IP Library Granted Patent US 12,412,386
Granted Patent B2
US 12,412,386 · App. 17/622,914 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Determination device, determination method, and recording medium

Inventor: Akinori Ebihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06V10/87G06V10/774G06N20/00
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Patent No.
US 12,412,386
App. No.
17/622,914
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A determination device includes an acquisition unit that sequentially acquires a plurality of elements included in series data related to a classification target, a score calculation unit that calculates an integrated score for binary classification of the classification target each time the acquisition unit acquires the elements, a threshold value determining unit that determines an upper limit threshold value and a lower limit threshold value of the integrated score each time the acquisition unit acquires the elements, and a class determination unit that determines a determination result of the binary classification as one of a first class, a second class, and class indetermination, on the basis of comparison between the integrated score and the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value each time the acquisition unit acquires the elements.

Claims (26)

1. A determination device comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

one or more processors connected to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:

sequentially acquire a plurality of elements included in series data related to a classification target;

calculate an integrated score for binary classification of the classification target in each time one of the plurality of the elements is acquired;

determine an upper limit threshold value and a lower limit threshold value of the integrated score in each time one of the plurality of the elements is acquired;

determine a determination result of the binary classification as a first class in a case where the integrated score is equal to or more than the upper limit threshold value, determine the determination result as a second class in a case where the integrated score is equal to or less than the lower limit threshold value, and determine the determination result as class indetermination in a case where the integrated score is less than the upper limit threshold value and more than the lower limit threshold value, on a basis of comparison between the integrated score and the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value in each time one of the plurality of the elements is acquired; and

determine the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value such that the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value become a same value in a case where a predetermined end condition is established.

2. The determination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to further execute the instructions to determine the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value such that the upper limit threshold value monotonically decreases and the lower limit threshold value monotonically increases according to an increase in a number of the plurality of the elements.

3. The determination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to further execute the instructions to determine the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value such that the upper limit threshold value monotonically increases and the lower limit threshold value monotonically decreases according to an increase in a number of the plurality of the elements.

4. The determination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to further execute the instructions to determine a class of the classification target as a third class in a case where a predetermined end condition is established and the integrated score is less than the upper limit threshold value and more than the lower limit threshold value.

5. A determination method performed by a computer and comprising:

sequentially acquiring a plurality of elements included in series data related to a classification target;

calculating an integrated score for binary classification of the classification target in each time one of the elements is acquired;

determining an upper limit threshold value and a lower limit threshold value of the integrated score in each time one of the elements is acquired;

determining a determination result of the binary classification as a first class in a case where the integrated score is equal to or more than the upper limit threshold value, determining the determination result as a second class in a case where the integrated score is equal to or less than the lower limit threshold value, and determining the determination result as class indetermination in a case where the integrated score is less than the upper limit threshold value and more than the lower limit threshold value, on a basis of comparison between the integrated score and the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value in each time one of the elements is acquired; and

determining the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value such that the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value become a same value in a case where a predetermined end condition is established.

6. A non-transitory recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute processing comprising:

sequentially acquiring a plurality of elements included in series data related to a classification target;

calculating an integrated score for binary classification of the classification target in each time one of the elements is acquired;

determining an upper limit threshold value and a lower limit threshold value of the integrated score in each time one of the elements is acquired;

determining a determination result of the binary classification as a first class in a case where the integrated score is equal to or more than the upper limit threshold value, determining the determination result as a second class in a case where the integrated score is equal to or less than the lower limit threshold value, and determining the determination result as class indetermination in a case where the integrated score is less than the upper limit threshold value and more than the lower limit threshold value, on a basis of comparison between the integrated score and the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value in each time one of the elements is acquired; and

determining the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value such that the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value become a same value in a case where a predetermined end condition is established.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2023
From: EMBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 062313/0432 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2021
From: EBIHARA, AKINORI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058479/0803 →
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