Patents by Inventor Atsuki SHIMIZU

Atsuki SHIMIZU 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: 20220142507
    Abstract: A heart failure diagnostic device includes a piezoelectric sensor sheet having flexibility and configured to output a detection signal corresponding to an input vibration. A respiratory signal acquisition unit is configured to extract, as a respiratory signal, a signal of a vibration frequency caused by respiration from the detection signal detected by the piezoelectric sensor sheet. A power spectrum calculator is configured to obtain a power spectrum of a respiratory frequency band from the respiratory signal, and a signal corrector is configured to correct the detection signal such that in the power spectrum, a maximum value of a first-order frequency component of a respiratory waveform is not smaller than 1.5 times a maximum value of a second-order frequency component of the respiratory waveform to obtain the respiratory signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Wataru TAKAHASHI, Masanori YAMAMOTO, Atsuki SHIMIZU, Mitsuyoshi KONDO, Jun Taguchi, Hidetsugu ASANOI, Yoshiki SAWA, Shigeru MIYAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220029086
    Abstract: There is provided a presence determination device. The presence determination device determines whether or not a living body is present on a detection region, the presence determination device including: a flexible piezoelectric sensor sheet that is laid out in the detection region and outputs a detection signal corresponding to input vibration; a ballistocardiographic signal acquisition unit that extracts a ballistocardiographic signal corresponding to ballistocardioaction from the detection signal of the piezoelectric sensor sheet ; and an absence determination unit that executes an absence determination indicating that the living body is not present on the detection region, based on the ballistocardiographic signal. When a state where the ballistocardiographic signal is lower than an absence threshold value ? lasts beyond an absence determination time, the absence determination unit executes the absence determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventor: Atsuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9795321
    Abstract: A bed-leaving sensor for detecting bed-leaving by a user on a bed, including: a sitting position detection member that detects a sitting position of the user based on a detection value of a pressure sensor arranged on the bed; and a bed-leaving behavior detection member that detects bed-leaving behavior of the user with at least one of the following as a condition: (i) the sitting position being detected within a preset bed-leaving expectation region, (ii) a movement volume of a sitting position center of gravity which is a center of gravity of the sitting position exceeding a given threshold value within a given time, and (iii) the sitting position center of gravity moving toward a preset bed-leaving range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Atsuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9782108
    Abstract: A bed-leaving sensor for detecting bed-leaving by a user on a bed, including: a sitting position detection member that detects a sitting position of the user based on a detection value of a pressure sensor arranged on the bed; a foot movement detection member for detecting foot movement of the user based on the detection value of the pressure sensor; and a bed-leaving behavior detection member that detects bed-leaving behavior of the user with the sitting position or the foot movement being detected within a preset bed-leaving expectation region as a condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Atsuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9592011
    Abstract: A position-detecting device includes a body pressure distribution sensor including a plurality of pressure sensors that outputs pressure signals corresponding to pressure values respectively and are arranged in a matrix pattern, a specific pattern storage unit storing a range that pressure sensors can occupy and a condition of pressure values relating to the pressure sensors within the range as a specific pattern by sleeping posture and body part of a sleeper, a scanning unit applying the specific pattern to body pressure distribution information, which is a set of the pressure values, from a scan starting position to an adjacent position in sequence and to determine whether the condition is satisfied, and a body part position determining unit determining the position of the body part in the sleeping posture corresponding to the position of the specific pattern in the body pressure distribution information when the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsuki Shimizu, Ichinosuke Maeda
  • Publication number: 20160367171
    Abstract: A posture determination device for determining a user's posture including: a plurality of pressure detection parts disposed in a matrix arrangement on a human body support surface of bedding; a pressure sensing center calculation member to calculate a pressure sensing center of the pressure detection parts based on output values of the pressure detection parts; a determination area setting member to set at least one determination area around the calculated pressure sensing center; and a posture determination member to determine the posture based on distribution condition of the output values of the pressure detection parts within the determination area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Atsuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20160007887
    Abstract: A bed-leaving sensor for detecting bed-leaving by a user on a bed, including: a sitting position detection member that detects a sitting position of the user based on a detection value of a pressure sensor arranged on the bed; and a bed-leaving behavior detection member that detects bed-leaving behavior of the user with at least one of the following as a condition: (i) the sitting position being detected within a preset bed-leaving expectation region, (ii) a movement volume of a sitting position center of gravity which is a center of gravity of the sitting position exceeding a given threshold value within a given time, and (iii) the sitting position center of gravity moving toward a preset bed-leaving range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Atsuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20160007886
    Abstract: A bed-leaving sensor for detecting bed-leaving by a user on a bed, including: a sitting position detection member that detects a sitting position of the user based on a detection value of a pressure sensor arranged on the bed; a foot movement detection member for detecting foot movement of the user based on the detection value of the pressure sensor; and a bed-leaving behavior detection member that detects bed-leaving behavior of the user with the sitting position or the foot movement being detected within a preset bed-leaving expectation region as a condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Atsuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20150351694
    Abstract: A position-detecting device includes a body pressure distribution sensor including a plurality of pressure sensors that outputs pressure signals corresponding to pressure values respectively and are arranged in a matrix pattern, a specific pattern storage unit storing a range that pressure sensors can occupy and a condition of pressure values relating to the pressure sensors within the range as a specific pattern by sleeping posture and body part of a sleeper, a scanning unit applying the specific pattern to body pressure distribution information, which is a set of the pressure values, from a scan starting position to an adjacent position in sequence and to determine whether the condition is satisfied, and a body part position determining unit determining the position of the body part in the sleeping posture corresponding to the position of the specific pattern in the body pressure distribution information when the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Atsuki SHIMIZU, Ichinosuke MAEDA