Patents by Inventor Mikiko Matsuo

Mikiko Matsuo 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: 11830342
    Abstract: A control method for a notification system including a notification device located in a facility, the control method including: detecting a visitor to the facility based on detection information from a first sensor; obtaining a current relationship between a first user and a second user present in the facility; and when a visitor to the first user is detected in the facility, notifying the second user of a visit by the visitor by using the notification device based on the current relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Mikiko Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20220395219
    Abstract: A skin state determination method includes: acquiring a first measurement result including data obtained by a spectral camera measuring the skin of a user at a first time point, second time points before the first time point being different from each other; estimating, on the basis of the first measurement result, a first estimation result including at least one of a skin moisture content or hidden blemish conditions of the user at the first time point; and determining a skin state of the user on the basis of the first estimation result and second estimation results based on second measurement results, each of the second measurement results including data obtained by the spectral camera measuring the skin of the user at each of the second time points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: MIZUHO SAKAKIBARA, NAOMI TOMIYAMA, ATSUSHI SASO, JUNICHI FUJIHIRA, MIKIKO MATSUO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI
  • Patent number: 11443002
    Abstract: An information presenting method according to the present disclosure includes: acquiring instruction information indicative of a preferred taste of a user with respect to a food product; calculating a first feature quantity indicative of a feature of a taste indicated by the instruction information; calculating, from a food product data base which stores a temporal change in a content of each of one or more components for each of one or more food products, progress information indicative of a temporal change in a second feature quantity indicative of a feature of the taste of each of the food products, extracting a food product for which a distance between the first feature quantity and the progress information is equal to or less than a reference value; and presenting the extracted food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Rinako Kamei, Atsushi Saso, Mizuho Sakakibara, Motoji Ohmori, Mikiko Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20220198908
    Abstract: A control method for a notification system including a notification device located in a facility, the control method including: detecting a visitor to the facility based on detection information from a first sensor; obtaining a current relationship between a first user and a second user present in the facility; and when a visitor to the first user is detected in the facility, notifying the second user of a visit by the visitor by using the notification device based on the current relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki MIYABE, Mikiko MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20210103625
    Abstract: An information presenting method according to the present disclosure includes: acquiring instruction information indicative of a preferred taste of a user with respect to a food product; calculating a first feature quantity indicative of a feature of a taste indicated by the instruction information; calculating, from a food product data base which stores a temporal change in a content of each of one or more components for each of one or more food products, progress information indicative of a temporal change in a second feature quantity indicative of a feature of the taste of each of the food products, extracting a food product for which a distance between the first feature quantity and the progress information is equal to or less than a reference value; and presenting the extracted food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Rinako KAMEI, Atsushi SASO, Mizuho SAKAKIBARA, Motoji OHMORI, Mikiko MATSUO
  • Patent number: 10959657
    Abstract: A stress management system comprises: a first sensor that detects biological data of a user; a second sensor that detects life log data indicating an action history of the user; a generator that generates stress data using the biological data, the stress data indicating a time series variation of a stress level of the user; an estimator that, when the stress level of the user included in the stress data exceeds a first threshold, estimates whether or not stress of the user is interpersonal stress caused by contact with another person, using the life log data; and a notifier that notifies the user of a result of the estimation by the estimator and notifies a notification target person different from the user of notification content based on the result of the estimation by the estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuumi Kaneko, Atsushi Saso, Naomi Tomiyama, Takamichi Matsusako, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori
  • Patent number: 10952658
    Abstract: An information processing method includes, by a computer: acquiring biological information on a first person; acquiring an image obtained by imaging the first person in synchronization with acquisition timing of the biological information; identifying person identification information for identifying the first person based on the image; storing, in a storage unit, the identified person identification information, the acquired biological information, and the acquired image in association with one another; acquiring the person identification information on the first person selected by a second person different from the first person, and state information indicating a state of the first person selected by the second person; and extracting, from the storage unit, the image associated with the acquired person identification information and the biological information corresponding to the acquired state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Masaru Yamaoka, Mikiko Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10846966
    Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit that presumes that the person is a person to be tracked based on the biometric data. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that tracks the target person in the second region by checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Naomi Tomiyama, Akira Asai, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Eiichiro Okuda
  • Patent number: 10734103
    Abstract: There is provided a stress management system that manages psychological stress of a user. The system includes: a first sensor that detects biological data of a user; a second sensor that detects life log data indicating an activity history of the user; a generator that generates stress data using the biological data, the stress data indicating a time series variation in a stress level of the user; an estimator that, when the stress level included in the stress data exceeds a threshold value, estimates whether or not stress experienced by the user is interpersonal stress that is caused by contact with other people, using the life log data; and a notifier that notifies the user of a result of the estimation by the estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuumi Kaneko, Atsushi Saso, Naomi Tomiyama, Takamichi Matsusako, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20200058179
    Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit that presumes that the person is a person to be tracked based on the biometric data. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that tracks the target person in the second region by checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SASO, Takamichi MATSUSAKO, Naomi TOMIYAMA, Akira ASAI, Mikiko MATSUO, Yuichi AOKI, Motoji OHMORI, Eiichiro OKUDA
  • Patent number: 10490002
    Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a person to be tracked based on the calculated stress index. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that tracks the target person in the second region by checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Naomi Tomiyama, Akira Asai, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Eiichiro Okuda
