Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Kukita

Tomohiro Kukita 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).

  • Patent number: 11495350
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a situation specifying unit configured to specify a part of a situation of the measurement subject on the basis of the number of measurements of the biological information in each situation of the measurement subject at the time of measuring biological information of the measurement subject by a biological information measuring unit, a current situation detecting unit configured to detect a current situation of the measurement subject, and a support information output unit configured to output support information relating to measurement of the biological information if the current situation corresponds to the measurement promoting situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakajima, Hirotaka Wada, Tomohiro Kukita, Daisuke Nozaki, Natsuko Horiguchi, Tamio Ueda
  • Publication number: 20210166798
    Abstract: A health management device according to an aspect includes a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not an indicator relating to a user has changed in a first time period toward achieving a preset goal, a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not the user has performed a behavior in a manner that satisfies a preset condition, in a second time period, which includes at least a portion of the first time period, and an information presentation unit configured to present information that facilitates achieving the goal in a case in which the first determination unit determines that the indicator has not changed in the first time period toward achieving the goal and the second determination unit determines that the user has performed the behavior in the second time period in a manner that satisfies the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro KUKITA, Masahiko YUMOTO, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20210161401
    Abstract: An electrocardiograph according to an aspect of the present invention includes an electrocardiographic measurement unit configured to measure electrocardiographic information of a user, a physiological indicator measurement unit configured to measure a physiological indicator of the user, the physiological indicator being different from the electrocardiographic information, a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not the user is in a relaxed state, on the basis of a measurement result of the physiological indicator, and a measurement control unit configured to control the electrocardiographic measurement unit on the basis of a determination result by the first determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Tadahisa TERAO, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20210166579
    Abstract: A health management device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an inquiry unit configured to inquire a user as to a reason why the user could not perform a behavior in a second time period in a manner that satisfies a condition, in a case in which it is determined that an indicator has not changed in a first time period toward achieving a predetermined goal and it is determined that the user has not performed the behavior in the second time period, which includes a portion of the first time period, in a manner that satisfies a predetermined condition, and an information presentation unit configured to present, on the basis of an answer input by the user, information that facilitates achieving the goal, to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro KUKITA, Masahiko YUMOTO, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20210142913
    Abstract: A diagnosis support device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire health management information indicative of a health state or lifestyle pertaining to a patient, and medical interview item information including a plurality of question items associated with disease types, and a generation unit configured to generate medical interview sheet template data including question items corresponding to the health state or the lifestyle of the patient on the basis of the health management information and the medical interview item information that are acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Tadahisa TERAO, Hirotaka WADA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200281470
    Abstract: The present invention identifies whether or not a user consents to providing personal information including biological information to a third party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hirotaka WADA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Daisuke NOZAKI, Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200253556
    Abstract: A biological information measurement apparatus includes a set time information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a set time point being set to determine whether or not a subject is wearing the biological information measurement apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the subject is wearing the biological information measurement apparatus at the set time point, and an instruction signal output unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the subject is not wearing the biological information measurement apparatus at the set time point, output an instruction signal instructing provision of assistance to the subject in wearing the biological information measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hirotaka WADA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Daisuke NOZAKI, Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20200258623
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a situation specifying unit configured to specify a part of a situation of the measurement subject on the basis of the number of measurements of the biological information in each situation of the measurement subject at the time of measuring biological information of the measurement subject by a biological information measuring unit, a current situation detecting unit configured to detect a current situation of the measurement subject, and a support information output unit configured to output support information relating to measurement of the biological information if the current situation corresponds to the measurement promoting situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Hirotaka WADA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Daisuke NOZAKI, Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20190374172
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a biological information recording apparatus include a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The determination unit determines whether or not the biological information has varied outside of a preset normal range. The control unit records the biological information, if the biological information has varied outside of the normal range and if the motion information of the living body is not detected in a period corresponding to a variation period of the biological information. The biological information is a blood pressure of the living body detected for each pulse along with a heartbeat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20190313983
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a user terminal apparatus includes a hardware processor and a memory connected to the hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to detect whether a user has entered a specific state, acquire a heart rate of the user which is measured by a sensor, determine whether the measured heart rate is less than a threshold when it is detected that the user has entered the specific state, and issue a notification to prompt to take an action when it is determined that the measured heart rate is less than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20190313972
