Patents by Inventor Toru Shimuta

Toru Shimuta 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: 11957487
    Abstract: A cover for covering an oral device that includes a first sheet member made of a first resin, and a second sheet member made of a second resin and facing the first sheet member, wherein when a first direction is a direction along a surface of the first sheet member and a second direction is a direction along the surface of the first sheet member and orthogonal to the first direction, the first sheet member and the second sheet member are joined to each other in a bag shape so as to define an opening at a first side in the first direction. A protruding portion protrudes from the second sheet member and past an outer edge of the first sheet member at the opening in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Kenji Tanaka, Jun Takagi
  • Patent number: 11925476
    Abstract: A biological signal detection apparatus includes a neck band worn by a user along a circumferential direction of a neck of the user and a pair of sensors mounted to both ends of the neck band to detect a biological signal. Each sensor includes a conductive cloth with a planar or substantially planar shape, a main body on which the conductive cloth is set, a frame body that holds a periphery of the conductive cloth between the main body and the frame body, and an input terminal provided on a surface of the main body that opposes the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Shimuta
  • Patent number: 11927490
    Abstract: A sticking-type deep body thermometer that includes a thermometer body; a sticking member having an adhesive property on a bottom surface of thermometer body; a first thermal resistor having a predetermined thermal resistance and disposed substantially parallel to the sticking member; a first temperature sensor configured to detect a first temperature at a first surface of the first thermal resistor adjacent to the sticking member; a second temperature sensor configured to detect a second temperature at a second surface of the first thermal resistor opposite the first surface; a deep body temperature detection circuit configured to estimate a deep body temperature based on the first temperature and the second temperature; and an attachment/detachment sensor configured to detect attachment and detachment of the sticking-type deep body thermometer in accordance with a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature and/or a temperature rate of change of the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Niki, Toru Shimuta
  • Publication number: 20240008752
    Abstract: A biometric data measurement system is provided that includes an annular biometric sensor and a portable control unit that communicate with each other. The portable control unit determines whether or not the portable control unit is gripped by a hand on which the annular biometric sensor is mounted, determines whether or not a measurement posture of a user is sufficient from a position of a face of the user in an image recognized from the image, and an inclination of the portable control unit from a vertical direction, controls the biometric data measurement system based on a gripping determination result and a posture determination result, and acquires biometric data including blood pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Toru SHIMUTA
  • Publication number: 20240008816
    Abstract: A biological data measurement system is provided that includes an annular biosensor and a mobile control unit. The annular biosensor includes a body that has an annular shape and is configured to be worn on a finger and a sensor that measures, for example, a blood pressure. The mobile control unit includes an imager that captures images, and a display that prompts a user holding the mobile control unit in one hand to cause the imager to capture an image of a face of the user and another hand wearing the annular biosensor and displays the captured image. The mobile control unit also includes a controller that determines, based on the image, whether the other hand is at the height of a chest and controls the biological data measurement system based on the result of the determination to obtain data such as the blood pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Toru SHIMUTA
  • Patent number: 11828662
    Abstract: A core body thermometer that includes a wiring substrate on which a power supply switch and electronic components are mounted. The power supply switch is housed so as to face a back surface of an upper exterior body in a space formed by the upper exterior body and a lower exterior body. Moreover, a lining member is formed in a thin plate shape and disposed on the back surface of the upper exterior body, and a buffer member is disposed between the wiring substrate and the lining member. The lining member has a through-hole in which the power supply switch is placed in an inner side in a thickness direction when viewed in a plan view, and has flexibility in an operation direction of the power supply switch).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Shimuta
  • Patent number: 11828661
    Abstract: A core body thermometer is provided that includes a plate-shaped wiring substrate having a first region and a second region having different thermal resistances, a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor located in a first region and across a thickness direction of the first region and a third temperature sensor and a fourth temperature sensor located in a second region and across a thickness direction of the second region. Moreover, a processing circuit is provided that processes output signals of the first, second, third and fourth temperature sensors. The first and second regions are adjusted to have the different thermal resistances by varying occupancy and/or dispersion of the conductive patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Niki, Toru Shimuta
