Patents by Inventor Daisuke Kawasaki

Daisuke Kawasaki 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: 20240428287
    Abstract: A point management system (10) manages first points required for receiving a first service. The first points are managed for each group to which a plurality of persons belong. A second apparatus (30) acquires service determination information for determining the type of the first service provided to a user being one of the plurality of persons. A first apparatus (20) determines the number of required points being the number of first points required for the first service by using the service determination information. The second apparatus (30) performs processing for providing the first service to the user. Further, the second apparatus (30) reduces the first points by the number of required points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto FUKUDA, Daichi SATO, Akihisa SUDOU, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240394630
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a manager information acquisition unit that acquires manager reliability information indicating reliability of a manager who performs a roll call; and an identification unit that identifies a manager who actually performs the roll call, as a caller, on the basis of the manager reliability information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa SUDOU, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240386088
    Abstract: Authentication terminal includes first acquisition unit, second acquisition unit, authentication unit, and service providing unit. The first acquisition unit acquires first biometric information of user and determining data to determine whether or not to provide service when distance between own terminal and the user reaches first distance. The second acquisition unit acquires second biometric information of the user when the distance between own terminal and the user reaches second distance. The authentication unit authenticates the user based on first verification using the first biometric information and the second biometric information and second verification using the determining data. The service providing unit provides the service to person who has been successfully authenticated when result of authentication is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240378551
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires invoice information including a plurality of pieces of purchase data including at least cargo identification information and quantity information, and packing list information including a plurality of pieces of packing data including at least the cargo identification information and the quantity information, and a generation unit (12) that determines a correlation between the purchase data included in the invoice information and the packing data included in the packing list information by using a combination of the cargo identification information and the quantity information, and generates output information with which the purchase data and the packing data that are associated with each other are associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shintarou Ushio, Junichiro Uehara, Kohei Suga, Daisuke Kawasaki, Kaori Yamane
  • Publication number: 20240378894
    Abstract: A loading assistance apparatus (109) includes a first acquiring unit (115) that acquires cargo information (114) relating to each of cargos (101_a) included in an unloaded cargo group, a second acquiring unit (116) that acquires loading information indicating a current loading status of a loading space, a deciding unit (117) that decides a cargo to be loaded next in the loading space, by using the cargo information and the loading information, and an output control unit (118) that causes a monitor (110) being a first output unit to output cargo specification information for specifying the cargo (101_a) to be loaded next.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuma KAMIMOTO, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240378276
    Abstract: An authentication terminal includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a control unit, and an authentication processing unit. The first acquisition unit acquires first biometric information of a user from another apparatus when a distance between own terminal and the user reaches a first distance. The second acquisition unit acquires second biometric information of the user when the distance between own terminal and the user reaches a second distance. The control unit performs control to acquire data for authentication from a terminal possessed by the user, which is necessary to determine whether or not to provide a service to the user. The authentication processing unit determines that an authentication processing of the user is successful when a result of the matching processing using the first biometric information and the second biometric information is successful and the data for authentication acquired from the terminal is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240378550
    Abstract: A system includes: a storage unit that associates face information of a user who requests delivery of a package with user information including information about a sender and a receiver of the package and store the associated information in advance; a camera that captures an image of the face of the user when the package is accepted; a unit that authenticates the captured face of the user; a unit that acquires the user information associated with the authenticated face information of the user from the storage unit; a unit that assigns an invoice number to the delivery of the package; a unit that transmits an instruction for issuance of an invoice including the information about the sender and the receiver included in the acquired user information and the assigned invoice number; and a printer that issues the invoice based on the instruction for issuance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakahata, Daisuke Kawasaki, Kaori Yamane
  • Publication number: 20240378549
    Abstract: A delivery control apparatus (101) includes a delivery request acquisition unit (109) that acquires, from an addressee terminal, a delivery request including first identification information for identifying a package, a responsibility request unit (110) that transmits a responsibility request for delivery of the package to a delivery person terminal, a first authentication unit (111) that performs biometric authentication of a delivery person, based on biometric information acquired from the delivery person terminal of the delivery person who responds to the responsibility request, and a responsibility notification unit (113) that transmits, to the delivery person terminal, second identification information for proving that the delivery person is a person in charge of delivery of the package, when the biometric authentication of the delivery person has succeeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei SUGA, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240378546
    Abstract: A delivery assistance apparatus (104) includes a baggage data acquisition unit (115) that acquires destination information of baggage, and an assistance unit (119) that causes, by use of schedule data (108) of an eligible recipient including a recipient determined by the destination information, an output unit (113) to output assistance information indicating a delivery time period or delivery propriety of the baggage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Sho KAWAMOTO, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240354689
    Abstract: A cooperative delivery assistance system (100) includes a terminal apparatus (101) utilized by a shipper, and a cooperative delivery assistance apparatus (102). The cooperative delivery assistance apparatus (102) includes a delivery condition acquisition unit (106) that acquires a delivery condition of a first package from a first shipper, a candidate extraction unit (110) that extracts, as a candidate package, a candidate of a package to be delivered cooperatively with the first package, from among packages of another shipper, by using the acquired delivery condition, and a display control unit (115) that transmits information for displaying the extracted candidate package in a selectable way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi MUTO, Yosuke UMEDA, Shiori WATANABE, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240233386
