Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Komaki
Hiroaki Komaki 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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Publication number: 20200005727Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display and a sensor signal acceptor which accepts detection signals from a sensor are provided. A first display controller displays a first instruction for instructing a first work on the display, based on the detection signal which indicates an end of preparation for the first work. And, a second display controller displays a second instruction for instructing a next second work on the display, based on the detection signal which indicates an end of the first work.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Yasuhiro Kanishima, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20200004335Abstract: According to one embodiment, an eye movement detecting device comprises first, second, third, fourth and fifth electrodes. A line connecting the first and the third electrodes passes through the right eye and a line connecting the second and the fourth electrodes passes through the left eye on at least one of a front view, a plan view or a side view. A distance between the fifth and the first electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the second electrodes. A distance between the fifth and the third electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the fourth electrodes. The detector respectively detects a horizontal movement of the right eye and a horizontal movement of the left eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Hiroaki KOMAKI
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Patent number: 10466781Abstract: According to one embodiment, an eye movement detecting device comprises first, second, third, fourth and fifth electrodes. A line connecting the first and the third electrodes passes through the right eye and a line connecting the second and the fourth electrodes passes through the left eye on at least one of a front view, a plan view or a side view. A distance between the fifth and the first electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the second electrodes. A distance between the fifth and the third electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the fourth electrodes. The detector respectively detects a horizontal movement of the right eye and a horizontal movement of the left eye.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Hiroaki Komaki
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Publication number: 20190286226Abstract: According to one embodiment, an eye movement detecting device comprises first, second, third, fourth and fifth electrodes. A line connecting the first and the third electrodes passes through the right eye and a line connecting the second and the fourth electrodes passes through the left eye on at least one of a front view, a plan view or a side view. A distance between the fifth and the first electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the second electrodes. A distance between the fifth and the third electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the fourth electrodes. The detector respectively detects a horizontal movement of the right eye and a horizontal movement of the left eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Hiroaki KOMAKI
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Publication number: 20190172334Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method executed by an electronic apparatus including storage configured to store device information including first position information indicating a position of a device installed in a particular range and risk information associated with use of the device is provided. The method includes receiving second position information indicating a position of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working within the particular range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and estimating a status of the user, based at least in part on the first position information and the risk information included in the device information, and the second position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Takashi Sudo, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Patent number: 10235856Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method executed by an electronic apparatus including storage configured to store device information including first position information indicating a position of a device installed in a particular range and risk information associated with use of the device is provided. The method includes receiving second position information indicating a position of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working within the particular range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and estimating a status of the user, based at least in part on the first position information and the risk information included in the device information, and the second position information.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Takashi Sudo, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20190073044Abstract: An eyeglasses-type wearable device of an embodiment can handle various data inputs. The device includes right and left eye frames corresponding to positions of right and left eyes and nose pads corresponding to a position of a nose. Eye motion detection electrodes (sightline detection sensor electrodes) are provided with the nose pads to detect the eye motion of a user. Transmitter/receiver electrodes (capacitance sensor electrodes) of a gesture detector are provided with a part of the right and left eye frames to detect a gesture of the user. Various data inputs are achieved by a combination of input A corresponding to a gesture of the user detected by the gesture detector and input B corresponding to the eye motion of the user detected by the eye motion detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Hiroaki Komaki, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Patent number: 10168793Abstract: An eyeglasses-type wearable device of an embodiment can handle various data inputs. The device includes right and left eye frames corresponding to positions of right and left eyes and nose pads corresponding to a position of a nose. Eye motion detection electrodes (sightline detection sensor electrodes) are provided with the nose pads to detect the eye motion of a user. Transmitter/receiver electrodes (capacitance sensor electrodes) of a gesture detector are provided with a part of the right and left eye frames to detect a gesture of the user. Various data inputs are achieved by a combination of input A corresponding to a gesture of the user detected by the gesture detector and input B corresponding to the eye motion of the user detected by the eye motion detector.