Inventor

Nobuo Higaki

Inventor

Osaka, JP

Overview

1996–2019

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 77 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing51%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding12%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general6%

B25JManipulators4%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television4%

G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables4%

G06NComputing arrangements based on specific computational models3%

G10LSpeech analysis techniques or speech synthesis3%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes2%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use2%

PatentTitleYear

10,230,991Signal-processing apparatus including a second processor that, after receiving an instruction from a first processor, independantly controls a second data processing unit without further instrcuction from the first processor2019 9,823,946'Processor and program execution method capable of efficient program execution'2017 8,719,827'Processor and program execution method capable of efficient program execution'2014 RE043729'Processor which can favorably execute a rounding process composed of positive conversion and saturated calculation processing'2012 8,250,340'Processor for executing highly efficient VLIW'2012 8,228,214'Variable-length code decoding apparatus and method'2012 RE043145'Processor which can favorably execute a rounding process composed of positive conversion and saturated calculation processing'2012 8,090,193'Mobile robot'2012 8,026,955'Camera exposure controller including imaging devices for capturing an image using stereo-imaging'2011 8,019,971'Processor for executing highly efficient VLIW'2011 8,006,076'Processor and program execution method capable of efficient program execution'2011 7,930,520'Processor and program execution method capable of efficient program execution'2011 7,921,281'Processor and program execution method capable of efficient program execution'2011 7,840,308'Robot device control based on environment and position of a movable robot'2010 7,840,036'Human being detection apparatus, method of detecting human being, and human being detecting program'2010 7,823,142'Processor for executing instructions in units that are unrelated to the units in which instructions are read, and a compiler, an optimization apparatus, an assembler, a linker, a debugger and a disassembler for such processor'2010 RE041751'Instruction converting apparatus using parallel execution code'2010 7,761,692'Processor, compiler and compilation method'2010 7,756,299'Face region estimating device, face region estimating method, and face region estimating program'2010 7,720,685'Receptionist robot system'2010 7,716,391'Data transfer apparatus, data transfer method, and program'2010 7,693,514'Information gathering robot'2010 7,685,351'External device access apparatus'2010 7,593,552'Gesture recognition apparatus, gesture recognition method, and gesture recognition program'2009 7,551,980'Apparatus, process, and program for controlling movable robot control'2009 7,533,243'Processor for executing highly efficient VLIW'2009 7,418,139'Contour extraction apparatus, contour extraction method, and contour extraction program'2008 7,398,136'Biped robot control system'2008 7,386,707'Processor and program execution method capable of efficient program execution'2008 7,376,250'Apparatus, method and program for moving object detection'2008 7,362,887'Face identification apparatus, face identification method, and face identification program'2008 7,340,100'Posture recognition apparatus and autonomous robot'2008 7,305,499'DMA controller for controlling and measuring the bus occupation time value for a plurality of DMA transfers'2007 7,277,559'Mobile apparatus'2007 7,254,253'Moving object detection system'2007 7,251,346'Moving object detection device, moving object detection method, and moving object detection program'2007 7,080,367'Processor for executing instructions in units that are unrelated to the units in which instructions are read, and a compiler, an optimization apparatus, an assembler, a linker, a debugger and a disassembler for such processor'2006 7,076,638'Processor, compiler and compilation method'2006 7,073,169'Compiler device with branch instruction inserting unit'2006 RE039121'Processor which can favorably execute a rounding process composed of positive conversion and saturated calculation processing'2006 6,976,250'Processor for executing instructions in units that are unrelated to the units in which instructions are read, and a compiler, an optimization apparatus, an assembler, a linker, a debugger and a disassembler for such processor'2005 6,976,245'PROCESSOR FOR EXECUTING INSTRUCTIONS IN UNITS THAT ARE UNRELATED TO THE UNITS IN WHICH INSTRUCTIONS ARE READ, AND A COMPILER, AN OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, AN ASSEMBLER, A LINKER, A DEBUGGER AND A DISASSEMBLER FOR SUCH PROCESSOR'2005 6,920,248'Contour detecting apparatus and method, and storage medium storing contour detecting program'2005 6,904,135'Compound device and telephone station device connected to the same, and power supply system and portable telephone system using compound device'2005 6,901,454'Circuit group control system'2005 6,880,150'PROCESSOR FOR EXECUTING INSTRUCTIONS IN UNITS THAT ARE UNRELATED TO THE UNITS IN WHICH INSTRUCTIONS ARE READ, AND A COMPILER, AN OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, AN ASSEMBLER, A LINKER, A DEBUGGER AND A DISASSEMBLER FOR SUCH PROCESSOR'2005 6,853,880'Autonomous action robot'2005 6,834,336'Processor for executing highly efficient VLIW'2004 6,804,396'Gesture recognition system'2004 6,802,017'Partial enabling of functional unit based on data and size pair in register'2004 6,606,703'Processor using less hardware and instruction conversion apparatus reducing the number of types of instructions'2003 6,397,319'Process for executing highly efficient VLIW'2002 6,324,639'Instruction converting apparatus using parallel execution code'2001 6,282,632'Information processor having duplicate operation flags'2001 6,237,084'Processor which can favorably execute a rounding process composed of positive conversion and saturated calculation processing'2001 6,230,258'Processor using less hardware and instruction conversion apparatus reducing the number of types of instructions'2001 6,219,779'Constant reconstructing processor which supports reductions in code size'2001 6,209,080'Constant reconstruction processor that supports reductions in code size and processing time'2001 6,195,740'Constant reconstructing processor that execute an instruction using an operand divided between instructions'2001 6,170,998'Processor which returns from a subroutine at high speed and a program translating apparatus which generates machine programs that makes a high-speed return from a subroutine'2001 6,161,171'Apparatus for pipelining sequential instructions in synchronism with an operation clock'2000 6,085,306'Processor for executing highly efficient VLIW'2000 6,044,157'Microprocessor suitable for reproducing AV data while protecting the AV data from illegal copy and image information processing system using the microprocessor'2000 6,018,796'Data processing having a variable number of pipeline stages'2000 5,978,905'Program translating apparatus and a processor which achieve high-speed execution of subroutine branch instructions'1999 5,974,540'Processor which can favorably execute a rounding process composed of positive conversion and saturated calculation processing'1999 5,928,358'Information processing apparatus which accurately predicts whether a branch is taken for a conditional branch instruction, using small-scale hardware'1999 5,909,565'Microprocessor system which efficiently shares register data between a main processor and a coprocessor'1999 5,907,694'Data processing apparatus for performing a pipeline operation on a load and extension instruction'1999 5,850,551'Compiler and processor for processing loops at high speed'1998 5,847,978'Processor and control method for performing proper saturation operation'1998 5,796,970'Information processing apparatus for realizing data transfer for a plurality of registers using instructions of short word length'1998 5,758,162'Program translating apparatus and a processor which achieve high-speed execution of subroutine branch instructions'1998 5,748,970'Interrupt control device for processing interrupt request signals that are greater than interrupt level signals'1998 5,649,229'Pipeline data processor with arithmetic/logic unit capable of performing different kinds of calculations in a pipeline stage'1997 5,628,018'Data processing apparatus handling plural divided interruption'1997 5,481,679'Data processing apparatus having bus switches for selectively connecting buses to improve data throughput'1996

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1996–2008Patents assigned to MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD (40)· patent assignee history

1996–2010Based in Osaka, JP· patent location history

2004–2012Patents assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO LTD (20)· patent assignee history

2004–2010Based in Saitama, JP· patent location history

2005–2019Based in Kobe, JP· patent location history

2005–2012Based in Wako, JP· patent location history

2006–2017Based in Hyogo, JP· patent location history

2009–2017Patents assigned to PANASONIC CORP (16)· patent assignee history

2012–2019Patents assigned to HIGAKI NOBUO (7)· patent assignee history

2014–2019Patents assigned to KIYOHARA TOKUZO (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	40	1996–2008
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD	20	2004–2012
PANASONIC CORP	16	2009–2017
HIGAKI NOBUOself	7	2012–2019
KIYOHARA TOKUZO	2	2014–2019

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Osaka, JP	34	1996–2010
Kobe, JP	13	2005–2019
Wako, JP	9	2005–2012
Saitama, JP	9	2004–2010
Hyogo, JP	8	2006–2017