Patents by Inventor Hiroo Ikeda

Hiroo Ikeda 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: 11361452
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11277591
    Abstract: A surveillance system (1) includes an area information acquisition unit (101), a request information provision unit (102), and a participation consent reception unit (103). The area information acquisition unit (101) acquires information of a surveillance-desired area. The request information provision unit (102) provides participation request information for surveillance that is conducted by using an image capturing unit of a portable terminal in the surveillance-desired area. The participation consent reception unit (103) receives participation consent as a response to the participation request information, from the portable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yuusuke Konishi, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Yukie Ebiyama, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220067480
    Abstract: The disclosure is training a recognizer that outputs a recognition result by using a time series of feature data as an input. In addition, the disclosure is setting a data range whose length is a specified time width to a set of feature data to which a time is added, and selecting a specified number of pieces of the feature data from within the data range; adding a teacher label corresponding to the recognition result to the selected plurality of pieces of feature data, whose time order is retained, based on information regarding the plurality of pieces of feature data; and training the recognizer by using, as training data, a set of the plurality of pieces of feature data, whose time order is retained, and the teacher label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroo IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11250268
    Abstract: An image processing device (100) includes a change detection unit (101) that detects a target state change in a person on the basis of an input image, and a determination unit (102) that determines an abnormal state in accordance with a detection obtained by detecting occurrences of the target state change in a plurality of persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220012477
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a recognizer (2020). An image (10) is input to the recognizer (2020). The recognizer (2020) outputs, for a crowd included in the input image (10), a label (30) describing a type of the crowd and structure information (40) describing a structure of the crowd. The structure information (40) indicates a location and a direction of an object included in the crowd. The information processing apparatus (2000) acquires training data (50) which includes a training image (52), a training label (54), and training structure information (56). The information processing apparatus (2000) performs training of the recognizer (2020) using the label (30) and the structure information (40), which are acquired by inputting the training image (52) with respect to the recognizer (2020, and the training label (54) and the training structure information (56).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroo IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220006979
    Abstract: A surveillance system (1) includes an area information acquisition unit (101), a position information acquisition unit (102), a candidate determination unit (103), and a notification unit (104). The area information acquisition unit (101) acquires information of a surveillance-desired area. The position information acquisition unit (102) acquires pieces of position information of a plurality of portable terminals (20), each portable terminal performing surveillance using an image capturing unit. The candidate determination unit (103) determines a candidate portable terminal (20) to be moved to the surveillance-desired area from among the plurality of portable terminals (20) based on the acquired pieces of position information of the plurality of portable terminals (20). The notification unit (104) outputs a notification to the candidate portable terminal requesting to move to the surveillance-desired area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma OAMI, Katsuhiko TAKAHASHI, Yuusuke KONISHI, Hiroo IKEDA, Junko NAKAGAWA, Kosuke YOSHIMI, Yukie EBIYAMA, Ryo KAWAI, Takuya OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11205275
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11176690
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210350191
    Abstract: At least one storage stores a dictionary having information corresponding to crowd state images. At least one processor extracts rectangular regions, a size of the rectangular regions is predetermined, from the given image, and recognizes crowd states in the extracted rectangular regions based on the dictionary. The dictionary is acquired by machine learning by use of a plurality of pairs of crowd state images and training label for the crowd state image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroo IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20210342598
    Abstract: A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ryoma OAMI, Hiroyoshi MIYANO, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hiroo IKEDA, Yukie EBIYAMA, Ryo KAWAI, Takuya OGAWA, Kazuya KOYAMA, Hiroshi YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11157749
    Abstract: A training data storage means 81 stores, as training data, a crowd state image that is a captured image of a crowd state made up of a plurality of persons, a crowd state label that is a label indicating the crowd state of the image, and a crowd position label that is a label indicating information enabling positions of the plurality of persons included in the crowd state image to be specified. A learning means 82 learns a discriminator for recognizing the crowd state from a recognition object image. The learning means 82 learns the discriminator having the crowd state image as input and the crowd state label and the crowd position label as output, using the training data stored in the training data storage means 81.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11158068
