Patents by Inventor Kapik LEE

Kapik LEE 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: 20260073734
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of images of a subject from a camera; and a processor configured to: calculate, for each of the plurality of images, an angle difference between a gaze angle and a head angle of the subject to obtain a series of angle differences; and determine an authenticity of the subject at least based on the series of angle differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kapik LEE
  • Patent number: 12499714
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of images of a subject from a camera; and a processor configured to: calculate, for each of the plurality of images, an angle difference between a gaze angle and a head angle of the subject to obtain a series of angle differences; and determine an authenticity of the subject at least based on the series of angle differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kapik Lee
  • Publication number: 20250046123
    Abstract: Provided are: a covered area determination unit that determines whether or not a face area including a face of a target person captured in an image generated by imaging the target person includes a covered area that covers at least partial area of the face; a first determination unit that determines whether or not the target person is a living body by a first determination method using the image, in a case where the covered area determination unit determines that the face area does not include the covered area; and a second determination unit that determines whether or not the target person is a living body by a second determination method that uses the image and that is different from the first determination method, in a case where the covered area determination unit determines that the face area includes the covered area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki IMAI, Kapik LEE
  • Patent number: 12118729
    Abstract: A determination device includes a partial image acquisition unit that repeatedly acquires a partial image of a target image until a predetermined end condition is established, a score calculation unit that calculates a score related to the presence or absence of processing of the partial image in each time the partial image acquisition unit acquires the partial image, and a processing determination unit that determines the presence or absence of processing of the target image on the basis of the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kapik Lee, Akinori Ebihara
  • Publication number: 20240153316
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of images of a subject from a camera; and a processor configured to: calculate, for each of the plurality of images, an angle difference between a gaze angle and a head angle of the subject to obtain a series of angle differences; and determine an authenticity of the subject at least based on the series of angle differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kapik Lee
  • Publication number: 20240071043
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that obtains a plurality of person images which are generated by imaging a target by using a plurality of different lighting conditions, respectively; a correction unit that performs a correction process of correcting a luminance value of at least one of the plurality of person images, by using at least one of a first index value indicating a mean of a luminance value of at least one of the plurality of person images, and a second index value indicating a degree of variation in the luminance value of the at least one of the plurality of person images; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the target pretends to be another person, on the basis of the person image in which the luminance value is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kapik Lee
  • Patent number: 11881056
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of images of a subject from a camera; and a processor configured to: calculate, for each of the plurality of images, an angle difference between a gaze angle and a head angle of the subject to obtain a series of angle differences; and determine an authenticity of the subject at least based on the series of angle differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kapik Lee
  • Publication number: 20220383503
    Abstract: A determination device includes a partial image acquisition unit that repeatedly acquires a partial image of a target image until a predetermined end condition is established, a score calculation unit that calculates a score related to the presence or absence of processing of the partial image in each time the partial image acquisition unit acquires the partial image, and a processing determination unit that determines the presence or absence of processing of the target image on the basis of the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kapik LEE, Akinori EBIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220343653
    Abstract: A search starting point determination unit determines a search starting point in which there is a high presence probability of the target person at a first time based on the person information. A backward tracking unit estimates the presence probabilities of the target person at different locations at a second time before the first time based on the person information and determines an area where the presence probability is higher. A recognition unit calculates a degree of matching between the appearance information and the surveillance images in the area and determines a location at which the degree of matching is higher. A forward tracking unit tracks the candidates of the target person forward in time from the second time based on the person information and the location. A presence probability estimation unit estimates the presence probability of the target person at the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kapik LEE, Takayuki ARAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220245968
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of images of a subject from a camera; and a processor configured to: calculate, for each of the plurality of images, an angle difference between a gaze angle and a head angle of the subject to obtain a series of angle differences; and determine an authenticity of the subject at least based on the series of angle differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kapik LEE
  • Patent number: 11195299
    Abstract: An image processing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: extract a cluster image including a cluster of particles from a particle image; estimate particle density of the cluster image; determine numbers based on the particle density, and synthesize a second dictionary image from first dictionary images having densities each being equal to the numbers, the first dictionary images being images of particles of which positions is obtained; match the second dictionary image with the partial image, and determine positions of particles in the cluster image based on a result of the matching and the positions of particles of the first dictionary images; and output the determined positions of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kapik Lee, Takashi Shibata, Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20210334519
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus (2000) acquires a first profile face image (10) and a first frontal face image, and generates a frontal face image (20) based on the first profile face image (10), with a face image generator (30). The face image generator (30) has been trained so as to generate the frontal face image (20) based on the first profile face image (10). The information processing apparatus (2000) performs face recognition on the generated second frontal face image (20) with comparing to the first frontal face image. As a result, it is computed a first recognition score, which indicates probability of that the generated second frontal face image (20) and the acquired first frontal face image (15) are of the same subject. The information processing apparatus (2000) performs training on the face image generator (30) using the first recognition score that is a feedback from the face recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kapik LEE
  • Publication number: 20210090290
    Abstract: An image processing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: extract a cluster image including a cluster of particles from a particle image; estimate particle density of the cluster image; determine numbers based on the particle density, and synthesize a second dictionary image from first dictionary images having densities each being equal to the numbers, the first dictionary images being images of particles of which positions is obtained; match the second dictionary image with the partial image, and determine positions of particles in the cluster image based on a result of the matching and the positions of particles of the first dictionary images; and output the determined positions of particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kapik LEE, Takashi SHIBATA, Atsushi SATO
  • Patent number: 10657672
    Abstract: The provided is an image processing technology to avoid inaccuracy of inferring a position of an object due to wrong model assumption. An image processing device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes: a matching unit 106 that estimates similarity of input image to particle images including areas of particles at relative positions, true positions of the particles in the particle images being given; and a calculation unit 108 that calculates positions of particles in the input image based on the similarity and the true positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kapik Lee, Takashi Shibata, Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20190347769
    Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: generate bases and first coefficient sets from first data; determine a second coefficient set based on the first coefficient sets; and synthesize second data by using the bases and the second coefficient set. The bases with each of the first coefficient sets represent a piece of the first data. The second coefficient set is different from the first coefficient sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kapik LEE, Takashi SHIBATA, Atsushi SATO
  • Publication number: 20180286074
    Abstract: The provided is an image processing technology to avoid inaccuracy of inferring a position of an object due to wrong model assumption. An image processing device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes: a matching unit 106 that estimates similarity of input image to particle images including areas of particles at relative positions, true positions of the particles in the particle images being given; and a calculation unit 108 that calculates positions of particles in the input image based on the similarity and the true positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kapik LEE, Takashi SHIBATA, Atsushi SATO