Patents by Inventor Akinori Omura

Akinori Omura 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: 20070073196
    Abstract: An apparatus generates a cutaneous sense stimulus to call a subject attention to a change in posture based on posture change information (the amount of change in the barycenter, a changing direction of the same, and the like) from a device for detecting a change in posture of the subject. The apparatus has stimulus generating means (a plurality of vibrators) for generating a cutaneous sense stimulus, and stimulus control means for driving the stimulus generating means based on the posture change information. The control means comprises means for selecting a plurality of vibrators arranged substantially parallel with the changing direction based on the changing direction of the barycenter, and sequentially driving the selected vibrators, for example, in a direction substantially opposite to the direction in which the barycenter changes. The control means also drives the vibrators to generate the tactile sense stimulus of a magnitude corresponding to a changing amount of the barycenter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicants: Hokkaido Technology Licensing Office Co., Ltd., Tokai University Educational System, Kyowa Electronic Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tanaka, Takashi Izumi, Takeshi Tsuruga, Akinori Omura