Patents by Inventor Ichiro Takei

Ichiro Takei 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: 20220051001
    Abstract: An information generating apparatus includes: an information managing unit that associates and manages an image obtained by photographing skin of a person, marking information indicating one or more markings that one or more operators perform with respect to one or more characteristic parts of skin in the image, and amendment information indicating amendment that a specialist makes to the marking information; and a marking-UI processing unit that superimposes and displays the one or more markings, indicated by the marking information, and the amendment, indicated by the amendment information, on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: HIROKI TAOKA, HIROSHI MATSUMOTO, ICHIRO TAKEI
  • Patent number: 11042726
    Abstract: A skin analyzer includes a facial part recognition unit that recognizes a facial part from a face image of a user captured by a camera; a UI unit that causes a display to display a UI in which a facial part mark indicating the facial part is disposed on a face image, and that accepts an operation with respect to the facial part mark; an analysis region setting unit that sets a skin analysis region for the face image based on a position of the operated facial part mark; and a skin analysis performing unit that performs a skin analysis on the set skin analysis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumoto, Hiroki Taoka, Ichiro Takei, Akio Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11017216
    Abstract: A skin analyzing device includes: a facial coordinates setting unit that sets facial coordinates on a facial image of a measurement subject by using, as a reference, a position of a facial portion identified from the facial image, a region-of-interest setting unit that sets a first region of interest to a first facial image of the measurement subject, and sets a second region of interest that has facial coordinates in common with the first region of interest to a second facial image of the measurement subject, and a skin analysis user interface (UI) unit that displays the first facial image and the second facial image next to each other, and displays a skin analysis result in the first region of interest with respect to the first facial image and a skin analysis result in the second region of interest with respect to the second facial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Taoka, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Ichiro Takei
  • Patent number: 10762333
    Abstract: There are included a facial feature point acquiring unit that acquires a facial feature point within a makeup facial image that is an image of a face on which makeup is applied, a makeup feature point acquiring unit that acquires a makeup feature point within the makeup facial image, a makeup information generator that generates, based on the facial feature point and the makeup feature point, makeup information quantitatively indicating positional information of the makeup feature point in a face coordinate system that takes the facial feature point as a reference, a trend analyzer that analyzes the makeup information acquired from a plurality of the makeup facial images, and determines a makeup trend, and an analysis result output unit that performs an information output process according to a determination result of the makeup trend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ichiro Takei
  • Publication number: 20200167552
    Abstract: A skin analyzing device includes: a facial coordinates setting unit that sets facial coordinates on a facial image of a measurement subject by using, as a reference, a position of a facial portion identified from the facial image, a region-of-interest setting unit that sets a first region of interest to a first facial image of the measurement subject, and sets a second region of interest that has facial coordinates in common with the first region of interest to a second facial image of the measurement subject, and a skin analysis user interface (UI) unit that displays the first facial image and the second facial image next to each other, and displays a skin analysis result in the first region of interest with respect to the first facial image and a skin analysis result in the second region of interest with respect to the second facial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki TAOKA, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Ichiro Takei
  • Publication number: 20200167549
    Abstract: A skin analysis apparatus includes: a housing; a camera and a display provided on a major surface of the housing; auxiliary mirrors, one of the auxiliary mirrors having a side end portion attached to a left-end portion of the housing, and the other auxiliary mirror having a side end portion being attached to a right-end portion of the housing; and a controller that causes the camera to capture images of a user's front-view and side-view face and that analyzes skin of the user's face by using the face images. An internal angle ? formed by a major surface of the display and a major surface of each auxiliary mirror is an angle at which the camera is capable of capturing an image of the user's side-view face while the user's front-view face is seen in the auxiliary mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki Taoka, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Ichiro Takei
  • Publication number: 20200143147
    Abstract: A skin analyzer includes a facial part recognition unit that recognizes a facial part from a face image of a user captured by a camera; a UI unit that causes a display to display a UI in which a facial part mark indicating the facial part is disposed on a face image, and that accepts an operation with respect to the facial part mark; an analysis region setting unit that sets a skin analysis region for the face image based on a position of the operated facial part mark; and a skin analysis performing unit that performs a skin analysis on the set skin analysis region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: HIROSHI MATSUMOTO, HIROKI TAOKA, ICHIRO TAKEI, AKIO NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10344991
