Patents Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
  • 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
  • Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
    Patent number: 11856193
    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 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanoh, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Kiyofumi Abe
  • Terminal and communication method with two step downlink control information
    Patent number: 11856588
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed, which is capable of appropriately determining a resource to which a DCI is mapped. A DCI receiver (203) receives first and second downlink (DL) control signals, and a signal demultiplexer (202) demultiplexes a DL data signal from a received signal, using the first and the second DL control signals. The DCI receiver (203) identifies a resource for the second DL control signal based on information on the first DL control signal, or information on the DL data signal, indicated by the first DL control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Ayako Horiuchi, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Lilei Wang
  • Initiator device, responder device, and system
    Patent number: 11855717
    Abstract: An initiator device is provided with a generation circuit for supporting Single User (SU)-Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) operation and generating a first signal including a value that indicates which of a reciprocal MIMO phase and a non-reciprocal MIMO phase is to be applied to SU-MIMO BF training, and a transmission circuit for transmitting the first signal to a responder device. The responder device is provided with a reception circuit for receiving the first signal from the initiator device, and a processing circuit for determining on the basis of the value which of the reciprocal MIMO phase and the non-reciprocal MIMO phase is to be applied to SU-MIMO BF training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Lei Huang, Hiroyuki Motozuka, Takenori Sakamoto
  • Display control method, information processing server, and display terminal
    Patent number: 11856334
    Abstract: A display control method performed using a system including an information processing server includes: (a) obtaining, using a sensor, a user state indicating whether a user is currently cooking using a cooker, when an image of a delivery person delivering an item to a building in which the user is present is captured by a camera provided at an entrance door of the building; (b) obtaining content information of the item; (c) obtaining at least one suggestion associated with the user state and the content information of the item; and (d) causing a display terminal provided in the building to display the image of the delivery person, the content information of the item, and the at least one suggestion. Here, (a) to (d) are performed by the information processing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventor: Takahiro Iijima
  • METHOD FOR LEARNING NETWORK PARAMETER OF NEURAL NETWORK, METHOD FOR CALCULATING CAMERA PARAMETER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING A PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230410368
    Abstract: Provided is a method for learning a network parameter of a neural network including, by an information processor: acquiring a learning image; acquiring a true camera parameter related to the learning image; calculating a true two-dimensional coordinate point by projecting a three-dimensional coordinate point on a unit spherical surface onto a predetermined plane by using the true camera parameter; calculating an estimated two-dimensional coordinate point by projecting the three-dimensional coordinate point onto the predetermined plane by using the estimated camera parameter estimated by the neural network; and learning the network parameter of the neural network based on a distance between the true two-dimensional coordinate point and the estimated two-dimensional coordinate point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventor: Nobuhiko WAKAI
  • WORK SITUATION DETECTION DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THAT RECORDS PROGRAM, AND WORK SITUATION DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20230412969
    Abstract: An operation situation detection device includes: at least one microphone that is provided in a chamber to detect a first operation sound which is an operation sound occurring when a predetermined operation is performed in the chamber; a memory that stores in advance a second operation sound which is a typical sound likely to occur when the operation is performed; a calculator that calculates a similarity between the first operation sound and the second operation sound; and a determinator that determines that the operation has been performed, when the similarity is a predetermined value or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KANO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230409007
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device configured to: start an application including multiple blocks each including a parameter for controlling an apparatus including at least one of an actuator and a heater, and a sequence including one or more processes involving at least a motion of a person, the sequence cooperating with an N+1th block of the application after completion of an Mth process; generate a state maintaining block having a parameter for maintaining a state of a processing object of the apparatus at completion of an Nth block; and execute the generated state maintaining block when completion of the Nth block is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kenta MURAKAMI, Satoshi SUEMASU, Yuki TAKAOKA