Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Uetsuji

Masayoshi Uetsuji 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: 9998712
    Abstract: Provided is a monitoring apparatus in which the installation position of an imaging unit is not restricted, settings can be easily changed, and it is possible to accurately analyze behavior of a monitoring target. The present invention is a monitoring apparatus for monitoring behavior of a monitoring target, and includes an imaging unit; a display unit that displays the monitoring target imaged by the imaging unit in real time and displays a marker for specifying the position of the monitoring target; a first input unit that receives input of an installation position of the imaging unit relative to the monitoring target; a first storage unit storing monitoring environment data that defines, in advance, an environment around the monitoring target that is to be imaged by the imaging unit, in accordance with the installation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NORITSU PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yasukawa, Shoichi Dedachi, Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170055888
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device that, when behavior to be watched for is selected by a behavior selection unit, displays a candidate arrangement position of an image capturing device that depends on the selection on a screen. Thereafter, the information processing device detects the behavior selected to be watched for, by determining whether the positional relationship between a person being watched over and a bed satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: NORITSU PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Matsumoto, Takeshi Murai, Akinori Saeki, Yumiko Nakagawa, Masayoshi Uetsuji
  • Publication number: 20170049366
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device that, when the height of a reference plane of a bed is being set on a screen using a setting unit, clearly indicates, on a captured image, a region that is located at the height of the reference plane, based on depth information that is included in the captured image. It thereby becomes possible to readily set the reference plane of the bed, which serves as a reference for behavior of a person being watched over. Thereafter, the information processing device detects the behavior of the person being watched over, by determining whether the positional relationship between the reference plane of the bed and the person being watched over satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: NORITSU PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Matsumoto, Takeshi Murai, Masayoshi Uetsuji
  • Publication number: 20170014051
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device that sets a range designated within a captured image (3) as a range of a bed reference plane. During this setting, the information processing device evaluates whether the designated range is suitable as the range of the bed reference plane, based on a predetermined evaluation condition, and presents the result of that evaluation to a user. It is thereby possible to easily perform setting relating to a position of the bed that serves as a reference for detecting the behavior of a person being watched over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: NORITSU PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Matsumoto, Takeshi Murai, Masayoshi Uetsuji
  • Publication number: 20160345871
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device that acquires a captured image including depth information that is captured by an image capturing device including a depth sensor, and determines whether a positional relationship between a person being watched over and a region of a bed satisfies a predetermined condition, based on the depth for each pixel. In the case where a state in which the depth for each pixel within the captured image cannot be acquired by the depth sensor continues for a given period of time or longer, the information processing device notifies that there is a possibility that watching over of the person being watched over is not being performed normally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: NORITSU PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Matsumoto, Takeshi Murai, Masayoshi Uetsuji
  • Patent number: 9396543
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit to acquire captured image of a watching target person and a target object as a reference for a behavior, the captured image containing depth information indicating depths per pixel, a foreground area extracting unit to extract a foreground area on the basis of a difference between a foreground image and the captured image, the foreground image being set to contain a depth of the foreground and a behavior presuming unit to presume the behavior about the target object by determining whether a positional relationship between the foreground area and the target object area satisfies a predetermined condition or not on the basis of referring to the depths of the pixels in the foreground area based on the depth information, the condition being set on the assumption that the extracted foreground area is related to the behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: NORITSU PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140363089
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit to acquire captured image of a watching target person and a target object as a reference for a behavior, the captured image containing depth information indicating depths per pixel, a foreground area extracting unit to extract a foreground area on the basis of a difference between a foreground image and the captured image, the foreground image being set to contain a depth of the foreground and a behavior presuming unit to presume the behavior about the target object by determining whether a positional relationship between the foreground area and the target object area satisfies a predetermined condition or not on the basis of referring to the depths of the pixels in the foreground area based on the depth information, the condition being set on the assumption that the extracted foreground area is related to the behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: NK WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140267663
    Abstract: Provided is a monitoring apparatus in which the installation position of an imaging unit is not restricted, settings can be easily changed, and it is possible to accurately analyze behavior of a monitoring target. The present invention is a monitoring apparatus for monitoring behavior of a monitoring target, and includes an imaging unit; a display unit that displays the monitoring target imaged by the imaging unit in real time and displays a marker for specifying the position of the monitoring target; a first input unit that receives input of an installation position of the imaging unit relative to the monitoring target; a first storage unit storing monitoring environment data that defines, in advance, an environment around the monitoring target that is to be imaged by the imaging unit, in accordance with the installation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NK WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yasukawa, Shoichi Dedachi, Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140253710
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is disclosed, which includes: an image acquiring unit acquiring moving images captured by a camera for watching a behavior of a watching target person on a bed or in the vicinity thereof; an image processing unit obtaining an optical flow within the moving images; and a behavior presuming unit, when detecting a moving-object based on the optical flow, assuming that the detected moving-object corresponds to the watching target person and presuming the behavior of the watching target person on the bed or in the vicinity thereof based on a position and a moving direction of the moving-object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: NK WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yasukawa, Shoichi Dedachi, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto, Masayoshi Uetsuji
  • Publication number: 20140240479
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is disclosed, which includes an image acquiring unit acquiring moving images captured as images of a watching target person and a target object as a reference for the behavior thereof, a moving object detecting unit detecting a moving-object area with a motion occurring from the moving images, and a behavior presuming unit presuming a behavior of the watching target person about the target object corresponding to a positional relationship between a target object area set within the moving images and the detected moving-object area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NK WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yasukawa, Masayoshi Uetsuji, Takeshi Murai, Shuichi Matsumoto, Shoichi Dedachi