Patents by Inventor Kenji Iwata

Kenji Iwata 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: 20240125089
    Abstract: An authentication unit performs authentication of an operator. A storage unit stores setting data associated with a plurality of operators. A vehicle body control unit outputs a control signal to drive a vehicle body of the work machine with power supplied by a power source, based on the setting data associated with the authenticated operator. The authentication unit receives the authentication when the power source is stopped and does not receive the authentication when the power source is driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Kosuke Iwata
  • Publication number: 20240125090
    Abstract: A work machine start-up system includes a control unit configured to control a work machine, a proximity detection unit configured to detect that a specific operator is in close proximity to the work machine, and a start-up unit configured to start at least part of the control unit when it is detected that the specific operator is in close proximity to the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Hokari, Yuichiro Yasuda, Kenji Nozaki, Kosuke Iwata
  • Publication number: 20240086636
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a keyword detection device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: detect a phrase related to a keyword from text information that is a recognition result of input information represented in a predetermined input form; calculate output similarities conforming to similarities between the phrase and the keywords included in a keyword list in which, for each of a plurality of the keywords, keyword notation of the corresponding keyword is associated with keyword form information representing the corresponding keyword in an input form; and output the keywords in the keyword list according to the output similarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuka KOBAYASHI, Takami YOSHIDA, Kenji IWATA, Tsuyoshi KUSHIMA, Hisayoshi NAGAE, Nayuko WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11911700
    Abstract: A player character is moved based on an operation performed on a direction input device, the position of a virtual camera is controlled based on the position of the player character, and a swing direction in which an operation device has been swung is determined based on data from an inertial sensor, and causes the player character to perform a swing action of swinging in a direction according to the swing direction. Then, a moving object is moved based on collision determination between the swing action and the moving object, thereby controlling a sport game using the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Iwata
  • Publication number: 20240012998
    Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one hardware processor. The hardware processor selects one or more pieces of partial document data from document data. The hardware processor extracts, from the partial document data, first information being a word or a phrase for specifying a first attribute of the partial document data. The hardware processor extracts, from the partial document data, second information being a word or a phrase for specifying a second attribute of the partial document data. The hardware processor calculates a first feature value representing a feature of the first information. The hardware processor calculates a second feature value representing a feature of the second information. The hardware processor analyzes the document data on the basis of the first feature value and the second feature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuka KOBAYASHI, Takami YOSHIDA, Kenji IWATA, Tsuyoshi KUSHIMA, Hisayoshi NAGAE
  • Publication number: 20230419959
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing system includes one or more hardware processors configured to: extract one or more specific expressions representing expressions specific to a domain for which a corpus is to be created, from a domain document belonging to the domain; collect a plurality of pieces of text data including the one or more specific expressions; and select, as the corpus, text data satisfying a predetermined criterion for selecting data belonging to the domain, from the plurality of pieces of text data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Sota WADA, Daichi HAYAKAWA, Kenji IWATA
  • Patent number: 11835737
    Abstract: An example of an image display system includes a goggles apparatus and is capable of setting an angle of view of a virtual camera disposed in a virtual space to a first angle of view or a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view. If the angle of view of the virtual camera is set to the first angle of view, the image display system sets a parallax between an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye to a first parallax. If the angle of view of the virtual camera is set to the second angle of view, the image display system sets the parallax between the image for a left eye and the image for a right eye to a second parallax smaller than the first parallax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Iwata, Ryuhei Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20230376538
    Abstract: A sentence search apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit: accept a character string input by a user; search a sentence collection in which a plurality of sentences as a search target is accumulated based on the accepted character string to acquire one or more search result sentences matching the accepted character string; perform sentence analysis on the search result sentence to acquire a dependency relation between words constituting the search result sentence; and determine one or more recommended words for narrowing down the search result sentence to a sentence desired by the user based on the accepted character string, the search result sentence, and the dependency relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hisayoshi NAGAE, Kenji IWATA, Takami YOSHIDA, Yuka KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi KUSHIMA, Urara IWATA, Yukiko FURUSAWA
  • Patent number: 11783129
    Abstract: An interactive control system according to an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors configured to function as a detection unit, a conversion unit, first and second estimation units, and an attribute determination unit. The detection unit detects an input keyword from input information. The conversion unit converts the input information into information including the input keyword and the input-keyword-excluded context information. The first estimation unit estimates, from the context information, at least a first estimate information piece in which the input keyword's first attribute is associated with a first likelihood of the first attribute. The second estimation unit estimates, from the input keyword, at least a second estimate information piece in which the input keyword's second attribute is associated with a second likelihood of the second attribute. The attribute determination unit determines the input keyword's attribute based on the first and second estimate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuka Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujimura, Kenji Iwata, Takami Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11745914
    Abstract: In a fabricating method for a quartz vial having a body part for containing a substance, a bottom part closing a lower end of the body part, a cylindrical neck part disposed at an upper end of the body part, a cylindrical mouth part disposed above the neck part and having an outer diameter larger than that of the neck part, and a tapered portion connecting the mouth part and the neck part to each other, outer peripheral surfaces of the tapered portion and the neck part are formed by shaving, and the body part that is separately fabricated is welded to the neck part. Thus, quartz vials having a predetermined shape can be mass-fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEXUS COMPANY INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Iwata, Toshihito Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 11705122
