Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Itou
Yoshihiro Itou 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).
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Patent number: 11900316Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Itou, Kanako Taga, Takenobu Kitahara
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Publication number: 20230394430Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro ITOU, Kanako TAGA, Takenobu KITAHARA
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Publication number: 20230394429Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro ITOU, Kanako TAGA, Takenobu KITAHARA
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Publication number: 20230394428Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro ITOU, Kanako TAGA, Takenobu KITAHARA
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Patent number: 11416839Abstract: Provided are a checkout device, a control method, and a storage medium that can smoothly perform a checkout process for a customer in accordance with a status. The checkout device includes: a first input/output unit; a second input/output unit provided to face a different direction from the first input/output unit; and a control unit that selects an input/output unit which accepts input related to a checkout process from the first input/output unit and the second input/output unit based on at least one of status of the checkout device and time.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Uchimura, Yoshihiro Itou, Kazuki Miura
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Publication number: 20220172157Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro ITOU, Kanako TAGA, Takenobu KITAHARA
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Patent number: 11288627Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Itou, Kanako Taga, Takenobu Kitahara
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Publication number: 20210192486Abstract: Provided are a checkout device, a control method, and a storage medium that can smoothly perform a checkout process for a customer in accordance with a status. The checkout device includes: a first input/output unit; a second input/output unit provided to face a different direction from the first input/output unit; and a control unit that selects an input/output unit which accepts input related to a checkout process from the first input/output unit and the second input/output unit based on at least one of status of the checkout device and time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yoshihiro ITOU, Kazuki MIURA
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Patent number: 10824873Abstract: A product registration apparatus (20) includes a comparison unit (22) and a registration unit (24). The comparison unit (22) compares a first frame and a second frame of a video. The second frame is generated at a time later than the first frame. The comparison unit (22) determines a product that is not included in the first frame but included in the second frame. Then, the registration unit (24) registers the determined product (product that is not included in the first frame but included in the second frame) as a payment target.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Dai Kinno, Kota Iwamoto, Shinichi Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Itou, Shinya Yamasaki, Kanako Taga
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Patent number: 10762486Abstract: There is provided a checkout apparatus (10) including an image data acquisition unit (11) which acquires data on an image, an image analysis unit (12) which recognizes a product in the image, using a feature value of appearance of each of a plurality of products registered in a feature value storage unit (14) and the image data; a registration unit (13) which registers the product recognized by the image analysis unit (12) as a checkout target, and a projection unit (15) which projects an image related to a checkout process on the product and/or a placement surface of a placement platform of the product.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Dai Kinno, Kota Iwamoto, Shinichi Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Itou, Shinya Yamasaki, Kanako Taga
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Publication number: 20200151657Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Itou, Kanako Taga, Takenobu Kitahara
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Patent number: 10579962Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a product recognition unit (2020), a shelf label recognition unit (2040), and a determination unit (2060). The product recognition unit (2020) recognizes the number of types of products or positions of each type of products from a target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes the number or positions of shelf labels indicating information of the products from the target image. The determination unit (2060) determines whether or not there is an error in a relationship between the recognized number of types of products and the recognized number of shelf labels or in a relationship between the recognized positions of each type of products and the recognized positions of the shelf labels.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Itou, Kanako Taga, Takenobu Kitahara
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Patent number: 10510218Abstract: A checkout apparatus (10) includes an image data acquisition unit (11) that acquires data of an image; an image analysis unit (12) that recognizes a plurality of products in the image using a feature value of an exterior of each of the products registered in a feature value storage unit (14) and the data of the image; a reading necessity or non-necessity check unit (15) that extracts the product for which it is necessary to read a product code from among the recognized products, using an object-to-be-read storage unit (16) in which the product for which it is necessary to read the product code is registered in advance; and a reading unit (17) that reads the product code of the product extracted by the reading necessity or non-necessity check unit (15).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Dai Kinno, Kota Iwamoto, Shinichi Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Itou, Shinya Yamasaki, Kanako Taga
