Patents by Inventor Hironori Wakana

Hironori Wakana 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).

  • Patent number: 11701011
    Abstract: Provided is a biological information detection device including: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image composed of image signals including a plurality of wavelength components obtained by capturing reflected light from an object; a region division unit that divides the image into a plurality of regions for each frame; a local pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave based on wavelength fluctuation between frames for each of the regions; and a blood pressure estimation unit that calculates propagation velocity of the pulse wave based on an appearance time difference of patterns of the pulse waves in two or more regions extracted based on an appearance order of the patterns of the pulse waves in the plurality of regions, and estimates a blood pressure based on the propagation velocity of the pulse wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fukuda, Yuichi Nonaka, Yuto Komatsu, Charles Limasanches, Takashi Numata, Hironori Wakana, Masashi Kiguchi
  • Patent number: 11547309
    Abstract: A biological information detection device includes: a video capture unit, a blood flow analysis unit, a local pulse wave detection unit, a pulse wave propagation velocity calculation unit, and a blood pressure estimation unit. The video capture unit obtains video information on a face of a living body. The blood flow analysis unit analyzes video data of at least three skin areas in the video information, as blood flow information. The local pulse wave detection unit is provided for each skin area to calculate pulse information based on the blood flow information sequenced chronologically. The pulse wave propagation velocity calculation unit calculates a pulse wave propagation velocity based on a phase difference between pieces of the pulse information at each skin area calculated by the local pulse wave detection unit. The blood pressure estimation unit estimates blood pressure based on the pulse wave propagation velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fukuda, Masashi Kiguchi, Takashi Numata, Hironori Wakana
  • Publication number: 20220341863
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a gas detection system that does not require customization of an odor sensor depending on an environment. The gas detection system includes a sensor array including a plurality of sensors having different characteristic sensitivities, a pre-processing unit configured to convert each of sensor output values acquired from the sensors constituting the sensor array into an output ratio as a ratio of the output value to a predetermined value, and an odor determination processing unit configured to determine, by comparing a normal range generated based on a result of executing cluster analysis on an output ratio acquired from each of the sensors constituting the sensor array in the past with the output ratio obtained by the pre-processing unit executing the conversion, whether the output ratio is within the normal range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hironori WAKANA, Masuyoshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220243948
    Abstract: An odor detection device includes an odor sensor for measuring an ambient odor, a fan that exhausts air around the odor sensor, and a substrate for controlling the fan and the odor sensor. Electric power supplied to the odor sensor, the fan, and the substrate is supplied from outside of the odor detection device, the substrate includes a connection unit capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from an external device that is a device separate from the odor detection device, and the fan is installed downstream of an airflow generated by the fan itself with respect to the odor sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuyoshi YAMADA, Hironori WAKANA
  • Patent number: 11371950
    Abstract: A moisture detection element includes: an insulating substrate of an insulating material; an application part which is formed on the insulating substrate and to which a voltage is applied; an output part which is formed on the insulating substrate and configured to output a voltage signal corresponding in response to a current flowing through an electric path via water molecules adhering to a surface of the insulating substrate under the voltage applied to the application part; and a conductive film which is electrically insulated from the application part and the output part and is provided on the insulating substrate. An insulating film of an insulating material is provided on the application part, the output part, and the conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Wakana, Masuyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11315359
    Abstract: A biological-information detection device includes a video input section accepting video signals including three wavelength components in an infrared region of reflected light from an object, a wavelength detecting section acquiring a wavelength and an intensity of the reflected light from the video signals, a face feature amount detecting section detecting a plurality of feature points of a face based on the video signals, a measurement target area identifying section identifying a measurement target area on a basis of the plurality of feature points of the face detected, a wavelength fluctuation detecting section detecting a difference between a wavelength of reflected light from the measurement target area at a certain point in time and a wavelength of reflected light at a point in time preceding the certain point in time, and a pulse wave detecting section detecting a change in the detected difference according to the point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fukuda, Hironori Wakana, Masuyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11281891
