Patents by Inventor Masafumi SEIKE
Masafumi SEIKE 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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Publication number: 20230036478Abstract: The present disclosure provides an altitude measuring device. The altitude measuring device includes: an atmospheric pressure sensor; and a calculation unit, when being turned on, obtaining a measured atmospheric pressure value by the atmospheric pressure sensor as an atmospheric pressure initial value, successively calculating an amount of change of the measured atmospheric pressure value measured by the atmospheric pressure sensor, successively calculating an amount of change of an altitude based on the atmospheric pressure initial value and the amount of change of the measured atmospheric pressure value, and calculating the altitude based on accumulated amount of changes in the altitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Masafumi SEIKE, Tadashi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11079224Abstract: In this azimuth angle sensor, original magnetic detection data is sequentially acquired as data points in a triaxial coordinate system by detecting magnetism on three axes. An offset derivation device provided to the azimuth angle sensor derives offset values for correcting the original magnetic detection data and generating corrected magnetic detection data. The offset derivation device uses a plurality of data points in the original magnetic detection data or in the corrected magnetic detection data to derive provisional offset values, then derives the magnitude of magnetism on such an occasion on the basis of the original magnetic detection data and the provisional offset values. When the magnitude of magnetism thus derived is within a predetermined correction success range, the offset values are updated using the provisional offset values. When the magnitude of magnetism thus derived is not within the predetermined correction success range, the offset values are not updated.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Kobayashi, Masafumi Seike, Hideki Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10912510Abstract: A subject performs a sit-to-stand operation while wearing a device (SU) that contains an acceleration sensor (11) on the front of the chest. The present invention derives a muscular strength index representing the muscular strength of a human body by obtaining maximum acceleration value data from a signal expressing the size of an acceleration vector comprising a tri-axial component in detected acceleration, and using the maximum acceleration value data and the muscle mass or body fat mass of the subject. The present invention has the ability to derive a physical activity amount from the acceleration detection results, and on the basis of the activity amount (ACT) during a prescribed activity target period and the muscular strength index at the start and end times of the activity target period, obtains an activity efficiency index that corresponds to changes in the muscular strength index in response to the amount of activity.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: Rohm Co., Ltd., The University of TokyoInventors: Hideki Nishiyama, Tadashi Kobayashi, Atsushi Momota, Masafumi Seike, Senshi Fukashiro
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Patent number: 10753741Abstract: For triaxial magnetic detection data sequentially acquired as data points in a triaxial coordinate system, an offset calculation unit 30 calculates virtual data points P1?-P6? by evenly parallel-translating each of data points P1-P7 so that a reference data point P7, for example, arbitrarily chosen from the data points P1-P7 coincides with an origin point O. A virtual offset point C? for which the sum of the distances between the virtual data points P1?-P6? and a curved surface H1 passing through the origin point O is minimized is then calculated. An offset value C for the magnetic detection data is then calculated by parallel-translating the virtual offset point C? so as to restore the parallel-translated portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Kobayashi, Masafumi Seike, Hideki Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10493915Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus (100) is configured to detect an abnormality of a lighting device (200). The abnormality detection apparatus (100) includes an illuminance sensor (110), a memory (120) and a controller (130). The controller (130) is configured to detect the abnormality of the lighting device (200) based on a criterion stored in the memory (120) and a difference between an illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor (110) during on state of the lighting device (200) and an illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor (110) during off state of the lighting device (200).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Kobayashi, Masafumi Seike, Atsushi Momota, Hideki Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20190126822Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus (100) is configured to detect an abnormality of a lighting device (200). The abnormality detection apparatus (100) includes an illuminance sensor (110), a memory (120) and a controller (130). The controller (130) is configured to detect the abnormality of the lighting device (200) based on a criterion stored in the memory (120) and a difference between an illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor (110) during on state of the lighting device (200) and an illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor (110) during off state of the lighting device (200).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi KOBAYASHI, Masafumi SEIKE, Atsushi MOMOTA, Hideki NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180321036Abstract: In this azimuth angle sensor, original magnetic detection data is sequentially acquired as data points in a triaxial coordinate system by detecting magnetism on three axes. An offset derivation device provided to the azimuth angle sensor derives offset values for correcting the original magnetic detection data and generating corrected magnetic detection data. The offset derivation device uses a plurality of data points in the original magnetic detection data or in the corrected magnetic detection data to derive provisional offset values, then derives the magnitude of magnetism on such an occasion on the basis of the original magnetic detection data and the provisional offset values. When the magnitude of magnetism thus derived is within a predetermined correction success range, the offset values are updated using the provisional offset values. When the magnitude of magnetism thus derived is not within the predetermined correction success range, the offset values are not updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi KOBAYASHI, Masafumi SEIKE, Hideki Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20180146907Abstract: A subject performs a sit-to-stand operation while wearing a device (SU) that contains an acceleration sensor (11) on the front of the chest. The present invention derives a muscular strength index representing the muscular strength of a human body by obtaining maximum acceleration value data from a signal expressing the size of an acceleration vector comprising a tri-axial component in detected acceleration, and using the maximum acceleration value data and the muscle mass or body fat mass of the subject. The present invention has the ability to derive a physical activity amount from the acceleration detection results, and on the basis of the activity amount (ACT) during a prescribed activity target period and the muscular strength index at the start and end times of the activity target period, obtains an activity efficiency index that corresponds to changes in the muscular strength index in response to the amount of activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Hideki Nishiyama, Tadashi KOBAYASHI, Atsushi MOMOTA, Masafumi SEIKE, Senshi FUKASHIRO
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Publication number: 20180003500Abstract: For triaxial magnetic detection data sequentially acquired as data points in a triaxial coordinate system, an offset calculation unit 30 calculates virtual data points P1?-P6? by evenly parallel-translating each of data points P1-P7 so that a reference data point P7, for example, arbitrarily chosen from the data points P1-P7 coincides with an origin point O. A virtual offset point C? for which the sum of the distances between the virtual data points P1?-P6? and a curved surface H1 passing through the origin point O is minimized is then calculated. An offset value C for the magnetic detection data is then calculated by parallel-translating the virtual offset point C? so as to restore the parallel-translated portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Tadashi KOBAYASHI, Masafumi SEIKE, Hideki Nishiyama