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Patent number: 10422264Abstract: A work machine provided with an exhaust gas purifying device includes a selective catalytic reducing device that performs treatment on exhaust gas of an engine, and a reducing agent injection device that injects a reducing agent into exhaust gas to be supplied to the selective catalytic reducing device. The work machine is provided with a housing that delimits an engine room accommodating the engine and the exhaust gas purifying device. The housing includes a top board that covers the engine room above the engine, and an exhaust duct that is provided in the top board and discharges the air in the engine room to the outside of the engine room. A part of a reducing agent supply pipe for guiding the reducing agent to the reducing agent injection device is disposed in the exhaust duct in a position above the reducing agent injection device.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Itou, Hiroyuki Kizaki, Takashi Takeyama
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Patent number: 10301995Abstract: An oxidation catalyst device is placed so that a central axis of the oxidation catalyst device may be oriented along a right and left direction of a work vehicle; a reducing agent injection device is placed so that a central axis of the reducing agent injection device may be oriented along a front and rear direction of the work vehicle; and a selective catalytic reduction device is placed so that a central axis of the selective catalytic reduction device may be oriented along the front and rear direction of the work vehicle, in which the oxidation catalyst device, the reducing agent injection device, and the selective catalytic reduction device are arranged so as to have a relationship that the central axes thereof become the same in height, and the central axis of the selective catalytic reduction device is placed so as to pass through the oxidation catalyst device.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Takashi Takeyama, Hiroyuki Kizaki, Yoshihiro Itou
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Publication number: 20190034904Abstract: A checkout apparatus (10) includes: an image data acquisition unit (11) that acquires data of an image; a product recognition unit (12) that recognizes, using a feature value of an exterior of each of a plurality of products registered in a product feature value storage unit (14) and the data of the image, a product in the image; a medium recognition unit (15) that recognizes, using a feature value of an exterior of each of payment media and/or point accumulation media used to accumulate a point in accordance with payment which are registered in a medium feature value storage unit (16) and the data of the image, a payment medium and/or a point accumulation medium in the image; and a payment processing unit (17) that performs a payment process using a recognition result by the medium recognition unit (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Dai KINNO, Kota IWAMOTO, Shinichi MATSUMOTO, Yoshihiro ITOU, Shinya YAMASAKI, Kanako TAGA
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Patent number: 10191500Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a hot and cold water mixing device for reducing degradation in the measurement accuracy of a flowmeter. In the device according to the invention, the flowmeter is disposed in one of a hot water supply path and a cold water supply path, having a higher flow rate. At least first and second temperature sensors are individually disposed in at least two of the hot and cold water supply paths and a mixed water path. A hot and cold water adjustment unit adjusts a mixing volume of hot water and cold water based on measurement values of the flowmeter disposed in one of the flow paths having a higher flow rate, a mixed water path flowmeter and at least the first and second temperature sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Akita, Daiki Matsusaki, Tatsuya Takaoka, Yoshihiro Itou, Naoki Shibata
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Publication number: 20190026562Abstract: A product registration apparatus (20) includes a comparison unit (22) and a registration unit (24). The comparison unit (22) compares a first frame and a second frame of a video. The second frame is generated at a time later than the first frame. The comparison unit (22) determines a product that is not included in the first frame but included in the second frame. Then, the registration unit (24) registers the determined product (product that is not included in the first frame but included in the second frame) as a payment target.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Dai KINNO, Kota IWAMOTO, Shinichi MATSUMOTO, Yoshihiro ITOU, Shinya YAMASAKI, Kanako TAGA
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Publication number: 20190026999Abstract: A checkout apparatus (10) includes an image data acquisition unit (11) that acquires data of an image; an image analysis unit (12) that recognizes a plurality of products in the image using a feature value of an exterior of each of the products registered in a feature value storage unit (14) and the data of the image; a reading necessity or non-necessity check unit (15) that extracts the product for which it is necessary to read a product code from among the recognized products, using an object-to-be-read storage unit (16) in which the product for which it is necessary to read the product code is registered in advance; and a reading unit (17) that reads the product code of the product extracted by the reading necessity or non-necessity check unit (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Dai KINNO, Kota IWAMOTO, Shinichi MATSUMOTO, Yoshihiro ITOU, Shinya YAMASAKI, Kanako TAGA
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Patent number: D999792Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsumi Usami, Atsushi Ninomiya, Yusuke Daimon, Masaru Oda, Kazuo Ishida, Yoshihiro Itou, Shoroku Kawahara