Patents by Inventor Hitoshi NIIGAKI

Hitoshi NIIGAKI 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: 11922650
    Abstract: It is possible to estimate a slack level accurately in consideration of a shape of a deformed cable. A point cloud analysis device sets a plurality of regions of interest obtained by window-searching a wire model including a quadratic curve model representing a cable obtained from a point cloud consisting of three-dimensional points on an object, the region of interest being divided into a first region and a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niigaki, Masaki Waki, Masaaki Inoue, Yasuhiro Yao, Tomoya Shimizu, Hiroyuki Oshida, Kana Kurata, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 11900622
    Abstract: Dense depth information can be generated using only a monocular image and sparse depth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yao, Shingo Ando, Kana Kurata, Hitoshi Niigaki, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 11887387
    Abstract: A mesh structure facility detection device detects data corresponding to a mesh structure facility from three-dimensional structure data representing a space including an outer shape of an object, and projects the three-dimensional structure data in a predetermined direction to obtain two-dimensional structure data; and detects a point included in a region in which the two-dimensional structure data has a density of more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value as a point corresponding to the mesh structure facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yao, Hitoshi Niigaki, Kana Kurata, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 11823330
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique for creating a three-dimensional model of a line-like structure from a point cloud obtained using three-dimensional laser measuring equipment and detecting a three-dimensional model of a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Inoue, Hitoshi Niigaki, Yukihiro Goto, Shigehiro Matsuda, Toshiya Ohira, Ryuji Honda, Tomoya Shimizu, Hiroyuki Oshida
  • Publication number: 20230260216
    Abstract: Annotation can be easily performed on a three-dimensional point cloud and a working time can be reduced. An interface unit 22 displays a point cloud indicating a three-dimensional point on an object, and receives designation of a three-dimensional point indicating an annotation target object and designation of a three-dimensional point not indicating the annotation target object. A candidate cluster calculation unit 32 calculates a value of a predetermined evaluation function indicating a likelihood of a point cloud cluster being the annotation target object based on the designation of a three-dimensional point for point cloud clusters obtained by clustering the point clouds. A cluster selection and storage designation unit 34 causes the interface unit 22 to display the point cloud clusters in descending order of the value of the evaluation function, and receives a selection of a point cloud cluster to be annotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Yasuhiro YAO, Shingo ANDO, Kana KURATA, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220392193
    Abstract: A clustering unit (101) divides an input three-dimensional point cloud into a plurality of clusters and outputs cluster data, a surrounding point sampling unit (102) extracts, for each of the plurality of clusters, a surrounding three-dimensional point cloud present within a predetermined distance of the cluster based on the three-dimensional point cloud and the cluster data, a learning unit (103) receives, as inputs, extended cluster data including information on a three-dimensional point cloud included in each cluster obtained by the division and information on the extracted surrounding three-dimensional point cloud and a correct answer label indicative of an object to which the three-dimensional point cloud included in each cluster belongs, and learns a parameter of a DNN for estimating a label of each cluster from the extended cluster data, and an estimation unit (104) inputs the extended cluster data related to the cluster of which the label is unknown to the DNN of which the parameter is trained to esti
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Shingo ANDO, Jun SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220327779
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique for creating a three-dimensional model of a line-like structure from a point cloud obtained using three-dimensional laser measuring equipment and detecting a three-dimensional model of a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki INOUE, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Yukihiro GOTO, Shigehiro MATSUDA, Toshiya OHIRA, Ryuji HONDA, Tomoya SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki OSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220254173
    Abstract: A mesh structure facility detection device that detects data corresponding to a mesh structure facility from three-dimensional structure data representing a space including an outer shape of an object, includes: a projection unit that projects the three-dimensional structure data in a predetermined direction to obtain two-dimensional structure data; and a detection unit that detects a point included in a region in which the two-dimensional structure data has a density of more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value as a point corresponding to the mesh structure facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Kana KURATA, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220230347
    Abstract: It is possible to estimate a slack level accurately in consideration of a shape of a deformed cable. A point cloud analysis device sets a plurality of regions of interest obtained by window-searching a wire model including a quadratic curve model representing a cable obtained from a point cloud consisting of three-dimensional points on an object, the region of interest being divided into a first region and a second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Masaki WAKI, Masaaki INOUE, Yasuhiro YAO, Tomoya SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki OSHIDA, Kana KURATA, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220222933
    Abstract: A three-dimensional point cloud label learning and estimation device includes: a clustering unit that clusters a three-dimensional point cloud into clusters; a learning unit that makes a neural network learn to estimate a label corresponding to an object to which points contained in each of the clusters belong; and an estimation unit that estimates a label for the cluster using the neural network learned at the learning unit. In the three-dimensional point cloud label learning and estimation device, the neural network uses a total sum of sigmoid function values (sum of sigmoid) when performing feature extraction on the cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Kana KURATA, Kazuhiko MURASAKI, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220215572
    Abstract: Provided is a point cloud analysis device that curbs a decrease in model estimation accuracy due to a laser measurement point cloud. A clustering unit (30) clusters a point cloud representing a three-dimensional point on an object obtained by a measurement unit mounted on a moving body and performing measurement while scanning a measurement position, within a scan line, to obtain a point cloud cluster. A central axis direction estimation unit (32) estimates a central axis direction based on the point cloud cluster. A direction-dependent local effective length estimation unit (34) estimates a local effective length based on an estimated central axis direction and an interval of scan lines, the local effective length being a length when a length of projection of the point cloud cluster in a central axis direction for each of the point cloud clusters is interpolated by an amount of a loss part of the point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Yasuhiro YAO, Masaaki INOUE, Tomoya SHIMIZU, Yukihiro GOTO, Shigehiro MATSUDA, Ryuji HONDA, Hiroyuki OSHIDA, Kana KURATA, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220198690
    Abstract: Dense depth information can be generated using only a monocular image and sparse depth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Shingo ANDO, Kana KURATA, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Patent number: 11334744
    Abstract: A large-scale point cloud having no limitation on the range or the number of points is set as an object, and labels are attached to the points constituting the object regardless of the type of object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yao, Hitoshi Niigaki, Ken Tsutsuguchi, Tetsuya Kinebuchi
  • Publication number: 20220058307
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an equipment state detecting device, an equipment state detecting method, and a program that can create a 3D model of a cable based on three-dimensional coordinates acquired using a laser scanner or the like, and precisely estimate the tension for the entirety of the cable even if the entirety of the cable is not three-dimensionally modeled in the cable model. An equipment state detecting device of the present invention creates a 3D model of a cable based on three-dimensional coordinates acquired using a laser scanner or the like, acquires a sag and a straight line connecting ends of the 3D model based on the 3D model, and calculates the tension of the cable using a known cable load per unit length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki WAKI, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Hiroaki TANIOKA, Ryoichi KANEKO, Gen KOBAYASHI, Kazuya ANDO
  • Publication number: 20210158016
    Abstract: A large-scale point cloud having no limitation on the range or the number of points is set as an object, and labels are attached to the points constituting the object regardless of the type of object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Ken TSUTSUGUCHI, Tetsuya KINEBUCHI