Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Yao

Yasuhiro Yao 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: 20250052590
    Abstract: A road boundary detection device is a road boundary detection device that acquires a set of lines corresponding to a road boundary from point cloud data as road boundary information. The road boundary detection device includes: a candidate point detection unit that detects each point of road boundary candidates corresponding to candidates of a road boundary from the point cloud data; a candidate point clustering unit that clusters each point of the road boundary candidates; an adjacent cluster reduction unit that reduces a cluster from a distribution of points in clusters in an adjacency relationship by using a predetermined cluster reduction method; a line fitting unit that fits one or more straight lines or curved lines to one or more of the clusters and output fitted lines as road boundary candidates; a line connecting unit that connects some of the fitted lines by using a predetermined analysis method; and an information output unit that outputs a calculated line as the road boundary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiga YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro YAO, Naoki ITO, Jun SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250045875
    Abstract: An input processing unit receives an image and a three-dimensional point cloud including three-dimensional points having reflection intensity on a surface of an object for which at least a relationship between an image capturing position and a measurement position is obtained in advance, and obtains pixel positions on the image corresponding to the respective three-dimensional points of the three-dimensional point cloud. A shadow region estimation unit performs clustering on pixels of the image on the basis of pixel values and pixel positions, obtains an average reflection intensity and an average value of quantified color information for each of clusters, and estimates a shadow region by performing comparison in the average reflection intensity and the average value of the color information between the clusters. A shadow correction unit corrects pixel values of the shadow region from the shadow region estimated and the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo SATO, Yasuhiro YAO, Shingo ANDO, Jun SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250037402
    Abstract: A position and posture estimation device acquires three-dimensional point cloud data at each of times and position data at each of times, the three-dimensional point cloud data being measured every time a first time elapses, the position data being measured every time a second time longer than the first time elapses. The position and posture estimation device estimates a local position in a local coordinate system and a local posture in the local coordinate system. The position and posture estimation device estimates an estimated absolute position and an estimated absolute posture in an absolute coordinate system every time the position data is acquired. The position and posture estimation device generates provisional three-dimensional point cloud data in the absolute coordinate system every time the position data is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Kana KURATA, Shingo ANDO, Jun SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 12136252
    Abstract: A point group including a small number of points that have been assigned labels is taken as an input to assign labels to points that have not been assigned labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yao, Kazuhiko Murasaki, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 12106438
    Abstract: Annotation can be easily performed on a three-dimensional point cloud and a working time can be reduced. An interface unit 22 displays a point cloud indicating a three-dimensional point on an object, and receives designation of a three-dimensional point indicating an annotation target object and designation of a three-dimensional point not indicating the annotation target object. A candidate cluster calculation unit 32 calculates a value of a predetermined evaluation function indicating a likelihood of a point cloud cluster being the annotation target object based on the designation of a three-dimensional point for point cloud clusters obtained by clustering the point clouds. A cluster selection and storage designation unit 34 causes the interface unit 22 to display the point cloud clusters in descending order of the value of the evaluation function, and receives a selection of a point cloud cluster to be annotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niigaki, Yasuhiro Yao, Shingo Ando, Kana Kurata, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 12094153
    Abstract: Provided is a point cloud analysis device that curbs a decrease in model estimation accuracy due to a laser measurement point cloud. A clustering unit (30) clusters a point cloud representing a three-dimensional point on an object obtained by a measurement unit mounted on a moving body and performing measurement while scanning a measurement position, within a scan line, to obtain a point cloud cluster. A central axis direction estimation unit (32) estimates a central axis direction based on the point cloud cluster. A direction-dependent local effective length estimation unit (34) estimates a local effective length based on an estimated central axis direction and an interval of scan lines, the local effective length being a length when a length of projection of the point cloud cluster in a central axis direction for each of the point cloud clusters is interpolated by an amount of a loss part of the point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niigaki, Yasuhiro Yao, Masaaki Inoue, Tomoya Shimizu, Yukihiro Goto, Shigehiro Matsuda, Ryuji Honda, Hiroyuki Oshida, Kana Kurata, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Publication number: 20240281501
    Abstract: A three-dimensional point group is accurately identified on the basis of GIS data in which a geographical position of an object is defined by a polygon, a line, or a point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kana KURATA, Yasuhiro YAO, Naoki ITO, Jun SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 12067763
    Abstract: A three-dimensional point cloud label learning and estimation device includes: a clustering unit that clusters a three-dimensional point cloud into clusters; a learning unit that makes a neural network learn to estimate a label corresponding to an object to which points contained in each of the clusters belong; and an estimation unit that estimates a label for the cluster using the neural network learned at the learning unit. In the three-dimensional point cloud label learning and estimation device, the neural network uses a total sum of sigmoid function values (sum of sigmoid) when performing feature extraction on the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yao, Hitoshi Niigaki, Kana Kurata, Kazuhiko Murasaki, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 11922650
    Abstract: It is possible to estimate a slack level accurately in consideration of a shape of a deformed cable. A point cloud analysis device sets a plurality of regions of interest obtained by window-searching a wire model including a quadratic curve model representing a cable obtained from a point cloud consisting of three-dimensional points on an object, the region of interest being divided into a first region and a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niigaki, Masaki Waki, Masaaki Inoue, Yasuhiro Yao, Tomoya Shimizu, Hiroyuki Oshida, Kana Kurata, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 11900622
    Abstract: Dense depth information can be generated using only a monocular image and sparse depth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yao, Shingo Ando, Kana Kurata, Hitoshi Niigaki, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 11887387
