Patents by Inventor Masayuki Ariyoshi

Masayuki Ariyoshi 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: 20220301316
    Abstract: To shorten a waiting time for a belongings inspection, the present invention provides a detection system 1 including a plurality of detection apparatuses 20 and a control apparatus 10. The control apparatus 10 includes a setting unit 11 that sets, for each of the detection apparatuses 20, at least one piece of pre-registered referrable data as reference data. The detection apparatus 20 includes an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit 22 that irradiates an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of equal to or more than 30 micrometers and equal to or less than one meter and receives a reflection wave, and a detection unit 21 that performs, based on a signal of the reflection wave, detection processing based on the reference data being set for each of the detection apparatuses 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi MORIMOTO, Masanori Sekido, Masaru Eto, Kazumine Ogura, Masayuki Ariyoshi
  • Publication number: 20220299454
    Abstract: To shorten a waiting time for a belongings inspection, the present invention provides an inspection system 10 including: an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit 11 that irradiates an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of equal to or more than 30 micrometers and equal to or less than one meter, and receives a reflection wave; a detection unit 12 that performs detection processing of detecting an abnormal state, based on a signal of the reflection wave; a decision unit 13 that decides, for an inspection target person from which the abnormal state is detected, whether to perform a secondary inspection at a place or perform a secondary inspection later; and a registration unit 16 that registers, in association with a result of the detection processing, identification information about the inspection target person decided that a secondary inspection is performed later.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya NAKAYAMA, Masanori Sekido, Shinichi Morimoto, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Tatsuya Sumiya, Toshiyuki Nomura, Toshinori Takemura
  • Publication number: 20220299450
    Abstract: To shorten a waiting time for a belongings inspection, the present invention provides an inspection system 10 including: an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit 11 that irradiates an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of equal to or more than 30 micrometers and equal to or less than one meter, and receives a reflection wave; a detection unit 12 that performs detection processing, based on a signal of the reflection wave; a decision unit 13 that decides a path in which an inspection target person advances, based on a result of the detection processing; and a guide unit 14 that performs processing of guiding the inspection target person to a decided path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya NAKAYAMA, Masanori Sekido, Shiunichi Morimoto, Masayuki Ariyoshi
  • Publication number: 20220299631
    Abstract: To shorten a waiting time for a belongings inspection, the present invention provides an inspection system 10 including an acquisition unit 11 that acquires target person identification information identifying an inspection target person, a determination unit 12 that determines, based on target person information stored in association with the target person identification information, reference data referred to in a belongings inspection for the inspection target person, an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit 14 that emits an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of equal to or more than 30 micrometers and equal to or less than one meter and receives a reflection wave, and a detection unit 13 that executes, based on a signal of the reflection wave and the reference data, detection processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi MORIMOTO, Masanori SEKIDO, Masaru ETO, Tatsuya SUMIYA, Shingo YAMANOUCHI, Toshiyuki NOMURA, Masayuki ARIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220299636
    Abstract: For easily setting, for each of a plurality of detection apparatuses, a target object detected by the detection apparatus, a model providing apparatus including: a storage unit storing a machine learning model detecting a plurality of detection target objects, based on a received signal of a reflected wave of an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength equal to or greater than 30 micrometers and equal to or less than 1 meter; a request reception unit receiving a request for a detection model detecting the detection target object, based on the received signal; a selection unit selecting at least one out of a plurality of detection target objects for each request; generation unit generating a detection model detecting a selected detection target object and not detecting an unselected detection target object, based on the machine learning model; and a transmission unit transmitting the generated detection model to a detection apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawai, Shinichi Morimoto, Masaru Eto, Toshinori Takemura, Masayuki Ariyoshi
  • Publication number: 20220299637
    Abstract: To shorten a waiting time for a belongings inspection, the present invention provides an inspection system 10 including an acquisition unit 11 that acquires personal unique information unique to each of inspection target persons, and a determination unit 12 that determines a content of a belongings inspection based on a signal of a reflection wave of an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of equal to or more than 30 micrometers and equal to or less than one meter for the each inspection target person, based on the personal unique information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo YAMANOUCHI, Shinichi MORIMOTO, Kazumine OGURA, Tatsuya SUMIYA, Masaru ETO, Toshiyuki NOMURA, Masayuki ARIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220268915
