Patents by Inventor Jun Uchimura

Jun Uchimura 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: 20240119410
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires recipient identification information that identifies a recipient of an article stored in a warehouse and attribute information indicating an attribute that needs to be satisfied during storage of the article; an association unit that stores, in a storage region, storage space identification information that identifies a target storage space selected based on the attribute information, and article determination information that determines the article in association with each other; an article determination information transmission unit that transmits the article determination information to a terminal determined by using the recipient identification information, in response to the article being disposed in the target storage space; and an article ejection unit that ejects, from a predetermined outlet, the article stored in the target storage space in response to an input of the article determination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Yasuyo Kazo
  • Patent number: 11947014
    Abstract: Provided is a passenger monitoring system comprising: a ranging sensor that is provided in a vehicle and capable of outputting a distance information corresponding to a distance to a passenger in the vehicle; and a control unit that estimates a state of congestion of the vehicle based on the distance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11940562
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor apparatus including: a laser ranging device that scans a predetermined scan range with a laser light such that at least a part of the emitted laser light passes through a region including a predetermined detection region; and a reflection mirror that reflects at least a part of the laser light to a direction not parallel to an incident direction and is provided so that the laser light occurring after reflection passes through the detection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11907900
    Abstract: An inventory management server according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor performing operations to: generate expiration information including information for specifying a product and information for specifying a branch store that sells the product based on a stock quantity of the product in the branch store in which an employee of a flagship store replaces a plurality of products and a sell-by date of the product; set a timing to transmit the expiration information to a store terminal based on at least either a movement time or a movement distance from a position of the employee to the branch store that sells the product, and the sell-by date related to the product; and notify the store terminal of the expiration information based on the set timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Uchimura
  • Patent number: 11887095
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one example embodiment is an information processing apparatus that performs a checkout process for a product or a service, and the information processing apparatus includes: a motion unit that causes the information processing apparatus to autonomously move; a detection unit configured to detect a position of a person; and a control unit that controls the motion unit in accordance with the position of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20240005295
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one example embodiment is an information processing apparatus that performs a checkout process for a product or a service, and the information processing apparatus includes: a motion unit that causes the information processing apparatus to autonomously move; a detection unit configured to detect a position of a person; and a control unit that controls the motion unit in accordance with the position of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230410078
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one example embodiment is an information processing apparatus that performs a checkout process for a product or a service, and the information processing apparatus includes: a motion unit that causes the information processing apparatus to autonomously move; a detection unit configured to detect a position of a person; and a control unit that controls the motion unit in accordance with the position of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230401530
    Abstract: One of objects of the present invention is to reduce labor of a user when placing an electronic shelf label (103) on a fixture (104). The present invention includes: one or a plurality of electronic shelf labels (103); and a management apparatus (107) that manages the one or a plurality of electronic shelf labels (103). The management apparatus (107) includes: a product ID acquisition unit (120) that acquires, when accepting exhibition area information for identifying an exhibition area of one or a plurality of products, product information of the one or a plurality of products relevant to a product ID associated with the accepted exhibition area information in information in which exhibition area information and product identification information are associated with each other; and a second control unit (122) that performs control for associating each of the one or a plurality of pieces of product information with the one or a plurality of electronic shelf labels (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroki Sugegaya
  • Publication number: 20230396740
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires a video generated by a surveillance camera, a generation unit (12) that generates a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video, a condition setting unit (13) that sets a surveillant condition required of a surveillant who confirms the surveillance target video content, and a video distribution unit (14) that distributes the surveillance target video content to a terminal apparatus of a surveillant satisfying the surveillant condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yuji Tahara, Rina Tomita, Yasuyo Kazo
  • Publication number: 20230394456
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one example embodiment is an information processing apparatus that performs a checkout process for a product or a service, and the information processing apparatus includes: a motion unit that causes the information processing apparatus to autonomously move; a detection unit configured to detect a position of a person; and a control unit that controls the motion unit in accordance with the position of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230396739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires a video generated by a surveillance camera, a generation unit (12) that generates a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video, a condition setting unit (13) that sets a surveillant condition required of a surveillant who confirms the surveillance target video content, and a video distribution unit (14) that distributes the surveillance target video content to a terminal apparatus of a surveillant satisfying the surveillant condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yuji TAHARA, Rina TOMITA, Yasuyo KAZO
