Patents by Inventor Ryo Kawai

Ryo Kawai 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: 20240114260
    Abstract: An imaging element includes a reading circuit that reads out pixel data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the read pixel data, and an output circuit that outputs image data based on the stored pixel data at a second frame rate. The first frame rate is a frame rate higher than the second frame rate. The pixel data includes phase difference pixel data and non-phase difference pixel data different from the phase difference pixel data. The reading circuit reads out the pixel data of each of a plurality of frames in parallel within an output period defined by the second frame rate as a period in which the image data of one frame is output, and performs reading of the non-phase difference pixel data and a plurality of reading of the phase difference pixel data within the output period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hitoshi SAKURABU, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Ryo HASEGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240096182
    Abstract: An action detection system (10) includes an action specification unit (18) configured to start specification of at least one action ID based on at least part of skeleton information extracted from video data that is a captured video of a user in response to detection of the user visiting checkout machine determined in advance, a determination unit (20) configured to determine whether or not an action sequence including the specified at least one action ID corresponds to registration action sequences registered in advance, and a processing control unit (21) configured to execute processing determined in advance in accordance with a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo KAWAI, Noboru YOSHIDA, Jianquan LIU, Shunsuke TSUDA, Yuki TSURUOKA
  • Publication number: 20240080410
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a storage portion that stores captured image data obtained by imaging a subject by an imaging element and is incorporated in the imaging element, an output portion that is incorporated in the imaging element, and a plurality of signal processing portions that are disposed outside the imaging element, in which the output portion includes a plurality of output lines each disposed in correspondence with each of the plurality of signal processing portions and outputs each of a plurality of pieces of image data into which the captured image data stored in the storage portion is divided, to a corresponding signal processing portion among the plurality of signal processing portions from the plurality of output lines, and any of the plurality of signal processing portions combines the plurality of pieces of image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Ryo HASEGAWA, Hitoshi SAKURABU
  • Publication number: 20240054674
    Abstract: A skeleton information acquisition means analyzes an in-vehicle video acquired from a camera that captures an image of a vehicle interior of a moving object, and acquires skeleton information of each of one or more passengers boarding on the moving object. A holding determination means determines whether the passenger is holding a pole, based on skeleton information of the passenger and a position of the pole in the moving object. An alert output means outputs an alert when it is determined that the passenger is not holding the pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Murayama, Yasuhiro Mizukoshi, Ryo Kawai
  • Publication number: 20240013427
    Abstract: To utilize results of analyzing a plurality of videos, a video analysis apparatus 100 includes a type receiving unit 110, an acquiring unit 111, and an integration unit 112. The type receiving unit 110 accepts selection of a type of engine in order to analyze each of a plurality of videos and detect a detection target included in each of the plurality of videos. The acquiring unit 111 acquires results of analyzing the plurality of videos by using the selected type of engine among results of analyzing the plurality of videos by using a plurality of types of the engines. The integration unit 112 integrates the acquired results of analyzing the plurality of videos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jianquan Liu, Noboru YOSHIDA, Youhei SASAKI, Ryo KAWAI, Satoshi YAMAZAKI, Tingting DONG, Karen STEPHEN, Yuta NAMIKI, Naoki SHINDOU
  • Publication number: 20240013534
    Abstract: To utilize a result of analyzing an interval between persons included in a video, a video analysis apparatus 100 includes an interval acquisition unit 110 and a display control unit 113. The interval acquisition unit 110 acquires an interval between persons included in a video acquired by photographing a target region. The display control unit 113 causes a display unit to display a time-series transition of first information relating to the number of persons with the acquired interval being equal to or less than a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jianquan LIU, Ryo KAWAI, Noboru YOSHIDA, Satoshi YAMAZAKI, Tingting DONG, Karen STEPHEN, Yuta NAMIKI, Naoki SHINDOU, Youhei SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240013428
    Abstract: To utilize a result of image analysis, an image analysis apparatus 100 includes an analysis result acquisition unit 110 and a counting unit 111. The analysis result acquisition unit 110 acquires analysis information being information acquired by analyzing a still image and including an appearance attribute to which a person included in the still image belongs. The counting unit 111 counts, for each appearance attribute, the number of persons belonging to the appearance attribute in the still image by using the analysis information, and generates counting information indicating a result of the counting in units of still images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jianquan Liu, Noboru YOSHIDA, Tingting DONG, Ryo KAWAI, Satoshi YAMAZAKI, Karen STEPHEN, Yuta NAMIKI, Naoki SHINDOU, Youhei SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230419665
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a summarizing unit (2040) and a display control unit (2060). The summarizing unit (2040) obtains a video (30) generated by each of a plurality of cameras (10). Furthermore, the summarizing unit (2040) performs a summarizing process on the video (30) and generates summary information of the video (30). The display control unit (2060) causes a display system (20) to display the video (30). Here, the display control unit (2060) causes the display system (20) to display the summary information of the video (30) in response to that a change in a display state of the video (30) in the display system (20) satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20230410521
    Abstract: A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Hiroyoshi Miyano, Yusuke Takahashi, Hiroo Ikeda, Yukie Ebiyama, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa, Kazuya Koyama, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230410361
    Abstract: To achieve faster search processing in the search processing of a similar image, based on a feature value of each of a plurality of keypoints of a human body included in an image, the present invention provides an image processing system 10 including: a target image acquisition unit 11 that acquires a target image; a skeleton structure detection unit 12 that performs processing of detecting a keypoint of a human body included in the target image; a first verification unit 13 that extracts a first reference image whose relationship with the target image satisfies a first extraction condition, from among a plurality of reference images, based on the detected keypoint; and a second verification unit 14 that extracts a second reference image whose relationship with the target image satisfies a second extraction condition, from among the first reference images, based on the detected keypoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKEUCHI, Ryo KAWAI, Noboru YOSHIDA, Jianquan LIU, Yuta NAMIKI, Naoki SHINDOU, Youhei SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230410356
    Abstract: The present invention provides a detection apparatus (10) including an equipment information acquisition unit (12) that acquires equipment information indicating a position of equipment being present in an interior of a moving body, a person information generation unit (11) that determines a position of a person being present in the interior of the moving body, based on an image indicating the interior of the moving body, and generates person information indicating the position of the person, and detection unit (13) that detects a danger state occurring in the interior of the moving body, based on the equipment information and the person information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20230410510
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a summarizing unit (2040) and a display control unit (2060). The summarizing unit (2040) obtains a video (30) generated by each of a plurality of cameras (10). Furthermore, the summarizing unit (2040) performs a summarizing process on the video (30) and generates summary information of the video (30). The display control unit (2060) causes a display system (20) to display the video (30). Here, the display control unit (2060) causes the display system (20) to display the summary information of the video (30) in response to that a change in a display state of the video (30) in the display system (20) satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Kawai
  • Publication number: 20230410520
    Abstract: A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Hiroyoshi MIYANO, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hiroo IKEDA, Yukie EBIYAMA, Ryo KAWAI, Takuya OGAWA, Kazuya KOYAMA, Hiroshi YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11847859
    Abstract: To efficiently determine learning data for estimating an unknown behavior by a machine, an information processing device according to the present invention is provided with: an information acquisition means for acquiring an image including a person; and a feature conversion means for converting skeleton information extracted from the image into a feature vector which indicates elements constituting a behavior of the person and is a lower dimension than the skeleton information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Kawai
  • Publication number: 20230401869
    Abstract: A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma OAMI, Hiroyoshi Miyano, Yusuke Takahashi, Hiroo Ikeda, Yukie Ebiyama, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa, Kazuya Koyama, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230394684
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20230394683
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma OAMI, Katsuhiko TAKAHASHI, Yusuke KONISHI, Hiroshi YAMADA, Hiroo IKEDA, Junko NAKAGAWA, Kosuke YOSHIMI, Ryo KAWAI, Takuya OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11823398
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11809997
    Abstract: An action recognition apparatus 1 including: a generation unit 2 that generates an addition image by adding a setting image to a target object image; an action recognition and estimation unit 3 that performs action recognition regarding the target object, outputs action recognition information indicating the result of action recognition, estimates the setting image, and outputs estimation information indicating the result of estimation; an action recognition loss calculation unit 4 that calculates an action recognition loss by using reference action recognition information generated in advance, and the action recognition information; an estimation loss calculation unit 5 that calculates an estimation loss by using reference estimation information generated in advance, and the estimation information; and a learning parameter updating unit 6 that updates learning parameters by using the action recognition loss and the estimation loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinori Hosoi, Ryo Kawai
  • Publication number: 20230276019
    Abstract: An image processing system includes: a receiving unit configured to receive an input of a plurality of image frames constituting a video from an imaging apparatus; a detection unit configured to detect a feature point included in an image frame to be processed in the plurality of image frames; and an output unit configured to output an output image obtained by superimposing an image frame to be processed of an area detected as a feature point on a background image generated from at least some of a plurality of image frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo KAWAI