Patents by Inventor Mitsunobu Watanabe
Mitsunobu Watanabe 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: 20230027771Abstract: The purpose is to provide a mobile terminal device that can limit the use of the application by detecting the user position of the mobile terminal device and the speed of the vehicle by itself. To this end, provided is a function limitation method of a mobile terminal device with function limitation capable of limiting a use of an application, including, a step of determining whether or not a limitation target application of the mobile terminal device is in activation, a usage position check step of determining, by the mobile terminal device, a user of the mobile terminal device is on a driver seat, and a speed check step of calculating, by the mobile terminal device, a vehicle in which the user of the mobile terminal device is riding is traveling, in which the use of the application is limited or terminated when the user of the mobile terminal device is on the driver seat, and the vehicle is traveling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Tomonori NOMURA, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Mitsunobu WATANABE, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Hirokazu ISHII
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Patent number: 11517788Abstract: A training apparatus is capable of generating and presenting a suitable training menu for finger exercise to maintain or improve a cognitive function and/or an exercise function of a human and supporting training of the human. The training apparatus includes a measuring apparatus and a terminal device. Analysis evaluating data based on measurement of the finger exercise including finger tapping is obtained, and the analysis evaluating data contains an evaluation value of an index item related to an exercise function of a user. A training menu for the user is generated based on the analysis evaluating data and contains a training item for the finger exercise. The index item includes at least one of an amount of exercise, endurance, rhythmicity, cooperativeness of both sides, or marker trackability. The training item includes an exercise to carry out the finger tapping in accordance with teaching information, stimulation, or a marker.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yuko Sano, Ying Yin, Tomohiko Mizuguchi, Akihiko Kandori, Mitsunobu Watanabe, Hiroshi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20220382554Abstract: A technique for evaluating human cognitive and motor functions by a plurality of hand movement tasks is disclosed. A task execution method determines the execution order of a plurality of tasks which a test subject is caused to execute to acquire a characteristic quantity. A test subject group task database includes scores given in advance and characteristic quantities obtained from a plurality of tasks stored as past data corresponding to each of a plurality of test subjects. In a storage device, (1) a differentiation precision database for a case in which test subjects are divided into two groups by predetermined threshold value scores differentiated by the characteristic quantities, or (2) an estimation precision database for a case in which a score is estimated using the characteristic quantity for a predetermined score value is prepared for each of the tasks on the basis of the test subject group task database.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Yuko SANO, Akihiko KANDORI, Mitsunobu WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220377400Abstract: For establishing cooperation among an external device 30, a video display device and a remote control terminal and to achieve cooperative operation among these devices that affords a high level of operability to a user with less burden, the video display device to which an external device and a remote control terminal that remotely operates the external device can be connected, comprising: a connection detection section configured to detect a connection of the external device to the video display device; a cooperation establishment section configured to generate a start signal for initiate an application software accepting an operation instruction to the external device on the remote control terminal when the connection detection section detects the connection of the external device; and a communication interface configured to transmit the start signal to the remote control terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Akira ISHIYAMA, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Mitsunobu WATANABE
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Patent number: 11496618Abstract: The purpose is to provide a mobile terminal device that can limit the use of the application by detecting the user position of the mobile terminal device and the speed of the vehicle by itself. To this end, provided is a function limitation method of a mobile terminal device with function limitation capable of limiting a use of an application, including, a step of determining whether or not a limitation target application of the mobile terminal device is in activation, a usage position check step of determining, by the mobile terminal device, a user of the mobile terminal device is on a driver seat, and a speed check step of calculating, by the mobile terminal device, a vehicle in which the user of the mobile terminal device is riding is traveling, in which the use of the application is limited or terminated when the user of the mobile terminal device is on the driver seat, and the vehicle is traveling.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Tomonori Nomura, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Mitsunobu Watanabe, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hirokazu Ishii
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Publication number: 20220291512Abstract: A head-mounted display comprises: a wearing body; a display; a communication module configured to perform communication connection with a mobile information terminal; a field of view (FOV) sensor configured to output status data used for determining whether the mobile information terminal is included in a user's FOV through the wearing body; and a controller connected to each of the display, the communication module, and the FOV detection sensor. The controller determines whether the mobile information terminal is included in the user's FOV based on the status data, and performs display control with respect to the display so as to display an application screen of the mobile information terminal on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is not included in the FOV, and not to display the application screen on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is included in the FOV.