Patents by Inventor Osamu Yamamura

Osamu Yamamura 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).

  • Stimulation signal generation device and stimulation signal generation method
    Patent number: 9192768
    Abstract: Implementation including a brain activity data acquisition unit configured to acquire data on brain activity of a human body; a generator configured to generate a stimulation signal based on predetermined stimulation parameters or stimulation parameters determined from the data acquired by the brain activity data acquisition unit, the stimulation signal being to be applied, for activity of a specific brain region to be activated in order to move a joint of the human body, to a nerve corresponding to the specific brain region; and an output unit configured to output the stimulation signal generated by the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: The University of Electro-Communications, The University of Tokyo, National University Corporation University of Fukui
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokoi, Ryu Kato, Tatsuhiro Nakamura, Soichiro Morishita, Osamu Yamamura
  • STIMULATION SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE AND STIMULATION SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20130218238
    Abstract: Implementation including a brain activity data acquisition unit (103) configured to acquire data on brain activity of a human body; a generator (101) configured to generate a stimulation signal based on predetermined stimulation parameters or stimulation parameters determined from the data acquired by the brain activity data acquisition unit, the stimulation signal being to be applied, for activity of a specific brain region to be activated in order to move a joint of the human body, to a nerve corresponding to the specific brain region; and an output unit (102) configured to output the stimulation signal generated by the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: The University of Electro-Communications
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokoi, Ryu Kato, Tatsuhiro Nakamura, Soichiro Morishita, Osamu Yamamura