Patents by Inventor Minoru Sumi

Minoru Sumi 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: 11918372
    Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation device includes: an obtainment unit that obtains utterance data indicating a voice of an evaluatee uttering a sentence as instructed; a calculation unit that calculates, from the utterance data obtained by the obtainment unit, a feature based on the utterance data; an evaluation unit that compares the feature calculated by the calculation unit to reference data indicating a relationship between voice data indicating a voice of a person and a cognitive function of the person to evaluate the cognitive function of the evaluatee; and an output unit that outputs the sentence to be uttered by the evaluatee and outputs a result of evaluation by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadayuki Sumi, Ryosuke Nagumo, Kengo Abe, Yoshihiro Matsumura, Takashi Nishiyama, Hirobumi Nakajima, Kohji Sasabe, Makoto Kariyasu, Takako Yoshimura, Minoru Toyama
  • Patent number: 5379701
    Abstract: A seat apparatus used by a worker when effecting a job on an automobile is disclosed. The seat apparatus includes: a two-axis support device located above a horizontal feed path of an automobile body, for supporting a suspension carriage such that the carriage is movable in a substantially horizontal plane; a hanger arm attached to the suspension carriage; and a seat member provided on a lower end portion of the hanger arm which can enter the automobile body through its side opening, in a direction perpendicular to the feed path of the body. The seat member on which the worker sits is movable with the suspension carriage in the direction perpendicular to the feed path, and is thus selectively located in a retracted position outside the automobile body, or a working position inside the automobile body, at which the worker is able to effect the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoho Machine Works, Ltd., Nakane Kogyo Yugengaisya
    Inventors: Minoru Sumi, Minoru Uchida, Kyozi Nozue, Masakatsu Nakane