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).

  • Publication number: 20230119734
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daisaku OGASAHARA, Junichi ABE
  • Patent number: 11632184
    Abstract: To suppress the deterioration of the characteristics of a MIMO equalizer as well as minimizing an increase in circuit size in spite of the occurrence of signal spectrum narrowing and asymmetric spectrum degradation, a wavelength-division multiplexing optical transmission system (10) according to an embodiment includes a transmitter (1) that generates one channel signal by wavelength-division multiplexing a plurality of subcarrier signals so as to overlap each other and transmits the channel signal, and a receiver (2) that separates a received channel signal into subcarrier signals, and performs equalization using an MIMO equalizer (3) including a FDE-MIMO equalizer (4) and a TDE-MIMO equalizer (5) on each of the separated subcarrier signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidemi Noguchi, Junichi Abe, Masaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20230080011
    Abstract: A display device (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a detection unit (11) that detects, in a three-dimensional space including measurement point group data measured by a three-dimensional optical sensor, intermediate point group data of an intermediate region from a viewpoint for two-dimensionally displaying the measurement point group data to target point group data within the measurement point group data; a setting unit (12) that sets, based on the detected intermediate point group data, a display aspect of the measurement point group data or the target point group data in such a way that the target point group data become visually recognizable from the viewpoint; and a display unit (13) that two-dimensionally displays the measurement point group data and the target point group data according to the set display aspect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Akira TSUJI, Shigeo SUZUKI, Junichi ABE, Jiro ABE
  • Publication number: 20230080973
    Abstract: There are provided a data processing apparatus, a data processing system, and a data processing method that can improve convenience of display of point group data. A data processing apparatus (1) includes a point group data processing unit (10) configured to display, when a viewpoint for display of point group data obtained by scanning a display object is input, the point group data viewed from the viewpoint, and an image data processing unit (20) configured to determine image data corresponding to the point group data to be displayed, from a plurality of pieces of image data obtained by imaging the display object from different positions, and to display the determined image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro ABE, Akira TSUJI, Junichi ABE, Yoshimasa ONO, Shigeo SUZUKI, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Takanori SHIGETA, Taisuke TANABE
  • Patent number: 11588558
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku Ogasahara, Junichi Abe
  • Publication number: 20230036969
    Abstract: An object is to provide a measurement apparatus adapted to correctly integrate three-dimensional data acquired at a plurality of points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro ABE, Akira TSUJI, Junichi ABE, Yoshimasa ONO
  • Patent number: 11561283
    Abstract: A distance measurement apparatus comprises a distance measurement optical signal generation part, a collimating part, a beam diameter change part, an emission direction control part, and a beam diameter change control part. The distance measurement optical signal generation part generates an optical signal for measuring the distance to a target. The collimating part collimates the optical signal. The beam diameter change part is able to change a beam diameter of the collimated light. The emission direction control part controls an emission destination of the collimated light with the diameter changed. The beam diameter change control part controls the changing of the beam diameter by the beam diameter change part according to the emission direction of an outgoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tsuji, Junichi Abe, Hidemi Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20220416903
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi ABE, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220343628
    Abstract: A processing apparatus (10) includes classification means (12) for classifying three-dimensional point group data acquired based on a reflected light from a structure to be inspected illuminated by light into clusters, which are units of a shape that corresponds to the structure to be inspected, based on positional information at each point of the data; and cluster association means (13) for determining whether a first cluster and a second cluster included in the classified clusters correspond to one structure to be inspected based on a positional relation between the classified clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Akira TSUJI, Junichi ABE
  • Publication number: 20220343629
    Abstract: A processing device (10) includes a classification means (12) for classifying three-dimensional point cloud data acquired based on reflected light from a plurality of reinforcing steel bars irradiated with light in a bar arrangement inspection into clusters, which are shape units corresponding to the plurality of reinforcing steel bars, based on position information at each point in the three-dimensional point cloud data, a smoothing means (13) for smoothing the contours of the classified clusters, and a cluster association means (14) for determining whether a first cluster and a second cluster contained in the smoothed clusters correspond to the same reinforcing steel bar based on positional relation between the smoothed clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Akira TSUJI, Junichi ABE
  • Patent number: 11476943
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Abe, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11453770
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition including 40 to 99% by mass of a fluorine-based resin (A), and 1 to 60% by mass of a matting agent (B), in which a swell ratio as measured under the conditions of a measurement temperature of 230° C., an ambient temperature of 23° C., and a shear rate of 96 (1/sec) is 0.90 to 2.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi Higashikawa, Koichiro Sanefuji, Junichi Abe
