Patents by Inventor Masanori Ichikawa

Masanori Ichikawa 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: 20240104442
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus acquires biological information of a passenger who has disembarked from an aircraft. The information processing apparatus acquires flight information corresponding to the acquired biological information from a storage device in which the biological information of the passenger and the flight information of the passenger are stored in association with each other. Then, the information processing apparatus determines, based on the acquired flight information, whether the passenger is a passenger who is to re-board an aircraft after disembarking from the aircraft. The information processing apparatus displays information according to the determination result on display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Kobayashi, Akihiko Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20240086784
    Abstract: A status notification apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger of an aircraft, the face image data having been acquired at departure/arrival airports of the aircraft, and acquires, from a storage device in which arrival destination information regarding the arrival destination of the aircraft, the face image data of the passenger, and identification information identifying the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance, the identification information and the arrival destination information corresponding to the acquired face image data. The status notification apparatus acquires a movement status of the passenger, and notifies a service provider at the arrival destination of the acquired movement status and the acquired identification information based on the acquired arrival destination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori KOBAYASHI, Akihiko ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240086986
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger who has disembarked from an aircraft, and acquires flight information corresponding to the face image data acquired by an image capture device from a storage device in which flight information of the passenger and the face image data of the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance. It is determined based on the acquired flight information whether the passenger is a transit passenger. Sightseeing area information regarding the sightseeing area of the tour is acquired, and if the passenger is a transit passenger, a tour based on the sightseeing area information and flight information is searched for. The information of the searched-for tour is displayed on display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Kobayashi, Akihiko Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20240070721
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger who has disembarked from an aircraft from an image capture device, and acquires identification information corresponding to the face image data acquired from the image capture device from the storage device. In the storage device, the identification information of the passenger, which includes flight information of the passenger, and the face image data of the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance. The information processing apparatus determines, based on the flight information included in the acquired identification information, whether the passenger is a passenger who is to re-board an aircraft after disembarking from the aircraft. If the passenger is a re-boarding passenger, a tour suitable for the passenger is determined based on the acquired identification information, and the information is displayed on the display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori KOBAYASHI, Akihiko ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11687287
    Abstract: A control apparatus that is connected to a host controller, a first storage unit, and a second storage unit, and that is configured to perform mirror control of the first storage unit and the second storage unit, allocates in order readout requests accepted from the host controller as a readout request corresponding to the first storage unit or a readout request corresponding to the second storage unit, reads out data from the first storage unit and the second storage unit based on at least one allocated readout request, and transmits the readout data to the host controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11551343
    Abstract: An apparatus acquires a plurality of candidate correct answer images for generating a correct answer image that is used for image quality evaluation, and detects a candidate correct answer image to be excluded from the acquired plurality of candidate correct answer images, based on differences between the acquired plurality of candidate correct answer images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Kambegawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11507034
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method is provided and controls execution of learning processing thereon. Learning data are generated in which readings of a human presence sensor serve as input values, information on receiving or not receiving any operation from an operation panel serves as success/failure flags. The success/failure flag is generated from an assessment result of a current resumption assessment model and the information on receiving or not receiving an operation, and is provided to the learning data. Accordingly, learning processing is performed using the success/failure flags provided in the learning data, thereby efficiently implementing learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Shigeki Hasui, Yusuke Horishita, Takuya Tsukada
  • Patent number: 11489973
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a printed material of a verification image in a case where a condition is satisfied, an obtainment unit configured to obtain a verification result based on a comparison between a read image of the printed material of the verification image and a correct answer image, and a control unit configured to control printing based on the verification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11487977
    Abstract: A correct image and print settings are registered in association with each other, the registered correct image is selected based on print settings of a verification target image, and verification is performed by comparing the verification target image with the selected correct image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20220329701
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and the read image is displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use the displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the image that the instruction to use is accepted is registered as the correct answer image. A printed image is verified by comparing the printed image with the registered correct answer image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11422754
    Abstract: A device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to: attach identification information to a correct image candidate, which is a candidate for a correct image to be used in image quality determination; instruct printing of the correct image candidate to which the identification information is attached; and display the identification information attached to the correct image candidate in association with a preview image of the correct image candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Goda, Minoru Kambegawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11418656
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and the read image is displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use the displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the image that the instruction to use is accepted is registered as the correct answer image. A printed image is verified by comparing the printed image with the registered correct answer image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11343383
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and read images excluding a defective image are displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use a displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the accepted image is registered as a correct answer image to be used for verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Publication number: 20220100429
    Abstract: A control apparatus that is connected to a host controller, a first storage unit, and a second storage unit, and that is configured to perform mirror control of the first storage unit and the second storage unit, allocates in order readout requests accepted from the host controller as a readout request corresponding to the first storage unit or a readout request corresponding to the second storage unit, reads out data from the first storage unit and the second storage unit based on at least one allocated readout request, and transmits the readout data to the host controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210303844
    Abstract: A verification apparatus comprises setting a feature point of a reference image as a verification target image, and a reference region of a predetermined pattern formed in advance on a recording medium on which the verification target image is to be formed; extracting the set feature point from a read image obtained by reading a formed image; specifying, based on a positional relationship between the set feature point and the reference region, from an image position of the extracted feature point, a first region on the read image, which indicates a region where the predetermined pattern should have been formed, and a second region other than the first region of the read image; and performing verification for the first region by a first algorithm, and verification for the second region by a second algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Junichi Goda, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210241447
    Abstract: An apparatus acquires a plurality of candidate correct answer images for generating a correct answer image that is used for image quality evaluation, and detects a candidate correct answer image to be excluded from the acquired plurality of candidate correct answer images, based on differences between the acquired plurality of candidate correct answer images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Minoru Kambegawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210234969
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a printed material of a verification image in a case where a condition is satisfied, an obtainment unit configured to obtain a verification result based on a comparison between a read image of the printed material of the verification image and a correct answer image, and a control unit configured to control printing based on the verification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Publication number: 20210201097
    Abstract: A correct image and print settings are registered in association with each other, the registered correct image is selected based on print settings of a verification target image, and verification is performed by comparing the verification target image with the selected correct image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210127017
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and read images excluding a defective image are displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use a displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the accepted image is registered as a correct answer image to be used for verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Publication number: 20210127018
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and the read image is displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use the displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the image that the instruction to use is accepted is registered as the correct answer image. A printed image is verified by comparing the printed image with the registered correct answer image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda