Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Kakehata

Kazuhiro Kakehata 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: 20240038045
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor detecting entry/exit of a person to/from a toilet and a sensor detecting leaving/sitting on a toilet seat installed on a toilet bowl; acquires excretion information indicating at least a start and an end of excretion, based on imaging data captured by an image capture apparatus installed in such a way as to include, in an image capture range, an excretion range of excrement in the bowl; authenticates a person performed entry/exit, and determines whether the person is a person to be assisted as a user of the toilet or a helper; outputs notification information to a notification destination, based on a detection event indicated by the excretion information, entry/exit information, leaving/sitting information, and an authentication result, and a notification condition; and stores, as the notification condition, necessity of notification, and the notification information and the notification destination when notification is necessary, for each events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro Kakehata, Tsutomu Mieno, Haruhiko Yamabuchi
  • Patent number: D1010804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kakehata, Hiroshi Katayanagi, Ikuhiro Aota