Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Wada

Hirotaka Wada 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: 20200281470
    Abstract: The present invention identifies whether or not a user consents to providing personal information including biological information to a third party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hirotaka WADA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Daisuke NOZAKI, Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200258623
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a situation specifying unit configured to specify a part of a situation of the measurement subject on the basis of the number of measurements of the biological information in each situation of the measurement subject at the time of measuring biological information of the measurement subject by a biological information measuring unit, a current situation detecting unit configured to detect a current situation of the measurement subject, and a support information output unit configured to output support information relating to measurement of the biological information if the current situation corresponds to the measurement promoting situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hirotaka WADA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Daisuke NOZAKI, Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200253556
    Abstract: A biological information measurement apparatus includes a set time information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a set time point being set to determine whether or not a subject is wearing the biological information measurement apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the subject is wearing the biological information measurement apparatus at the set time point, and an instruction signal output unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the subject is not wearing the biological information measurement apparatus at the set time point, output an instruction signal instructing provision of assistance to the subject in wearing the biological information measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hirotaka WADA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Daisuke NOZAKI, Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200243179
    Abstract: Provided is a technology that reduces the amount of biometric data sent. A data processing device comprises a biometric data acquisition unit that acquires biometric data of a subject; a sending condition acquisition unit that acquires a sending condition that comprises a first time period and associated with a health-related characteristic of the subject; a data classification unit that determines whether a measurement time of the biometric data is within the first time period, classifies the biometric data as data for sending when a determination result indicates that the measurement time is within the first time period, and classifies the biometric data as data not for sending when the determination result indicates that the measurement time is within a second time period, which is different from the first time period; and a data output unit that outputs the data for sending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA, Daisuke NOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200231403
    Abstract: A filament winding device includes a supporter configured to support a liner in a rotatable manner; a yarn supplying unit configured to support bobbins; a helical winding head configured to helical-wind a fiber bundles onto the liner; and a standard thread guiding mechanism configured to form a standard thread guide channel that guides a standard thread from the bobbins to the liner, the standard thread being different from the fiber bundles and being connected to leading ends of the fiber bundles, the standard thread guiding mechanism including nozzles configured to blow the standard thread with a compressed gas, and guide tubes configured to guide the standard thread blown by the nozzles, and the nozzles and the guide tubes being disposed along a fiber bundle guide channel, and capable of taking up the standard thread from the standard thread guide channel to the fiber bundle guide channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Motohiro Tanigawa, Daigoro Nakamura, Masatsugu Goyude, Tetsuya Matsuura, Hideo Shitamoto, Tatsuhiko Nishida, Tadashi Uozumi, Shu Ikezaki, Hirotaka Wada
  • Patent number: 10546239
    Abstract: A causal relationship is represented with a data structure including target identification information for identifying a target, index identification information of each of indexes to be used for quantitatively describing an event that occurs to the target, and causal relationship information for each pair of two indexes selected from the indexes. The causal relationship information includes direction information representing which one of the two indexes is a cause index and which one is an effect index, strength information representing a causal strength between the cause index and the effect index, time information representing a delay time for propagation of an influence of the cause index to the effect index, and correlation information representing a direction of change in the effect index with respect to an increase or decrease in the cause index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Wada, Keiichi Obayashi, Ayako Kokubo
  • Patent number: 10532520
    Abstract: A helical winding unit includes a plurality of guides arrayed in a peripheral direction of a liner, and adapted to guide each of a plurality of fiber bundles supplied to the helical winding unit to the liner, and an opening member arranged downstream of the plurality of guides in a travelling direction of the fiber bundle, and including an inner peripheral surface for forming a hole, through which the plurality of fiber bundles are inserted from one side to the other side in the axial direction. A plurality of opening surfaces on which the plurality of fiber bundles travel while making contact are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening member, and a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the axial direction of each opening surface is linear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Tetsuya Matsuura, Hirotaka Wada, Tatsuhiko Nishida, Shu Ikezaki, Daigoro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200008691
    Abstract: A blood pressure data processing apparatus includes: a blood pressure surge acquisition unit configured to acquire a blood pressure surge; a blood pressure waveform extraction unit configured to extract a blood pressure waveform of one or more heartbeats from the blood pressure surge; a waveform feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate a waveform feature amount for each blood pressure waveform of one heartbeat isolated from the blood pressure waveform of one or more heartbeats, or for an average blood pressure waveform obtained by averaging the blood pressure waveforms of one heartbeat isolated from the blood pressure waveform of one or more heartbeats; and a causal factor identification unit configured to identify a causal factor of the blood pressure surge from among predetermined causal factors, based on the waveform feature amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi OBAYASHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Naoki TSUCHIYA, Hirotaka WADA, Ayako KOKUBO, Seitaro MURA
  • Publication number: 20200008748
    Abstract: A blood pressure data processing apparatus including a peak selection unit, a frequency component suppression unit, a respiratory fluctuation calculation unit, an attenuation amount calculation unit, and a respiratory cycle determination unit. The frequency component suppression unit suppresses components of the selected peak frequency within the first spectrum, and generates a second spectrum. The respiratory fluctuation calculation unit calculates a first respiratory fluctuation in second blood pressure data, and calculates a second respiratory fluctuation in third blood pressure data, which is a time domain representation of the second spectrum. The attenuation amount calculation unit calculates an attenuation amount of the second respiratory fluctuation relative to the first respiratory fluctuation. The respiratory cycle determination unit determines a cycle corresponding to the selected peak frequency as a respiratory cycle of a user if the attenuation amount is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seitaro MURA, Hirotaka WADA, Eriko KAN, Ayako KOKUBO
  • Publication number: 20200008690
    Abstract: A blood pressure surge is detected from time-series data regarding a blood pressure value. An acquisition unit configured to acquire time-series data regarding a blood pressure value; a calculation unit configured to set one or more peak detection intervals to the time-series data, and calculate a feature amount for each of the peak detection intervals based on one of a systolic blood pressure, a diastolic blood pressure, and a pulse pressure; and a specifying unit configured to specify at least one first peak from the feature amount of each peak detection interval are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako KOKUBO, Hirotaka WADA, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200008692
    Abstract: A blood pressure data processing apparatus includes: a blood pressure data acquisition unit to acquire blood pressure data; a blood pressure surge candidate detection unit detecting a blood pressure waveform that is a blood pressure surge candidate based on the blood pressure data; a blood pressure waveform extraction unit extracting a blood pressure waveform of one or more heartbeats; a waveform feature amount calculation unit calculating a waveform feature amount for each blood pressure waveform of one heartbeat isolated from the blood pressure waveform of one or more heartbeats, or for an average blood pressure waveform obtained by averaging the blood pressure waveforms of one heartbeat isolated from the blood pressure waveform of one or more heartbeats; and a blood pressure surge identification unit identifying whether or not the blood pressure waveform that is the blood pressure surge candidate is a blood pressure surge based on the waveform feature amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi OBAYASHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Naoki TSUCHIYA, Hirotaka WADA
  • Publication number: 20200001519
    Abstract: A filament winding apparatus includes a working area in which an operator performs an operation to at least one bobbin and/or liner on a conveyance path, an operation area in which a winder is driven, a buffer area between the working area and the operation area in a conveyance direction on the conveyance path, and an outside area that is neither the working area, the operation area, nor the buffer area being provided; and first fixed fences provided at borders between (i) the operation area and the buffer area and (ii) the working area and at the borders between (I) the operation area and the buffer area and (II) the outside area; and a first door provided at a border between the working area and the buffer area, and wherein the buffer area includes an accumulator portion capable of accumulating the at least one bobbin and the liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Tetsuya Matsuura, Hirotaka Wada, Tatsuhiko Nishida, Shu Ikezaki, Daigoro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190388035
    Abstract: A blood pressure data processing apparatus including a body movement index calculation unit, body movement intensity determination unit, and blood pressure data processing unit. The calculation unit calculates a body movement index of a user, which is a statistical value, in a unit period, of motion data obtained from a wearable motion sensor or pressure sensor data obtained from a pressure sensor array in a wearable blood pressure sensor. The determination unit determines which of a plurality of levels a user body movement intensity in the unit period corresponds to based on the body movement index. The blood pressure data processing unit performs first data processing on user blood pressure data obtained in the unit period if the body movement intensity is determined to be a first level, and performs second data processing if the body movement intensity is determined to be a second level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eriko KAN, Hirotaka WADA
