Patents by Inventor SEIYA IMOMOTO

SEIYA IMOMOTO 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: 10817751
    Abstract: A learning data creation method acquires items of still image data or moving image data as event data and non-event data, presents first data that is still image data or moving image data that is of a predetermined time before an event and included in the event data and still image data or moving image data, presents non-event data as second data, receives a judgment result as to whether the first data and second data are similar, (a) stores the event data as positive data, (b) stores the non-event data as positive data if the first data and second data are similar, and (c) stores the non-event data as negative data if the first data and second data are not similar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toru Tanigawa, Yukie Shoda, Junichi Imoto, Yusuke Tsukamoto, Seiya Imomoto
  • Patent number: 10809068
    Abstract: An orientation identification method for identifying an orientation of a device installed by being mounted on a moving body includes: obtaining a certain amount of acceleration in three mutually orthogonal directions detected by an acceleration sensor included in the device; and identifying the orientation of the device expressed in a coordinate system from acceleration data indicating the certain amount of acceleration obtained in the obtaining, according to movement characteristics indicated by statistics of acceleration during movement of the moving body expressed in the coordinate system, the coordinate system including a gravitational acceleration direction as an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Junichi Imoto, Yukie Shoda, Toru Tanigawa, Yusuke Tsukamoto, Seiya Imomoto
  • Patent number: 10785404
    Abstract: An information processing method obtains location information indicating a location of a moving body at a time of detection of occurrence of a predetermined event that triggers recording of a photographic image acquired by photography using a photographic apparatus installed on the moving body. Then, the method determines whether or not the location indicated by the location information is a location where the driver is estimated to have visited a plurality of times, based on at least one of action history information indicating action history of a driver of the moving body and related-person information regarding a related person of the driver. Finally, the method controls to record the photographic image, according to the determination of whether or not the location indicated by the location information is a location where the driver is estimated to have visited a plurality of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Seiya Imomoto, Shunsuke Kuhara
  • Patent number: 10692378
    Abstract: In an information collection method of the present disclosure, a processor of an information collection system acquires event sensor data and identification information from an on-vehicle terminal or a passenger terminal, the event sensor data being output, in response to an event trigger, from an on-vehicle sensor mounted on the on-vehicle terminal or a passenger sensor mounted on the passenger terminal, the identification information identifying an output source of the event sensor data, identifies the passenger terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the on-vehicle terminal, identifies the on-vehicle terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the passenger terminal, requests sensor data from the identified passenger terminal or on-vehicle terminal, acquires the sensor data from a request destination, and stores the event sensor data and the sensor data in association with each other in a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yukie Shoda, Toru Tanigawa, Junichi Imoto, Yusuke Tsukamoto, Hidetsugu Maekawa, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Seiya Imomoto
  • Patent number: 10687031
    Abstract: A computer implemented information processing method includes acquiring a first photographed image that represents an inside portion of a vehicle, identifying a driver who drives the vehicle from the first photographed image, acquiring driver information that indicates at least one of an attribute of the identified driver and a driving history of the identified driver. Then the method determines whether or not the identified driver satisfies a condition of experienced driver using the driver information. Finally the method decides a threshold value that is used for detection of occurrence of an event to be a trigger of photographing or recording of a second photographed image which represents an outside portion of the vehicle based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Seiya Imomoto, Shunsuke Kuhara
  • Publication number: 20200074377
    Abstract: A contribution level determination method includes: obtaining, from a first storage device, records of annotation works for each of one or more units of target data for which the annotation works carried out by each of workers that use crowdsourcing have been completed; and calculating work contribution levels for each of worker IDs representing a different one of the workers, in accordance with a predetermined weighting rule stored in a second storage device, by referring to the records. In the calculating of the contribution levels, for each of the one or more units of target data, the work contribution level is calculated using a heavier weight for the worker ID representing a particular worker who carried out the annotation work initially than for the work contribution levels for the worker IDs representing the workers who carried out annotation works after the particular worker, in the order of the annotation works.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Toru TANIGAWA, Yukie SHODA, Junichi IMOTO, Yusuke TSUKAMOTO, Seiya IMOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200043341
    Abstract: In an information collection method of the present disclosure, a processor of an information collection system acquires event sensor data and identification information from an on-vehicle terminal or a passenger terminal, the event sensor data being output, in response to an event trigger, from an on-vehicle sensor mounted on the on-vehicle terminal or a passenger sensor mounted on the passenger terminal, the identification information identifying an output source of the event sensor data, identifies the passenger terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the on-vehicle terminal, identifies the on-vehicle terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the passenger terminal, requests sensor data from the identified passenger terminal or on-vehicle terminal, acquires the sensor data from a request destination, and stores the event sensor data and the sensor data in association with each other in a
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yukie SHODA, Toru TANIGAWA, Junichi IMOTO, Yusuke TSUKAMOTO, Hidetsugu MAEKAWA, Tetsuji FUCHIKAMI, Seiya IMOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190303718
    Abstract: A learning data creation method acquires items of still image data or moving image data as event data and non-event data, presents first data that is still image data or moving image data that is of a predetermined time before an event and included in the event data and still image data or moving image data, presents non-event data as second data, receives a judgment result as to whether the first data and second data are similar, (a) stores the event data as positive data, (b) stores the non-event data as positive data if the first data and second data are similar, and (c) stores the non-event data as negative data if the first data and second data are not similar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Toru TANIGAWA, Yukie SHODA, Junichi IMOTO, Yusuke TSUKAMOTO, Seiya IMOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190195636
    Abstract: An orientation identification method for identifying an orientation of a device installed by being mounted on a moving body includes: obtaining a certain amount of acceleration in three mutually orthogonal directions detected by an acceleration sensor included in the device; and identifying the orientation of the device expressed in a coordinate system from acceleration data indicating the certain amount of acceleration obtained in the obtaining, according to movement characteristics indicated by statistics of acceleration during movement of the moving body expressed in the coordinate system, the coordinate system including a gravitational acceleration direction as an axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Junichi IMOTO, Yukie SHODA, Toru TANIGAWA, Yusuke TSUKAMOTO, Seiya IMOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190082099
    Abstract: An information processing method obtains location information indicating a location of a moving body at a time of detection of occurrence of a predetermined event that triggers recording of a photographic image acquired by photography using a photographic apparatus installed on the moving body. Then, the method determines whether or not the location indicated by the location information is a location where the driver is estimated to have visited a plurality of times, based on at least one of action history information indicating action history of a driver of the moving body and related-person information regarding a related person of the driver. Finally, the method controls to record the photographic image, according to the determination of whether or not the location indicated by the location information is a location where the driver is estimated to have visited a plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: SEIYA IMOMOTO, SHUNSUKE KUHARA
  • Publication number: 20190068925
    Abstract: A computer implemented information processing method includes acquiring a first photographed image that represents an inside portion of a vehicle, identifying a driver who drives the vehicle from the first photographed image, acquiring driver information that indicates at least one of an attribute of the identified driver and a driving history of the identified driver. Then the method determines whether or not the identified driver satisfies a condition of experienced driver using the driver information. Finally the method decides a threshold value that is used for detection of occurrence of an event to be a trigger of photographing or recording of a second photographed image which represents an outside portion of the vehicle based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: SEIYA IMOMOTO, SHUNSUKE KUHARA
  • Publication number: 20190026558
    Abstract: Techniques of simplifying a process of performing an annotation process and constructing learning data by using CG data are provided. A learning data generation device generates scene data for generating learning data from scene data of CG data that include various models. In the generation, the models other than a specific object model are deleted from the scene data, the specific object model is made a specific color, and a specific object region of the specific object model is set. Then, the image for scene data and information of the specific object region are associated with each other and stored as the learning data in a second storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: TORU TANIGAWA, YUKIE SHODA, SEIYA IMOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190019042
    Abstract: An adherent detecting method for, by means of at least one computer, detecting a target adherent adhering to a translucent body that separates an imaging element and a photographing target from each other includes acquiring a photographed image that is generated by photographing via the translucent body with the imaging element. Next, the photographed image is inputted as input data into a recognition model for recognizing the presence or absence of an adherent to the translucent body in an image taken via the translucent body. Then, the presence or absence of the target adherent in the photographed image is detected by acquiring information outputted from the recognition model and indicating the presence or absence of an adherent in the photographed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: TORU TANIGAWA, YUKIE SHODA, SEIYA IMOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180373943
    Abstract: A moving body detecting method for, by means of at least one computer, detecting a target moving body that is a moving body which possibly constitutes an obstacle to running of a target vehicle includes acquiring a photographed image that is generated by photographing with a camera situated on board the target vehicle. Next, the photographed image is inputted as input data into a recognition model for recognizing a moving body in an image taken of the moving body, type information indicating a type of the moving body, and position information indicating that one of a plurality of positions including a sidewalk and a roadway in which the moving body is present. Then, the target moving body in the photographed image is detected by acquiring the type information and position information of the moving body in the photographed image as outputted from the recognition model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: TORU TANIGAWA, YUKIE SHODA, SEIYA IMOMOTO