Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Hoshino

Kiyoshi Hoshino 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: 12127824
    Abstract: A blood flow measurement device easily measures the blood flow of a user, and includes a first body portion, a second body portion, and a hinge. The first body portion includes a first casing having a first bottom face, a light source that emits near-infrared radiation from the first bottom face to the outside of the first casing, and a first light reception unit that receives the near-infrared radiation from the first bottom face side on the outside of the first casing. The second body portion includes a second casing having a second bottom face, and a second light reception unit that receives the near-infrared radiation from the second bottom face side on the outside of the second casing. The hinge joins the first body portion to the second body portion so as to make an angle formed by the first bottom face and the second bottom face variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NeU Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Ryuta Kawashima, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Takushige Katsura
  • Publication number: 20210264618
    Abstract: An eye movement measurement device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an eye image in which an image of an eye of a subject is captured, a feature point extraction unit configured to extract feature points in a white region of the eye included in the eye image acquired by the acquisition unit, a candidate region generation unit configured to generate, for each of the feature points extracted by the feature point extraction unit, a template candidate region, the template candidate region being a region including a pixel of each of the feature points, in the eye image, a selection unit configured to select, as a template region, the template candidate region including more of the feature points among a plurality of the template candidate regions generated by the candidate region generation unit, and a measurement unit configured to measure a three-dimensional eye movement including at least a rotation angle of the eye of the subject by tracking movement in the eye image acquired by the acquisiti
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Nayuta Ono
  • Patent number: 10345001
    Abstract: A lighting and ventilating system includes a main housing with an air inlet and an air outlet a fan provided in the main housing to generate a flow of air between the air inlet and outlet; a grille having a plurality of apertures and coupled to the main housing; and a plate having an aperture located substantially centrally on the plate and defined by an aperture wall with a plurality of mounting notches, the plate coupled to the grille to define an airflow intake gap between the plate and at least a portion of the grille. The system further can include a lamp housing coupled to the grille and including at least a first set of illumination devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Mirko Zakula, Corey Scott Jacak, Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10311583
    Abstract: Provided is a method to easily detect eye motions in the eye moving direction, which has resistance to a fluctuation in background light and to a displacement of the position of a camera. The method includes the steps of: detecting a white area of the eye from the eye area; determining a blood vessel image to be used for a template blood vessel image in the white area of the eye; detecting a nth blood vessel image, which matches the template blood vessel image; calculating a nth moving amount of the eye based on a difference between the reference position and the detection position of the nth blood vessel image, which matches the template blood vessel image; and calculating a nth rotation angle of the eye to detect eye motions in the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20180174309
    Abstract: Provided is a method to easily detect eye motions in the eye moving direction, which has resistance to a fluctuation in background light and to a displacement of the position of a camera. The method includes the steps of: detecting a white area of the eye from the eye area; determining a blood vessel image to be used for a template blood vessel image in the white area of the eye; detecting a nth blood vessel image, which matches the template blood vessel image; calculating a nth moving amount of the eye based on a difference between the reference position and the detection position of the nth blood vessel image, which matches the template blood vessel image; and calculating a nth rotation angle of the eye to detect eye motions in the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20170261222
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a lighting and ventilating system including a main housing. The main housing can include an inlet through Which air can be received within the main housing and an outlet through which the air can exit the main housing. A fan wheel can be supported in the main housing and it can be operable to generate a flow of air. A grille can be coupled to the main housing and the grille can comprise a plurality of apertures and a second set of illumination devices. The system further can include a lamp housing coupled to the grille, the lamp housing can include a first set of illumination devices. Also, a plate can be coupled to the grille so that the plate is adjacent to the second set of illumination devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Mirko Zakula, Corey Scott Jacak, Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9605867
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a lighting and ventilating system including a main housing. The main housing can include an inlet through which air can be received within the main housing and an outlet through which the air can exit the main housing. A fan wheel can be supported in the main housing and it can be operable to generate a flow of air. A grille can be coupled to the main housing and the grille can comprise a plurality of apertures and a second set of illumination devices. The system further can include a lamp housing coupled to the grille, the lamp housing can include a first set of illumination devices. Also, a plate can be coupled to the grille so that the plate is adjacent to the second set of illumination devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Mirko Zakula, Corey Scott Jacak, Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9433345
    Abstract: This cycloduction measurement device is provided with a blood vessel position recognition unit and a first angle calculation unit. The blood vessel position recognition unit recognizes the position of a blood vessel in a sclera region in an eye image, and acquires information pertaining to the position of the blood vessel. The first angle calculation unit calculates the angle of cycloduction on the basis of the first information pertaining to the position of a predetermined blood vessel acquired by the blood vessel position recognition unit during actual measurement of cycloduction, and a second information pertaining to the position of the predetermined blood vessel while in a reference state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Hiroyuki Nakagomi
  • Patent number: 9239962
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nail region detection device including: color camera; image data storage part; color specification conversion plotting part for converting captured image data from the RGB color specification system to the HLS color specification system; threshold value setting part for setting and varying a threshold value along the X axis with respect to a first plotting region; second plotting part for replotting in a two-dimensional planar second graph, plotting data items which are equal to or greater than the threshold value and detecting the physical quantity or its ratio in a second plotting region; repeat control part for repeating the processing for replotting the data items; nail determination part for determining, as a nail region, a second plotting region in which the gradient of the amount of variation in the physical quantity or its ratio is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20150211763
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a lighting and ventilating system including a main housing. The main housing can include an inlet through which air can be received within the main housing and an outlet through which the air can exit the main housing. A fan wheel can be supported in the main housing and it can be operable to generate a flow of air. A grille can be coupled to the main housing and the grille can comprise a plurality of apertures and a second set of illumination devices. The system further can include a lamp housing coupled to the grille, the lamp housing can include a first set of illumination devices. Also, a plate can be coupled to the grille so that the plate is adjacent to the second set of illumination devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Mirko Zakula, Corey Scott Jacak, Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9004723
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a lighting and ventilating system including a main housing. The main housing can include an inlet through which air can be received within the main housing and an outlet through which the air can exit the main housing. A fan wheel can be supported in the main housing and it can be operable to generate a flow of air. A grille can be coupled to the main housing and the grille can comprise a plurality of apertures and a second set of illumination devices. The system further can include a lamp housing coupled to the grille, the lamp housing can include a first set of illumination devices. Also, a plate can be coupled to the grille so that the plate is adjacent to the second set of illumination devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Mirko Zakula, Corey S. Jacak, Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9002119
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a finger shape estimating device that can estimate the image most similar to a finger image quickly and with high precision, and that can facilitate construction of a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: University of Tsukuba, National University Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Motomasa Tomida
  • Publication number: 20150029461
    Abstract: This cycloduction measurement device is provided with a blood vessel position recognition unit and a first angle calculation unit. The blood vessel position recognition unit recognizes the position of a blood vessel in a sclera region in an eye image, and acquires information pertaining to the position of the blood vessel. The first angle calculation unit calculates the angle of cycloduction on the basis of the first information pertaining to the position of a predetermined blood vessel acquired by the blood vessel position recognition unit during actual measurement of cycloduction, and a second information pertaining to the position of the predetermined blood vessel while in a reference state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Hiroyuki Nakagomi
  • Publication number: 20140003665
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nail region detection device including: colour camera; image data storage part; colour specification conversion plotting part for converting captured image data from the RGB colour specification system to the HLS colour specification system; a-threshold value setting part for setting and varying a threshold value along the X axis with respect to a first plotting region; second plotting part for replotting in a two-dimensional planar second graph, plotting data items which are equal to or greater than the threshold value and detecting the physical quantity or its ratio in a plurality of second plotting regions in the second graphregion; repeat control part for repeating the processing for replotting the data items; nail determination part for determining, as a nail region, a second plotting region in which the gradient of the amount of variation in the physical quantity or its ratio is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 8427531
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a display device including a display panel including pixels, and an optical plate controlling light rays emitted from pixels; a camera provided in the display device; a face tracking unit making a decision whether a viewer exists in front of the display device based on an image picked up by the camera, and if the viewer exists, sampling and detecting a distance from the display device to the viewer and a position of the viewer; a memory storing the position of the viewer sampled and detected by the face tracking unit; and an image display control unit estimating the position of the viewer based on the position of the viewer stored in the memory and driving and controlling the display panel on based on the estimated position, when the face tracking unit does not recognize that the viewer exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takashima, Kiyoshi Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20130050416
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a receiver that decodes an encoded input video signal and generates a baseband video signal, a display manner selector that selects one display manner from plural display manners including a stereo imaging manner and an integral imaging manner, and a parallax image converter that converts, when the stereo imaging manner is selected by the display manner selector, the baseband video signal into two parallax image signals for the left eye and the right eye and converts, when the integral imaging manner is selected by the display manner selector, the baseband video signal into three or more parallax image signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masao Iwasaki, Kiyoshi Hoshino, Shinzo Matsubara, Yutaka Irie, Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Patent number: D678995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Broan NuTone, LLC
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Mirko Zakula, Daniel L. Karst
  • Patent number: D679046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Broan NuTone, LLC
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Corey S. Jacak, Arthur Talayko
  • Patent number: D701952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Corey S. Jacak, Kenneth J. Jonas
  • Patent number: D725767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Benjamin Puffer, David Pringle