Patents by Inventor Hideaki MANABE

Hideaki MANABE 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).

  • Currency classification device and currency classification method
    Patent number: 11017273
    Abstract: A currency classification device that classifies currency types using currency images includes a feature value calculator, a storage, and an output unit. The feature value calculator calculates feature values for every currency type that is a candidate for classification from an image area common in images of every currency type. The storage stores the feature values calculated by the feature value calculator from learning images, which are currency models, as templates for every currency type. The output unit outputs the currency type corresponding to the template having a highest value of similarity with the feature value calculated by the feature value calculator an input image, which is a currency image subject to classification, in the templates stored in the storage as a classification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Ruka Morishita, Toru Yonezawa, Kazuya Tada, Hideaki Manabe
  • CURRENCY CLASSIFICATION DEVICE AND CURRENCY CLASSIFICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200042835
    Abstract: A currency classification device that classifies currency types using currency images includes a feature value calculator, a storage, and an output unit. The feature value calculator calculates feature values for every currency type that is a candidate for classification from an image area common in images of every currency type. The storage stores the feature values calculated by the feature value calculator from learning images, which are currency models, as templates for every currency type. The output unit outputs the currency type corresponding to the template having a highest value of similarity with the feature value calculated by the feature value calculator an input image, which is a currency image subject to classification, in the templates stored in the storage as a classification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Ruka MORISHITA, Toru YONEZAWA, Kazuya TADA, Hideaki MANABE