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: 20200356737
    Abstract: A wireless tag system including a tag signal antenna configured to receive a tag signal transmitted from a wireless transmission tag; and a communication area shaping antenna configured to transmit a reception area shaping signal for narrowing an area in which the tag signal antenna can communicate with the wireless transmission tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Masato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200293728
    Abstract: A tag management device includes: a signal detection unit that detects a signal which is transmitted from a first tag and which includes data stored in the first tag, and detects a signal which is transmitted from a second tag and which includes data stored in the second tag, the second tag being different from the first tag; and a write unit that writes, in the second tag, data based on the data stored in the first tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200165065
    Abstract: It is determined whether or not a cargo identifier (ID) transmitted from a cargo tag attached to a container has been detected by a first antenna provided in a fork, and a carrying-in source or a carrying-out destination of the cargo is determined according to a detection situation of the cargo ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATIOPN
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10631668
    Abstract: The invention provides an inspection system having an information acquisition unit that acquires product information from a product having a loading board surface side to which the product information is attached and an output unit that outputs a collation result between an acquisition result of the product information and order information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hiroshi Takahashi, Masato Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200104906
    Abstract: A product management device includes: a reception state storage unit configured to, on the basis of changes in reception states of signals transmitted from tag devices attached to products, store identification information of products in which changes have occurred; a movement path detection unit configured to detect a movement path of a purchaser in a store in which the products are placed; and a list output unit configured to output a list of products placed at locations close to the movement path among the products for which changes in the reception states are equal to or greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200097940
    Abstract: A product management device includes: a product state detection unit including a product state detection sensor attached to a product rack and configured to detect changes in sensing states measured by the product state detection sensor; and a list output unit configured to output a list of products corresponding to the changes in the sensing states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200031642
    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: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200031645
    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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200024114
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device includes an analysis unit and a control unit. The analysis unit detects an insertion blade on the basis of sensing information acquired from a spatial recognition device, and calculates an insertion distance indicating a distance by which the detected insertion blade is inserted into an insertion target. The control unit performs an amount-of-insertion determination to determine whether or not the insertion distance is in a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10541761
    Abstract: A management device includes a reception strength acquirer that, when at least one reading device receives transmission signals transmitted by a plurality of transmission devices attached to respective management targets, acquires reception strengths of the transmission signals; and a degradation determinator that, on the basis of a comparison result between a newly acquired reception strength and an index value based on a plurality of reception strengths acquired during a predetermined period, determines whether or not one transmission device of the plurality of transmission devices has degraded. The one transmission device has transmitted a transmission signal corresponding to the newly acquired reception strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Hideaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190369229
    Abstract: Provided is a measurement device including: a reception strength measurement unit configured to measure reception strengths of radio signals which have difference frequencies and which are transmitted from a plurality of transmission devices; and a recording unit configured to sequentially record the reception strengths for the plurality of transmission devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190333005
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a product registration apparatus including an information acquisition unit that determines a placement position of a product having a placing table surface side to which product information is attached and acquires the product information attached to the product, and an output unit that outputs information indicating at least one of the placement position of the product from which the product information can be acquired and the placement position of the product from which the product information cannot be acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Masato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190328157
    Abstract: The invention provides an inspection system having an information acquisition unit that acquires product information from a product having a loading board surface side to which the product information is attached and an output unit that outputs a collation result between an acquisition result of the product information and order information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Masato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190333004
    Abstract: The invention provides a processing system including an information acquisition unit that acquires product attribute information from a product having a loading table surface side to which the product attribute information is attached, a judging unit that judges whether or not a sales time limit determined on the basis of the product attribute information has passed, and an output unit that outputs information indicating a judging result of the judging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Masato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190236956
    Abstract: A work management device includes a reception strength acquisition unit and a warning output unit. The reception strength acquisition unit acquires a reception strength of a transportation target identification signal transmitted from a first signal transmission device attached to a transportation target when the transportation target identification signal is received by a reading device attached to a cargo-handling machine. The warning output unit outputs warning information associated with work of the transportation target on the basis of a result of a comparison between the reception strength and a predetermined first threshold value used in outputting a proximity warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190225470
    Abstract: A management device includes a reception strength acquirer that acquires reception strengths of transmission signals transmitted by a plurality of transmission devices attached respectively to management targets when the transmission signals are received by a plurality of reading devices, and a degradation determinator that determines, on the basis of a result of comparison between an index value based on a plurality of reception strengths acquired in a predetermined period and a newly acquired reception strength, whether or not one of the plurality of reading devices that has received a transmission signal corresponding to the newly acquired reception strength has degraded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190229818
    Abstract: A management device includes a reception strength acquirer that, when at least one reading device receives transmission signals transmitted by a plurality of transmission devices attached to respective management targets, acquires reception strengths of the transmission signals; and a degradation determinator that, on the basis of a comparison result between a newly acquired reception strength and an index value based on a plurality of reception strengths acquired during a predetermined period, determines whether or not one transmission device of the plurality of transmission devices has degraded. The one transmission device has transmitted a transmission signal corresponding to the newly acquired reception strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190188549
    Abstract: A tag management device includes a signal detecting unit configured to detect signals which are emitted from an old RFID tag and a new RFID tag, a comparison unit configured to compare the signals emitted from the old RFID tag and the new RFID tag, and a comparison result output unit configured to output a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun UCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190127145
    Abstract: A determination is made as to whether or not a first ID is detected by a first antenna provided at a fork of a forklift, a first tag being capable of receiving reflected waves of a radio signal transmitted from the first antenna, the first ID being transmitted from the first tag in response to reception of the reflected waves. A determination is made that a container to which no cargo tag is attached is being transported when the first ID is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10180334
    Abstract: Provided is a technology for solving a problem of a high cost due to a redundant investment and improving the user's operability. An in-vehicle information system according to one embodiment includes: an in-vehicle information terminal to be mounted in a vehicle; a portable information terminal equipped with a touch panel for providing the in-vehicle information terminal with operation unit and communication unit; the operation unit for enabling a display screen of the in-vehicle information terminal to be operated by operating the touch panel of the portable information terminal when the portable information terminal is connected to the in-vehicle information terminal via an interface; and the communication unit for enabling external communication of the in-vehicle information terminal by using the communication unit of the portable information terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Uchimura