Patents by Inventor Osamu Houshuyama

Osamu Houshuyama 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).

  • Patent number: 9946921
    Abstract: A monitoring device includes a crowd behavior analysis unit 21 and an abnormality degree calculation unit 24. The crowd behavior analysis unit 21 specifies a behavior pattern of a crowd from input video. The abnormality degree calculation unit 24 calculates an abnormality degree from a change of the behavior pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Tani, Osamu Houshuyama, Takafumi Koshinaka, Ryoma Oami, Hiroyoshi Miyano
  • Patent number: 9945945
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which is able to detect an object with high accuracy. A signal processing apparatus 1 includes a generating unit 2 and a detecting unit 3. The generating unit 2 includes a function of generating, as a transmitting signal, a modulation wave whose frequency changes non-repetitively. The detecting unit 3 includes a function of fetching the transmitting signal and a receiving signal which is received by a receiving means that can receive a reflection signal generated when the transmitting signal is reflected by an object. The detecting unit 3 includes a function of detecting at least one of presence of the object, distance to the object, and moving speed of the object, based on correlation between the receiving signal and the transmitting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Houshuyama, Ryohei Saito, Hiroyuki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9905242
    Abstract: A signal analysis device includes: a signal reception unit which receives an input signal containing a plurality of constituent elements; and a signal analysis unit which generates analysis information indicating the relationship between the constituent elements from the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shimada, Toshiyuki Nomura, Akihiko Sugiyama, Osamu Houshuyama
  • Patent number: 9761248
    Abstract: An action analysis device includes: an acoustic analysis unit 1 for analyzing input acoustic information, and generating acoustic analysis information indicating a feature of the acoustic information; a time difference determination unit 2 for determining a time difference between when an acoustic event identified by the acoustic analysis information occurs and when an event corresponding to the acoustic event occurs in input video obtained by capturing an image of a crowd; and an action analysis unit 3 for analyzing an action of the crowd corresponding to the acoustic event, using the input video, the acoustic analysis information, and the time difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Hiroyoshi Miyano, Takafumi Koshinaka, Osamu Houshuyama, Masahiro Tani
  • Publication number: 20160078883
    Abstract: An action analysis device includes: an acoustic analysis unit 1 for analyzing input acoustic information, and generating acoustic analysis information indicating a feature of the acoustic information; a time difference determination unit 2 for determining a time difference between when an acoustic event identified by the acoustic analysis information occurs and when an event corresponding to the acoustic event occurs in input video obtained by capturing an image of a crowd; and an action analysis unit 3 for analyzing an action of the crowd corresponding to the acoustic event, using the input video, the acoustic analysis information, and the time difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ryoma OAMI, Hiroyoshi MIYANO, Takafumi KOSHINAKA, Osamu HOUSHUYAMA, Masahiro TANI
  • Publication number: 20160078286
    Abstract: A monitoring device includes a crowd behavior analysis unit 21 and an abnormality degree calculation unit 24. The crowd behavior analysis unit 21 specifies a behavior pattern of a crowd from input video. The abnormality degree calculation unit 24 calculates an abnormality degree from a change of the behavior pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: MASAHIRO TANI, OSAMU HOUSHUYAMA, TAKAFUMI KOSHINAKA, RYOMA OAMI, HIROYOSHI MIYANO
  • Patent number: 9118805
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-point connection device including: a first signal receiving unit which receives a first signal containing a plurality of constituent elements and first analysis information expressing the relationship between the constituent elements contained in the first signal; a second signal receiving unit which receives a second signal containing a plurality of constituent elements and second analysis information expressing the relationship between the constituent elements contained in the second signal; a signal mixing unit which mixes the first signal and the second signal; and an analysis information mixing unit which mixes the first analysis information and the second analysis information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shimada, Toshiyuki Nomura, Akihiko Sugiyama, Osamu Houshuyama
  • Publication number: 20150016224
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which is able to detect an object with high accuracy. A signal processing apparatus 1 includes a generating unit 2 and a detecting unit 3. The generating unit 2 includes a function of generating, as a transmitting signal, a modulation wave whose frequency changes non-repetitively. The detecting unit 3 includes a function of fetching the transmitting signal and a receiving signal which is received by a receiving means that can receive a reflection signal generated when the transmitting signal is reflected by an object. The detecting unit 3 includes a function of detecting at least one of presence of the object, distance to the object, and moving speed of the object, based on correlation between the receiving signal and the transmitting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Houshuyama, Ryohei Saito, Hiroyuki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20140079232
    Abstract: The present invention provides an audio processing device that appropriately suppresses echo generated in a stereophonic audio output. The audio processing device includes: means for generating a first artificial linear echo signal and a second artificial linear echo signal that are estimated to be generated by first audio and second audio travelling to audio input means; means for suppressing a linear echo signal mixed to an input audio signal based on the first artificial linear echo signal and the second artificial linear echo signal: means for estimating a non-linear echo signal based on the first artificial linear echo signal and the second artificial linear echo signal; and means for suppressing the non-linear echo signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Houshuyama
  • Publication number: 20140066134
    Abstract: An device includes an audio output unit, a first audio input unit, a second audio input unit that are disposed in a position closer to the audio output unit than the first audio input unit, a unit for outputting a combined signal of which audio signals from the first and second audio input unit are combined so as forming directivity in which sensitivity in a direction of the audio output unit is low when viewed from the first and second audio input units, a unit for generating artificial echo corresponding to an echo component mixed in the audio inputted to the first audio input unit, and a unit for performing an echo suppression process to the combined signal by using the artificial echo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Houshuyama
  • Publication number: 20100198990
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-point connection device including: a first signal receiving unit which receives a first signal containing a plurality of constituent elements and first analysis information expressing the relationship between the constituent elements contained in the first signal; a second signal receiving unit which receives a second signal containing a plurality of constituent elements and second analysis information expressing the relationship between the constituent elements contained in the second signal; a signal mixing unit which mixes the first signal and the second signal; and an analysis information mixing unit which mixes the first analysis information and the second analysis information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shimada, Toshiyuki Nomura, Akihiko Sugiyama, Osamu Houshuyama
  • Publication number: 20100189280
    Abstract: A signal analysis device includes: a signal reception unit which receives an input signal containing a plurality of constituent elements; and a signal analysis unit which generates analysis information indicating the relationship between the constituent elements from the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shimada, Toshiyuki Nomura, Akihiko Sugiyama, Osamu Houshuyama