Patents by Inventor Shuta USHIO

Shuta USHIO 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: 11412945
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a muscle activity measurement device and a muscle activity measurement method which make it possible to measure the muscle activity of an object to be sensed with increased accuracy. The muscle activity measurement device is provided with a magnetic sensor unit which senses a magnetic field generated from a living body. The muscle activity measurement device identifies an installed direction of the muscle activity measurement device, and includes an indication, on a surface of a container, which comprises identification information for installing the muscle activity measurement device in such a way that a magnetism sensing direction X of the magnetic sensor unit and the direction in which the muscle fibers of the living body as the object to be sensed extend are substantially orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenori Kawabata, Shuichi Okawa, Shuta Ushio
  • Patent number: 10918293
    Abstract: A magnetic measuring apparatus includes an inclination gantry including a mount surface and an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the mount surface, a cryostat disposed on the inclined surface, a cryocooling system connected to the cryostat, a sensor tube connected to the cryostat and including a curved surface that does not curve in a predetermined direction and curves in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction such that a center of the curved surface protrudes with respect to side edges of the curved surface, and a magnetic sensor that measures biomagnetism and is housed in the sensor tube such that a sensor surface of the magnetic sensor faces the curved surface. The sensor surface is inclined with respect to the mount surface in a direction that is the same as a direction in which the inclined surface is inclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takumi Yamaga, Hiroshi Deguchi, Koji Yamaguchi, Takafumi Ishibe, Shunichi Matsumoto, Shigenori Kawabata, Shuta Ushio
  • Publication number: 20200022600
    Abstract: A wireless biological signal communication terminal is provided with: a sensor unit which detects a biological signal; an A/D converting unit which performs A/D conversion of the biological signal in accordance with a set sampling frequency to obtain biological signal data; a recording unit which records a plurality of items of A/D converted biological signal data; a control unit which processes the plurality of items of biological signal data recorded by the recording unit in a prescribed period of time; a wireless module unit and an antenna which wirelessly transmit the result of the processing performed by the control unit to an external device; and a power supply unit which supplies power to drive the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenori Kawabata, Shuta Ushio, Tomohiko Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20190125205
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a muscle activity measurement device and a muscle activity measurement method which make it possible to measure the muscle activity of an object to be sensed with increased accuracy. The muscle activity measurement device 1 according to the present invention is provided with a magnetic sensor unit 11 which senses a magnetic field generated from a living body, and an identification means which identifies an installed direction of the muscle activity measurement device 1. The identification means includes an indication 24, on a surface of a container 20, which comprises identification information for installing the muscle activity measurement device 1 in such a way that a magnetism sensing direction X of the magnetic sensor unit 11 and the direction in which the muscle fibers of the living body as the object to be sensed extend are substantially orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenori Kawabata, Shuichi Okawa, Shuta Ushio
  • Publication number: 20190059758
    Abstract: A magnetic measuring apparatus includes an inclination gantry including a mount surface and an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the mount surface, a cryostat disposed on the inclined surface, a cryocooling system connected to the cryostat, a sensor tube connected to the cryostat and including a curved surface that does not curve in a predetermined direction and curves in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction such that a center of the curved surface protrudes with respect to side edges of the curved surface, and a magnetic sensor that measures biomagnetism and is housed in the sensor tube such that a sensor surface of the magnetic sensor faces the curved surface. The sensor surface is inclined with respect to the mount surface in a direction that is the same as a direction in which the inclined surface is inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd., National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Takumi YAMAGA, Hiroshi DEGUCHI, Koji YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi ISHIBE, Shunichi MATSUMOTO, Shigenori KAWABATA, Shuta USHIO