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Mitsunobu WATANABE, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Osamu KAWAMAE, Nobuo MASUOKA, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11445233Abstract: For establishing cooperation among an external device 30, a video display device 10 and a remote control terminal 20 and to achieve cooperative operation among these devices that affords a high level of operability to a user with less burden, the video display device 10 to which an external device 30 and a remote control terminal 20 that remotely operates the external device can be connected, comprising: a connection detection section 140 configured to detect a connection of the external device 30 to the video display device 10; a cooperation establishment section 120 configured to generate a start signal for initiate an application software accepting an operation instruction to the external device 30 on the remote control terminal 20 when the connection detection section 140 detects the connection of the external device 30; and a communication interface 18 configured to transmit the start signal to the remote control terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Akira Ishiyama, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsunobu Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220240839Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a hardness meter which estimates hardness in a stable manner regardless of a compression strength. A hardness meter includes: a movable portion which is continuously pressed against an object to be measured; a sensor which outputs an output signal reflecting a reaction force at a part of the object to be measured; a motive force mechanism that causes the movable portion to perform a piston motion; a hardness estimating portion which estimates the hardness of the object on the basis of an alternating current component of the output signal, generated by the piston motion; a position estimating portion which estimates a measurement position information by shooting with a camera; and a hardness map display portion which maps and displays the hardness on a schematic diagram of the surface of a living body based on the measurement position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Yuko SANO, Akihiko KANDORI, Mitsuo OKIMOTO, Shigemitsu ANDO, Mitsunobu WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220239984Abstract: There is provided a portable terminal device 2 that notifies a television receiver 1 of a received phone call or mail. The portable terminal device 2 includes a communication unit 210 that receives a phone call or mail and communicates with the television receiver, a notification execution unit 203c that performs control in a case where information of the phone call or the mail received by the communication unit is notified to the television receiver, and a posture detection execution unit 203e that detects a posture of the portable terminal device. In a case where the communication unit receives a phone call or mail, the notification execution unit changes content of the information of the received phone call or mail according to a detection result of the posture detection execution unit and notifies the television receiver of the changed content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Motoyuki SUZUKI, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Mitsunobu WATANABE, Tomonori NOMURA
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Patent number: 11378805Abstract: A head-mounted display comprises: a wearing body; a display; a communication module configured to perform communication connection with a mobile information terminal; a field of view (FOV) sensor configured to output status data used for determining whether the mobile information terminal is included in a user's FOV through the wearing body; and a controller connected to each of the display, the communication module, and the FOV detection sensor. The controller determines whether the mobile information terminal is included in the user's FOV based on the status data, and performs display control with respect to the display so as to display an application screen of the mobile information terminal on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is not included in the FOV, and not to display the application screen on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is included in the FOV.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Mitsunobu Watanabe, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Osamu Kawamae, Nobuo Masuoka, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20220191371Abstract: An imaging method is provided that includes: taking an image of an object to generate an image signal of the object; generating a taken image of the object on a basis of the image signal; detecting motion information of the object on the basis of the image signal; taking an image of the object on a basis of the motion information multiple times so as to differentiate an exposure amount thereof and generating an HDR synthetic image of the object on the basis of a plurality of image signals whose exposure amounts are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Akira ISHIYAMA, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Motoyuki SUZUKI, Mitsunobu WATANABE
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Patent number: 11337641Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a hardness meter which estimates hardness in a stable manner regardless of a compression strength. Disclosed is a hardness meter characterized in being provided with: a movable portion which is continuously pressed against an object to be measured; a sensor which outputs an output signal reflecting a reaction force at a part of the object to be measured that is in contact with the movable portion; a motive force mechanism that causes the movable portion to perform a piston motion; and a hardness estimating portion which estimates the hardness of the object to be measured on the basis of an alternating current component of the output signal, generated by the piston motion of the movable portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yuko Sano, Akihiko Kandori, Mitsuo Okimoto, Shigemitsu Ando, Mitsunobu Watanabe
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Patent number: 11310561Abstract: There is provided a portable terminal device 2 that notifies a television receiver 1 of a received phone call or mail. The portable terminal device 2 includes a communication unit 210 that receives a phone call or mail and communicates with the television receiver, a notification execution unit 203c that performs control in a case where information of the phone call or the mail received by the communication unit is notified to the television receiver, and a posture detection execution unit 203e that detects a posture of the portable terminal device. In a case where the communication unit receives a phone call or mail, the notification execution unit changes content of the information of the received phone call or mail according to a detection result of the posture detection execution unit and notifies the television receiver of the changed content.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Motoyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Mitsunobu Watanabe, Tomonori Nomura
