Patents by Inventor Junichi Inoue

Junichi Inoue 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).

  • Patent number: 12243366
    Abstract: Provided is a server device that achieves highly accurate biometric authentication. This server device includes a management unit, and a processing unit. The management unit manages a database that stores biometric information about each of a plurality of users. The processing unit processes an authentication request from each of a plurality of terminals, including a gate device at a final stage of a series of procedures, with reference to the database. When a first user who has succeeded in authentication passes through the gate device, the management unit invalidates an entry of the first user stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Otani, Atsushi Ikawa, Junichi Inoue, Takeshi Sasamoto
  • Patent number: 12242579
    Abstract: Provided is an authentication system that improves user convenience. This authentication system includes at least one first terminal, a plurality of second terminals, and a server device. The first terminal is capable of providing services using a biometric authentication function or non-biometric authentication function. Each of the second terminals is capable of switching between a biometric authentication function and a non-biometric authentication function and capable of providing services using the biometric authentication function or non-biometric authentication function. The server device is connected to the first terminal and the plurality of second terminals. The server device calculates the rate of usage of a biometric authentication function by the at least one first terminal. The server device determines an operation mode for at least one of the plurality of second terminals on the basis of the calculated rate of usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Inoue, Takumi Otani
  • Publication number: 20250061178
    Abstract: A terminal includes a determination request unit and a registration unit. The determination request unit transmits to a server apparatus a determination request including biometric information of a target person to be determined regarding a determination as to whether or not a system registration is made to proceed with a predetermined procedure using an authentication terminal that supports biometric authentication. When the target person to be determined is not registered in a system, a registration unit transmits a token issuance request that includes biometric information of the target person to be determined who is not registered in the system to the server apparatus. By transmitting the token issuance request, the registration unit requests the server apparatus to register the target person to be determined in the system who is not registered in system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Haruka Kurose, Kakumi Otani, Junichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 12223023
    Abstract: An authentication system (10) is provided with: an acquiring means (110) for acquiring a face image of a target (500) passing a gate (200); a face authentication means (120) for performing a face authentication, in which it is determined that whether or not the target is a registered target, by collating information obtained from the face image of the target with information about faces of a plurality of registered targets; and a determining means (130) for determining whether or not the target can pass through the gate on the basis of a number of times of successful authentication when the face authentication is performed a plurality of times. According to such the authentication system, it is possible to properly determine that whether or not a target can pass a gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20250005983
    Abstract: Provided is a gate device that accurately determines a user who is an authentication target. This gate device is provided with an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a gate control unit. The acquisition unit acquires an image from a camera. When a plurality of users are included in the acquired image, the setting unit specifies a user on the front row among the plurality of users in accordance with the respective positions of the plurality of users in the image, and sets the specified user as an authentication target person. The gate control unit controls a gate on the basis of a authentication result of the authentication target person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240362963
    Abstract: Provided is a gate device that accurately determines a user who is an authentication target. This gate device is provided with an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a gate control unit. The acquisition unit acquires an image from a camera. When a plurality of users are included in the acquired image, the setting unit specifies a user on the front row among the plurality of users in accordance with the respective positions of the plurality of users in the image, and sets the specified user as an authentication target person. The gate control unit controls a gate on the basis of a authentication result of the authentication target person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi INOUE
  • Patent number: 12087118
    Abstract: A gate device is provided which prevents unauthenticated users from passing. The gate device is provided with an acquisition unit, an authentication request unit, a determination unit and a gate control unit. The acquisition unit acquires biological information of a person to be authenticated who is in an authentication area. The authentication request unit transmits to a server device an authentication request that contains the acquired biological information. The determination unit detects a person approaching the local gate device by using a sensor for detecting approaching persons, and determines whether or not the approaching person and the person to be authenticated are the same person. If authentication by the server device is successful and the approaching person and the authenticated person are the same person, then the gate control unit controls the gate to allow passage of the authenticated person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 12067822
    Abstract: Provided is a gate device that accurately determines a user who is an authentication target. This gate device is provided with an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a gate control unit. The acquisition unit acquires an image from a camera. When a plurality of users are included in the acquired image, the setting unit specifies a user on the front row among the plurality of users in accordance with the respective positions of the plurality of users in the image, and sets the specified user as an authentication target person. The gate control unit controls a gate on the basis of a authentication result of the authentication target person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240266597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte powder, the method including: preparing a slurry containing a sulfide solid electrolyte material and a liquid medium; and pulverizing the sulfide solid electrolyte material in the slurry in one stage by a ball mill using a pulverization ball having a diameter of 0.5 mm to 4 mm to obtain a sulfide solid electrolyte powder having a particle diameter D99 of 15 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KUNISA, Junichi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240243350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolyte powder for use in a lithium-ion all-solid-state battery, in which the solid electrolyte powder has a volume-based particle diameter distribution having a first peak in a particle diameter range of 0.5 ?m to 0.7 ?m and a second peak in a particle diameter range of 1 ?m to 3 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KUNISA, Junichi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240029494
