Patents Assigned to Rakuten, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11928710
    Abstract: A computer implemented search management process and platform include USER data to build libraries of keywords used to associate merchant selections in response to queries seeking merchant products and services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Taylor, Keith Thoma
  • Publication number: 20220309535
    Abstract: A computer implemented search management process and platform include USER data to build libraries of keywords used to associate merchant selections in response to queries seeking merchant products and services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Jack TAYLOR, Keith THOMA
  • Publication number: 20220108097
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for predicting features in a binary file, such as an image, an animation, a video, or a sound. The binary file is received. A feature value corresponding to latent space of the binary file is calculated based on a dual-encoder attention-based U-net architecture. A new binary file is generated based on the calculated feature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Abhishek VAHADANE
  • Publication number: 20220027443
    Abstract: Authentication means (102) of an authentication system (S) performs authentication based on authentication information acquired by using an authentication terminal (30) and authentication information registered in storage means (100) in association with identification information on a user in a vicinity of the authentication terminal (30). Possibility determination means (103) determines, when there are a plurality of users in the vicinity of the authentication terminal (30), whether there is a possibility of one user being authenticated as another user. Restriction means (104) restricts successful authentication when it is determined that there is the possibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Yeongnam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20210406600
    Abstract: For each of a plurality of images, a learning device acquires first training data including an image, a class of each of one or more objects shown in the image, and the number of objects, from a storage. The learning device trains a feature extraction part, a class estimation part, and an object number estimation part using the first training data. For each of images of which the number is smaller than the plurality of images, the learning device acquires second training data including an image and coordinates of each of one or more objects in the image, from the storage. The learning device causes the trained feature extraction part to output a feature map of the image included in the second training data, and trains a coordinate estimation part using the feature map and the coordinates included in the second training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Yeongnam CHAE, Kobagapu Bhaskar RAO
  • Publication number: 20210374160
    Abstract: In a processing system 101, a first processing device 111 obtains first characteristics information indicating characteristics of users in a first environment, divides the users into first clusters according to the first characteristics information, and transmits, to a second processing device 121, representation information representing characteristics of users belonging to each of the first clusters using a centroid vector based on the first characteristics information of the cluster. The second processing device 121 obtains second characteristics information indicating characteristics of the users in a second environment, and divides the users into second clusters according to the representation information and the second characteristics information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu HIRATE, Hiroki MIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210371122
    Abstract: Flight equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an aerial vehicle having a body and at least one rotor held on the body; a plurality of supporters mounted to the aerial vehicle and supporting a protective member stretched therebetween so as to surround an outside of the body; a support information detection unit configured to detect support information indicating a support state of the protective member; and a mounting state determiner configured to determine whether the support state of the protective member is suitable or unsuitable, based on a value detected by the support information detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi LEE, Takayoshi INUMA
  • Publication number: 20210368016
    Abstract: In a state where a communication session between a terminal device and a mediating unit is established, an information processing device transmits information in accordance with a processing request generated by the mediating unit based on input data of the terminal device so that an output based on the transmitted information is performed in the terminal device. The information processing device receives the processing request from the mediating unit, obtains guide information in accordance with the processing request, and intermittently and sequentially transmits a plurality of pieces of process information and, in a case where the communication session is disconnected before transmission of all the process information is completed, transmits information for executing an output in accordance with a transmission situation of process information when the communication session is disconnected to the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210357023
    Abstract: An estimator (111) estimates whether an object is on the line of sight of the user. When a first object is estimated as being on the line of sight of the user continuously for a first threshold time, set for the user, or longer, a displayer (112) displays a second object in the field of view of the user. The second object expresses information about the first object. When the second object is estimated as not being on the line of sight of the user continuously for a second threshold time, set for the user, or longer, a remover (113) removes the second object from the field of view of the user. A corrector (114) corrects the first threshold time according to the length of viewing time that the second object is estimated as being on the line of sight of the user. Here, the first threshold time is set for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi MUTA, Keigo MATSUMOTO, Kelvin Ka Sin CHENG, Soh MASUKO
  • Publication number: 20210357430
    Abstract: In a processing system 101, a first processing device 111 obtains first characteristics information indicating a characteristics of users in a first environment, divides the users into first clusters according to the first characteristics information, and transmits, to a second processing device 121, belonging information indicating which of the first clusters each of the users belongs to. The second processing device 121 obtains second characteristics information indicating characteristics of the users in a second environment, and divides the users into second clusters according to the belonging information and the second characteristics information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu HIRATE, Hiroki MIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210334309
    Abstract: Even when there are many candidates for a linked entity, accuracy of estimating an entity related to a term that appears on given writing is improved. A classification device stores a first model generated by using a corpus including pieces of first writing related to predetermined entities, and a second model generated by using a corpus including the pieces of first writing. Features of terms included in the first writing are acquired from the first model. Features of the pieces of first writing are acquired from the second model. The classification device causes the first model to output first information indicating entities indicated by terms, which has similarity in a feature to a second term included in second writing, among first terms indicating the predetermined entities. The classification device causes the second model to output second information indicating entities related to pieces of writing, which has similarity in a feature to the second writing, among the pieces of first writing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto TSUTSUMI, Koji MURAKAMI, Takashi UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20210333956
    Abstract: A display control system specifies, in a case where one of a plurality of individual information items associated with a common information item is specified, the common information item associated with the specified individual information item, and other individual information items associated with the common information item. The display control system determines an order of the specified individual information item, the common information item, and the other individual information items such that the specified individual information item is positioned between the common information items and the other individual information items. In a case where a page turning operation is performed in a predetermined direction, the display control system displays pages of the other individual information items. In a case where the page turning operation is performed in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction, the display control system displays the page of the common information item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Emi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210336911
    Abstract: A sending device divides a message that is to be sent to a receiving device into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined length. The sending device puts the plurality of partial messages in a queue. The sending device takes one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the one partial message to the receiving device. The sending device receives notification information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in a display area. The sending device takes a next partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the next partial message to the receiving device after the notification information is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhisa NAOI
  • Publication number: 20210319394
    Abstract: A control device (100) includes an acquirer (110) that acquires transport article information expressing a characteristic of an article to be transported, and a generator (130) that generates, on the basis of the characteristic expressed in the acquired transport article information, transport control information that causes an unmanned vehicle to transport the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiaki TAZUME
  • Publication number: 20210303044
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, comprising: a memory configured to store program code; and electric circuitry including a processor, the processor being configured to read and operate according to the program code, the electronic circuitry configured to: set a plurality of candidate values of a parameter tunable in a computer system; trial each of the plurality of set candidate values of the parameter to the computer system for a predetermined period of time or a predetermined number of times and to calculate a reward in the computer system; select, when a trial satisfies a predetermined termination criterion, a candidate value of the parameter for which the maximum reward is calculated among the candidate values of the parameter and apply the selected candidate value of the parameter to the computer system; and re-set candidate values of the parameter based on the selected candidate value of the parameter to repeat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyosuke TOMODA
  • Publication number: 20210292090
    Abstract: A control device (500) includes a selector (550) that selects one of a first vehicle and a second vehicle as a remaining vehicle that stores a first article and a second article and that remains at a receiving location where the first article and the second article are to be received, and selects another of the first vehicle and the second vehicle as a departing vehicle that departs from the receiving location, when the second vehicle storing the second article arrives at the receiving location while the first vehicle storing the first article stays at the receiving location. Additionally, the control device (500) includes a storage controller (560) that identifies the first article or the second article stored in the selected departing vehicle as a transfer article to be transferred from the departing vehicle to the remaining vehicle, and causes the identified transfer article to be stored in the remaining vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiaki TAZUME
  • Publication number: 20210297812
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system of a base station is provided for determining a location of a mobile device by receiving data from a mobile device associated with a location of the mobile device and generating a world model database corresponding to a physical location of the base station. The received data is constrained based on the generated world model database, and an updated location of the mobile device is determined based on the constrained data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventor: Kunal TYAGI
  • Publication number: 20210297731
    Abstract: A video generation device receives sound information from a distribution apparatus. The video generation device receives first timing information from the distribution apparatus. The video generation device causes a video-taking device to take a video. The video generation device reproduces one or more sounds indicated by the received sound information when the video being taken by the video-taking device. The video generation device identifies one or more timings of reproducing the one or more sounds indicated by the received sound information based on the received first timing information when the one or more sounds indicated by the received sound information being reproduced. The video generation device causes video information indicating the taken video and including second timing information indicating the one or more identified timings to be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoyoshi NASAKA
  • Publication number: 20210261249
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present invention include: a main body; plural arms as supports that extend from the main body and support rotors; cloth-like parts held in a standby state in which the cloth-like parts are folded at positions close to the main body; and deployment mechanisms that are provided in the arms and each configured to move a portion of the cloth-like part in a direction away from the main body so that the cloth-like part is switched from the standby state to a deployed state in which the cloth-like part is spread between the arms in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenichi LEE
  • Publication number: 20210248518
    Abstract: The labor and time to input information are saved when applications for a plurality of services are received at the same time. A reception system (S) receives applications for a plurality of services at the same time. Display control means (102) displays, for each of the services, an input form for inputting each of user information and attribute information. Holding means (105) holds user information and attribute information, which have been input to the input form of each service, in association with the service. When user information of a service to be input has been input to an input form of the service to be input, acquisition means (103) acquires attribute information of the service to be input based on pieces of attribute information that have been input to input forms of other services having user information matching the user information of the service to be input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: SeungHee LEE, Hiroshi OYAMADA