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroaki Komaki, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20180197010Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20180197502Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display and a sensor signal acceptor which accepts detection signals from a sensor are provided. A first display controller displays a first instruction for instructing a first work on the display, based on the detection signal which indicates an end of preparation for the first work. And, a second display controller displays a second instruction for instructing a next second work on the display, based on the detection signal which indicates an end of the first work.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Yasuhiro Kanishima, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20180197011Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Patent number: 9955059Abstract: Examples of an electronic device according to an embodiment include an electronic device in which user can see through at least a transparent part of a first display area when the electronic device is worn on a body of the user. The electronic device includes: a processor configured to transmit a first part included in a first position on an image imaged by the camera and first information regarding the first part and receive second information relating to processing result on the first part after a first term has passed since transmission of the first information; and display circuitry configured to display the second information at a third position on the first display area, the third position determined according to a second position in the first part on an image imaged by the camera after the first term has passed since transmission of the first information.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Hiroaki Komaki
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Patent number: 9946340Abstract: According to one embodiment, an eye-worn electronic device includes a first nose pad, a first electrode, a second nose pad, a second electrode and a third electrode. The first electrode is on the first nose pad. The second electrode is on the second nose pad. The first electrode and the second electrode are in a first straight line extending in a first direction and are used for measuring first ocular potentials in the first direction. The third electrode is on the second nose pad and is at a position distance away from the first straight line. The first electrode and the third electrode are in a second straight line extending in a second direction different from the first direction and are used for measuring second ocular potentials in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yasuhiro Kanishima, Hiroaki Komaki
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Publication number: 20180088678Abstract: An eyeglasses-type wearable device of an embodiment can handle various data inputs. The device includes right and left eye frames corresponding to positions of right and left eyes and nose pads corresponding to a position of a nose. Eye motion detection electrodes (sightline detection sensor electrodes) are provided with the nose pads to detect the eye motion of a user. Transmitter/receiver electrodes (capacitance sensor electrodes) of a gesture detector are provided with a part of the right and left eye frames to detect a gesture of the user. Various data inputs are achieved by a combination of input A corresponding to a gesture of the user detected by the gesture detector and input B corresponding to the eye motion of the user detected by the eye motion detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroaki Komaki, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Patent number: 9897810Abstract: According to one embodiment, a spectacle-type electronic device includes a signal processor, a screen and a communication module. The signal processor which modulates the illumination light from the light source to form a signal including individual identification information. The screen positioned at a particular location within an extension of a wearer's line of sight to display the image produced by the image display and illuminated by the light source. The communication processor which communicates with a corresponding electronic device to enable information of a target represented by the image displayed on the screen to be shared by the communication processor and the corresponding electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: KBUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Patent number: 9880633Abstract: An eyeglasses-type wearable device of an embodiment can handle various data inputs. The device includes right and left eye frames corresponding to positions of right and left eyes and nose pads corresponding to a position of a nose. Eye motion detection electrodes (sightline detection sensor electrodes) are provided with the nose pads to detect the eye motion of a user. Transmitter/receiver electrodes (capacitance sensor electrodes) of a gesture detector are provided with a part of the right and left eye frames to detect a gesture of the user. Various data inputs are achieved by a combination of input A corresponding to a gesture of the user detected by the gesture detector and input B corresponding to the eye motion of the user detected by the eye motion detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroaki Komaki, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20170351921Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20170351920Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20170351919Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Publication number: 20170150897Abstract: According to one embodiment, at least four EOG electrodes are provided with the periphery of user's eyes. The left eye side electrodes and the right eye side electrodes are arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical line passing the middle of a line connecting the centers of both eyes. Two electrodes above and two electrodes below the line connecting the centers of both eyes are arranged to avoid area AXL including an inflection point where an EOG detection polarity differs in the right and left of a vertical line passing the center of the left eye and area AXR including an inflection point where an EOG detection polarity differs in the right and left of a vertical line passing the center of the right eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventor: Hiroaki Komaki