Patents by Inventor Masaaki Higashida
Masaaki Higashida 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).
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Patent number: 11297623Abstract: The communication device is installed in an aircraft and is capable of radio communication with a base station on the ground. The communication device comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The controller acquires location information of the aircraft at a predetermined time, and communicates with the base station using an allocation pattern of communication resources according to the location information of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Yamaguchi, Ryota Miyanaka, Shutai Okamura, Takeshi Hatakeyama, Tsutomu Uenoyama, Masaaki Higashida
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Publication number: 20200383102Abstract: The communication device is installed in an aircraft and is capable of radio communication with a base station on the ground. The communication device comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The controller acquires location information of the aircraft at a predetermined time, and communicates with the base station using an allocation pattern of communication resources according to the location information of the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Ryota MIYANAKA, Shutai OKAMURA, Takeshi HATAKEYAMA, Kadoma-shi UENOYAMA, Masaaki HIGASHIDA
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Patent number: 10633095Abstract: An imaging system includes a first imaging device and a second imaging device disposed flanking the main wing of an aircraft. The first imaging device and the second imaging device are disposed so that at least part of a first imaging range of the first imaging device overlaps a second imaging range of the second imaging device. The first imaging device and the second imaging device are also disposed so that the first imaging range and the second imaging range overlap an extension of the pitch axis of the aircraft and do not overlap the roll axis of the aircraft or an extension thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Asao, Masaharu Matsumoto, Keijiroh Nagano, Masaaki Higashida
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Patent number: 10489641Abstract: A server is an image processing apparatus that is connectable to one or more cameras, which shoot images inside an aircraft, and distinguishes a crewmember from among a plurality of people present inside the aircraft. The server includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores image data output from the cameras and behavior patterns specific to the crewmember. The processor determines the crewmember from among the plurality of people by detecting a behavior specific to the crewmember from the image data stored in the memory based on the behavior patterns specific to the crewmember, and outputs a result of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kou Watanabe, Masahiko Yamamoto, Masaaki Higashida, Tsutomu Uenoyama, Takeshi Hatakeyama, Satoshi Ohyama, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Masaharu Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10248375Abstract: A sound collecting system includes a plurality of sound collecting units that collect sound and a sound collecting device. The plurality of sound collecting units send sound collection data including audio data and time data to the sound collecting device. The sound collecting device includes a processor that manages time for the plurality of sound collecting units and receives an instruction specifying a sound collecting location, and an output unit. The processor of the sound collecting device synthesizes the audio data of the plurality of sound collecting units on the basis of the time data of the plurality of sound collecting units, and outputs, from the output unit, the audio data of the sound collecting location.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Hatakeyama, Kou Watanabe, Masahiko Yamamoto, Masaaki Higashida, Tsutomu Uenoyama, Satoshi Ohyama, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Masaharu Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20190050638Abstract: A server is an image processing apparatus that is connectable to one or more cameras, which shoot images inside an aircraft, and distinguishes a crewmember from among a plurality of people present inside the aircraft. The server includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores image data output from the cameras and behavior patterns specific to the crewmember. The processor determines the crewmember from among the plurality of people by detecting a behavior specific to the crewmember from the image data stored in the memory based on the behavior patterns specific to the crewmember, and outputs a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Kou WATANABE, Masahiko YAMAMOTO, Masaaki HIGASHIDA, Tsutomu UENOYAMA, Takeshi HATAKEYAMA, Satoshi OHYAMA, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Masaharu MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20190012132Abstract: A sound collecting system includes a plurality of sound collecting units that collect sound and a sound collecting device. The plurality of sound collecting units send sound collection data including audio data and time data to the sound collecting device. The sound collecting device includes a processor that manages time for the plurality of sound collecting units and receives an instruction specifying a sound collecting location, and an output unit. The processor of the sound collecting device synthesizes the audio data of the plurality of sound collecting units on the basis of the time data of the plurality of sound collecting units, and outputs, from the output unit, the audio data of the sound collecting location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Takeshi HATAKEYAMA, Kou WATANABE, Masahiko YAMAMOTO, Masaaki HIGASHIDA, Tsutomu UENOYAMA, Satoshi OHYAMA, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Masaharu MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 10157605Abstract: A noise reduction device is used together with a shell which surrounds at least a part of the periphery of reclinable seat. The device includes a plurality of noise microphones, a noise controller, and control speakers. Control speakers output a sound based on a control-sound signal that is generated by the noise controller. Each of noise microphones is accommodated in back wall configuring the shell and is set back from a surface of the back wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maeda, Yoshifumi Asao, Masaaki Higashida, Mitsuhiro Tosa, Kaname Tomita, Toshihide Abe
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Publication number: 20170289463Abstract: An imaging system includes a first imaging device and a second imaging device disposed flanking the main wing of an aircraft. The first imaging device and the second imaging device are disposed so that at least part of a first imaging range of the first imaging device overlaps a second imaging range of the second imaging device. The first imaging device and the second imaging device are also disposed so that the first imaging range and the second imaging range overlap an extension of the pitch axis of the aircraft and do not overlap the roll axis of the aircraft or an extension thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yoshifumi ASAO, Masaharu MATSUMOTO, Keijiroh NAGANO, Masaaki HIGASHIDA
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Publication number: 20170186417Abstract: A noise reduction device is used together with a shell which surrounds at least a part of the periphery of reclinable seat. The device includes a plurality of noise microphones, a noise controller, and control speakers. Control speakers output a sound based on a control-sound signal that is generated by the noise controller. Each of noise microphones is accommodated in back wall configuring the shell and is set back from a surface of the back wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Tsuyoshi MAEDA, Yoshifumi ASAO, Masaaki HIGASHIDA, Mitsuhiro TOSA, Kaname TOMITA, Toshihide ABE
