Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Oosaka

Tomoyuki Oosaka 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: 9031862
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an advertisement delivery target identifying apparatus, an advertisement delivery apparatus, an advertisement delivery target identifying method, an advertisement delivery method, a program, and a recording medium that allow an advertisement effect to be increased by identifying an advertisement delivery target. An advertisement delivery target identifying apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit of acquiring an image of a person present within and outside of a visible range of an advertisement; an expected moving range calculating unit of calculating an expected moving range in future of the person from the image; a score calculating unit of calculating a score based on a relationship between the visible range of an advertisement and the calculated expected moving range; and an advertisement delivery target identifying unit of identifying a person to be a target of an advertisement to be delivered based on the calculated score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuriko Hiyama, Tomoyuki Oosaka, Kazuya Ueki
  • Publication number: 20130241821
    Abstract: This invention relates to an image processing apparatus that displays an image for plural persons and has a higher operationality for a person who is viewing the image. The apparatus includes an image display unit that displays an image, a sensing unit that senses an image of plural persons gathered in front of the image display unit, a gesture recognition unit that recognizes, from the image sensed by the sensing unit, a gesture performed by each of the plural persons for the image displayed on the image display unit, and a display control unit that makes a display screen transit based on a recognized result by the gesture recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuriko Hiyama, Tomoyuki Oosaka
  • Publication number: 20130229342
    Abstract: An apparatus of this invention is an information processing apparatus for providing information to general public. This information processing apparatus displays a screen including an inducement image to induce a hand motion. The hand motions of persons in the sensed public are recognized. According to the feature of this invention, out of the persons in the sensed public, a person whose recognized hand motion corresponds to the hand motion to be induced by the inducement image is identified. The identified person is set as the advertising target person, thereby producing an opportunity for persons to pay attention to advertising information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuriko Hiyama, Tomoyuki Oosaka
  • Publication number: 20130198003
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an advertisement delivery target identifying apparatus, an advertisement delivery apparatus, an advertisement delivery target identifying method, an advertisement delivery method, a program, and a recording medium that allow an advertisement effect to be increased by identifying an advertisement delivery target. An advertisement delivery target identifying apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit of acquiring an image of a person present within and outside of a visible range of an advertisement; an expected moving range calculating unit of calculating an expected moving range in future of the person from the image; a score calculating unit of calculating a score based on a relationship between the visible range of an advertisement and the calculated expected moving range; and an advertisement delivery target identifying unit of identifying a person to be a target of an advertisement to be delivered based on the calculated score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: NEC SOFT, LTD., NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuriko Hiyama, Tomoyuki Oosaka, Kazuya Ueki