Patents by Inventor Kazuki NUMAZAKI

Kazuki NUMAZAKI 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: 11906656
    Abstract: A sensor includes: a correlation matrix calculator which calculates a correlation matrix from biological information extracted using reception signals obtained by receiving, in a predetermined period, signals transmitted to a predetermined space; a first number information calculator which calculates first number information; a MUSIC spectrum calculator which estimates a candidate of a position of at least one living body and outputs a likelihood spectrum; and a second number information calculator which estimates a position or second number information, which is a total number of living bodies with an increased degree of likelihood, from first position information possibly including a plurality of position candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Iizuka, Takeshi Nakayama, Naoki Honma, Kazuki Numazaki, Nobuyuki Shiraki
  • Publication number: 20220350014
    Abstract: A sensor includes: a complex transfer function calculator calculating complex transfer functions; a living body component extractor extracting living body information; a correlation matrix calculator calculating a target correlation matrix from the living body information; a noise information storage recording a noise correlation matrix; a first headcount information calculator calculating first headcount information that is a tentative number of persons present in the predetermined space, based on the target correlation matrix and a threshold calculated from the noise correlation matrix; a MUSIC spectrum calculator estimating position candidates for the living bodies, using the target correlation matrix, and outputting likelihood spectra indicating likelihoods of the respective living bodies being present in corresponding positions; and a second headcount information calculator estimating second headcount information that is a more accurate number of living bodies or positions from position information that
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shoichi IIZUKA, Takeshi NAKAYAMA, Naoki HONMA, Kentaro MURATA, Kazuki NUMAZAKI, Nobuyuki SHIRAKI
  • Publication number: 20220233103
    Abstract: An estimation device includes: M transmission antenna elements each transmitting a first transmission signal; N transmitter-receivers each including a reception antenna element and receiving, over a predetermined period, a first reception signal including a reflection signal that is the first transmission signal reflected by a first living body, using the reception antenna element; a memory storing training signals that are second reception signals obtained by causing the N transmitter-receivers to preliminarily receive second reception signals including reflection signals that are second transmission signals transmitted from the M transmission antenna elements to a second living body and reflected therefrom; a first vector calculator calculating a first vector for each training signal and each first reception signal by respective predetermined methods; and a circuit identifying the first living body or estimating an orientation of the first living body by a predetermined method, using correlation coefficient
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi NAKAYAMA, Shoichi IIZUKA, Naoki HONMA, Nobuyuki SHIRAKI, Teppei HAYASHI, Kazuki NUMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220018936
    Abstract: A sensor includes: a correlation matrix calculator which calculates a correlation matrix from biological information extracted using reception signals obtained by receiving, in a predetermined period, signals transmitted to a predetermined space; a first number information calculator which calculates first number information; a MUSIC spectrum calculator which estimates a candidate of a position of at least one living body and outputs a likelihood spectrum; and a second number information calculator which estimates a position or second number information, which is a total number of living bodies with an increased degree of likelihood, from first position information possibly including a plurality of position candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shoichi IIZUKA, Takeshi NAKAYAMA, Naoki HONMA, Kazuki NUMAZAKI, Nobuyuki SHIRAKI
  • Patent number: 11047968
    Abstract: Complex transfer functions indicating characteristics of propagation between transmission antenna elements and N reception antenna elements are calculated from reception signals received by the N reception antenna elements during a predetermined period. Components affected by vital activity are extracted from the calculated complex transfer functions. A correlation matrix is calculated from changed components affected by vital activity. A steering vector for regions divided from a target region is calculated. A living-body signal intensity vector is estimated by performing compressed sensing for an unknown value that is the living-body signal intensity vector using a correlation matrix vector and an extended steering vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Iizuka, Takeshi Nakayama, Naoki Honma, Dai Sasakawa, Nobuyuki Shiraki, Kazuki Numazaki
  • Publication number: 20200209376
    Abstract: Complex transfer functions indicating characteristics of propagation between transmission antenna elements and N reception antenna elements are calculated from reception signals received by the N reception antenna elements during a predetermined period. Components affected by vital activity are extracted from the calculated complex transfer functions. A correlation matrix is calculated from changed components affected by vital activity. A steering vector for regions divided from a target region is calculated. A living-body signal intensity vector is estimated by performing compressed sensing for an unknown value that is the living-body signal intensity vector using a correlation matrix vector and an extended steering vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi IIZUKA, Takeshi NAKAYAMA, Naoki HONMA, Dai SASAKAWA, Nobuyuki SHIRAKI, Kazuki NUMAZAKI