Patents by Inventor Atsushi Okamura

Atsushi Okamura 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).

  • Patent number: 11887373
    Abstract: A sales management system includes a first device including a first processor that is configured to detect a customer moving an item of merchandise in an extraction direction away from a merchandise display, a second device including a second processor that is configured to detect movement of an item of merchandise from the merchandise display and determine a movement direction thereof, and a third processor that is configured to determine whether the extraction and movement directions are substantially identical when the first processor detects the customer moving an item away from the merchandise display and the second processor detects movement of an item from the merchandise display at substantially the same time, and determine the item as a first merchandise to be purchased by the customer when the extraction and movement directions are determined to be the substantially identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Patent number: 11854179
    Abstract: A camera abnormality detecting device according to an embodiment includes an acquiring section and a notifying section. The acquiring section acquires, from an image photographed by a camera provided in a conveyance body to be capable of photographing an inside of a basket placed on a basket receiving section of the conveyance body, an image of a region where an upper edge of the basket is surmised to be reflected. The notifying section notifies, based on the image acquired by the acquiring section, whether an angle of view of the camera is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20230297989
    Abstract: A detection device for detecting a fraud behavior of a customer at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal in a store, including a first interface circuit configured to receive a first image of the customer from a camera, a second interface circuit configured to receive a second image that is displayed on the POS terminal, and a processor configured to acquire one or more first images via the first interface circuit and determine one or more behaviors of the customer based on the acquired first images, acquire one or more second images via the second interface circuit and determine, based on the acquired second images, one or more operations that have been made by the customer on the POS terminal, and determine that one of the behaviors is fraudulent based on one or more of the operations that have been made by the customer before said one of the behaviors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Atsushi OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11704651
    Abstract: A detection device for detecting a fraud behavior of a customer at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal in a store, including a first interface circuit configured to receive a first image of the customer from a camera, a second interface circuit configured to receive a second image that is displayed on the POS terminal, and a processor configured to acquire one or more first images via the first interface circuit and determine one or more behaviors of the customer based on the acquired first images, acquire one or more second images via the second interface circuit and determine, based on the acquired second images, one or more operations that have been made by the customer on the POS terminal, and determine that one of the behaviors is fraudulent based on one or more of the operations that have been made by the customer before said one of the behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Patent number: 11605057
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a store management system includes a store entry management device and a sales management device. The store entry management device reads identification data, of a shopper, for using the electronic receipt service from an information terminal of a shopper who wants to enter the store. The sales management device causes the store entry management device to permit the shopper to enter the store when the settlement data can be acquired based on the read shopper identification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Hara, Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Okamura, Yuta Sasaki, Masachika Kurata, Takahide Kubota, Xiaozhou Wang
  • Patent number: 11587309
    Abstract: An object detection system includes a first detection device configured to control a first camera to acquire a first image of a container and detect an object in the container based on the first image, and a second detection device configured to control a second camera to acquire a second image of the container. The second image is a more detailed or accurate image than the first image for detecting the object in the container based on the second image. The first detection device is further configured to train a learning model for detecting the object in the container based on the first image using detection results from the second detection device as an indication of the correct result, and then use the trained learning model for detecting the object in the container based on the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20220398849
    Abstract: A sales management system includes a first device including a first processor that is configured to detect a customer moving an item of merchandise in an extraction direction away from a merchandise display, a second device including a second processor that is configured to detect movement of an item of merchandise from the merchandise display and determine a movement direction thereof, and a third processor that is configured to determine whether the extraction and movement directions are substantially identical when the first processor detects the customer moving an item away from the merchandise display and the second processor detects movement of an item from the merchandise display at substantially the same time, and determine the item as a first merchandise to be purchased by the customer when the extraction and movement directions are determined to be the substantially identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11455803
    Abstract: A sales management system includes a first device including a first processor that is configured to detect a customer moving an item of merchandise in an extraction direction away from a merchandise display, a second device including a second processor that is configured to detect movement of an item of merchandise from the merchandise display and determine a movement direction thereof, and a third processor that is configured to determine whether the extraction and movement directions are substantially identical when the first processor detects the customer moving an item away from the merchandise display and the second processor detects movement of an item from the merchandise display at substantially the same time, and determine the item as a first merchandise to be purchased by the customer when the extraction and movement directions are determined to be the substantially identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20220222644
    Abstract: A detection device for detecting a fraud behavior of a customer at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal in a store, including a first interface circuit configured to receive a first image of the customer from a camera, a second interface circuit configured to receive a second image that is displayed on the POS terminal, and a processor configured to acquire one or more first images via the first interface circuit and determine one or more behaviors of the customer based on the acquired first images, acquire one or more second images via the second interface circuit and determine, based on the acquired second images, one or more operations that have been made by the customer on the POS terminal, and determine that one of the behaviors is fraudulent based on one or more of the operations that have been made by the customer before said one of the behaviors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11386705
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a feature amount management apparatus includes a data generation unit, an ID generation unit, a storage unit, and a deletion unit. The data generation unit generates, from an image, feature amount data indicating a feature amount of biometric information of a person. The ID generation unit generates identification information including expiration date information used for determining an expiration date of the feature amount data. The storage unit stores the feature amount data in correlation with the identification information. The deletion unit deletes the feature amount data when the feature amount data pass the expiration date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20220051019
    Abstract: An object detection system includes a first detection device configured to control a first camera to acquire a first image of a container and detect an object in the container based on the first image, and a second detection device configured to control a second camera to acquire a second image of the container. The second image is a more detailed or accurate image than the first image for detecting the object in the container based on the second image. The first detection device is further configured to train a learning model for detecting the object in the container based on the first image using detection results from the second detection device as an indication of the correct result, and then use the trained learning model for detecting the object in the container based on the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Atsushi OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210374934
    Abstract: A camera abnormality detecting device according to an embodiment includes an acquiring section and a notifying section. The acquiring section acquires, from an image photographed by a camera provided in a conveyance body to be capable of photographing an inside of a basket placed on a basket receiving section of the conveyance body, an image of a region where an upper edge of the basket is surmised to be reflected. The notifying section notifies, based on the image acquired by the acquiring section, whether an angle of view of the camera is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Patent number: 11138713
    Abstract: A camera abnormality detecting device according to an embodiment includes an acquiring section and a notifying section. The acquiring section acquires, from an image photographed by a camera provided in a conveyance body to be capable of photographing an inside of a basket placed on a basket receiving section of the conveyance body, an image of a region where an upper edge of the basket is surmised to be reflected. The notifying section notifies, based on the image acquired by the acquiring section, whether an angle of view of the camera is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20210304104
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a work monitoring system monitors work in a work zone where the work is performed in accordance with a work instruction on a work target conveyed from the work zone to a correction zone where the work is corrected. The work monitoring system determines, on the basis of a result of monitoring the work, whether or not inappropriate work different from work designated by the work instruction has been performed and identifies the work target that is a target of the work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210248889
    Abstract: An article display system includes display furniture on which articles can be displayed. A first sensor detects states of the articles on the display furniture and is fixed to the display furniture. A second sensor detects a moving body within a monitoring region. The second sensor is fixed to the display furniture. A storage device stores coordinate information representing a position of the display furniture and the monitoring region. A control device is configured to identify, based on detection results from the first and second sensors, an article having a state that has changed and the moving body that changed the state of the article. The coordinate information is represented by a coordinate system having an origin set at a corner of on the piece of display furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210089756
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a feature amount management apparatus includes a data generation unit, an ID generation unit, a storage unit, and a deletion unit. The data generation unit generates, from an image, feature amount data indicating a feature amount of biometric information of a person. The ID generation unit generates identification information including expiration date information used for determining an expiration date of the feature amount data. The storage unit stores the feature amount data in correlation with the identification information. The deletion unit deletes the feature amount data when the feature amount data pass the expiration date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Patent number: 10956729
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a data processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store a determination table, a camera configured to image a commodity package, and a processor. The processor is configured to extract an area having a predetermined shape from the imaged commodity package, recognize characters in the extracted area; determine whether the recognized characters meet a criterion described in the determination table, and output the recognized characters to a display or a printer connected to the data processing apparatus when the recognized characters meet the criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20210073554
    Abstract: A sales management system includes a first device including a first processor that is configured to detect a customer moving an item of merchandise in an extraction direction away from a merchandise display, a second device including a second processor that is configured to detect movement of an item of merchandise from the merchandise display and determine a movement direction thereof, and a third processor that is configured to determine whether the extraction and movement directions are substantially identical when the first processor detects the customer moving an item away from the merchandise display and the second processor detects movement of an item from the merchandise display at substantially the same time, and determine the item as a first merchandise to be purchased by the customer when the extraction and movement directions are determined to be the substantially identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10895493
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a weighing apparatus includes a plurality of weighing scales and a processor. Each of the plurality of weighing scales measures weight of the object to be weighed which is placed on the plurality of weighing scales. The processor calculates net weight of the object to be weighed on the basis of the weight measured by each of the plurality of weighing scales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20200387875
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a store management system includes a store entry management device and a sales management device. The store entry management device reads identification data, of a shopper, for using the electronic receipt service from an information terminal of a shopper who wants to enter the store. The sales management device causes the store entry management device to permit the shopper to enter the store when the settlement data can be acquired based on the read shopper identification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HARA, Takahiro SAITOU, Atsushi OKAMURA, Yuta SASAKI, Masachika KURATA, Takahide KUBOTA, Xiaozhou WANG