Patents by Inventor Masahiro Takama

Masahiro Takama 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: 20230270616
    Abstract: In a state where a drive unit is located on a lateral side of a joint(s) of a wearer wearing clothes and a communication unit and a frame unit are fixed and retained corresponding to the wearer's first and second body sites, respectively, a driving torque of an actuator according to movements of the wearer's joint is transmitted as an assist force to the first and second body sites without giving any physical burdens or hindrances in daily life to the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hiromasa HARA, Masahiro TAKAMA, Hiroki WATARI
  • Patent number: 10702442
    Abstract: Provided is a walking aid device capable of easily offering walking training by aiding the oscillation of the user's pelvis. The walking aid device comprises a drive part which supports each of at least two or more locations of the user's lumbar region, and applies external force independently to each of the supported locations; a gait recognition unit which recognizes the user's gait; and a control unit which sets the user's ideal walking motion pattern based on a recognition result of the gait recognition unit, and controls the external force applied by the drive part to each of the locations of the lumbar region so that the user's pelvis position within the lumbar region will oscillate to match the walking motion pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: CYBERDYNE INC., UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sankai, Masahiro Takama, Tomoyoshi Kawabata, Hiromasa Hara, Ryotaro Sabe, Martin Peris Martorell
  • Publication number: 20180140496
    Abstract: Provided is a walking aid device capable of easily offering walking training by aiding the oscillation of the user's pelvis. The walking aid device comprises a drive part which supports each of at least two or more locations of the user's lumbar region, and applies external force independently to each of the supported locations; a gait recognition unit which recognizes the user's gait; and a control unit which sets the user's ideal walking motion pattern based on a recognition result of the gait recognition unit, and controls the external force applied by the drive part to each of the locations of the lumbar region so that the user's pelvis position within the lumbar region will oscillate to match the walking motion pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki SANKAI, Masahiro TAKAMA, Tomoyoshi KAWABATA, Hiromasa HARA, Ryotaro SABA, Martin PERIS
  • Publication number: 20160331625
    Abstract: A wearable action-assistance device includes a hip frame to be worn on hips of a wearer, a lower limb frame to be worn on a lower limb of the wearer, a plurality of drive portions provided on the lower limb frame to correspond to joints of the wearer and configured to generate an assistive force on joints of the wearer, a control portion that controls the drive portions based on a signal caused by an action of the wearer, and an operable operation unit provided near the hip frame. The operation unit includes a plurality of operation buttons corresponding to the respective joints for setting an assistive force to joints of the wearer at the plurality of drive portions. The plurality of operation buttons is, when viewed from a back face side of the hip frame, arranged to correspond to a positional relationship between the drive portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sankai, Masahiro Takama, Shinji Kitauchi, Fumiyuki Ichihashi, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160331624
    Abstract: A wearable action-assistance device includes a hip frame that is capable of being worn on hips of a wearer, a lower limb frame that is capable of being worn on a lower limb of the wearer, a plurality of drive portions provided on the lower limb frame in correspondence with joints of the wearer, and a control portion that controls the drive portions based on a signal that is caused by an action of the wearer. The lower limb frame has a variable shape portion that can bend a portion other than the drive portions to left and right to adjust a flexion angle thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sankai, Masahiro Takama, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D709038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: CYBERDYNE Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takama, Shinji Kitauchi, Fumiyuki Ichihashi
  • Patent number: D749227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: CYBERDYNE Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Takama
  • Patent number: D786446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: CYBERDYNE Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takama, Hiromasa Hara
  • Patent number: D889672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: CYBERDYNE Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takama, Takumi Taketomi