Patents by Inventor Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI

Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI 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: 20200034783
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a store system (10) including a plurality of information acquisition units (11) that are installed on a product display shelf unit so as to correspond to a plurality of products, respectively, a registration unit (12) that, when customer identification information is input through a first information acquisition unit (11), registers the customer identification information in a notification list in association with the product corresponding to the first information acquisition unit (11), and a transmission unit (13) that transmits relevant information of the product which is associated with each piece of customer identification information registered in the notification list to a transmission destination corresponding to the customer identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI
  • Patent number: 10497222
    Abstract: A product registration apparatus (2000) includes a recognition unit (2020), an imaging unit (2040), a detection unit (2060), and a determination unit (2080). The recognition unit (2020) recognizes a product. The imaging unit (2040) images an action of a customer to generate a customer image. The detection unit (2060) uses the customer image to detect that a product is disposed in a detection target area. The detection target area is a space including an area in which a product is recognized by the recognition unit (2020). The determination unit (2080) determines whether or not a product is recognized by the recognition unit (2020) in a case where it is detected that a product is disposed in the detection target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Tsuchimochi
  • Patent number: 10490032
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10), having a function of registering a product to be checked out, includes an image recognition unit (110) that recognizes, by using an image associated with depth information indicating a depthwise distance of a product included in an imaging range, a size or shape of the product within the image, a code acquisition unit (122) that acquires a product identification code of a product to be checked out, a size/shape information acquisition unit (130) that acquires size/shape information linked with the acquired product identification code, and a determination unit (140) that determines, by calculating a difference between the size or shape of the product recognized from the image and the size/shape information acquired using the product identification code, whether the difference satisfies a predetermined reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Tsuchimochi
  • Patent number: 10380426
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus (10) including a display image generation unit (11) that generates a display image, a display unit (12) that displays the display image so as to be superimposed on a user's field of vision, an imaging unit (13) that generates a captured image so as to include the user's field of vision, and a recognition unit (14) that analyzes the captured image, and specifies an identification code included in the captured image. The display image generation unit (11) generates the display image having emphasis information displayed at a position corresponding to the specified identification code in the user's field of vision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Tsuchimochi
  • Patent number: 10318945
    Abstract: A POS-terminal device includes: a housing that is provided with a product-reading device including an imaging unit configured to capture a product to generate an image; a product-input unit configured to input the product, the product-input unit including a product-reading frame configured to define an outer edge of an imaging area of the imaging unit; and a reflector configured to reflect a subject image of the product passed over the imaging area, outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Tsuchimochi, Kota Iwamoto, Tetsuo Inoshita, Soma Shiraishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Jun Kobayashi, Eiji Muramatsu, Michio Nagai, Hideo Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20180114413
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10), having a function of registering a product to be checked out, includes an image recognition unit (110) that recognizes, by using an image associated with depth information indicating a depthwise distance of a product included in an imaging range, a size or shape of the product within the image, a code acquisition unit (122) that acquires a product identification code of a product to be checked out, a size/shape information acquisition unit (130) that acquires size/shape information linked with the acquired product identification code, and a determination unit (140) that determines, by calculating a difference between the size or shape of the product recognized from the image and the size/shape information acquired using the product identification code, whether the difference satisfies a predetermined reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20180089511
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus (10) including a display image generation unit (11) that generates a display image, a display unit (12) that displays the display image so as to be superimposed on a user's field of vision, an imaging unit (13) that generates a captured image so as to include the user's field of vision, and a recognition unit (14) that analyzes the captured image, and specifies an identification code included in the captured image. The display image generation unit (11) generates the display image having emphasis information displayed at a position corresponding to the specified identification code in the user's field of vision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20180082276
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes an image acquisition unit (110) that acquires an image in association with depth information indicating a depthwise distance of an object included in an imaging range, and a product identification unit (120) that identifies a product having the distance of the depth information equal to or less than a threshold value, from the acquired image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo YOKOI, Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20180068533
    Abstract: A product registration apparatus (2000) includes a recognition unit (2020), an imaging unit (2040), a detection unit (2060), and a determination unit (2080). The recognition unit (2020) recognizes a product. The imaging unit (2040) images an action of a customer to generate a customer image. The detection unit (2060) uses the customer image to detect that a product is disposed in a detection target area. The detection target area is a space including an area in which a product is recognized by the recognition unit (2020). The determination unit (2080) determines whether or not a product is recognized by the recognition unit (2020) in a case where it is detected that a product is disposed in the detection target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20170178108
    Abstract: A POS-terminal device includes: a housing that is provided with a product-reading device including an imaging unit configured to capture a product to generate an image; a product-input unit configured to input the product, the product-input unit including a product-reading frame configured to define an outer edge of an imaging area of the imaging unit; and a reflector configured to reflect a subject image of the product passed over the imaging area, outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI, Kota IWAMOTO, Tetsuo INOSHITA, Soma SHIRAISHI, Hiroshi YAMADA, Jun KOBAYASHI, Eiji MURAMATSU, Michio NAGAI, Hideo YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20170068945
    Abstract: A POS terminal apparatus, a POS system, a commodity recognition method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program capable of efficiently performing the commodity recognition are provided. The POS terminal apparatus (1) includes a movement-trajectory detection unit (2), a settlement-customer identification unit (4), and a commodity recognition process unit (6). The movement-trajectory detection unit (2) detects movement trajectories of customers in a store by using images taken by at least one image-pickup apparatus. The settlement-customer identification unit (4) identifies a customer who is about to make a settlement for a commodity. The commodity recognition process unit (6) performs a process for recognizing the commodity for the settlement, in which commodities displayed at positions corresponding to the detected movement trajectory for the customer identified by the settlement-customer identification unit (4) are set as candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI, Eiji MURAMATSU, Michio NAGAI, Shinichi ANAMI, Jun KOBAYASHI