Patents by Inventor Kenichiro FUKUSHI

Kenichiro FUKUSHI 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: 20230270354
    Abstract: In order to detect a detailed walking event in both legs on the basis of a physical quantity that relates to leg motion measured by a sensor mounted on one leg, there is provided a detection device including: an extraction unit for generating time-series data that accompany walking, using sensor data based on a physical quantity that relates to leg motion measured by a sensor installed on one leg part of a walking person, and extracting a walking waveform from the generated time-series data; and a detection unit for detecting a walking event in both legs of the walking person from the walking waveform extracted by the extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro Fukushi, Zhenwei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230259595
    Abstract: Provided is an identification device for identifying an individual on the basis of gait irrespective of the type of footwear, the identification device comprising a detection unit that detects a walking event on the basis of a walking waveform of a user, a waveform processing unit that normalizes the walking waveform on the basis of the detected walking event and generates a normalized waveform, and an identification unit that identifies the user on the basis of the normalized waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui Huang, Kenichiro Fukushi, Zhenwei Wang, Fumiyuki Nihey
  • Publication number: 20230190138
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information based on a sensor attached to a foot of a user, a determination unit configured to make a decision about an abnormality in walking of the user based on an acceleration of the user in a walking direction, acquired by the acquisition unit, and an output unit configured to output information based on a result of the decision made by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui Huang, Kenichiro Fukushi, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Haruki Yaguchi, Keita Honda, Dai Owaki, Shinichi Izumi
  • Publication number: 20230188601
    Abstract: A mobile terminal detects a self-device being located at a predetermined location, and stops reception of sensing information from a module device that transmits the sensing information, if being located at the predetermined location is detected. A fixed device receives the sensing information from the module device, and transmits the sensing information to a cloud server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAJITANI, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, Itumi HANEDA, Akira KAMEI, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Chenhui HUANG, Zhenwei WANG, Yuka IMAI, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230188958
    Abstract: A mobile terminal acquires a schedule of a user using a module device that includes a sensor, and instructs the module device to initiate a process for determining when to start or when to stop transmitting sensing information detected by the sensor to a communication destination, on the basis of the schedule. The module device acquires the sensing information, and initiates the process for determining when to start or when to stop transmitting the sensing information to the communication destination, on the basis of the instruction to initiate the determination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Yuka IMAI, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, Itsumi HANEDA, Akira KAMEL, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Hiroshi KAJITANl, Zhenwei WANG, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230139218
    Abstract: A data processing device that includes a classification unit that classifies at least one piece of living-body information data into at least one group based on an attribute of at least one user, the at least one piece of living-body information data including a sensor value relating to a living body of the user, and a measurement time and a measurement position of the sensor value, and a learning unit that generates, for each of the group, a model for estimating interpolation data for interpolating a deficit of the living-body information data using a correlation among the sensor value included in the living-body information data, the measurement time, and the measurement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Fukushi, Chenhui Huang, Zhenwei Wang, Fumiyuki Nihey, Kentaro Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20230034341
    Abstract: An anomaly detection device that includes an extraction unit that acquires sensor data from a sensor installed in footwear and extract a gait feature amount characteristic in gait of a pedestrian wearing the footwear by using the sensor data, and a detection unit that detects an anomaly in a foot of the pedestrian walking wearing the footwear based on the gait feature amount extracted by the extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro FUKUSHI
  • Publication number: 20230009480
    Abstract: An estimation device that includes an extraction unit that acquires sensor data from a sensor installed on footwear and extracts a gait feature quantity characteristic of walking in the footwear by using the sensor data, and an estimation unit that estimates a type of the footwear based on the gait feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro FUKUSHI
  • Publication number: 20220391609
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an identification unit configured to identify unique information on shoes using at least part of a captured image of the shoes, and a setting unit configured to set an association between an acquisition device configured to acquire the unique information and a module device attached to the shoes based on the unique information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Zhenwei WANG, Hiroaki NAKANO, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, ltsumi KATO, Akira KAMEI, Chenhui HUANG, Hiroshi KAJITANI, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220391010
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire sensing data from a sensor device used for a foot, and a determination unit configured to determine an attached state of the sensor device to the foot according to a motion of the foot calculated using the sensing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Hiroaki Nakano, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, Itsumi KATO, Akira KAMEI, Chenhui HUANG, Hiroshi KAJITANI, Zhenwei WANG, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220260609