    Abstract: The radar system 11 comprises a plurality of transmission antennas 12 which irradiate electromagnetic waves, a plurality of receiving antennas 13 which receive the irradiated electromagnetic waves that have been reflected and generating measurement signals, radar signal transmission and receiving means 14 for obtaining the measurement signals, movement estimation means 15 for estimating the movement of an object, and motion-compensated image generation means 16 for generating a radar image based on the measurement signals and the estimated object movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumine OGURA, Tatsuya SUMIYA, Masayuki ARIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220260673
    Abstract: The radar device 10 includes radar signal transmission and receiving means 11 for obtaining radar signals, based on reflected waves received by a plurality of receiving antennas, movement estimation means 12 for estimating a movement of an object that may appear in a radar image, movement discretization means 13 for discretizing the estimated movement, signal dividing means 14 for dividing the radar signals into a plurality of groups, Fourier transform processing means 15 for applying Fourier transform to the radar signals of each of the groups, phase-compensation and synthesis processing means 16 for synthesizing results of the Fourier transform after performing phase compensation corresponding to the movement of the object on the results of the Fourier transform, and imaging processing means 17 for generating the radar image from the synthesized result of the Fourier transform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUMIYA, Masayuki ARIYOSHI, Kazurnine OGURA, Taichi TANAKA, Daisuke IKEFUJI
  • Publication number: 20220244377
    Abstract: An inspection system uses radio waves to inspect the state of an object at low cost and efficiently, the foregoing possible as a result of the system comprising: a measurement unit that measures reflected waves from an object making a prescribed movement, the waves having been generated by projecting radio waves to the object; a moving body that comprises the measurement unit and moves so that the relative positional relationship between the measurement unit and the object changes with the passage of time; and a generation unit that generates information representing the state of the object by performing signal processing on a signal indicated by the reflected waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki ARIYOSHI, Shingo YAMANOUCHI, Kazumine OGURA, Tatsuya SUMIYA
  • Patent number: 11385342
    Abstract: An object sensing apparatus 1 includes: an emission unit 11 configured to emit an RF transmission signal in each period; a reception unit 21 configured to receive a reflected wave of the RF transmission signal as an RF reception signal; an IF signal generation unit 22 configured to generate an IF signal by mixing the RF transmission signal and the RF reception signal; a one-dimensional spectrum generation unit 23 configured to generate a one-dimensional spectrum with respect to distance obtained using the object sensing apparatus as a reference, based on the IF signal, and use the generated one-dimensional spectrum to generate a one-dimensional spectrum with fixed object reflection removed, from which a signal component caused by a reflected wave from a fixed object present in an emission range has been removed; a position detection unit 24 configured to detect a position of an object other than the fixed object based on the amplitude of the one-dimensional spectrum with fixed object reflection removed; and a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsuo, Shingo Yamanouchi, Masayuki Ariyoshi
  • Publication number: 20220171052
    Abstract: A radar system includes a measurement policy control unit that determines a measurement policy relating to how a signal is to be measured, a transmitting antenna that irradiates electromagnetic waves according to the measurement policy, a receiving antenna that receives reflected waves of the irradiated electromagnetic waves and generates a measurement signal, a storage unit that stores the measurement signals, a window control unit that determines a window for selecting the measurement signals, a signal selection unit that selects measurement signals from the storage unit based on the window, and an image generating unit that generates a radar image from the selected measurement signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumine OGURA, Tatsuya SUMIYA, Masayuki ARIYOSHI, Taichi TANAKA, Daisuke IKEFUJI
  • Patent number: 11307288
    Abstract: An object sensing apparatus 1 includes: an emission unit 11 configured to emit an RF transmission signal as an electromagnetic wave for object sensing; a reception unit 21 configured to receive a reflected wave of the RF transmission signal as an RF reception signal, and use the RF transmission signal to generate a demodulated signal based on the RF reception signal; a distance detection unit 22 configured to detect a distance to the object that reflected the RF transmission signal based on the range spectrum calculated based on the demodulated signal; a behavior detection unit 23 configured to detect behavior of the object based on the range spectrum; a fixed object specifying unit 24 configured to specify a fixed object from among detected objects based on the distance and behavior; and a virtual image specifying unit 25 configured to, if there are two or more objects other than the fixed object among the detected objects, calculate a degree of similarity in the change over time in the behavior for each com
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsuo, Shingo Yamanouchi, Masayuki Ariyoshi
  • Publication number: 20210239829
    Abstract: A radar signal imaging device 30 includes: a transmission unit 31 which transmits a radar signal toward an object to be imaged that is a non-rigid body; a position estimation unit 32 which estimates the position of the object; an oscillation degree estimation unit 33 which estimates an oscillation degree which is a degree of change within a predetermined period in the relative positions of feature points constituting the object; and a synthetic aperture processing unit 34 which performs synthetic aperture processing on the radar signal reflected by the object on the basis of the estimated position of the object and the estimated oscillation degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumine OGURA, Masayuki ARIYOSHI, Yuzo SENDA, Osamu HOSHUYAMA, Taichi TANAKA, Daisuke IKEFUJI, Shingo YAMANOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210041532
    Abstract: There is provided an object identification apparatus for identifying a stationary object and a moving object. The object identification apparatus includes a phase difference calculator that calculates phase difference information between a transmission signal and a reception signal obtained by reflecting, by surfaces of the moving object and the stationary object in a space, the transmission signal emitted to the space and receiving the reflected transmission signal, a distance calculator that calculates distance information using the phase difference information, a distance information separator that separates the distance information into moving object distance information as distance information about the moving object and stationary object distance information as distance information about the stationary object, and an identifier that identifies the stationary object and the moving object based on the stationary object distance information and the moving object distance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Akihiko SUGIYAMA, Kazumine OGURA, Shingo YAMANOUCHI, Masayuki ARIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20200209377
    Abstract: A position measurement device which includes: a storage unit that stores area information for setting a first region along a boundary of the specific area; an area setting unit that acquires the area information from the storage unit and sets the first region on the basis of the acquired area information; and a position measurement unit that acquires the first region from the area setting unit, sets the acquired first region as a verification region, measures the position of the object located in the verification region, and updates the area information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumine OGURA, Shingo YAMANOUCHI, Masayuki ARIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20200018821
    Abstract: An object sensing apparatus 1 includes: an emission unit 11 configured to emit an RF transmission signal as an electromagnetic wave for object sensing; a reception unit 21 configured to receive a reflected wave of the RF transmission signal as an RF reception signal, and use the RF transmission signal to generate a demodulated signal based on the RF reception signal; a distance detection unit 22 configured to detect a distance to the object that reflected the RF transmission signal based on the range spectrum calculated based on the demodulated signal; a behavior detection unit 23 configured to detect behavior of the object based on the range spectrum; a fixed object specifying unit 24 configured to specify a fixed object from among detected objects based on the distance and behavior; and a virtual image specifying unit 25 configured to, if there are two or more objects other than the fixed object among the detected objects, calculate a degree of similarity in the change over time in the behavior for each com
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Shingo YAMANOUCHI, Masayuki ARIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20200011984
    Abstract: An object sensing apparatus 1 includes: an emission unit 11 configured to emit an RF transmission signal in each period; a reception unit 21 configured to receive a reflected wave of the RF transmission signal as an RF reception signal; an IF signal generation unit 22 configured to generate an IF signal by mixing the RF transmission signal and the RF reception signal; a one-dimensional spectrum generation unit 23 configured to generate a one-dimensional spectrum with respect to distance obtained using the object sensing apparatus as a reference, based on the IF signal, and use the generated one-dimensional spectrum to generate a one-dimensional spectrum with fixed object reflection removed, from which a signal component caused by a reflected wave from a fixed object present in an emission range has been removed; a position detection unit 24 configured to detect a position of an object other than the fixed object based on the amplitude of the one-dimensional spectrum with fixed object reflection removed; and a
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke MATSUO, Shingo YAMANOUCHI, Masayuki ARIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 10499331
    Abstract: Because it is not possible to sufficiently reduce the number base stations that start uselessly in spite of being in a low traffic state, it is not possible to lower interference between adjacent cells and power consumption sufficiently. A base station starts transmission of a control signal with predetermined power when communication between another base station and a mobile station is started and a first predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Nakamura, Kojiro Hamabe, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Kazushi Muraoka
  • Patent number: 10425482
    Abstract: Provided is an information management device including: a communication information obtaining unit configured to obtain communication information about a communication state in an internal network inside a building; and an update determination unit configured to determine a start of updating process by an information updating unit, based on the communication information obtained by the communication information obtaining unit, wherein the information updating unit obtains information from an external network outside the building and performs the updating process for storing the obtained information as local information into a storage device which is accessible, not via the external network, by a terminal device connected to the internal network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Murakami, Yoji Okada, Yoshizo Tanaka, Takashi Yamamoto, Hirotsugu Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kazuto Yano, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Tomohiro Miyasaka, Mariko Sekiguchi, Yafei Hou
  • Patent number: 10326496
    Abstract: A composite cable (4) houses a plurality of leaky coaxial cables having mutually different radiation characteristics. The leaky coaxial cable (2a, 2b) includes therein an inner conductor and an outer conductor, and has a plurality of leakage slots. The plurality of leakage slots have different slot periods relative to the axial direction or arranged in different slot patterns. The digital wireless communication device feeds a high-frequency signal from an end of the composite cable (4) and performs MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsukamoto, Takahiro Maeda, Yafei Hou, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Fumio Suzuki, Atsuhiko Niwa