Patents by Inventor Daisuke Wakuda

Daisuke Wakuda 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: 20230302974
    Abstract: A seat temperature regulator includes a control device capable of controlling a temperature of a seat for heating and cooling. The control device continuously repeats the heating and cooling within a temperature width range of 10° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke WAKUDA, Shinichi SHIKII, Yoshihiro SHIMOMURA, Yali XIA
  • Publication number: 20230016979
    Abstract: An awakening inducing device induces a vibration device disposed in a seat at a position where the vibration device opposes at least one of a muscle belly portion or an insertion portion of a hamstring of a user sitting on the seat; and a control device that, by controlling the vibration device, causes the vibration device to given vibration stimulation to at least one of the muscle belly portion or the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SHIMOMURA, Risa FUJITA, Yali XIA, Daisuke WAKUDA, Shinichi SHIKII, Aki YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20220287608
    Abstract: An inattentive state determination device includes: a drowsiness predictor that derives drowsiness prediction data for predicting an occurrence of drowsiness in a person; a drowsiness and inattentiveness deriver that derives a degree of drowsiness and inattentiveness of the person; and an inattentiveness determiner that determines whether the person is in an inattentive state, based on the drowsiness prediction data and a current degree of drowsiness and inattentiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mika SUNAGAWA, Shinichi SHIKII, Yoshihiro KOJIMA, Daisuke WAKUDA, Koki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10747324
    Abstract: A gesture input system (100) that accepts a user operation based on a motion of a portion of the body of a user and that produces an input signal indicating a direction of the motion and/or an amount of the motion of the portion of the body, includes a sensor (1) that detects the motion of the portion of the body of the user, a tactile feeling presenting apparatus (3) that presents a tactile feeling at a base point (61) set inside a space, and a control apparatus (2) that sets a chasing point on the portion (50) of the body detected by the sensor and that produces the input signal based on a variation of the relative positional relation between the chasing point and the base point. The tactile feeling presenting apparatus (3) continuously presents the tactile feeling at the base point (61) during a time period for the gesture input system to be in an input acceptable state where the gesture input system is able to accept the user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Wakuda, Takashi Matsumoto, Kenichi Ezaki
  • Patent number: 10558271
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor that detects motions of a first portion and a second portion of a body of a user, a controller that sets an association relationship between a coordinate system of a real space and a coordinate system of a virtual space in response to the motion of the first portion and receives an operation for an object in the virtual space in response to a position and the motion of the second portion, and a notification device that contactlessly notifies a third portion of the body of prescribed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Wakuda, Kenichi Ezaki, Takashi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10481697
    Abstract: A system includes: a sensor that detects motions of a first portion and a second portion of a body of a user; a controller that sets a base point of the second portion in response to the motion of the first portion and receives a prescribed input in response to the motion of the second portion with respect to the base point; and a notification device that contactlessly notifies a third portion of the body that the base point is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECUTAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Wakuda, Kenichi Ezaki, Takashi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190243451
    Abstract: A gesture input system (100) that accepts a user operation based on a motion of a portion of the body of a user and that produces an input signal indicating a direction of the motion and/or an amount of the motion of the portion of the body, includes a sensor (1) that detects the motion of the portion of the body of the user, a tactile feeling presenting apparatus (3) that presents a tactile feeling at a base point (61) set inside a space, and a control apparatus (2) that sets a chasing point on the portion (50) of the body detected by the sensor and that produces the input signal based on a variation of the relative positional relation between the chasing point and the base point. The tactile feeling presenting apparatus (3) continuously presents the tactile feeling at the base point (61) during a time period for the gesture input system to be in an input acceptable state where the gesture input system is able to accept the user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke WAKUDA, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Kenichi EZAKI
  • Patent number: 9814134
    Abstract: An elastic flexible substrate includes an insulating base material having a first insulating film and a second insulating film, and a plurality of wires, each of which is disposed on one of the first insulating film and the second insulating film. The insulating base material has a plurality of bonding portions that are surface-bonded, openings are formed between the bonding portions, and two of the plurality of wires are electrically connected in the bonding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Wakuda, Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Takashi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170269698
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor that detects motions of a first portion and a second portion of a body of a user, a controller that sets an association relationship between a coordinate system of a real space and a coordinate system of a virtual space in response to the motion of the first portion and receives an operation for an object in the virtual space in response to a position and the motion of the second portion, and a notification device that contactlessly notifies a third portion of the body of prescribed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: DAISUKE WAKUDA, KENICHI EZAKI, TAKASHI MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170262062
