Patents by Inventor Mingxie ZHENG

Mingxie ZHENG 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: 20240104109
    Abstract: An information display apparatus including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to perform processing including: analyzing transmission information to extract first analysis information with respect to the transmission information; acquiring, from among a plurality of pieces of second analysis information, second analysis information similar to the first analysis information, the plurality of pieces of second analysis information being obtained by analyzing a plurality of pieces of reliable information; comparing the first analysis information with the acquired second analysis information similar to the first analysis information; and displaying a result of the comparison and the transmission information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Jun TAKAHASHI, Mingxie ZHENG, Toshiyuki YOSHITAKE, Kazuaki NIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240046424
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: generating a manipulated image by executing first manipulation processing on an input image so as to anonymize information contained in the input image; generating a reconstructed image by performing reconstruction processing on the manipulated image to reconstruct the information; and, based on a comparison between the input image and the reconstructed image, determining whether or not to execute second manipulation processing on the input image or on the manipulated image to anonymize the information, wherein the second manipulation processing is different from the first manipulation processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: Fujitsu Limited, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and Systems
    Inventors: Jun TAKAHASHI, Mingxie Zheng, Toshiyuki Yoshitake, Masayoshi Shimizu, Isao Echizen
  • Publication number: 20240046704
    Abstract: A determination apparatus calculates, based on a first data group which includes data indicating behaviors of people, reference behavior data indicating a reference behavior among the people about each of a plurality of types of behaviors, acquires, from the first data group, first behavior data indicating a behavior of a first person about each behavior type, calculates difference between the first behavior data and the reference behavior data about each behavior type, determines, from the plurality of types, at least one first type whose difference is at least a first threshold, registers second behavior data indicating a behavior of the first person about each first type in a second data group, extracts third behavior data indicating a behavior of a second person from an input image, and determines whether the second person is identical with the first person based on comparison between the third and second behavior data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: Fujitsu Limited, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and Systems
    Inventors: Mingxie Zheng, Jun Takahashi, Toshiyuki Yoshitake, Masayoshi Shimizu, Isao Echizen
  • Publication number: 20230208966
    Abstract: A determination method includes: receiving first sensing data that includes either video or voice generated in a first remote call made between a first account and a second account and second sensing data that includes either video or voice generated in a second remote call made between the first account and the second account; referring to a storage unit that stores feature information extracted when a specific situation for a person who corresponds to the first account occurs in the first sensing data in association with the specific situation when occurrence of the specific situation for the person who corresponds to the first account is detected in the second sensing data; and making determination related to spoofing on a basis of a matching state between the feature information for the specific situation in the storage unit and the feature information for the specific situation detected from the second sensing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Mingxie Zheng, JUN TAKAHASHI, Toshiyuki Yoshitake, Kentaro TSUJI, Masayoshi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10489640
    Abstract: A device that determines whether a first person extracted from a first image is identified with a second person extracted from a second image, includes a processor configured to extract a first feature value of a contour portion of the first person, from the first image, extract a second feature value of a contour portion of the second person, from the second image, and determine whether the first person is identified with the second person, based on comparison processing in which a first effect on a first comparison result of the first feature value and the second feature value becomes greater than a second effect on a second comparison result of a third feature value of a portion further from a contour than the contour portion of the first person and a fourth feature value of a portion further from the contour than the contour portion of the second person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kentaro Tsuji, Mingxie Zheng, Yuji Matsuda, Nobuhiro Miyazaki, Akihiro Minagawa, Yusuke Uehara
  • Patent number: 10424068
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a candidate area in a first image corresponding to an object in a second image, includes a memory and a processor to divide the plurality of candidate areas into a plurality of small candidate areas, divide an image area of the object into a plurality of small areas, perform first comparison processing for a first part, when there is a first candidate area lacking image information of the small candidate area corresponding to the first part, perform second comparison processing for a second part, predict missing result on the small candidate area corresponding to the first part in the first candidate area based on a result of the first comparison processing on a candidate area other than the first candidate area, and a result of the second comparison processing on the plurality of candidate areas, and identify the candidate area based on a prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingxie Zheng, Akihiro Minagawa, Yusuke Uehara, Kentaro Tsuji, Yuji Matsuda, Nobuhiro Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10297040
    Abstract: An image processing method for tracking an object, the method includes: specifying a first range in which a first target is searched for and a second range in which a second target is searched for in a next frame by referring to a storage device that stores past frames captured by a capturing device; changing the first range and/or the second range in the next frame such that an area in which the first range and the second range specified in the next frame overlap each other is less than a predetermined value in a case where the overlapping area is equal to or greater than the predetermined value; and searching for, in the changed first range and the changed second range, and specifying a region corresponding to the first target and a region corresponding to the second target in the next frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Miyazaki, Eigo Segawa, Kentaro Tsuji, Mingxie Zheng, Yuji Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10127310
