Patents by Inventor Minoru Makiguchi
Minoru Makiguchi 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: 8548578Abstract: A living body state monitor apparatus includes: a living body information acquisition device to acquire living body information containing an electrocardiography waveform and a pulse waveform from a user; an irregular heartbeat detection section to detect an irregular heartbeat from the electrocardiography waveform; and a pulse wave feature quantity extraction section to extract a pulse wave feature quantity from a pulse wave corresponding to the irregular heartbeat. Further, a living body state determination section is included to determine a danger degree on user's living body state using both of (A) information on kind and/or continued time period of an irregular heartbeat detected by the irregular heartbeat detection section, and (B) a pulse wave feature quantity extracted by the pulse wave feature quantity extraction section, and/or a variation of the extracted pulse wave feature quantity.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Medical School FoundationInventors: Shinya Matsunaga, Shinji Nanba, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Kouki Futatsuyama, Takao Katoh, Hiroshige Murata, Hiroshi Hayashi, Motohisa Osaka, Minoru Makiguchi
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Publication number: 20120095358Abstract: A living body state monitor apparatus includes: a living body information acquisition device to acquire living body information containing an electrocardiography waveform and a pulse waveform from a user; an irregular heartbeat detection section to detect an irregular heartbeat from the electrocardiography waveform; and a pulse wave feature quantity extraction section to extract a pulse wave feature quantity from a pulse wave corresponding to the irregular heartbeat. Further, a living body state determination section is included to determine a danger degree on user's living body state using both of (A) information on kind and/or continued time period of an irregular heartbeat detected by the irregular heartbeat detection section, and (B) a pulse wave feature quantity extracted by the pulse wave feature quantity extraction section, and/or a variation of the extracted pulse wave feature quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Nippon Medical School Foundation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya MATSUNAGA, Shinji Nanba, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Kouki Futatsuyama, Takao Katoh, Hiroshige Murata, Hiroshi Hayashi, Motohisa Osaka, Minoru Makiguchi
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Patent number: 8106751Abstract: A visual ability improvement device installed in a vehicle includes a noise generator, a surrounding situation detector, a driver status detector, a vehicle status detector, an operation switch, and a noise output device. A controller of the noise generator determines an optimum strength based on the surrounding situation from the surrounding situation detector, the driver's status from the driver status detector, the vehicle's status from the vehicle status detector, and the correspondence of the optimum representative noise to the above situation and statuses from the correspondence memory. Then the controller generates a noise with the determined the optimum representative noise strength, and outputs to the noise output device such as passenger compartment light a control signal which depends on the generated noise.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroto Nakatani, Teiyuu Kimura, Noriyuki Ozaki, Kenichi Mori, Minoru Makiguchi
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Publication number: 20080136609Abstract: A visual ability improvement device installed in a vehicle includes a noise generator, a surrounding situation detector, a driver status detector, a vehicle status detector, an operation switch, and a noise output device. A controller of the noise generator determines an optimum strength based on the surrounding situation from the surrounding situation detector, the driver's status from the driver status detector, the vehicle's status from the vehicle status detector, and the correspondence of the optimum representative noise to the above situation and statuses from the correspondence memory. Then the controller generates a noise with the determined the optimum representative noise strength, and outputs to the noise output device such as passenger compartment light a control signal which depends on the generated noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2005Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroto Nakatani, Teiyuu Kimura, Noriyuki Ozaki, Kenichi Mori, Minoru Makiguchi
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Patent number: 7317380Abstract: A visual recognition support system includes a noise area determination function for determining a noise area where a visual noise is output to improve sensitivity of visual recognition of an object in need of attention of an operator of a vehicle. The intensity of the visual noise is determined based on a threshold of the visual perception.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki Ozaki, Hiroto Nakatani, Teiyuu Kimura, Minoru Makiguchi
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Publication number: 20060167524Abstract: A current application apparatus includes a pair of electrodes, mounts the pair of electrodes on the head by uses of an electrode mounting member, and applies a specific current to the head through the pair of electrodes. The pair of electrode is mounted by the electrode mounting member on one side of a lateral center of the head in such a manner that the following conditions are satisfied. One electrode of the pair is located on a skin located backward of an ear, which is positioned on the one side of the lateral center of the head, and the other electrode of the pair is located on a skin of the head located on the one side of the lateral center of the head. The specific current applied to the head has one of a white noise waveform and a 1/f noise waveform.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2006Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Teiyuu Kimura, Minoru Makiguchi, Yoshiharu Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20060020452Abstract: A noise generator includes a noise intensity storage means for storing a noise intensity threshold of a noise, a noise intensity setting means for setting an optimum noise intensity based on the noise intensity threshold, a noise generation means for generating the noise based on the optimum noise intensity, and a noise output means for outputting the noise generated by the noise generation means. The noise generator determines the noise intensity threshold based on perception of the noise by a driver of an automotive vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Applicants: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroto Nakatani, Teiyuu Kimura, Noriyuki Ozaki, Minoru Makiguchi, Yoshiharu Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20060017548Abstract: A visual recognition support system includes a noise area determination function for determining a noise area where a visual noise is outputted to improve sensitivity of visual recognition of an object in need of attention of an operator of a vehicle. The intensity of the visual noise is determined based on a threshold of the visual perception.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Inventors: Noriyuki Ozaki, Hiroto Nakatani, Teiyuu Kimura, Minoru Makiguchi