  • Publication number: 20190388037
    Abstract: The features of blood pressure surges are classified based on blood pressure information, which is one type of biological information. An information processing apparatus includes a classification unit configured to classify a blood pressure surge determined with reference to time-series data of blood pressure values that change in conjunction with heartbeats, into one or more patterns based on a feature point and a feature amount that characterize the blood pressure surge; and a display unit configured to, upon one of the classified patterns being selected, display a waveform that corresponds to the selected pattern, or display a period in the time-series data to which the waveform corresponds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayako KOKUBO, Hirotaka WADA, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190387979
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blood pressure measurement apparatus that can judge a feature of a biological body based on biological information. The blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a blood pressure measurement unit that obtains time-series data indicating a blood pressure value that changes in conjunction with a heartbeat, a detection unit that detects one or more surge sections that each include one surge from the time-series data, an extraction unit that extracts one or more feature amounts for each surge, and a classification unit that classifies each of the surges based on the one or more feature amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako KOKUBO, Hirotaka WADA, Yousuke INAI
  • Publication number: 20190374172
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a biological information recording apparatus include a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The determination unit determines whether or not the biological information has varied outside of a preset normal range. The control unit records the biological information, if the biological information has varied outside of the normal range and if the motion information of the living body is not detected in a period corresponding to a variation period of the biological information. The biological information is a blood pressure of the living body detected for each pulse along with a heartbeat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20190320910
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a user terminal includes a processor; a blood pressure sensor; and a temperature sensor. The processor is configured to control whether or not to enable transmission of the blood pressure data obtained by the blood pressure sensor based on whether or not any of at least one transmission condition is satisfied; and transmit the blood pressure data when the transmission of the blood pressure data was enabled. The transmission condition include a condition satisfied when a fluctuation of temperature in a latest unit time of measurement time of the blood pressure data exceeds a threshold, the temperature being indicated by the temperature data obtained by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA, Daisuke NOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190313983
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a user terminal apparatus includes a hardware processor and a memory connected to the hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to detect whether a user has entered a specific state, acquire a heart rate of the user which is measured by a sensor, determine whether the measured heart rate is less than a threshold when it is detected that the user has entered the specific state, and issue a notification to prompt to take an action when it is determined that the measured heart rate is less than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20190313981
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes a biological sensor that detects biological information, a movement sensor that detects movement information of a living body as a target of the biological information, a determination unit that determines whether the body starts to move and whether the body is moving, based on the biological information and the movement information, a recording unit that records the biological information until a common value is obtained, if it is determined that the body starts to move, an analyzer that determines whether a history of a biological value of the biological information from when the biological value starts to decrease until the biological value reaches the common value is within a proper range, and a deleting unit that deletes a corresponding biological information from the recording unit if the history is within the proper range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20190313972
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a user terminal apparatus includes a hardware processor and a memory connected to the hardware processor. The memory stores a plurality of blood pressure change patterns. The hardware processor is configured to acquire blood pressure data including a plurality of blood pressure values output from a blood pressure sensor configured to measure a blood pressure of a user, select a blood pressure change pattern corresponding to the blood pressure data from the plurality of blood pressure change patterns, and transmit transmission data including identification information identifying the selected blood pressure change pattern and part of the blood pressure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA