a diagnostic rule holding part that holds a diagnostic rule for diagnosing the configuration information; a diagnosis part that diagnoses the target device on a basis of the diagnostic rule; and a diagnostic result notification part that notifies a diagnosis result, wherein the diagnostic rule holding part holds the diagnostic rule that diagnoses whether or not the configuration information is a secure configuration from a security perspective is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyo YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250192993
    Abstract: A key delivery system, includes: a key issuance apparatus generating and issuing an encryption key; a distribution apparatus including: a share data generation part electronically dividing the encryption key into share data using a secret sharing scheme, a transmission destination verification part verifying validity of a transmission destination in transmitting the share data, and a share data transmission part transmitting the share data to the transmission destination, when a verification result obtained by the transmission destination verification part is valid; and a decryption apparatus including: a transmission source verification part verifying validity of a transmission source, in receiving the share data, a share data reception part receiving the share data from the transmission source when a verification result obtained by the transmission source verification part is valid, and a decryption part decrypting the encryption key using the share data received, as an input value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryo Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 12328415
    Abstract: The telephone relay device (30) is communicably connected to a teleconference server that relays an audio call between communication terminals participating in a teleconference via an IP network. The telephone relay device includes: a participation request unit (32) that requests the teleconference server to permit participation in the teleconference in response to receiving, from the teleconference server, an audio quality reduction notification indicating that audio quality of the audio call between the communication terminals becomes less than a predetermined level; a call making unit (33) that makes a call to a telephone terminal associated with the communication terminal in response to being permitted to participate in the teleconference; and a call relay unit (34) that relays an audio call of the teleconference between the telephone terminal and the teleconference server in response to receiving a response to the call from the telephone terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Abe
  • Publication number: 20250182188
    Abstract: A message processing apparatus, comprising: a terminal device interface part configured to be connected to a plurality of terminal devices with a first API provided by each of the plurality of terminal devices; an order processing apparatus interface part configured to be connected to a self-ordering system with a second API different from the first API via a mobile order interface; an event workflow database configured to have correspond each of a plurality of events and each of a plurality of workflows to each other to store the events and the workflows; and a message generation part configured to receive an event message(s) of the first API and generate a message(s) corresponding to the second API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Naomi KAKINAGA, Masaru Kubota, Hikaru UDAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20250183512
    Abstract: A base station includes an antenna substrate configured to emit radio waves, a case, and a gasket. The antenna substrate has an antenna formed on a front surface thereof. The case is provided with a window. The antenna is exposed on the outside of the case through the window. The gasket surrounds the window. The front surface of the antenna substrate and an inner surface of the case pinch the gasket. The base station further includes a stiffener on a rear surface of the antenna substrate. The stiffener extends along the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Keisuke YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250173307
    Abstract: A link establishment apparatus is configured to connect to another apparatus via an interface of JESD204B and perform a link establishment procedure for establishing a link with such another apparatus, the link establishment apparatus being further configured to receive a first parameter of JESD204B from the other apparatus in the link establishment procedure, and, in a case in which a second parameter of JESD204B configured in the link establishment apparatus does not match the received first parameter, change the second parameter to match the first parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Satou
  • Publication number: 20250174511
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a substrate cooling mechanism, including: inserting a cooling plate from the opening part formed in a side surface of a housing and disposing the cooling plate on the lower-side substrate; having support members penetrate through through-holes of the cooling plate and fixing the rear-end of the support members to the lower-side substrate; arranging the upper-side substrate on the cooling plate and having the tip-end parts of the support members penetrate positioning through-holes of the upper-side substrate; and screwing a nut into a male screw thread of the tip-end parts of the support members so that the lower-side substrate and the upper-side substrate are brought closer with the cooling plate sandwiched therebetween and having the upper-side connector of the lower surface of the upper-side substrate and the lower-side connector of the upper surface of the lower-side substrate penetrate the through-holes formed in the cooling plate and mated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Chiba, Yoshiki Kojima, Syouji Mori
  • Patent number: 12301670
    Abstract: An address correspondence formation unit in a security device forms session-establishment address correspondence that associates a first type external address information unit of a main device, a first type external address information unit of the security device containing an IP address of the security device on a router side and a session establishment port number for a connection target telephone on a WAN side, and a terminal number and a session-establishment address information unit of the connection target telephone. The first type external address information unit of the main device contains an IP address and a session establishment port number of the main device. A setting control unit sets, to the main device, the first type external address information unit of the main device and a first type internal address information unit of the security device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Kinouchi
  • Publication number: 20250148589
    Abstract: An excrement analysis apparatus being capable of dealing with a toilet bowl having various shapes and a toilet seat and capable of accurately analyzing image-captured excrement is provided. The excrement analysis apparatus inputs imaging data captured by an image capture apparatus being installed in such a way as to include, in a capturing range, an excretion range of excrement in a toilet bowl of a toilet. The excrement analysis apparatus performs classification of a capturing target substance in a pixel unit by using semantic segmentation with respect to imaging data being input. The excrement analysis apparatus outputs a classification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tomishima, Tsutomu Miena, Haruhiko Yamabuchi, Masahiro Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro Kakehata
  • Publication number: 20250124425
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a gate data acquisition unit that acquires product identification information and basket identification information that have been read by a gate sensor; a storage control unit that controls the basket identification information and the product identification information that have been read together by the gate sensor to be stored in a storage device in association with each other; a work table data acquisition unit that acquires product identification information and basket identification information that have been read by a work table sensor; and a purchased product determination unit that determines whether the product to be identified by the product identification information that has been read by the work table sensor is the product to be purchased, based on the basket identification information that has been read by the work table sensor and information stored in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuura
  • Patent number: 12272086
    Abstract: A package measuring apparatus includes a control unit and a depth sensor that picks up a package having a rectangular parallelepiped shape placed on a mounting table from substantially directly above the package. The control unit is configured to: specify data of the package in an acquired depth image data by comparing with background depth image data; calculate a height of the package and specify positions of three vertices located on a leftmost, rightmost, and uppermost or lowermost side in the depth image data; obtain two-dimensional coordinates of the three vertices based on a view angle of the depth sensor, data of a distance from the depth sensor corresponding to the three vertices, data of a position of each sensor element, and the number of sensor elements; and calculate a length of two sides defined between a third vertex and other two vertices based on the two-dimensional coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Youhei Nishi
  • Patent number: 12254450
    Abstract: An electronic receipt system according to example embodiments includes: a code issuance server configured to issue a code in response to a request from a mobile terminal and to transmit the code to the mobile terminal; a POS terminal configured to read the code displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal, to transmit the code to the code issuance server for inquiry, and when it is confirmed that the code is one that is issued by the code issuance server, to associate the code and electronic receipt information generated when performing transaction processing with each other; and an electronic receipt management server configured to save the code and the electronic receipt information that are associated with each other received from the POS terminal and when the mobile terminal transmits the code, to transmit the electronic receipt information that is associated with the code to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Norihiko Shimazu
  • Patent number: 12253629
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor device including: a sensor device including: a sensor unit that emits light and receives light reflected by an object; and a reflection mirror unit that reflects light emitted from the sensor unit. A reflection surface of a reflection mirror included in the reflection mirror unit includes a first part and a second part having lower reflectance than the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12247788
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating structure (1) that can be easily retrofitted to an apparatus that needs to be waterproofed is provided. A heat-dissipating structure (1) includes a first heat-dissipating part (3) configured to receive heat from a heat-generating part (2) disposed inside a housing (8), a rod-like heat-transport member (4), the first heat-dissipating part (3) being disposed at one end thereof, and the heat-transport member (4) being configured to transport the heat from the first heat-dissipating part (3) to the other end of the heat-transport member (4), a second heat-dissipating part (5) including a plurality of fins (5a) arranged in a row at the other end of the heat-transport member (4), and a fixing member (6) disposed between the first heat-dissipating part (3) and the second heat-dissipating part (5), in which a through hole (6a) through which the heat-transport member (4) is passed is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuma Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12248385
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a computer system and a dedicated device connected via a dedicated bus, wherein the computer system implements a monitoring unit via an operating system thereof. The monitoring unit includes a detection module configured to detect the blocked state of the dedicated bus, and a blocking release module activated upon detecting the blocked state of the dedicated bus and configured to perform a blocking release process for instructing the operating system to disconnect the dedicated device, for releasing the blocked state of the dedicated bus, for instructing the operating system to reset the dedicated device disconnected from the computer system, and for instructing the operating system to reconnect the dedicated device to the computer system after resetting the dedicated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Fujita