Patents by Inventor Junichi Abe
Junichi Abe 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).
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Patent number: 11961318Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire a document image illustrating a document, acquire a related character string associated with a target character string included in the document image, and extract target information corresponding to the target character string from a region set with reference to a position of the related character string in the document image.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Fumi Kosaka, Akinobu Yamaguchi, Junichi Shimizu, Shinya Nakamura, Jun Ando, Masanori Yoshizuka, Akane Abe
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Publication number: 20240116709Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a loading/unloading part having a first side surface into or from which a container accommodating a substrate is loaded or unloaded and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface; a substrate transfer part extending in a first direction orthogonal to the second side surface; and a plurality of batch processors adjacent to each other in a length direction of the substrate transfer part. The loading/unloading part includes: a first transfer device and a second transfer device configured to transfer the container; a first area accessible to the first transfer device and having a plurality of first storage shelves configured to store the container, a second area accessible to the second transfer device and having a plurality of second storage shelves configured to store the container; and a movable shelf configured to be movable between the first area and the second area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Masato KADOBE, Hiromi NITADORI, Takahiro ABE, Junichi SATO
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Publication number: 20240069202Abstract: A first point cloud acquisition unit controls a first fixed-point three-dimensional LiDAR scanner in such a way that the first fixed-point three-dimensional LiDAR scanner performs scanning in a low-density scanning range including a monitoring target in a scanning range and generates a low-density point cloud. An alignment unit aligns the low-density point cloud and known three-dimensional shape data about the monitoring target with each other. A scanning range determination unit determines a high-density scanning range including the monitoring target in a scanning range and also being narrower than the low-density scanning range, based on a result of the alignment by the alignment unit. A second point cloud acquisition unit controls the first fixed-point three-dimensional LiDAR scanner in such a way that the first fixed-point three-dimensional LiDAR scanner performs scanning in the high-density scanning range and generates a high-density point cloud.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hidemi Noguchi, Junichi Abe
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Publication number: 20240069201Abstract: A foreign body detection system includes a first point cloud acquisition unit and a second point cloud acquisition unit as a point cloud acquisition means, an alignment unit, and a foreign body detection unit. The point cloud acquisition means acquires a point cloud by controlling a first fixed-point three-dimensional LiDAR scanner in such a way that the first fixed-point three-dimensional LiDAR scanner performs scanning in a scanning range including a monitoring target in a scanning range and generates a point cloud. The alignment unit aligns the point cloud and known three-dimensional shape data about the monitoring target with each other. The foreign body detection unit detects a foreign body in contact with the monitoring target, based on the point cloud and the aligned three-dimensional shape data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hidemi Noguchi, Junichi Abe
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OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, OPTICAL RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD
Publication number: 20240056197Abstract: An optical signal processing circuit (1) includes: an FDE-MIMO equalizer (2) configured to generate, based on continuous subcarrier signals including a target subcarrier signal in an optical multicarrier signal to be received, the continuous subcarrier signals that have been subjected to frequency-domain MIMO equalization processing; and a TDE-MIMO equalizer (3) configured to generate, based on the continuous subcarrier signals that have been subjected to the frequency-domain MIMO equalization processing, the target subcarrier signal that has been subjected to time-domain MIMO equalization processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masaki SATO, Hidemi NOGUCHI, Junichi ABE -
Patent number: 11902795Abstract: In a line control apparatus including a shared band in which first and second frequency bands used by first and second wireless communication systems, respectively, overlap with each other and allocating the first and second frequency bands including the shared band to terminal stations of the respective wireless communication systems, the line control apparatus includes a control unit configured to identify a use status of the first and second frequency bands, and release an allocated band of a terminal station of the second wireless communication system, the terminal station being a minimum terminal station necessary, in a case where a terminal station of the first wireless communication system performs a new band allocation request, and a requested band by the first wireless communication system is not secured due to allocation of the shared band to the terminal station of the second wireless communication system, until the requested band is secured.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Abe, Daisuke Goto, Izumi Urata, Koichi Harada, Fumihiro Yamashita
