Patents by Inventor Aya NAMIKI

Aya NAMIKI 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).

  • Estimation apparatus, estimation method, and computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 10379259
    Abstract: An estimation apparatus includes an acquirer, a deriver, and a determiner. The acquirer acquires time-sequential observation data related to cloud-altitude. The deriver derives a first change in cloud altitude from at least a first altitude at a first time and a second altitude at a second time. The deriver derives a second change in cloud altitude from at least a third altitude at a third time and a fourth altitude at a fourth time. The determiner determines a cloud developmental stage based at least in part on the first and second changes in cloud altitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kobayashi, Aya Namiki, Fumihiko Mizutani, Takahiro Watanabe
  • ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170199304
    Abstract: An estimation apparatus includes an acquirer, a deriver, and a determiner. The acquirer acquires time-sequential observation data related to cloud-altitude. The deriver derives a first change in cloud altitude from at least a first altitude at a first time and a second altitude at a second time. The deriver derives a second change in cloud altitude from at least a third altitude at a third time and a fourth altitude at a fourth time. The determiner determines a cloud developmental stage based at least in part on the first and second changes in cloud altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsuya KOBAYASHI, Aya NAMIKI, Fumihiko MIZUTANI, Takahiro WATANABE