Patents by Inventor Taichi Hamatsuka

Taichi Hamatsuka 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: 20240324906
    Abstract: A determination method is a determination method performed by a computer, and includes: instructing a target person to perform a specific action; capturing an image that includes, as a subject, the target person performing the specific action; estimating a skeletal model of the target person in the image based on the image captured; setting a plurality of three-dimensional regions around the skeletal model based on positions of a plurality of skeletal points in the skeletal model estimated; identifying, among the plurality of three-dimensional regions set, a three-dimensional region where a skeletal point of a wrist of the target person is located in the specific action; and determining a state of activities of daily living of the target person based on the three-dimensional region identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo WADA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA, Takahiro AIHARA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Fumihiro NARUSE, Chie MINAMI, Ryota SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12079990
    Abstract: A leg muscle strength estimation system includes: an obtainer that obtains an image including a user that is walking as a subject of the image; and an estimator that estimates a leg muscle strength of the user based on the obtained image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Aihara, Taichi Hamatsuka, Yoshihiro Matsumura, Takashi Uchida, Kengo Wada, Takahiro Hiyama, Akira Matsubara, Manabu Yumine, Yoshikuni Sato
  • Publication number: 20240260854
    Abstract: A physical-ability estimation system (1) Includes: an analyzer (32) that estimates a gait feature of a user (U) from a moving image generated by capturing the user (U) walking; and an estimator (33) that estimates, based on the gait feature, respective assessment results on at least two assessment Items for assessing a physical ability of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo WADA, Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Takahiro AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240057946
    Abstract: A sarcopenia evaluation method in a sarcopenia evaluation device that evaluates sarcopenia based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one walking parameter of an angle of a knee joint of one leg in a stance phase of the one leg of the subject, an angle of the knee joint of the one leg in a swing phase of the one leg, a vertical displacement of a toe of one foot in the stance phase, a vertical displacement of the toe of the one foot in the swing phase, an angle of an ankle joint of the one foot in the stance phase, and an angle of the ankle joint of the one foot in the swing phase; and determining whether or not the subject has sarcopenia using at least one walking parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 11779260
    Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation method in a cognitive function evaluation device that evaluates a cognitive function based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one of an angle of an ankle joint of one foot and an angle of a knee joint of one leg of the subject; and determining a cognitive function level of the subject using at least one of the angle of the ankle joint and the angle of the knee joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takahiro Hiyama, Yoshikuni Sato, Takahiro Aihara, Kengo Wada, Taichi Hamatsuka, Yoshihiro Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20220257148
    Abstract: A factor estimation system is a factor estimation system that estimates a factor of fall risk indicating a possibility of a fall of a measured person, including: a calculator that obtains body motion data indicating body motion of the measured person during walking, and calculates two or more walking parameters of the measured person based on the body motion data obtained; and a factor analyzer that estimates, based on the two or more walking parameters, one or more main components that are included in the factor of the fall risk of the measured person and are based on the two or more walking parameters, and outputs an estimation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro HIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220198658
    Abstract: A leg muscle strength estimation system includes: an obtainer that obtains an image including a user that is walking as a subject of the image; and an estimator that estimates a leg muscle strength of the user based on the obtained image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro AIHARA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA, Takashi UCHIDA, Kengo WADA, Takahiro HIYAMA, Akira MATSUBARA, Manabu YUMINE, Yoshikuni SATO
  • Publication number: 20210059569
    Abstract: A fall risk evaluation method in a fall risk evaluation device that evaluates a fall risk based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one walking parameter of a vertical displacement of a waist of the subject in a stance phase of one leg of the subject, a vertical displacement of the waist of the subject in a swing phase of the one leg, an angle of a knee joint of the one leg in the stance phase, and an angle of an ankle joint of one foot in the swing phase; and determining a fall risk of the subject by using at least one walking parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210059596
    Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation method in a cognitive function evaluation device that evaluates a cognitive function based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one of an angle of an ankle joint of one foot and an angle of a knee joint of one leg of the subject; and determining a cognitive function level of the subject using at least one of the angle of the ankle joint and the angle of the knee joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210059614
    Abstract: A sarcopenia evaluation method in a sarcopenia evaluation device that evaluates sarcopenia based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one walking parameter of an angle of a knee joint of one leg in a stance phase of the one leg of the subject, an angle of the knee joint of the one leg in a swing phase of the one leg, a vertical displacement of a toe of one foot in the stance phase, a vertical displacement of the toe of the one foot in the swing phase, an angle of an ankle joint of the one foot in the stance phase, and an angle of the ankle joint of the one foot in the swing phase; and determining whether or not the subject has sarcopenia using at least one walking parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20120157899
    Abstract: A massager in which a backrest and side walls holding massage members have a unified form, is provided. The massager has: a backrest including, in an integrated fashion, a backrest section in which a massage mechanism for massaging a user's back is provided, and a pair of projecting sections which project to the left and right-hand sides from at least the upper part of the backrest section; side walls which respectively project forwards from front surfaces of the pair of projecting sections; and air bags which are provided respectively on inner side faces of the pair of side walls and used for massaging the sides of the user leaning against the backrest section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Terada, Akihiro Takaya, Tomohiko Watanabe, Taichi Hamatsuka, Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120157898
    Abstract: Provided is a massager which enables armrests to be used effectively even with a backrest in a reclined state. The massager includes: a backrest having a massaging mechanism for massaging the back of a user; a frame which supports the backrest in such a manner that the backrest can be reclined backwards; a pair of armrests which extend forward respectively from left and right side positions of the backrest; and a linking mechanism which changes an attitude of the pair of armrests in conjunction with a reclining operation of the backrest, in such a manner that a rear part of each armrest falls lower than the front part of each armrest, when the backrest is reclined backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Watanabe, Koji Terada, Akihiro Takaya, Taichi Hamatsuka, Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7789466
    Abstract: A chair-type massage machine includes a seat on which a user sits; a leg rest whose one end portion is pivotally connected with a front portion of the seat for pivotal movement up and down, the leg rest supporting calves of the user; a driving unit for pivotally moving the leg rest with respect to the seat; a footrest pivotally connected with the other end portion of the leg rest for pivotal movement up and down, the footrest supporting feet of the user; and a massage means provided to at least one of the leg rest and the footrest. Also, a stopper unit is provided for restricting a pivotal movement range of the footrest with respect to the leg rest, and a biasing unit is disposed for applying a biasing force to the footrest in either an upward or downward a direction of the pivotal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Yoda, Koji Terada, Shinji Tsutsui, Nobuyuki Nishitani, Yoshimi Takahashi, Taichi Hamatsuka
  • Publication number: 20080122283
    Abstract: A chair-type massage machine includes a seat on which a user sits; a leg rest whose one end portion is pivotally connected with a front portion of the seat for pivotal movement up and down, the leg rest supporting calves of the user; a driving unit for pivotally moving the leg rest with respect to the seat; a footrest pivotally connected with the other end portion of the leg rest for pivotal movement up and down, the footrest supporting feet of the user; and a massage means provided to at least one of the leg rest and the footrest. Also, a stopper unit is provided for restricting a pivotal movement range of the footrest with respect to the leg rest, and a biasing unit is disposed for applying a biasing force to the footrest in either an upward or downward a direction of the pivotal movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Yoda, Koji Terada, Shinji Tsutsui, Nobuyuki Nishitani, Yoshimi Takahashi, Taichi Hamatsuka