    Abstract: Provided is a server device with which it is possible to detect the occurrence of false authentication in biometric authentication. The server device is provided with an acquisition unit and an authentication unit. The acquisition unit acquires biometric information regarding an authenticate from a terminal. The authentication unit performs biometric authentication using the biometric information regarding the authenticate and biometric information regarding each of a plurality of users registered in advance. When a prescribed condition is satisfied, the authentication unit transmits, to a staff terminal used by staff, authentication result information including the biometric information acquired from the terminal and registered biometric information of a successful authenticate who succeeded in biometric authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Otani, Takeshi Sasamoto, Junichi Inoue, Atsushi lkawa
  • Publication number: 20230377398
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires body surface temperatures of a user of an airplane measured at procedure places of a plurality of procedures imposed on the user at a departure airport; and a determination unit that determines whether the user is allowed to board the airplane based on the plurality of body surface temperatures acquired from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi OTANI, Takeshi SASAMOTO, Junichi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230368927
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an identifying unit that identifies a person with fever at an airport; and a generating unit that generates statistical information related to the person with fever based on user information acquired from the person with fever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi OTANI, Takeshi SASAMOTO, Junichi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230342443
    Abstract: A server device includes a reception unit, an authentication unit, a storage unit, and a generating unit. The reception unit receives an authentication request including biometric information of a person to be authenticated, from a terminal that has acquired the biometric information of the person to be authenticated, out of a plurality of terminals. The authentication unit performs biometric authentication using the biometric information of the person to be authenticated, and biometric information of each of a plurality of users registered in advance. With regard to an authentication-successful person for which biometric authentication is successful, the storage unit stores the biometric information registered in advance and detailed information of authentication results in a correlated manner. The detailed information of authentication results includes biometric information acquired by the terminal that is the transmission source of the authentication request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Otani, Takeshi Sasamoto, Junichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230342442
    Abstract: A gate apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (102) acquiring an image captured by a camera (5) provided at a side of an aisle through which a person whose personal identification is required passes and a processing unit (104) causing an authentication apparatus (50) to execute authentication processing on a predetermined region in the acquired image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi OTANI, Junichi INOUE, Sho TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230325955
    Abstract: Provided is a server device that can detect mis-authentication during biological authentication. The server device includes an acquisition unit and an authentication unit. The acquisition unit acquires biological information for a person to be authenticated from a terminal. The authentication unit performs biological authentication that uses the biological information for the person to be authenticated and pre-registered biological information for each of a plurality of users. When the biological authentication has been successful, the authentication unit transmits biological information registered for the successfully authenticated person and information about a flight of the successfully authenticated person to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Otani, Takeshi Sasamoto, Junichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11773958
    Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle that includes a temperature detection device for detecting a temperature related to a power transmission apparatus. The cooling system includes a cooling fan and an electronic control apparatus including a load limiting portion configured, when the detected exceeds a limit temperature value, to limit a load applied to the power transmission apparatus. The electronic control apparatus is configured to determine whether the detected temperature is equal to or higher than a fan-cooling temperature value that is lower than the limit temperature value, and to control rotation of the cooling fan, such that the cooling fan is rotated when the detected temperature is not lower than the fan-cooling temperature value, and such that a rotational speed of the cooling fan is higher when a temperature of the power transmission apparatus is high, than when the temperature of the power transmission apparatus is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Inoue, Masato Iijima, Takahiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20230298418
    Abstract: Provided is a server device that achieves highly accurate biometric authentication. This server device includes a management unit, and a processing unit. The management unit manages a database that stores biometric information about each of a plurality of users. The processing unit processes an authentication request from each of a plurality of terminals, including a gate device at a final stage of a series of procedures, with reference to the database. When a first user who has succeeded in authentication passes through the gate device, the management unit invalidates an entry of the first user stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi OTANI, Atsushi IKAWA, Junichi INOUE, Takeshi SASAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11703418
    Abstract: To provide a controller for internal combustion engine which suppresses that estimation of the combustion state is performed based on the angle information on which the component due to the torsional vibration is superimposed, when the torsional vibration occurs in the crankshaft. A controller for internal combustion engine determines whether a torsional vibration occurs in a crankshaft based on an angle period; calculates a gas pressure torque in burning based on a crank angle acceleration which is calculated based on the angle period; estimates a combustion state of an internal combustion engine based on the gas pressure torque in burning; and stops estimation of the combustion state, when it is determined that the torsional vibration occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Takahashi, Yuhei Matsushima, Junichi Inoue, Toshikatsu Saito, Keiichi Arita, Kazuyo Kako
  • Patent number: 11674493
    Abstract: To provide a controller and a control method for internal combustion engine which can suppress the increase in the calculation processing load for determining occurrence of the mechanical noise and occurrence of the knocking with good accuracy even when the mechanical noise occurs. When the maximum value of the strength of the component of the second frequency band in the comparison period exceeds the maximum value of the strength of the component of the first frequency band, a controller for internal combustion engine performs a second side stop determination processing that determine whether the knocking occurred, based on the strength of the component of the first frequency band, without using the strength of the component of the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Inoue, Yuhei Matsushima, Toshikatsu Saito