Patents by Inventor Teruki HIRAHATA

Teruki HIRAHATA 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: 20220248641
    Abstract: An information provision device includes a processor configured to acquire a first variation amount of an amount of excrement and a second variation amount of a body weight in a pet, estimate a medical condition of the pet, based on the acquired first variation amount and the acquired second variation amount, and output provided information including the estimated medical condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Hori, Teruki Hirahata, Ayumi Matsubara, Atsushi Hiroyama
  • Patent number: 11284599
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an animal toilet usage status management system, which is an animal toilet usage status management system including an animal toilet and a management server, wherein the animal toilet has a hole penetrating in the vertical direction at the bottom of the formed upper container, a lower container that receives urine passing through the hole, and a weight measuring unit that measures the weight of the upper container, the management server including a calculating part configured to calculate animal body weight and excretion information based on the measured weight transition change of the upper container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hachi Tama Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Hori, Teruki Hirahata, Atsushi Hiroyama
  • Patent number: 10733430
    Abstract: A cat toilet, etc., which specifies precisely one cat who entered a toilet for cat is provided. The present invention relates to a camera for capturing a plurality of images of a cat entering a cat toilet, a cat identifying process for identifying identifiers of one cat appearing in a plurality of images based on a plurality of images captured by the camera section, the cat identification processing section extracts each feature amount from a plurality of images, determines the identifier of one cat as the identification result for each image based on the feature amount, and makes a majority decision of the identification result based on this, identifiers of one cat appearing in a plurality of images are specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HACHI TAMA INC.
    Inventors: Koji Hori, Mari Ohbuchi, Teruki Hirahata, Atsushi Hiroyama
  • Publication number: 20200236897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an animal toilet usage status management system, which is an animal toilet usage status management system including an animal toilet and a management server, wherein the animal toilet has a hole penetrating in the vertical direction at the bottom. The formed upper container, a lower container that receives urine passing through the hole, and a weight measuring unit that measures the weight of the upper container, the management server including a calculating part configured to calculate animal body weight and excretion information based on the measured weight transition change of the upper container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Hachi Tama Inc.
    Inventors: Koji HORI, Teruki Hirahata, Atsushi Hiroyama
  • Publication number: 20200042780
    Abstract: A cat toilet, etc., which specifies precisely one cat who entered a toilet for cat is provided. The present invention relates to a camera for capturing a plurality of images of a cat entering a cat toilet, a cat identifying process for identifying identifiers of one cat appearing in a plurality of images based on a plurality of images captured by the camera section, the cat identification processing section extracts each feature amount from a plurality of images, determines the identifier of one cat as the identification result for each image based on the feature amount, and makes a majority decision of the identification result based on this, identifiers of one cat appearing in a plurality of images are specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Hachi Tama INC.
    Inventors: Koji HORI, Mari OHBUCHI, Teruki HIRAHATA, Atsushi HIROYAMA