Patents by Inventor Toshiyasu Sugio

Toshiyasu Sugio 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: 20230306092
    Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure is a control method in a first computer configured to access a database managing information on vehicles and electronic keys. The control method includes receiving, from a terminal of a user, authentication information including an electronic key and an identification for a vehicle; after determining that the authentication information is valid, transmitting, to the vehicle, a signal indicating that the user is permitted to use the vehicle; after the user starts using the vehicle, acquiring use information indicating a status of use of the vehicle from the vehicle; transmitting, when the electronic key is a company key correlated with a business entity, at least a part of the use information to a second computer related to the business entity; and not transmitting the use information when the electronic key is a personal key of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Tomoyuki Hirota, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Publication number: 20230302990
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a control method of a vehicle including a communication circuit capable of communicating with a computer via a network includes: acquiring, from the computer via the communication circuit, first reservation information including first boarding area information indicating a first boarding area, first seat information indicating a first seat, and first color information indicating a first color; causing the vehicle to travel to the first boarding area based on the first boarding area information; and causing, in the first boarding area, at least two lighting devices to emit light of the first color based on the first color information, the at least two lighting devices being selected from a group consisting of a first door light indicating a first door, a first seat light indicating the first seat, and a first baggage light indicating an installation position or a lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAHATA, Tomoyuki HIROTA, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA, Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • Patent number: 11770536
    Abstract: An image coding method comprising: obtaining current signals to be coded of each of the processing units of the image; generating a binary signal by performing binarization on each of the current signals to be coded; selecting a context for each of the current signals to be coded from among a plurality of contexts; performing arithmetic coding of the binary signal by using coded probability information associated with the context selected in the selecting; and updating the coded probability information based on the binary signal, wherein, in the selecting, the context for the current signal to be coded is selected, as a shared context, for a signal which is included in one of a plurality of processing units and has a size different from a size of the processing unit including the current signal to be coded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11770544
    Abstract: The image decoding method includes determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of a left block and an upper block are used, when the signal type is a first type; and the context is determined under a third condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used and a hierarchical depth of a data unit to which the control parameter of the current block belongs is used, when the signal type is a third type, and the third type is one or more of (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_I0” or “ref_idx_I1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_I0” or “mvd_I1”, (v) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vi) “cbf_luma”, and (vii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu
  • Publication number: 20230300375
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating a bitstream by encoding subspaces included in a current space in which three-dimensional points are included. The bitstream includes encoded data respectively corresponding to the subspaces. In the generating of the bitstream, a list of information about the subspaces is stored in first control information included in the bitstream. The subspaces are respectively associated with identifiers assigned to the subspaces, and the first control information is common to the encoded data. Each of the identifiers assigned to the subspaces respectively corresponding to the encoded data is stored in a header of a corresponding one of the encoded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Chung Dean HAN, Pongsak LASANG, Chi WANG, Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • Patent number: 11765364
    Abstract: An image encoding method including: a constraint information generating step of generating tile constraint information indicating whether or not there is a constraint in filtering on boundaries between adjacent tiles among a plurality of tiles obtained by dividing a picture, and storing the tile constraint information into a sequence parameter set; and a filter information generating step of generating, for each of the boundaries, one of a plurality of filter information items respectively indicating whether or not filtering is executed on the boundaries, and storing the plurality of filter information items into a plurality of picture parameter sets, wherein, in the filter information generating step, the plurality of filter information items which indicate identical content are generated when the tile constraint information indicates that there is the constraint in the filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu, Kengo Terada
  • Patent number: 11758158
    Abstract: The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is one of “ref_idx_l0” and “ref_idx_l1”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 11758174
    Abstract: A moving picture coding method includes (i) transforming, for each of one or more second processing units included in the first processing unit, a moving picture signal in a spatial domain into a frequency domain coefficient and quantizing the frequency domain coefficient, and (ii) performing arithmetic coding on a luminance CBF flag indicating whether or not a quantized coefficient is included in the second processing unit in which transform and quantization are performed, wherein, in the arithmetic coding, a probability table for use in arithmetic coding is determined according to whether or not the size of the first processing unit is identical to the size of the second processing unit and whether or not the second processing unit has a predetermined maximum size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 11758173
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; selecting one of the buffer descriptions for each processing unit that is a picture or a slice, and writing buffer description selecting information for specifying the selected buffer description, into a first header of the processing unit which is included in the coded bitstream; and coding the processing unit using the selected buffer description, and the buffer description defining information includes long-term information for identifying, among a plurality of reference pictures indicated in the buffer descriptions, a reference picture to be assigned as a long-term reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Viktor Wahadaniah, Chong Soon Lim, Sue Mon Thet Naing, Hai Wei Sun, Takahiro Nishi, Hisao Sasai, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu, Kengo Terada
  • Patent number: 11758155
    Abstract: An image decoding method of decoding, on a block-by-block basis, image data included in a coded stream includes: deriving candidates for an intra prediction mode to be used for intra prediction for a decoding target block, the number of the candidates constantly being a plural number; obtaining, from the coded stream, an index for identifying one of the derived candidates for the intra prediction mode; and determining, based on the obtained index, one of the derived candidates for the intra prediction mode as the intra prediction mode to be used for intra prediction for the decoding target block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 11756235
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining third point cloud data that is a combination of first point cloud data and second point cloud data, and includes geometry information of each of three-dimensional points included in the third point cloud data, and identification information indicating which of the first point cloud data and the second point cloud data each of the three-dimensional points belongs to; and generating encoded data by encoding the third point cloud data obtained. In the generating, identification information of each of the three-dimensional points is encoded as attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20230283788
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method is a method of encoding three-dimensional points each having an attribute information item. The three-dimensional data encoding method includes: assigning each of the three-dimensional points to any one of layers; encoding the attribute information item of each three-dimensional point using the layers; and encoding information indicating a total number of three-dimensional points belonging to each of the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • Publication number: 20230281879
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: determining a total number of layers; when the total number of the layers is greater than 1, selecting, from pieces of attribute information of three-dimensional points, attribute information of a three-dimensional point based on a sampling period according to a data order of the pieces of attribute information of the three-dimensional points, and classifying the pieces of attribute information of the three-dimensional points into layers by assigning a first layer to pieces of attribute information of three-dimensional points selected and a second layer to pieces of attribute information of three-dimensional points non-selected; encoding the pieces of attribute information of the three-dimensional points for each of the layers; and generating a bitstream including the pieces of attribute information encoded, layer-number information, and sampling period information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230281882
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding geometry information of a first three-dimensional point cloud located in a first area includes: selecting a moving method from among moving methods; determining a second area based on the moving method selected and the first area; moving a second three-dimensional point cloud located in the second area determined, to the first area, using a method in accordance with the moving method; encoding the geometry information of the first three-dimensional point cloud, based on encoded geometry information of the second three-dimensional point cloud moved to the first area; and generating a bitstream including the geometry information of the first three-dimensional point cloud encoded and moving information indicating the moving method. The moving methods include a method for rotating the second three-dimensional point cloud about a vertical axis of a mobile body that includes a sensor configured to generate the first three-dimensional point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11750844
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encodes method of encoding three-dimensional data items in time series. Each of the three-dimensional data items includes a geometry information item and an attribute information item in association with a same time point. The three-dimensional data encoding method includes: first encoding of encoding the geometry information item; and second encoding of encoding the attribute information item with reference to the geometry information item associated with the same time point. The geometry information item and the attribute information item that are in association with the same time point are included in an access unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11750797
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method is a three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding a plurality of three-dimensional points, and includes: selecting one prediction mode for calculating, using attribute information of a second three-dimensional point in a vicinity of a first three-dimensional point, a predicted value of attribute information of the first three-dimensional point; calculating a predicted value according to the one prediction mode; calculating a prediction residual that is a difference between the attribute information of the first three-dimensional point and the predicted value; and generating a bitstream that includes the one prediction mode and the prediction residual, and in the calculating of the predicted value, a predetermined fixed value is calculated as a predicted value calculated according to the one prediction mode in a case in which a predicted value based on the attribute information of the second three-dimensional point is not assigned to the one prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventor: Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11748947
    Abstract: A display method is a display method performed by a display device that operates in conjunction with a mobile object, and includes: determining which one of first surrounding information, which is video showing a surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using two-dimensional information, and second surrounding information, which is video showing the surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using three-dimensional data, is to be displayed, based on a driving condition of the mobile object; and displaying the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information that is determined to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Koyama, Takahiro Nishi, Toshiyasu Sugio, Tadamasa Toma, Satoshi Yoshikawa, Toru Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 11750840
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: encoding divided data items to generate encoded data items each corresponding to a respective one of the divided data items, the divided data items being included in subspaces obtained by dividing a current space including three-dimensional points, the divided data items each including one or more three-dimensional points among the three-dimensional points; and generating a bitstream including the encoded data items and control information items each corresponding to a respective one of the encoded data items. Each of the control information items includes a first identifier and a second identifier. The first identifier indicates a subspace corresponding to an encoded data item corresponding to the control information item, and the second identifier indicates a divided data item corresponding to the encoded data item corresponding to the control information item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11741717
    Abstract: A data generator which achieves further improvement includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: obtains sensing data from each of a plurality of moving bodies that includes a plurality of sensors, the sensing data being configured based on results of sensing by the plurality of sensors; and generates synthesized data by mapping the sensing data of the moving body into a virtual space, and when generating the synthesized data, determines a position of the sensing data to be mapped into the virtual space, based at least on a position of the moving body in a real space corresponding to the sensing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11743497
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: encoding pieces of attribute information of respective three-dimensional points, using parameters; and generating a bitstream including the pieces of attribute information encoded, control information, and pieces of first attribute control information. The control information corresponds to the pieces of attribute information and includes pieces of type information each indicating a type of different attribute information, the pieces of first attribute control information correspond one-to-one with the pieces of attribute information, and each of the pieces of first attribute control information includes first identification information indicating that the first attribute control information is associated with one of the pieces of type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio