公开(公告)号：US20240112364A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US17769103

申请日：2019-11-11

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Noboru YOSHIDA

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/62 ,  G06V10/25

CPC classification number: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/62 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06T2207/20044 ,  G06V2201/07

Abstract: A person state detection apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes a skeleton detection unit (11) for detecting a two-dimensional skeletal structure of a person based on a two-dimensional image acquired from a camera, an aggregation unit (12) for aggregating skeleton information based on the two-dimensional skeletal structure detected by the detection unit (11) for each predetermined area in the two-dimensional image, and a state detection unit (13) for detecting a state of a target person for each predetermined area in the two-dimensional image based on the skeleton information aggregated by the aggregation unit (12).

公开(公告)号：US20240087353A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US17766809

申请日：2019-10-31

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Noboru YOSHIDA ,  Shoji NISHIMURA

IPC: G06V40/10 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V10/32 ,  G06V10/764

CPC classification number: G06V40/103 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V10/32 ,  G06V10/764 ,  G06V20/52

Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a skeleton detection unit (11) configured to detect a two-dimensional skeleton structure of a person based on an acquired two-dimensional image; an estimation unit (12) configured to estimate the height of the person when the person stands upright in a two-dimensional image space based on the two-dimensional skeleton structure detected by the skeleton detection unit (11); and a normalizing unit (13) configured to normalize the two-dimensional skeleton structure detected based on the height of the person when the person stands upright estimated by the estimation unit (12).

公开(公告)号：US20240062411A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18232110

申请日：2023-08-09

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Noboru YOSHIDA ,  Tingting DONG

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/33

CPC classification number: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/337 ,  G06T2207/30196 ,  G06T2207/10016

Abstract: To reduce a load on a computer required for processing of searching for a desired person from among a plurality of images, the present invention provides an information processing apparatus 10 including: an acquisition unit 11 that acquires a query indicating a person attribute; and a search unit 12 that refers to a reference image database in which a plurality of reference images are grouped by putting together into reference images including an identical person and clustered, for each group, by putting together those having a similar predetermined attribute, selects, for each group, a representative reference image from one or each of a plurality of clusters, and collates the selected representative reference image with the query, based on the person attribute.

公开(公告)号：US20240013427A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18215572

申请日：2023-06-28

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Jianquan Liu ,  Noboru YOSHIDA ,  Youhei SASAKI ,  Ryo KAWAI ,  Satoshi YAMAZAKI ,  Tingting DONG ,  Karen STEPHEN ,  Yuta NAMIKI ,  Naoki SHINDOU

IPC: G06T7/70 ,  G06V10/44 ,  G06V10/74

CPC classification number: G06T7/70 ,  G06V10/44 ,  G06V10/761 ,  G06V2201/07 ,  G06T2207/30242

Abstract: To utilize results of analyzing a plurality of videos, a video analysis apparatus 100 includes a type receiving unit 110, an acquiring unit 111, and an integration unit 112. The type receiving unit 110 accepts selection of a type of engine in order to analyze each of a plurality of videos and detect a detection target included in each of the plurality of videos. The acquiring unit 111 acquires results of analyzing the plurality of videos by using the selected type of engine among results of analyzing the plurality of videos by using a plurality of types of the engines. The integration unit 112 integrates the acquired results of analyzing the plurality of videos.

公开(公告)号：US20230351986A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US17800635

申请日：2020-03-17

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Sayaka TOHARA ,  Takuya SERA ,  Noboru YOSHIDA

IPC: G10H1/00 ,  G06T7/73

CPC classification number: G10H1/0008 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G06T2207/30196 ,  G10H2220/455

Abstract: A music playing device 100 of the present invention includes an acquisition means 121 for acquiring a plurality of feature points of a person from a captured image in which the person is captured, a detection means 122 for detecting a position relationship between a plurality of the feature points in a feature point set in which the plurality of feature points are combined, and an output means 123 for outputting a sound specified based on the detected position relationship.

公开(公告)号：US20230215015A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17928375

申请日：2020-06-01

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Noboru YOSHIDA

IPC: G06T7/20 ,  G06V20/40 ,  G06V20/52

CPC classification number: G06T7/20 ,  G06V20/46 ,  G06V20/52

Abstract: A tracking device that includes a tracking unit that extracts image frames from video data based on a time threshold value that is a reference for extracting the image frames to be collated with a verification frame that is a verification target, detects a tracking target in the image frames, and sets a collation range for the tracking target based on a space threshold value that is a reference of the collation range for the tracking target, a display information generation unit that generates display information including a tracking image in which the collation range is associated with the tracking target in the image frames and an operation image for setting the time threshold value and the space threshold value, and a threshold value update unit that updates the space threshold value and the time threshold value with values set by the user who refers to the display information.

公开(公告)号：US20230214421A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18009155

申请日：2020-06-10

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Noboru YOSHIDA ,  Yandong PAN ,  Ryo KAWAI ,  Jianquan LIU ,  Shoji NISHIMURA

IPC: G06F16/583 ,  G06F16/532 ,  G06T7/62 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V10/44 ,  G06V10/74

CPC classification number: G06F16/5854 ,  G06F16/532 ,  G06T7/62 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V10/44 ,  G06V10/761 ,  G06T2207/20044 ,  G06T2207/30196

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including: an image acquisition unit acquiring a candidate of a query image; a skeletal structure detection unit detecting a two-dimensional skeletal structure of a person included in a candidate of the query image; a query evaluation unit computing an evaluation value of a candidate of the query image, based on a detection result of the two-dimensional skeletal structure; a selection unit selecting a query image out of candidates of the query image, based on the evaluation value; a feature value computation unit computing a feature value of the two-dimensional skeletal structure detected from the query image; and a retrieval unit retrieving an analysis target image including a person in a pose similar to a pose of a person included in the query image out of analysis target images, based on a degree of similarity of the computed feature value.

公开(公告)号：US20230206468A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US17928394

申请日：2020-06-01

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Noboru YOSHIDA ,  Shoji NISHIMURA

IPC: G06T7/246 ,  G06V20/52

CPC classification number: G06T7/246 ,  G06V20/52

Abstract: A tracking device including a designation range acquisition unit that acquires a designation range designated for each of a plurality of image frames constituting video data, a tracking unit that extracts the image frame to be verified from the video data, detect a tracking target for each of the extracted image frames, set a collation range for the detected tracking target, and adjust the collation range based on the designation range set for each of the image frames, and a display information generation unit that generates, for each of the image frames, a tracking image in which the collation range is associated with the tracking target.

公开(公告)号：US20220395193A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-15

申请号：US17619011

申请日：2019-06-26

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Noboru YOSHIDA ,  Shoji NISHIMURA

IPC: A61B5/107 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/70

Abstract: A height estimation apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit (11) for acquiring a two-dimensional image obtained by capturing an animal, a detection unit (12) for detecting a two-dimensional skeletal structure of the animal based on the two-dimensional image acquired by the acquisition unit (11), and an estimation unit (13) for estimating a height of the animal in a three-dimensional real world based on the two-dimensional skeletal structure detected by the detection unit (12) and an imaging parameter of the two-dimensional image acquired by the acquisition unit (11).

公开(公告)号：US20200381698A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16766358

申请日：2018-11-13

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Noboru YOSHIDA ,  Makihiro OTOHATA

IPC: H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/1391 ,  H01M10/058 ,  H01M4/62 ,  H01M4/131 ,  H01M4/505 ,  H01M4/525

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery includes: applying a first layer slurry containing a first binder to a surface of a current collector, applying a second layer slurry containing a second binder on the first layer slurry before the first layer slurry is dried, and drying the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry after applying the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry to obtain a laminated structure in which a first layer and a second layer are laminated in this order on the current collector. The second layer slurry has a solid content ratio of more than 50% by mass and a composition ratio of the second binder of more than 2% by mass.