Patents by Inventor Masako Kitado

Masako Kitado 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).

  • Body temperature regulation system
    Patent number: 5441476
    Abstract: A body temperature regulation system includes a discriminator which controls room temperature based on human body and room temperatures monitored by individual sensors. With this simple feedback system, the user can quickly fall asleep and reach a state of deep sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako Kitado, Hiroyuki Inbe, Koichi Yoshida, Izumi Mihara
  • Sleep inducing system
    Patent number: 5167610
    Abstract: A sleep inducing system is arranged to discriminate a proper time of falling asleep on the basis of respiration cycle detected as a biological signal, and to give to human body a sleep inducing stimulus in response to the discriminated proper time. Sleep induction can be thereby attained with respect to the human body organically and in a relatively short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako Kitado, Izumi Mihara