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Patent number: 9178709Abstract: A wireless communication system performs high-quality communication using Multicast communication where re-transmission processing is performed. The wireless communication system includes a program distribution unit for distributing a program using the Multicast communication; a first communication path for transmitting the program distributed from the program distribution unit; first communication units; user terminals; and a second and the user terminal and is also a wireless communication path where the re-transmission of a frame is performed, wherein the first communication unit selects a Multicast frame of a program requested by the user terminal from the first communication path, converts the selected Multicast frame into a Unicast frame, and transmits the converted Unicast frame to the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Higashida, Shotaro Tanaka, Yasuaki Sakanishi, Seiji Horita, Tadayuki Inoue, Kenshi Taniguchi, Toshihiro Ezaki
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Patent number: 9148705Abstract: A wireless terminal communicates with a wireless communication apparatus including one or more wireless access points, and is used in a facility including a plurality of seats. The wireless terminal includes a seat position identifying unit, a distance determination unit, and a processing setting unit. The seat position identifying unit identifies a seat position of a user of the wireless terminal. The distance determination unit determines a distance from the identified position to the one or more wireless access points. The processing setting unit sets the processing associated with communication based on the determined distance.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Hatakeyama, Masaaki Higashida
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Patent number: 9090332Abstract: A noise reduction device, including a microphone for detecting noise, a noise controller for reversing the phase of noise detected by the microphone based on information outputted from the microphone, and a speaker for outputting sound based on information outputted from the noise controller, is arranged at a seat surrounded by a shell portion having a cavity, wherein a speaker is disposed in the cavity of the shell portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Asao, Hiroyuki Kano, Masaaki Higashida, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Toshihiro Ezaki
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Patent number: 9078011Abstract: The communication device is installed in a predetermined space. The communication device receives and displays content distributed only within a variable available viewing time. The communication device includes an available viewing time calculation unit configured to calculate the available viewing time, a replay time calculation unit configured to calculate the replay time needed to replay predetermined content, a warning determination unit configured to compare the replay time and the available viewing time and generate warning information when the replay time exceeds the available viewing time, and a display unit configured to display the warning information generated by the warning determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Mori, Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Masaaki Higashida
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Patent number: 9066356Abstract: In a wireless communication system including a plurality of wireless stations provided in a structure having a radio wave shield arranged at a fixed position, at least one of two wireless stations using an identical wireless channel and two wireless stations using wireless channels adjacent to each other are allocated on both sides of the radio wave shield, respectively. In this case, the structure is an aircraft, and the two wireless stations are allocated on different aisles of the aircraft, respectively. In addition, the two wireless stations are allocated to be apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masaaki Higashida
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Patent number: 8949908Abstract: A content upload system includes: a content distributing server that is installed in an airplane and distributes audio-video contents into the airplane; and a plurality of content accumulating servers that are installed in a plurality of airports, in which the airplane is parked, and transmit the audio-video contents to the content distributing server through a network. The content distributing server selectively writes audio-video contents that have not been stored in the content distributing server of audio-video contents transmitted from the content accumulating server while the airplane is parked on the airport.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Ezaki, Masaaki Higashida
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Publication number: 20140208370Abstract: A wireless terminal communicates with a wireless communication apparatus including one or more wireless access points, and is used in a facility including a plurality of seats. The wireless terminal includes a seat position identifying unit, a distance determination unit, and a processing setting unit. The seat position identifying unit identifies a seat position of a user of the wireless terminal. The distance determination unit determines a distance from the identified position to the one or more wireless access points. The processing setting unit sets the processing associated with communication based on the determined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takeshi HATAKEYAMA, Masaaki HIGASHIDA
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Publication number: 20140208371Abstract: The communication device is installed in a predetermined space. The communication device receives and displays content distributed only within a variable available viewing time. The communication device includes an available viewing time calculation unit configured to calculate the available viewing time, a replay time calculation unit configured to calculate the replay time needed to replay predetermined content, a warning determination unit configured to compare the replay time and the available viewing time and generate warning information when the replay time exceeds the available viewing time, and a display unit configured to display the warning information generated by the warning determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiji MORI, Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Masaaki Higashida
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Patent number: 8768347Abstract: The present invention is a wireless communication system for establishing wireless communication between a wireless base station installed at the upper part of a communication area in a moving vehicle and a wireless terminal in the communication area, comprising a space surrounded by wall surfaces rising vertically in the communication area, wherein the space has an opening opened by specified width in a plane direction, and the wireless base station is installed in a region extended from the opening of the space by specified width outwardly of the wall surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Ezaki, Masaaki Higashida
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Patent number: 8718292Abstract: It includes a microphone for detecting noise emitted from a noise source, a noise controller for generating control sound signal to reduce noise detected by the microphone based on information from the microphone, and a speaker for outputting control sound based on control sound signal from the noise controller, wherein a plurality of microphones and speakers are arranged for each seat, and a plurality of microphones are arranged in higher density for each seat in a specific direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshifumi Asao, Hiroyuki Kano, Masaaki Higashida, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Toshihiro Ezaki