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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 10973728
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamada, Mayu Watabe, Mizuho Sakakibara, Kenji Mase, Yuki Atsumi, Yoji Yamada
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180235832
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUNORI YAMADA, MAYU WATABE, MIZUHO SAKAKIBARA, KENJI MASE, YUKI ATSUMI, YOJI YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9262913
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9214128
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamada, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Mizuho Sakakibara, Mitsuaki Oshima
  • Publication number: 20150310736
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9142122
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 9047759
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20150082537
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro Ohta, Shohei Tsukada, Mizuho Sakakibara, Yohei Kume, Tomohiro Shimoda, Hideo Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8696634
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Fujioka, Tohru Nakamura, Osamu Mizuno, Akinobu Okuda, Akihiro Ohta, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshihide Ueda
  • Publication number: 20140009268
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20130247117
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: 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: 8474075
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kawakami, Yohei Kume, Tohru Nakamura, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshihide Ueda
  • Patent number: D681787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Mizuno, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tohru Nakamura, Soichiro Fujioka, Toshinori Hirose
  • Patent number: D681788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Mizuno, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tohru Nakamura, Soichiro Fujioka, Toshinori Hirose
  • Patent number: D683743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Mizuho Sakakibara, Tomoaki Ohira, Toshiaki Ohnishi
  • Patent number: D832152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sasai, Takeshi Ando, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Noriaki Imaoka, Duyhinh Nguyen, Mizuho Sakakibara, Shohei Nakashioya
  • Patent number: D832153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sasai, Takeshi Ando, Noriaki Imaoka, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Duyhinh Nguyen, Mizuho Sakakibara, Shohei Nakashioya