Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Shibata

Tomoyuki Shibata 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: 10943625
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmitting data between a plurality of chips are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chikara Kondo, Tomoyuki Shibata, Chiaki Dono, Seiji Narui, Minehiko Uehara, Taihei Shido, Homare Sato
  • Publication number: 20210065351
    Abstract: An object count estimation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a memory and one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to: obtain an image; set, based on the image, a local area size representing a unit of object count estimation in the image; and estimate an object count in the image for each local area having the set local area size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuto Yamaji, Tomoyuki Shibata
  • Patent number: 10896343
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured to acquire a plurality of input images captured at a specific place. The processing circuitry configured to adapt an estimation model used for detecting a target object included in images to the specific place based on the plurality of input images. The processing circuitry configured to output a result of determination of an adaptation state for the specific place in the estimation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Osamu Yamaguchi, Yuto Yamaji, Masayuki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10891740
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a moving object tracking apparatus includes an acquiring unit, an associating unit, and an output control unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of moving object information representing a moving object included in a photographed image. The associating unit is configured to execute an associating process for associating a plurality of pieces of the moving object information similar to each other as the moving object information of the same moving object for three or more pieces of the moving object information. The output control unit is configured to output the associated moving object information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Yuto Yamaji
  • Patent number: 10789454
    Abstract: An image processing device includes one or more processors. The processors detects two or more first partial areas corresponding to each of two or more portions among a plurality of portions that are included in an object and that are set in advance from a first image, and detect two or more second partial areas corresponding to each of two or more portions among the portions from a second image. The processors extracts two or more first feature vectors from two or more of the first partial areas, and extract two or more second feature vectors from two or more of the second partial areas. The processors determines whether an object included in the first image and an object included in the second image are same, by using the first feature vectors and the second feature vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Yuto Yamaji, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200294197
    Abstract: An image recognition apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to input an image of an object captured by a camera. The circuitry is further configured to divide, based on a predetermined positioning point, the image into a plurality of regions, set a process region that includes the respective divided region, and set a rotation of the respective process region so that a positional relationship between up and down of the object in the respective process region matches up. The circuitry is further configured to perform the rotation to the image corresponding to the respective process region and perform a recognition process to the image after rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomokazu KAWAHARA, Tomoyuki SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10714206
    Abstract: Apparatuses including an interface chip that interfaces with dice through memory channels are described. An example apparatus includes: an interface chip that interfaces with a plurality of dice through a plurality of memory channels, each of the dice comprising a plurality of memory cells, and the interface chip comprising a test circuit. The test circuit includes: first and second terminals corresponding to the first and second memory channels respectively; a test terminal and a built in self test (BIST) circuit common to the first and second memory channels; and a selector coupled to the first and second terminals, the test terminal and the BIST circuit, and couples a first selected one of the first terminal, the test terminal and the BIST circuit to the first channel and a second selected one of the second terminal, the test terminal and the BIST circuit to the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chikara Kondo, Tomoyuki Shibata, Ryota Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200170887
    Abstract: A drug dispensing device includes: a variable cassette configured to dispense any type of drug; a mounting portion, to and from which the variable cassette is mountable and dismountable; a drive controller configured to cause the drug corresponding to the plurality of pieces of prescription data to be dispensed from the set; an allocation processor configured to allocate, based on the plurality of pieces of prescription data, drug information on the drug to be dispensed included in the plurality of pieces of prescription data to the variable cassette or the mounting portion; and a drive controller configured to drive the variable cassette in accordance with a driving condition set in advance in association with the drug information allocated to the variable cassette or the mounting portion by the allocation processor, to thereby dispense from the variable cassette the drug corresponding to the plurality of pieces of prescription data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Tomoyuki SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10672133
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a moving object tracking device includes a memory having computer executable components stored therein; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform acquiring a plurality of images; generating a plurality of pieces of tracking information indicating information obtained by tracking a moving object included in the images; generating first associated tracking information obtained by first association targeting the plurality of pieces of tracking information having a mutual time difference equal to or smaller than a threshold; generating second associated tracking information obtained by second association targeting the first associated tracking information and the tracking information, not associated by the first association, based on authentication information for identifying the moving object; and outputting the second associated tracking information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Yuto Yamaji
  • Publication number: 20200160959
