Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa ASANO

Katsuhisa ASANO 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: 10543143
    Abstract: A server of a gait data management system includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first sensor value obtained when a walker walks with assistance from a walking assistance device; an accumulating unit that accumulates the first sensor value, and the walking assistance device includes: an actuator that drives a joint; a storage unit that stores a walk algorithm that is for determining a drive level of the actuator and is generated through statistical processing on a gait value indicating walking characteristics and calculated from the first sensor value accumulated in the accumulating unit; a sensor that obtains a second sensor value obtained when the walker walks with assistance from the walking assistance device; a control unit that determines the drive level of the actuator according to the second sensor value using the walk algorithm; and a transmitting unit that transmits the second sensor value to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Asano, Motoki Nakano, Hiromichi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20170252255
    Abstract: A server of a gait data management system includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first sensor value obtained when a walker walks with assistance from a walking assistance device; an accumulating unit that accumulates the first sensor value, and the walking assistance device includes: an actuator that drives a joint; a storage unit that stores a walk algorithm that is for determining a drive level of the actuator and is generated through statistical processing on a gait value indicating walking characteristics and calculated from the first sensor value accumulated in the accumulating unit; a sensor that obtains a second sensor value obtained when the walker walks with assistance from the walking assistance device; a control unit that determines the drive level of the actuator according to the second sensor value using the walk algorithm; and a transmitting unit that transmits the second sensor value to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuhisa ASANO, Motoki NAKANO, Hiromichi FUJIMOTO