  • Publication number: 20190325676
    Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a person to be tracked based on the calculated stress index. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that tracks the target person in the second region by checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SASO, Takamichi MATSUSAKO, Naomi TOMIYAMA, Akira ASAI, Mikiko MATSUO, Yuichi AOKI, Motoji OHMORI, Eiichiro OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20190298241
    Abstract: An information processing method includes, by a computer: acquiring biological information on a first person; acquiring an image obtained by imaging the first person in synchronization with acquisition timing of the biological information; identifying person identification information for identifying the first person based on the image; storing, in a storage unit, the identified person identification information, the acquired biological information, and the acquired image in association with one another; acquiring the person identification information on the first person selected by a second person different from the first person, and state information indicating a state of the first person selected by the second person; and extracting, from the storage unit, the image associated with the acquired person identification information and the biological information corresponding to the acquired state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Masaru YAMAOKA, Mikiko MATSUO
  • Patent number: 10422479
    Abstract: A control method comprises: receiving from a first vehicle, first information including a first required amount of the energy source; receiving from a second vehicle, second information including a second required amount of the energy source; and determining, when a total sum of required amounts of the energy source received from two or more vehicles including the first vehicle and the second vehicle is larger than a remaining amount in a storage reservoir, i) a first reserved supply amount of the energy source for the first vehicle, wherein the first reserved supply amount is smaller than the first required amount, and ii) a second reserved supply amount of the energy source for the second vehicle. The second reserved supply amount is determined within a range where a total sum of the first reserved supply amount and the second reserved supply amount does not exceed the remaining amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideshi Aoki, Akira Asai, Mikiya Nakata, Mikiko Matsuo, Norihiro Miyamura, Ryunosuke Inui
  • Patent number: 10388093
    Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a person to be tracked based on the calculated stress index. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that checks the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person to track the target person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the second region. The system also includes a warning unit that emits a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the target person enters the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Naomi Tomiyama, Akira Asai, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Eiichiro Okuda
  • Publication number: 20190206162
    Abstract: A system includes a biometric sensor that detects biometric data of a person in a first region and a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a person to be tracked based on the calculated stress index. The system also includes a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region and a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region. The system further includes a monitoring unit that checks the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the target person to track the target person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the second region. The system also includes a warning unit that emits a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the target person enters the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SASO, Takamichi MATSUSAKO, Naomi TOMIYAMA, Akira ASAI, Mikiko MATSUO, Yuichi AOKI, Motoji OHMORI, Eiichiro OKUDA
  • Patent number: 10269198
    Abstract: A suspicious person report system includes: a biometric sensor detecting biometric data of a person in a first region; a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a suspicious person when the calculated stress index is higher than a reference value; a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region; a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region, the second region being a route after the first region before a third region; a monitoring unit checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the suspicious person to thereby track the suspicious person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the third region; and a warning unit emitting a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the suspicious person enters the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Saso, Takamichi Matsusako, Naomi Tomiyama, Akira Asai, Mikiko Matsuo, Yuichi Aoki, Motoji Ohmori, Eiichiro Okuda
  • Publication number: 20180078188
    Abstract: A stress management system comprises: a first sensor that detects biological data of a user; a second sensor that detects life log data indicating an action history of the user; a generator that generates stress data using the biological data, the stress data indicating a time series variation of a stress level of the user; an estimator that, when the stress level of the user included in the stress data exceeds a first threshold, estimates whether or not stress of the user is interpersonal stress caused by contact with another person, using the life log data; and a notifier that notifies the user of a result of the estimation by the estimator and notifies a notification target person different from the user of notification content based on the result of the estimation by the estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: YUUMI KANEKO, ATSUSHI SASO, NAOMI TOMIYAMA, TAKAMICHI MATSUSAKO, MIKIKO MATSUO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI
  • Publication number: 20180061159
    Abstract: A suspicious person report system includes: a biometric sensor detecting biometric data of a person in a first region; a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a suspicious person when the calculated stress index is higher than a reference value; a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region; a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region, the second region being a route after the first region before a third region; a monitoring unit checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the suspicious person to thereby track the suspicious person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the third region; and a warning unit emitting a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the suspicious person enters the third region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: ATSUSHI SASO, TAKAMICHI MATSUSAKO, NAOMI TOMIYAMA, AKIRA ASAI, MIKIKO MATSUO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI, EIICHIRO OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20180060536
    Abstract: There is provided a stress management system that manages psychological stress of a user. The system includes: a first sensor that detects biological data of a user; a second sensor that detects life log data indicating an activity history of the user; a generator that generates stress data using the biological data, the stress data indicating a time series variation in a stress level of the user; an estimator that, when the stress level included in the stress data exceeds a threshold value, estimates whether or not stress experienced by the user is interpersonal stress that is caused by contact with other people, using the life log data; and a notifier that notifies the user of a result of the estimation by the estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: YUUMI KANEKO, ATSUSHI SASO, NAOMI TOMIYAMA, TAKAMICHI MATSUSAKO, MIKIKO MATSUO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI