Patents by Inventor Miyako Hotta
Miyako Hotta 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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Patent number: 10133937Abstract: The present invention provides a crowd monitoring system with which it is possible to obtain a crowd density accurately, irrespective of the congestion state. This crowd monitoring system 100 is provided with: an image acquiring unit 101 which acquires a plurality of images; an arithmetic logic unit 108; and a storage unit 106 which stores information relating to relationships between image feature quantities and an object density, acquired in advance, and information relating to relationships between motion feature quantities and the object density. The arithmetic logic unit 108 comprises: an image feature quantity acquiring unit 103 which obtains image feature quantities of objects in the acquired images; a motion line acquiring unit 104 which obtains motion lines of the objects in the acquired images; a motion feature quantity acquiring unit 105 which obtains motion feature quantities of the objects on the basis of the obtained motion lines; and a crowd density acquiring unit 107.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Masanori Miyoshi, Kazunari Iwanaga, Mitsue Ito
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Publication number: 20180120098Abstract: The invention estimates a volume of an object inside a container without deteriorating excavation efficiency at the time of viewing the entire inside of the container with a camera. There is provided a container determination unit which determines whether an inner bottom of a bucket is within a photographing range of a stereo camera device during the work of a hydraulic excavator including the bucket and the stereo camera device; and a volume estimation unit which estimates a volume of an excavated material inside the bucket when the inner bottom of the bucket is within the photographing range of the stereo camera device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru MATSUO, Miyako HOTTA
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Patent number: 9875412Abstract: This crowd monitoring system (MS) is provided with: a storage unit in which a plurality of images of a crowd including moving bodies are stored; a feature-value extraction unit which extracts a feature of each image; a number of persons input image selection unit which takes into account the distribution of the features, and selects, from among the images, a sample image for inputting the number of persons among the moving bodies; the number of persons input reception unit which displays, on a display unit, an input screen for inputting the number of persons among the moving bodies in the sample image, and receives an input of the number of persons among the moving bodies in the sample image; and a feature total number function generation unit which generates a function indicating the relationship between the features and the total number among the moving bodies.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Masanori Miyoshi, Kazunari Iwanaga, Mitsue Ito
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Publication number: 20170351924Abstract: The present invention provides a crowd monitoring system with which it is possible to obtain a crowd density accurately, irrespective of the congestion state. This crowd monitoring system 100 is provided with: an image acquiring unit 101 which acquires a plurality of images; an arithmetic logic unit 108; and a storage unit 106 which stores information relating to relationships between image feature quantities and an object density, acquired in advance, and information relating to relationships between motion feature quantities and the object density. The arithmetic logic unit 108 comprises: an image feature quantity acquiring unit 103 which obtains image feature quantities of objects in the acquired images; a motion line acquiring unit 104 which obtains motion lines of the objects in the acquired images; a motion feature quantity acquiring unit 105 which obtains motion feature quantities of the objects on the basis of the obtained motion lines; and a crowd density acquiring unit 107.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.Inventors: Miyako HOTTA, Masanori MIYOSHI, Kazunari IWANAGA, Mitsue ITO
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Publication number: 20160358027Abstract: This crowd monitoring system (MS) is provided with: a storage unit in which a plurality of images of a crowd including moving bodies are stored; a feature-value extraction unit which extracts a feature of each image; a number of persons input image selection unit which takes into account the distribution of the features, and selects, from among the images, a sample image for inputting the number of persons among the moving bodies; the number of persons input reception unit which displays, on a display unit, an input screen for inputting the number of persons among the moving bodies in the sample image, and receives an input of the number of persons among the moving bodies in the sample image; and a feature total number function generation unit which generates a function indicating the relationship between the features and the total number among the moving bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Miyako HOTTA, Masanori MIYOSHI, Kazunari IWANAGA, Mitsue ITO
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Patent number: 9420236Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring system that captures and inputs video images of a crowd with a surveillance camera for detecting normal and/or various abnormal states.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Masanori Miyoshi, Wataru Ito
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Publication number: 20130113934Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring system that captures and inputs video images of a crowd with a surveillance camera for detecting normal and/or various abnormal states.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Masanori Miyoshi, Wataru Ito
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Patent number: 7933910Abstract: A data retrieving apparatus having: an input apparatus for inputting the hierarchical structure data showing the hierarchical structure and operation instruction data; a data storing apparatus for storing the inputted hierarchical structure data; a retrieving apparatus for retrieving data which satisfies conditions from the hierarchical structure data stored in the data storing apparatus on the basis of the operation instruction data which is inputted by the input apparatus; and an output apparatus for outputting the retrieved data. Each data which is stored in the data storing apparatus has items regarding an efficient date and items regarding a data change date. The retrieving apparatus has an apparatus for retrieving the data on the basis of the efficient date and the data change date.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomotoshi Ishida, Mutsuo Kantou, Miyako Hotta
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Patent number: 7835812Abstract: An apparatus for assisting decisions for improvement of environmental loads has: environmental load per-process collecting means; proportional distributing condition per-parts storing means for storing conditions to proportionally distribute the environmental loads every parts; parts attribute storing means; manufacturing condition storing means; parts attribute calculating condition storing means for storing environmental load calculating conditions to calculate the environmental load per parts; environmental load per-parts calculating means; environmental load per-parts/process storing means for storing the environmental loads every parts/process; bill of materials (BOM) storing means; product manufacturing amount storing means; contribution degree per-product/process evaluating means for collecting the environmental loads per parts/process and calculating a contribution degree of each product to the environmental load amount of each process by multiplying the collected environmental load amount by the numbType: GrantFiled: July 24, 2008Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Norito Watanabe, Hiroyasu Kato, Tomoyo Aoyagi
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Patent number: 7761264Abstract: An evaluation implementation of an environmental load includes a design plan information comparing part for extracting a difference in parts structure, material, or process between a plurality of product design plans stored in a design plan information storing part, an environmental load evaluation value comparing part for calculating a difference in environmental load evaluation value between a plurality of product design plans, from which differences in parts structure, material, or process have been extracted by the design plan information comparing means part, using the environmental load evaluation value comparing part, and a display part for displaying the difference in parts structure, material, or process between the plurality of product design plans calculated by the design plan information comparing part, and the differences in the environmental load evaluation values calculated by the design plan comparing part using the environmental load evaluation value comparing part.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Tomotoshi Ishida, Yoshiaki Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20090037014Abstract: An apparatus for assisting decisions for improvement of environmental loads has: environmental load per-process collecting means; proportional distributing condition per-parts storing means for storing conditions to proportionally distribute the environmental loads every parts; parts attribute storing means; manufacturing condition storing means; parts attribute calculating condition storing means for storing environmental load calculating conditions to calculate the environmental load per parts; environmental load per-parts calculating means; environmental load per-parts/process storing means for storing the environmental loads every parts/process; bill of materials (BOM) storing means; product manufacturing amount storing means; contribution degree per-product/process evaluating means for collecting the environmental loads per parts/process and calculating a contribution degree of each product to the environmental load amount of each process by multiplying the collected environmental load amount by the numbType: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Miyako HOTTA, Norito Watanabe, Hiroyasu Kato, Tomoyo Aoyagi
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Patent number: 7471990Abstract: The design/manufacture support system has a self company/correspondent parts number correspondence storing unit for storing the correspondence between parts numbers of self company and correspondent parts, a self company parts bill storage unit for storing a structure of parts of a self company product, a correspondent parts bill storage unit for storing a structure of parts purchased from a correspondent, a representative part creation unit for creating a representative part from the correspondence between self company and correspondent parts numbers stored in the self company/correspondent parts number correspondence storing unit, and a parts bill creation unit for creating a parts bill from the representative part created by the representative part creation unit, the self company parts bill stored in the self company parts bill storage unit and the correspondent parts bill stored in the correspondent parts bill storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Tomotoshi Ishida, Yoshihiro Murakami
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Publication number: 20080172267Abstract: An apparatus or system is used for planning the rotation of part usage between shafts or plants based at least on schedule information relating to operation and inspection-purpose shutdown, attribute information relating to part life, part maintenance periods, and other part attributes, and part information relating to the parts to be used in the rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2007Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Miyako HOTTA, Yoshitaka KOJIMA, Kenji ARAKI, Yoshikazu MORITOMO
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Patent number: 7286966Abstract: An apparatus or system is used for planning the rotation of part usage between shafts or plants based at least on schedule information relating to operation and inspection-purpose shutdown, attribute information relating to part life, part maintenance periods, and other part attributes, and part information relating to the parts to be used in the rotation.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kenji Araki, Yoshikazu Moritomo
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Publication number: 20070083532Abstract: A data retrieving apparatus having: an input apparatus for inputting the hierarchical structure data showing the hierarchical structure and operation instruction data; a data storing apparatus for storing the inputted hierarchical structure data; a retrieving apparatus for retrieving data which satisfies conditions from the hierarchical structure data stored in the data storing apparatus on the basis of the operation instruction data which is inputted by the input apparatus; and an output apparatus for outputting the retrieved data. Each data which is stored in the data storing apparatus has items regarding an efficient date and items regarding a data change date. The retrieving apparatus has an apparatus for retrieving the data on the basis of the efficient date and the data change date.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: April 12, 2007Inventors: Tomotoshi Ishida, Mutsuo Kantou, Miyako Hotta
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Publication number: 20070043635Abstract: The design/manufacture support system has a self company/correspondent parts number correspondence storing unit for storing the correspondence between parts numbers of self company and correspondent parts, a self company parts bill storage unit for storing a structure of parts of a self company product, a correspondent parts bill storage unit for storing a structure of parts purchased from a correspondent, a representative part creation unit for creating a representative part from the correspondence between self company and correspondent parts numbers stored in the self company/correspondent parts number correspondence storing unit, and a parts bill creation unit for creating a parts bill from the representative part created by the representative part creation unit, the self company parts bill stored in the self company parts bill storage unit and the correspondent parts bill stored in the correspondent parts bill storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Tomotoshi Ishida, Yoshihiro Murakami
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Publication number: 20060190096Abstract: An evaluation implement of environmental load includes design plan information comparing part for extracting a difference in parts structure, material, or process between a plurality of product design plans stored in design plan information storing part, environmental load evaluation value comparing part for calculating a difference in environmental load evaluation value between a plurality of product design plans, from which differences in parts structure, material, or process have been extracted by the design plan information comparing means, using environmental load evaluation value calculating part, and display part for displaying the difference in parts structure, material, or process between the plurality of product design plans calculated by the design plan information comparing part, and the differences in the environmental load evaluation values calculated by the design plan comparing part using the environmental load value calculating part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2005Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Tomotoshi Ishida, Yoshiaki Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20030187530Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide the apparatuses and systems for planning the rotation of part usage between a plurality of shafts or plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Miyako Hotta, Yoshitaka Kojima, Kenji Araki, Yoshikazu Moritomo