Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Nakano

Shunsuke Nakano 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: 20240096241
    Abstract: A display apparatus (100) includes a shelf tag attachment member (102) being fixed to a front end surface of a product shelf S, and a shelf tag (101) having a display surface (103). The shelf tag (101) is attached to the shelf tag attachment member (102) via a rotation axis A, and is rotatable in a predetermined direction in which the display surface (103) is turned upward. A lower end of the shelf tag (101) is located below a lower surface LS of the product shelf S and a lower end of the shelf tag attachment member (102) in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugegaya, Akihiko Onita, Shunsuke Tsuda, Benny Goh, Hiromitsu Nakano, Kunihiro Akaba, Kazuhiko Oda
  • Patent number: 11932015
    Abstract: A print head includes a generation portion that amplifies an input signal to generate a drive signal, an ejection portion that includes a first driving element driven by a drive signal, and ejects a liquid in response to the drive of the first driving element, a supply portion that includes a first switch for switching between supply and non-supply of the drive signal to the first driving element, and a sound emitting portion that includes a second driving element driven by the drive signal, and a second switch for switching between supply and non-supply of the drive signal to the second driving element, and emits sound in response to the drive of the second driving element, in which the first switch and the second switch are turned on exclusively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakano, Masahiro Toki, Tatsuya Sato, Shunsuke Kasai
  • Publication number: 20240070564
    Abstract: A travel plan generation device according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a generation unit that generates a travel plan for traveling a plurality of points by a plurality of mobile bodies by performing, at each output step, processing of selecting any one point out of the plurality of points and any one mobile body out of the plurality of mobile bodies by using a recurrent neural network configured to output visiting probabilities at the plurality of points and use probabilities of the plurality of mobile bodies when point information regarding the plurality of points and mobile body information regarding the plurality of mobile bodies are input, and an output unit that outputs the travel plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki AKASHI, Shunsuke KANAI, Manami OGAWA, Yusuke NAKANO, Zhao WANG
  • Publication number: 20210374434
    Abstract: An image recognizer is enabled to appropriately recognize a traffic signal applicable to an own vehicle. A traffic signal detector is configured to detect traffic signals based on an image of a front view of the own vehicle captured from the own vehicle. A calculator is configured to calculate a degree by which a front of the traffic signal faces the own vehicle based on the image. The traffic signal identifier is configured to identify a traffic signal applicable to the own vehicle based on the degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ukyo TANIKAWA, Shunsuke NAKANO, Takuya NOMURA, Yasushi SUEHISA
  • Patent number: 11144763
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes detecting a predetermined object from a captured image, identifying an attribute of the detected object, determining a presentation method of presented information representing the attribute based on a detection state of the detected object, displaying the presented information and the captured image based on the determined presentation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yamasaki, Kotaro Yano, Takahisa Yamamoto, Satoshi Yashiro, Hideo Noro, Shunsuke Nakano, Atsuo Nomoto, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Koji Makita
  • Patent number: 11095814
    Abstract: A likelihood of each of a plurality of registered images belonging to a same group for an input image is calculated, and a prescribed number of registered images is selected from a top ranking in descending order of likelihood among the plurality of registered images as the authentication result for the input image. Based on a likelihood of a registered image included in an authentication result for an input image of a first frame and a likelihood of a registered image included in an authentication result for an input image of a second frame being previous to the first frame, one of the authentication result for the input image of the first frame and the authentication result for the input image of the second frame is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Makita, Shunsuke Nakano, Kotaro Yano
  • Patent number: 10885316
    Abstract: Information processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a captured image capturing a target object in a real environment, an obtaining unit configured to obtain an illumination condition in the real environment; a generation unit configured to generate a variation image as an image of a registration object reflecting the illumination condition based on three-dimensional data of the registration object and the obtained illumination condition, and a collation unit configured to collate the registration object with the target object based on a feature amount of the variation image and a feature amount of the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsuo Nomoto, Yoshinori Ito, Hiroshi Sato, Satoshi Yashiro, Hideo Noro, Shunsuke Nakano, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Takahisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10826423
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a first driving control circuit (an MCU, a driving circuit, an input circuit, a power management IC) and a second driving control circuit (an MCU, a driving circuit, an input circuit, a power management IC). The first driving control circuit and the second driving control circuit are configured to drive a corresponding winding group of winding groups of a motor, and have a master mode for outputting a synchronous trigger signal in synchronization with driving of the corresponding winding group and a slave mode for synchronizing the driving of the corresponding winding group with an input synchronous trigger signal. When an error has occurred in an operation of the first driving control circuit in the master mode, the second driving control circuit switches an operation mode of the second driving control circuit from the slave mode to the master mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kawai, Shunsuke Nakano
  • Patent number: 10699102
    Abstract: An identification apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire input data and an identification unit configured to identify a class to which the acquired input data belongs based on a classifier configured to identify a class to which the data belongs from among a plurality of classes that includes two or more classes having been set beforehand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nakano, Hiroshi Sato, Yuji Kaneda, Atsuo Nomoto, Daisuke Nishino, Takahisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10650225
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a determination unit, and a discrimination unit. The imaging unit images a target object using signals in a predetermined wavelength band in which a spectral transmittance of a specific substance of a plurality of substances on a surface of the target object is different from a spectral transmittance of the other substances of the plurality of substances. The determination unit determines a distribution state of the specific substance on the surface of the target object based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The discrimination unit discriminates a class to which the target object belongs based on the distribution state of the specific substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nakano, Yoshinori Ito, Hiroshi Sato, Takahisa Yamamoto, Yuji Kaneda, Atsuo Nomoto, Satoshi Yashiro, Hideo Noro, Kiyotaka Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10579487
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (1) includes a first processing unit (10-1), a second processing unit (10-2), a writing unit (12), a storage unit (14), and a processing control unit (20). The writing unit (12) writes first information related to processing of each of the first processing unit (10-1) and the second processing unit (10-2) into the storage unit (14). The processing control unit (20) controls the operations of the first processing unit (10-1) and the second processing unit (10-2). The processing control unit (20) performs control to stop the first processing unit (10-1) when an error occurs in the first processing unit (10-1). When it is determined that the second processing unit (10-2) where an error has not occurred is able to maintain execution of the first processing by using first information stored in the storage unit (14), the second processing unit (10-2) maintains execution of the first processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nakano, Yoshitaka Taki
  • Patent number: 10558851
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores, as instance images, a plurality of face images obtained by photographing respective faces of a plurality of persons on a plurality of photographing conditions, while associating the persons with the photographing conditions for each part; obtains the photographing condition of the input face image; approximates the respective parts of the input face images, by a combination of the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the parts and the obtained photographing conditions; decides, for each part of the input face image, a combination corresponding to the combination in the approximation from the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the part and a predetermined photographing condition; and generates an image obtained by photographing the input face image on the predetermined photographing condition, by synthesizing the obtained combination on the whole input face image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nakano, Hiroshi Sato, Yuji Kaneda, Atsuo Nomoto
  • Patent number: 10529103
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a detecting unit which detects an object from an input image, an extracting unit which extracts a feature amount of the object detected by the detecting unit, a similarity calculating unit which, in a case where a plurality of objects have been detected from the same input image by the detecting unit, calculates a degree of similarity of feature amounts of the plurality of objects, and an adjusting unit which adjusts a collating method of collating the plurality of objects based on respective feature amounts, on the basis of the degree of similarity calculated by the similarity calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuo Nomoto, Hiroshi Sato, Yuji Kaneda, Shunsuke Nakano, Yoshinori Ito, Daisuke Nishino
  • Publication number: 20190364202
    Abstract: A likelihood of each of a plurality of registered images belonging to a same group for an input image is calculated, and a prescribed number of registered images is selected from a top ranking in descending order of likelihood among the plurality of registered images as the authentication result for the input image. Based on a likelihood of a registered image included in an authentication result for an input image of a first frame and a likelihood of a registered image included in an authentication result for an input image of a second frame being previous to the first frame, one of the authentication result for the input image of the first frame and the authentication result for the input image of the second frame is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Makita, Shunsuke Nakano, Kotaro Yano
  • Publication number: 20190326843
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a first driving control circuit (an MCU, a driving circuit, an input circuit, a power management IC) and a second driving control circuit (an MCU, a driving circuit, an input circuit, a power management IC). The first driving control circuit and the second driving control circuit are configured to drive a corresponding winding group of winding groups of a motor, and have a master mode for outputting a synchronous trigger signal in synchronization with driving of the corresponding winding group and a slave mode for synchronizing the driving of the corresponding winding group with an input synchronous trigger signal. When an error has occurred in an operation of the first driving control circuit in the master mode, the second driving control circuit switches an operation mode of the second driving control circuit from the slave mode to the master mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroaki KAWAI, Shunsuke NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20190303678
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes detecting a predetermined object from a captured image, identifying an attribute of the detected object, determining a presentation method of presented information representing the attribute based on a detection state of the detected object, displaying the presented information and the captured image based on the determined presentation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yamasaki, Kotaro Yano, Takahisa Yamamoto, Satoshi Yashiro, Hideo Noro, Shunsuke Nakano, Atsuo Nomoto, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Koji Makita
  • Patent number: 10255486
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores, as instance images, a plurality of face images obtained by photographing respective faces of a plurality of persons on a plurality of photographing conditions, while associating the persons with the photographing conditions for each part; obtains the photographing condition of the input face image; approximates the respective parts of the input face images, by a combination of the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the parts and the obtained photographing conditions; decides, for each part of the input face image, a combination corresponding to the combination in the approximation from the instance images of the plurality of persons stored in association with the part and a predetermined photographing condition; and generates an image obtained by photographing the input face image on the predetermined photographing condition, by synthesizing the obtained combination on the whole input face image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nakano, Hiroshi Sato, Yuji Kaneda, Atsuo Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20190034705
    Abstract: Information processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a captured image capturing a target object in a real environment, an obtaining unit configured to obtain an illumination condition in the real environment; a generation unit configured to generate a variation image as an image of a registration object reflecting the illumination condition based on three-dimensional data of the registration object and the obtained illumination condition, and a collation unit configured to collate the registration object with the target object based on a feature amount of the variation image and a feature amount of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Atsuo Nomoto, Yoshinori Ito, Hiroshi Sato, Satoshi Yashiro, Hideo Noro, Shunsuke Nakano, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Takahisa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10026197
    Abstract: There is provided with a signal processing method. A filtering result is generated by performing spatial filtering on multi-dimensional data. Encoding result data is output by encoding the filtering result using a value at a pixel of interest of the filtering result and a value at a reference pixel located at a relative position with respect to the pixel of interest. The relative position of the reference pixel is decided in advance according to a characteristic of a spatial filter used in the spatial filtering step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakashima, Hiroshi Sato, Shunsuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20180181795
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a determination unit, and a discrimination unit. The imaging unit images a target object using signals in a predetermined wavelength band in which a spectral transmittance of a specific substance of a plurality of substances on a surface of the target object is different from a spectral transmittance of the other substances of the plurality of substances. The determination unit determines a distribution state of the specific substance on the surface of the target object based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The discrimination unit discriminates a class to which the target object belongs based on the distribution state of the specific substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nakano, Yoshinori Ito, Hiroshi Sato, Takahisa Yamamoto, Yuji Kaneda, Atsuo Nomoto, Satoshi Yashiro, Hideo Noro, Kiyotaka Takahashi