Patents by Inventor Shintaro Chiba

Shintaro Chiba 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: 20170281076
    Abstract: A sleep state monitoring system is provided a pressure sensor, an optical sensor, and a controller. The pressure sensor detects a change in pressure of a pulse wave propagating through a blood vessel to measure a voltage value as a first voltage value of arterial pressure, and the optical sensor detects a change in pressure of a pulse wave propagating through the blood vessel by use of an optical signal to measure a voltage value as a second voltage value of a vascular pulse wave signal. The controller determines a sleep state of the human body, based on the first voltage value and the second voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichi TAKAHASHI, Shintaro CHIBA, Asako YAGI
  • Patent number: 9307240
    Abstract: A fade state determination unit (5) determines that the target picture is in a fade state when a feature value A is equal to or larger than a threshold value TH_A. If the target picture has been determined to be in the fade state, a fade-in determination unit (6) determines that the target picture is of a fade-in type when a feature value B is equal to or larger than a threshold value TH_B1 and a feature value C is less than a threshold value TH_C. If the target picture has been determined to be in the fade state, a fade-out determination unit (7) determines that the target picture is of a fade-out type when the feature value B is less than a threshold value TH_B2 that is smaller than the threshold value TH_B1. A cross-fade determination unit (8) determines that the target picture is of a cross-fade type when the target picture has been determined to be in the fade state and be not of the fade-in type nor of the fade-out type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NTT ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Chiba, Yutaka Yano, Katsuyuki Ozaki, Toshiyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140198853
    Abstract: A fade state determination unit (5) determines that the target picture is in a fade state when a feature value A is equal to or larger than a threshold value TH_A. If the target picture has been determined to be in the fade state, a fade-in determination unit (6) determines that the target picture is of a fade-in type when a feature value B is equal to or larger than a threshold value TH_B1 and a feature value C is less than a threshold value TH_C. If the target picture has been determined to be in the fade state, a fade-out determination unit (7) determines that the target picture is of a fade-out type when the feature value B is less than a threshold value TH_B2 that is smaller than the threshold value TH_B1. A cross-fade determination unit (8) determines that the target picture is of a cross-fade type when the target picture has been determined to be in the fade state and be not of the fade-in type nor of the fade-out type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: NTT Electroics Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Chiba, Yutaka Yano, Katsuyuki Ozaki, Toshiyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8718749
    Abstract: A vessel pulse wave measurement system performs vessel pulse wave measurement using an optical probe circuit provided with an optical probe including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, a drive circuit, and a detection circuit. A measurement device directly and synchronously feeds back an electrical signal from the optical probe to the drive circuit as a drive signal to generate a self-oscillation signal from the detection circuit, and measures the self-oscillation signal as a vessel pulse wave signal. A controller controls an operating point of at least one of the detection circuit and the drive circuit such that the self-oscillation signal substantially reaches a maximum level thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Act Medical Service Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Takenoshita, Shintaro Chiba, Yutaka Hata, Tokuko Saito Wiedemann, Hiromichi Annoh, Asako Yagi, Shinichi Takahashi, Fukuto Handa, Toshikuni Yajima
  • Patent number: 8483805
    Abstract: A vessel pulse wave measurement system performs vessel pulse wave measurement using an optical probe circuit provided with an optical probe including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, a drive circuit, and a detection circuit. A measurement device directly and synchronously feeds back an electrical signal from the optical probe to the drive circuit as a drive signal to generate a self-oscillation signal from the detection circuit, and measures the self-oscillation signal as a vessel pulse wave signal. A controller controls an operating point of at least one of the detection circuit and the drive circuit such that the self-oscillation signal substantially reaches a maximum level thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Act Medical Service Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Takenoshita, Shintaro Chiba, Yutaka Hata, Tokuko Saito Wiedemann, Hiromichi Annoh, Asako Yagi, Shinichi Takahashi, Fukuto Handa, Toshikuni Yajima
  • Publication number: 20120289839
    Abstract: A vessel pulse wave measurement system performs vessel pulse wave measurement using an optical probe circuit provided with an optical probe including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, a drive circuit, and a detection circuit. A measurement device directly and synchronously feeds back an electrical signal from the optical probe to the drive circuit as a drive signal to generate a self-oscillation signal from the detection circuit, and measures the self-oscillation signal as a vessel pulse wave signal. A controller controls an operating point of at least one of the detection circuit and the drive circuit such that the self-oscillation signal substantially reaches a maximum level thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Seiichi TAKENOSHITA, Shintaro Chiba, Yutaka Hata, Tokuko Wiedemann, Hiromichi Annoh, Asako Yagi, Shinichi Takahashi, Fukuto Handa, Toshikuni Yajima