  • Patent number: 11835742
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor device including: a sensor unit that emits light and receives light reflected by an object; and a reflection mirror that is a columnar reflection mirror having a reflection surface on a side face and is configured to be rotated on an axis of the reflection mirror as a rotation axis, in which at least a part of the reflection surface forms a logarithmic spiral having the center at the rotation axis in a cross section perpendicular to the rotation axis, and when light emitted from the sensor unit and reflected by the reflection surface moves in parallel in response to rotation of the reflection mirror, the light reflected by the reflection surface is swept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hiroshi Takahashi, Masato Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230386209
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) acquiring a captured image including a managed object related to a store, a foreign object region detection unit (12) detecting a foreign object region being a region in which a foreign object exists in the managed object included in the captured image, and a warning unit (13) executing warning processing depending on the size of the foreign object region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yuji Tahara, Rina Tomita, Yasuyo Kazo
  • Publication number: 20230385895
    Abstract: A shelf information acquisition unit (122) acquires shelf identification information. The shelf identification information is information acquired by processing an image being generated by capturing an image of inside of a store and including a product shelf, and is information identifying the product shelf. A product identification information acquisition unit (130) acquires, from an identification information storage unit (160), a plurality of pieces of product identification information being related to the shelf identification information acquired by the shelf information acquisition unit (122). A display control unit (140) performs display processing for acquiring, from a product information storage unit (170), product information being related to the product identification information acquired by the product identification information acquisition unit (130), and causing a display unit (150) to display the product information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroki Sugegaya
  • Publication number: 20230385757
    Abstract: A burden on a user when confirming whether product information is correctly registered in an electronic shelf label (102) is reduced. A management system (100) includes: a plurality of the electronic shelf labels (102) and a management apparatus (103). The management apparatus (103) includes an inquiry unit (114) that transmits inquiry information including first product identification information to the plurality of electronic shelf labels (102), and a notification control unit (117) that performs control for notifying a user, based on reply data from the plurality of electronic shelf labels (102) in response to the inquiry information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroki SUGEGAYA
  • Publication number: 20230386210
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) acquiring a captured image including a managed object related to a store, a foreign object region detection unit (12) detecting a foreign object region being a region in which a foreign object exists in the managed object included in the captured image, and a warning unit (13) executing warning processing depending on the size of the foreign object region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yuji TAHARA, Rina TOMITA, Yasuyo KAZO
  • Publication number: 20230376890
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a stock information acquisition unit, an apparatus information acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The stock information acquisition unit acquires product identification information, and stock information of a product associated with the product identification information in a store. The apparatus information acquisition unit uses information stored in an apparatus information storage unit. The apparatus information storage unit stores display apparatus identification information of a display apparatus, and product identification information associated with the display apparatus in association with each other. Further, the apparatus information acquisition unit acquires, from the apparatus information storage unit, display apparatus identification information associated with the acquired product identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroki Sugegaya
  • Publication number: 20230282049
    Abstract: A store management apparatus (100) includes: a determination unit (102) that determines whether a predetermined reference is satisfied in a store; a mode switching unit (104) that switches, by using a determination result by the determination unit (102), an operation mode of the store between an attended mode in which at least a salesclerk is permanently stationed and an unattended mode in which the salesclerk is not permanently stationed; and a setting unit (106) that switches a store-entry condition to the store according to the operation mode after switching when the mode switching unit (104) switches the operation mode, wherein the predetermined reference is absence of a customer near an entrance of the store at a reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Yuji Tahara, Rina Tomita, Yasuyo Kazo
  • Patent number: 11667503
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device includes an analysis unit and a control unit. The analysis unit detects an insertion target into which an insertion blade is inserted, on the basis of sensing information acquired from a spatial recognition device. The control unit performs a facing determination to determine whether or not the insertion blade faces an insertion surface having an insertion portion of the insertion target on the basis of the sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hideaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11643312
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device includes an analysis unit and a control unit. The analysis unit detects an insertion target into which an insertion blade can be inserted, on the basis of sensing information acquired from a spatial recognition device. The control unit performs a loading misalignment determination to determine whether or not the insertion target loaded on a conveyance destination is misaligned from the conveyance destination on the basis of the sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORORATION
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hideaki Takahashi