Patents by Inventor Michiko Takaoka

Michiko Takaoka 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).

  • Patent number: 7988629
    Abstract: There is provided a cerebrum evaluation device for evaluating the state of the cerebrum of a subject by analyzing a speech signal of the subject by using chaotic signal processing utilizing the periodicity of the signal. The cerebrum evaluation device evaluates the state of the cerebrum according to the speech signal uttered by the subject. The cerebrum evaluation device includes: a statistic information database containing chaotic index values of speech signals of a plurality of subjects; a speech signal acquisition unit for acquiring a speech signal; a chaotic index value calculation unit for calculating a chaotic index value of the speech signal by the chaotic signal processing utilizing the periodicity of the speech signal acquired; an evaluation unit for evaluating the state of the cerebrum of the subject according to the calculated chaotic index value by referencing the statistic information database; and an output unit for outputting the result evaluated by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignees: Electronic Navigation Research Institute, An Independent Administrative Institution
    Inventors: Kakuichi Shiomi, Susumu Kobayashi, Michiko Takaoka, Hitoshi Abe, Michiko Okiyama
  • Patent number: 7737859
    Abstract: The present invention provides a psychosomatic state determination system 1 for the purpose of predicting or determining the psychosomatic state of a subject without imparting any awareness to the subject, comprising a data processing means 20 for calculating a psychosomatic state exponent such as Lyapunov exponent from the time series signal of a load value or a barycentric position of the subject, and an evaluation means 22 for comparing the temporal tendency of a psychosomatic state exponent calculated in said data processing means with the temporal tendency of a known psychosomatic state exponent corresponding to a psychosomatic state to thereby predict the psychosomatic state of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Electronic Navigation Research Institute, an Independent Administrative Institution
    Inventors: Michiko Takaoka, Kakuichi Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20080132768
    Abstract: There is provided a cerebrum evaluation device for evaluating the state of the cerebrum of a subject by analyzing a speech signal of the subject by using chaotic signal processing utilizing the periodicity of the signal. The cerebrum evaluation device evaluates the state of the cerebrum according to the speech signal uttered by the subject. The cerebrum evaluation device includes: a statistic information database containing chaotic index values of speech signals of a plurality of subjects; a speech signal acquisition unit for acquiring a speech signal; a chaotic index value calculation unit for calculating a chaotic index value of the speech signal by the chaotic signal processing utilizing the periodicity of the speech signal acquired; an evaluation unit for evaluating the state of the cerebrum of the subject according to the calculated chaotic index value by referencing the statistic information database; and an output unit for outputting the result evaluated by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Kakuichi Shiomi, Susumu Kobayashi, Michiko Takaoka, Hitoshi Abe, Michiko Okiyama
  • Patent number: 7363226
    Abstract: A psychosomatic diagnosis system in which evaluation of the psychosomatic condition of a person to be diagnosed is performed automatically and objectively, based on the response by voice with respect to a question and the like asked to the person to be diagnosed. The system includes an index database, a speech processing section for obtaining voice as a speech signal, an analog to digital conversion section for converting the speech signal into a digital speech signal, a data processing section for calculating a human strange attractor by using the chaos theory and storing the human strange attractor in the index database, an attractor evaluation section for performing a quantitative evaluation by using the calculated human strange attractor, and a display section for displaying the evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignees: Electronic Navigation Research Inst., Kakuichi Shiomi, Mitsubishi Space Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kakuichi Shiomi, Michiko Takaoka, Naritomo Meguro, Nobuhiro Furuse, Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20060232430
    Abstract: The present invention provides a psychosomatic state determination system 1 for the purpose of predicting or determining the psychosomatic state of a subject without imparting any awareness to the subject, comprising a data processing means 20 for calculating a psychosomatic state exponent such as Lyapunov exponent from the time series signal of a load value or a barycentric position of the subject, and an evaluation means 22 for comparing the temporal tendency of a psychosomatic state exponent calculated in said data processing means with the temporal tendency of a known psychosomatic state exponent corresponding to a psychosomatic state to thereby predict the psychosomatic state of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Michiko Takaoka, Kakuichi Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20050102145
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a psychosomatic diagnosis system in which evaluation of the psychosomatic condition of a person to be diagnosed is performed automatically and objectively, based on the response by voice with respect to a question and the like asked to the person to be diagnosed. This is a psychosomatic diagnosis system for diagnosing the psychosomatic condition by the voice responded to the question and the like, comprising an index database, a speech processing section for obtaining voice as a speech signal, an analog to digital conversion section for converting the speech signal into a digital speech signal, a data processing section for calculating a human strange attractor by using the chaos theory and storing the human strange attractor in the index database, an attractor evaluation section for performing a quantitative evaluation by using the calculated human strange attractor, and a display section for displaying the evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Kakuichi Shiomi, Michiko Takaoka, Naritomo Meguro, Nobuhiro Furuse, Yoshio Sugimoto