Patents by Inventor Suguru Nakao

Suguru Nakao 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: 20240036647
    Abstract: A wearable sensing device includes clothing worn by a user, and a sensor unit including a sensor and being attached to the clothing. The sensor unit includes: a body; first and second bracket parts provided to sandwich the body and fixed to the clothing; and first and second hinge parts respectively coupling the body and first and second bracket parts. The first and second bracket parts of the sensor unit are respectively attached to first and second sensor attachment parts provided on clothing 22L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi UEDA, Suguru NAKAO, Kei TASAKA, Kunihiro MAKI, Yuki IWAMOTO, Hiroshi KUNIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240035878
    Abstract: A wearable sensing device includes: a sensor provided on clothing worn by a worker wearing conductive work clothes; and an electronic device connected to the sensor. The electronic device includes a ground connection part that makes contact with the conductive work clothes to be electrically connected to the conductive work clothes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Takeshi UEDA, Suguru NAKAO, Kei TASAKA, Kunihiro MAKI, Yuki IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230361511
    Abstract: A fitting detection method according to the present disclosure is a fitting detection method for detecting fitting which includes acquiring first data indicating information generated from vibration, acquiring second data output from a learned model by inputting the first data to the learned model having undergone machine learning using at least information generated from vibration generated by normal fitting as teacher data, determining whether or not the first data is related to fitting based on the second data, and determining whether or not normal fitting is performed based on the first data when the first data is related to fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kei TASAKA, Yuki IWAMOTO, Suguru NAKAO, Hiroshi KUNIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230271327
    Abstract: The determination device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a vibration signal generated when the position of an object is switched, and a determination unit that determines the state of the object by using the vibration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Suguru NAKAO, Kei TASAKA, Yuki IWAMOTO, Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Takeshi UEDA
  • Patent number: 11265637
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone includes a housing having an opening, a microphone pad, an element support member, a piezoelectric element, and a drive plate. The microphone pad is formed in a bottomed tubular shape having a bottom portion disposed outward and a tubular portion with an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the opening. The element support member has an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the tubular portion, and a support portion projecting toward the bottom portion. The piezoelectric element is in a plate shape with a peripheral edge of one surface fixed to the support portion and picks up vibration. The drive plate has a diaphragm part fixed to an inward surface of the bottom portion, and the diaphragm part is provided at a center with a protrusion fixed to an element central portion on another surface of the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kunimoto, Suguru Nakao, Kei Tasaka, Katsuo Saigou
  • Patent number: 11051785
    Abstract: A heartbeat detection device includes a bone conduction microphone that converts, into a signal, displacement on the body surface of a user in a thickness direction of the body of the user, and an extractor that extracts a first frequency component and a second frequency component which are included in the signal. The first frequency component is based on audio information of the user, and the second frequency component is based on heartbeat information of the user. The heartbeat detection device is capable of estimating the physical and psychological state of the user based on the heartbeat information by extracting both the audio information and the heartbeat information, from a signal that has been output by the bone conduction microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Suguru Nakao, Hiroshi Kunimoto
  • Patent number: 11050870
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone is configured to convert vocal cord vibration into a sound signal. The bone conduction microphone includes a vibration collection unit configured to come into contact with a human body and collect vibration in a predetermined direction, which is included in the vocal cord vibration, and a switch configured to switch whether collection of the vibration in the predetermined direction is enabled. The switch is disposed on a side of the vibration collection unit, which is opposite to a side configured to come into contact with the human body, to allow a direction of an operation of switching whether collection of the vibration in the predetermined direction is enabled to be parallel to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kunimoto, Suguru Nakao
  • Publication number: 20210185420
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone of the present disclosure includes: a vibration sensor that comes into contact with a nose of a living body from outside the living body and converts vibration into an electric signal; a head-worn part that is worn on a head of the living body; and a sensor support that hangs from the head-worn part and supports the vibration sensor toward the nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kei TASAKA, Suguru NAKAO, Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Katsuo SAIGOU
  • Publication number: 20210176552
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone includes a housing having an opening, a microphone pad, an element support member, a piezoelectric element, and a drive plate. The microphone pad is formed in a bottomed tubular shape having a bottom portion disposed outward and a tubular portion with an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the opening. The element support member has an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the tubular portion, and a support portion projecting toward the bottom portion. The piezoelectric element is in a plate shape with a peripheral edge of one surface fixed to the support portion and picks up vibration. The drive plate has a diaphragm part fixed to an inward surface of the bottom portion, and the diaphragm part is provided at a center with a protrusion fixed to an element central portion on another surface of the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Suguru NAKAO, Kei TASAKA, Katsuo SAIGOU
  • Patent number: 10972598
    Abstract: A bone conduction headset includes a support member having a U-shape, a pair of bone conduction speakers respectively provided to a first end of the support member and a second end of the support member, the second end being opposite to the first end, a microphone coupled to the first end, and a mute switch provided to either the first end or the second end, and configured to perform a control to lower volume on the pair of bone conduction speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Nakao, Hiroshi Kunimoto
  • Patent number: 10917709