    Abstract: A biological-information detection device includes a video input section accepting video signals including three wavelength components in an infrared region of reflected light from an object, a wavelength detecting section acquiring a wavelength and an intensity of the reflected light from the video signals, a face feature amount detecting section detecting a plurality of feature points of a face based on the video signals, a measurement target area identifying section identifying a measurement target area on a basis of the plurality of feature points of the face detected, a wavelength fluctuation detecting section detecting a difference between a wavelength of reflected light from the measurement target area at a certain point in time and a wavelength of reflected light at a point in time preceding the certain point in time, and a pulse wave detecting section detecting a change in the detected difference according to the point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fukuda, Hironori Wakana, Masuyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11226329
    Abstract: An exhaled gas detector includes: a gas detection element configured to measure a specific gas; and an analysis unit configured to analyze a signal output from the gas detection element. The gas detection element measures the specific gas in an exhalation of non-drinking time and generates a first reference signal value. The analysis unit calculates a first threshold value on the basis of the first reference signal value. The gas detection element measures the specific gas in an inspection gas and generates a first measurement signal value. The analysis unit determines that the inspection gas is identified with an exhalation of a person by determining that the first measurement signal value has exceeded the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masuyoshi Yamada, Hironori Wakana
  • Publication number: 20210085196
    Abstract: Provided is a biological information detection device including: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image composed of image signals including a plurality of wavelength components obtained by capturing reflected light from an object; a region division unit that divides the image into a plurality of regions for each frame; a local pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave based on wavelength fluctuation between frames for each of the regions; and a blood pressure estimation unit that calculates propagation velocity of the pulse wave based on an appearance time difference of patterns of the pulse waves in two or more regions extracted based on an appearance order of the patterns of the pulse waves in the plurality of regions, and estimates a blood pressure based on the propagation velocity of the pulse wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro FUKUDA, Yuichi NONAKA, Yuto KOMATSU, Charles LIMASANCHES, Takashi NUMATA, Hironori WAKANA, Masashi KIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10942169
    Abstract: There is provided a moisture detection element including: an insulating portion composed of an insulating material; a voltage-applied electrode to which a voltage is applied; a detection electrode configured to output a voltage signal corresponding to a current flowing through an electric path including water molecules adhering to the surface of the insulating portion in accordance with the voltage applied to the voltage-applied electrode; and a conductive film that is conductive and electrically insulated from the voltage-applied electrode and the detection electrode, in which the voltage-applied electrode, the detection electrode, and the conductive film are disposed on the insulating portion. When dew condensation is detected, a DC voltage is applied to the voltage-applied electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Wakana, Masuyoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210030285
    Abstract: A biological information detection device is robust to color change of external light or illumination light. The biological information detection device includes: an image acquiring section that acquires image information by taking an image of the face of a living body; a blood flow analyzing section that corrects the image information according to the Retinex theory for color constancy, outputs hue information in the corrected image information as blood flow information, and outputs skin area mark information indicating the position of a given skin area in the face; and a local pulse wave detecting section that obtains, from the blood flow information of the skin area corresponding to the skin area mark information, pulse information of the skin area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro FUKUDA, Hironori WAKANA, Takashi NUMATA
  • Patent number: 10883949
    Abstract: In order to provide a moisture detection element, a gas detection device, and a breath inspection system that are compact and have high response performance, the moisture detection element includes an insulating section made of an insulating material, an application electrode to which an voltage is applied, and a detection electrode that detects a voltage signal corresponding to a current flowing through an electrical path via water molecules adsorbed on the insulating section by the voltage applied to the application electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Wakana, Masuyoshi Yamada, Minoru Sakairi
  • Patent number: 10859524
    Abstract: Disclosed is a humidity sensing element that includes an insulation section made of an insulating material, an application electrode to which a voltage is applied, and an output electrode which outputs a voltage signal corresponding to an electrical current flowing through an electrical path via water molecules adhering to a surface of the insulating material in response to the voltage applied to the application electrode. A distance between the application electrode and the output electrode is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and/or a total sum of lengths of portions where the application electrode and the output electrode face each other is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuyoshi Yamada, Hironori Wakana
  • Publication number: 20200337573
    Abstract: A biological information detection device includes: a video capture unit, a blood flow analysis unit, a local pulse wave detection unit, a pulse wave propagation velocity calculation unit, and a blood pressure estimation unit. The video capture unit obtains video information on a face of a living body. The blood flow analysis unit analyzes video data of at least three skin areas in the video information, as blood flow information. The local pulse wave detection unit is provided for each skin area to calculate pulse information based on the blood flow information sequenced chronologically. The pulse wave propagation velocity calculation unit calculates a pulse wave propagation velocity based on a phase difference between pieces of the pulse information at each skin area calculated by the local pulse wave detection unit. The blood pressure estimation unit estimates blood pressure based on the pulse wave propagation velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro FUKUDA, Masashi Kiguchi, Takashi Numata, Hironori Wakana
  • Publication number: 20200300797
    Abstract: A moisture detection element includes: an insulating substrate of an insulating material; an application part which is formed on the insulating substrate and to which a voltage is applied; an output part which is formed on the insulating substrate and configured to output a voltage signal corresponding in response to a current flowing through an electric path via water molecules adhering to a surface of the insulating substrate under the voltage applied to the application part; and a conductive film which is electrically insulated from the application part and the output part and is provided on the insulating substrate. An insulating film of an insulating material is provided on the application part, the output part, and the conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori WAKANA, Masuyoshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20200134293
    Abstract: A biological-information detection device includes a video input section accepting video signals including three wavelength components in an infrared region of reflected light from an object, a wavelength detecting section acquiring a wavelength and an intensity of the reflected light from the video signals, a face feature amount detecting section detecting a plurality of feature points of a face based on the video signals, a measurement target area identifying section identifying a measurement target area on a basis of the plurality of feature points of the face detected, a wavelength fluctuation detecting section detecting a difference between a wavelength of reflected light from the measurement target area at a certain point in time and a wavelength of reflected light at a point in time preceding the certain point in time, and a pulse wave detecting section detecting a change in the detected difference according to the point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuhiro FUKUDA, Hironori WAKANA, Masuyoshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20200064331
    Abstract: An exhaled gas detector includes: a gas detection element configured to measure a specific gas; and an analysis unit configured to analyze a signal output from the gas detection element. The gas detection element measures the specific gas in an exhalation of non-drinking time and generates a first reference signal value. The analysis unit calculates a first threshold value on the basis of the first reference signal value. The gas detection element measures the specific gas in an inspection gas and generates a first measurement signal value. The analysis unit determines that the inspection gas is identified with an exhalation of a person by determining that the first measurement signal value has exceeded the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Masuyoshi YAMADA, Hironori WAKANA
  • Patent number: 10491154
    Abstract: A defective photovoltaic cell module is identified without disconnection in a photovoltaic cell string. As a typical embodiment, in a photovoltaic power generation inspection system in a photovoltaic power generation system having a structure in which a plurality of photovoltaic cell strings are connected in parallel, the photovoltaic power generation system detecting a defective module among a plurality of modules included in a defective string, the photovoltaic power generation inspection system includes: a current detector that measures an output current of a photovoltaic cell string without disconnection; and a monitor unit that estimates a defective module based on change in a plurality of output currents each measured by the current detector while the photovoltaic cell modules included in the defective string are sequentially shielded from light by a light shielding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD
    Inventors: Kazuki Watanabe, Hironori Wakana, Yoshihito Narita, Minoru Kaneko, Atsushi Suzuki, Tadanori Koike, Keiichi Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10436807
    Abstract: It is an object to prevent impersonation in breath measurement by using a portable device. After breath is introduced into a breath introduction inlet 11 of a breath introduction device 1, a first image group is acquired by continuously capturing images over a predetermined period, and after drinking determination based on the introduced breath from the breath introduction inlet 11, the portable device is provided with an imaging device 11 that acquires a second image by capturing an image again and outputs whether or not each image in the first image group and the second image are the images of the same person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Wakana, Masuyoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190162715
    Abstract: There is provided a moisture detection element including: an insulating portion composed of an insulating material; a voltage-applied electrode to which a voltage is applied; a detection electrode configured to output a voltage signal corresponding to a current flowing through an electric path including water molecules adhering to the surface of the insulating portion in accordance with the voltage applied to the voltage-applied electrode; and a conductive film that is conductive and electrically insulated from the voltage-applied electrode and the detection electrode, in which the voltage-applied electrode, the detection electrode, and the conductive film are disposed on the insulating portion. When dew condensation is detected, a DC voltage is applied to the voltage-applied electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hironori WAKANA, Masuyoshi YAMADA