Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Nakazawa
Mitsuru Nakazawa 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).
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Publication number: 20240135693Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a generating unit configured to generate, from a data group including training data elements given different correct labels, multiple training data sets in such a manner that the number of included training data elements changes successively, by successively selecting one or more training data elements from the data group; and a training unit configured to repeatedly train a learning model for machine learning by applying the training data sets to the learning model.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Dinesh DAULTANI, Mitsuru NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20240135685Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a novel information processing technology relating to a predetermined object in an image. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image used as teacher data for machine learning, the image being with one or a plurality of annotations for showing a position in the image at which a predetermined object is shown; an adjustment image generation unit that generates an adjustment image in which parameters of the image are adjusted; and a machine learning unit that generates a learning model for detecting the predetermined object in an image by performing machine learning using teacher data including the adjustment image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Dinesh DAULTANI, Mitsuru NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20240112236Abstract: An information processing device used for an electronic commerce platform includes one or more processors and one or more memories. At least one of the memories stores item data related to items registered in the electronic commerce platform. The item data includes data sets. The data sets each include data fields registered for one of the items. The data fields each include item information related to the one of the items. The processor is configured to execute an indexing process for one or more pieces of item information to obtain an index used to compare the one or more pieces of item information with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Takashi TOMOOKA, Mitsuru NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20240104880Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a novel information processing technology relating to a predetermined object in an image. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image used as teacher data for machine learning, the image being with one or a plurality of annotations for showing a position in the image at which a predetermined object is shown; a region specification unit that specifies a region in which the one or the plurality of annotations satisfy a predetermined criterion in the image; an edge detection unit that preferentially detects edges in the specified region or a range set on a basis of the region; and an annotation correction unit that corrects the annotations so as to be along the detected edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Dinesh DAULTANI, Mitsuru NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20240104754Abstract: [Problem] The present disclosure has an object of correcting the orientation of a captured image captured during flight. [Solving Means] An information processing system includes: a captured image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image captured during flight by an imaging device mounted on an airplane; a relevant information acquisition unit that acquires information detected using a sensor mounted on the airplane; and an image correction unit that acquires, by correcting the captured image on a basis of information acquired using the relevant information, a correction image in which a predetermined direction in a state where the image is erected and a reference direction in the image are matched to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Tomoyuki MUKASA, Mitsuru NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20240073787Abstract: A closed subscriber group (CSG) cell allows use of subscribers. To receive the service by the CSG cell, a CSG-ID is notified to a user equipment, but cannot be obtained outside the reach of radio waves from a non-CSG cell. Base stations respectively provided to a CSG cell and a non-CSG cell, and access is made to the CSG cell with the use of a CSG-ID issued when use of the CSG cell is allowed, the base station refers to the notified identification information of a user equipment and then transmits a tracking area update request from the user equipment to a core network. The core network determines whether the user equipment is allowed to use the CSG cell and, if allowed, transmits a signal for assignment of radio resources to the user equipment and the CSG-ID. The user equipment accesses the CSG cell with the CSG-ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Miho MAEDA, Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Taiga SAEGUSA, Yasushi IWANE, Yuji KAKEHI, Masayuki NAKAZAWA, Taisei SUEMITSU
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Patent number: 11905012Abstract: A transport system identifies an attribute of a ground on the basis of sensing data obtained by sensing the ground in a transport destination area, which is performed in flight by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle transporting an article, and determines a region in the ground as an arrangement place of the article on the basis of the identified attribute.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Mitsuru Nakazawa, Hiroaki Iwase
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Patent number: 11861879Abstract: An information processing device is configured to identify a background area of a first image registered from a first account and a background area of a second image registered from a second account, and to output identicalness information indicating whether a user owning the first account and a user owning the second account are identical to each other based on the background area of the first image and the background area of the second image.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Mitsuru Nakazawa, Takashi Tomooka
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Publication number: 20230419081Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detecting device including a second machine learning model provided for mutual learning together with a first machine learning model, the first machine learning model being subjected to machine learning so as to generate genuine or fraudulent article information having a plurality of modalities, and the second machine learning model being subjected to machine learning so as to discriminate whether article information having a plurality of modalities is genuine or not, an obtaining section configured to obtain article information having a plurality of modalities, and an estimating section configured to estimate whether the article information that is obtained by the obtaining section and has the plurality of modalities is genuine or not, by using the second machine learning model.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Takashi TOMOOKA, Mitsuru Nakazawa
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Patent number: 11816519Abstract: A code display medium includes a code image display portion which arranges a plurality of code images side by side in a circumferential direction around an axis of screw fastening and which displays the plurality of code images so as to be optically readable, each of the plurality of code images including identification information for identifying at least one of a fastening material for the screw fastening and/or an object to be fastened by the screw fastening and a fixing portion which fixes the code image display portion to a position that is on the object to be fastened and that can be simultaneously captured with the fastening material in a state where the screw fastening is performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventor: Mitsuru Nakazawa
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Patent number: 11782972Abstract: To easily determine whether an information code has been replaced, an information processing device obtains, based on original information obtained by photographing an optically readable information code and decoding the same, first class information indicating a class into which an object visually represented by first visual information which should be displayed together with an information code is classified. The information processing device obtains second class information indicating a class into which an object visually represented by second visual information photographed together with the information code because of display together with the information code is classified. The information processing device compares the first class information with the second class information. The information processing device controls, based on a result of the comparison, execution of predetermined processing using the original information.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventor: Mitsuru Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20230316547Abstract: An information processing device 1 includes a feature detection unit 28 for detecting, from a construction image acquired by an imaging device by capturing an image of a construction that includes a plurality of unit structures respectively having identical or similar external structures, a feature relating to the external structures, and a unit structure estimation unit 29 for estimating parts of the construction image that correspond respectively to the plurality of unit structures included in the construction on the basis of a plurality of the detected features.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Menandro ROXAS, Mitsuru NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230316538Abstract: An information processing device 1 includes a motion acquisition unit 22 for acquiring a motion magnitude for each of a plurality of image elements included in a plurality of captured images, a threshold determination unit 23 for determining a threshold used to exclude image elements not to be included in a histogram showing a distribution of the motion magnitudes of the image elements, a histogram creation unit 24 for creating the histogram with respect to image elements, among the plurality of image elements, excluding image elements having motion magnitudes that exceed the threshold, a range estimation unit 25 for referring to the histogram in order to estimate a motion magnitude range corresponding to image elements capturing a predetermined part of the imaging subject, the predetermined part being within a predetermined distance range of an imaging position, and an image element specification unit 26 for specifying the image elements capturing the predetermined part by specifying the image elements belonType: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Menandro ROXAS, Mitsuru NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230303288Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging box body for packing an article. In the packaging box body, an upper surface and at least two lateral surfaces that are adjacent to each other are defined as target surfaces, and a code image is formed on each of the target surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Tomooka, Mitsuru Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20230260410Abstract: The information processing device detects a feature existing in the peripheral area of a landing candidate place of the UAV 1, estimates a degree of influence on a landing due to downwardly-blowing wind generated during the landing of the UAV 1, hitting and bouncing off the feature, which is the degree of influence at the landing candidate place, and determines whether or not the landing candidate place is suitable for landing on the basis of the estimated degree of influence.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Mitsuru NAKAZAWA, Jun TAKIZAWA
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Publication number: 20230206483Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including a receiving section that receives a captured image of a target object, an instruction section that gives a user an instruction on which direction to capture an image of the target object, an inferencing section that performs an inference of an imaging direction on the basis of the received captured image, and a verifying section that performs predetermined verification processing related to the target object on the basis of an imaging direction as the instructed direction and the imaging direction as a result of the inference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Mitsuru NAKAZAWA, Takashi TOMOOKA
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Publication number: 20230209171Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including a receiving section that receives a captured image of a target object, a recognizing section that performs recognition of the target object by extracting feature points of the target object on the basis of the captured image, a recommending section that gives recommendation regarding an imaging direction on the basis of a type of the target object, and an instruction section that gives an instruction on a specific direction to capture an image of the target object, on the basis of a result of the recognition and a result of the recommendation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Mitsuru Nakazawa, Takashi Tomooka
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Publication number: 20230116047Abstract: The sensing system S extracts a target area to be subjected to short-distance sensing by the UGV 2 on the basis of the long-distance sensing data obtained by the UAV 1 in the air performing long-distance sensing on a lower place, perform movement control for moving the UGV 2 toward the target area. And then, the sensing system acquires short-distance sensing data obtained by performing short-distance sensing on the whole or a part of the target area by the UGV 2 that has moved according to the movement control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Mitsuru NAKAZAWA, Jun TAKIZAWA
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Publication number: 20230064139Abstract: A code display medium includes a code image display portion which arranges a plurality of code images side by side in a circumferential direction around an axis of screw fastening and which displays the plurality of code images so as to be optically readable, each of the plurality of code images including identification information for identifying at least one of a fastening material for the screw fastening and/or an object to be fastened by the screw fastening and a fixing portion which fixes the code image display portion to a position that is on the object to be fastened and that can be simultaneously captured with the fastening material in a state where the screw fastening is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventor: Mitsuru NAKAZAWA
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Patent number: 11492115Abstract: Provided are a display control system, a display control device, and a display control method, which are capable of appropriately controlling a display state of an image photographed by a camera included in an unmanned aerial vehicle. A sensing data acquisition module acquires an aerial vehicle photographing image photographed by the camera included in the unmanned aerial vehicle in flight. A determiner determines whether an operator of the unmanned aerial vehicle is viewing the unmanned aerial vehicle with his or her eyes based on sensing data on at least one of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the operator. A display controller controls a display state of the aerial vehicle photographing image on a display depending on whether determination that the operator is not viewing the unmanned aerial vehicle with his or her eyes is continued.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Mitsuru Nakazawa, Hiroaki Iwase