Patents by Inventor Koji Ara

Koji Ara 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: 20140379292
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a sensor node and a server. The sensor node obtains acceleration data and transmits the data to the server. The server obtains and records the number of zero crossings from the acceleration data. The server obtains and records the frequency distribution of the number of zero crossings. The server obtains one or more of the following: the slope of the approximate line of the distribution; the linearity of the distribution; the inflection point; the slope of the approximate line in the zero crossing range below the inflection point; the slope of the approximate line in the zero crossing range above the inflection point; the linearity of the distribution in the zero crossing range below the inflection point; and the linearity of the distribution in the zero crossing range above the inflection point. Then, the server records the obtained value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Tomoaki Akitomi, Kazuo Yano
  • Patent number: 8509936
    Abstract: A sensor net system including: a plurality of sensor nodes, where each sensor node is held on a person of a differing worker, and each sensor node includes; a sensor which obtains sensor data of a worker; a radio frequency circuit which notifies a server of the sensor data; and a server which includes: a unit for storing a relation list for correlating the sensor data with a work category of the worker; a unit for confirming location of the worker based on the obtained sensor data; and a unit for confirming a work category in which the worker is engaged based on the confirmed location and the relation list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Norihiko Moriwaki, Kazuo Yano
  • Publication number: 20130197678
    Abstract: The present disclosures identify of which group the environmental conditions have problems and waste, and enable effective energy management in locations such as schools and businesses where a plurality of people are in a plurality of spaces such as rooms, floors, and buildings. Terminals each worn by a plurality of users who constitute an organization acquire using sensors—and transit to a server—environmental information such as temperature, humidity, and illumination. The server tabulates the environmental information, calculates the environmental information of each group that the plural users constitute, and presents the environmental information along with the name and responsible party of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Kazuo Yano, Nobuo Sato, Satomi Tsuji, Tomoaki Akitomi
  • Publication number: 20130053086
    Abstract: An information processing system including plural terminals, a base station to communicate with the terminals, and a management server coupled via a network to the base station, in which each terminal includes a behavioral information sensor to acquire behavioral information on the person wearing the terminal, and the management server retains the predefined relations among the persons within the organization, receives and retains the behavioral information from each terminal, calculates the behavioral characteristic quantity showing behavioral characteristics of each person relative to other persons based on the behavioral information, sums the calculated behavioral characteristic quantities for each of the defined relations between the person and the other persons, and when information showing changes in the still non-implemented defined relations is acquired, estimates the behavioral characteristic quantity of the person after changing the defined relation according to the acquired information, based on th
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoaki AKITOMI, Koji ARA, Nobuo SATO, Satomi TSUJI, Kazuo YANO
  • Publication number: 20120092379
    Abstract: It is provided a sensing data display apparatus which displays a sensing data with regard to a human, the sensing data display apparatus comprising: a receiving module for receiving a data indicating a physical amount detected by a sensor terminal mounted by the human; a sensing data storing module for storing the data indicating the physical amount; an information creating module for creating a piece of information related to the sensor terminal from the data stored to the sensing data storing module; a display module for displaying the piece of information; and a viewer detecting module for detecting a viewer who locates at a vicinity of the sensing display apparatus. The display module displays the piece of information related to a piece of information of the viewer detected by the viewer detecting module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Satomi TSUJI, Nobuo Sato, Kazuo Yano, Koji Ara, Tomoaki Akitomi, Rieko Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20120086579
    Abstract: It is provided a communication support device, which analyzes communications among a plurality of persons who belong to an organization, comprising a recording module for storing data that indicates the communications among the plurality of persons, a network constructing module for constructing a network structure of the plurality of persons from the data that indicates the communications, a improvement candidate determining module for identifying a first person whose communication is to be improved from the data that indicates the communications, and a connection candidate determining module for identifying a second person and a third person who can help increase triangle structures around the identified first person in the network structure, based on the network structure. The communication support device outputs display data for prompting the second person and the third person to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Kazuo Yano, Nobuo Sato, Satomi Tsuji, Yoshihiro Wakisaka, Norio Ohkubo, Youichi Horii
  • Publication number: 20110295655
    Abstract: A terminal includes a sensor for detecting a physical quantity and a data transmitting unit for transmitting data representing the physical quantity to a processing device. An input/output device includes an input unit for receiving an input of data representing a productivity relating to the person wearing the terminal and a data transmitting unit for transmitting the data representing the productivity to the processing device. The processing device includes a feature value extracting unit for extracting a feature value from the data representing the physical quantity, a conflict calculating unit for determining items of data bringing about conflict from the data representing the productivity, and a coefficient-of-influence calculating unit for calculating a degree of the correlation between the feature value and the items of the data bringing about conflict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Satomi Tsuji, Nobuo Sato, Kazuo Yano, Koji Ara, Takeshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110099054
    Abstract: In an organization dynamics analysis service using a sensor, organization dynamics information is understandably provided to a lot of members on a customer side without receiving private information such as an individual name from the customer. Therefore, a sensor data associated with an ID is received from the customer site, and organization analysis is performed on a service provider side, and then, an organization analysis data based on the ID is fed back to the customer site. When the customer browses the organization analysis data, the ID is converted into the private information in a service gateway installed on the customer site in accordance with a conversion table for correspondence of the ID previously specified on the customer side and the private information (individual name), and is shown to the customer as the understandable information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiko Moriwaki, Kazuo Yano, Nobuo Sato, Satomi Tsuji, Koji Ara
  • Publication number: 20100274639
    Abstract: Provided is an organization evaluation device, including: a reception unit for receiving data indicating a physical quantity detected by a sensor of a terminal worn by each of a plurality of persons; a personal index calculation module for calculating, from at least one of the data indicating the physical quantity and a business index of each of the plurality of persons, a personal index of each of the plurality of persons; a weight coefficient calculation module for calculating a weight coefficient indicating a degree of involvement of each of the plurality of persons in the first organization from the data indicating the physical quantity; and an organization index calculation module for calculating, by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the personal indices using the weight coefficient, an organization index of the first organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satomi Tsuji, Nobuo Sato, Kazuo Yano, Koji Ara
  • Publication number: 20100198639
    Abstract: A sensor net system including: a plurality of sensor nodes, where each sensor node is held on a person of a differing worker, and each sensor node includes; a sensor which obtains sensor data of a worker; a radio frequency circuit which notifies a server of the sensor data; and a server which includes: a unit for storing a relation list for correlating the sensor data with a work category of the worker; a unit for confirming location of the worker based on the obtained sensor data; and a unit for confirming a work category in which the worker is engaged based on the confirmed location and the relation list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Koji ARA, Norihiko Moriwaki, Kazuo Yano
  • Patent number: 7706906
    Abstract: A sensor net system including: a sensor node which includes: a sensor which obtains sensor data of a worker; a radio frequency circuit which notifies a server of the sensor data; and a server which includes: a relation list for correlating the sensor data with work status of the worker; a unit for confirming the work status of the worker based on the obtained sensor data by using the relation list; a unit for displaying the confirmed work status on a display unit connected to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Norihiko Moriwaki, Kazuo Yano
  • Patent number: 7593752
    Abstract: This invention achieves lower electric power consumption of a sensor node for carrying out an intermittent operation, in a sensor net system. A time when the sensor node transmits a signal to a base station is estimated. Then, in accordance with the estimation, a table for storing a signal transmitted from the sensor node is installed in a wireless section of the base station. Consequently, a communication time between the sensor node and the base station can be made shorter. Also, a start time of a micro computer is set for RTC inside the sensor node, so the micro computer inside the sensor node can be put in the standby state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Yuji Ogata, Shunzo Yamashita, Takanori Shimura
  • Publication number: 20090228318
    Abstract: In a real environment, it is grasped in what condition the worker has conducted the activity, and in what condition the worker has created a file, and the quality of the entire activity from the activity start to the activity end is provided as an index. An action index indicative of an action state of the worker who operates a computer is calculated, and the action index is associated with a specific activity of the worker as activity quality information representative of the quality of activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Kazuo Yano, Nobuo Sato, Satomi Tsuji, Norihiko Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 7512418
    Abstract: This invention achieves lower electric power consumption of a sensor node for carrying out an intermittent operation, in a sensor net system. A time when the sensor node transmits a signal to a base station is estimated. Then, in accordance with the estimation, a table for storing a signal transmitted from the sensor node is installed in a wireless section of the base station. Consequently, a communication time between the sensor node and the base station can be made shorter. Also, a start time of a micro computer is set for RTC inside the sensor node, so the micro computer inside the sensor node can be put in the standby state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Yuji Ogata, Shunzo Yamashita, Takanori Shimura
  • Publication number: 20080189157
    Abstract: A sensor net system including: a sensor node which includes: a sensor which obtains sensor data of a worker; a radio frequency circuit which notifies a server of the sensor data; and a server which includes: a relation list for correlating the sensor data with work status of the worker; a unit for confirming the work status of the worker based on the obtained sensor data by using the relation list; a unit for displaying the confirmed work status on a display unit connected to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Koji ARA, Norihiko Moriwaki, Kazuo Yano
  • Patent number: 7366579
    Abstract: A system which strengthens cooperation among workers in a business organization through flexible real-time communications and also allows interactive real-time data communications between the head of the organization (manager) and workers, thereby promoting communications within the organization and increasing productivity. The system holds: a commitment list which stores information on workers and work categories in which they are engaged, and a relation list which correlates sensing results with work categories in which they are engaged. A worker and work in which he/she is engaged are identified based on sensing result data and this is reflected in the commitment list data, and another worker related to the work is identified and the identified worker is notified of the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Norihiko Moriwaki, Kazuo Yano
  • Publication number: 20070299956
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transferring data of a sensor network system in which communication is made with multiple sensor nodes SN1s connected via a wireless network to transmit sensing data measured by the sensor nodes SN1s to a server SNS connected via a wired network. The method includes: receiving the sensing data from each of the sensor nodes SN1s (S1); adding meaning information that corresponds to a measurement value contained in the sensing data to the sensing data (S2, S5); and transmitting the sensing data to which the meaning information is added to the server SNS (S6). Accordingly, data of the sensor nodes are efficiently used by multiple applications while effectively using a reduced resource for wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Odaka, Norihiko Moriwaki, Minoru Ogushi, Koji Ara
  • Publication number: 20070281758
    Abstract: This invention achieves lower electric power consumption of a sensor node for carrying out an intermittent operation, in a sensor net system. A time when the sensor node transmits a signal to a base station is estimated. Then, in accordance with the estimation, a table for storing a signal transmitted from the sensor node is installed in a wireless section of the base station. Consequently, a communication time between the sensor node and the base station can be made shorter. Also, a start time of a micro computer is set for RTC inside the sensor node, so the micro computer inside the sensor node can be put in the standby state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Yuji Ogata, Shunzo Yamashita, Takanori Shimura
  • Publication number: 20070282944
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transferring data of a sensor network system in which communication is made with multiple sensor nodes SN1s connected via a wireless network to transmit sensing data measured by the sensor nodes SN1s to a server SNS connected via a wired network. The method includes: receiving the sensing data from each of the sensor nodes SN1s (S1); adding meaning information that corresponds to a measurement value contained in the sensing data to the sensing data (S2, S5); and transmitting the sensing data to which the meaning information is added to the server SNS (S6). Accordingly, data of the sensor nodes are efficiently used by multiple applications while effectively using a reduced resource for wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Odaka, Norihiko Moriwaki, Minoru Ogushi, Koji Ara
  • Publication number: 20070083283
    Abstract: A system which strengthens cooperation among workers in a business organization through flexible real-time communications and also allows interactive real-time data communications between the head of the organization (manager) and workers, thereby promoting communications within the organization and increasing productivity. The system holds: a commitment list which stores information on workers and work categories in which they are engaged, and a relation list which correlates sensing results with work categories in which they are engaged. A worker and work in which he/she is engaged are identified based on sensing result data and this is reflected in the commitment list data, and another worker related to the work is identified and the identified worker is notified of the work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Koji Ara, Norihiko Moriwaki, Kazuo Yano