    Abstract: A system includes: a sensor that detects motions of a first portion and a second portion of a body of a user; a controller that sets a base point of the second portion in response to the motion of the first portion and receives a prescribed input in response to the motion of the second portion with respect to the base point; and a notification device that contactlessly notifies a third portion of the body that the base point is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: DAISUKE WAKUDA, KENICHI EZAKI, TAKASHI MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9699893
    Abstract: An elastic flexible substrate including an insulating film base material provided with a wire is provided. In the insulating film base material, a plurality of slits are provided with a predetermined space left therebetween, the insulating film base material has a bellows shape in which the insulating film base material is bent or curved by using the slits as base points, and the slits are deformed when the insulating film base material is stretched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsumoto, Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Daisuke Wakuda
  • Patent number: 9504139
    Abstract: There is provided an elastic flexible substrate including an insulating film base material which includes a wire. The insulating film base material includes an opening which is formed by opening a slit, and an opened state of the opening is held by an insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Daisuke Wakuda, Takashi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9383822
    Abstract: A tactile sense presentation method includes arranging a plurality of first electrodes covered with an insulating film on a plane; arranging a plurality of second electrodes on a plane with tops exposed to outside; and performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation. The first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the plurality of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of the plurality of first electrodes. The second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the plurality of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the plurality of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of the plurality of second electrodes via electric conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Wakuda, Takeshi Suzuki, Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Koichi Hirano
  • Patent number: 9383821
    Abstract: A tactile sense presentation device includes first electrodes covered with an insulating film and arranged on a plane; second electrodes arranged on a plane with tops exposed to outside; and a control unit performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation. The first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of second electrodes via electric conductors. The first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged not to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Wakuda, Takeshi Suzuki, Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Koichi Hirano
  • Patent number: 9176586
    Abstract: A touch panel device with the tactile sense presenting function according to this embodiment includes the plurality of electrodes 1 arranged on the single plane, and the controller 20. The controller 20 performs a first operation and a second operation in a time division manner. The first operation includes applying the first voltage which changes temporally, to some of the electrodes 1, detecting voltages generated on at least some of the remaining electrodes 1 in this state, and detecting the position of the dielectric which is in proximity to the touch panel device, on the basis of the detected voltages. The second operation includes applying the second voltage which changes temporally, to some of the electrodes 1, and generating electric field with the some working electrodes 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Koichi Hirano, Takeshi Suzuki, Daisuke Wakuda
  • Patent number: 9176587
    Abstract: A tactile sense presentation device including: a tactile-sense presentation unit having a first working electrode group of a plurality of first working electrodes arranged along a first direction; and a control unit operable to apply a first tactile sense signal having a first waveform to each of the first working electrodes. The control unit applies the first tactile sense signal, in which a phase difference corresponding to a distance between adjacent first working electrodes is applied to the first waveform, to each of the plurality of first working electrodes so as to cause the first waveform to travel along the first direction at a predetermined speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Koichi Hirano, Daisuke Wakuda
  • Publication number: 20150282294
    Abstract: One embodiment for an elastic flexible substrate of the present disclosure includes an insulating base material and a wire disposed on the insulating base material. The insulating base material has a plurality of bonding portions that are surface-bonded, and openings are formed between the bonding portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: DAISUKE WAKUDA, TETSUYOSHI OGURA, TAKASHI MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150282295
    Abstract: An elastic flexible substrate including an insulating film base material provided with a wire is provided. In the insulating film base material, a plurality of slits are provided with a predetermined space left therebetween, the insulating film base material has a bellows shape in which the insulating film base material is bent or curved by using the slits as base points, and the slits are deformed when the insulating film base material is stretched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: TAKASHI MATSUMOTO, TETSUYOSHI OGURA, DAISUKE WAKUDA
  • Publication number: 20150282296
    Abstract: There is provided an elastic flexible substrate including an insulating film base material which includes a wire. The insulating film base material includes an opening which is formed by opening a slit, and an opened state of the opening is held by an insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: TETSUYOSHI OGURA, DAISUKE WAKUDA, TAKASHI MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140340210
    Abstract: The tactile sense presentation method comprises: arranging a plurality of first electrodes covered with an insulating film on a same plane; arranging a plurality of second electrodes on a same plane with tops exposed to outside; and performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation, wherein the first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the plurality of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of the plurality of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the plurality of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the plurality of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of the plurality of second electrodes via electric conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Wakuda, Takeshi Suzuki, Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Koichi Hirano