Patents by Inventor Makoto Kataoka

Makoto Kataoka 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: 11947770
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a change detection unit that detects a change of a UI element on a target screen; a determination unit that determines a display update method among a plurality of display update methods for extended UIs based on the change of the UI element detected by the change detection unit; and a display update unit that updates display of the extended UIs by the display update method determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Komiyama, Akira Kataoka, Hidetaka Koya
  • Publication number: 20240086510
    Abstract: A first authentication apparatus executes authentication of a person captured in an input image by comparing face feature information of the person being acquired from an input image, with registered face feature information in a first watchlist. A second authentication apparatus executes authentication of a person unauthenticated with the first watchlist by comparing face feature information of the face feature information for which matching registered face feature information does not exist in the first watchlist, with registered face feature information in a second watchlist. A host server includes a watchlist updating unit that updates registered face feature information in the first watchlist and registered face feature information in the second watchlist, based on at least one of a priority degree for each piece of registered face feature information in the first watchlist and a priority degree for each piece of registered face feature information in the second watchlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto KATAOKA, Yohel Itou, Satoshi Terasawa, Kazuki Seko
  • Publication number: 20240086592
    Abstract: A design assistance device (10) comprises: a determination rule definition unit (102) that defines a determination rule for determining whether a CAD model (103) violates a design guideline (101); a geometric shape recognition unit (105) that extracts, from the CAD model (103), a violation location violating the design guidelines (101), by using geometric shape recognition based on the determination rule defined by the determination rule definition unit (102); and a feature amount recognition unit (108) that identifies, from among violation locations, a violation location violating the design guidelines (101), by using feature amount recognition based on a prescribed feature amount of the violation location extracted by the geometric shape recognition unit (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Erika KATAYAMA, Ichiro KATAOKA, Makoto ONODERA
  • Patent number: 11900714
    Abstract: In order to provide a technique capable of presenting information that is different from the image of a surveillance camera and is effective for searching for a person, this search information providing device includes, as functional units, a collation unit and an output unit. The collation unit collates a fingerprint image obtained by a fingerprint photographing device with a fingerprint image, of a search target person, given in advance. When the fingerprint image on the handrail member matches the fingerprint image of the search target person, the output unit outputs information indicating that the search target person has been detected to a predetermined reporting destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Seko, Takeshi Kojima, Makoto Kataoka, Toshiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11774518
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic field measuring apparatus for: acquiring the measurement data measured by a magnetic sensor array that is configured by arraying the plurality of magnetic sensor cells to form a surface covering at least a part of a target object to be measured; performing signal separation on a magnetic field spatial distribution indicated by the measurement data based on a position and magnetic sensitivity of each magnetic sensor; generating a calibration magnetic field at a position on a straight line that can be drawn without crossing the plurality of magnetic sensor cells from the measurement space outside the measurement space; and calibrating a sensor error for the magnetic sensor based on a separation error in a case where signal separation has been performed on a spatial distribution of the calibration magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Okatake, Makoto Kataoka, Takenobu Nakamura, Seiichi Kato
  • Patent number: 11732760
    Abstract: A power transmission device has an interlocking member 9 moving a pressure member 5 from an inactive position to an active position. A release spring (m) applies an urging force, while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5, until drive-side clutch plates 6 and driven-side clutch plates 7 reach an engaged state before the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 are pressed against each other. A clutch spring 11 is compressed in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves after the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 have reached the engaged state. The clutch spring applying a press-contact force between the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5. The set load of the clutch spring 11 is set to be smaller than the maximum load of the release spring (m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong Chen, Makoto Kataoka, Masataka Murai
  • Patent number: 11732761
    Abstract: A power transmission device has an interlocking member 9 moving a pressure member 5 from an inactive position to an active position. A release spring (m) applies an urging force, while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5, until drive-side clutch plates 6 and driven-side clutch plates 7 reach an engaged state before the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 are pressed against each other. A clutch spring 11 is compressed in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves after the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 have reached the engaged state. The clutch spring applying a press-contact force between the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5. The set load of the clutch spring 11 is set to be smaller than the maximum load of the release spring (m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong Chen, Makoto Kataoka, Masataka Murai
