Patents by Inventor Hiroo Yano

Hiroo Yano 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).

  • Sleep apnea syndrome diagnosing device and signal analyzer, and methods thereof
    Patent number: 7153278
    Abstract: A sleep apnea syndrome diagnosing device disclosed herein comprises: a snoring sound collector which collects snoring sound; a snoring sound holder which holds the collected snoring sound; a correlation coefficient calculator which divides a time axis of the snoring sound held in the snoring sound holder into plural cycles and which sequentially calculates a correlation coefficient between the snoring sound of one cycle and the snoring sound of a cycle next to the one cycle; and an output section which outputs the correlation coefficient calculated by the correlation coefficient calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sato
    Inventors: Takahito Ono, Takatoshi Yokota, Hiroo Yano
  • Sleep apnea syndrome diagnosing device and signal analyzer, and methods thereof
    Publication number: 20050043645
    Abstract: A sleep apnea syndrome diagnosing device disclosed herein comprises: a snoring sound collector which collects snoring sound; a snoring sound holder which holds the collected snoring sound; a correlation coefficient calculator which divides a time axis of the snoring sound held in the snoring sound holder into plural cycles and which sequentially calculates a correlation coefficient between the snoring sound of one cycle and the snoring sound of a cycle next to the one cycle; and an output section which outputs the correlation coefficient calculated by the correlation coefficient calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Sato
    Inventors: Takahiko Ono, Takatoshi Yokota, Hiroo Yano