Patents by Inventor Soma Shiraishi

Soma Shiraishi 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: 10708561
    Abstract: To provide a POS terminal or the like which enables adjustment of white balance of an object to be sufficiently accurate even in the change of external light illuminating the object. The POS terminal includes: an image capture unit which captures an object including a plurality of respectively different reference colors and generates an image; a comparison unit which compares a portion of the image relating to each of the reference colors with a standard image which is a standard of the reference colors; and an adjustment unit which adjusts white balance based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Inoue, Hideo Yokoi, Jun Kobayashi, Eiji Muramatsu, Hiroshi Yamada, Kota Iwamoto, Tetsuo Inoshita, Soma Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20200090346
    Abstract: A determination unit determines whether or not a first foreground area extracted from a first captured image represents a moving object. A warning unit outputs warning when the first foreground area is determined to be not representing the moving object. The first foreground area is determined to be not representing the moving object when the object represented by the first foreground area is not moving. First, the determination unit determines whether or not the object represented by the first foreground area is moving by comparing the first foreground area with a second foreground area extracted from a second captured image generated before the first captured image. Then, the determination unit determines whether or not the object is moving at time before the first captured image is generated based on information of the object at time before the first captured image is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Soma SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 10534072
    Abstract: Provided are an object detection device, POS terminal device, object detection method, and program capable of carrying out appropriate processing according to whether an object is covered by a translucent container. A distance measurement unit measures the distances to each position on an opposing object. An irradiation unit irradiates light onto the object. A reflected light intensity measurement unit measures the intensities of the reflected light that has been irradiated by the irradiation unit and reflected from each position on the object. An object determination unit determines whether the object is covered by a translucent container based on the distances measured by the distance measurement unit and the reflected light intensities measured by the reflected light intensity measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Soma Shiraishi, Shoji Yachida
  • Publication number: 20200012893
    Abstract: This learning data generation device (10) is provided with: an identification unit (11) which identifies a subject included in a first captured image, and generates an identification result in which information indicating the type and existence of the identified subject or the motion of the identified subject is associated with the first captured image; and a generation unit (12) which generates learning data on the basis of the identification result and a second captured image, which is associated with the first captured image but is different in type from the first captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Soma SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 10423946
    Abstract: A POS terminal device capable of improving a recognition rate in a process for recognizing a commodity irrespective of the surrounding environment is provided. A POS terminal device (1) includes a brightness measurement unit (2), an irradiation unit (4), an image pickup unit (6), and a recognition process unit (8). The brightness measurement unit (2) measures the brightness of environmental light around the POS terminal device (1). The irradiation unit (4) irradiates a commodity with light, the light being adjusted according to the brightness of the environmental light measured by the brightness measurement unit (2). The image pickup unit (6) shoots the commodity irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit (4) and thereby generates an image thereof. The recognition process unit (8) performs a process for recognizing the commodity based on the image generated by the shooting performed by the image-pickup unit (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Eiji Muramatsu, Kota Iwamoto, Soma Shiraishi, Tetsuo Inoshita
  • Patent number: 10318945
    Abstract: A POS-terminal device includes: a housing that is provided with a product-reading device including an imaging unit configured to capture a product to generate an image; a product-input unit configured to input the product, the product-input unit including a product-reading frame configured to define an outer edge of an imaging area of the imaging unit; and a reflector configured to reflect a subject image of the product passed over the imaging area, outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Tsuchimochi, Kota Iwamoto, Tetsuo Inoshita, Soma Shiraishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Jun Kobayashi, Eiji Muramatsu, Michio Nagai, Hideo Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20190130180
    Abstract: Provided is an object type identifying apparatus that is capable of correctly identifying the types of objects held in a hand of a person. This object type identifying apparatus is provided with: a memory storing instructions; a storage device storing information indicating a type of an object at a position of each object; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: acquire a position of an object; determine whether an object is picked up or an object is placed, based on sensor information; when determined that an object is picked up, identify a type of the picked-up object, based on the position of the object acquired and information stored in the storage device; and when determined that an object is placed, update information stored in the storage device, using an image captured by a camera that captures arrangement of each object from a front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Soma SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20180181940
    Abstract: A POS terminal device is provided with: a memory unit for storing subject information in which a subject and specific information are associated; an imaging unit for imaging a subject and generating an image; and a specific information estimation unit for estimating, on the basis of the subject information, the specific information associated with the subject imaged by the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Nozomu FUJIWARA, KOTA IWAMOTO, tetsuo inoshita, SOMA SHIRAISHI, HIROSHI YAMADA, JUN KOBAYASHI, EIJI MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20170185985
    Abstract: When the presence of a subject is detected within the image-capturing range of an image sensor, a frame image is created to acquire the identifier of a corresponding product. A feature quantity of the frame image is stored in a storage device in connection with the acquired identifier, and product information associated with the identifier is acquired from a product information DB to perform sales processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HARADA, Kota IWAMOTO, Tetsuo INOSHITA, Soma SHIRAISHI, Hiroshi YAMADA, Jun KOBAYASHI, Eiji MURAMATSU, Hideo YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20170178108
    Abstract: A POS-terminal device includes: a housing that is provided with a product-reading device including an imaging unit configured to capture a product to generate an image; a product-input unit configured to input the product, the product-input unit including a product-reading frame configured to define an outer edge of an imaging area of the imaging unit; and a reflector configured to reflect a subject image of the product passed over the imaging area, outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuki TSUCHIMOCHI, Kota IWAMOTO, Tetsuo INOSHITA, Soma SHIRAISHI, Hiroshi YAMADA, Jun KOBAYASHI, Eiji MURAMATSU, Michio NAGAI, Hideo YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20170180693
    Abstract: To provide a POS terminal or the like which enables adjustment of white balance of an object to be sufficiently accurate even in the change of external light illuminating the object. The POS terminal includes: an image capture unit which captures an object including a plurality of respectively different reference colors and generates an image; a comparison unit which compares a portion of the image relating to each of the reference colors with a standard image which is a standard of the reference colors; and an adjustment unit which adjusts white balance based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Takanori INOUE, Hideo YOKOI, Jun KOBAYASHI, Eiji MURAMATSU, Hiroshi YAMADA, Kota IWAMOTO, Tetsuo INOSHITA, Soma SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20170178107
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a determining unit that determines whether at least a part of an object is present in an image captured or not; and a control unit that performs a control so as to display, on a display apparatus, a guiding sign for guiding the object in the image to a predetermined direction in a case that at least a part of the object is present in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Kota IWAMOTO, Tetsuo INOSHITA, Soma SHIRAISHI, Hiroshi YAMADA, Jun KOBAYASHI, Eiji MURAMATSU, Hideo YOKOI, Tsugunori TAKATA
  • Publication number: 20160370459
    Abstract: Provided are an object detection device, POS terminal device, object detection method, and program capable of carrying out appropriate processing according to whether an object is covered by a translucent container. A distance measurement unit measures the distances to each position on an opposing object. An irradiation unit irradiates light onto the object. A reflected light intensity measurement unit measures the intensities of the reflected light that has been irradiated by the irradiation unit and reflected from each position on the object. An object determination unit determines whether the object is covered by a translucent container based on the distances measured by the distance measurement unit and the reflected light intensities measured by the reflected light intensity measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Soma SHIRAISHI, Shoji YACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160292662
    Abstract: A POS terminal device capable of improving a recognition rate in a process for recognizing a commodity irrespective of the surrounding environment is provided. A POS terminal device (1) includes a brightness measurement unit (2), an irradiation unit (4), an image pickup unit (6), and a recognition process unit (8). The brightness measurement unit (2) measures the brightness of environmental light around the POS terminal device (1). The irradiation unit (4) irradiates a commodity with light, the light being adjusted according to the brightness of the environmental light measured by the brightness measurement unit (2). The image pickup unit (6) shoots the commodity irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit (4) and thereby generates an image thereof. The recognition process unit (8) performs a process for recognizing the commodity based on the image generated by the shooting performed by the image-pickup unit (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Eiji Muramatsu, Kota Iwamoto, Soma Shiraishi, Tetsuo Inoshita