Patents by Inventor Honami YUKI

Honami YUKI 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: 20240152590
    Abstract: A server device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire biometric information of each of a plurality of employees working in a first company and registers the biometric information in a database; execute biometric authentication using biometric information of a first authentication target and the plurality of pieces of biometric information registered in the database, the biometric information of the first authentication target being included in a first authentication request transmitted from a first authentication terminal installed in a second company having a partnership with the first company; and manage so that the first authentication target has clocked in to the first company when authentication is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi OKUMURA, Noriyuki HIRAMOTO, Honami YUKI
  • Publication number: 20240127247
    Abstract: An authentication information management device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a provisional registration request including first biometric information of a user and a deposit amount; a registration unit configured to register provisional registration information in which a payment balance based on the deposit amount included in the provisional registration request has been associated with the first biometric information; an authentication control unit configured to control first biometric authentication using the first biometric information for second biometric information in response to a payment request including the second biometric information and a payment amount; a payment unit configured to pay the payment amount using the payment balance associated with the first biometric information in a case in which the first biometric authentication has succeeded; and a usage control unit configured to control a use of the provisional registration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Honami YUKI, Noriyuki HIRAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240086957
    Abstract: Provided are visit promotion apparatuses for providing users who have actually visited various points with information in which visits to the respective points are recorded. A visit promotion apparatus (100) includes: an acquisition unit (130) configured to acquire captured images in which a user is photographed; an authentication control unit (140) configured to extract the user's face area or facial feature information from the captured images and cause an authentication apparatus (200) to perform face authentication; an image generation unit (170) configured to, when a prescribed image generation condition based on the face authentication at a plurality of points is satisfied, generate a composite image including the captured images at the respective points of the user who has succeeded in the face authentication; and an output unit (180) configured to transmit the composite image generated by the image generation unit (170) to a prescribed display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akira KAMEI, Honami YUKI, Keisuke TSUKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20240086956
    Abstract: Provided are visit promotion apparatuses for providing users who have actually visited various points with information in which visits to the respective points are recorded. A visit promotion apparatus (100) includes: an acquisition unit (130) configured to acquire captured images in which a user is photographed; an authentication control unit (140) configured to extract the user's face area or facial feature information from the captured images and cause an authentication apparatus (200) to perform face authentication; an image generation unit (170) configured to, when a prescribed image generation condition based on the face authentication at a plurality of points is satisfied, generate a composite image including the captured images at the respective points of the user who has succeeded in the face authentication; and an output unit (180) configured to transmit the composite image generated by the image generation unit (170) to a prescribed display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akira KAMEI, Honami Yuki, Kelsuke Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20230360101
    Abstract: A recommendation device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image; a personal authentication control unit configured to control to perform face authentication for a plurality of face regions detected from the captured image; a determination unit configured to determine that group authentication has succeeded in a case where face authentication using at least one of the plurality of users registered as a group and any one of the plurality of detected face regions has succeeded; a specifying unit configured to specify an action in the group based on the point in a case where the group authentication has succeeded; an estimation unit configured to estimate a group attribute based on a personal attribute of each user belonging to the group; a selection unit configured to select recommendation information based on the group attribute and the action; and an output unit configured to output the selected recommendation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Honami YUKI
  • Publication number: 20230298421
    Abstract: An authentication control apparatus (10) includes: a biometric information acquisition unit (11) that acquires biometric information of a pedestrian on a predetermined passage in which a plurality of light emitting elements are embedded from a captured image of the pedestrian; an authentication control unit (12) that acquires a biometric authentication result obtained using the acquired biometric information and biometric information of a plurality of persons; a position specification unit (13) that specifies a position of the pedestrian on the passage by analyzing the captured image; and a display control unit (14) that performs display control related to the biometric authentication result for the light emitting element corresponding to a light emission target region including the specified position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Honami Yuki, Shuuji Kikuchi, Takaya Fukumoto, Kazuya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230289418
    Abstract: An authentication control apparatus (10) includes: an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image obtained by imaging a body including a face of an authentication target person; an authentication control unit (12) that acquires a face authentication result obtained using face feature information of a plurality of persons and face feature information extracted from the image; a body surface temperature acquisition unit (13) that acquires a body surface temperature measured from the authentication target person; a decision unit (14) that decides a display mode associated to a combination of the face authentication result and the body surface temperature; and an output unit (15) that outputs the image to a predetermined display device according to the decided display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Honami Yuki, Shuuji Kikuchi, Takaya Fukumoto, Kazuya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230230142
    Abstract: Provided is a recommendation control device that provides recommendation information acquired by adding a change to individual's preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Miki OTANI, Honami YUKI
  • Publication number: 20230139260
    Abstract: A photographing control apparatus (2) includes an acquiring unit (21) configured to acquire a first photographed image of a person captured by a predetermined photographing device; an authentication controlling unit (22) configured to cause an authentication apparatus storing facial feature information of the person to perform first facial authentication of the first photographed image; a determining unit (23) configured to determine whether the first photographed image satisfies a predetermined photographing condition, if the first facial authentication has succeeded; and an output unit (24) configured to output a second photographed image of the person captured by the photographing device at a predetermined timing to a predetermined display device as an output image, if the photographing condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akira KAMEI, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI, Honami YUKI, Shuuji KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230139355
    Abstract: An advertisement evaluation device includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first time in a case where first face authentication has succeeded for a first captured image obtained by imaging a predetermined user when the user enters a predetermined store; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a second time in a case where second face authentication has succeeded for a second captured image obtained by imaging the user when the payment is made in the store; a registration unit configured to register a payment history based on the payment in association with the user; a calculation unit configured to calculate a stay time of the user in the store; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate an advertising effectiveness of advertisement information presented to the user based on the payment history and the stay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Honami YUKI
  • Publication number: 20230111784
    Abstract: A recommendation device includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an entrance time to a first store in a case where first face authentication has succeeded for a first captured image obtained by imaging a predetermined user when the user enters the first store; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a payment time in a case where second face authentication has succeeded for a second captured image obtained by imaging the user when the user makes payment in the first store; a registration unit configured to register a first payment history based on the payment in association with the user; a calculation unit configured to calculate a first stay time of the user in the first store; a specifying unit configured to specify recommendation information based on the first payment history and the first stay time; and an output unit configured to output the recommendation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Honami YUKI
  • Publication number: 20230113793
    Abstract: There is provided a service provision system including: a management apparatus 100; and a service provision apparatus 200, the management apparatus 200 including: a biometric authentication means 110 for performing biometric authentication of a user, based on biometric information of the user transmitted from a terminal device 300; and a service request means 120 for requesting, if the user is authenticated, the service provision apparatus 200 to provide an item to be used by the user, and the service provision apparatus 200 including: a service acceptance means 210 for receiving the request for provision of the item from the management apparatus 100, and accepting the request for provision of the item to the user who is biometrically authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Honami YUKI, Shuuji KIKUCHI, Rumi TACHIBANA, Yang LU
  • Publication number: 20230106309
    Abstract: A photographing control device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires a first photographed image obtained by a first photographing device; a first authentication controlling unit that causes an authentication device to perform first facial authentication of the first photographed image; a calculating unit that calculates, in the first photographed image, a proportion of an area of a facial region; a second acquiring unit that acquires a second photographed image capturing the person and obtained by a second photographing device installed within a predetermined range from the first photographing device and having a wider angle than the first photographing device, if the proportion is no smaller than a predetermined value; a second authentication controlling unit that causes the authentication device 200 to perform second facial authentication of the second photographed image; and an output unit that outputs the second photographed image to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI, Honami YUKI, Shuuji KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230090122
    Abstract: A photographing control device includes an acquiring unit that acquires a first photographed image obtained by a first photographing device and capturing multiple persons; an authentication controlling unit that causes an authentication device storing in advance first facial feature information of a first person to perform facial authentication of the first photographed image by use of the first facial feature information; and an identifying unit that identifies a second person making a gesture similar to a gesture of the first person in the first photographed image, if the facial authentication has succeeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Honami Yuki, Shuuji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230084625
    Abstract: A photographing control device includes a storage unit that stores identification information of a plurality of persons as a group, an acquiring unit that acquires a photographed image obtained by a predetermined photographing device and capturing multiple persons, a region identifying unit that identifies a plurality of facial regions from the photographed image, an individual authentication controlling unit that causes an authentication device storing a set of facial feature information items of the plurality of persons to perform facial authentication of each of the identified facial regions by use of the set of facial feature information items, and an output unit that outputs the photographed image as an output image if facial authentication of each of the facial feature information items of the respective persons belonging to the group has succeeded with regard to any one of the plurality of facial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Honami Yuki, Shuuji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230072746
    Abstract: A presentation control device is provided for guiding a visitor in a specific area to an appropriate point in the area. The presentation control device (100) includes an acquisition unit (130) that acquires a photographed image photographed by a predetermined photographing device, an authentication control unit (140) that extracts a face area or facial feature information from the photographed image and causes an authentication device (200) to perform face authentication, a specification unit (160) that specifies presentation information to be presented for guiding to a predetermined point, based on a movement history and an action history being associated with a user ID of a user who succeeds in the face authentication, and an output unit (170) that transmits the presentation information specified by the specifying unit (160) to a predetermined display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Honami Yuki, Shuuji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20220415106
    Abstract: An information processing system acquires biological information of a target and generates output information determined in correspondence with identification information using the identification information associated with the biological information. Then, the output information is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiteru TOMOOKA, Akari IWAMOTO, Yuriko YAMAZAKI, Shuuji KIKUCHI, Honami YUKI, Hiroaki TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220335461
    Abstract: Provided are visit promotion apparatuses for providing users who have actually visited various points with information in which visits to the respective points are recorded. A visit promotion apparatus (100) includes: an acquisition unit (130) configured to acquire captured images in which a user is photographed; an authentication control unit (140) configured to extract the user's face area or facial feature information from the captured images and cause an authentication apparatus (200) to perform face authentication; an image generation unit (170) configured to, when a prescribed image generation condition based on the face authentication at a plurality of points is satisfied, generate a composite image including the captured images at the respective points of the user who has succeeded in the face authentication; and an output unit (180) configured to transmit the composite image generated by the image generation unit (170) to a prescribed display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akira KAMEI, Honami YUKI, Keisuke TSUKAHARA