Patents by Inventor Atsushi Saso
Atsushi Saso 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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Publication number: 20220395219Abstract: A skin state determination method includes: acquiring a first measurement result including data obtained by a spectral camera measuring the skin of a user at a first time point, second time points before the first time point being different from each other; estimating, on the basis of the first measurement result, a first estimation result including at least one of a skin moisture content or hidden blemish conditions of the user at the first time point; and determining a skin state of the user on the basis of the first estimation result and second estimation results based on second measurement results, each of the second measurement results including data obtained by the spectral camera measuring the skin of the user at each of the second time points.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: MIZUHO SAKAKIBARA, NAOMI TOMIYAMA, ATSUSHI SASO, JUNICHI FUJIHIRA, MIKIKO MATSUO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI
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Patent number: 11443002Abstract: An information presenting method according to the present disclosure includes: acquiring instruction information indicative of a preferred taste of a user with respect to a food product; calculating a first feature quantity indicative of a feature of a taste indicated by the instruction information; calculating, from a food product data base which stores a temporal change in a content of each of one or more components for each of one or more food products, progress information indicative of a temporal change in a second feature quantity indicative of a feature of the taste of each of the food products, extracting a food product for which a distance between the first feature quantity and the progress information is equal to or less than a reference value; and presenting the extracted food product.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Rinako Kamei, Atsushi Saso, Mizuho Sakakibara, Motoji Ohmori, Mikiko Matsuo
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Patent number: 11023844Abstract: A system includes a biological sensor measuring biological data of a plurality of customers, a storage storing a plurality of attendant-associated data records, and a processor. Each attendant-associated data record includes the biological data of a customer, a seat identifier, and an attendant identifier associated with each other. The processor calculates at least one stress indicator of at least one customer. Each stress indicator is calculated based on the biological data in one of at least one attendant-associated data record extracted from the plurality of attendant-associated data records and associated with a first attendant identifier. The processor further calculates an evaluation value indicated by the first attendant identifier based on the at least one stress indicator of the at least one customer. The evaluation value is updated based on a registered evaluation value identified by the first attendant identifier stored in the storage, and the calculated stress indicator.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naomi Tomiyama, Yasuko Iketsuki, Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Akira Asai
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Publication number: 20210103625Abstract: An information presenting method according to the present disclosure includes: acquiring instruction information indicative of a preferred taste of a user with respect to a food product; calculating a first feature quantity indicative of a feature of a taste indicated by the instruction information; calculating, from a food product data base which stores a temporal change in a content of each of one or more components for each of one or more food products, progress information indicative of a temporal change in a second feature quantity indicative of a feature of the taste of each of the food products, extracting a food product for which a distance between the first feature quantity and the progress information is equal to or less than a reference value; and presenting the extracted food product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Rinako KAMEI, Atsushi SASO, Mizuho SAKAKIBARA, Motoji OHMORI, Mikiko MATSUO
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Patent number: 10959657Abstract: A stress management system comprises: a first sensor that detects biological data of a user; a second sensor that detects life log data indicating an action history of the user; a generator that generates stress data using the biological data, the stress data indicating a time series variation of a stress level of the user; an estimator that, when the stress level of the user included in the stress data exceeds a first threshold, estimates whether or not stress of the user is interpersonal stress caused by contact with another person, using the life log data; and a notifier that notifies the user of a result of the estimation by the estimator and notifies a notification target person different from the user of notification content based on the result of the estimation by the estimator.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuumi Kaneko, Atsushi Saso, Naomi Tomiyama, Takamichi Matsusako, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori
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Patent number: 10846966Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit that presumes that the person is a person to be tracked based on the biometric data. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that tracks the target person in the second region by checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Naomi Tomiyama, Akira Asai, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Eiichiro Okuda
