Patents by Inventor Mizuho Sakakibara
Mizuho Sakakibara 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: 20220395219Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: MIZUHO SAKAKIBARA, NAOMI TOMIYAMA, ATSUSHI SASO, JUNICHI FUJIHIRA, MIKIKO MATSUO, YUICHI AOKI, MOTOJI OHMORI
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Patent number: 11443002Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Rinako Kamei, Atsushi Saso, Mizuho Sakakibara, Motoji Ohmori, Mikiko Matsuo
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Patent number: 10973728Abstract: A walking support robot is presented by the present disclosure. The walking support robot moves in accordance with a handle load while guiding a user to walk along a walking route. The walking support robot includes a body, a handle on the body, a sensor that senses a load applied to the handle, and a moving device that moves the walking support robot by controlling rotation of a rotating member in accordance with the load. Guide information is generated for guiding the user to walk along the walking route. Presented information is presented for guiding the user based on the guide information. A physical task is set by adjusting complexity of the walking route. A degree to which the user follows the walking route is calculated, and the physical task is adjusted based on the degree.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Yamada, Mayu Watabe, Mizuho Sakakibara, Kenji Mase, Yuki Atsumi, Yoji Yamada
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Publication number: 20210103625Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Rinako KAMEI, Atsushi SASO, Mizuho SAKAKIBARA, Motoji OHMORI, Mikiko MATSUO
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Publication number: 20180235832Abstract: A walking support robot is presented by the present disclosure. The walking support robot moves in accordance with a handle load while guiding a user to walk along a walking route. The walking support robot includes a body, a handle on the body, a sensor that senses a load applied to the handle, and a moving device that moves the walking support robot by controlling rotation of a rotating member in accordance with the load. Guide information is generated for guiding the user to walk along the walking route. Presented information is presented for guiding the user based on the guide information. A physical task is set by adjusting complexity of the walking route. A degree to which the user follows the walking route is calculated, and the physical task is adjusted based on the degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: KAZUNORI YAMADA, MAYU WATABE, MIZUHO SAKAKIBARA, KENJI MASE, YUKI ATSUMI, YOJI YAMADA
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Patent number: 9262913Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Kazunori Yamada, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae
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Patent number: 9214128Abstract: An information display device includes: an image display unit that displays an image according to an orientation of a display screen; a terminal posture detection unit that detects a posture of the device using an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor; and a display direction determination unit that determines whether or not the posture of the device changes, and determines the orientation of the display screen. In the case where the display screen is substantially horizontal and the posture of the device changes, the orientation of the display screen is determined so that, when the device moves by a predetermined angle or more with respect to the orientation (reference orientation) of the display screen before the determination of the posture change, a side of the device at the predetermined angle or more from the reference orientation corresponds to the top of the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Kazunori Yamada, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Mizuho Sakakibara, Mitsuaki Oshima
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Publication number: 20150310736Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Kazunori YAMADA, Kohei YAMAGUCHI, Shigehiro IIDA, Mizuho SAKAKIBARA, Toshiaki OHNISHI, Masaru YAMAOKA, Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Tomoaki OHIRA, Michihiro MATSUMOTO, Tsutomu MUKAI, Yosuke MATSUSHITA, Shohji OHTSUBO, Hironori NAKAE
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Patent number: 9142122Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada, Mizuho Sakakibara, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida
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Patent number: 9047759Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Kazunori Yamada, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae
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Publication number: 20150082537Abstract: A wheelchair includes a first seat portion and a second armrest rotatably fixed to a first support portion of the first seat portion, a first rotation axis of this second armrest is arranged on an imaginary plane perpendicular to a back bottom support surface and parallel to the front and rear direction of the first seat portion so as to make a predetermined angle with respect to the back bottom support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Akihiro Ohta, Shohei Tsukada, Mizuho Sakakibara, Yohei Kume, Tomohiro Shimoda, Hideo Kawakami
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Patent number: 8696634Abstract: A syringe drive device 15 according to the present invention includes: an outer tube fixing portion 31 that detachably fixes an outer tube 22 of a syringe 16; a plunger holder 21 that holds a plunger 17 of the syringe 16; and a drive portion that moves the plunger holder 21 along an axis of the syringe.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Tohru Nakamura, Osamu Mizuno, Akinobu Okuda, Akihiro Ohta, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshihide Ueda
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Publication number: 20140009268Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada, Mizuho Sakakibara, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida
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Publication number: 20130247117Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Inventors: Kazunori Yamada, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae
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Patent number: 8474075Abstract: A movable bed of the present invention, which includes a mat portion of a bed to lie thereon, and is composed of a fixed portion and a moving portion, is designed as a wheel chair in such a manner that the moving portion can be separated from or joined to the fixed portion and be transformed from a lying posture state to a sitting posture state, and when the moving portion is joined to the fixed portion so as to form the movable bed, an upper surface of a resting portion, allowing a person to carry thereon, of the moving portion and an inner surface of an armrest portion are configured to form a mat surface of the mat portion of the movable bed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hideo Kawakami, Yohei Kume, Tohru Nakamura, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshihide Ueda
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Patent number: D681787Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Osamu Mizuno, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tohru Nakamura, Soichiro Fujioka, Toshinori Hirose
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Patent number: D681788Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Osamu Mizuno, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tohru Nakamura, Soichiro Fujioka, Toshinori Hirose
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Patent number: D683743Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tomoaki Ohira, Toshiaki Ohnishi
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Patent number: D832152Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Sasai, Takeshi Ando, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Noriaki Imaoka, Duyhinh Nguyen, Mizuho Sakakibara, Shohei Nakashioya
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Patent number: D832153Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Sasai, Takeshi Ando, Noriaki Imaoka, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Duyhinh Nguyen, Mizuho Sakakibara, Shohei Nakashioya