Patents by Inventor Masami KUMAZAWA

Masami KUMAZAWA 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).

  • RETRIEVAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, RETRIEVAL SUPPORT METHOD AND RETRIEVAL SUPPORT PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220121701
    Abstract: A retrieval support system includes a database which stores commodity image data; a retrieval unit which acquires commodity image data having image characteristic information which is the same as or similar to image characteristic information indicating a characteristic in an image of input image data, from the database, with respect to the input image data; and a condition setting unit which sets a retrieval condition including at least one of time information relating to time, place information relating to places and occasion information relating to occasions. The retrieval unit performs retrieval of the commodity image data based on the retrieval condition set by the condition setting unit. The commodity image data acquired by the retrieval unit and information relating to a commodity different from a commodity corresponding to the commodity image data are output together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami KUMAZAWA, Hideya INOUE, Koji YAMAGAKI
  • Retrieval support system, retrieval support method and retrieval support program
    Patent number: 11250047
    Abstract: A retrieval support system includes a database which stores commodity image data; a retrieval unit which acquires commodity image data having image characteristic information which is the same as or similar to image characteristic information indicating a characteristic in an image of input image data, from the database, with respect to the input image data; and a condition setting unit which sets a retrieval condition including at least one of time information relating to time, place information relating to places and occasion information relating to occasions. The retrieval unit performs retrieval of the commodity image data based on the retrieval condition set by the condition setting unit. The commodity image data acquired by the retrieval unit and information relating to a commodity different from a commodity corresponding to the commodity image data are output together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Kumazawa, Hideya Inoue, Koji Yamagaki
  • RETRIEVAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, RETRIEVAL SUPPORT METHOD AND RETRIEVAL SUPPORT PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20170228400
    Abstract: A retrieval support system includes a database which stores commodity image data; a retrieval unit which acquires commodity image data having image characteristic information which is the same as or similar to image characteristic information indicating a characteristic in an image of input image data, from the database, with respect to the input image data; and a condition setting unit which sets a retrieval condition including at least one of time information relating to time, place information relating to places and occasion information relating to occasions. The retrieval unit performs retrieval of the commodity image data based on the retrieval condition set by the condition setting unit. The commodity image data acquired by the retrieval unit and information relating to a commodity different from a commodity corresponding to the commodity image data are output together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami KUMAZAWA, Hideya INOUE, Koji YAMAGAKI
  • Method, medium, and system for recommending associated products
    Patent number: 9665894
    Abstract: A retrieval support system includes a database which stores commodity image data; a retrieval unit which acquires commodity image data having image characteristic information which is the same as or similar to image characteristic information indicating a characteristic in an image of input image data, from the database, with respect to the input image data; and a condition setting unit which sets a retrieval condition including at least one of time information relating to time, place information relating to places and occasion information relating to occasions. The retrieval unit performs retrieval of the commodity image data based on the retrieval condition set by the condition setting unit. The commodity image data acquired by the retrieval unit and information relating to a commodity different from a commodity corresponding to the commodity image data are output together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Kumazawa, Hideya Inoue, Koji Yamagaki
  • RETRIEVAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, RETRIEVAL SUPPORT METHOD AND RETRIEVAL SUPPORT PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20120259701
    Abstract: A retrieval support system includes a database which stores commodity image data; a retrieval unit which acquires commodity image data having image characteristic information which is the same as or similar to image characteristic information indicating a characteristic in an image of input image data, from the database, with respect to the input image data; and a condition setting unit which sets a retrieval condition including at least one of time information relating to time, place information relating to places and occasion information relating to occasions. The retrieval unit performs retrieval of the commodity image data based on the retrieval condition set by the condition setting unit. The commodity image data acquired by the retrieval unit and information relating to a commodity different from a commodity corresponding to the commodity image data are output together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami KUMAZAWA, Hideya INOUE, Koji YAMAGAKI