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Publication number: 20240025486Abstract: A protector structure for an underfloor component includes an underfloor component that is a high-voltage component or a fuel tank disposed under a floor of a vehicle, a boarding and alighting step disposed further laterally outward with respect to the underfloor component, and a protection member disposed between the underfloor component and the boarding and alighting step. The protection member includes a contact wall that laterally faces the boarding and alighting step and that is inclined laterally inward as the contact wall extends downward.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuya WATANABE, Junichi Abe, Masaki Maeda
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Patent number: 11869179Abstract: An abnormal part display apparatus, an abnormal part display system, an abnormal part displaying method, and an abnormal part displaying program capable of improving visibility of an abnormal part in an object are provided. An abnormal part display apparatus 11 according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit 111 configured to acquire point group data of an object obtained by measuring the object by using a laser ranging apparatus 12, and a photograph image of the object obtained by photographing the object by using a photographing apparatus 13, a display unit 112 configured to display the point group data and the photograph image on a predetermined screen, and a control unit 113 configured to control the point group data and the photograph image to be displayed in the display unit 112.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeo Suzuki, Taisuke Tanabe, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Takanori Shigeta, Junichi Abe, Akira Tsuji, Yoshimasa Ono, Jiro Abe
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Patent number: 11846354Abstract: Provided is a sealing device that can suppress the displacement of a protective ring. A sealing device includes an annular reinforcement ring around an axis x; an annular elastic portion around the axis x that is attached to the reinforcement ring, is formed of an elastic material, and includes a lip portion; and an annular protective ring around the axis x that is adapted to be fitted to an inner periphery side d the reinforcement ring. The reinforcement ring includes a reinforcement ring tubular portion formed in a tubular shape around the axis x. The protective ring includes a protective ring tubular portion formed in a tubular shape around the axis x, and an engagement portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the protective ring tubular portion and is adapted to engage with the inner periphery side d of the reinforcement ring.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Junichi Abe
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Publication number: 20230375709Abstract: A detection device (10) according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit (11) that acquires point cloud data indicating a distance from a measurement device to an object and luminance information obtained from reflected light of a beam emitted when the point cloud data is measured, an edge detection unit (12) that performs edge detection based on the luminance information, and a crack determination unit (13) that determines whether an area indicates a crack by using a shape of the area in which, of a plurality of points indicated by the point cloud data, points having luminance within a predetermined range of difference from luminance of a point detected as an edge are distributed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Akira TSUJI, Yoshimasa ONO, Junichi ABE, Jiro ABE
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Publication number: 20230370166Abstract: If a configuration is employed in which modulation schemes used for an optical communication system can be switched depending on transmission conditions, the power consumption increases and the control becomes complex; therefore, an optical transmitter according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes an encoding means for encoding digital signals to be transmitted under a predetermined transmission condition over an optical carrier wave by using one of a plurality of encoding methods; an encoding control means for selecting a predetermined encoding method corresponding to the predetermined transmission condition from among the plurality of encoding methods and causing the encoding means to operate in accordance with the predetermined encoding method; a mapping means for mapping output bit signals output from the encoding means to modulation symbols; and an optical modulation means for modulating the optical carrier wave based on symbol signals output from the mapping means.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi ABE, Tatsuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230361882Abstract: When a frequency deviation compensation amount is compensated for by use of frequency shift, a phase offset occurs between adjacent input blocks included in a plurality of input blocks as divided, with the result that an error occurs in a reconstructed bit sequence. A frequency deviation compensation system of the invention is characterized by comprising: a frequency deviation compensation means for compensating for a frequency deviation occurring in a signal by use of frequency shift; and a phase offset compensation means for compensating for a phase offset occurring, in the signal, due to the frequency shift.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Daisaku OGASAHARA, Junichi ABE
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Publication number: 20230333250Abstract: A monitoring system according to the present disclosure includes: a straight line calculation unit configured to calculate a straight line connecting three-dimensional coordinates of a light source and three-dimensional coordinates of a three-dimensional measuring device configured to measure a target to be measured; an invalid region determination unit configured to define a three-dimension invalid region in which point cloud data acquired by the three-dimensional measuring device is invalid based on the straight line; and a point cloud data processing unit configured to monitor the target to be measured based on the acquired point cloud data and the three-dimension invalid region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Junichi ABE, Hidemi NOGUCHI, Akira TSUJI, Jiro ABE
