Patents by Inventor Taketoshi Nakao

Taketoshi Nakao 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: 20250029630
    Abstract: An action estimation device includes: an obtainer that obtains sound information pertaining to an inaudible sound, the inaudible sound being a sound in an ultrasonic band collected by a sound collector; and an estimator that estimates an output result, obtained by inputting the sound information obtained by the obtainer into a trained model indicating a relationship between the sound information and action information pertaining to an action of a person, as the action information of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Taketoshi NAKAO, Toshiyuki MATSUMURA, Tatsumi NAGASHIMA, Tetsuji FUCHIKAMI
  • Patent number: 12142291
    Abstract: An action estimation device includes: an obtainer that obtains sound information pertaining to an inaudible sound, the inaudible sound being a sound in an ultrasonic band collected by a sound collector; and an estimator that estimates an output result, obtained by inputting the sound information obtained by the obtainer into a trained model indicating a relationship between the sound information and action information pertaining to an action of a person, as the action information of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakao, Toshiyuki Matsumura, Tatsumi Nagashima, Tetsuji Fuchikami
  • Publication number: 20240161771
    Abstract: In an information processing system, an estimation as to whether a sound collected by a microphone is steady sound or non-steady sound is executed, sound information estimated to indicate the non-steady sound is transmitted to a server as output sound information when it is estimated that it is the non-steady sound, and the server acquires the output sound information, and estimates an action of a person from a resulting output obtained by inputting the output sound information to a second trained model indicative of a relevance between the output sound information and action information on an action of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Taketoshi NAKAO, Toshiyuki MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20240069118
    Abstract: A state quantity estimation device includes: a sound collector that collects, in the vicinity of a secondary battery without contact with the secondary battery, a sound emitted from the secondary battery during charge or discharge of the secondary battery; an estimator that estimates a state quantity indicating a state of the secondary battery, based on information on the sound collected by the sound collector; and an outputter that outputs the state quantity estimated by the estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Taketoshi NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20220328061
    Abstract: An action estimation device includes: an obtainer that obtains sound information pertaining to an inaudible sound, the inaudible sound being a sound in an ultrasonic band collected by a sound collector; and an estimator that estimates an output result, obtained by inputting the sound information obtained by the obtainer into a trained model indicating a relationship between the sound information and action information pertaining to an action of a person, as the action information of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Taketoshi NAKAO, Toshiyuki MATSUMURA, Tatsumi NAGASHIMA, Tetsuji FUCHIKAMI
  • Patent number: 11182568
    Abstract: A sentence evaluation apparatus evaluates a sentence which is input. The sentence evaluation apparatus includes an acquisition device and a processor. The acquisition device acquires information indicating a first input sentence and information indicating a second input sentence. The processor executes information processing on the information acquired by the acquisition device, using an algorithm based on machine learning. The processor includes a first encoder that recognizes the first input sentence and a second encoder that recognizes the second input sentence, in the algorithm based on the machine learning. The processor generates evaluation information indicating evaluation on the first input sentence with reference to the second input sentence, based on a result of recognition by the first encoder on the first input sentence and a result of recognition by the second encoder on the second input sentence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Ishida, Taketoshi Nakao, Mikio Morioka
  • Patent number: 11030418
    Abstract: A translation device is configured to acquire utterance spoken by a speaker in a first language and translate contents of the utterance into a second language for information presentation, and includes an input unit, a controller, a notification unit, and a storage. The input unit acquires the utterance in the first language and generates voice data from the utterance. The controller acquires a first evaluation value. The notification unit presents the speaker with information on utterance reinput request. The notification unit presents first information on utterance reinput request when the first evaluation value is less than or equal to a first predetermined value. The controller generates new voice recognition data with reference to the past voice recognition data and voice recognition data of reinput utterance, when the voice recognition data of the reinput utterance has an evaluation value less than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakao, Ryo Ishida, Takahiro Kamai, Tetsuji Mochida, Mikio Morioka
  • Publication number: 20190332678
    Abstract: A sentence evaluation apparatus evaluates a sentence which is input. The sentence evaluation apparatus includes an acquisition device and a processor. The acquisition device acquires information indicating a first input sentence and information indicating a second input sentence. The processor executes information processing on the information acquired by the acquisition device, using an algorithm based on machine learning. The processor includes a first encoder that recognizes the first input sentence and a second encoder that recognizes the second input sentence, in the algorithm based on the machine learning. The processor generates evaluation information indicating evaluation on the first input sentence with reference to the second input sentence, based on a result of recognition by the first encoder on the first input sentence and a result of recognition by the second encoder on the second input sentence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Ryo ISHIDA, Taketoshi NAKAO, Mikio MORIOKA
  • Publication number: 20190179908
    Abstract: A translation device is configured to acquire utterance spoken by a speaker in a first language and translate contents of the utterance into a second language for information presentation, and includes an input unit, a controller, a notification unit, and a storage. The input unit acquires the utterance in the first language and generates voice data from the utterance. The controller acquires a first evaluation value. The notification unit presents the speaker with information on utterance reinput request. The notification unit presents first information on utterance reinput request when the first evaluation value is less than or equal to a first predetermined value. The controller generates new voice recognition data with reference to the past voice recognition data and voice recognition data of reinput utterance, when the voice recognition data of the reinput utterance has an evaluation value less than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: TAKETOSHI NAKAO, RYO ISHIDA, TAKAHIRO KAMAI, TETSUJI MOCHIDA, MIKIO MORIOKA
  • Patent number: 7705536
    Abstract: A display device is provided which is capable of inhibiting a localized elevation in the temperature of a casing thereby uniformalizing the surface temperature distribution over the casing. A display device includes: a display panel having surface arrays of plural pixels for displaying an image by light radiation control on a pixel to pixel basis; an electronic component forming a control circuit configured to perform the light radiation control; a casing housing the display panel and the electronic component therein; and a flat heat-conductive sheet interposed between the display panel and the casing and between the electronic component and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Yanagawa, Tetsuo Kawakita, Taketoshi Nakao, Hiroaki Takezawa, Kiyohide Amemiya
  • Publication number: 20080239634
    Abstract: A flat panel display device is provided which is capable of reliably inhibiting the surface temperature of a relevant portion of the casing of the flat panel display device from rising too much while efficiently cooling the inside of the casing. The flat panel display device (100) of the invention includes: a flat display panel (11); a front cover (15) having an opening matching a display surface of the flat display panel (11); and a casing (18) having a first casing section (20) and a second casing section (21) and covering a rear side of the flat display panel (11), the first casing section (20) having a lower thermal conductivity than the second casing section (21), extending upwardly from the second casing section (21), and being provided with a vent hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakao, Kiyohide Amemiya, Hiroaki Takezawa, Hiroto Yanagawa, Tetsuo Kawakita
  • Patent number: 7215393
    Abstract: A reflective plate comprises a substrate, a plurality of protrusions each formed on the substrate and having a curved surface, and a reflective film formed on the substrate having the protrusions, wherein a planar shape of each of the protrusions is indefinite, and when a frame line of the planar shape of each of the protrusions is divided into fine line segments, the line segments are pointed in all directions or in predetermined directions. This improves reflective properties such as dispersion properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mariko Kawaguri, Seiji Nishiyama, Naohide Wakita, Taketoshi Nakao, Yasuhiko Yamanaka, Toshiyasu Oue, Hirofumi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20040021810
    Abstract: A reflective plate comprises a substrate, a plurality of protrusions each formed on the substrate and having a curved surface, and a reflective film formed on the substrate having the protrusions, wherein a planar shape of each of the protrusions is indefinite, and when a frame line of the planar shape of each of the protrusions is divided into fine line segments, the line segments are pointed in all directions or in predetermined directions. This improves reflective properties such as dispersion properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Mariko Kawaguri, Seiji Nishiyama, Naohide Wakita, Taketoshi Nakao, Yasuhiko Yamanaka, Toshiyasu Oue, Hirofumi Kubota
  • Patent number: 6262577
    Abstract: A method of measuring quantities that indicates the state of an electrochemical device having an electrode and an ionic conductor, such as material properties or a residual capacity, without disassembling the device. The quantities are measured by comparing (a) a series of theoretical data of an electrical characteristic of the device obtained by combining at least one of an electron transportation model of the electrode, an ion transportation model of the electrode, an ion conduction model of the ionic conductor and a model of an electrochemical reaction taking place in an interface between the electrode and the ionic conductor, with a potential model of the electrode, with (b) a series of measured data of the electrical characteristic of the electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taketoshi Nakao, Masaya Ugaji, Kenichi Takeyama