Patents by Inventor Shohji Ohtsubo

Shohji Ohtsubo 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: 10512941
    Abstract: There is provided a projection instruction device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on an image including the parcel and parcel identification information specifying the parcel in the image, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines a specific area in which the parcel is picked up based on the parcel identification information, and in a case where the parcel is present in the specific area, the processor projects the projection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Moriyama, Shohji Ohtsubo, Akihiro Suzuki, Takaaki Idera, Takeshi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10471474
    Abstract: There is provided a projection indicator which specifies a position of a parcel based on an image including the parcel, the indicator including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines whether or not each of pixels in the image is a pixel included in a processing target space in which the parcel is to be present based on coordinates of each of the pixels, regards only the pixel included in the processing target space as a processing point to be processed and registers the processing point in the memory, and obtains the image of the parcel based on the registered processing point to specify the position of the parcel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohji Ohtsubo, Takeshi Ishihara, Akihiro Suzuki, Takaaki Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20190108377
    Abstract: There is provided a projection instruction device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on sensing information of the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor calculates a position at which the projection image is projected based on first time information corresponding to a time of sensing the parcel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki MORIYAMA, Shohji OHTSUBO, Akihiro SUZUKI, Takaaki IDERA, Takeshi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190099784
    Abstract: There is provided a projection instruction device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on sensing information of the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor extracts a specific surface including the parcel from the sensing information of the parcel, and performs a process of generating the projection image based on only the specific surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki MORIYAMA, Shohji OHTSUBO, Akihiro SUZUKI, Takaaki IDERA, Takeshi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190099783
    Abstract: There is provided a projection indicator which specifies a position of a parcel based on an image including the parcel, the indicator including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines whether or not each of pixels in the image is a pixel included in a processing target space in which the parcel is to be present based on coordinates of each of the pixels, regards only the pixel included in the processing target space as a processing point to be processed and registers the processing point in the memory, and obtains the image of the parcel based on the registered processing point to specify the position of the parcel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohji OHTSUBO, Takeshi ISHIHARA, Akihiro SUZUKI, Takaaki MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190084008
    Abstract: There is provided an instruction projecting device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on sensing information of the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines whether or not the parcel is picked up based on the sensing information, and in a case where it is determined that the parcel is picked up, the processor generates the projection image including detail information of the parcel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro SUZUKI, Shohji OHTSUBO, Takaaki MORIYAMA, Takaaki IDERA, Takeshi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190084009
    Abstract: There is provided a projection instruction device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on an image including the parcel and parcel identification information specifying the parcel in the image, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines a specific area in which the parcel is picked up based on the parcel identification information, and in a case where the parcel is present in the specific area, the processor projects the projection image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki MORIYAMA, Shohji OHTSUBO, Akihiro SUZUKI, Takaaki IDERA, Takeshi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190042847
    Abstract: There is provided an instruction projecting device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on sensing information of the parcel and parcel identification information specifying the parcel in an image, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines a direction to pick up the parcel based on the parcel identification information, and generates the projection image indicating the pick-up direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro SUZUKI, Shohji OHTSUBO, Takaaki MORIYAMA, Takaaki IDERA, Takeshi ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170336195
    Abstract: A dimension measurement device that measures dimensions of a cargo (C) placed on a loading platform P or a cargo (CP) with a loading platform, includes a projector that transmits measurement light, a camera that receives the reflected measurement light and acquires a first cargo distance image including cargo (C) and the loading platform (P), a processor, and a memory. The processor, cooperating with the memory, stores the first cargo distance image in the memory, specifies a region including an unnecessary object other than the cargo (C) or the cargo (CP) with a loading platform in the first cargo distance image, on the basis of a shape of the loading platform (P) which is present in the first cargo distance image, and writes predetermined information in the specified region, thereby generating a second cargo distance image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Akihiro SUZUKI, Shohji OHTSUBO, Takaaki MORIYAMA, Yutaka IKEDA, Takeshi ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 9661292
    Abstract: A content playback device includes: a video playback unit which plays content having plural scenes; an object appearance information acquisition unit which acquires, for each of the plural scenes, object appearance information of each of one or more objects which appear in the content by analyzing metadata which includes appearance scene data for identifying the one or more objects appearing in at least one of the scenes, the object appearance information indicating whether the object appears at least in or after the scene; and a display unit which presents the object appearance information acquired for a scene being played, when the video playback unit is playing the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Matsumoto, Norihiro Matsui, Rinako Kamei, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hiromi Iida
  • Patent number: 9531771
    Abstract: On the basis of stored recognition result information and current recipe information, there is generated presentation information that includes information indicating a second user who is executing in real-time the same cooking step of the same recipe as a cooking step of a recipe that a first user is actively executing. The generated presentation information is displayed on a display of a terminal device used by the first user via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kotaro Sakata, Shohji Ohtsubo, Rinako Kamei, Nobue Narita
  • Patent number: 9507379
    Abstract: A portable display device comprises: a tilt detection unit detecting an angle of rotation, measured between a vertical plane component of a tilt vector of a predetermined reference line in the display and a gravitational vector, as a display tilt; a facial orientation specification unit recognizing a face of a person facing the display and specifying an upright orientation of the face; a terminal orientation determination unit establishing a plurality of angle ranges, and determining whether the display tilt newly detected by the tilt detection unit exceeds a given angle range and enters another angle range, the given angle range including the angle detected by the tilt detection unit upon updating a previous display orientation; and a control unit causing the facial orientation specification unit to begin the specification when the terminal orientation determination unit makes an affirmative determination, and updating the display orientation according to the specified upright orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rinako Kamei, Norihiro Matsui, Takuya Matsumoto, Shohji Ohtsubo, Iku Ohama
  • Patent number: 9477860
    Abstract: A communication device including an image capturing device having a RF-ID unit for performing proximity wireless communication with a RF-ID reader/writer connected via an infrared communication path to a TV. The image capturing device includes: an antenna for the proximity wireless communication; a data receiving unit receiving an input signal from the RF-ID reader/writer; a nonvolatile second memory storing at least UID and an execution program; and a data transmission unit transmitting the UID and the execution program to the RF-ID reader/writer via the antenna according to the input signal. The UID is used to identify the communication device, and the execution program is executed by the TV with reference to the UID. The transmitted UID and execution program are transferred to the TV via the RF-ID reader/writer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoichi Ikeda, Mitsuaki Oshima, Masaru Yamaoka, Tsutomu Mukai, Takahiro Sato, Ikuo Fuchigami, Tadanori Tezuka, Shohji Ohtsubo, Yosuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9311964
    Abstract: In a case where a chapter that introduces a predetermined non-heating step is being played back and execution of the non-heating step has not been completed, a moving image playback control section included in a terminal apparatus controls playback so that the chapter that is being played back is repeated or paused, and when execution of the non-heating step is completed, a subsequent chapter is played back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Shohji Ohtsubo, Koji Nakanishi, Kotaro Sakata, Hiromi Iida, Takuya Matsumoto, Norihiro Matsui
  • Patent number: 9262913
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamada, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae
  • Patent number: 9214128
    Abstract: An information display device includes: an image display unit that displays an image according to an orientation of a display screen; a terminal posture detection unit that detects a posture of the device using an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor; and a display direction determination unit that determines whether or not the posture of the device changes, and determines the orientation of the display screen. In the case where the display screen is substantially horizontal and the posture of the device changes, the orientation of the display screen is determined so that, when the device moves by a predetermined angle or more with respect to the orientation (reference orientation) of the display screen before the determination of the posture change, a side of the device at the predetermined angle or more from the reference orientation corresponds to the top of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamada, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Mizuho Sakakibara, Mitsuaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 9207848
    Abstract: The text display device includes: a display control section that displays, on a display device, a text containing a predetermined feature position; an input section that receives an operation performed by a finger of the operator on an input device, and detects a presence of a contact with the finger and XY-coordinates corresponding to a finger position; a calculation section that, when a contact with the finger is detected, associates the detected XY-coordinates with an emphasis display position in the displayed text, calculates a relative distance between the emphasis display position and the feature position, and calculates coordinate values corresponding to the feature position based on the relative distance and the detected XY-coordinates; and a tactile sensation presentation section that provides the operator with a tactile sensation of a protrusion or a depression at a position in the input area indicated by the calculated coordinate values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kouji Kobayashi, Shohji Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20150310736
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kazunori YAMADA, Kohei YAMAGUCHI, Shigehiro IIDA, Mizuho SAKAKIBARA, Toshiaki OHNISHI, Masaru YAMAOKA, Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Tomoaki OHIRA, Michihiro MATSUMOTO, Tsutomu MUKAI, Yosuke MATSUSHITA, Shohji OHTSUBO, Hironori NAKAE
  • Patent number: RE45980
    Abstract: The communication device can easily serve as an extended user interface such as a remote controller of a target apparatus without causing any complicated operations to a user. The communication device includes the following units. An apparatus information obtainment unit (203) obtains apparatus information from an apparatus. A position information obtainment unit (206) obtains position information of the communication device (102). An operation information obtainment unit (212) obtains operation information based on the apparatus information. A storage unit (213) stores the position information as apparatus position information indicating as a position of the apparatus, in association with the operation information. A direction sensor unit (207) detects direction of the communication device (102). A directional space calculation unit (208) calculates a directional space of the communication device (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tomoaki Ohira, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada
  • Patent number: RE46108
    Abstract: The communication device can easily serve as an extended user interface such as a remote controller of a target apparatus without causing any complicated operations to a user. The communication device includes the following units. An apparatus information obtainment unit (203) obtains apparatus information from an apparatus. A position information obtainment unit (206) obtains position information of the communication device (102). An operation information obtainment unit (212) obtains operation information based on the apparatus information. A storage unit (213) stores the position information as apparatus position information indicating as a position of the apparatus, in association with the operation information. A direction sensor unit (207) detects direction of the communication device (102). A directional space calculation unit (208) calculates a directional space of the communication device (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tomoaki Ohira, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada