Patents by Inventor Akira FUKABORI

Akira FUKABORI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230390937
    Abstract: A technique related to allowing a more valuable experience to be gained is provided. A computer performs acquiring information on a selection condition, setting a first robot, among a plurality of unfixed robots selected in accordance with the selection condition, as an operation target to be operated by a terminal device, and enabling the operation target to be switched from the first robot to a second robot, which is different from the first robot, among the plurality of robots selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Akira Fukabori, Kevin Kajitani
  • Publication number: 20230360270
    Abstract: An improved image processing apparatus and the like using visual recognition of a vertebrate such as a human being are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image, a first image processing unit for performing first image processing on the acquired image, and including a first sampling unit for performing first sampling for extracting at least one sample to be processed from the acquired image, and a color detection unit for detecting colors of the at least one extracted sample, and a second image processing unit for performing second image processing different from the first image processing on the acquired image, and including a second sampling unit for performing second sampling for extracting at least one sample to be processed from the acquired image, and a color reduction unit for reducing the colors of the at least one extracted sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shigeho NODA, Hideo YOKOTA, Akira FUKABORI
  • Publication number: 20230325880
    Abstract: Provided is technology for advertisement of merchandise, utilizing a robot. An advertisement server 10 includes a storage unit 11 that stores a plurality of advertisements, an acquisition unit 12 that acquires position-related information relating to a position of a robot that is not fixed, a selecting unit 13 that selects, from a plurality of the advertisements, an advertisement to be displayed, on the basis of the position-related information, and a display control unit 14 that performs control to display the advertisement that is selected, at a terminal device used by a user operating the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Akira Fukabori, Kevin Kajitani