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210329175
    Abstract: An image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of implementing an association of a person appearing in a video image through a simple operation are provided. The image processing system includes an input device which accepts input of video images captured by a plurality of video cameras, a display screen generating unit which causes a display device to display at least one video image among the video images inputted from the input device, and a tracked person registering unit which is capable of registering one or more persons appearing in the video image displayed by the display device. When a person appears in the video image displayed by the display device, the display screen generating unit selectably displays person images of one or more persons, which are associable with the person appearing in the video image and which are registered by the tracked person registering unit, in a vicinity of the video image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hiroo IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11138443
    Abstract: A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Hiroyoshi Miyano, Yusuke Takahashi, Hiroo Ikeda, Yukie Ebiyama, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa, Kazuya Koyama, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11132587
    Abstract: At least one storage stores a dictionary having information corresponding to crowd state images, and rectangular regions indicating portions of a given image to be recognized for crowd states, wherein a size of each of the rectangular regions is predetermined. At least one processor extracts regions, which correspond to the rectangular regions, from the given image, and recognizes crowd states in the extracted regions based on the dictionary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11134226
    Abstract: A surveillance system (1) includes an area information acquisition unit (101), a position information acquisition unit (102), a candidate determination unit (103), and a notification unit (104). The area information acquisition unit (101) acquires information of a surveillance-desired area. The position information acquisition unit (102) acquires pieces of position information of a plurality of portable terminals (20), each portable terminal performing surveillance using an image capturing unit. The candidate determination unit (103) determines a candidate portable terminal (20) to be moved to the surveillance-desired area from among the plurality of portable terminals (20) based on the acquired pieces of position information of the plurality of portable terminals (20). The notification unit (104) outputs a notification to the candidate portable terminal requesting to move to the surveillance-desired area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yuusuke Konishi, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Yukie Ebiyama, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11122195
    Abstract: A projection image generation unit 81 applies a plurality of projection schemes that use the radius of a visual field region of a fisheye-lens camera to an image in which an object including a straight line is imaged by the fisheye-lens camera, and generates a plurality of projection images. A projection scheme determination unit 82 selects one of the plurality of projection images on the basis of the linearity of each of the straight lines included in the projection images and determines a projection scheme on the basis of the selected projection image. An output unit 83 outputs an internal parameter of the fisheye-lens camera that corresponds to the determined projection scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11106920
    Abstract: A people-flow-estimation device includes a person-count-estimation unit for estimating the number of people included in a partial area of an image; a crowd-direction-estimation unit for estimating the direction of a crowd in the partial area; a movement-amount-estimation unit for estimating the amount of movement in the partial area; and a generation unit for extracting a partial area where people exist from a plurality of partial areas on the basis of the number of people and generating, on the basis of the number of people, the extracted partial area, and the direction and movement amount of a crowd associated with the partial area, people's flow information relating to a people's flow representing the flow of people in the partial area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11106918
    Abstract: An image processing device (100) includes a change detection unit (101) that detects a target state change in a person on the basis of an input image, and a determination unit (102) that determines an abnormal state in accordance with a detection obtained by detecting occurrences of the target state change in a plurality of persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11082634
    Abstract: An image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of implementing an association of a person appearing in a video image through a simple operation are provided. The image processing system includes an input device which accepts input of video images captured by a plurality of video cameras, a display screen generating unit which causes a display device to display at least one video image among the video images inputted from the input device, and a tracked person registering unit which is capable of registering one or more persons appearing in the video image displayed by the display device. When a person appears in the video image displayed by the display device, the display screen generating unit selectably displays person images of one or more persons, which are associable with the person appearing in the video image and which are registered by the tracked person registering unit, in a vicinity of the video image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Hiroo Ikeda