Patents by Inventor Norihisa Hagiwara

Norihisa Hagiwara 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: 10517512
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis method includes a procedure of calculating levels of a plurality of items including a first item regarding at least one of a backswing and a downswing, and a second item regarding impact on the basis of data regarding a swing, and a procedure of outputting information regarding the levels of the plurality of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Kenya Kodaira, Norihisa Hagiwara, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 10354550
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis apparatus includes a level calculation section that calculates a level on the basis of a relationship between a rotation angle about a rotation axis of an exercise appliance at a predetermined timing between the time of starting a backswing and the time of impact with a longitudinal direction of the exercise appliance as the rotation axis, and an inclination of a ball hitting portion of the exercise appliance at impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Kenya Kodaira, Norihisa Hagiwara, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 10307656
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis apparatus includes a level calculation section that calculates a level on the basis of a relationship between an incidence angle of a ball hitting portion of an exercise appliance at impact, and an inclination of the ball hitting portion of the exercise appliance at impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Kenya Kodaira, Norihisa Hagiwara, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 10286282
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis method includes a procedure of performing diagnosis of a plurality of items including a first item regarding at least one of a backswing and a downswing, and a second item regarding impact on the basis of data regarding a swing, and a procedure of outputting diagnosis information on the basis of the plurality of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Kenya Kodaira, Norihisa Hagiwara, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 10252136
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis apparatus includes a level calculator that calculates a level based on the relationship among at least one imaginary plane, the position of a hitting section of a sport gear at a first timing during a backswing, and the position of the hitting section at a second timing during a downswing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Kenya Kodaira, Norihisa Hagiwara, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20170296869
    Abstract: A display method includes generating first analysis information related to at least one of a ball shooting direction and a ball curving form swing on the basis of a plurality of pieces of data related to a plurality of swings, output from an inertial sensor which is attached to a user or an exercise appliance swung by the user and measures the plurality of swings performed by the user, and generating a first region image on the basis of the first analysis information, in which the first region image includes a plurality of time-series region images, and the plurality of time-series region images are displayed in a coordinate system having at least two indexes as axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KIRYU, Kenya KODAIRA, Tsuyoshi ITO, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Junko HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20170296870
    Abstract: A display method includes generating first analysis information on the basis of a plurality of pieces of data related to a plurality of swings, output from an inertial sensor which is attached to a user or an exercise appliance swung by the user and measures the plurality of swings performed by the user, estimating respective ball arrival positions corresponding to the plurality of swings on the basis of the first analysis information, and displaying a first region image in a coordinate system having at least two indexes as axes on the basis of the respective ball arrival positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KIRYU, Kenya KODAIRA, Tsuyoshi ITO, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Junko HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170296871
    Abstract: A display method includes generating first analysis information on the basis of a plurality of pieces of data related to a plurality of swings, output from an inertial sensor which is attached to a user or an exercise appliance swung by the user and measures the plurality of swings performed by the user, generating a first region image including a plurality of time-series region images on the basis of the first analysis information, and displaying the plurality of time-series region images in a coordinate system having at least two indexes as axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KIRYU, Kenya KODAIRA, Tsuyoshi ITO, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Junko HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20170203211
    Abstract: A motion analysis method includes calculating a level of a swing using an output from an inertial sensor measuring the swing of exercise equipment on the basis of a relationship between a first angle formed between a tangential direction of a swing trajectory of a ball hitting portion of the exercise equipment at impact and a target hitting direction, and a second angle formed between a direction orthogonal to a hitting surface of the ball hitting portion at the impact and the target hitting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KIRYU, Kenya KODAIRA, Tsuyoshi ITO, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Kazuhiro ITO, Yamada YOSHIKAZU
  • Publication number: 20170120123
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a presentation portion that presents a ratio between a length of a trajectory of a predetermined portion of an exercise equipment and a length of a portion of the trajectory included in a predetermined region in a predetermined period of a swing, or presents a ratio between the predetermined period of the swing and time for which the predetermined portion of the exercise equipment is included in the predetermined region in the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norihisa HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20170120122