    Abstract: A mesh structure facility detection device detects data corresponding to a mesh structure facility from three-dimensional structure data representing a space including an outer shape of an object, and projects the three-dimensional structure data in a predetermined direction to obtain two-dimensional structure data; and detects a point included in a region in which the two-dimensional structure data has a density of more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value as a point corresponding to the mesh structure facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yao, Hitoshi Niigaki, Kana Kurata, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Publication number: 20230409964
    Abstract: An identification device acquires a plurality of identification target points by sampling a target point group that is a set of three-dimensional target points. The identification device calculates relative coordinates of a neighboring point of the identification target point with respect to the identification target point. The identification device inputs coordinates of the plurality of identification target points and relative coordinates of neighboring points with respect to each of the plurality of identification target points into a class label assigning learned model to acquire class labels of the plurality of identification target points and validity of the class labels with respect to the neighboring points for each of the plurality of identification target points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kana KURATA, Yasuhiro YAO, Naoki ITO, Shingo ANDO, Jun SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230260216
    Abstract: Annotation can be easily performed on a three-dimensional point cloud and a working time can be reduced. An interface unit 22 displays a point cloud indicating a three-dimensional point on an object, and receives designation of a three-dimensional point indicating an annotation target object and designation of a three-dimensional point not indicating the annotation target object. A candidate cluster calculation unit 32 calculates a value of a predetermined evaluation function indicating a likelihood of a point cloud cluster being the annotation target object based on the designation of a three-dimensional point for point cloud clusters obtained by clustering the point clouds. A cluster selection and storage designation unit 34 causes the interface unit 22 to display the point cloud clusters in descending order of the value of the evaluation function, and receives a selection of a point cloud cluster to be annotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Yasuhiro YAO, Shingo ANDO, Kana KURATA, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20230040195
    Abstract: A class label of a three-dimensional point cloud can be identified with high performance. The key point choice unit 22 extracts a key point cloud 35 including three-dimensional points efficiently representing features of an object and a non-key point cloud 37. A inference unit 24 takes, as representative points, a plurality of points selected by down-sampling from each of the key point cloud 35 and the non-key point cloud 37, extracts, with respect to each of the representative points, a feature of each representative point from coordinates and the feature of the representative point and coordinates and features of neighboring points positioned near the representative point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kana KURATA, Yasuhiro YAO, Shingo ANDO, Jun SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220392193
    Abstract: A clustering unit (101) divides an input three-dimensional point cloud into a plurality of clusters and outputs cluster data, a surrounding point sampling unit (102) extracts, for each of the plurality of clusters, a surrounding three-dimensional point cloud present within a predetermined distance of the cluster based on the three-dimensional point cloud and the cluster data, a learning unit (103) receives, as inputs, extended cluster data including information on a three-dimensional point cloud included in each cluster obtained by the division and information on the extracted surrounding three-dimensional point cloud and a correct answer label indicative of an object to which the three-dimensional point cloud included in each cluster belongs, and learns a parameter of a DNN for estimating a label of each cluster from the extended cluster data, and an estimation unit (104) inputs the extended cluster data related to the cluster of which the label is unknown to the DNN of which the parameter is trained to esti
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Shingo ANDO, Jun SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220262097
    Abstract: A point group including a small number of points that have been assigned labels is taken as an input to assign labels to points that have not been assigned labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Kazuhiko MURASAKI, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220254173
    Abstract: A mesh structure facility detection device that detects data corresponding to a mesh structure facility from three-dimensional structure data representing a space including an outer shape of an object, includes: a projection unit that projects the three-dimensional structure data in a predetermined direction to obtain two-dimensional structure data; and a detection unit that detects a point included in a region in which the two-dimensional structure data has a density of more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value as a point corresponding to the mesh structure facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Kana KURATA, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220230347
    Abstract: It is possible to estimate a slack level accurately in consideration of a shape of a deformed cable. A point cloud analysis device sets a plurality of regions of interest obtained by window-searching a wire model including a quadratic curve model representing a cable obtained from a point cloud consisting of three-dimensional points on an object, the region of interest being divided into a first region and a second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Masaki WAKI, Masaaki INOUE, Yasuhiro YAO, Tomoya SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki OSHIDA, Kana KURATA, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220222933
    Abstract: A three-dimensional point cloud label learning and estimation device includes: a clustering unit that clusters a three-dimensional point cloud into clusters; a learning unit that makes a neural network learn to estimate a label corresponding to an object to which points contained in each of the clusters belong; and an estimation unit that estimates a label for the cluster using the neural network learned at the learning unit. In the three-dimensional point cloud label learning and estimation device, the neural network uses a total sum of sigmoid function values (sum of sigmoid) when performing feature extraction on the cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAO, Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Kana KURATA, Kazuhiko MURASAKI, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220215572
    Abstract: Provided is a point cloud analysis device that curbs a decrease in model estimation accuracy due to a laser measurement point cloud. A clustering unit (30) clusters a point cloud representing a three-dimensional point on an object obtained by a measurement unit mounted on a moving body and performing measurement while scanning a measurement position, within a scan line, to obtain a point cloud cluster. A central axis direction estimation unit (32) estimates a central axis direction based on the point cloud cluster. A direction-dependent local effective length estimation unit (34) estimates a local effective length based on an estimated central axis direction and an interval of scan lines, the local effective length being a length when a length of projection of the point cloud cluster in a central axis direction for each of the point cloud clusters is interpolated by an amount of a loss part of the point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NIIGAKI, Yasuhiro YAO, Masaaki INOUE, Tomoya SHIMIZU, Yukihiro GOTO, Shigehiro MATSUDA, Ryuji HONDA, Hiroyuki OSHIDA, Kana KURATA, Shingo ANDO, Atsushi SAGATA