Patents by Inventor SHIGEYUKI WAKITA

SHIGEYUKI WAKITA 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).

  • Advancement direction calculation device, advancement direction determination method, and control program
    Patent number: 11187533
    Abstract: An advancement direction of a user who is walking is calculated with high accuracy. A period specifying unit specifies at least a part of a deceleration period, during which a horizontal component of acceleration is negative, as a stable deceleration period on the basis of a change of a vertical component of the acceleration, a deceleration vector calculation unit calculates a deceleration vector which indicates a deceleration direction in the stable deceleration period, and an advancement direction determination unit determines an advancement direction of a user on the basis of the deceleration vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeo Ohyama, Shigeyuki Wakita
  • ADVANCEMENT DIRECTION CALCULATION DEVICE, ADVANCEMENT DIRECTION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200033126
    Abstract: An advancement direction of a user who is walking is calculated with high accuracy. A period specifying unit specifies at least a part of a deceleration period, during which a horizontal component of acceleration is negative, as a stable deceleration period on the basis of a change of a vertical component of the acceleration, a deceleration vector calculation unit calculates a deceleration vector which indicates a deceleration direction in the stable deceleration period, and an advancement direction determination unit determines an advancement direction of user on the basis of the deceleration vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: SHIGEO OHYAMA, SHIGEYUKI WAKITA