Patents by Inventor Munehiro Kitamura

Munehiro Kitamura 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).

  • Pedometer capable of keeping user interested in exercise
    Patent number: 6349126
    Abstract: A pedometer determines that the user does not wear the pedometer when the current number of steps is not more than a prescribed set value, not to employ the data of the current number of steps on the day the user does not wear the pedometer for calculating an average number of steps. If the current number of steps is in excess of the set value, the pedometer determines that the user wears the pedometer for adding the current number of steps to the total number of steps, adding 1 to the number of days and dividing the total number of steps by the number of days for calculating an average number of steps per day. Consequently, a pedometer having a function of displaying the average number of steps per day, which can not only maintain correctness of the average number of steps but also keep the user interested in exercise even if the user forgets wearing the pedometer, can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Munehiro Kitamura, Masazumi Kihira, Koji Maehashi
  • Pedometer capable of keeping user interested in exercise
    Publication number: 20010031031
    Abstract: A pedometer determines that the user does not wear the pedometer when the current number of steps is not more than a prescribed set value, not to employ the data of the current number of steps on the day the user does not wear the pedometer for calculating an average number of steps. If the current number of steps is in excess of the set value, the pedometer determines that the user wears the pedometer for adding the current number of steps to the total number of steps, adding 1 to the number of days and dividing the total number of steps by the number of days for calculating an average number of steps per day. Consequently, a pedometer having a function of displaying the average number of steps per day, which can not only maintain correctness of the average number of steps but also keep the user interested in exercise even if the user forgets wearing the pedometer, can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Munehiro Kitamura, Masazumi Kihira, Koji Maehashi