    Abstract: A congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) acquires a captured image (50) generated by an in-vehicle camera that captures an inside of a target vehicle. The congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) determines, for each of persons (30) present in the target vehicle, an area (20) in which the person (30) is positioned out of a plurality of areas (20) in the target vehicle using the captured image (50). The congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) determines the congestion degree of the target vehicle using the number of the persons (30) positioned in each of two or more of the areas (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi SATO, Atsushi KITAURA, Kenichi ABE, Xiaosu DIAO, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240177549
    Abstract: An operation management system (100) includes a server apparatus (102) and an operation management apparatus (103). The operation management system (100) includes: a reservation acceptance unit (111) acquiring reservation information including biometric information of a user making a boarding reservation for a vehicle, and a boarding point; a boarding information acquisition unit (120) acquiring boarding information including biometric information of the user generated by a camera (103) equipped on the vehicle and boarding place information indicating the boarding point; and an authentication unit (113) determining whether there is a match of biometric information and a boarding point that are included in each piece of the reservation information and the boarding information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa SUDOU, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240160712
    Abstract: The image acquisition unit acquires a body image generated by capturing an image of a body of a target person and a code image generated by capturing an image of a code recording medium. The code recording medium includes a code symbol that can be visually recognized and in which embedded information including biometric information for registration of the target person and identification information on the target person are recorded. The embedded information acquisition unit acquires the embedded information from the code image. The authentication unit executes biometric authentication by collating the biometric information for registration included in the embedded information with biometric information for authentication generated based on the body image. The notification unit notifies a management apparatus of the identification information on the target person when the biometric authentication has been successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru TOMITA, Daisuke Kawasaki, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240152592
    Abstract: The image acquisition unit acquires a body image generated by capturing an image of a body of a target person when a target person is in a position away from an imaging unit by a first distance and acquires a code image generated by capturing an image of a code recording medium carried by the target person when the target person is in a position away from the imaging unit by a second distance shorter than the first distance. The authentication information generation unit starts processing for generating biometric information for authentication of the target person from the body image in accordance with the acquisition of the body image of the target person. The embedded information acquisition unit acquires embedded information from the code image. The authentication unit executes biometric authentication by collating biometric information for authentication with biometric information for registration included in the embedded information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru TOMITA, Daisuke Kawasaki, Kaori Yamane
  • Publication number: 20240135716
    Abstract: A congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) acquires a captured image (50) generated by an in-vehicle camera that captures an inside of a target vehicle. The congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) determines, for each of persons (30) present in the target vehicle, an area (20) in which the person (30) is positioned out of a plurality of areas (20) in the target vehicle using the captured image (50). The congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) determines the congestion degree of the target vehicle using the number of the persons (30) positioned in each of two or more of the areas (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi SATO, Atsushi KITAURA, Kenichi ABE, Xiaosu DIAO, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20230306221
    Abstract: A display control method includes: acquiring information indicating a contact point of an attendant in a train from a management device storing the information indicating the contact point of the attendant in the train; and transmitting information for causing a display device in the train to display a two-dimensional code based on the acquired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Junya NAKAMURA, Daisuke Kawasaki, Kaori Yamane
  • Patent number: 11581581
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery having improved battery characteristics. The lithium ion secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material comprising a silicon material and an electrolyte solution comprising an electrolyte solvent comprising an open chain sulfone compound, a fluorinated cyclic carbonate and an open chain carbonate and a supporting salt comprising LiN(FSO2)2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikiko Shimanuki, Takehiro Noguchi, Daisuke Kawasaki, Takuya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11387442
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery having high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising: (i) a negative electrode mixture layer comprising a negative electrode active material and a negative electrode binder and (ii) a negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material comprises an alloy comprising silicon (Si alloy), the Si alloy is crystalline and has a median diameter (D50 particle size) of 1.2 ?m or less, and an amount of the negative electrode binder based on the weight of the negative electrode mixture layer is 12% by weight or more and 50% by weight or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawasaki, Takuya Hasegawa, Takashi Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 11329321
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery having high energy density and being excellent in cycle characteristics is provided. The present invention relates to a lithium ion secondary battery comprising: a negative electrode active material comprising a material comprising silicon as a constituent element; and an electrolyte solution comprising: a non-aqueous solvent comprising a fluorinated ether compound, an open-chain sulfone compound, and a cyclic carbonate compound, and a supporting salt comprising LiPF6, lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, and lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB); wherein the content of LiBOB in the electrolyte solution is 0.2 mass % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Noguchi, Takuya Hasegawa, Ikiko Shimanuki, Daisuke Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11095149
    Abstract: In an uninterruptible power supply, first connection members that connect input side-switches of a plurality of uninterruptible power supply modules to each other and that connect output-side switches of the plurality of uninterruptible power supply modules to each other, and second connection members connected in parallel to the first connection members are disposed at positions accessible from a front side of the uninterruptible power supply modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiitsu Kin, Daisuke Kawasaki, Yoshihiko Yamagata, Hiroki Muratsu, Tomo Kurozaki, Yosuke Iwamaru, Keita Koshii