Patents by Inventor Tomoko Shintani

Tomoko Shintani 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: 20240112450
    Abstract: An information processing device of the present invention is capable of collaboration with a learning device to determine whether an image group that has been obtained in time series by the first endoscope is an image group obtained at a first time or at a second time, and to create a first inference model for image feature determination of images for the first endoscope by performing learning with results of having performed annotation on the image group that was obtained at the second time as training data, the information processing device comprising at least one or a plurality of classifying processors that classify image groups constituting training data candidates, within an image group from the first endoscope that has been newly acquired, or an image group from a second endoscope, using the image group that has been obtained at the first time, when the first inference model was created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Akira TANI, Osamu NONAKA, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Tomoko GOCHO
  • Patent number: 11733951
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform determining whether a position of a first device is a predetermined position, and controlling image displays on a first display portion provided at the first device and a second display portion provided at a second device in accordance with a determination result. The microprocessor is configured to perform the controlling including controlling image displays on the first display portion and the second display portion so that a predetermined image is displayed on the first display portion before it is determined that the first device is the predetermined position, and the predetermined image is displayed while gradually moving over time from the first display portion to the second display portion when it is determined that the first device is the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yashiki, Takashi Tetsuka, Atsushi Ito, Nanami Tsukamoto, Shinichiro Yamauchi, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 11481835
    Abstract: A predicted energy consumption calculation unit calculates, when an on-vehicle apparatus of a rental vehicle is operated during the period of depositing an article in a deposit space of the rental vehicle, a predicted energy consumption that is a predicted value of the amount of energy consumed by the on-vehicle apparatus. A rentable period determination unit determines a rentable period of the deposit space on the basis of the predicted energy consumption calculated by the predicted energy consumption calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Suzuki, Naoko Imai, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 11438450
    Abstract: An information transmission apparatus includes: a mode instruction unit configured to instruct a first mode to permit a voice output by the voice output unit or a second mode to prohibit the voice output; an image control unit configured to control a display image of a display unit so as to display an agent image including a face image of an agent; and an output determination unit configured to determine whether or not output of information to the user is necessary. The image control unit controls the display image so as to display, when the output determination unit determines output of information is necessary without being input a voice of an utterance by the user in a state where the second mode is instructed, a second agent image including a second face image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tetsuka, Atsushi Ito, Nanami Tsukamoto, Shinichiro Yamauchi, Tomoko Shintani, Tetsuya Yashiki
  • Publication number: 20220075587
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform determining whether a position of a first device is a predetermined position, and controlling image displays on a first display portion provided at the first device and a second display portion provided at a second device in accordance with a determination result. The microprocessor is configured to perform the controlling including controlling image displays on the first display portion and the second display portion so that a predetermined image is displayed on the first display portion before it is determined that the first device is the predetermined position, and the predetermined image is displayed while gradually moving over time from the first display portion to the second display portion when it is determined that the first device is the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yashiki, Takashi Tetsuka, Atsushi Ito, Nanami Tsukamoto, Shinichiro Yamauchi, Tomoko Shintani
  • Publication number: 20220014618
    Abstract: An information transmission apparatus includes: a mode instruction unit configured to instruct a first mode to permit a voice output by the voice output unit or a second mode to prohibit the voice output; an image control unit configured to control a display image of a display unit so as to display an agent image including a face image of an agent; and an output determination unit configured to determine whether or not output of information to the user is necessary. The image control unit controls the display image so as to display, when the output determination unit determines output of information is necessary without being input a voice of an utterance by the user in a state where the second mode is instructed, a second agent image including a second face image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Tetsuka, Atsushi Ito, Nanami Tsukamoto, Shinichiro Yamauchi, Tomoko Shintani, Tetsuya Yashiki
  • Publication number: 20210383441
    Abstract: A service-providing-apparatus includes: profile-information-storage-unit storing profile-information including information representing personality of each of service-providers and user; service-information-storage-unit storing information about the service provided by the service-providers; request-information-acquisition-unit acquiring request-information about service requested by the user; candidate-extraction-unit extracting candidate who can provide the service requested by the user to the user based on the request-information; profile-comparison-unit comparing the profile-information about the candidate and the user; provider-determination-unit determining service-provider who provides the service requested by the user to the user based on comparison-result; and user-information-acquisition-unit acquiring user-information of each of the service-providers and the user transmitted from user-device of each of the service-providers and the user and storing the user-information acquired in the profile-infor
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Nanami Tsukamoto, Shinichiro Yamauchi, Tomoko Shintani, Tetsuya Yashiki, Takashi Tetsuka
  • Patent number: 11040596
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an article storage condition acquiring section that acquires a storage condition of an article that is accommodated in a room of a vehicle, and an indoor environment control section that controls an indoor environment of the vehicle by operating an air-conditioning device of the vehicle, and sunshades, based on the storage condition acquired in the article storage condition acquiring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Suzuki, Naoko Imai, Tomoko Shintani
  • Publication number: 20210012600
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a delivery request accepting section that accepts a delivery request of an article to a vehicle by a user of the vehicle, a vehicle position recognizing section that recognizes a position of the vehicle, and a delivery request transmitting section that transmits delivery request information including information, on the article, specified by the delivery request and information on the position, of the vehicle, recognized by the vehicle position recognizing section to a delivery company system, when the delivery request accepting section accepts the delivery request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Naoko Imai, Atsuyuki Suzuki, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 10807566