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a presentation portion that divides each of time-series data items regarding a plurality of swings of an exercise equipment into sections of a predetermined number, and presents a variation between the time-series data items in the swings for each section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norihisa HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20170120124
    Abstract: A swing analysis apparatus includes an acquisition portion that acquires time-series data regarding positions of a portion moved due to a swing, a projection portion that projects the time-series data onto a virtual plane specified by a first axis along a target hit ball direction and a second axis along a longitudinal direction of an exercise equipment before the swing is started, a division portion that divides the projected time-series data into a plurality of sections, and a fitting portion that fits the time-series data to a circular arc for each section, and calculates at least one of a center and a radius of the circular arc for each section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norihisa HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20170028282
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis method includes a procedure of calculating levels of a plurality of items including a first item regarding at least one of a backswing and a downswing, and a second item regarding impact on the basis of data regarding a swing, and a procedure of outputting information regarding the levels of the plurality of items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kenya KODAIRA, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20170028254
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis apparatus includes a level calculation section that calculates a level on the basis of a relationship between an incidence angle of a ball hitting portion of an exercise appliance at impact, and an inclination of the ball hitting portion of the exercise appliance at impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kenya KODAIRA, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20170028253
    Abstract: A calculation apparatus includes a processing section that performs determination of a swing type on the basis of information regarding an attitude or a position of an exercise appliance at a predetermined timing during a backswing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihisa HAGIWARA, Kenya KODAIRA, Tsuyoshi ITO, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20170028252
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis apparatus includes a level calculator that calculates a level based on the relationship among at least one imaginary plane, the position of a hitting section of a sport gear at a first timing during a backswing, and the position of the hitting section at a second timing during a downswing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kenya KODAIRA, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20170028283
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis apparatus includes a level calculation section that calculates a level on the basis of a relationship between a rotation angle about a rotation axis of an exercise appliance at a predetermined timing between the time of starting a backswing and the time of impact with a longitudinal direction of the exercise appliance as the rotation axis, and an inclination of a ball hitting portion of the exercise appliance at impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kenya KODAIRA, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20170028251
    Abstract: A swing diagnosis method includes a procedure of performing diagnosis of a plurality of items including a first item regarding at least one of a backswing and a downswing, and a second item regarding impact on the basis of data regarding a swing, and a procedure of outputting diagnosis information on the basis of the plurality of items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITO, Kenya KODAIRA, Norihisa HAGIWARA, Kazuhiro ITO
  • Patent number: 9541571
    Abstract: A state detecting device includes an acquisition unit which acquires an x-axis component, a y-axis component and a z-axis component of an acceleration signal from an acceleration sensor, and an arithmetic unit which performs arithmetic processing. The arithmetic unit calculates a coordinate transformation matrix for finding an acceleration component in horizontal direction, from an average value of the x-axis component, an average value of the y-axis component and an average value of the z-axis component acquired by the acquisition unit, and discriminates between a first state where a person is in a first type of vehicle and a second state where the person is in a second type of vehicle that is different from the first type, based on the coordinate transformation matrix that is calculated and a first indicator value obtained from the x-axis component, the y-axis component and the z-axis component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norihisa Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20130013249
    Abstract: A state detecting device includes an acquisition unit which acquires an x-axis component, a y-axis component and a z-axis component of an acceleration signal from an acceleration sensor, and an arithmetic unit which performs arithmetic processing. The arithmetic unit calculates a coordinate transformation matrix for finding an acceleration component in horizontal direction, from an average value of the x-axis component, an average value of the y-axis component and an average value of the z-axis component acquired by the acquisition unit, and discriminates between a first state where a person is in a first type of vehicle and a second state where the person is in a second type of vehicle that is different from the first type, based on the coordinate transformation matrix that is calculated and a first indicator value obtained from the x-axis component, the y-axis component and the z-axis component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norihisa HAGIWARA