  • Patent number: 11714006
    Abstract: A deep body thermometer that includes a body temperature measurement unit having a thermal resistor layer formed of a thermal resistor having a predetermined thermal resistance value, four temperature sensors arranged in a thickness direction of the thermal resistor layer, and a wiring substrate on which a processing circuit for processing an output signal of each of the four temperature sensors is mounted. Moreover, the thermometer includes an upper exterior body made of a foamed material of a closed cell or a semi-closed cell having a waterproof property to accommodate the body temperature measurement unit, and a lower exterior body formed of a non-foamed resin film having a waterproof property, in which peripheral edge portions of the upper exterior body and the lower exterior body are fixed in a close contact manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Shimuta
  • Patent number: 11712194
    Abstract: A piezoelectric film sensor (3) of a swallowing sensor (1) includes a plurality of sensing portions (3A) and (3B) in a longitudinal direction of the neck region. The piezoelectric film sensor (3) is located within a range of movement of thyroid cartilage (103), which occurs along with swallowing, and is attached to skin of an anterior neck region (102). The piezoelectric film sensor (3) individually outputs analog signals (S1a) and (S2a) along with deformation of the plurality of sensing portions (3A) and (3B). The swallowing sensor (1) includes pre-processing units (21) and (22) and a signal processing unit (23). Each of the pre-processing units (21) and (22) separates the analog signal (S1a) or (S2a) into a displacement signal that is a low frequency component and a sound signal that is a high frequency component. The signal processing unit (23) determines whether the swallowing occurs based on the displacement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Takayoshi Obata
  • Patent number: 11680855
    Abstract: An attached member includes: a strip-shaped peelable member being in film form; and a tab being in plate form. An adhesive surface of a deep body thermometer and the tab are attached respectively to regions being part of first and second main surfaces of the peelable member and corresponding to about halves of the peelable member on first and second end sides. With the peelable member being folded substantially along the midsection between first and second ends, the order of layers, from closest to the adhesive surface, is the peelable member, the tab, a double-sided tape, and the peelable member. The thickness of the tab is equal to or greater than twice the minimum bending radius at which the peelable member is elastically deformable. The tab extends in a folding direction of the peelable member and beyond an outer edge of the peelable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Shimuta
  • Patent number: 11656132
    Abstract: A sticking type deep-body thermometer is provided that includes a body temperature measurement unit having a wiring substrate on which four temperature sensors and a processing circuit are mounted. The thermometer includes an upper case accommodating the body temperature measurement unit, an lower case that is in close contact with the upper case and a peripheral edge portion, and a sticking member stuck to an outer side surface of the lower case. The sticking member is formed in a sheet-like shape, has a pair of sticking surfaces with adhesiveness, and one sticking surface of the pair of sticking surfaces is stuck to the outer side surface of the lower case in a peelable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Yoshihide Amagai
  • Patent number: 11647921
    Abstract: A breathing sensing device that detects breathing of a subject, the breathing sensing device including a film-shaped sensor configured to adhere to a body surface of the subject from a region corresponding to a xiphoid process of a sternum of the subject to a region corresponding to an epigastrium of the subject. The sensor is configured to detect the breathing of the subject by detecting relative positional changes between the region corresponding to the xiphoid process and the region corresponding to the epigastrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Takenobu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230121455
    Abstract: A sticking component that includes: a sheet-shaped adhesive component having first and second sticking surfaces with adhesiveness opposed to each other, the first sticking surface constructed to be removably adhered to a bottom surface of a stick-on biometric device; a first release component removably adhered to the first sticking surface of the sticking component; and a second release component removably adhered to the second sticking surface of the sticking component, wherein at least one of the first release component or the second release component has an outline that is visible, and that, when the sticking component is to be adhered to the stick-on biometric device, at least partially overlaps an outline of the bottom surface of the stick-on biometric device in a plan view of the sticking component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Toru SHIMUTA
  • Publication number: 20230121161
    Abstract: A patch-type biomedical device cover that includes a cover film, a first adhesive member, and a second adhesive member. The cover film includes an upper cover film and a lower cover film and is configured to be folded into a bag when in use so as to be able to accommodate a temperature sensor therein. The first adhesive member is on an outside surface of the lower cover film. The second adhesive member is on an inside surface of the lower cover film. The second adhesive member is configured to adhere the temperature sensor to the lower cover film and to adhere an edge portion of the upper cover film to an edge portion of the lower cover film so as to close the upper cover film and the lower cover film to form the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Toru SHIMUTA