    Abstract: A search system includes circuitry configured to detect an first object to be a search target, from information of an image that is captured by an imaging device, determine a parameter in consideration of how the first object is viewed in the image, in accordance with a height at which the imaging device is installed, a depression angle of the imaging device, and a distance from the imaging device to the first object, divide an image region corresponding to the first object into at least two image regions based on a dividing ratio that is obtained by correcting a predetermined ratio in accordance with the parameter, and specify a second object in another image based on feature information of each of the at least two image regions, the second object corresponding to the first object in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuda, Kentaro Tsuji, Mingxie Zheng, Nobuhiro Miyazaki, Akihiro Minagawa, Yusuke Uehara
  • Publication number: 20180096209
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an event detection program that causes a computer to perform a process, the process including acquiring a first captured image captured at a first timing by a first camera device, acquiring a second captured image captured at a second timing after the first timing by a second camera device, detecting an event in accordance with a first image feature extracted from the first captured image, a second image feature extracted from the second captured image and an event detection criteria, the event detection criteria making the event less detectable as a variance of the first image feature or a variance of the second image feature is smaller, both the first image feature and the second image feature corresponding to one or more target objects, and outputting a result of the detecting of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuda, Kentaro Tsuji, Mingxie Zheng, Nobuhiro Miyazaki, Eigo Segawa
  • Publication number: 20180096480
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a candidate area in a first image corresponding to an object in a second image, includes a memory and a processor to divide the plurality of candidate areas into a plurality of small candidate areas, divide an image area of the object into a plurality of small areas, perform first comparison processing for a first part, when there is a first candidate area lacking image information of the small candidate area corresponding to the first part, perform second comparison processing for a second part, predict missing result on the small candidate area corresponding to the first part in the first candidate area based on a result of the first comparison processing on a candidate area other than the first candidate area, and a result of the second comparison processing on the plurality of candidate areas, and identify the candidate area based on a prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingxie Zheng, Akihiro Minagawa, Yusuke Uehara, Kentaro Tsuji, Yuji Matsuda, Nobuhiro Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20180053314
    Abstract: A moving object group detection method includes: respectively analyzing a first captured image captured by a first image capture device and a second captured image captured by a second image capture device, and respectively extracting a first image region and a second image region from the first captured image and the second captured image, the first image region and the second image region being regions in which coloring patterns satisfy a predetermined similarity range and moving in corresponding directions over plural frames; and detecting that a common moving object group is included in the first image region and the second image region on the basis of an evaluation of similarity between an image within the first image region and an image within the second image region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kentaro TSUJI, EIGO SEGAWA, Mingxie Zheng, Yuji Matsuda, Nobuhiro Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20180047181
    Abstract: An image processing method for tracking an object, the method includes: specifying a first range in which a first target is searched for and a second range in which a second target is searched for in a next frame by referring to a storage device that stores past frames captured by a capturing device; changing the first range and/or the second range in the next frame such that an area in which the first range and the second range specified in the next frame overlap each other is less than a predetermined value in a case where the overlapping area is equal to or greater than the predetermined value; and searching for, in the changed first range and the changed second range, and specifying a region corresponding to the first target and a region corresponding to the second target in the next frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Miyazaki, Eigo Segawa, Kentaro Tsuji, Mingxie Zheng, Yuji Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9870618
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a candidate area in a first image corresponding to an object in a second image, includes a memory and a processor to divide the plurality of candidate areas into a plurality of small candidate areas, divide an image area of the object into a plurality of small areas, perform first comparison processing for a first part, when there is a first candidate area lacking image information of the small candidate area corresponding to the first part, perform second comparison processing for a second part, predict missing result on the small candidate area corresponding to the first part in the first candidate area based on a result of the first comparison processing on a candidate area other than the first candidate area, and a result of the second comparison processing on the plurality of candidate areas, and identify the candidate area based on a prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingxie Zheng, Akihiro Minagawa, Yusuke Uehara, Kentaro Tsuji, Yuji Matsuda, Nobuhiro Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9811740
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an image processing device that causes a computer to execute a process includes: individually detecting, as a detection target candidate, a first portion of each of detection targets that appear in an image imaged by an imaging device, by using a first detection area corresponding to the first portion; detecting a detection target for a detection target candidate corresponding to a detection target that is not covered by another detection target and that is included in the detected detection target candidates, by using a second detection area corresponding to a second portion including the first portion; and detecting a detection target for a detection target candidate corresponding to a detection target, covered by another detection target and included in the detected detection target candidates, by using a third detection area that corresponds to a third portion including the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kentaro Tsuji, Akihiro Minagawa, Yusuke Uehara, Mingxie Zheng, Yuji Matsuda, Nobuhiro Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20160283590
    Abstract: A search system includes circuitry configured to detect an first object to be a search target, from information of an image that is captured by an imaging device, determine a parameter in consideration of how the first object is viewed in the image, in accordance with a height at which the imaging device is installed, a depression angle of the imaging device, and a distance from the imaging device to the first object, divide an image region corresponding to the first object into at least two image regions based on a dividing ratio that is obtained by correcting a predetermined ratio in accordance with the parameter, and specify a second object in another image based on feature information of each of the at least two image regions, the second object corresponding to the first object in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji MATSUDA, Kentaro TSUJI, Mingxie ZHENG, Nobuhiro MIYAZAKI, Akihiro MINAGAWA, Yusuke UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20160253565
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an image processing device that causes a computer to execute a process includes: individually detecting, as a detection target candidate, a first portion of each of detection targets that appear in an image imaged by an imaging device, by using a first detection area corresponding to the first portion; detecting a detection target for a detection target candidate corresponding to a detection target that is not covered by another detection target and that is included in the detected detection target candidates, by using a second detection area corresponding to a second portion including the first portion; and detecting a detection target for a detection target candidate corresponding to a detection target, covered by another detection target and included in the detected detection target candidates, by using a third detection area that corresponds to a third portion including the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kentaro TSUJI, Akihiro MINAGAWA, Yusuke UEHARA, Mingxie ZHENG, Yuji MATSUDA, Nobuhiro MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160253554
    Abstract: A device that determines whether a first person extracted from a first image is identified with a second person extracted from a second image, includes a processor configured to extract a first feature value of a contour portion of the first person, from the first image, extract a second feature value of a contour portion of the second person, from the second image, and determine whether the first person is identified with the second person, based on comparison processing in which a first effect on a first comparison result of the first feature value and the second feature value becomes greater than a second effect on a second comparison result of a third feature value of a portion further from a contour than the contour portion of the first person and a fourth feature value of a portion further from the contour than the contour portion of the second person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kentaro TSUJI, Mingxie Zheng, Yuji Matsuda, Nobuhiro Miyazaki, Akihiro Minagawa, Yusuke UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20160247014
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a candidate area in a first image corresponding to an object in a second image, includes a memory and a processor to divide the plurality of candidate areas into a plurality of small candidate areas, divide an image area of the object into a plurality of small areas, perform first comparison processing for a first part, when there is a first candidate area lacking image information of the small candidate area corresponding to the first part, perform second comparison processing for a second part, predict missing result on the small candidate area corresponding to the first part in the first candidate area based on a result of the first comparison processing on a candidate area other than the first candidate area, and a result of the second comparison processing on the plurality of candidate areas, and identify the candidate area based on a prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingxie ZHENG, Akihiro MINAGAWA, Yusuke UEHARA, Kentaro TSUJI, Yuji MATSUDA, Nobuhiro MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8638231
    Abstract: An authentication apparatus includes a registration unit that registers authentication information representing a check target, a first authentication unit that authenticates the check target at the entrance of the check target to a first area, a second authentication unit that authenticates the check target at the entrance of the check target to a second area after being authenticated by the first authentication unit, and a detector that detects a check target present in a detection area and expected to be authenticated by the second authentication unit. The second authentication unit retrieves, from the registration unit, registration information of the check target detected by the detector, and authenticates the check target authenticated by the first authentication unit using the registration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Mingxie Zheng, Eigo Segawa, Morito Shiohara
  • Publication number: 20100134310
    Abstract: An authentication apparatus includes a registration unit that registers authentication information representing a check target, a first authentication unit that authenticates the check target at the entrance of the check target to a first area, a second authentication unit that authenticates the check target at the entrance of the check target to a second area after being authenticated by the first authentication unit, and a detector that detects a check target present in a detection area and expected to be authenticated by the second authentication unit. The second authentication unit retrieves, from the registration unit, registration information of the check target detected by the detector, and authenticates the check target authenticated by the first authentication unit using the registration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingxie ZHENG, Eigo SEGAWA, Morito SHIOHARA