Patents Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Smart window device, image display method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11847994
    Abstract: A smart window device includes: a window that is transparent and displays an effect image; a request receiver that receives, from a user, a stop request or a change request for the display of the effect image; a data acquirer that acquires effect image data indicating the effect image reflecting a preference of the user learned based on a length of time from a start of displaying the effect image until the request receiver receives the stop request or the change request and a type of an object; and a controller that: when a sensor detects the object, determines the type of the object based on a detection result of the sensor, selects an effect image to be displayed on the window from among the effect image data, based on the type of the object determined, and causes the effect image to be displayed on the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Masaki Yamauchi, Nanami Fujiwara, Kaoru Murakami
  • User equipment, base station and wireless communication method
    Patent number: 11849457
    Abstract: Provided are a user equipment, base station and wireless communication methods related to multiplexing of UCI in PUSCH in NR. A user equipment comprises: circuitry operative to process UCI bits to be transmitted according to the comparison of the number M of UCI bits generated based on DL assignment(s) before an UL grant from a base station and the number N of UCI bits generated based on DL assignment(s) after the UL grant with the number P of UCI bits indicated in the UL grant and/or the maximum number Q of bits determined based on at least a configured coding rate, wherein each of M, N, P, Q is an integer equal to or larger than 0; and a transmitter operative to transmit the processed UCI bits in PUSCH at a TTI indicated in the UL grant to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Lilei Wang, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Tomoya Nunome, Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Transmitting method, receiving method, transmitting device, and receiving device
    Patent number: 11849166
    Abstract: A transmitting method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes transmitting a first stream, the first stream including: timing update identification information id1 indicating whether or not a correspondence relationship between a first reference clock and a second reference clock has been updated, the first reference clock being used to transmit and receive the first stream, and the second reference clock being used to transmit and receive a second stream related to another content to be reproduced in synchronization with the content related to the first stream; a first time according to the first reference clock; and a second time according to the second reference clock, the second time being associated with the first time based on the updated correspondence relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tadamasa Toma, Noritaka Iguchi, Hisaya Katou
  • Anomaly detection device, anomaly detection method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11848755
    Abstract: An anomaly detection device is located between a network and a first ECU in the plurality of ECUs, and includes: a communication circuit; a processor; and a memory including a set of instructions that, when executed, causes the processor to perform operations including: receiving a message from the first ECU and transmitting the message to the network, and receiving a message from the network and transmitting the message to the first ECU, using the communication circuit; holding, in the memory, a received ID list; when an ID of the message received by the communication circuit from the network is not included in the received ID list, adding the ID to the received ID list; and when an ID of the message received by the communication circuit from the first ECU is included in the received ID list, causing the communication circuit not to transmit the message to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ryota Takahashi, Takamitsu Sasaki