  • Publication number: 20230245461
    Abstract: A detection unit of a situation device detects the number of people inside the vehicle shown in the photographed image obtained by photographing the inside of the vehicle through a window provided on the side surface of the vehicle along the traveling direction of the vehicle from the outside of the vehicle. A correction unit corrects the detected number of people according to a predetermined correction method to estimate the number of passengers including the number of people, in the seat vehicle portion, not shown in the captured image. A determination unit determines the congestion status of the vehicle by using the number of passengers estimated by the correction unit and the number of seats given in advance. An output unit outputs the determined congestion status to the notification device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Seko, Takeshi Kojima, Makoto Kataoka, Toshiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11708866
    Abstract: A power transmission device has an interlocking member 9 moving a pressure member 5 from an inactive position to an active position. A release spring (m) applies an urging force, while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5, until drive-side clutch plates 6 and driven-side clutch plates 7 reach an engaged state before the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 are pressed against each other. A clutch spring 11 is compressed in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves after the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 have reached the engaged state. The clutch spring applying a press-contact force between the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5. The set load of the clutch spring 11 is set to be smaller than the maximum load of the release spring (m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong Chen, Makoto Kataoka, Masataka Murai
  • Patent number: 11668772
    Abstract: There is provide a magnetic field measurement device including: a magnetic sensor array configured by a plurality of magnetic sensor cells, each of which has a magnetic sensor; a magnetic field acquisition section configured to acquire measurement data measured by the magnetic sensor array; a signal space separation section configured to perform signal separation to separate, into internal space data and external space data, a spatial distribution of a magnetic field which is indicated by the measurement data, based on a position and a magnetic sensitivity of each magnetic sensor; and a calculation processing section configured to remove, from the internal space data, at least a part of a variation component common to magnetic field measurement data that indicates the spatial distribution of the magnetic field which is indicated by the measurement data, and the external space data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20230113796
    Abstract: A waiting time estimation device includes an acquisition unit, an estimation unit and an output unit. From captured images of queuing-up people, the acquisition unit acquires, as attribute information, at least one piece of information out of: the behaviors of the queuing-up people; the types of the belongings of the queuing-up people; the facial expressions of the queuing-up people; and information as to whether or not any groups have been formed in the queuing-up people. The estimation unit estimates, as the waiting time in the queuing-up case, a time that is obtained by modifying a standard waiting time in the queuing-up case through the use of a modification time having been set on the basis of the attribute information. The output unit outputs the estimated waiting time of the queue toward an announcement device that announces the waiting time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki SEKO, Takeshi KOJIMA, Makoto KATAOKA, Toshiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230106798
    Abstract: In order to provide a technique capable of presenting information that is different from the image of a surveillance camera and is effective for searching for a person, this search information providing device includes, as functional units, a collation unit and an output unit. The collation unit collates a fingerprint image obtained by a fingerprint photographing device with a fingerprint image, of a search target person, given in advance. When the fingerprint image on the handrail member matches the fingerprint image of the search target person, the output unit outputs information indicating that the search target person has been detected to a predetermined reporting destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki SEKO, Takeshi KOJIMA, Makoto KATAOKA, Toshiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11603892
    Abstract: A power transmission device has a first clutch member 4a coupled to an output member 3. A second clutch member 4b has a plurality of driven-side clutch plates 7. A back-torque transmitting cam presses the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 against each other by moving the second clutch member 4b when a rotational force is input to the first clutch member 4a. A cushioning member 12 is interposed between the first clutch member 4a and the second clutch member 4b. The cushioning member 12, by being compressed, applies an urging force while allowing movements of an interlocking member 9 and a pressure member 5 in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves and the pressure member 5 moves from the inactive position toward the active position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong Chen, Makoto Kataoka, Masataka Murai
  • Publication number: 20230023436
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic field measuring apparatus for: acquiring the measurement data measured by a magnetic sensor array that is configured by arraying the plurality of magnetic sensor cells to form a surface covering at least a part of a target object to be measured; performing signal separation on a magnetic field spatial distribution indicated by the measurement data based on a position and magnetic sensitivity of each magnetic sensor; generating a calibration magnetic field at a position on a straight line that can be drawn without crossing the plurality of magnetic sensor cells from the measurement space outside the measurement space; and calibrating a sensor error for the magnetic sensor based on a separation error in a case where signal separation has been performed on a spatial distribution of the calibration magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Shigeki OKATAKE, Makoto KATAOKA, Takenobu NAKAMURA, Seiichi KATO