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Patent number: 11754713Abstract: A range finding apparatus (2000) generates a plurality of range finding signals. The range finding apparatus (2000) generates transmission light acquired by performing at least one of quadrature modulation and polarization modulation on an optical carrier wave by using each of the generated range finding signals. The range finding apparatus (2000) transmits the generated transmission light. The range finding apparatus (2000) receives reflection light which is the transmission light reflected by an object to be measured. The range finding apparatus (2000) extracts a reception signal corresponding to each of the range finding signals by demodulating the reflection light. The range finding apparatus (2000) computes a distance to the object to be measured by using any one or more of the extracted reception signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hidemi Noguchi, Junichi Abe
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Patent number: 11750298Abstract: When a frequency deviation compensation amount is compensated for by use of frequency shift, a phase offset occurs between adjacent input blocks included in a plurality of input blocks as divided, with the result that an error occurs in a reconstructed bit sequence. A frequency deviation compensation system of the invention is characterized by comprising: a frequency deviation compensation means for compensating for a frequency deviation occurring in a signal by use of frequency shift; and a phase offset compensation means for compensating for a phase offset occurring, in the signal, due to the frequency shift.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Daisaku Ogasahara, Junichi Abe
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Publication number: 20230275674Abstract: A signal processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: an overlap-type FFT processing unit (11) that performs FFT processing overlapping input subcarrier signals each other for each of FFT blocks, and a generation unit (12) that generates a signal which is obtained by frequency shifting the subcarrier signals that have been subjected to the FFT processing by the overlap-type FFT processing unit (11) by a frequency shift amount of a subcarrier, a phase offset that occurs between the FFT blocks overlapping each other being compensated in the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masaki Sato, Junichi Abe
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Patent number: 11721529Abstract: A bonding structure for bonding a first conductive member and a second conductive member forming a processing container having therein a processing region for processing a substrate is provided. The processing region is isolated from an outside region. In the bonding structure, a bonding interface is formed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member, an endless first sealing groove and an endless second sealing groove face the bonding interface while being separated from each other, a first sealing member is fitted in the first sealing groove and a second sealing member is fitted in the second sealing groove, and gaps formed by surface irregularities of the bonding interface between the first sealing groove and the second sealing groove communicate with the outside region.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventor: Junichi Abe
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Patent number: 11719817Abstract: A distance-measuring apparatus (2000) generates transmission light by generating a distance measurement signal, and subjecting an optical carrier wave to quadrature modulation on the basis of the generated distance measurement signal. The distance-measuring apparatus (2001) outputs transmission light, and receives reflected light generated by reflecting the transmission light on an object (10) to be measured. The distance-measuring apparatus (2000) compares the received reflected light with reference light to compute a distance from the distance-measuring apparatus (2000) to the object (10) to be measured.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hidemi Noguchi, Junichi Abe
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Publication number: 20230136554Abstract: A detection device (20) according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit (11) that acquires point cloud data indicating a distance to an object and luminance information obtained from reflected light of a beam emitted when the point cloud data is measured, an edge detection unit (12) that performs edge detection based on the luminance information, a classification unit (21) that classifies, based on distribution of points contained in a crack candidate being a set of points detected as an edge, a plurality of the crack candidates into one of groups, and a label assignment unit (23) that accepts input of a label regarding the group from a user having visually recognized a shape of the crack candidate belonging to the group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Akira TSUJI, Junichi ABE, Taisuke TANABE
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Publication number: 20230119734Abstract: When a frequency deviation compensation amount is compensated for by use of frequency shift, a phase offset occurs between adjacent input blocks included in a plurality of input blocks as divided, with the result that an error occurs in a reconstructed bit sequence. A frequency deviation compensation system of the invention is characterized by comprising: a frequency deviation compensation means for compensating for a frequency deviation occurring in a signal by use of frequency shift; and a phase offset compensation means for compensating for a phase offset occurring, in the signal, due to the frequency shift.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Daisaku OGASAHARA, Junichi ABE