  • Publication number: 20220277498
    Abstract: Provided is a processing apparatus capable of obtaining a 2D image from 3D tomographic images, extracting an image for accurate authentication, and extracting an image at a high speed. A processing apparatus includes: means for calculating, from three-dimensional luminance data indicating an authentication target, depth dependence of striped pattern sharpness in a plurality of regions on a plane perpendicular to a depth direction of the target; means for calculating a depth at which the striped pattern sharpness is the greatest in the depth dependence of striped pattern sharpness; rough adjustment means for correcting the calculated depth on the basis of depths of other regions positioned respectively around the plurality of regions; fine adjustment means for selecting a depth closest to the corrected depth and at which the striped pattern sharpness is at an extreme; and means for extracting an image with a luminance on the basis of the selected depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Shigeru NAKAMURA, Atsufumi SHIBAYAMA, Junichi ABE
  • Publication number: 20220276181
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing a surface anomaly detecting device, a system, a method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that can identify an anomalous portion on a surface of a complex structure. A surface anomaly detecting device according to the present disclosure includes: dividing means configured to divide a structure into a plurality of clusters based on position information of a plurality of points on a surface of the structure; coupling means configured to create a cluster group by coupling together two or more of the clusters; determining means configured to determine a reflection luminance normal value of the cluster group based on a distribution of reflection luminance values at a plurality of points on a surface of the cluster group; and identifying means configured to identify an anomalous portion on the surface of the cluster group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Akira TSUJI, Junichi ABE
  • Publication number: 20220260157
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Junichi ABE
  • Patent number: 11417144
    Abstract: A technique for accurately extracting a fingerprint image for accurate authentication from 3D tomographic luminance data of a finger at a high speed. A processing apparatus (11) according to the present disclosure includes means for, after performing edge detection processing on a tomographic image (101, 102, . . . 10 k, . . . , 10n) at each depth, calculating the total number of edge pixels in the tomographic image from 3D (three-dimensional) tomographic luminance data, and acquiring depth dependence of the number of edges (111, 112), and means for extracting a tomographic image having a striped pattern from the depth dependence of the number of edges and the 3D tomographic luminance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ono, Shigeru Nakamura, Atsufumi Shibayama, Junichi Abe
  • Publication number: 20220170739
    Abstract: There is provided a surface abnormality detection device, and a system, capable of detecting an abnormal portion having a displacement below the distance measurement accuracy when detecting the abnormal portion on the surface of a structure. A surface abnormality detection device includes a classification means for classifying an object under measurement into one or more clusters having the same structure, based on position information at a plurality of points on a surface of the object under measurement; a determination means for determining a reflection brightness normal value of the cluster based on a distribution of reflection brightness values at a plurality of points on a surface of the cluster; and an identification means for identifying an abnormal portion on the surface of the cluster based on a difference between the reflection brightness normal value and the reflection brightness value at each of the plurality of points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Akira TSUJI, Hidemi NOGUCHI, Junichi ABE
  • Publication number: 20220166534
    Abstract: To suppress the deterioration of the characteristics of a MIMO equalizer as well as minimizing an increase in circuit size in spite of the occurrence of signal spectrum narrowing and asymmetric spectrum degradation, a wavelength-division multiplexing optical transmission system (10) according to an embodiment includes a transmitter (1) that generates one channel signal by wavelength-division multiplexing a plurality of subcarrier signals so as to overlap each other and transmits the channel signal, and a receiver (2) that separates a received channel signal into subcarrier signals, and performs equalization using an MIMO equalizer (3) including a FDE-MIMO equalizer (4) and a TDE-MIMO equalizer (5) on each of the separated subcarrier signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemi NOGUCHI, Junichi ABE, Masaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20220156914
    Abstract: There is provided a surface abnormality detection device, and a system, capable of detecting an abnormal portion having a displacement below the distance measurement accuracy when detecting the abnormal portion on the surface of a structure. A surface abnormality detection device includes a classification means for classifying an object under measurement into one or more clusters having the same structure, based on position information at a plurality of points on a surface of the object under measurement; a determination means for determining a reflection brightness normal value of the cluster based on a distribution of reflection brightness values at a plurality of points on a surface of the cluster; and an identification means for identifying an abnormal portion on the surface of the cluster based on a difference between the reflection brightness normal value and the reflection brightness value at each of the plurality of points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ONO, Akira TSUJI, Hidemi NOGUCHI, Junichi ABE
  • Publication number: 20220116121
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daisaku OGASAHARA, Junichi ABE