Patents by Inventor Yuji Tahara

Yuji Tahara 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: 20240095665
    Abstract: The acquisition unit (110) acquires target period information that can determine a first period. The first period is a period being a setting target of a preparation plan of a product cooked at a target store. The screen display unit (120) displays a first screen on a display. The first screen includes an input field of a preparation number of the product by a plurality of kinds of the products. Then, an arrangement order of the input field associated with each of the two or more products described above on the first screen is the same as an arrangement order of the two or more products described above on the display shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Rina TOMITA, Yuji TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20240086837
    Abstract: An out-of-stock detection apparatus (10) includes an acquisition unit (110) and an image processing unit (120). The acquisition unit (110) acquires a first image including a display shelf on which a product is displayed. The image processing unit (120) determines, by processing the first image, whether a stockout is occurring on the display shelf. The image processing unit (120) generates first statistical information that indicates a result obtained by statistically processing colorfulness of a plurality of pixels included in at least a portion of the first image. The image processing unit (120) determines, using the first statistical information, whether a stockout is occurring on the display shelf. The first statistical information is, for example, an average value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Rina TOMITA, Yuji TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20240078592
    Abstract: A sales information processing apparatus (10) includes a sales data acquisition unit (130) and a graph display unit (140). The sales data acquisition unit (130) acquires sales data of a first store and sales data of a second store. The graph display unit (140) causes a display (150) to display a graph having two axes representing a sales result and a disposal result. Further, the graph display unit (140) displays, in the graph displayed on the display (150), a first position corresponding to the first store and a second position corresponding to the second store. The graph display unit (140) determines the first position and the second position by using the sales data acquired by the sales data acquisition unit (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Rina TOMITA, Yuji TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20240054553
    Abstract: The sales data acquisition unit (110) acquires sales data and discard data. The sales data indicate at least one of a number of sales and a number of preparations of a product in a first shop for each unit period. The discard data indicate a number of discards of the product for the each unit period. The customer data acquisition unit (120) acquires customer data. The customer data indicate at least one of a number of customers in the first shop and a traffic amount of a first area for the each unit period. The first area is an area including the first shop. The relevance data generation unit (130) generates relevance data indicating relevance among the sales data, the discard data, and the customer data, and displays the relevance data on a display (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Tomita, Yuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20230401859
    Abstract: A management apparatus manages a target facility to which an optically readable optical information indicating a facility identification information is added. The management apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects the optical information from a first image obtained by imaging the target facility; a determination unit that determines an extraction condition for extracting an extraction image including at least a part of the target facility, on the basis of the first image; and an association unit that associates the facility identification information indicated by the optical information with the determined extraction condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Tahara, Mitsunori Morisaki
  • Publication number: 20230401856
    Abstract: A remote monitoring apparatus includes a distribution unit that (i) distributes to a user terminal a second image to which position information indicating a different position from that indicated by first position information, which is position information added to a first image, is added and to which time information indicating a same time as that indicated by first time information, which is time information added to the first image, is added when receiving from the user terminal a first switching instruction indicating image switching of the first image in one direction, and (ii) distributes to the user terminal a third image to which position information indicating a same position as that indicated by the first position information is added and to which time information indicating a different time from that indicated by the first time information is added, when receiving from the user terminal a second switching instruction indicating image switching of the first image in another direction that crosses th
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20230401858
    Abstract: A remote monitoring apparatus includes a distribution unit that (i) distributes to a user terminal a second image to which position information indicating a different position from that indicated by first position information, which is position information added to a first image, is added and to which time information indicating a same time as that indicated by first time information, which is time information added to the first image, is added when receiving from the user terminal a first switching instruction indicating image switching of the first image in one direction, and (ii) distributes to the user terminal a third image to which position information indicating a same position as that indicated by the first position information is added and to which time information indicating a different time from that indicated by the first time information is added, when receiving from the user terminal a second switching instruction indicating image switching of the first image in another direction that crosses th
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20230401857
    Abstract: A remote monitoring apparatus includes a distribution unit that (i) distributes to a user terminal a second image to which position information indicating a different position from that indicated by first position information, which is position information added to a first image, is added and to which time information indicating a same time as that indicated by first time information, which is time information added to the first image, is added when receiving from the user terminal a first switching instruction indicating image switching of the first image in one direction, and (ii) distributes to the user terminal a third image to which position information indicating a same position as that indicated by the first position information is added and to which time information indicating a different time from that indicated by the first time information is added, when receiving from the user terminal a second switching instruction indicating image switching of the first image in another direction that crosses th
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20230401860
    Abstract: A management apparatus manages a target facility to which an optically readable optical information indicating a facility identification information is added. The management apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects the optical information from a first image obtained by imaging the target facility; a determination unit that determines an extraction condition for extracting an extraction image including at least a part of the target facility, on the basis of the first image; and an association unit that associates the facility identification information indicated by the optical information with the determined extraction condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Tahara, Mitsunori Morisaki
  • Publication number: 20230396739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires a video generated by a surveillance camera, a generation unit (12) that generates a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video, a condition setting unit (13) that sets a surveillant condition required of a surveillant who confirms the surveillance target video content, and a video distribution unit (14) that distributes the surveillance target video content to a terminal apparatus of a surveillant satisfying the surveillant condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yuji TAHARA, Rina TOMITA, Yasuyo KAZO
  • Publication number: 20230396740
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires a video generated by a surveillance camera, a generation unit (12) that generates a plurality of surveillance target video contents, based on the video, a condition setting unit (13) that sets a surveillant condition required of a surveillant who confirms the surveillance target video content, and a video distribution unit (14) that distributes the surveillance target video content to a terminal apparatus of a surveillant satisfying the surveillant condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yuji Tahara, Rina Tomita, Yasuyo Kazo
  • Patent number: 11836165
    Abstract: A category determining unit (202) determines a category of a first layer and a category of a second layer related to an input keyword by using category information and the keyword. The category information is information indicating hierarchical categories. The second layer is a hierarchy lower than the first layer. A first display control unit (204) causes a display device (10) to display information on each product belonging to the determined category of the first layer. Here, the first display control unit (204) displays information on a product belonging to the determined category of the second layer at a higher priority than information on the other product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20230386210
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) acquiring a captured image including a managed object related to a store, a foreign object region detection unit (12) detecting a foreign object region being a region in which a foreign object exists in the managed object included in the captured image, and a warning unit (13) executing warning processing depending on the size of the foreign object region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yuji TAHARA, Rina TOMITA, Yasuyo KAZO
  • Publication number: 20230386073
    Abstract: An imaging status monitoring system includes: a reference image generation unit that generates a reference image information about a reference image including a reference part, based on a first image of an imaging target imaged in a predetermined period; an image acquisition unit that acquires a second image of the imaging target imaged; and an imaging status monitoring unit that determines an imaging status of whether or not the imaging target has been imaged, based on a relationship between a position of the reference part in the reference image and a position of a corresponding part in the second image, wherein the reference image generation unit sets the position of the reference part included in the reference image information to the position of the corresponding part, when the position of the reference part in the reference image is different from the position of the corresponding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji TAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230386209
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including an acquisition unit (11) acquiring a captured image including a managed object related to a store, a foreign object region detection unit (12) detecting a foreign object region being a region in which a foreign object exists in the managed object included in the captured image, and a warning unit (13) executing warning processing depending on the size of the foreign object region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun UCHIMURA, Yuji Tahara, Rina Tomita, Yasuyo Kazo
  • Publication number: 20230306741
    Abstract: A product detection device is provided with an image acquisition unit, a determination unit, a selection unit, and a detection unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image of a shelf on which products are displayed. The determination unit determines, from the image, product display information including at least one of a shape of shelf, shapes of the products, and a display condition. The selection unit selects, on the basis of the determined product display information, a model to be used to detect the image. The detection unit uses the selected model to detect the state of the display of the products displayed on the shelf from the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Tomita, Yuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20230306744
    Abstract: A learning model generation device is provided with: an inventory information acquisition unit for acquiring, from a POS terminal in a store, inventory information including an inventory quantity of products for which a payment is made; an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image of a shelf of the products in the store; and a model generation unit for generating a model to estimate the number of products from the image on the basis of the image and the inventory quantity of the products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Tomita, Yuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20230290105
    Abstract: A product detection device is provided with: an image acquisition unit; a binarization unit; and a detection unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image of shelves for displaying products. The binarization unit binarizes a region in the image into a product region where products are imaged and a non-product region where things other than the products are imaged. The detection unit detects the display state of products displayed on the shelves in accordance with the width of the binarized product region and the width of a gap region adjacent to the products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Rina TOMITA, Yuji Tahara
  • Publication number: 20230282049
    Abstract: A store management apparatus (100) includes: a determination unit (102) that determines whether a predetermined reference is satisfied in a store; a mode switching unit (104) that switches, by using a determination result by the determination unit (102), an operation mode of the store between an attended mode in which at least a salesclerk is permanently stationed and an unattended mode in which the salesclerk is not permanently stationed; and a setting unit (106) that switches a store-entry condition to the store according to the operation mode after switching when the mode switching unit (104) switches the operation mode, wherein the predetermined reference is absence of a customer near an entrance of the store at a reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Yuji Tahara, Rina Tomita, Yasuyo Kazo
  • Publication number: 20230281992
    Abstract: A training data generation device comprises a shelf-image acquisition unit, a product-image acquisition unit, and a synthesis unit. The shelf-image acquisition unit acquires a shelf image constituting one compartment of a shelf on which a product is displayed. The product-image acquisition unit acquires a product image of the product displayed on the shelf. The synthesis unit generates training data by synthesizing the shelf image and the product image, and the synthesis unit additionally, in accordance with the shape of the shelf and/or the shape of the product, causes the display in the product image to differ and synthesizes the result with the shelf image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Tomita, Yuji Tahara