Patents by Inventor MISAKA KIMURA

MISAKA KIMURA 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).

  • Risk-of-falling determination apparatus, risk-of-falling determination method, recording medium, and output apparatus
    Patent number: 10646140
    Abstract: A risk-of-falling determination apparatus includes a walk information obtainer that obtains walk information of a user, a myoelectric sensor that measures a first myoelectric potential difference on an anterior surface of a thigh of the user and a second myoelectric potential difference on a posterior surface of the thigh, a control circuit that identifies an interval of a stance phase by using the walk information, calculates a degree of co-contraction at a corresponding leg of the user on the basis of the first and second myoelectric potential differences for the stance phase, and determines whether the degree of co-contraction is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and an outputter that outputs a signal indicating that the user has a high risk of falling if the degree of co-contraction is greater than or equal to the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Properly Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Souksakhone Bounyong, Shinobu Adachi, Jun Ozawa, Misaka Kimura, Yuya Watanabe, Keiichi Yokoyama
  • RISK-OF-FALLING DETERMINATION APPARATUS, RISK-OF-FALLING DETERMINATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND OUTPUT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170196483
    Abstract: A risk-of-falling determination apparatus includes a walk information obtainer that obtains walk information of a user, a myoelectric sensor that measures a first myoelectric potential difference on an anterior surface of a thigh of the user and a second myoelectric potential difference on a posterior surface of the thigh, a control circuit that identifies an interval of a stance phase by using the walk information, calculates a degree of co-contraction at a corresponding leg of the user on the basis of the first and second myoelectric potential differences for the stance phase, and determines whether the degree of co-contraction is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and an outputter that outputs a signal indicating that the user has a high risk of falling if the degree of co-contraction is greater than or equal to the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: SOUKSAKHONE BOUNYONG, SHINOBU ADACHI, JUN OZAWA, MISAKA KIMURA, YUYA WATANABE, KEIICHI YOKOYAMA