Patents by Inventor Koji Morishita
Koji Morishita 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).
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Patent number: 9892645Abstract: A movement state presentation device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires movement information relating to a plurality of moving objects including a current position, a position prediction unit that predicts each of positions of the plurality of moving objects at each of a plurality of future time points common to the plurality of moving objects based on the movement information acquired by the information acquisition unit, and a display processing unit that causes the current positions of the plurality of moving objects to be displayed on a display unit using the movement information acquired by the information acquisition unit, and causes the positions of the plurality of moving objects at each of the future time points to be sequentially displayed on the display unit in chronological order at a display interval common to the plurality of moving objects based on the positions predicted by the position prediction unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.Inventors: Koji Morishita, Katsuyuki Nagai, Hisashi Noda, Yoshie Sakurazawa
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Patent number: 9797852Abstract: An applied voltage control device is used for a sensor, in which a direct current corresponding to an oxygen amount flows when a DC voltage is applied to the sensor, and an alternating current corresponding to a sensor impedance flows when an AC voltage is applied to the sensor. The applied voltage control device includes: a filtering unit that sets a cutoff frequency of the AC voltage applied to the sensor variable.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Morishita
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Patent number: 9786089Abstract: A graph drawing device includes: a target-data acquiring unit that acquires plural items of target data each containing time data and two-dimensional data in two specific dimensions other than time; a differential calculating unit that calculates a differential time between the time data and a reference time concerning each of the target data acquired by the target-data acquiring unit; a differential-data generating unit that generates plural items of differential target data each obtained by replacing the time data contained in each of the target data with the differential time calculated by the differential calculating unit; and a drawing-data generating unit that converts each of the differential target data generated by the differential-data generating unit into three-dimensional coordinate data in a three-dimensional coordinate system formed by a time axis and a coordinate plane formed by the two specific dimensions, and generates drawing data on a three-dimensional graph showing plural items of the threType: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.Inventors: Koji Morishita, Katsuyuki Nagai, Hisashi Noda
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Publication number: 20170281582Abstract: An agent for secreting ghrelin, comprising ornithine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, an agent for enhancing eating activity, comprising ornithine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, and an agent for enhancing gastrointestinal activity, comprising ornithine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kousaku OHINATA, Yee HO, Takafumi MIZUSHIGE, Kentaro KANEKO, Saori AKIZUKI, Koji MORISHITA
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Patent number: 9760180Abstract: A user interface device having: an acquisition unit that sequentially acquires pointing positions indicating at least one representative position of a specific region of a user used in a pointing operation; a detection unit that detects the start of a change and the end of the change into a predetermined shape of the specific region of the user; a storage unit that stores a pointing position corresponding to the time of the start of the change detected by the detection unit; a calculation unit that specifies a pointing position corresponding to the time of the end of the change detected by the detection unit and calculates a difference between the specified pointing position and the pointing position stored in the storage unit; and a position adjustment unit that adjusts the pointing positions acquired by the acquisition unit using the difference calculated by the calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.Inventors: Katsuyuki Nagai, Koji Morishita, Hisashi Noda
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Publication number: 20170172962Abstract: The invention provides a method of increasing blood flow in a subject in need of increased blood flow by administering citrulline or a salt thereof and arginine or a salt thereof to the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicants: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Nagoya UniversityInventors: Masayuki OCHIAI, Koji MORISHITA, Toshio HAYASHI
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Patent number: 9622998Abstract: The invention provides a rapid-acting, blood NOx level-increasing oral preparation containing citrulline or a salt thereof and arginine or a salt thereof as active ingredients. The rapid-acting, blood NOx level-increasing oral preparation of the present invention can rapidly and effectively increase blood NOx level after ingestion, and can rapidly provide an arginine ingestion effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignees: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Nagoya UniversityInventors: Masayuki Ochiai, Koji Morishita, Toshio Hayashi
