Patents by Inventor Minoru Matsushima

Minoru Matsushima 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: 20240138779
    Abstract: A physiological information processing apparatus includes one or more processors, and one or more memories configured to store a computer readable instruction, when the computer readable instruction is executed by the processor, the physiological information processing apparatus is configured to: cause a plurality of physiological sensors to intermittently operate such that an operation time and a standby time are alternately repeated; obtain a plurality of pieces of physiological information on a patient from the plurality of physiological sensors during the operation time; and change an operation mode of the plurality of physiological sensors that intermittently operate in accordance with a condition related to at least a part of the plurality of pieces of physiological information or a condition related to at least a part of the plurality of physiological sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuri ARIYAMA, Kenji OHARA, Minoru MATSUSHIMA, Hideki OCHIAI
  • Publication number: 20230414168
    Abstract: A physiological information processing device includes one or more processors, and one or more memories for storing computer-readable commands. When the computer-readable commands are executed by the processors, the physiological information processing device executes processing of acquiring attribute information associated with an attribution of an infant, acquiring state information related to a state of the infant before a start of a pain event that causes pain in the infant, acquiring physiological information data of the infant, acquiring facial expression information associated with infant's facial expression after the start of the pain event, calculating a pain assessment index for assessing the pain of the infant in the pain event based on the attribute information, the state information, the physiological information data, and the facial expression information, and outputting the calculated pain assessment index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuri Ariyama, Minoru Matsushima, Hideki Ochiai, Nobuyuki Yasumaru, Rie Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 11618703
    Abstract: The crude oil sludge treatment agent is mixed with crude oil sludge and water and used for treatment of the crude oil sludge under alkali conditions. The crude oil sludge treatment agent contains green rust. The crude oil sludge treatment agent may further contain either or both a metal and a metal ferrite. The metal and the metal of the metal ferrite are one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum, yttrium, zinc, copper, tin, chromium and silicon. The crude oil sludge treatment agent may also contain one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum ferrite, yttrium ferrite and zinc ferrite. The crude oil sludge treatment method includes a mixing step in which crude oil sludge, water and green rust are mixed under alkali conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Ecosystem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Matsushima, Takehito Sugiura, Michiyo Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20220409129
    Abstract: A physiological information processing method executed by a computer includes: obtaining a stress index parameter indicating a stress index of a subject based on physiological information data of the subject; comparing the stress index parameter with a predetermined threshold value; determining that the subject is stressed in accordance with the comparison between the stress index parameter and the predetermined threshold value; and outputting stress information indicating that the subject is stressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuri ARIYAMA, Kenji OHARA, Minoru MATSUSHIMA, Hideki OCHIAI
  • Publication number: 20220402796
    Abstract: The crude oil sludge treatment agent is mixed with crude oil sludge and water and used for treatment of the crude oil sludge under alkali conditions. The crude oil sludge treatment agent contains green rust. The crude oil sludge treatment agent may further contain either or both a metal and a metal ferrite. The metal and the metal of the metal ferrite are one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum, yttrium, zinc, copper, tin, chromium and silicon. The crude oil sludge treatment agent may also contain one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum ferrite, yttrium ferrite and zinc ferrite. The crude oil sludge treatment method includes a mixing step in which crude oil sludge, water and green rust are mixed under alkali conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Ecosystem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Matsushima, Takehito Sugiura, Michiyo Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20130211909
    Abstract: To provide a technique for maintaining high efficiency of advertisement images. In response to a request for a banner advertisement data set from a terminal device, a second banner distribution server device selects a banner advertisement data set at distribution frequencies that are determined in advance, and distributes the selected banner advertisement data set to the terminal device. For the first distribution term, the second banner distribution server device determines distribution frequencies so that each attribute of each component comprising a banner advertisement image is contained in distributed banner advertisement images at an equal rate. In the second and later distribution terms, banner advertisement data sets that had CTRs equal to or greater than a baseline-CTR in the previous distribution term are continuously distributed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: FRINGE81, INC.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Tanaka, Rei Hiramatsu, Minoru Matsushima, Junko Yamada, Yu Higashiyama, Kazuhiro Mitsuhashi, Hibiki Takama
  • Patent number: 7542668
    Abstract: A photographic device equipped with a camera capable of photographing a 360-degree all-round image at a time includes a memory for recording the all-round image photographed by the camera, a control unit for specifying a predetermined range within the all-round image, extracting an image of the predetermined range from the memory to display the image, and for extracting and displaying the image within the all-round image recorded in the memory by changing a position of the predetermined range, thereby displaying the image as if the predetermined range moves in a circumferential direction, and a display unit for displaying at least the image of the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: OPT Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ito, Minoru Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20080002962
    Abstract: A photographic device equipped with a camera capable of photographing a 360-degree all-round image at a time includes a memory for recording the all-round image photographed by the camera, a control unit for specifying a predetermined range within the all-round image, extracting an image of the predetermined range from the memory to display the image, and for extracting and displaying the image within the all-round image recorded in the memory by changing a position of the predetermined range, thereby displaying the image as if the predetermined range moves in a circumferential direction, and a display unit for displaying at least the image of the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Masayuki Ito, Minoru Matsushima
  • Patent number: 6098649
    Abstract: A waste processing apparatus which can easily and efficiently process waste, a waste recovery system using this apparatus and a liquid container ideal for use with the waste processing apparatus and waste recovery system. The waste processing apparatus comprises a processing part for processing supplied waste (for example foam polystyrene) with a processing liquid (for example limonene) and a storing part for storing produced liquid (for example limonene containing dissolved foam polystyrene) produced in this processing part and provided with a removable liquid container constructed to both supply processing liquid to the processing part and receive produced liquid produced by the waste processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Noguchi, Minoru Matsushima, Hiraku Sugiki, Yasuhiro Hirafune
  • Patent number: 5863002
    Abstract: A waste processing apparatus which can easily and efficiently process waste, a waste recovery system using this apparatus and a liquid container ideal for use with the waste processing apparatus and waste recovery system. The waste processing apparatus comprises a processing part for processing supplied waste (for example foam polystyrene) with a processing liquid (for example limonene) and a storing part for storing produced liquid (for example limonene containing dissolved foam polystyrene) produced in this processing part and provided with a removable liquid container constructed to both supply processing liquid to the processing part and receive produced liquid produced by the waste processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Noguchi, Minoru Matsushima, Hiraku Sugiki, Yasuhiro Hirafune