Patents by Inventor Nao HIRAKAWA

Nao HIRAKAWA 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: 20240075341
    Abstract: In a running analysis system, an information acquirer acquires position information and motion information of a user as a runner, measured at each point of passage in a run by a certain measurement device. A measurement value acquirer acquires measurement values of multiple types of motion analysis indices indicating a running motion state of a user for each certain unit measurement section, based on the position information and the motion information chronologically consecutive. A classification processing unit classifies measurement values in multiple measurement sections for each type of motion analysis indices, using a certain classification method for classification by property. A mode determination unit determines an output mode of a classified measurement value based on comparison with a certain comparison target. An output unit is capable of outputting at least information regarding the classified measurement value, based on the determined output mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KO, Nao HIRAKAWA, Yasuhiro NOMURA, Kazunaga NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240013580
    Abstract: A position acquirer acquires position information of a runner running with a certain time set to the starting point of a running time. An environment acquirer acquires environment information indicating running environment of the runner. An information storage unit stores acquired position information together with information on the acquisition date and time. An adjustment unit adjusts, based on the environment information, a running time or distance calculated with the position information such as to correct a difference in the running load due to running environment that may occur between the runner and another runner running with the same certain time set to the starting point of a running time. An output unit displays a result of comparison between the adjusted running time or distance and adjusted running time or distance of another runner running with the same certain time set to the starting point of a running time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime KUMAMI, Koji SAITO, Takehiro TAGAWA, Yasuhiro NOMURA, Nao HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230390603
    Abstract: An exercise improvement guidance device includes: a hierarchical index storage unit that stores hierarchized indexes for improvement of an exercise motion; a problem index identification unit that evaluates the hierarchized indexes based on measurement data during an exercise and identifies a problem index; and a guidance information generating unit that generates guidance information for improvement of the problem index identified by the problem index identification unit. With the exercise improvement guidance device, a problem that leads to effective improvement of exercise motions can be identified, and the guidance information can be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao HIRAKAWA, Takashi INOMATA, Hiroto MORI, Masaru ICHIKAWA, Noriko NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230285803
    Abstract: An exercise analysis device includes: a group classification unit that classifies activity data, as which measurement data associated with an exercise motion is recorded together with certain reference data that changes during exercise, into multiple groups based on the reference data; a representative data generating unit that generates representative data for the activity data in each of the multiple groups; and a tendency analysis unit that analyzes a tendency of the representative data with respect to the reference data in the multiple groups. With the exercise analysis device, exercise motions can be analyzed appropriately in consideration of the tendency of the entire exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao HIRAKAWA, Yasuhiro NOMURA, Hajime KUMAMI
  • Publication number: 20220395727
    Abstract: In an information processing device, at least one processor is configured to derive, based on a first model generated with as an input a first indicator expressing first exercise information of a subject acquired in a first period, and as an output a second indicator expressing second exercise information, first estimation data expressing the second indicator relative to first indicator specified in the first period, the second exercise information being different than the first exercise information of the subject, the second indicator having correlation with the first indicator; derive, based on a second model generated with as an input the first indicator acquired in the second period, and as an output the second indicator, second estimation data expressing the second indicator relative to the first indicator specified in the second period; and present the first estimation data and the second estimation data in a mutually comparable manner on a presenter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicants: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Aibara, Nao Hirakawa, Hiroto Mori, Yasuhiro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20210362006
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The present invention provides a recommended running pace calculation system and the like capable of calculating a recommended running pace that is recommended to a runner to be evaluated in a distance running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota SHINAYAMA, Yasuhiro NOMURA, Takehiro TAGAWA, Hiroto MORI, Nao HIRAKAWA