Patents by Inventor Atsushi Wakita

Atsushi Wakita 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).

  • ASPIRATION STATE MONITORING DEVICE, ASPIRATION STATE MONITORING SYSTEM, BASE DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL SYSTEM USE METHOD
    Publication number: 20100152601
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aspiration state monitoring device including a rechargeable battery, a memory that stores aspiration data indicating aspiration state of a living body, and a monitoring side attachment unit detachably attached to a base device. The monitoring side attachment unit has a monitoring side charge conducting section that receives electric power from the base device and charges the rechargeable battery, and a monitoring side communication conducting section which transmits the aspiration data stored in the memory to the base device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Akiyama, Katsuhiko Horii, Hiroyuki Nagatani, Atsushi Wakita
  • Respiration Sensor, Using Method of Respiration Sensor, and Respiration State Monitor
    Publication number: 20080146955
    Abstract: A respiration sensor to be attached on a surface of a living body for detecting a respiration state of the living body comprises a detecting element for outputting a signal corresponding to at least one of the respiration states of breathing and snoring of the living body and a substrate for retaining the detecting element at a predetermined detection position apart from the surface of the living body. The detecting element is arranged so that breath from both a mouth and a nose is brought into contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Horii, Atsushi Wakita, Hiroyuki Nagatani, Junichi Akiyama, Tetsuji Tanada