Patents by Inventor Takako Ishihara
Takako Ishihara 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).
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Patent number: 11977045Abstract: An embodiment humidity sensor device includes a humidity sensor including a measurement section for measuring humidity, a housing accommodating the humidity sensor while the measurement section is exposed to the outside, and a wall member protruding from a bottom surface of the housing and surrounding a periphery of the measurement section.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hiroto Matsuoka, Takako Ishihara
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Patent number: 11957188Abstract: A wearable device includes a sensor device and a clothes to which the sensor device is attached. The clothes includes a clothes body and an insertion and extraction portion that has an opening formed in the clothes body and enables the sensor device to be inserted into or extracted from the clothes body. The sensor device includes a humidity sensor configured to measure humidity in the clothes body and a housing having a first region exposed to an inside of the clothes body and a second region exposed to an outside of the clothes body, while the sensor device is inserted from the insertion and extraction portion into the clothes body. The humidity sensor is accommodated in the first region of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hiroto Matsuoka, Nobuaki Matsuura, Kei Kuwabara, Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara
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Patent number: 11874430Abstract: A solar radiation heat sensor device includes: a black plate having a black surface; a silver plate having a silvery-white surface; a casing that supports the black plate and the silver plate in such a manner as to be exposed to an outside with the black surface and the silvery-white surface facing the same direction; a thermistor which is accommodated in the casing and is configured to measure temperatures of each of the black plate and the silver plate; and a processor configured to calculate a solar radiation heat amount based on a difference between the temperature of the black plate and the temperature of the silver plate, the temperatures being measured by the thermistor.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hiroto Matsuoka, Takako Ishihara
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Publication number: 20230354934Abstract: A tactile device includes a wearing portion to be worn on a subject, a tactile stimulus generation portion that provides a tactile stimulus to a body surface of the subject, and a positioning portion that makes a place where the wearing portion is worn constant. The tactile stimulus generation portion is fixed to the wearing portion. The wearing portion is worn on an arm of the subject. A tactile stimulus is provided to a body surface of the arm of the tactile stimulus generation portion. The positioning portion is, for example, a glove integrally formed with the wearing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Toshiki Wada, Takako Ishihara
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Publication number: 20230309889Abstract: A garment with electrodes includes a different electrode disposed in the vicinity of a left shoulder of a garment on a lining of a back body of the garment so as to be in contact with an inclined surface of a raised portion of a left shoulder blade of a back of a subject to be measured; an indifferent electrode disposed in the vicinity of a right shoulder of the garment so as to be in contact with an inclined surface of a raised portion of a right shoulder blade of the back of the subject to be measured; a wiring part connected to each of the different electrode and the indifferent electrode; and a controller connected to the wiring part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Takako Ishihara, Nobuaki Matsuura, Kei Kuwabara, Hiroto Matsuoka, Yuichi Higuchi, Hiroyoshi Togo
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Publication number: 20230240548Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a heart rate detection method includes measuring an ECG waveform, calculating a heart rate from the ECG waveform, calculating a difference value of a potential of the ECG waveform between sampling time points, calculating an integrated value obtained by integrating the difference value between a measurement time point and any time point before measurement, and determining whether the heart rate at the measurement time point is to be displayed, by comparing the integrated value to a reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Nobuaki Matsuura, Kei Kuwabara, Yuichi Higuchi, Takako Ishihara
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Publication number: 20230233130Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a heart rate detection method includes measuring an ECG waveform, calculating an R-R interval from the ECG waveform, calculating an instantaneous heart rate from the R-R interval, calculating an index based on the instantaneous heart rate, and determining whether the heart rate obtained from the R-R interval is to be displayed, by comparing the index to a reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Nobuaki Matsuura, Kei Kuwabara, Yuichi Higuchi, Takako Ishihara
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Publication number: 20230225658Abstract: A wearable electrode includes an electrode (203) fixed to garment (21) such that the electrode (203) can simultaneously come in contact with the skin of respective parts from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper left part of the body of a wearer (20), and an electrode (204) fixed to the garment such that the electrode (204) can simultaneously come in contact with the skin of respective parts from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper right part of the body of the wearer (20). The electrodes (203, 204) are installed such that the attaching positions gradually descend from the ventral side to the dorsal side with the wearer (20) standing upright, or the attaching positions gradually ascend from the ventral side to the dorsal side with the wearer (20) standing upright.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Takako ISHIHARA, Kazuhiko TAKAGAHARA, Hiromi TAKARADA, Emiko ISHIKAWA, Masanobu SATO, Yasuharu MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 11660034Abstract: A wearable electrode includes an electrode (203) fixed to garment (21) such that the electrode (203) can simultaneously come in contact with the skin of respective parts from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper left part of the body of a wearer (20), and an electrode (204) fixed to the garment such that the electrode (204) can simultaneously come in contact with the skin of respective parts from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper right part of the body of the wearer (20). The electrodes (203, 204) are installed such that the attaching positions gradually descend from the ventral side to the dorsal side with the wearer (20) standing upright, or the attaching positions gradually ascend from the ventral side to the dorsal side with the wearer (20) standing upright.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Takako Ishihara, Kazuhiko Takagahara, Hiromi Takarada, Emiko Ishikawa, Masanobu Sato, Yasuharu Murakami
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Publication number: 20230118172Abstract: A wearable device includes a base material including a first surface disposed in contact with skin of a living body, a first recessed portion formed in the first surface of the base material, a flow path being formed in the base material and including a first end that opens into the first recessed portion and a second end that opens into a second surface opposite to the first surface of the base material, a water absorbing structure that is provided on the second surface and absorbs sweat transported from the first recessed portion through the flow path and secreted from the skin, and a sensor that measures a physical amount related to the sweat flowing through the flow path and outputs a measurement signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara, Kei Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230111975Abstract: A wearable device attached to a living body includes a substrate that forms a first flow path, a second flow path, and a third flow path, a light source that is disposed on the substrate and emits light toward the second flow path, and a light receiving element that is disposed on the substrate to face the light source, receives the light emitted from the light source and transmitted through the second flow path, converts the received light into an electrical signal, and outputs the electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara, Kei Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230094123Abstract: A wearable device includes a base material including a first surface, a first flow path being formed in the base material, including one end that opens into the first surface, and extending along a direction toward a second surface opposite to the first surface of the base material, a second flow path being formed in the base material and including one end connected to another end of the first flow path and another end that opens into the second surface, a water absorbing structure that is provided on the second surface and absorbs sweat transported from the first flow path through the second flow path and secreted from skin of the living body, and a sensor that is disposed on the base material, detects an electrical signal deriving from a predetermined component included in the sweat flowing from the first flow path to the second flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara, Kei Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230089467Abstract: An embodiment is a wearable device attached to a living body, including a base material including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first flow path in the base material having a first end and a second end and extending along a direction toward the second surface, the first end open to the first surface and, a second flow path in the base material having a third end and a fourth end, the third end connected to the second end, the fourth end open to the second surface, a water absorbing structure on the second surface and configured to absorb sweat transported from the first flow path through the second flow path, a light source configured to emit light toward the second flow path, and a light receiving element configured to receive the emitted light and convert the received light into an electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara, Kei Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230082487Abstract: A wearable device attached to a living body includes a substrate that forms a first flow path, a second flow path, and a third flow path, an electrode exposed to the first flow path, an electrode spaced apart from the electrode and exposed to the second flow path, and a sensor that detects, by using the electrodes, an electrical signal deriving from a predetermined component included in sweat that flows from the first flow path to the second flow path and is secreted from skin of the living body and outputs the electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara, Kei Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230059323Abstract: A wearable environmental sensor includes an environmental sensor arranged on a wall surface of a housing including a sealed section, the wall being in contact with an environment, and a protective structure formed around the environmental sensor, wherein the protective structure includes a plurality of ventilating holes, a sensor surface of the environmental sensor is arranged to face an opening of at least one of the ventilating holes, and an attaching part for attaching the environmental sensor to the wall surface comes into contact only with an edge of a sensor substrate of the environmental sensor and with a portion of a back face of the sensor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Akio Tokura, Kei Kuwabara, Takako Ishihara
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Publication number: 20230050667Abstract: A concentration device includes a substrate that has a flow path formed therein extending from an inlet-side opening into which a liquid to be concentrated is introduced to an outlet-side opening, and a desiccant that is disposed in containing spaces in the substrate to face a liquid in the flow path across air layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara, Kei Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230052347Abstract: A particle arrangement transportation device includes: a base material in which is formed a flow channel from an inlet port-side opening through which a solution containing particles to be an object of arrangement and transportation is introduced to an outlet port-side opening; an electrode which is formed along the flow channel on a wall surface of the base material being exposed in the flow channel; electrodes which are formed along the flow channel in the base material on both sides of the flow channel; and a power supply which applies an AC voltage between the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara, Kei Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20220397460Abstract: A wearable environmental sensor is configured to measure environmental information regarding a place where the device is worn, and includes a black-bulb temperature sensor including a black bulb and a temperature sensor for measuring internal temperature in the black bulb, the black-bulb temperature sensor being in a housing, wherein the black bulb includes an insertion hole into which the temperature sensor is inserted, the black bulb includes a weld portion welded to the housing, in an outer-circumferential portion of the bottom surface, the black bulb includes a guide portion in an outer-circumferential portion around the insertion hole, the housing includes an insertion opening into which the guide portion of the black bulb is inserted, the housing includes a protruding portion at an outer-circumferential portion around the insertion opening, and the guide portion is supported by the protruding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Akio Tokura, Kei Kuwabara, Takako Ishihara, Hiroyoshi Togo
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Publication number: 20220382325Abstract: A wearable sensor device includes a temperature and humidity sensor that measures ambient environmental information around a living body. The temperature and humidity sensor is provided on an outer wall surface of a housing or provided to be separated from the outer wall surface. The outer wall surface of the housing faces a left or right side or diagonally downward when the wearable sensor device is attached to the living body and the living body is in a standing posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Kei Kuwabara, Akio Tokura, Takako Ishihara, Toshiki Wada, Yuichi Higuchi, Yuki Hashimoto, Hiroyoshi Togo
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Publication number: 20220361815Abstract: A wearable sensor device includes a temperature and humidity sensor that measures ambient environmental information around a living body, a snap button connected to a bioelectrode, a biological information measurement unit that measures biological information, an inertial sensor that measures inertial information, a calculation unit that calculates a biological feature amount based on the biological information and calculates an inertial feature amount based on the inertial information, and a wireless communication unit that transmits the biological information, the inertial information, the biological feature amount, the inertial feature amount, and the environmental information to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Kei Kuwabara, Akio Tokura, Hiroto Matsuoka, Takako Ishihara, Takayuki Ogasawara, Yuki Hashimoto, Kenichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Wada, Hiroyoshi Togo