    Abstract: An air suction apparatus includes an air suction port that is variable in an air suction mode including at least one of a shape, a size, a direction, an effective opening area, a position, or an air flow volume of an air suction port and an air suction controller that controls, according to a change in a dust concentration distribution in a periphery of the air suction port, the air suction port to vary at least one of the shape, the size, the direction, the effective opening area, the position, or the air flow volume of the air suction port such that an air suction flow distribution is changed according to the variation of the air suction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Taoka, Hiroyuki Kayama, Ichiro Takei
  • Patent number: 10222077
    Abstract: A dust removing apparatus is provided. An air blower performs air blowing in a space. A processor determines a first period in which a user is absent in the space. An air sucker collects dust by performing air suction from the space during the first period. A sensor measures an amount of dust collected by performing the air suction in the space during the first period. The processor determines whether or not a usage status of the dust removing apparatus in the space is appropriate based on a comparison between the measured amount of dust collected in the first period and an estimated amount of dust, which is estimated to be collected under a usage condition in which the user is absent in the space, and outputs information indicating whether or not a usage status of the dust removing apparatus is appropriate based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Takei, Hiroyuki Kayama, Hiroki Taoka
  • Patent number: 10190785
    Abstract: A dust removing device includes: a dust position estimating unit which estimates a position of a dust area which is an area in which there is dust; an air blow determining unit which determines, based on the estimated position, an air blow mode which causes a predetermined airflow in the dust area; an air blower which performs an air blow in the determined air blow mode; and an air intake unit which takes in air from a space in which the air blow is performed. Note that the dust removing device may include an information storage which stores a control table in which air blow control information defining the air blow mode is written for a position of each dust area, and the air blow determining unit may determine, based on the control table, the air blow mode in accordance with the air blow control information corresponding to the estimated position of the dust area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Takei, Hiroyuki Kayama, Hiroki Taoka
  • Patent number: 10149916
    Abstract: A communication unit receives spraying target information indicating a spray target. A spraying target detector detects the spray target indicated in the spraying target information in space. A spray control unit is a unit that performs ion-spraying processing on the spray target at a predetermined frequency. In the ion-spraying processing, the spray control unit determines a moving direction of an ion spraying apparatus from a current location to the detected spray target, and sprays ions on the spray target when a distance between the spray target and the ion spraying apparatus is within a first threshold value. A flight control unit controls a flight of the ion spraying apparatus in the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Taoka, Hiroyuki Kayama, Ichiro Takei
  • Publication number: 20180276453
    Abstract: There are included a facial feature point acquiring unit that acquires a facial feature point within a makeup facial image that is an image of a face on which makeup is applied, a makeup feature point acquiring unit that acquires a makeup feature point within the makeup facial image, a makeup information generator that generates, based on the facial feature point and the makeup feature point, makeup information quantitatively indicating positional information of the makeup feature point in a face coordinate system that takes the facial feature point as a reference, a trend analyzer that analyzes the makeup information acquired from a plurality of the makeup facial images, and determines a makeup trend, and an analysis result output unit that performs an information output process according to a determination result of the makeup trend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: ICHIRO TAKEI
  • Patent number: 9989962
    Abstract: An automatic cleaning system is configured by a single controlling apparatus, and a plurality of self-traveling cleaners. When the controlling apparatus has received from a self-traveling cleaner a dust location signal containing a dust location detected by the self-traveling cleaner, it writes the received information into a storage unit. When the controlling apparatus has received from one of the plurality of self-traveling cleaners, with respect to dust which is not removed by any self-traveling cleaner, a signal requesting a reservation of removing the dust, the controlling apparatus will not accept from any other of the plurality of self-traveling cleaners a signal requesting a reservation of removing the dust, until receiving from the one self-traveling cleaner information indicating that removing of the dust has been completed or information indicating that the removing of the dust has been stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Taoka, Hiroyuki Kayama, Ichiro Takei
  • Publication number: 20170028333
    Abstract: A dust removing apparatus comprises: an air blower performs air blowing; an air sucker performs air suction from a space in which the air blowing is performed to collect dust from the space; a sensor measures an amount of the collected dust, the amount of dust indicating a density of the collected dust; a processor determines whether or not a usage condition of the dust removing apparatus in the space is appropriate by comparing the measured amount of collected dust with an estimated value of an amount of collected dust under a usages condition of the dust removing apparatus satisfying a predetermined appropriate use criteria upon the measurement of the amount of collected dust; and an outputter outputs information indicating the result of the determined usage condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: ICHIRO TAKEI, HIROYUKI KAYAMA, HIROKI TAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170010008
    Abstract: An air suction apparatus includes an air suction port that is variable in an air suction mode including at least one of a shape, a size, a direction, an effective opening area, a position, or an air flow volume of an air suction port and an air suction controller that controls, according to a change in a dust concentration distribution in a periphery of the air suction port, the air suction port to vary at least one of the shape, the size, the direction, the effective opening area, the position, or the air flow volume of the air suction port such that an air suction flow distribution is changed according to the variation of the air suction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: HIROKI TAOKA, HIROYUKI KAYAMA, ICHIRO TAKEI
  • Patent number: 9529086
    Abstract: A dust detection apparatus includes a dust measuring unit that measures an amount of dust in air, a controller that determines a moving direction of the dust detection apparatus based on the measured amount of dust or a predetermined dust accumulation position candidate, a flight controller that controls a flight of the dust detection apparatus to the determined moving direction, and a communication unit that sends, to a server, location information of a dust accumulation position determined based on the measured amount of dust and the amount of dust measured by the dust measuring unit at the dust accumulation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Taoka, Hiroyuki Kayama, Ichiro Takei
  • Patent number: 9451503
    Abstract: A mobile terminal which can be connected to a plurality of base stations with different mobile communication systems, includes a handover determination section that determines a handover execution between cells provided by the plurality of base stations, a transmission rate control section that changes a transmission rate before a handover when the handover execution is determined, and a report creation section that creates a measurement report including information regarding the handover after the transmission rate is changed, and transmits the measurement report to a base station of a cell to which the mobile terminal is currently connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chie Ishida, Ichiro Takei, Yasuharu Hashimoto, Naohiro Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20160150925
    Abstract: A dust removing device includes: a dust position estimating unit which estimates a position of a dust area which is an area in which there is dust; an air blow determining unit which determines, based on the estimated position, an air blow mode which causes a predetermined airflow in the dust area; an air blower which performs an air blow in the determined air blow mode; and an air intake unit which takes in air from a space in which the air blow is performed. Note that the dust removing device may include an information storage which stores a control table in which air blow control information defining the air blow mode is written for a position of each dust area, and the air blow determining unit may determine, based on the control table, the air blow mode in accordance with the air blow control information corresponding to the estimated position of the dust area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: ICHIRO TAKEI, HIROYUKI KAYAMA, HIROKI TAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160029836
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a recipe obtaining unit that obtains recipe information for a dish, a modification obtaining unit that obtains first modification information used to modify the obtained recipe information, and a taste complement unit that generates taste complement recipe information based on the obtained recipe information, the first modification information, and second modification information. The second modification information makes a complement to degradation of taste satisfaction with a dish offered based on the obtained recipe information modified by using the first modification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: ICHIRO TAKEI, HIROYUKI KAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150289743
    Abstract: An automatic cleaning system is configured by a single controlling apparatus, and a plurality of self-traveling cleaners. When the controlling apparatus has received from a self-traveling cleaner a dust location signal containing a dust location detected by the self-traveling cleaner, it writes the received information into a storage unit. When the controlling apparatus has received from one of the plurality of self-traveling cleaners, with respect to dust which is not removed by any self-traveling cleaner, a signal requesting a reservation of removing the dust, the controlling apparatus will not accept from any other of the plurality of self-traveling cleaners a signal requesting a reservation of removing the dust, until receiving from the one self-traveling cleaner information indicating that removing of the dust has been completed or information indicating that the removing of the dust has been stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: HIROKI TAOKA, HIROYUKI KAYAMA, ICHIRO TAKEI