Patents by Inventor Hideaki Takai

Hideaki Takai 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).

  • Intention conveyance support device and method
    Patent number: 9230065
    Abstract: According to a conventional BMI technology for controlling external equipment or transmitting an intention to another person by focusing on a biosignal such as brain activity, there has been the problem that a large-sized apparatus is required, the operation method is complex from the user's viewpoint, and noise is large. The present invention provides an apparatus and method such that an intention in the brain can be analyzed with high accuracy and at high speed and transmitted in real-time. A communication assist apparatus according to the present invention comprises an apparatus for presenting a visual stimulus on a display screen and the like, and a processing apparatus for processing brain wave data from an electroencephalograph that measures a brain wave after stimulus presentation by the presenting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ryohei Hasegawa, Yukako Hasegawa, Hideaki Takai
  • INTENTION CONVEYANCE SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130158883
    Abstract: According to a conventional BMI technology for controlling external equipment or transmitting an intention to another person by focusing on a biosignal such as brain activity, there has been the problem that a large-sized apparatus is required, the operation method is complex from the user's viewpoint, and noise is large. The present invention provides an apparatus and method such that an intention in the brain can be analyzed with high accuracy and at high speed and transmitted in real-time. A communication assist apparatus according to the present invention comprises an apparatus for presenting a visual stimulus on a display screen and the like, and a processing apparatus for processing brain wave data from an electroencephalograph that measures a brain wave after stimulus presentation by the presenting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ryohei Hasegawa, Yukako Hasegawa, Hideaki Takai