    Abstract: A bone conduction speaker includes a vibration driver that includes a magnetic circuit and a vibration plate, and that is configured to convert sound into vibration, a vibration body configured to hold a side of the vibration driver, which is adjacent to the magnetic circuit, to come into contact with a subject, and to transmit vibration of the vibration driver to the subject, and a lid body configured to cover a side of the vibration driver, which is adjacent to the vibration plate, without being in contact with the vibration driver, and to substantially seal the vibration driver together with the vibration body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kunimoto, Suguru Nakao
  • Patent number: 10715649
    Abstract: A headset main body includes a PTT switch, bone conduction speakers, a first connector to be coupled with a microphone, and a second connector to be coupled with a transceiver. A sleeve of the first connector is coupled to a sleeve of the second connector. A ring of the first connector is coupled to a ground. A chip of the first connector is coupled to a ring of the second connector, and the chip of the first connector is further coupled, via the PTT switch, to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kunimoto, Suguru Nakao
  • Publication number: 20190282197
    Abstract: A heartbeat detection device includes a bone conduction microphone that converts, into a signal, displacement on the body surface of a user in a thickness direction of the body of the user, and an extractor that extracts a first frequency component and a second frequency component which are included in the signal. The first frequency component is based on audio information of the user, and the second frequency component is based on heartbeat information of the user. The heartbeat detection device is capable of estimating the physical and psychological state of the user based on the heartbeat information by extracting both the audio information and the heartbeat information, from a signal that has been output by the bone conduction microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke MATSUMOTO, Suguru NAKAO, Hiroshi KUNIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190253786
    Abstract: A bone conduction headset includes a support member having a U-shape, a pair of speakers of bone conduction type respectively provided to a first end and a second end of the support member, the second end being opposite to the first end, a microphone coupled to the first end, and a mute switch provided to either the first end or the second end, and configured to perform a control to lower volume on the speakers of bone conduction type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Suguru NAKAO, Hiroshi KUNIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190253781
    Abstract: A bone conduction speaker includes a vibration driver that includes a magnetic circuit and a vibration plate, and that is configured to convert sound into vibration, a vibration body configured to hold a side of the vibration driver, which is adjacent to the magnetic circuit, to come into contact with a subject, and to transmit vibration of the vibration driver to the subject, and a lid body configured to cover a side of the vibration driver, which is adjacent to the vibration plate, without being in contact with the vibration driver, and to substantially seal the vibration driver together with the vibration body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Suguru NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20190253547
    Abstract: A headset main body includes a PTT switch, bone conduction speakers, a first connector to be coupled with a microphone, and a second connector to be coupled with a transceiver. A sleeve of the first connector is coupled to a sleeve of the second connector. A ring of the first connector is coupled to a ground. A chip of the first connector is coupled to a ring of the second connector, and the chip of the first connector is further coupled, via the PTT switch, to the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Suguru NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20190253809
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone is configured to convert vocal cord vibration into a sound signal. The bone conduction microphone includes a vibration collection unit configured to come into contact with a human body and collect vibration in a predetermined direction, which is included in the vocal cord vibration, and a switch configured to switch whether collection of the vibration in the predetermined direction is enabled. The switch is disposed on a side of the vibration collection unit, which is opposite to a side configured to come into contact with the human body, to allow a direction of an operation of switching whether collection of the vibration in the predetermined direction is enabled to be parallel to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Suguru NAKAO
  • Patent number: 10021475
    Abstract: A headset supported on a head of a wearer while passing around the head includes a bone conduction speaker, a contact type microphone, a frame that supports the bone conduction speaker and has elasticity, and a movable part configured to change a distance between the bone conduction microphone and the frame. This configuration can provide a headset that is easily worn by the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Koido, Suguru Nakao, Hirosi Kunimoto, Shuji Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20170264993
    Abstract: A head set configured to be worn on the head of a human body includes a communicator configured to communicate with an external device, speakers configured to output, as voices, signals received by the communicator, detectors configured to detect whether or not the head set is being worn on the head, a vibration generator configured to generate vibrations for applying vibrations to the human body, a supporting portion configured to support the communicator, the speakers, the detectors and the vibration generator, and a controller configured to cause the vibration generator to vibrate, when the communicator is being in a signal-arriving state, and the head set not being worn on the head is being detected by the detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: SHUJI YAMASHITA, SUGURU NAKAO, HIROSHI KUNIMOTO, TEPPEI KOIDO
  • Patent number: 9721555
    Abstract: A material for audio equipment housing containing a polylactic acid resin composition containing a polylactic acid resin, a plasticizer, an organic crystal nucleating agent, and an inorganic material, wherein the content of the plasticizer is from 1 to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polylactic acid resin; and a vibration-damping material containing a polylactic acid resin composition containing a polylactic acid resin, a plasticizer, an organic crystal nucleating agent, and an inorganic material, wherein the content of the plasticizer is from 1 to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polylactic acid resin. The material of the present invention can be suitably used as materials for audio equipment of, for example, speakers, television, radio cassette players, headphones, audio components, or microphones, and manufactured articles, such as electric appliances, transportation vehicles, construction buildings, and industrial equipment, or parts or housing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: KAO CORPORATION, PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Takenaka, Tomoya Tsuboi, Masahiro Mori, Yoshiro Oda, Takashi Nagashima, Suguru Nakao