Patents Assigned to NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
  • Patent number: 11876314
    Abstract: In order to reduce the probability that an electrode of a connector and a terminal part of a printed substrate are broken, this connector is provided with openings including a void, respectively, in at least one of surfaces perpendicular to generating lines of two prismatic surfaces facing each other with the void therebetween and having parallel generating lines, and at least one of surfaces parallel to the generating lines, and is equipped with: a first member which is disposed in the void, and performs a first movement that is a movement in a direction parallel to the generating lines; a second member which, following the first member, performs a second movement that is a movement in a direction corresponding to the direction of the movement of the first member between respectively predetermined first point and second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunihiko Endo
  • Publication number: 20240013683
    Abstract: A shelf tag attachment apparatus (100) includes an electronic shelf tag (101), and a shelf tag holding portion (103) for holding the electronic shelf tag (101). The electronic shelf tag (101) includes, on each of an upper end and a lower end, a groove portion (105) extending in a left-right direction, and the shelf tag holding portion (103) includes a protrusion portion (115) that projects downwards and upwards, and that fits into each of the upper groove portion (105) and a lower groove portion (105). At least one combination of a combination of the upper groove portion (105) and the protrusion portion (115) that fits into the groove portion (105), and a combination of the lower groove portion (105) and the protrusion portion (115) that fits into the groove portion (105) is discretely provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Akaba, Hiromitsu Nakano, Akihiko Onita, Shunsuke Tsuda, Hiroki Sugegaya
  • Patent number: 11863725
    Abstract: An image reading device that efficiently performs shading correction that flexibly responds to changes in the diffusion properties of reflected light on the surface of a reading target efficiently performing same as a result of including: controlling a plurality of light sources so as to cause only a specific light source among the light sources to be lit; obtaining the diffusion state of a first reflected light generated by the specific light source being lit, in a state in which general shading correction data not dependent on the image reading target is generated; obtaining a diffusion state for a second reflected light generated by light being irradiated on to the reading target by the specific light source; and generating dedicated shading correction data that relies on the reading target, based on the first reflected light diffusion state, the second reflected light diffusion state, and the general shading correction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230422192
    Abstract: In order to execute processing relating to synchronization based on a synchronization signal, a radio node 200 includes: a first processing section 211 configured to receive a synchronization signal transmitted from a first node 100; and a second processing section 212 configured to generate a reference signal by using a time signal acquired from a time signal source, and execute processing relating to synchronization in accordance with a comparison result based on the synchronization signal and the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi NAKATA, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Kanada NAKAYASU
  • Publication number: 20230421700
    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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko ABE
  • Publication number: 20230415505
    Abstract: The present invention includes a housing unit (11), a hinge unit (13), and a lid body (12) configured to be provided on the housing unit (11) in an openable and closable manner via the hinge unit (13), wherein the hinge unit (13) includes: a shaft unit (21) configured to serve as a rotating shaft when the lid body (12) is opened/closed with respect to the housing unit (11); a bearing unit (22) configured to have a U-shaped opening to which the shaft unit (21) is fitted in a detachable manner; and a reinforcing unit (14) configured to abut, when external force that causes deformation in a widening direction of the U-shaped opening of the bearing unit (22) is applied to the bearing unit (22), against the bearing unit (22) to which the external force is applied. Thereby deformation of the bearing unit is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuyuki YAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11856407
    Abstract: A communication device includes a first communication unit configured to start in a state where all communication terminals in a first communication area are connectable and acquire first identification information of a connected communication terminal, and a control unit configured to acquire, from among pieces of the acquired first identification information, third identification information being associated with second identification information of a communication terminal permitted to connect to a second communication unit forming a second communication area. The first communication unit shifts into a state where only a communication terminal having the third identification information is connectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230409850
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a reading system, an information processing method, and a program capable of manage carrying-in or carrying-out of articles more reliably are provided. An information processing apparatus (1) includes a flow line specification unit (2) that specifies a flow line of a movement of an object in a predetermined area near a gate, an RSSI acquisition unit (3) that acquires an RSSI of a signal transmitted from an RFID tag located near the gate, and a passage determination unit (4) that determines whether or not an article specified by identification information read from the RFID tag has passed through the gate based on the specified flow line and the acquired RSSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20230394885
    Abstract: An assistance system according to an 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: detect a hand from an image obtained by imaging a work area; determine a work state based on a hand detection result; and outputting output information indicating the work state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicants: NEC Platforms, Ltd., NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu WATANABE, Hayato CHISHAKI
  • Patent number: 11839045
