Patents Assigned to NTT Communications Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230195070
    Abstract: A process control system 100 includes a plurality of controller devices 10 each of which performs process control on a plant, and an input-output device 20 that is connected to a target device of the process control. The input-output device 20 is installed in a different on-premise environment from the plurality of controller devices 10. Each of the controller devices 10 is connected to the input-output device 20 by a different closed network 40, and transmits and receives information on the process control on the plant to and from the input-output device 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuzou Hasegawa, Kazuyuki Ito, Masanori Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20230196311
    Abstract: A management system includes a terminal apparatus mounted with an application that enables electronic money to be loaded in plural types of currencies, and a management apparatus that manages the electronic money in the plural types of currencies, wherein any one of a plurality of the terminal apparatuses uses a bill splitting service of the application, and transmits a bill splitting report in which a sharing destination of a cost, a type of a first currency to be paid, and a shared amount of money have been set, the terminal apparatus of the sharing destination transmits a payment report in which the type of a second currency has been set, a share of the cost being paid in the second currency in accordance with the bill splitting service of the application, and the management apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to report the bill splitting report to the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhisa HIGASHIDE, Yasuhide KATOU, Mitsuya TOMODA, Kentaro NUMA
  • Publication number: 20230196334
    Abstract: A terminal device equipped with an application being an application in which a plurality of settlement cards are registered as a payment method of electronic money, and an application that performs settlement processing of the electronic money, the terminal device includes processing circuitry configured to store a schedule of a user of the terminal device, select any one of the plurality of settlement cards as a payment method of the electronic money in the application in accordance with a day of a week and a time slot, or a plan registered in the schedule, and execute settlement processing of the electronic money in the application using the settlement card selected, as a payment method of the electronic money.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhisa HIGASHIDE, Yasuhide KATOU, Mitsuya TOMODA, Kentaro NUMA
  • Publication number: 20230185959
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention downloads and acquires, from a center server on a cloud, an approval rule by an approver of upload in upload of a data file to the center server. The approval rule is stored in the center server. When any data file is uploaded to the center server, the communication control apparatus acquires approval of upload of the any data file from the approver in accordance with the acquired approval rule, and uploads the data file to the center server on condition that approval of upload of the data file has been acquired from the approver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori TAKADA, Hideaki AKABORI, Tsunechika KISHIDA, Yoshihiko KOBAYASHI, Masataka SUZUKI, Tohru MINAKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230188487
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention determines whether a message to be transmitted from an information processing apparatus include at least one attached file, when the message is transmitted from the information processing apparatus to one or more destinations via a network. When the communication control apparatus has determined that the message to be transmitted includes said at least one attached file, the communication control apparatus acquires approval of transmission of said at least one attached file from an approver, and transmits the message including said at least one attached file to said one or more destinations, on condition that approval of transmission of said at least one attached file has been received from the approver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori TAKADA, Hideaki AKABORI, Tsunechika KISHIDA, Yoshihiko KOBAYASHI, Masataka SUZUKI, Tohru MINAKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230171118
    Abstract: A conversation control device includes: a display information generator configured to generate display data necessary for displaying a conference room area image which is an image indicating a virtual conference room in which a conversation is held via a network and which is currently installed and an icon image indicating a user on a user terminal; a conference room controller configured to control participation of a user in the conference room in response to the user's operation; and a conversation controller configured to control a conversation between users participating in the same conference room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi OONO, Kousuke BANNAI, Yoshiki MIZUSHIMA, Touma TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230136211
    Abstract: Even an attribute of a target object can be clearly confirmed while looking at a photographed image. According to one embodiment, where the user sets additional information for a 3D display image, a user terminal MT first displays first guide pattern in the process of specifying a setting target of the additional information, and then displays second guide information in the process of specifying the display position of the additional information. After the display position is determined, the additional information input by the user is registered in a server device SV in association with the setting target and the coordinates of the display position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, 3i, Inc
    Inventor: Ken KIM
  • Publication number: 20230131239
    Abstract: Image information appropriately representing the state of changes in the three-dimensional space is generated. According to one embodiment, a server device (SV) stores, in an omnidirectional image storage unit (21), omnidirectional images of a three-dimensional space photographed at a plurality of positions, for each floor of a facility. Where two images of the same floor photographed at different dates and times are displayed for comparison, an omnidirectional image whose photography position coordinates are closest to the photography position coordinates of a comparison reference image is selected from among all omnidirectional images to be compared. The angle of the selected omnidirectional image to be compared is adjusted such that it corresponds to the angle of a comparison reference image. Comparison display image data is generated in which the adjusted comparison image and the comparison reference image are arranged side by side and is transmitted to the user terminal (UT1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, 3i, Inc
    Inventor: Ken KIM
  • Publication number: 20230128950
    Abstract: A technique for enabling accurate management of photography positions is provided. According to the first embodiment, a server device SV generates plan view data in which position coordinates of a photography point are plotted and transmits the plan view data to a user terminal MT, each time a photography operation is performed for a photography point. The plot position of the photography spot in the plan view data is corrected in accordance with a plot position correction request made by a user, and the corrected plan view data is stored as photography position management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, 3i, Inc
    Inventor: Ken KIM
  • Publication number: 20230125097
    Abstract: Optimization of a photography position is intended. According to one embodiment, photography recommended positions are sequentially set based on reference points set on a two-dimensional coordinate plane of a plan view of a floor to be photographed, a graphic pattern representing a set photography recommended position is combined with a finder display image output from a camera CM to thereby generate photography guide information composed of an AR image, and the generated photography guide information is transmitted to the user terminal MT and displayed. In addition, it is determined whether or not the movement position of the user is within a predetermined range including the photography recommended position. If the photography is performed outside the predetermined range, a message is displayed to that effect or notification is given by vibrating a vibrator, and the image data photographed at this time is discarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, 3i, Inc
    Inventor: Ken KIM
  • Publication number: 20230092148
    Abstract: An aspect of an information processing apparatus according to this invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires power sales information related to a plurality of types of electric power of different power generating systems, a generation unit that generates power use support information for supporting selective use of one or more types of electric power from the plurality of types of electric power based on the power sales information, and an output unit that outputs the power use support information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Akira SAKAINO, Hideaki NIITSUMA, Yoichi SUZUKI, Masataka ITO
  • Patent number: 11610343
    Abstract: A video display control apparatus receives a video content generated by a control target device in accordance with a control operation of a user via a network and displays the received video content on a head mount display attached to the user. The video display control apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a change in a direction of face or line of sight related to the control operation and a first display control unit that generates an auxiliary pattern in which at least one of a display position and a display form changes so as to follow the detected change in the direction of the face or the line of sight related to the control operation, superimposes the auxiliary pattern on the video content, and displays the video content on the head mount display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiya Nakakura
  • Publication number: 20230084454
    Abstract: An equipment load and a management load imposed on a business operator are reduced, and those who intend to reuse manufactured products can reliably acquire support information necessary for reuse, thereby further promoting the reuse of the manufactured products. A product information management server SV collects attribute information, usage history information, maintenance history information, and CO2 emission information regarding battery modules manufactured by a plurality of storage battery manufacturers, and stores the information in DBs 31-33 in association with each other. Where an information viewing request is received, reuse support information is generated based on the attribute information, usage history information, maintenance history information and CO2 emission information of the corresponding battery module, and the generated reuse support information is transmitted to the requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Akira SAKAINO, Hideaki NIITSUMA, Yoichi SUZUKI, Masataka ITO
  • Publication number: 20230081485
    Abstract: A technique for tracing the amount of CO2 emissions in the distribution process of a tangible object is provided. An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on electric power and information on fuel which are used in each of a plurality of steps of a distribution process of a tangible object; a calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of CO2 emissions generated in each of the steps, by using the information on electric power and the information on fuel which are acquired by the acquisition unit; and a storage control unit configured to control a storage unit to store the amount of CO2 emissions generated in each of the steps that is calculated by the calculation unit, in association with the tangible object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Akira SAKAINO, Hideaki NIITSUMA, Yoichi SUZUKI, Masataka ITO
  • Publication number: 20230071690
    Abstract: In a remote control system including a user apparatus and a remote operation apparatus, the remote operation apparatus includes a first imaging device having a first viewing angle and a second imaging device having a second viewing angle that includes the first viewing angle and that is greater than the first viewing angle, and transmits a first video image obtained by the first imaging device and a second video image obtained by the second imaging device to the user apparatus via a network. The user apparatus combines the first video image and the second video image with their coordinate positions and time positions aligned to generate a third video image, and outputs the generated third video image to a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiya NAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230076335
    Abstract: A remote operation apparatus is configured to operate in response to a control signal transmitted via a network from a user apparatus connected to a display unit and includes a movable unit capable of changing a posture. The remote operation apparatus includes: a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data acquired from a camera disposed in the movable unit; a motion detection data acquisition unit configured to acquire, through a motion sensor, motion detection data representing a change in the posture of the movable unit; and a data transmission unit configured to transmit the acquired video data and the acquired motion detection data to the user apparatus via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiya NAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230069407
    Abstract: In a robot (3) in a remote location, an action scene of the robot (3) is determined based on a feature amount derived from its position and motion detection data and video data, and a video parameter or an imaging mode corresponding to the determined action scene is selected. Then, a process of adjusting the selected video parameter for the video data or a process of setting the selected imaging mode to the camera is performed, and the processed video data is transmitted to the information processing apparatus (2) on the user side via the network (4) and displayed on the HMD (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiya NAKAKURA
  • Patent number: 11582142
    Abstract: A communication control method which performs route control in a communication system comprising: a specific network constituting the Internet; a first network configured to accommodate a specific device connected to the specific network; a second network provided between the specific network and the first network; and a processing device configured to perform predetermined processing on the basis of a packet transmitted between the specific network and the first network, the communication control method comprising: causing a path setting device in the communication system to execute a communication route-setting process comprised of, in accordance with first routing information defining a path leading from the first network to the specific network to be branched in the second network, controlling a path so that a first path of the branched path is set as a path via the processing device, and a second path of the branched path is set as a path leading to the specific network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Mahoko Tamura, Yoshinao Kurihara, Kazuki Oodo, Kento Ikeda, Hiroshi Sakoda, Takanori Mizuguchi, Yasuhiro Hataya, Kazuki Sato, Kaname Nishizuka, Tomohiro Kimura, Masashi Sakurada, Kyoko Onojima
  • Publication number: 20230013943
    Abstract: An information processing device that displays, on a screen, cards associated with a series of respective processes performed on data and that defines a flow of the series of processes by connecting the cards by first lines, the information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to receive an operation performed by a user, perform, when an operation for connecting the cards by second lines that represent synchronization of parameters is received, a setting for allowing the parameters of the respective processes associated with the plurality of cards connected by the second lines to be synchronized, and make, when a parameter of one of the cards is changed out of the plurality of cards in which the setting for allowing the parameters to be synchronized has been performed, a same change on the parameters of the respective processes associated with the plurality of cards connected by the second lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Koji ITO, Keisuke KIRITOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220417245
    Abstract: An authentication method performed by an authentication system that is equipped with a communication apparatus to which an authentication information storage apparatus for recording authentication information is connected, and an information apparatus that communicates with the communication apparatus includes executing first authentication processing for authenticating the information apparatus, executing any one of second authentication processing for authenticating, by the information apparatus, the communication apparatus and relaying communication of second authentication processing for authenticating, by the information apparatus, the authentication information storage apparatus, and performing specific information processing when authentication is performed in both the first authentication processing and the second authentication processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa UCHIYAMA, Hiromi WATANABE