    Abstract: A drug dispensing device, which is configured to separately dispense one dose of a drug based on prescription data, includes: an operation device configured to receive input given by a worker; a dispensing unit, to which a medication to be manually dispensed is to be input; a monitor configured to display a screen for supporting work of the worker based on the prescription data and on the input given by the worker; and a controller. The controller displays, on the monitor, a screen for allowing the worker to input manufacturing information on a drug to be dispensed, to receive input of the manufacturing information. The controller stores, into a storage, manufacturing information on a drug dispensed in work of dispensing a drug to one patient, in association with information for identifying the one patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHIBATA, Takuya MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20200126603
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmitting data between a plurality of chips are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chikara Kondo, Tomoyuki Shibata, Chiaki Dono, Seiji Narui, Minehiko Uehara, Taihei Shido, Homare Sato
  • Publication number: 20200089703
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a retrieval device includes one or more processors configured to retrieve a plurality of search image regions from an intended image through image search using a search query, extract a plurality of learning image regions from a learning image used in learning of the image search, through the image search using the search query, and display the search image regions and the learning image regions on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yuto YAMAJI, Tomoyuki SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10586115
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a captured image; detect a plurality of targets included in the captured image; calculate target information representing at least one of a state or an attribute and reliability of the target information for each of the plurality of detected targets on the basic of the captured image; and estimate a distribution of the target information of the plurality of targets on the basis of a distribution of the target information of targets for which the reliability is higher than a set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakasu, Tomoyuki Shibata, Kazushige Ouchi
  • Patent number: 10553263
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmitting data between a plurality of chips are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chikara Kondo, Tomoyuki Shibata, Chiaki Dono, Seiji Narui, Minehiko Uehara, Taihei Shido, Homare Sato
  • Publication number: 20190362803
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of sharing error correction memory on an interface chip are described. An example apparatus includes: at least one memory chip having a plurality of first memory cells and an interface chip coupled to the at least one memory chip and having a control circuit and a storage area. The control circuit detects one or more defective memory cells of the first memory cells of the at least one memory chip. The control circuit further stores first defective address information of the one or more defective memory cells of the first memory cells into the storage area. The interface chip responds to the first defective address information and an access request to access the storage area in place of the at least one memory chip when the access request has been provided with respect to the one or more defective memory cells of the first memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Chikara Kondo, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10395748
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of sharing error correction memory on an interface chip are described. An example apparatus includes: at least one memory chip having a plurality of first memory cells and an interface chip coupled to the at least one memory chip and having a control circuit and a storage area. The control circuit detects one or more defective memory cells of the first memory cells of the at least one memory chip. The control circuit further stores first defective address information of the one or more defective memory cells of the first memory cells into the storage area. The interface chip responds to the first defective address information and an access request to access the storage area in place of the at least one memory chip when the access request has been provided with respect to the one or more defective memory cells of the first memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Chikara Kondo, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190188456
    Abstract: An image processing device includes one or more processors. The processors detects two or more first partial areas corresponding to each of two or more portions among a plurality of portions that are included in an object and that are set in advance from a first image, and detect two or more second partial areas corresponding to each of two or more portions among the portions from a second image. The processors extracts two or more first feature vectors from two or more of the first partial areas, and extract two or more second feature vectors from two or more of the second partial areas. The processors determines whether an object included in the first image and an object included in the second image are same, by using the first feature vectors and the second feature vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHIBATA, Yuto YAMAJI, Daisuke KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190184973
    Abstract: The hybrid vehicle is configured to control an engine and a motor, such that the vehicle is driven in one drive mode among a plurality of drive modes including a Charge Depleting or CD mode in which electric power in a power storage device is consumed and a Charge Sustaining or CS mode in which state of charge of the power storage device is sustained. When a sequential position is selected by a driver in an accelerator-off state, the hybrid vehicle narrows a range of a braking torque applicable to the vehicle in the CD mode as the drive mode, compared with in the CS mode as the drive mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190122708
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmitting data between a plurality of chips are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chikara Kondo, Tomoyuki Shibata, Chiaki Dono, Seiji Narui, Minehiko Uehara, Taihei Shido, Homare Sato
  • Patent number: 10235607
    Abstract: A control device includes one or more processors. The processors detect a target captured in an image, and calculate likelihood indicating whether the target is concealed. The processors decide on an output method for outputting the target according to the likelihood. The processors generate a display image based on the image and the decided output method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hidetaka Ohira, Yuto Yamaji, Tomoyuki Shibata, Osamu Yamaguchi