Patents Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
  • CONTROL DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING A PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20240007320
    Abstract: A control device causes, when being adapted to a gateway, a space creating part to create a second space by combining two or more first spaces on the basis of position information acquired by an acquiring part, a device control part to generate relevance information indicative of a relevance between identification information of the second space and identification information of two or more devices included in the second space among the devices, and a notification part to notify, on the basis of the relevance information generated by the device control part, at least one of collective control information for collectively controlling the two or more devices included in the second space and individual control information for individually controlling the two or more devices included in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Noriaki HORII, Tatsumi NAGASHIMA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240005015
    Abstract: A server includes: a first receiving part that receives, from an appliance arranged in a building, operational data of the appliance; a second receiving part that receives use request information indicating a use request for the appliance from a user terminal belonging to a user of the appliance; a transmitting part that transmits approval request information to an owner terminal belonging to an owner of the appliance in response to receipt of the use request information; a third receiving part that that receives, from the owner terminal, approval information indicating an approval to use of the appliance; and a setting part that sets a restriction on access to appliance data by the owner in response to receipt of the approval information, the appliance data including at least one of the operational data and data based on the operational data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kazunobu KONISHI, Taro SUZUKI
  • ECHO SUPPRESSING DEVICE, ECHO SUPPRESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ECHO SUPPRESSING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20240007789
    Abstract: An echo suppressing device includes: an echo canceller that suppresses a linear echo signal from an input signal acquired by a microphone; a spectrum envelope extraction unit that extracts spectrum envelope information from a reception signal to be output to a loudspeaker; a nonlinear echo estimation unit that estimates spectrum envelope information of a nonlinear echo signal included in the input signal from the spectrum envelope information extracted from the reception signal; and a nonlinear echo suppression unit that suppresses the nonlinear echo signal from an output signal of the echo canceller by using the estimated spectrum envelope information of the nonlinear echo signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yoshifumi HIROSE, Shinichi YUZURIHA
  • Transmission method, reception method, transmission device, and reception device
    Patent number: 11863236
    Abstract: A transmission method includes: in a first period, causing a light source to emit light having a first luminance; and in a second period, causing the light source to transmit an optical signal by causing the light source to alternately emit light having a second luminance and light having a third luminance lower than the second luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Nobuhiko Hashida, Ryutaro Monden
  • Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device
    Patent number: 11861868
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: determining whether a first valid node count is greater than or equal to a first threshold value predetermined, the first valid node count being a total number of valid nodes that are nodes each including a three-dimensional point, the valid nodes being included in first nodes belonging to a layer higher than a layer of a current node in an N-ary tree structure of three-dimensional points included in point cloud data, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2; and, when the first valid node count is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, performing first encoding on attribute information of the current node, the first encoding including a prediction process in which second nodes are used, the second nodes including a parent node of the current node and belonging to a same layer as the parent node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi
  • Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
    Patent number: 11863741
    Abstract: An encoder includes processing circuitry and a memory coupled to the processing circuitry. Using the memory, the processing circuitry is configured to: change values of pixels in a first block and a second block to filter a boundary between the first block and the second block. The pixels include type one pixels and type two pixels different from the type one pixels. The first set of filter coefficients applied to the type one pixels in the first block and the second set of filter coefficients applied to the type one pixels in the second block are selected to be asymmetrical with respect to the boundary based on block sizes of the first block and the second block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanoh, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Driving management system, vehicle, and information processing method
    Patent number: 11861951
    Abstract: A vehicle in a driving management system including one or more authentication servers and one or more vehicles capable of switching between a manual driving mode and an automatic driving mode is provided. The vehicle includes a communication unit that communicate with at least one authentication server of the one or more authentication servers, and a detecting unit that detects switching between the manual driving mode where manual driving is performed, and an automatic driving mode where automatic driving is performed, based on a message issued by at least one of the plurality of electronic control processors. The vehicle also includes a generating unit that generates transaction data including information indicating the detected switching, and an identifier indicating the vehicle, and transmits, to the at least one authentication server, the transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yuji Unagami, Junichiro Soeda, Motoji Ohmori
  • Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
    Patent number: 11863743
    Abstract: A decoder comprises circuitry and memory. The circuitry, using the memory, in operation, determines a number of first pixels and a number of second pixels used in a deblocking filter process, wherein the first pixels are located at an upper side of a block boundary and the second pixels are located at a lower side of the block boundary, and performs the deblocking filter process on the block boundary. The number of the first pixels and the number of the second pixels are selected from among candidates, wherein the candidates include at least 4 and M larger than 4. Response to a location of the block boundary being a predetermined location, the number of the first pixels used in the deblocking filter process is limited to be 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanoh, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Kiyofumi Abe
  • Transmission device and transmission method
    Patent number: 11863264
    Abstract: A transmission device includes: a weighting synthesizer that generates a first precoded signal and a second precoded signal; a first pilot inserter that inserts a pilot signal into the first precoded signal; a phase changer that applies a phase change of i×?? to the second precoded signal, where i is a symbol number and an integer that is greater than or equal to 0; an inserter that inserts a pilot signal into the phase-changed second precoded signal; and a phase changer that applies a phase change to the phase-changed and pilot-signal-inserted second precoded signal. ?? satisfies ?/2 radians<??<? radians or ? radians<??<3?/2 radians.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi, Hiroyuki Motozuka
  • Base station, terminal, and communication method
    Patent number: 11863478
    Abstract: A base station (100, 300) is provided with a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter (109) transmits a downlink signal in a downlink transmission region, in a time unit that includes the downlink transmission region, an uplink transmission region, and a gap period that is a switching point between the downlink transmission region and the uplink transmission region. The receiver (111) receives an uplink signal in the uplink transmission region, in the time unit. Furthermore, a delay tolerant signal for which a delay is tolerated more than for the downlink signal and the uplink signal is mapped to within the gap period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tomohumi Takata, Takashi Iwai, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Ayako Horiuchi, Joachim Loehr, Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
    Patent number: 11863785
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: corrects a base motion vector using a correction value for correcting the base motion vector in a predetermined direction; and encodes a current partition to be encoded in an image of a video, using the base motion vector corrected. The correction value is specified by a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter indicating a table to be selected from among a plurality of tables each including values, the second parameter indicating one of the values included in the table to be selected indicated by the first parameter. In each of the plurality of tables, a smaller value among the values is assigned a smaller index. Each of the plurality of tables includes a different minimum value among the values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Jing Ya Li, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Han Boon Teo, Kiyofumi Abe, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi
  • Terminal and communication method
    Patent number: 11864204
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims at allowing a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern suitable for a terminal to be selected from among a plurality of DMRS patterns including Legacy DMRS and Reduced DMRS. Disclosed is a terminal including: reception section 21 that receives uplink control information; control section 23 that determines a specific mapping pattern from among a plurality of mapping patterns for an uplink DMRS on the basis of the control information; and DMRS generating section 24 that generates a DMRS according to the specific mapping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Lilei Wang, Kazuki Takeda, Ayako Horiuchi, Alexander Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Masayuki Hoshino, Yoshihiko Ogawa
  • Management method, management apparatus, and program
    Patent number: 11861360
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a management method for software versions to improve transaction safety of software. In the management method, among management apparatuses, a first token management apparatus obtains request information indicating a requested version requested by a user, and first transaction data indicating that the user provides predetermined number of tokens to a software developer who has developed the requested version is stored in distributed ledgers through execution of a consensus algorithm by the management apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Junji Michiyama, Junichiro Soeda, Yuji Unagami, Yuuki Hirose, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Motoji Ohmori
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230419475
    Abstract: A management server 1 acquires identification information of an apparatus; acquires association information associated with the acquired identification information from a memory, the association information including a structural diagram showing a structure of a facility, an installation location of the apparatus in the facility, and an installation procedure of the apparatus; generates installation information including an installation screen on which the installation location is indicated on the acquired structural diagram, and the acquired installation procedure; outputs the installation information; and when detecting that the installation procedure of the apparatus has ended up to a first procedure, outputs connection confirmation information for performing a connection confirmation work for a wire connection of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yumiko SHINOHARA, Masafumi ISHIKAWA, Yuki WATANABE, Saeko SHINGU, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Terminal, base station, transmission method, and reception method
    Patent number: 11855823
    Abstract: A repeater generates repetition signals by repeating uplink signals over a plurality of subframes; controller sets a timing for transmitting the repetition signals, based on information indicating a transmission candidate subframe for a sounding reference signal used for measuring an uplink reception quality; and a transmitter transmits the repetition signals at the set timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Masayuki Hoshino
  • Image encoder and related non-transitory computer readable medium for image decoding
    Patent number: 11856217
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and a memory coupled to the circuitry, wherein the circuitry, in operation, performs a partition process. The partition process includes calculating first values of a set of pixels between a first partition and a second partition in a current block, using a first motion vector for the first partition; calculating second values of the set of pixels, using a second motion vector for the second partition; and calculating third values of the set of pixels by weighting the first values and the second values. When a ratio of a width to a height of the current block is larger than 4 or a ratio of the height to the width of the current block is larger than 4, the circuitry disables the partition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li
  • Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
    Patent number: 11856192
    Abstract: A decoder comprises circuitry and memory. The circuitry, using the memory, in operation, determines a number of first pixels and a number of second pixels used in a deblocking filter process, wherein the first pixels are located at an upper side of a block boundary and the second pixels are located at a lower side of the block boundary, and performs the deblocking filter process on the block boundary. The number of the first pixels and the number of the second pixels are selected from among candidates, wherein the candidates include at least 4 and M larger than 4. Response to a location of the block boundary being a predetermined location, the number of the first pixels used in the deblocking filter process is limited to be 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanoh, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Kiyofumi Abe
  • Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device
    Patent number: 11856207
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding three-dimensional points obtained by a sensor includes: encoding local coordinate information indicating sets of local coordinates that are coordinates of the three-dimensional points and are dependent on a location of the sensor; and generating an encoded bitstream including the local coordinate information encoded and global coordinate information indicating global coordinates that are coordinates of a reference point or at least one of the three-dimensional points and are independent from the location of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Pongsak Lasang, Zheng Wu, Chi Wang, Chung Dean Han, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Access point and communication method
    Patent number: 11856604
    Abstract: An access point includes a first interface that wirelessly communicates using a first band; a second interface that wirelessly communicates using a second band; and a controller that selects one type of request to send (RTS)/clear to send (CTS) control from among three mutually different types using at least one of the first interface and the second interface, and carries out the selected one type of RTS/CTS control with a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Nobuhiko Hashida
  • Three-dimensional data storage method, three-dimensional data acquisition method, three-dimensional data storage device, and three-dimensional data acquisition device
    Patent number: 11856154
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data storage method includes: acquiring one or more units in which an encoded stream generated by encoding point cloud data is stored; and storing the one or more units into a file. The storing includes storing, in control information for the file, information indicating that data stored in the file is data generated by encoding the point cloud data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio