Patents by Inventor Michihiko YUSA

Michihiko YUSA 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: 20230360523
    Abstract: A traffic monitoring apparatus capable of determining a cause of traffic congestion more definitely is provided. A traffic monitoring apparatus (10) includes a vehicle information acquisition unit (11), an additional information acquisition unit (12), a congestion determination unit (13), and a cause determination unit (14). The vehicle information acquisition unit (11) acquires vehicle information regarding a travelling state of a vehicle from data received from a detection apparatus (20). The additional information acquisition unit (12) acquires additional information regarding objects that are other than the travelling vehicle and are present in the vicinity of the travelling vehicle. The congestion determination unit (13) determines, for each of a plurality of lanes on the road, whether or not congestion is occurring based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiko YUSA
  • Publication number: 20230351314
    Abstract: In a distribution analysis apparatus, a loading information collecting unit collects loading information of a vehicle configured to deliver packages. A loading rate summarizing unit summarizes a package loading rate for each vehicle for each predetermined summarizing unit based on the loading information collected within a predetermined period. A display unit displays the summarized package loading rate on a map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiko Yusa
  • Publication number: 20230325885
    Abstract: An advertisement determination unit determines an advertisement to be displayed on an advertisement display apparatus. An analyzing unit obtains sensor information from a sensor and performs analysis of traffic conditions including a traveling speed of each of the vehicles traveling on the road. A unit price determining unit determines, based on the traffic conditions, a unit price of the advertisement to be displayed on the advertisement display apparatus. An advertising rate calculation unit calculates an advertising rate based on a track record of the advertisement displayed on the advertisement display apparatus and the unit price determined by the unit price determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiko YUSA
  • Patent number: 11651454
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of promoting the improvement of an environment for performing processing using desired video image data about a traffic state. The information processing apparatus (1) includes: a camera video image acquisition unit (2) configured to acquire video image data from a camera configured to shoot a traffic state; and a remuneration determination unit (3) configured to determine a remuneration for provision of an environment for the camera video image acquisition unit (2) to acquire the video image data based on a feature of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michihiko Yusa
  • Patent number: 11482018
    Abstract: A number-of-occupants detection system (1) includes an image correction unit (120) that generates a corrected image based on an image generated by an imaging unit (110) that images a vehicle traveling on a road having a plurality of lanes by executing correction processing on the image for reducing blurring of a subject captured in the image using a parameter according to a position where the vehicle travels, and a count unit (130) that counts the number of occupants of the vehicle using the corrected image generated by the image correction unit (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Hayashi, Michihiko Yusa, Noboru Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11403865
    Abstract: A number-of-occupants detection system (1) is configured to include an image acquisition unit (110) that acquires, from an imaging apparatus mounted on a first vehicle, an image of a second vehicle existing around the first vehicle and a count unit (120) that counts the number of occupants of the second vehicle using the image acquired by the image acquisition unit (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Hayashi, Michihiko Yusa, Noboru Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20210043076
    Abstract: A traffic monitoring apparatus (10) includes a vehicle information acquisition unit (11), a congestion determination unit (13), and a priority calculation unit (16). The vehicle information acquisition unit (11) acquires, from data received from each of a plurality of detection apparatuses (20), vehicle information regarding travelling states of vehicles that are present in the vicinity of a plurality of respective intersections. The congestion determination unit (13) determines, for each of the plurality of intersections, whether or not congestion is occurring based on the vehicle information and determines an intersection where the congestion has occurred to be a congested intersection. The priority calculation unit (16) calculates, for each of the plurality of continuous congestion paths, a priority level for implementing measures to eliminate congestion based on at least the vehicle travelling direction in the continuous congestion path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiko YUSA
  • Publication number: 20210027619
    Abstract: The vehicle information acquisition unit (11) acquires vehicle information regarding travelling states of vehicles that are present in the vicinity of a plurality of respective intersections from data received from each of a plurality of detection apparatuses (20). The congestion determination unit (13) determines, for each of the plurality of intersections, whether congestion is occurring based on the vehicle information and determines an intersection where congestion has occurred to be a congested intersection. The intersection specifying unit (15) specifies, when there is a continuous congestion path including a plurality of consecutive congested intersections, a congestion-inducing intersection, which is an intersection that has induced congestion in a continuous congestion path. The cause determination unit (14) specifies the cause of the congestion occurred in the congestion-inducing intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiko YUSA
  • Publication number: 20210012653
    Abstract: A traffic monitoring apparatus capable of determining a cause of traffic congestion more definitely is provided. A traffic monitoring apparatus (10) includes a vehicle information acquisition unit (11), an additional information acquisition unit (12), a congestion determination unit (13), and a cause determination unit (14). The vehicle information acquisition unit (11) acquires vehicle information regarding a travelling state of a vehicle from data received from a detection apparatus (20). The additional information acquisition unit (12) acquires additional information regarding objects that are other than the travelling vehicle and are present in the vicinity of the travelling vehicle. The congestion determination unit (13) determines, for each of a plurality of lanes on the road, whether or not congestion is occurring based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiko YUSA
  • Publication number: 20210012437
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of promoting the improvement of an environment for performing processing using desired video image data about a traffic state. The information processing apparatus (1) includes: a camera video image acquisition unit (2) configured to acquire video image data from a camera configured to shoot a traffic state; and a remuneration determination unit (3) configured to determine a remuneration for provision of an environment for the camera video image acquisition unit (2) to acquire the video image data based on a feature of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiko YUSA
  • Publication number: 20210012649
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, a road analysis method, and a program that are capable of creating information useful for improving traffic infrastructure. An information processing apparatus (1) includes: a camera video image acquisition unit (2) configured to acquire video image data from a camera configured to continuously shoot a traffic state of a predetermined road; an analysis unit (3) configured to generate statistical information about traffic on the road from the video image data acquired by the camera video image acquisition unit (2); and a disadvantage calculation unit (4) configured to calculate a degree of a disadvantage caused by a traffic congestion on the road by using the statistical information generated by the analysis unit (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Michihiko YUSA
  • Publication number: 20200250411
    Abstract: A number-of-occupants detection system (1) is configured to include an image acquisition unit (110) that acquires, from an imaging apparatus mounted on a first vehicle, an image of a second vehicle existing around the first vehicle and a count unit (120) that counts the number of occupants of the second vehicle using the image acquired by the image acquisition unit (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki HAYASHI, Michihiko YUSA, Noboru NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200234067
    Abstract: A number-of-occupants detection system (1) includes an image correction unit (120) that generates a corrected image based on an image generated by an imaging unit (110) that images a vehicle traveling on a road having a plurality of lanes by executing correction processing on the image for reducing blurring of a subject captured in the image using a parameter according to a position where the vehicle travels, and a count unit (130) that counts the number of occupants of the vehicle using the corrected image generated by the image correction unit (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki HAYASHI, Michihiko YUSA, Noboru NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200219331
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus (30) of a second administrator, the apparatus including: a first obtainment unit (31) that obtains first information collected by a first information collection apparatus installed over a first road managed by a first administrator; a second obtainment unit (32) that obtains second information collected by a second information collection apparatus installed over a second road managed by the second administrator; and a notification unit (33) that notifies the first administrator of at least one of the first information and information detected on the basis of the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru NISHIOKA, Yuta ASHIDA, Michihiko YUSA, Takeshi NAKAJIMA