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Patent number: 9541997Abstract: A three-dimensional user interface apparatus includes a calculation unit that calculates three-dimensional position information on a three-dimensional coordinate space regarding a specific part of a target person by using three-dimensional information acquired from a three-dimensional sensor, a generation unit that generates virtual three-dimensional object data indicating a virtual three-dimensional object disposed in the three-dimensional coordinate space, a state acquisition unit that acquires state information of the specific part of the target person, an operation specifying unit that specifies a predetermined process to be performed from among a plurality of predetermined processes on the basis of a combination of the state information and a change in the three-dimensional position information, a processing unit that performs the predetermined process specified by the operation specifying unit on the virtual three-dimensional object data, and a display processing unit that displays a virtual three-dimenType: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.Inventors: Koji Morishita, Katsuyuki Nagai, Hisashi Noda
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Publication number: 20160363551Abstract: An applied voltage control device is used for a sensor, in which a direct current corresponding to an oxygen amount flows when a DC voltage is applied to the sensor, and an alternating current corresponding to a sensor impedance flows when an AC voltage is applied to the sensor. The applied voltage control device includes: a filtering unit that sets a cutoff frequency of the AC voltage applied to the sensor variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventor: Koji MORISHITA
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Patent number: 9495068Abstract: A three-dimensional user interface apparatus includes a three-dimensional information acquisition unit acquiring three-dimensional information from a three-dimensional sensor; a position calculation unit calculating three-dimensional position information on a three-dimensional coordinate space regarding a specific part of a target person by using the three-dimensional information; a virtual data generation unit generating virtual three-dimensional space data indicating a virtual three-dimensional space which is disposed in the three-dimensional coordinate space and at least part of which is set in a display region; a space processing unit performing a predetermined process corresponding to a change in the three-dimensional position information regarding the specific part of the target person, on the three-dimensional coordinate space or the virtual three-dimensional space data; and a display processing unit displaying the virtual three-dimensional space within the display region on a display unit on the basisType: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, LTD.Inventors: Koji Morishita, Katsuyuki Nagai, Hisashi Noda
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Publication number: 20160232793Abstract: A movement state presentation device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires movement information relating to a plurality of moving objects including a current position, a position prediction unit that predicts each of positions of the plurality of moving objects at each of a plurality of future time points common to the plurality of moving objects based on the movement information acquired by the information acquisition unit, and a display processing unit that causes the current positions of the plurality of moving objects to be displayed on a display unit using the movement information acquired by the information acquisition unit, and causes the positions of the plurality of moving objects at each of the future time points to be sequentially displayed on the display unit in chronological order at a display interval common to the plurality of moving objects based on the positions predicted by the position prediction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Koji MORISHITA, Katsuyuki NAGAI, Hisashi NODA, Yoshie SAKURAZAWA
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Publication number: 20160063317Abstract: The present invention provides a facial expression grading system that can achieve improved quantitative evaluation of expressiveness of a user by grading a facial expression of the user. The facial expression grading system (1) of the present invention includes: a face image acquisition unit (11) configured to acquire a face image of a target person subjected to grading; a facial expression estimation unit (12) configured to estimate a facial expression from the acquired face image; a facial expression grading unit (13) configured to grade the estimated facial expression of the face image with reference to a predetermined criterion; and a grading result display unit (14) configured to display a grading result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Katsuyuki NAGAI, Mitsuhiro FUJITA, Koji MORISHITA, Hisashi NODA
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Publication number: 20160055330Abstract: A three-dimensional unlocking device (100) includes: a virtual-data generating unit (101) that generates three-dimensional lock data representing plural virtual objects arbitrarily arranged in a three-dimensional coordinate space; a display processing unit (102) that causes a display unit to display the plural virtual objects; a position acquiring unit (103) that acquires a three-dimensional position of a specific region of an operator in the three-dimensional coordinate space; an operation detecting unit (104) that detects a selecting operation performed by the operator with the specific region to the virtual objects; a selection-information acquiring unit (105) that acquires selection information indicative of identification information corresponding to a selected virtual object and a selected order, on the basis of the detected selecting operation; and a lock controlling unit (106) that unlocks a lock by comparing the acquired selection information with selection information that has been already registereType: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.Inventors: Koji MORISHITA, Katsuyuki NAGAI, Hisashi NODA
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Publication number: 20160042652Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a body motion grading system that allows the grading less likely to be affected by the difference among the builds of target persons subjected to grading. The present invention provides body motion grading system (1) including body position information acquisition unit (11) configured to acquire body position information of a target person subjected to grading in time series, body part recognition unit (12) configured to recognize a position of each part in the acquired body position information in time series and relatively recognize positions of body parts with reference to a certain body part, body motion grading unit (13) configured to conduct grading by comparing a position of a body part recognized by the body part recognition unit with a preliminarily prepared comparison condition in time series, and grading result display unit (14) configured to display a grading result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.Inventors: Katsuyuki NAGAI, Koji MORISHITA, Hisashi NODA
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Publication number: 20160018897Abstract: A three-dimensional user interface device includes a coordinate setting unit setting a three-dimensional coordinate space (3DCS) on the basis of a line-of-sight image, a virtual data generation unit generating three-dimensional area data representing a transparent virtual three-dimensional operation area (V3DOA) arranged in an arbitrary position in the 3DCS in a state in which at least a boundary of the area is visible, a display processing unit displaying a V3DOA represented by the generated three-dimensional area data by using a visible space in the 3DCS corresponding to a space shown on the line-of-sight image as a display reference, and an operation detection unit detecting an operation performed by the operator with the specific region in the V3DOA on the basis of the three-dimensional position acquired with respect to the specific region of the operator in the 3DCS and a position of the V3DOA in the 3DCS.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.,Inventors: Katsuyuki NAGAI, Hisashi NODA, Koji MORISHITA
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Publication number: 20150320713Abstract: The invention provides a rapid-acting, blood NOx level-increasing oral preparation containing citrulline or a salt thereof and arginine or a salt thereof as active ingredients. The rapid-acting, blood NOx level-increasing oral preparation of the present invention can rapidly and effectively increase blood NOx level after ingestion, and can rapidly provide an arginine ingestion effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Masayuki OCHIAI, Koji MORISHITA, Toshio HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20150277555Abstract: A three-dimensional user interface apparatus includes a calculation unit that calculates three-dimensional position information on a three-dimensional coordinate space regarding a specific part of a target person by using three-dimensional information acquired from a three-dimensional sensor, a generation unit that generates virtual three-dimensional object data indicating a virtual three-dimensional object disposed in the three-dimensional coordinate space, a state acquisition unit that acquires state information of the specific part of the target person, an operation specifying unit that specifies a predetermined process to be performed from among a plurality of predetermined processes on the basis of a combination of the state information and a change in the three-dimensional position information, a processing unit that performs the predetermined process specified by the operation specifying unit on the virtual three-dimensional object data, and a display processing unit that displays a virtual three-dimenType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Koji Morishita, Katsuyuki Nagai, Hisashi Noda
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Publication number: 20150268735Abstract: A user interface device having: an acquisition unit that sequentially acquires pointing positions indicating at least one representative position of a specific region of a user used in a pointing operation; a detection unit that detects the start of a change and the end of the change into a predetermined shape of the specific region of the user; a storage unit that stores a pointing position corresponding to the time of the start of the change detected by the detection unit; a calculation unit that specifies a pointing position corresponding to the time of the end of the change detected by the detection unit and calculates a difference between the specified pointing position and the pointing position stored in the storage unit; and a position adjustment unit that adjusts the pointing positions acquired by the acquisition unit using the difference calculated by the calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Nagai, Koji Morishita, Hisashi Noda
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Patent number: 9119416Abstract: A muscle fatigue remedy that for persons with the symptoms of muscle pain attributed to strenuous exercise, lassitude in the arms and legs attributed to acute exercise, lower back pain and stiffness in the shoulder attributed to taking of a certain posture over a prolonged period of time, etc., relieves the symptoms and allows them to have a fulfilling life. There is provided a muscle fatigue remedy containing alanylglutamine or its salt as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Miho Komatsu, Koji Morishita, Shin-ichi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20150221121Abstract: A graph drawing device includes: a target-data acquiring unit that acquires plural items of target data each containing time data and two-dimensional data in two specific dimensions other than time; a differential calculating unit that calculates a differential time between the time data and a reference time concerning each of the target data acquired by the target-data acquiring unit; a differential-data generating unit that generates plural items of differential target data each obtained by replacing the time data contained in each of the target data with the differential time calculated by the differential calculating unit; and a drawing-data generating unit that converts each of the differential target data generated by the differential-data generating unit into three-dimensional coordinate data in a three-dimensional coordinate system formed by a time axis and a coordinate plane formed by the two specific dimensions, and generates drawing data on a three-dimensional graph showing plural items of the threType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Koji Morishita, Katsuyuki Nagai, Hisashi Noda