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a user terminal apparatus includes a hardware processor and a memory connected to the hardware processor. The memory stores a plurality of blood pressure change patterns. The hardware processor is configured to acquire blood pressure data including a plurality of blood pressure values output from a blood pressure sensor configured to measure a blood pressure of a user, select a blood pressure change pattern corresponding to the blood pressure data from the plurality of blood pressure change patterns, and transmit transmission data including identification information identifying the selected blood pressure change pattern and part of the blood pressure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA
  • Publication number: 20190313981
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus includes a biological sensor that detects biological information, a movement sensor that detects movement information of a living body as a target of the biological information, a determination unit that determines whether the body starts to move and whether the body is moving, based on the biological information and the movement information, a recording unit that records the biological information until a common value is obtained, if it is determined that the body starts to move, an analyzer that determines whether a history of a biological value of the biological information from when the biological value starts to decrease until the biological value reaches the common value is within a proper range, and a deleting unit that deletes a corresponding biological information from the recording unit if the history is within the proper range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Natsuko HORIGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Tomohiro KUKITA, Hirotaka WADA, Tamio UEDA
  • Patent number: 9848783
    Abstract: Average blood pressure data of a morning time zone of every week and average blood pressure data of a night time zone of every week calculated by an average calculation portion are stored in a memory by performing blood pressure measurement. An every-week processing portion alternately switches and displays the average blood pressure data of the morning time zone and the average blood pressure data of the night time zone read from the memory based on an instruction input through an operation unit on a display unit every three seconds, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chisato Uesaka, Tomohiro Kukita, Koji Maruta, Kohei Takeoka
  • Patent number: 9375155
    Abstract: A diaphragm pump for achieving reduced pressure ripple of an exhausted gas is provided. The diaphragm pump is a pump for transporting a gas in accordance with change in volume of a pump chamber, and the diaphragm pump includes an exhaust valve permitting flow of the gas that flows out of the pump chamber and prohibiting a flow thereof in a reverse direction, an air chamber in which the gas that has flowed out of the pump chamber through the exhaust valve flows, an exhaust port through which the gas is exhausted to the outside of the diaphragm pump, and a through hole portion for restricting a flow rate of the gas that flows from the air chamber to the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Sano, Tomohiro Kukita
  • Patent number: 9226668
    Abstract: A blood pressure monitor includes a cuff to be wound around a living body of a subject, a measuring unit for measuring blood pressure with said cuff wound around the living body of said subject, a detecting unit for detecting an inclination angle of said cuff, a specifying unit for specifying a current inclination level among a plurality of predetermined inclination levels upon measurement by said measuring unit, based on a result of detection by said detecting unit, a memory for storing therein the inclination level specified by said specifying unit, in association with blood pressure data measured by said measuring unit, and a notifying unit for providing notification of at least one past inclination level of the plurality of inclination levels stored in said memory and said current inclination level, in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kukita, Yukiko Mitsunami, Kenji Aritome, Hiroyuki Kato, Yoshihide Onishi
  • Patent number: 8753282
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement apparatus detects a downward flexure of an arm rest and informs a user of the downward flexure on a display unit. By providing a partially color changing display or a blinking display on the display unit, the user is informed that a measurement posture is not good. The blood pressure measurement apparatus has an elbow rest with an arrangement that can easily prompt the user to be in a good posture for measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kukita, Koji Maruta, Masataka Yanagase
  • Publication number: 20120220884
    Abstract: A sphygmomanometer has an automatic inflation mode and a manual inflation mode as modes for inflating a cuff. During control in the automatic inflation mode, the sphygmomanometer can determine whether the mode should be switched to the manual inflation mode. Upon switching to the manual inflation mode, when inflation is being carried out in the manual inflation mode, a mark indicating that inflation is being carried out in the manual inflation mode is displayed in a display region in a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Yamashita, Tomohiro Kukita
  • Publication number: 20120004558
    Abstract: Average blood pressure data of a morning time zone of every week and average blood pressure data of a night time zone of every week calculated by an average calculation portion are stored in a memory by performing blood pressure measurement. An every-week processing portion alternately switches and displays the average blood pressure data of the morning time zone and the average blood pressure data of the night time zone read from the memory based on an instruction input through an operation unit on a display unit every three seconds, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisato Uesaka, Tomohiro Kukita, Koji Maruta, Kohei Takeoka
  • Publication number: 20110282223
    Abstract: A diaphragm pump for achieving reduced pressure ripple of an exhausted gas is provided. The diaphragm pump is a pump for transporting a gas in accordance with change in volume of a pump chamber, and the diaphragm pump includes an exhaust valve permitting flow of the gas that flows out of the pump chamber and prohibiting a flow thereof in a reverse direction, an air chamber in which the gas that has flowed out of the pump chamber through the exhaust valve flows, an exhaust port through which the gas is exhausted to the outside of the diaphragm pump, and a through hole portion for restricting a flow rate of the gas that flows from the air chamber to the exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Sano, Tomohiro Kukita
  • Publication number: 20110245694
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement apparatus detects a downward flexure of an arm rest and informs a user of the downward flexure on a display unit. By providing a partially color changing display or a blinking display on the display unit, the user is informed that a measurement posture is not good. The blood pressure measurement apparatus has an elbow rest with an arrangement that can easily prompt the user to be in a good posture for measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kukita, Koji Maruta, Masataka Yanagase