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the interface-providing apparatus comprises an identifying unit and a generating unit. The identifying unit identifies a keyword from dialogue data including a question text to request information, and a response text in reply thereto. The generating unit generates display information to display a user interface for receiving feedback input relating to a degree of usefulness of a keyword when searching for the requested information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenji Iwata, Hiroshi Fujimura, Takami Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11694028
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the data generation apparatus includes a speech synthesis unit, a speech recognition unit, a matching processing unit, and a dataset generation unit. The speech synthesis unit generates speech data from an original text. The speech recognition unit generates a recognition text by speech recognition from the speech data. The matching processing unit performs matching between the original text and the recognition text. The dataset generation unit generates a dataset in such a manner where the speech data, from which the recognition text satisfying a certain condition for a matching degree relative to the original text is generated, is associated with the original text, based on a matching result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimura, Kenji Iwata, Hui Di, Pengfei Chen
  • Publication number: 20230132418
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a subtitle generating apparatus includes processing circuitry and a display. The processing circuitry is configured to sequentially acquire texts from voice recognition results. The processing circuitry is configured to store the texts as archive datasets. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate a split position and a concatenation position of the texts from one or more of the archive datasets, and generate a subtitle text from said one or more of the archive datasets based on the split position and the concatenation position. The processing circuitry is configured to update the archive datasets based on the split position and the concatenation position. The display is configured to display the subtitle text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Taira ASHIKAWA, Kenji IWATA
  • Publication number: 20230134696
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a spoken sentence processing apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit receives a spoken sentence from a user. The processing circuit estimates an intention expressed by the user based on the spoken sentence. The processing circuit estimates a search condition specified by the user based on the spoken sentence. The processing circuit determines whether the spoken sentence is an invalid speech respectively in a first estimation result related to the estimated intention and a second estimation result related to the estimated search condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takami YOSHIDA, Kenji IWATA
  • Patent number: 11636271
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dialogue apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit designates one database from among a plurality of databases. The processing circuit extracts a keyword from text information. The processing circuit searches the designated database and another database which is included in the plurality of databases and which is other than the designated database, by using the keyword. The processing circuit generates a response in accordance with a first number of hit items, which is a number of data items matching the keyword in the designated database, and a second number of hit items, which is a number of data items matching the keyword in said another database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuka Kobayashi, Kenji Iwata, Takami Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11620981
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech recognition error correction apparatus includes a correction network memory and an error correction circuitry. The error correction circuitry calculates a difference between a speech recognition result string of an error correction target, which is a result of performing speech recognition on a new series of speech data, and a correction network, where a speech recognition result string and a correction result by a user for the speech recognition result string are associated, and when a value indicating the difference is equal to or less than a threshold, perform error correction on a speech recognition error portion in the speech recognition result string of the error correction target by using the correction network to generate a speech recognition error correction result string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Taira Ashikawa, Hiroshi Fujimura, Kenji Iwata
  • Patent number: 11615126
    Abstract: An analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: calculate a first similarity between a first word representing a category and a second word; apply, to one or more template sentences, each of one or more second words having the first similarity higher than a first threshold; analyze the one or more template sentences each including the second word and classify the second word into one or more first categories; and display, for each of the first categories, the second word used in the classification into the first categories on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuka Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujimura, Kenji Iwata, Takami Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230062115
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication data log processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor receives communication data contained in a communication data log as a log of the communication data containing a speech sentence and meta information. The processor determines a section to which the received communication data should belong based on the speech sentence and the meta information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KUSHIMA, Takami YOSHIDA, Kenji IWATA, Yuka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230023905
    Abstract: A player character is moved based on an operation performed on a direction input device, the position of a virtual camera is controlled based on the position of the player character, and a swing direction in which an operation device has been swung is determined based on data from an inertial sensor, and causes the player character to perform a swing action of swinging in a direction according to the swing direction. Then, a moving object is moved based on collision determination between the swing action and the moving object, thereby controlling a sport game using the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Kenji IWATA
  • Patent number: 11531693
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit generates each of keywords stored in a frequently asked question (FAQ) collection as an utterance sentence. The processing circuit generates dialogue data for each of the keywords, the dialogue data generated by performing a dialogue for each of the keywords at least once, the dialogue obtained by generating a response sentence to the utterance sentence based on a result of searching the FAQ collection by use of the utterance sentence. The processing circuit generates aggregation data representing how often each of the keywords is used in the dialogue, based on the dialogue data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata, Yuka Kobayashi