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Patent number: 10799666Abstract: A stress alleviation system, includes: a biological sensor measuring first biological data of a customer boarding transportation; an action application apparatus provided to a transportation seat and applying an action to the customer for alleviating a stressed state of the customer sitting on the seat; a stress data saver previously saving specific stress data where a customer identifier identifying the customer and a second stress indicator calculated using second biological data measured in past boarding of the customer are associated; a stressed state assessor assessing whether the customer is in the stressed state by calculating a first stress indicator of the customer on board using the first biological data of the customer, and by comparing the first stress indicator with the second stress indicator; and an action controller transmitting a control signal causing the action to the action application apparatus when the customer is assessed as in the stressed state.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naomi Tomiyama, Yasuko Iketsuki, Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Akira Asai
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Patent number: 10734103Abstract: There is provided a stress management system that manages psychological stress of a user. The system includes: a first sensor that detects biological data of a user; a second sensor that detects life log data indicating an activity history of the user; a generator that generates stress data using the biological data, the stress data indicating a time series variation in a stress level of the user; an estimator that, when the stress level included in the stress data exceeds a threshold value, estimates whether or not stress experienced by the user is interpersonal stress that is caused by contact with other people, using the life log data; and a notifier that notifies the user of a result of the estimation by the estimator.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuumi Kaneko, Atsushi Saso, Naomi Tomiyama, Takamichi Matsusako, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori
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Publication number: 20200210928Abstract: A system includes a biological sensor measuring biological data of a plurality of customers, a storage storing a plurality of attendant-associated data records, and a processor. Each attendant-associated data record includes the biological data of a customer, a seat identifier, and an attendant identifier associated with each other. The processor calculates at least one stress indicator of at least one customer. Each stress indicator is calculated based on the biological data in one of at least one attendant-associated data record extracted from the plurality of attendant-associated data records and associated with a first attendant identifier. The processor further calculates an evaluation value indicated by the first attendant identifier based on the at least one stress indicator of the at least one customer. The evaluation value is updated based on a registered evaluation value identified by the first attendant identifier stored in the storage, and the calculated stress indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naomi TOMIYAMA, Yasuko IKETSUKI, Atsushi SASO, Takamichi MATSUSAKO, Yuichi AOKI, Motoji OHMORI, Akira ASAI
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Patent number: 10628773Abstract: A flight attendant evaluation system includes: a first biological sensor that measures first biological data of a customer on board transportation; a storage that stores attendant-associated data in which the first biological data, a seat identifier, and an attendant identifier are associated with each other, the seat identifier indicating a seat of the customer on board, the attendant identifier indicating a flight attendant in charge of the seat; an evaluation value calculator that classifies the attendant-associated data by the attendant identifier, calculates a stress indicator of the customer based on the first biological data associated with a first attendant identifier, and calculates an evaluation value of the flight attendant indicated by the first attendant identifier based on the stress indicator; and a display apparatus that presents the evaluation value.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naomi Tomiyama, Yasuko Iketsuki, Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Akira Asai
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Publication number: 20200058179Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit that presumes that the person is a person to be tracked based on the biometric data. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that tracks the target person in the second region by checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi SASO, Takamichi MATSUSAKO, Naomi TOMIYAMA, Akira ASAI, Mikiko MATSUO, Yuichi AOKI, Motoji OHMORI, Eiichiro OKUDA
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Patent number: 10490002Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a person to be tracked based on the calculated stress index. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that tracks the target person in the second region by checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Naomi Tomiyama, Akira Asai, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Eiichiro Okuda
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Publication number: 20190325676Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a person to be tracked based on the calculated stress index. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that tracks the target person in the second region by checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi SASO, Takamichi MATSUSAKO, Naomi TOMIYAMA, Akira ASAI, Mikiko MATSUO, Yuichi AOKI, Motoji OHMORI, Eiichiro OKUDA
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Patent number: 10388093Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a person to be tracked based on the calculated stress index. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that checks the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person to track the target person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the second region. The system also includes a warning unit that emits a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the target person enters the second region.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Naomi Tomiyama, Akira Asai, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Eiichiro Okuda
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Publication number: 20190206162Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a person to be tracked based on the calculated stress index. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that checks the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person to track the target person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the second region. The system also includes a warning unit that emits a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the target person enters the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi SASO, Takamichi MATSUSAKO, Naomi TOMIYAMA, Akira ASAI, Mikiko MATSUO, Yuichi AOKI, Motoji OHMORI, Eiichiro OKUDA
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Patent number: 10269198Abstract: A suspicious person report system includes: a biometric sensor detecting biometric data of a person in a first region; a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a suspicious person when the calculated stress index is higher than a reference value; a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region; a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region, the second region being a route after the first region before a third region; a monitoring unit checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the suspicious person to thereby track the suspicious person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the third region; and a warning unit emitting a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the suspicious person enters the third region.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Naomi Tomiyama, Akira Asai, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Eiichiro Okuda
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Publication number: 20180158155Abstract: A proposal candidate presentation device that includes: a biological reaction information generator that generates biological reaction information; a dialogue content information generator that generates dialogue content information including dialogue content between the customer and a proposer; a determiner that determines whether a customer reaction to a question from the proposer is positive or negative, based on the biological reaction information and dialogue content information; a proposal candidate generator that generates a customer proposal candidate information, based on a customer response to the question, when it is determined that the customer reaction based on the biological reaction information is positive and the customer reaction based on the dialogue content information is positive; and a re-question generator that generates first re-question information having the same perspective as the question, when the customer reaction based on the biological reaction information and the customer reactType: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: YASUKO IKETSUKI, ATSUSHI SASO, YUICHI AOKI, AKIRA ASAI, MOTOJI OHMORI
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Publication number: 20180144282Abstract: A flight attendant evaluation system includes: a first biological sensor that measures first biological data of a customer on board transportation; a storage that stores attendant-associated data in which the first biological data, a seat identifier, and an attendant identifier are associated with each other, the seat identifier indicating a seat of the customer on board, the attendant identifier indicating a flight attendant in charge of the seat; an evaluation value calculator that classifies the attendant-associated data by the attendant identifier, calculates a stress indicator of the customer based on the first biological data associated with a first attendant identifier, and calculates an evaluation value of the flight attendant indicated by the first attendant identifier based on the stress indicator; and a display apparatus that presents the evaluation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: NAOMI TOMIYAMA, YASUKO IKETSUKI, ATSUSHI SASO, TAKAMICHI MATSUSAKO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI, AKIRA ASAI
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Publication number: 20180140798Abstract: A stress alleviation system, includes: a biological sensor measuring first biological data of a customer boarding transportation; an action application apparatus provided to a transportation seat and applying an action to the customer for alleviating a stressed state of the customer sitting on the seat; a stress data saver previously saving specific stress data where a customer identifier identifying the customer and a second stress indicator calculated using second biological data measured in past boarding of the customer are associated; a stressed state assessor assessing whether the customer is in the stressed state by calculating a first stress indicator of the customer on board using the first biological data of the customer, and by comparing the first stress indicator with the second stress indicator; and an action controller transmitting a control signal causing the action to the action application apparatus when the customer is assessed as in the stressed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: NAOMI TOMIYAMA, YASUKO IKETSUKI, ATSUSHI SASO, TAKAMICHI MATSUSAKO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI, AKIRA ASAI
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Publication number: 20180129982Abstract: A seat presentation system, including: an accumulator accumulating biological history data in which first biological data of a customer measured during boarding, a seat identifier indicating a seat of the on-board customer, and a customer identifier identifying the customer are associated with each other; a preference data generator generating, based on the biological history data of the customer, preference data in which a position attribute indicating an attribute of a seat position of the customer and a first stress indicator calculated based on the first biological data are associated with each other; a priority calculator calculating a second stress indicator which corresponds to each of seat regions specified by the position attribute by using the preference data, and calculates priorities among the seat regions based on the second stress indicator; and a presentation processor presenting the reservation candidate seats from a seat belonging to the higher priority seat region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: NAOMI TOMIYAMA, YASUKO IKETSUKI, ATSUSHI SASO, TAKAMICHI MATSUSAKO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI, AKIRA ASAI