Patents by Inventor Satoshi Someya

Satoshi Someya 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: 9189680
    Abstract: It is provided an authentication system, comprising: a reader for obtaining identification information assigned to an identification device held by a subject; an authentication device for authenticating the identification information obtained by the reader; a camera for photographing a facial image of the subject; and a management device which is coupled to a terminal for issuing an alarm and which includes an image database in which the facial image photographed by the camera is accumulated, in which the management device is configured to: search the image database by using information obtained by at least one of the reader and the camera on an occasion of the authentication; determine a reliability of the authentication based on a result of analyzing the retrieved facial image; and transmit data for issuing the alarm to the terminal in a case where it is determined that the reliability is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto Komatsu, Tomoaki Yoshinaga, Satoshi Someya, Hiroto Nagayoshi, Daisuke Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20130063581
    Abstract: It is provided an authentication system, comprising: a reader for obtaining identification information assigned to an identification device held by a subject; an authentication device for authenticating the identification information obtained by the reader; a camera for photographing a facial image of the subject; and a management device which is coupled to a terminal for issuing an alarm and which includes an image database in which the facial image photographed by the camera is accumulated, in which the management device is configured to: search the image database by using information obtained by at least one of the reader and the camera on an occasion of the authentication; determine a reliability of the authentication based on a result of analyzing the retrieved facial image; and transmit data for issuing the alarm to the terminal in a case where it is determined that the reliability is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: YUTO KOMATSU, Tomoaki Yoshinaga, Satoshi Someya, Hiroto Nagayoshi, Daisuke Matsubara