  • Publication number: 20220389974
    Abstract: A power transmission device has an interlocking member 9 moving a pressure member 5 from an inactive position to an active position. A release spring (m) applies an urging force, while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5, until drive-side clutch plates 6 and driven-side clutch plates 7 reach an engaged state before the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 are pressed against each other. A clutch spring 11 is compressed in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves after the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 have reached the engaged state. The clutch spring applying a press-contact force between the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5. The set load of the clutch spring 11 is set to be smaller than the maximum load of the release spring (m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong CHEN, Makoto KATAOKA, Masataka MURAI
  • Publication number: 20220373040
    Abstract: A power transmission device has an interlocking member 9 moving a pressure member 5 from an inactive position to an active position. A release spring (m) applies an urging force, while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5, until drive-side clutch plates 6 and driven-side clutch plates 7 reach an engaged state before the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 are pressed against each other. A clutch spring 11 is compressed in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves after the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 have reached the engaged state. The clutch spring applying a press-contact force between the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5. The set load of the clutch spring 11 is set to be smaller than the maximum load of the release spring (m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong Chen, Makoto Kataoka, Masataka Murai
  • Publication number: 20220364612
    Abstract: A power transmission device has an interlocking member 9 moving a pressure member 5 from an inactive position to an active position. A release spring (m) applies an urging force, while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5, until drive-side clutch plates 6 and driven-side clutch plates 7 reach an engaged state before the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 are pressed against each other. A clutch spring 11 is compressed in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves after the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 have reached the engaged state. The clutch spring applying a press-contact force between the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5. The set load of the clutch spring 11 is set to be smaller than the maximum load of the release spring (m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong CHEN, Makoto KATAOKA, Masataka MURAI
  • Patent number: 11497425
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus is provided, which includes a magnetic sensor array formed by three-dimensionally arranging a plurality of magnetic sensor cells each including a magnetic sensor, and capable of detecting an input magnetic field in three axial directions; a measurement data acquiring section that acquires a plurality of measurement values based on the input magnetic field detected by the magnetic sensor array; a magnetic field calculating section that calculates the input magnetic field based on the measurement values; an error calculating section that calculates a detection error of the input magnetic field, based on the plurality of measurement values and a calculation result obtained by calculating the input magnetic field; and a measurement data selecting section that selects a plurality of measurement values to be used for calculating the input magnetic field by the magnetic field calculating section, from among the plurality of measurement values, based on the detection error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kataoka, Takenobu Nakamura, Shigeki Okatake
  • Publication number: 20220341475
    Abstract: A power transmission device has a first clutch member 4a coupled to an output member 3. A second clutch member 4b has a plurality of driven-side clutch plates 7. A back-torque transmitting cam presses the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 against each other by moving the second clutch member 4b when a rotational force is input to the first clutch member 4a. A cushioning member 12 is interposed between the first clutch member 4a and the second clutch member 4b. The cushioning member 12, by being compressed, applies an urging force while allowing movements of an interlocking member 9 and a pressure member 5 in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves and the pressure member 5 moves from the inactive position toward the active position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong Chen, Makoto Kataoka, Masataka Murai
  • Patent number: 11460077
    Abstract: A power transmission device has an interlocking member 9 moving a pressure member 5 from an inactive position to an active position. A release spring (m) applies an urging force, while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5, until drive-side clutch plates 6 and driven-side clutch plates 7 reach an engaged state before the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 are pressed against each other. A clutch spring 11 is compressed in a process where the interlocking member 9 moves after the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 have reached the engaged state. The clutch spring applying a press-contact force between the drive-side clutch plates 6 and the driven-side clutch plates 7 while allowing movements of the interlocking member 9 and the pressure member 5. The set load of the clutch spring 11 is set to be smaller than the maximum load of the release spring (m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ozawa, Han Hiong Chen, Makoto Kataoka, Masataka Murai