  • Publication number: 20230110579
    Abstract: A system capable of efficiently analyzing data of a plurality of formats is provided. A control device includes a registration section that registers configuration information of custom formats that vary for different types of edge device, a reception section that receives data described in a custom format, a conversion section that identifies the configuration information of the custom format according to a device which is a transmission source of data received by the reception section and that converts the data into data of a common format which is redetermined, and a transmission section that transmits data converted by the conversion section to an analysis server including an analysis system that receives input of data of the common format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Toru SHIMUTA
  • Publication number: 20230116304
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus is provided for preventing connection to an unintended wireless communication device. The apparatus includes a controller unit that performs scanning for the wireless communication device and connecting to the wireless communication device; and a memory unit that stores a first threshold for determining whether to connect to the wireless communication device. Moreover, the first threshold relates to an increasing amount per unit time of a received signal strength indicator of a signal from the wireless communication device. In the scanning, the controller unit connects to the wireless communication device when the increasing amount per unit time of the received signal strength indicator of the signal received from the wireless communication device is higher than or equal to the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Toru SHIMUTA
  • Publication number: 20230048975
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped oral appliance is provided that is detachably attached to an oral body device and includes a functional portion with a sensor unit that acquires information in an oral cavity and an energy irradiation unit that radiates energy into the oral cavity, an electrical connection portion, and a wiring portion that connects at least one of the sensor unit and the energy irradiation unit to the electrical connection portion. The functional portion, the connection portion, and the wiring portion are formed by a wiring layer having first and second main surfaces that oppose each other, a first insulating layer arranged on the first main surface and a second insulating layer arranged on the second main surface. Moreover, in the functional portion, a thickness of the first insulating layer is smaller than a thickness of the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Toru SHIMUTA, Jun TAKAGI, Tomoki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230045404
    Abstract: An oral body device is provided for attaching to and detaching from an oral appliance that has an electrical connection portion. The device includes a body, and an attachment/detachment operation unit that has an electrical connection conductor and is configured to detachably attach the oral appliance to the body portion by operating application and release of force to the oral appliance. Moreover, the attachment/detachment operation unit fixedly attaches the oral appliance in a state in which the electrical connection portion is electrically connected to the electrical connection conductor by applying a force to the oral appliance, and releases the fixation by releasing the force applied to the oral appliance to detach the oral appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Toru SHIMUTA, Keisuke DANNO, Kouki EJIRI, Hideki EJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230019234
    Abstract: A deep body thermometer that includes a body temperature measurement unit having a thermal resistor layer formed of a thermal resistor having a predetermined thermal resistance value, four temperature sensors arranged in a thickness direction of the thermal resistor layer, and a wiring substrate on which a processing circuit for processing an output signal of each of the four temperature sensors is mounted. Moreover, the thermometer includes an upper exterior body made of a foamed material of a closed cell or a semi-closed cell having a waterproof property to accommodate the body temperature measurement unit, and a lower exterior body formed of a non-foamed resin film having a waterproof property, in which peripheral edge portions of the upper exterior body and the lower exterior body are fixed in a close contact manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Toru SHIMUTA
  • Publication number: 20220346716
    Abstract: A sensor cover includes a cover film having an upper cover film and a lower cover film that are joined to each other at least at respective one sides thereof, and the cover film is shaped like a bag and configured to accommodate a temperature sensor when in use. The sensor cover also includes a self-adhesive member that has adhesiveness and is disposed on an outside surface of the lower cover film. The sensor cover further includes a sensor mounting member that is disposed on an inside surface of the lower cover film and configured to attach the temperature sensor closely to the lower cover film. The sensor cover further includes a sealing member that closes and seals an edge portion of an opening of the cover film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hirofumi TSUCHIMOTO, Shinichiro MATSUMOTO, Toru SHIMUTA