Patents by Inventor Kouhei NISHINO

Kouhei NISHINO 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: 20220215396
    Abstract: An unstaffed store system includes: a store entry checker which acquires, with a first camera, a face image of a user at a time of entry to the store and permits entry of the user to the store based on the face image at the time of entry to the store; a checkout counter which acquires, with a second camera, the face image of the user at a time of payment and allows the user to make payment based on the face image at the time of payment; and a store exit checker which, with a third camera, acquires the face image of the user at a time of exit from the store and confirms exit of the user from the store based on the face image at the time of exit from the store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro UEKI, Masaki SHIKANAI, Mamoru NOBUE, Hidehiko NAWAI, Kouhei NISHINO, Tomohiro MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220198412
    Abstract: A cost calculation and payment device includes: a main body provided with a placement portion on which the user places merchandise items; a first camera for capturing an image of the merchandise items placed on the placement portion; a second camera for capturing an image of a face of the user; a controller for cost calculation by recognizing the merchandise items from the image acquired by the first camera and for face authentication based on a face image acquired by image capture by the second camera; and a display for displaying cost calculation result information and face authentication result information acquired by the controller, wherein the controller causes the display to display the cost calculation result information and the face authentication result information by using a superimposed screen configured by at least a first screen disposed on a front side and a second screen disposed on a rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei NISHINO, Yuya ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20220188796
    Abstract: A cost calculation and payment device includes: a main body provided with a placement portion on which the user places merchandise items; a first camera for capturing an image of the merchandise items placed on the placement portion; a second camera for capturing an image of a face of the user; a controller for performing a process related to cost calculation by recognizing the merchandise items in question based on a merchandise item image acquired by image capture by the first camera and to perform a process related to face authentication based on a face image acquired by image capture by the second camera; and a display for displaying a cost calculation result and a payment result acquired by the controller, wherein the display is disposed in a vicinity of the placement portion, and the second camera captures an image of the face of the user looking at the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro UEKI, Masaki SHIKANAI, Mamoru NOBUE, Kouhei NISHINO, Takashi KOYAMA, Nobuyoshi MURAKAMI, Hideyuki KUWANO
  • Publication number: 20220044221
    Abstract: A cost calculation and payment device includes: a main body provided with a placement portion on which merchandise items are placed; a first camera for capturing an image of the merchandise items placed on the placement portion; a second camera for capturing an image of a face of the user; a controller for performing a process related to cost calculation by recognizing the merchandise items in question based on a merchandise item image acquired by the first camera and to perform a process related to face authentication based on a face image acquired by the second camera; a display for displaying a cost calculation result and a payment result acquired by the controller, and a projector for projecting an image onto the placement portion, wherein the display is disposed in a vicinity of the placement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro UEKI, Masaki SHIKANAI, Mamoru NOBUE, Kouhei NISHINO, Takashi KOYAMA, So SUZUKI, Megumi YAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20190156261
    Abstract: It is possible to reasonably perform a task for improving the store operation by presenting information required for improving a store operation to a user. A camera which is a facility capturing device provided for each of a plurality of stores as facilities, a recording server, a management server, and a transmission server, and a user terminal are provided. The recording server, the management server, and the transmission server constitute a cloud computer system. The transmission server transmits information regarding an evaluation result of each policy in the store and an area image corresponding to an attention point on a calendar, to the user terminal. The management server acquires instruction information and report information regarding a work in the store and the evaluation information from the transmission server, and manages status information regarding a progress status for a work instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei NISHINO, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180300802
    Abstract: Facility imaging device and method reduces a load of traffic on a network when collecting images that result from image-capturing the insides. The facility imaging device including a capture that image-captures the inside of a facility and sequentially outputs captured images that temporally follow one another; a processor that performs image processing on the captured images and outputs processed images; and a communicator that transmits the processed images to an image recording server through the network. Whenever the captured image is input from the capture, the processor updates dominant image information and generates a reading still image that results from removing a moving object, as a processed image. The communicator transmits the reading still image at a prescribed timing. Furthermore, a reading screen is delivered from a facility operation support device to a user terminal device and thus the reading screen is displayed on the user terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Kouhei NISHINO, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA