Patents by Inventor Ayumi Sano
Ayumi Sano 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: 10509025Abstract: The invention provides a poor physical condition determination device, method, and program enabling simple determination of a physical condition level. A poor physical condition determination device 10 acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, determines a physical condition level related to the physical condition of the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement, and outputs a determination result.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Tanita CorporationInventors: Miyuki Kodama, Ayumi Sano, Naotaka Minagawa, Yasuhiro Kasahara
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Patent number: 10175247Abstract: The invention provides a physical change evaluation device, method, and program capable of easily evaluating physical change from the past to the present, and from the present into the future. A physical change evaluation device 10 acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, acquires physical data relating to the body of the user, evaluates physical change in the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement and the physical data, and outputs an evaluation result.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Tanita CorporationInventors: Miyuki Kodama, Ayumi Sano, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Naotaka Minagawa, Moe Watabe
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Patent number: 9863932Abstract: A gas measurement apparatus of the present invention includes a gas sensor and is capable of being in any one of an open state in which the gas sensor is connected to an outside air and a closed state in which the gas sensor is cut off from an outside air. The gas measurement apparatus includes: an acquisition unit; and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires a detection value of the gas sensor in the open state and a detection value of the gas sensor in the closed state. The determination unit compares the detection value of the gas sensor acquired in the open state and the detection value of the gas sensor acquired in the closed state to thereby determine the state of the gas sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Ayumi Sano, Naotaka Minagawa, Miyuki Kodama, Yasuhiro Kasahara
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Patent number: 9661188Abstract: In an image processing apparatus for encoding image data and a method of controlling the same, whether an attribute of each of a plurality of areas in image data corresponds to an edge in an image based on the image data is determined, and one of a plurality of sub-sampling processes is selected according to the determination for each of the plurality of areas. Note that the plurality of sub-sampling processes can sub-sample color difference components of each of the plurality of areas by different processes. By the sub-sampling process selected as that corresponding to each of the plurality of areas, each of the plurality of areas is sub-sampled to encode the image data.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yugo Mochizuki, Fumihiro Goto, Akihiko Nakatani, Okinori Tsuchiya, Takashi Nakamura, Takashi Fujita, Ayumi Sano, Mitsuhiro Ono, Hidetsugu Kagawa
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Patent number: 9311826Abstract: An energy consumption estimator includes a body motion sensor, a first calculation unit, an acquisition unit, and a second calculation unit. The body motion sensor detects body motion by a user. Based on the body motion detected by the body motion sensor, the first calculation unit calculates the user's total energy consumption. The acquisition unit acquires the user's energy consumption derived from fats and lipids. Based on the energy consumption derived from fats and lipids and on the total energy consumption, the second calculation unit calculates the user's total energy derived from carbohydrates.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Miyuki Kodama, Ayumi Sano, Atsuo Kumekawa
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Publication number: 20160097762Abstract: A gas measurement apparatus includes: a body unit including a delivery port in which a user's breath is delivered, a gas sensor connected to the inside of the delivery port, and an absorbent housing unit that houses an absorbent; a cover unit capable of being operated to be slid in a predetermined direction with respect to the body unit and thereby being set to one of an open state in which the delivery port and the absorbent housing unit are exposed and a closed state in which the delivery port and the absorbent housing unit are cut off from an outside air, wherein at least in the closed state, a space in which the gas sensor is provided and the inside of the absorbent housing unit are connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro KASAHARA, Kotaku KOBAYASHI, Naotaka MINAGAWA, Miyuki KODAMA, Shigeharu AZUMA, Ayumi SANO
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Publication number: 20160097761Abstract: A gas measurement apparatus of the present invention includes a gas sensor and is capable of being in any one of an open state in which the gas sensor is connected to an outside air and a closed state in which the gas sensor is cut off from an outside air. The gas measurement apparatus includes: an acquisition unit; and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires a detection value of the gas sensor in the open state and a detection value of the gas sensor in the closed state. The determination unit compares the detection value of the gas sensor acquired in the open state and the detection value of the gas sensor acquired in the closed state to thereby determine the state of the gas sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Ayumi SANO, Naotaka MINAGAWA, Miyuki KODAMA, Yasuhiro KASAHARA
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Publication number: 20150226747Abstract: The invention provides a physical change evaluation device, method, and program capable of easily evaluating physical change from the past to the present, and from the present into the future. A physical change evaluation device 10 acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, acquires physical data relating to the body of the user, evaluates physical change in the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement and the physical data, and outputs an evaluation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Miyuki Kodama, Ayumi Sano, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Naotaka Minagawa, Moe Watabe
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Publication number: 20150212062Abstract: The invention provides a poor physical condition determination device, method, and program enabling simple determination of a physical condition level. A poor physical condition determination device 10 acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, determines a physical condition level related to the physical condition of the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement, and outputs a determination result.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Miyuki Kodama, Ayumi Sano, Naotaka Minagawa, Yasuhiro Kasahara
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Publication number: 20150212096Abstract: The invention provides a diet support device, method, and program capable of supporting healthy dieting. A diet support device 10 acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, determines the presence or absence of a rebound trend from a diet based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement, and outputs a determination result.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Miyuki Kodama, Ayumi Sano, Naotaka Minagawa, Yasuhiro Kasahara
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Patent number: 9090086Abstract: In an overlapping head including a plurality of recording head chips overlapped to each other, a color shift can occur between a color recorded by an overlapping region and a color recorded by a non-overlapping region, which cannot be corrected by a density correction using head shading or the like. To correct such a color shift, a test pattern is recorded by the overlapping region and the non-overlapping region and colors of the recorded test pattern are measured. Color correction data to be used in correction of colors of an image to be recorded is generated based on a result of the measurement of the colors.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Nakamura, Akitoshi Yamada, Okinori Tsuchiya, Akihiko Nakatani, Mitsuhiro Ono, Ayumi Sano, Takashi Fujita, Tomokazu Ishikawa, Hidetsugu Kagawa, Yugo Mochizuki, Fumihiro Goto, Fumitaka Goto
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Publication number: 20150173648Abstract: A health support device 10 acquires a measured ketone concentration by measuring ketones excreted from a user, acquires a target curve that expresses changes in target ketone concentration corresponds to a health objective of the user, and outputs advice information corresponding to the health objective based on a comparison result between the ketone concentration and the target curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Ayumi SANO, Naotaka MINAGAWA, Miyuki KODAMA, Yasuhiro KASAHARA
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Patent number: 9053407Abstract: In image processing, it is possible to suppress density fluctuation and keep graininess low as well as obtain a good balance of the processing load. More specifically, when dividing multi-valued data and generating two-pass multi-pass printing data, divided multi-valued data that is common to the two passes is generated in addition to the divided multi-valued data for each of the two passes. Moreover, quantized data of that common multi-valued data is reflected on the quantized data for each pass. Furthermore, when generating quantized data, a process of generating common data by the aforementioned data division, or a process of performing quantization first without dividing the multi-valued data and then dividing the quantized 2-pass data is selectively performed according to the printing position on printing medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Fujita, Fumihiro Goto, Shigeyasu Nagoshi, Akihiko Nakatani, Okinori Tsuchiya, Ayumi Sano, Tomokazu Ishikawa, Akitoshi Yamada, Mitsuhiro Ono, Fumitaka Goto, Rie Kajihara
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Publication number: 20150124301Abstract: In an image processing apparatus for encoding image data and a method of controlling the same, whether an attribute of each of a plurality of areas in image data corresponds to an edge in an image based on the image data is determined, and one of a plurality of sub-sampling processes is selected according to the determination for each of the plurality of areas. Note that the plurality of sub-sampling processes can sub-sample color difference components of each of the plurality of areas by different processes. By the sub-sampling process selected as that corresponding to each of the plurality of areas, each of the plurality of areas is sub-sampled to encode the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Yugo Mochizuki, Fumihiro Goto, Akihiko Nakatani, Okinori Tsuchiya, Takashi Nakamura, Takashi Fujita, Ayumi Sano, Mitsuhiro Ono, Hidetsugu Kagawa
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Patent number: 8965138Abstract: In an image processing apparatus for encoding image data and a method of controlling the same, whether an attribute of each of a plurality of areas in image data corresponds to an edge in an image based on the image data is determined, and one of a plurality of sub-sampling processes is selected according to the determination for each of the plurality of areas. Note that the plurality of sub-sampling processes can sub-sample color difference components of each of the plurality of areas by different processes. By the sub-sampling process selected as that corresponding to each of the plurality of areas, each of the plurality of areas is sub-sampled to encode the image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yugo Mochizuki, Fumihiro Goto, Akihiko Nakatani, Okinori Tsuchiya, Takashi Nakamura, Takashi Fujita, Ayumi Sano, Mitsuhiro Ono, Hidetsugu Kagawa
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Publication number: 20150025811Abstract: An apparatus 10 for predicting change in a physical index includes an acquisition unit 13, a setting unit 12, and a calculation unit 18. The acquisition unit 13 acquires the ketone body concentration excreted by a subject. The setting unit 12 sets a set time at a present time or a later time. The calculation unit 18 calculates a predicted value of change in the physical index based on the ketone body concentration and on the set time. The predicted value of change in the physical index is the change in body weight of the subject or in the weight of body fat when the designated time elapses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: TANITA CORPORATIONInventors: Miyuki KODAMA, Ayumi SANO
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Patent number: 8830530Abstract: Provided is an image processor and image processing method that are capable of suppressing both density unevenness and graininess that occur due to deviation of the printing position of dots that are printed by a plurality of relative movements (or a plurality of printing element groups). In order to accomplish this, the dot overlap rate of an image characteristic in which density unevenness stands out is made higher than the dot overlap rate of an image characteristic in which other defects stand out more than the density unevenness. By doing so, it is possible to suitably adjust the dot overlap rate according to an image characteristic, and to output an image having no density unevenness or graininess.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ayumi Sano, Fumihiro Goto, Akitoshi Yamada, Akihiko Nakatani, Mitsuhiro Ono, Fumitaka Goto, Okinori Tsuchiya, Takashi Fujita, Rie Kajihara, Tomokazu Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8764152Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided which, when forming an image using a plurality of different inks, can produce a satisfactory image free from problematical levels of density unevenness, graininess and insufficient density with any of these inks. To this end, when printing on pixel areas of a print medium by a plurality of relative movements between the printing unit and the print medium, the dot overlap rate of an ink that tends to show density unevenness is set higher than that of an ink that tends to show other image impairments more conspicuously than the density unevenness. This results in a good image that eliminates such image impairments as density unevenness, graininess and density insufficiency in the entire color gamut.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumitaka Goto, Fumihiro Goto, Akitoshi Yamada, Akihiko Nakatani, Mitsuhiro Ono, Okinori Tsuchiya, Takashi Fujita, Rie Kajihara, Ayumi Sano, Tomokazu Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20140045150Abstract: An energy consumption estimator (10) includes a body motion sensor (17), a first calculation unit (18), an acquisition unit, and a second calculation unit (19). The body motion sensor (17) detects body motion by a user. Based on the body motion detected by the body motion sensor (17), the first calculation unit (18) calculates the user's total energy consumption. The acquisition unit acquires the user's energy consumption derived from fats and lipids. Based on the energy consumption derived from fats and lipids and on the total energy consumption, the second calculation unit (19) calculates the user's total energy derived from carbohydrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Tanita CorporationInventors: Miyuki Kodama, Ayumi Sano, Atsuo Kumekawa
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Publication number: 20140010467Abstract: In an image processing apparatus for encoding image data and a method of controlling the same, whether an attribute of each of a plurality of areas in image data corresponds to an edge in an image based on the image data is determined, and one of a plurality of sub-sampling processes is selected according to the determination for each of the plurality of areas. Note that the plurality of sub-sampling processes can sub-sample color difference components of each of the plurality of areas by different processes. By the sub-sampling process selected as that corresponding to each of the plurality of areas, each of the plurality of areas is sub-sampled to encode the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Yugo Mochizuki, Fumihiro Goto, Akihiko Nakatani, Okinori Tsuchiya, Takashi Nakamura, Takashi Fujita, Ayumi Sano, Mitsuhiro Ono, Hidetsugu Kagawa