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a housing, an electronic component unit main body, an engagement lever, and an engaged member, in which the engagement lever includes a lever main body, an engagement groove, and a restricting member, the lever main body is displaceable between a first state in which the one end portion is inclined to protrude rearward with respect to the other end portion in an insertion direction of the electronic component unit main body with respect to the accommodating part and the engagement groove abuts against the engaged member from the rear in the insertion direction, and a second state in which the lever main body is vertical from the one end portion to the other end portion and the engagement groove engages with the engaged member, and the restricting member is able to restrict the lever main body to being in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11836941
    Abstract: A package measuring apparatus includes a depth sensor, the package having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and placed on a mounting table, and at least one processor. The processor obtains spatial coordinates of four vertices within a space in which the center of the depth sensor is set as the point of origin based on data of a distance from the depth sensor to each of the four vertices and data of a position of each sensor element of the depth sensor corresponding to each of the four vertices. The processor calculates, based on the spatial coordinates of the four vertices, a length of each of three sides defined between a first vertex and three other vertices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Youhei Nishi
  • Patent number: 11797791
    Abstract: Provided is a reading apparatus capable of efficiently reading information from an RFID tag. A reading apparatus (1) includes at least one antenna (2) and a casing (10). The casing (10) has reflective surfaces (12) in at least a part of the inner side. The antenna (2) is provided in the casing (10), and is used to read information from an RFID tag. The antenna (2) is disposed in the vicinity of reflective surfaces (12A) and (12B) having two or more normal lines (N1) and (N2) at different angles, and radiates electromagnetic waves toward at least a direction that is not parallel to the directions of the normal lines (N1) and (N2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuura, Yuta Imai
  • Patent number: 11781587
    Abstract: To reduce the likelihood of erroneous detection resulting from improper engagement of an engaging part with an engaged part, a fixing member is made to have a recess formed therein and is provided with a plurality of conduction paths that are electrically insulated from each other and have portions that are exposed at a plurality of positions including a first position inside the recess and in the vicinity of the innermost part of the recess and a second position inside the recess and not in the vicinity of the innermost part of the recess and other portions that are exposed outside of the recess, and a prescribed member touching the first position and second position can push the area around the opening of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tachibana, Kunihiko Endoh
  • Patent number: 11778128
    Abstract: Provided is a broadcasting control apparatus configured to generate a system time for broadcasting control, the system time being synchronized with a reference time in accordance with a predetermined time protocol, and configured to correct, when leap second adjustment information indicating that leap second adjustment is scheduled to be completed at a first time in the reference time is received, the system time by a correction amount depending on a time length D over a correction period having the time length D from a second time earlier than the first time, the time length D being set such that a correction amount per second of the system time is equal to or less than a cycle corresponding to an inverse of a video frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: NEC Platforms, Ltd., NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11769517
    Abstract: This invention provides a signal processing apparatus capable of obtaining an output signal of sufficiently high quality if the phase of an input signal is largely different from the phase of a true voice. The signal processing apparatus includes a voice detector that receives a mixed signal including a voice and a signal other than the voice and obtains existence of the voice as a voice flag, a corrector that receives the mixed signal and the voice flag and obtains a corrected mixed signal generated by correcting the mixed signal in accordance with a state of the voice flag, and a shaper that receives the corrected mixed signal and shapes the corrected mixed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sugiyama, Ryoji Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20230297039
    Abstract: A production plan optimization apparatus includes a traveling salesman problem formulation unit for formulating a problem regarding determining a sequence in which a plurality of workpieces are processed as a traveling salesman problem that satisfies a delivery date constraint based on a delivery date specified for at least one of the plurality of workpieces and a sequence constraint specified for at least one of combinations of the plurality of workpieces and also minimizes a sum of changeover times associated with switching of the workpieces and a processing sequence determination unit for calculating a solution to the traveling salesman problem, by using an annealing processing unit for searching for an optimal solution to a combinatorial optimization problem by simulated annealing or quantum annealing, and determining the sequence in which the plurality of workpieces are processed based on a result of the calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Chishima, Masayo Kaida
  • Publication number: 20230297635
    Abstract: A Web filtering system includes a router apparatus, an administrator terminal, and a filtering server. The router apparatus transmits a request for a category of a Web site to the filtering server. If the router apparatus receives category information about the Web site from the filtering server, the category information indicating that category evaluation of the Web site has not been performed and the category has not been registered, the router apparatus transmits a category evaluation request packet to the administrator terminal The administrator terminal transmits a category evaluation result of the Web site to the router apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Platforms Ltd.
    Inventor: Takanori YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230297460
    Abstract: An information providing system acquires log data generated by an information equipment system, extracts a feature of the log data, acquires, from history information related to the information equipment system, information based on the feature, and outputs the acquired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: c/o NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tonari, Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: D999618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoko Ono
  • Patent number: D1010804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kakehata, Hiroshi Katayanagi, Ikuhiro Aota