Patents by Inventor Hidehiko Komine

Hidehiko Komine 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: 20230174073
    Abstract: Provided are a disease-condition assessment device for being capable of assessing an epileptic condition of a subject, a disease-condition assessment method, a program for disease-condition assessment device, and a disease-condition assessment system. The gaze data indicating a subject's gazing point measured when the subject is driving a vehicle is acquired, the driving-characteristic data indicating driving characteristics of the subject for the vehicle is acquired), and the epileptic condition of the subject is assessed depending on the relationship between the gaze data and the driving-characteristic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hidehiko KOMINE, Satoshi KITAZAKI, motoyuki AKAKATSU, KEI ISHII, Hideo TSURUSHIMA, Motoki SHINO
  • Patent number: 11445957
    Abstract: A physiological condition assessing method includes: acquiring a driving-time physiological data measured when a subject is driving a vehicle; acquiring a driving-characteristic data indicating driving characteristics; acquiring a period driving-time physiological data, a period driving-characteristic data and period non-driving-time physiological data corresponding to a first period including the measurement time point of the driving-time physiological data and the measurement time point of the driving-characteristic data, and a second period having a different length to the first period; generating a driving-time physiological feature from the driving-time physiological data and the period driving-time physiological data; generating a driving-characteristic feature; generating a non-driving-time physiological feature quantity; and assessing a physiological condition of the subject, from the non-driving-time physiological feature and at least one of the driving-time physiological feature and the driving-char
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hidehiko Komine, Satoshi Kitazaki, Motoyuki Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20220225943
    Abstract: Provided are a disease-condition assessment device for assessing a disease condition of a subject, a disease-condition assessment method, a program for disease-condition assessment device, and a disease-condition assessment system. The operation-quantity data that the subject operates the vehicle is acquired, the operation-related data in the components of a predetermined frequency range is calculated from the operation-quantity data, the operation value that quantifies the operation-related data is calculated from the operation-related data, and the disease condition of the subject is assessed depending on the operation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiko KOMINE, Satoshi KITAZAKI, Motoyuki AKAMATSU, Kei ISHII, Hideo TSURUSHIMA, Motoki SHINO
  • Publication number: 20220218287
    Abstract: Provided are a disease-condition assessment device for assessing a disease condition of a subject, a disease-condition assessment method, a program for disease-condition assessment device, and a disease-condition assessment system. The disease condition assessment device acquires a data of a seat pressure distribution on a seating surface where a subject operating a vehicle is seated, calculates a center position depending on the seat pressure distribution, calculates a degree of laterality in the seat pressure distribution based on the center position, and assesses a disease condition of the subject depending on the degree of laterality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiko KOMINE, Satoshi KITAZAKI, Motoyuki AKAMATSU, Kei ISHII, Hideo TSURUSHIMA, Motoki SHINO
  • Publication number: 20200315512
    Abstract: A physiological condition assessing method includes: acquiring a driving-time physiological data measured when a subject is driving a vehicle; acquiring a driving-characteristic data indicating driving characteristics; acquiring a period driving-time physiological data, a period driving-characteristic data and period non-driving-time physiological data corresponding to a first period including the measurement time point of the driving-time physiological data and the measurement time point of the driving-characteristic data, and a second period having a different length to the first period; generating a driving-time physiological feature from the driving-time physiological data and the period driving-time physiological data; generating a driving-characteristic feature; generating a non-driving-time physiological feature quantity; and assessing a physiological condition of the subject, from the non-driving-time physiological feature and at least one of the driving-time physiological feature and the driving-char
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Hidehiko KOMINE, Satoshi KITAZAKI, Motoyuki AKAMATSU
  • Patent number: 9730594
    Abstract: An arterial-wall stiffness evaluation system of the present invention includes: a cuff to be attached to a part of a living body; a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in the cuff; a cuff-pressure control section for controlling the pressure in the cuff to be increased or decreased up to a predetermined value, based on a value detected by the pressure sensor; and a data processing section for calculating, based on pulse waves detected by the pressure sensor, pulse-wave amplitudes of cuff-pressure pulse waves and blood-pressure pulse waves, and for evaluating arterial-wall stiffness based on the pulse-wave amplitudes. The arterial-wall stiffness is evaluated by a pressure-diameter characteristic curve, which represents a relationship between vascular diameter and transmural pressure applied to a vascular wall, or by estimation from shapes and amplitudes of the detected pulse waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCE INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHISEI DATUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Komine, Yoshiyuki Asai, Takashi Yokoi, Yukiyoshi Saito
  • Patent number: 8251910
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide an apparatus for measuring a vascular viscoelasticity index which is noninvasive, simple in structure and yet inexpensive. The present invention provides an apparatus for measuring a vascular viscoelasticity index, which measures a vascular viscoelasticity index ? by a formula ?={(Pb2?Pa2)?(Pb1?Pa1)}/(Va2?Va1) wherein Pb1 is the maximal value of the first pulse wave; Va1 is the local maximum value of a time derivative value of the first pulse wave; Pa1 is the pulse wave amplitude corresponding to the local maximum value Va1; Pb2 is the maximal value of the second pulse wave; Va2 is the local maximum value of a time derivative value of the second pulse wave; and Pa2 is the pulse wave amplitude corresponding to the local maximum value Va2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Shisei Datum Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi Saito, Minoru Tokiwa, Toshikazu Yokokawa, Takashi Yokoi, Hidehiko Komine, Yoshiyuki Asai
  • Publication number: 20110172546
    Abstract: An arterial-wall stiffness evaluation system of the present invention includes: a cuff to be attached to a part of a living body; a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in the cuff; a cuff-pressure control section for controlling the pressure in the cuff to be increased or decreased up to a predetermined value, based on a value detected by the pressure sensor; and a data processing section for calculating, based on pulse waves detected by the pressure sensor, pulse-wave amplitudes of cuff-pressure pulse waves and blood-pressure pulse waves, and for evaluating arterial-wall stiffness based on the pulse-wave amplitudes. The arterial-wall stiffness is evaluated by a pressure-diameter characteristic curve, which represents a relationship between vascular diameter and transmural pressure applied to a vascular wall, or by estimation from shapes and amplitudes of the detected pulse waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Hidehiko Komine, Yoshiyuki Asai, Takashi Yokoi, Yukiyoshi Saito
  • Publication number: 20090306523
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide an apparatus for measuring a vascular viscoelasticity index which is noninvasive, simple in structure and yet inexpensive. The present invention provides an apparatus for measuring a vascular viscoelasticity index, which measures a vascular viscoelasticity index ? by a formula ?={(Pb2?Pa2)?(Pb1?Pa1)}/(Va2?Va1) wherein Pb1 is the maximal value of the first pulse wave; Va1 is the local maximum value of a time derivative value of the first pulse wave; Pa1 is the pulse wave amplitude corresponding to the local maximum value Va1; Pb2 is the maximal value of the second pulse wave; Va2 is the local maximum value of a time derivative value of the second pulse wave; and Pa2 is the pulse wave amplitude corresponding to the local maximum value Va2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi Saito, Minoru Tokiwa, Toshikazu Yokokawa, Takashi Yokoi, Hidehiko Komine, Yoshiyuki Asai