Patents by Inventor Hiromu NAKAMAE

Hiromu NAKAMAE 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).

  • OBJECT SEARCH DEVICE AND OBJECT SEARCH METHOD
    Publication number: 20230005268
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to configure an object search device capable of expressing information on shapes and irregularities as features only by images, in a search for an object that is characteristic in shape or irregularity, and performing an accurate search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato TAMURA, Tomoaki YOSHINAGA, Atsushi HIROIKE, Hiromu NAKAMAE, Yuta YANASHIMA
  • Video analysis apparatus, person retrieval system, and person retrieval method
    Patent number: 11367219
    Abstract: A video analysis apparatus is connected to an image capturing apparatus including a plurality of cameras, in which the video analysis apparatus, for a plurality of persons in images captured by the cameras, tracks at least one of the plurality of persons, detects a plurality of parts of the tracked person, and on the basis of information defining scores used to determine a best shot of each of the parts, computes a score for the part for each of frames of videos from security cameras, compares, for each of the parts, the scores for each part computed for each of the frames to determine a best shot of each of the parts, stores, for each of the parts, a feature value in association with the part, and compares the feature values of each of the parts of the plurality of persons to determine identity of the persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Akira, Atsushi Hiroike, Tsutomu Imada, Hiromu Nakamae
  • VIDEO ANALYSIS APPARATUS, PERSON RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, AND PERSON RETRIEVAL METHOD
    Publication number: 20210264636
    Abstract: A video analysis apparatus is connected to an image capturing apparatus including a plurality of cameras, in which the video analysis apparatus, for a plurality of persons in images captured by the cameras, tracks at least one of the plurality of persons, detects a plurality of parts of the tracked person, and on the basis of information defining scores used to determine a best shot of each of the parts, computes a score for the part for each of frames of videos from security cameras, compares, for each of the parts, the scores for each part computed for each of the frames to determine a best shot of each of the parts, stores, for each of the parts, a feature value in association with the part, and compares the feature values of each of the parts of the plurality of persons to determine identity of the persons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto AKIRA, Atsushi HIROIKE, Tsutomu IMADA, Hiromu NAKAMAE