Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Otsuka

Toshihiko Otsuka 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: 11800989
    Abstract: An electronic device acquires pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a first portion of a body and pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a second portion of the body, based on video information of the body in each of a first video and a second video obtained by imaging the body. The device further acquires, based on a relationship between the pulse wave information of the first portion and the pulse wave information of the second portion acquired from the first video, and a relationship between the pulse wave information of the first portion and the pulse wave information of the second portion acquired from the second video, a measurement result indicating a degree of change in blood flow from when imaging the first video to when imaging the second video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tomida, Toshihiko Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20230329570
    Abstract: An electronic device includes at least one processor to execute processing including: acquiring first pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave from first video obtained by imaging at least a part of a body and acquiring second pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave from second video obtained by imaging a part of the body or a part corresponding to the part of body; acquiring, from the first and second pulse wave information, a baseline as an average value of the pulse wave and a pulse wave amplitude as an average amplitude of the pulse wave in a predetermined period of time, and deriving a baseline change rate indicating a change and a pulse wave amplitude change rate indicating a change in pulse wave amplitude; and determining a blood circulation state based on a relation of the baseline change rate and the pulse wave amplitude change rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOMIDA, Toshihiko OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20230083804
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and at least one processor. In the memory, a program is stored. The processor is configured to execute the program stored in the memory, and generate prescription data for skincare of a skin based on history data of an index value representing change in blood flow before and after treatment. The index value is calculated based on a first skin image and a second skin image. The first skin image is obtained by imaging the skin before a blood flow enhancement treatment, and the second skin image is obtained by imaging the skin after the blood flow enhancement treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OTSUKA, Takahiro TOMIDA
  • Patent number: 11545048
    Abstract: A display device includes a biometric information value acquiring portion, a comparing portion, and a subject state determining portion. The biometric information value acquiring portion subsequently acquires a subject's biometric information value. The comparing portion compares a first biometric information value that is subsequently acquired by the biometric information value acquiring portion with a second biometric information value which is different from the first biometric information value that is subsequently acquired by the biometric information value acquiring portion. The subject state determining portion determines that the user could get a certain improvement owing to the treatment on the user on the basis of a comparison result by the comparing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otsuka, Takahiro Tomida
  • Patent number: 11521575
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an information acquisition unit, a display information determination unit, and a display control unit. The information acquisition unit acquires first pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a part of a body based on image information of the body in a first image obtained by imaging at least the part of the body, and acquires second pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a part of the body based on image information of the body in a second image obtained by imaging the part of the body after the first image has been obtained. The display information determination unit determines a display range of a display color of a display image or brightness corresponding to a blood flow variation of a part of the body based on first pulse wave information and second pulse wave information. The display control unit controls display of the display image by the display color determined based on the display range or brightness and the second pulse wave information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otsuka, Takahiro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20220343506
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an input/output interface, and at least one processor. The at least one processor executes: detecting feature points in a facial image of an object included in an image taken from the input/output interface; acquiring first distance information between the feature points before a beauty treatment is performed; acquiring second distance information between the feature points at a second timing after the beauty treatment is performed; acquiring a difference value between the first distance information and the second distance information; and determining whether the beauty treatment is correctly given or has been given based on a different value between the acquired distance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OTSUKA, Takahiro TOMIDA
  • Publication number: 20220304453
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an information processing device, computer readable media, a nail printing system and a nail design selection method which make it possible to present nail designs which are more suitable for a psychosomatic state of a user. A print device includes a control unit which acquires biological information which relates to a blood flow of the user and determines nail designs to be presented to the user on the basis of the acquired biological information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OTSUKA, Takahiro TOMIDA
  • Patent number: 11325262
    Abstract: A robot includes an operator and a processor. The operator is configured to cause a robot to operate. The processor acquires adornment information indicating an adornment that is applied to the robot, the adornment information being obtained based on a captured image of the robot. The processor controls the operator to perform an operation corresponding to the acquired adornment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maki Maeda, Toshihiko Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11305433
    Abstract: In a robot, an actuator causes the robot to operate. A processor is configured to acquire, when a holding portion is held by a predetermined target, physical information on a physical function of the predetermined target, and cause, by controlling the actuator depending on the acquired physical information, the robot to perform at least one of an examination operation for examining the physical function of the predetermined target and a training support operation for training the physical function of the predetermined target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otsuka, Hisao Kumai, Takahiro Tomida
  • Publication number: 20220087547
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device capable of accurately measuring the effect of continuous beauty treatment based on the biological information acquired from a video, a method for controlling an electronic device, and a control program for an electronic device. The electronic device 1 includes: an imaging condition adjuster 111a that makes an imaging device capture a video of at least a part of a body to acquire pulse-wave information for adjustment indicating a pulse wave of the body based on the video, and adjusts an imaging condition based on the pulse-wave information for adjustment; and a video processing unit 111 that makes the imaging device capture a first video of at least a part of the body under the imaging condition adjusted by the imaging condition adjuster 111a to acquire video information on the body in the first video, and acquires first pulse-wave information on the body based on the video information on the body in the first video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OTSUKA, Takahiro TOMIDA
  • Patent number: 11238629
    Abstract: A notification device that gives notification of predetermined information can be used more conveniently. A notification device includes a state detecting section, a guidance notifying section, a determining section, and a notification control section. The state detecting section sequentially detects a face state of a subject on the basis of images which are sequentially input. The guidance notifying section gives notification of face guidance information. The determining section determines whether or not the face state sequentially detected by the guidance notifying section satisfies a state corresponding to the notified face guidance information. In a case in which the determining section determines that the state corresponding to the notified face guidance information is satisfied, the notification control section controls the guidance notifying section such that another face guidance information different from the notified face guidance information is notified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20210298620
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device capable of precisely measuring an effect of continuously performed cosmetic treatment and the like based on biological information acquired from a video, a control method for the electronic device, and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OTSUKA, Takahiro TOMIDA
  • Publication number: 20210267473
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that makes it possible to accurately acquire information in relation to a change in a blood flow before and after an event, a control method for the electronic device, and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro TOMIDA, Toshihiko OTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11029830
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display and a processor, in which the processor performs processing of acquiring an image of an object, displaying an auxiliary substitute image in which auxiliary information is added to a substitute image on the display, switching between i) a first display mode in which the object's image which is acquired is displayed on the display as a first image and the auxiliary substitute image is displayed on the display as a second image and ii) a second display mode in which the object's image which is acquired is displayed on the display as the second image and the auxiliary substitute image is displayed on the display as the first image, and displaying the object's image and the auxiliary substitute image on the display unit in the display mode which is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otsuka, Takahiro Tomida, Natsumi Hamaoka
  • Publication number: 20210134243
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an information acquisition unit, a display information determination unit, and a display control unit. The information acquisition unit acquires first pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a part of a body based on image information of the body in a first image obtained by imaging at least the part of the body, and acquires second pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a part of the body based on image information of the body in a second image obtained by imaging the part of the body after the first image has been obtained. The display information determination unit determines a display range of a display color of a display image or brightness corresponding to a blood flow variation of a part of the body based on first pulse wave information and second pulse wave information. The display control unit controls display of the display image by the display color determined based on the display range or brightness and the second pulse wave information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OTSUKA, Takahiro TOMIDA
  • Patent number: 10915617
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image analysis unit, a biometric information measurement unit, and a determination selection unit. The image analysis unit detects a plurality of part images of a subject from the image including the subject captured by the imaging unit. The biometric information measurement unit obtains biometric information from at least one of the plurality of part images of the subject detected by the image analysis unit. The determination selection unit determines the detectability of biometric information on each of the plurality of part images of the subject detected by the image analysis unit. The determination selection unit makes a selection regarding acquisition of the biometric information of the subject on the basis of the detectability of the biometric information determined by the determination selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otsuka, Takahiro Tomida
  • Patent number: 10835188
    Abstract: Provided are a robot, a robot control method, and a non-transitory recording medium capable of causing a predetermined object to continuously have a health support without having a consciousness of a diagnosis. The robot includes an obtainer (a sensor set) obtaining biometric information of a predetermined object in accordance with a touch by the predetermined object to the robot without requesting the predetermined object to touch the robot, the biometric information being obtained by the touch of the predetermined object, a determiner determining the biometric information obtained by the obtainer, and a controller controlling the robot based on a determined result by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10803844
    Abstract: For example, provided is an information processing device with which the entire performance can be felt really visually. The information processing device TB according to the present invention includes a processor performing a reception process of receiving input of performance information including pitch information, a first image output process of outputting a first image according to the received performance information, a performance determination process of determining at least any of tonality, a chord type, and a pitch name on the basis of the received performance information, and second image output process of outputting a second image according to a result determined in the performance determination process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kafuku, Nobuyuki Mochinaga, Atsushi Shibutani, Toshihiko Otsuka, Atsushi Inoshita, Hiroko Okuda, Takashi Umemura
  • Patent number: 10664334
    Abstract: A robot, failure diagnosis system, failure diagnosis method, and recording medium that enable easy diagnosis of a failure of a robot are provided. In a robot 100, a failure diagnosis unit 150 diagnoses a failure of the robot 100, based on a spontaneous self motion made by the robot 100 independently of a predetermined target without interaction with the predetermined target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Otsuka, Hiroki Atsumi, Takahiro Tomida, Yoshihiro Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20200105158
    Abstract: A display device includes a biometric information value acquiring portion, a comparing portion, and a subject state determining portion. The biometric information value acquiring portion subsequently acquires a subject's biometric information value. The comparing portion compares a first biometric information value that is subsequently acquired by the biometric information value acquiring portion with a second biometric information value which is different from the first biometric information value that is subsequently acquired by the biometric information value acquiring portion. The subject state determining portion determines that the user could get a certain improvement owing to the treatment on the user on the basis of a comparison result by the comparing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiko OTSUKA, Takahiro TOMIDA