    Abstract: A determination device includes: a sensor data reception unit that receives sensor data including acceleration in a travel direction of a user and in a gravity direction; a walking state discrimination unit that switches to a discrimination mode in response to the acceleration in the gravity direction exceeding a first threshold in a power saving mode, and switches to a walk measurement mode in response to the acceleration in the travel direction exceeding a second threshold in the discrimination mode; a change trend detection unit that detects a change trend of peak values using log data of the peak values of the acceleration in the travel direction in the discrimination mode; a threshold change unit that changes the second threshold based on a detection result by the change trend detection unit; and a transmission unit that transmits the sensor data in the walk measurement mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kazuki IHARA, Noriyuki TONOUCHI, Kenichiro FUKUSHI
  • Publication number: 20220240810
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire first load information measured by a first load measurement device provided on a sole of a user and second load information measured by a second load measurement device provided between a toe of the sole and the first load measurement device and a feature amount extracting unit configured to extract a feature amount used for identifying the user based on the first load information and the second load information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Kentaro NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220225918
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire motion information of a foot of a user measured by a motion measurement device and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the user is in a pedaling state in which the user pedals a bicycle based on an angle between a sole and a ground generated from the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kazuki IHARA, Noriyuki TONOUCHI, Kenichiro FUKUSHI
  • Publication number: 20220218233
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire motion information of a foot of a user measured by a motion measurement device provided on the foot and a feature amount extracting unit configured to extract a feature amount used for identifying the user from time series data of at least one walking cycle included in the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Kentaro NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220221330
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire load information based on a load applied to a load measurement device from a sole of a user and a feature amount extracting unit configured to extract a feature amount indicating weight of the user by time-integrating time series data included in the load information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro FUKUSHI
  • Publication number: 20220211297
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire motion information of a foot of a user measured by a motion measurement device provided on the foot and a feature amount extracting unit configured to extract a feature amount indicating a walking environment from an angle between a sole and a ground generated based on the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Kazuki IHARA, Noriyuki TONOUCHI
  • Patent number: 11375924
    Abstract: A walking state measurement device according to the present invention includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: estimate a floor reaction force by use of at least either of motion data and lower limb vertical load data of a walker, and outputting the floor reaction force as floor reaction force data; and calculate a walking state of the walker by use of at least either of the motion data and the floor reaction force data, and outputting the walking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Fukushi, Takeo Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20220183588
    Abstract: In order to easily and accurately determine a walk cycle, this walk cycle determination system is provided with: a reception unit for receiving sensor data including acceleration and angular velocity acquired by a sensor mounted to footwear; a detection unit which generates time-series data of the orientation angle of at least one foot using the acceleration and angular velocity included in the sensor data, and detects maximal values and minimal values from the time-series data of the orientation angle; and a determination unit for determining the walk cycle based on the sequence of the maximal values and the minimal values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Chenhui HUANG, Noriyuki TONOUCHI, Kazuki IHARA
  • Publication number: 20220175273
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an action information acquisition unit configured to acquire action information of a user, a pedaling period extracting unit configured to extract a plurality of pedaling periods during which the user pedals a bicycle from the action information, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a non-pedaling time during which the user is on the bicycle and does not pedal based on a start time of each of the plurality of pedaling periods and an end time of each of the plurality of pedaling periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kazuki IHARA, Noriyuki TONOUCHI, Kenichiro FUKUSHI
  • Publication number: 20220181016
    Abstract: A discrimination device includes: a log acquisition unit that acquires sensor data including acceleration acquired by a sensor placed in a shoe, a storage unit that stores log data of the sensor data, a log calling unit that calls the log data stored in the storage unit, a discrimination unit that distinguishes a walking state from a waveform of the log data, a threshold setting unit that retains a first threshold and a second threshold, and sets the first threshold and the second threshold based on a discrimination result, and a transmission unit that transmits the discrimination result. When acceleration in the log data has not exceeded the second threshold within a discrimination time, the discrimination device outputs a discrimination result of being erroneous activation, and updates the first threshold based on a value of the acceleration in the traveling direction in the log data according to the discrimination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Kazuki IHARA, Noriyuki TONOUCHI, Kenichiro FUKUSHI