    Abstract: A parking system which communicates with a communication terminal of a parking staff Ps who takes charge of deadheading vehicles between a loading space and an unloading space of vehicles and a vehicle storage space by valet parking includes a loading vehicle recognition unit which recognizes that a target vehicle for the valet parking is parked in the loading space, and an electronic key management unit which transmits an electronic key for enabling an operation of the target vehicle to the communication terminal of the parking staff when the loading vehicle recognition unit recognizes that the target vehicle is parked in the loading space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Imai, Takashi Mori, Shigenori Hiruta, Atsuyuki Suzuki, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 10807565
    Abstract: A scheduled use period recognition unit recognizes a scheduled period for use of a vehicle by a user. An unscheduled use detection unit detects an unscheduled use start operation that is an operation performed by a provider so as to start the use of the vehicle during the scheduled use period. An unscheduled use inhibition unit executes, when the unscheduled use start operation is detected, unscheduled use inhibition processing for inhibiting the use of the vehicle by the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Suzuki, Naoko Imai, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 10773726
    Abstract: An information provision device (60) includes: an emotion engine (66) which estimates an emotion of a test driver P1 of a vehicle (1); an action detection unit (65) which detects an action performed on the vehicle (1) by the test driver P1; a function-of-interest estimation unit (67) which estimates a specific function that interests the test driver P1 from among the functions possessed by the vehicle (1) based on the action of the test driver P1 detected by the action detection unit (65) and the emotion of the test driver P1 estimated by the emotion engine (66) when an action is detected; and an information provision unit (69) which provides the test driver P1 with information on the specific function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Goto, Hiromitsu Yuhara, Tomoko Shintani, Eisuke Soma
  • Patent number: 10706270
    Abstract: An information provision device is disclosed. The information provision device comprises: cameras and a driver's seat microphone which detect the state of a user of a moving body, the user being located within a predetermined area including the moving body; an emotion engine which estimates emotions of the user based on the detection results from the cameras and the driver's seat microphone; and an image transmission unit which, when the emotion level of the user estimated by the emotion engine is increased by a predetermined level or higher, captures an image of the user through the driver's seat camera and transmits the captured image data of the user to a communication terminal of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Goto, Tomoko Shintani, Hiromitsu Yuhara, Eisuke Soma
  • Patent number: 10602211
    Abstract: A method includes displaying content on a television, detecting a personal display device in proximity of the television, detecting a selection of content displayed on the television, detecting an instruction associated with the selection, displaying, based on the instruction, information associated with the selection on the personal display device and displaying on the television an alert indicating that the information associated with the selection is on the personal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Garner, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 10569727
    Abstract: A mobile unit control device is installed in a vehicle and includes a user detector that detects a user located within a first predetermined distance from the vehicle; a sight line detector that detects the direction of the sight line of the user detected by the user detector; and a response controller that performs interest response processing of, when the sight line detector detects that the sight line of the user is directed toward the vehicle, actuating an accessory (e.g., headlights, tail lamps) provided in the vehicle to change in a manner recognizable from outside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Shintani, Hiromitsu Yuhara, Eisuke Soma, Shinichiro Goto
  • Publication number: 20200005389
    Abstract: A predicted energy consumption calculation unit calculates, when an on-vehicle apparatus of a rental vehicle is operated during the period of depositing an article in a deposit space of the rental vehicle, a predicted energy consumption that is a predicted value of the amount of energy consumed by the on-vehicle apparatus. A rentable period determination unit determines a rentable period of the deposit space on the basis of the predicted energy consumption calculated by the predicted energy consumption calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Suzuki, Naoko Imai, Tomoko Shintani
  • Publication number: 20200001824
    Abstract: A scheduled use period recognition unit recognizes a scheduled period for use of a vehicle by a user. An unscheduled use detection unit detects an unscheduled use start operation that is an operation performed by a provider so as to start the use of the vehicle during the scheduled use period. An unscheduled use inhibition unit executes, when the unscheduled use start operation is detected, unscheduled use inhibition processing for inhibiting the use of the vehicle by the provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Suzuki, Naoko Imai, Tomoko Shintani
  • Publication number: 20200001825
    Abstract: A parking system which communicates with a communication terminal of a parking staff Ps who takes charge of deadheading vehicles between a loading space and an unloading space of vehicles and a vehicle storage space by valet parking includes a loading vehicle recognition unit which recognizes that a target vehicle for the valet parking is parked in the loading space, and an electronic key management unit which transmits an electronic key for enabling an operation of the target vehicle to the communication terminal of the parking staff when the loading vehicle recognition unit recognizes that the target vehicle is parked in the loading space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Naoko Imai, Takashi Mori, Shigenori Hiruta, Atsuyuki Suzuki, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 10513235
    Abstract: A mobile unit control device is installed in a vehicle and includes a user detector that detects a user located within a first predetermined distance from the vehicle; a sight line detector that detects the direction of the sight line of the user detected by the user detector; and a response controller that performs interest response processing of, when the sight line detector detects that the sight line of the user is directed toward the vehicle, actuating an accessory (e.g., headlights, tail lamps) provided in the vehicle to change in a manner recognizable from outside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Shintani, Hiromitsu Yuhara, Eisuke Soma, Shinichiro Goto
  • Patent number: 10475470
    Abstract: A processing result error detection device includes: a behavior recognition unit which recognizes behavior of a user; a processing unit which executes a process dependent on the behavior of the user; an emotion presumption unit which presumes an intensity of emotion of the user based on reaction of the user to a processing result; and a judgment unit which judges that the processing result includes an error when the presumed intensity of emotion of the user is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Soma, Hiromitsu Yuhara, Tomoko Shintani, Shinichiro Goto