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Patent number: 11303794Abstract: An imaging method is provided that includes: taking an image of an object to generate an image signal of the object; generating a taken image of the object on a basis of the image signal; detecting motion information of the object on the basis of the image signal; taking an image of the object on a basis of the motion information multiple times so as to differentiate an exposure amount thereof; and generating an HDR synthetic image of the object on the basis of a plurality of image signals whose exposure amounts are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Akira Ishiyama, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Motoyuki Suzuki, Mitsunobu Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220044483Abstract: A display terminal having a display includes a color image camera and a distance image camera for acquiring a color image and a distance image of a predetermined photographing range, respectively, and a display control unit for displaying a virtual object on the display. The display control unit includes a space recognition unit for using the color image and the distance image to generate a three-dimensional map of a structural object, a display data generation unit for generating display data in which a rear region of the virtual object behind the structural object in a line-of-sight direction is specified, based on the three-dimensional map and real space placement position data of the virtual object, and the display correction unit for correcting the display data to to display operation points of the rear region, which accept an operation instruction to the virtual object, and displaying it on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Junji SHIOKAWA, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Mitsunobu WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210341368Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a durometer enabling a contact portion in contact with an object to perform smooth piston motion. The durometer includes a main body unit including a movable unit pressed continuously against an object to be measured, a first sensor outputting acceleration information corresponding to an acceleration of movement of a contact part of the object to be measured in contact with the movable unit in a pressing direction, a second sensor outputting reactive force information corresponding to a reactive force at the contact part of the object to be measured in contact with the movable unit, a motor, a crank mechanism driven by the motor and causing the main body unit and the movable unit to perform piston motion, and at least one buffering member disposed on a periphery of the main body unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Kandori, Yuko Sano, Yuhua Zhang, Shigemitsu Ando, Mitsunobu Watanabe, MItsuo Okimoto
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Publication number: 20210255461Abstract: A head-mounted display comprises: a wearing body; a display; a communication module configured to perform communication connection with a mobile information terminal; a field of view (FOV) sensor configured to output status data used for determining whether the mobile information terminal is included in a user's FOV through the wearing body; and a controller connected to each of the display, the communication module, and the FOV detection sensor. The controller determines whether the mobile information terminal is included in the user's FOV based on the status data, and performs display control with respect to the display so as to display an application screen of the mobile information terminal on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is not included in the FOV, and not to display the application screen on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is included in the FOV.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Mitsunobu WATANABE, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Osamu KAWAMAE, Nobuo MASUOKA, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11092526Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a durometer enabling a contact portion in contact with an object to perform smooth piston motion. The durometer includes a main body unit including a movable unit pressed continuously against an object to be measured, a first sensor outputting acceleration information corresponding to an acceleration of movement of a contact part of the object to be measured in contact with the movable unit in a pressing direction, a second sensor outputting reactive force information corresponding to a reactive force at the contact part of the object to be measured in contact with the movable unit, a motor, a crank mechanism driven by the motor and causing the main body unit and the movable unit to perform piston motion, and at least one buffering member disposed on a periphery of the main body unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Kandori, Yuko Sano, Yuhua Zhang, Shigemitsu Ando, Mitsunobu Watanabe, MItsuo Okimoto
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Publication number: 20210157470Abstract: This input terminal device 1 for receiving a user operation via a position input object PS is provided with: a position detection unit 106 which detects the position of the position input object; a display unit 109a which displays a cursor; and an operation processing control unit 1024 which causes operation processing to be performed. The operation processing control unit has a plurality of operation modes and one of these modes includes a state M0 in which the operation processing control unit does not cause any operation processing to be performed, except for movement of the cursor in accordance with the position of the position input object. The operation processing control unit is configured to switch between the plurality of operation modes when the user has performed a specific operation by means of the position input object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Motoyuki SUZUKI, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Nobuo MASUOKA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Mitsunobu WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210142572Abstract: There are provided a 3D AR content creation device, a 3D AR content playback device, and a 3D AR content creation system capable of performing 3D display in consideration of the depth relationship between a background image and a 3D AR object. For the purpose, the 3D AR content creation device includes a camera, a position information sensor that detects position information of the camera, and a controller. The controller measures depths of feature points of at least a part of a background image captured by the camera, gives position coordinates of a space corresponding to the background image to an AR object having the feature points of the background image and a 3D image from the position information of the camera and the measured depths of the feature points, and evaluates depths of the feature points of the background image and the AR object to obtain a composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Masuo OKU, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO, Osamu KAWAMAE, Mitsunobu WATANABE