Patents by Inventor Suguru EGUCHI

Suguru EGUCHI 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: 10994932
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new stock control system that can grasp the stock status of objects to be controlled and is excellent in convenience. The stock control system of the present invention includes a shelf 10; a marker 11; an image acquisition unit 12; a storage unit; an analysis unit; and an alert unit. The shelf 10 is a shelf on which an object to be controlled 20 is placed. The marker 11 is disposed in the shelf 10 at a position where it is shielded from the image acquisition unit 12 due to the placed object to be controlled 20. The image acquisition unit 12 acquires an image of the marker 11. The storage unit updates and stores on-time stock information of the object to be controlled 20 placed on the shelf 10 based on sales information of the object to be controlled 20. The analysis unit analyzes, upon acquisition of the image of the marker 11 by the image acquisition unit 12, the on-time stock information in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Umeda, Suguru Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20190161275
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new stock control system that can grasp the stock status of objects to be controlled and is excellent in convenience. The stock control system of the present invention includes a shelf 10; a marker 11; an image acquisition unit 12; a storage unit; an analysis unit; and an alert unit. The shelf 10 is a shelf on which an object to be controlled 20 is placed. The marker 11 is disposed in the shelf 10 at a position where it is shielded from the image acquisition unit 12 due to the placed object to be controlled 20. The image acquisition unit 12 acquires an image of the marker 11. The storage unit updates and stores on-time stock information of the object to be controlled 20 placed on the shelf 10 based on sales information of the object to be controlled 20. The analysis unit analyzes, upon acquisition of the image of the marker 11 by the image acquisition unit 12, the on-time stock information in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide UMEDA, Suguru EGUCHI