Patents by Inventor So HIFUMI

So HIFUMI 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).

  • Measurement device, shape estimation device, measurement method, shape estimation method, and non-transitory recording medium recording program
    Patent number: 11457832
    Abstract: A measurement device has a measurement belt to which a plurality of electrode pads arranged in a row and a plurality of strain gauges arranged in parallel to the plurality of electrode pads are integrally adhered and configured to be used after being wrapped around a portion serving as a measurement target of a living body; and a processor configured to: acquire an image of the portion serving as the measurement target while applying a current to the plurality of electrode pads and acquiring a voltage signal generated between the electrode pads; and estimate a contour shape of the portion serving as the measurement target and a size of the contour shape on the basis of curvature data acquired via the plurality of strain gauges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Satoru Nebuya, So Hifumi
  • MEASUREMENT DEVICE, SHAPE ESTIMATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, SHAPE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20190298218
    Abstract: A measurement device has a measurement belt to which a plurality of electrode pads arranged in a row and a plurality of strain gauges arranged in parallel to the plurality of electrode pads are integrally adhered and configured to be used after being wrapped around a portion serving as a measurement target of a living body; and a processor configured to: acquire an image of the portion serving as the measurement target while applying a current to the plurality of electrode pads and acquiring a voltage signal generated between the electrode pads; and estimate a contour shape of the portion serving as the measurement target and a size of the contour shape on the basis of curvature data acquired via the plurality of strain gauges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Satoru NEBUYA, So HIFUMI
  • EIT measurement device, EIT measurement method and program
    Patent number: 10285618
    Abstract: An electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurement device (1) includes a measurement belt (10) to which a plurality of electrode pads arranged in a row and a plurality of strain gauges arranged in parallel to the plurality of electrode pads are integrally adhered and configured to be used after being wrapped around a portion (X) serving as a measurement target of a living body, an EIT measurement control unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of the portion (X) serving as the measurement target while applying a current to the plurality of electrode pads and acquiring a voltage signal generated between the electrode pads, and a contour estimation unit configured to estimate a contour shape of the portion serving as the measurement target and a size of the contour shape on the basis of curvature data acquired via the strain gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON KITASATO INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Satoru Nebuya, So Hifumi
  • EIT MEASUREMENT DEVICE, EIT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160302690
    Abstract: An electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurement device (1) includes a measurement belt (10) to which a plurality of electrode pads arranged in a row and a plurality of strain gauges arranged in parallel to the plurality of electrode pads are integrally adhered and configured to be used after being wrapped around a portion (X) serving as a measurement target of a living body, an EIT measurement control unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of the portion (X) serving as the measurement target while applying a current to the plurality of electrode pads and acquiring a voltage signal generated between the electrode pads, and a contour estimation unit configured to estimate a contour shape of the portion serving as the measurement target and a size of the contour shape on the basis of curvature data acquired via the strain gauge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Satoru NEBUYA, So HIFUMI