Patents by Inventor Toshihide Mori

Toshihide Mori 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: 20230117389
    Abstract: An output device performs: acquiring a plurality of images chronologically captured by a camera located to photograph an inside of a bowl of a toilet; extracting, from the acquired images, an excrement image showing excrement; extracting, from the acquired images, a blood image showing a blood spot; determining, based on time information about the excrement image, an excretion start time; determining, based on time information about the blood image, a blood appearance start time, and determining, based on the blood image, a blood size indicating a size of the blood spot; generating, as excretion information, information including the excretion start time, the blood appearance start time, and the blood size; and outputting the generated excretion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi KANAI, Toshihide MORI, Yuka YAMADA, Hideyuki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20230122501
    Abstract: An output device includes: an acquisition part that acquires a first image covering excrement captured by a camera to photograph an inside of a bowl of a toilet; a dividing part that divides the acquired first image into a plurality of divisional areas; a calculation part that calculates an area representative value including a representative value of each of the color components of each of the divisional areas; and an output part that outputs the calculated area representative value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi KANAI, Yuka YAMADA, Toshihide MORI, Hideyuki MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20230085953
    Abstract: An image capturing device which captures an image of excrement is provided at a toilet having a bowl and includes a sensor unit including an image capturing sensor. A view angle and an attachment position of the sensor unit are set so that a detection area presumed to receive dropping excrement in the bowl falls within a view field of the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide MORI, Hirofumi KANAI, Yuka YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230074448
    Abstract: An excrement determination method includes: acquiring sensing data detected by a first gas sensor; acquiring image data captured by a camera; making a first determination of determining whether a gas concentration indicated by the sensing data is higher than a first reference concentration; making a second determination of executing image processing onto the image data and determining whether the image data contains an image about defecation; making a third determination of determining, based on a determination result of the first determination and a determination result of the second determination, that at least one of the defecation and flatulating occurred; and outputting a determination result of the third determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi KANAI, Toshihide MORI, Yuka YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230071883
    Abstract: A controller acquires image data captured by a camera which is located at a toilet to capture an image of a bowl of the toilet, determines whether an unacceptable matter being an object having a possibility of clogging the toilet is in the bowl by performing image recognition based on the image data, and sends, to a flush water controller, a flow prohibition signal of prohibiting flush water from flowing when it is determined that the unacceptable matter is in the bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi KANAI, Toshihide MORI, Yuka YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230012841
    Abstract: An excreta determination device includes a data acquisition unit that acquires first time series data indicating hydrogen concentration in a space inside a toilet bowl measured by an internal sensor arranged inside the toilet bowl, an excreta determination unit that determines whether or not one who excreted has farted based on the first time series data of the hydrogen concentration, and a determination result output unit that outputs a determination result, and the excreta determination unit determines that the one who excreted has farted when the value of the hydrogen concentration in the first time series data exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuka YAMADA, Hirofumi KANAI, Toshihide MORI, Takahiro KAMAI
  • Patent number: 9807210
    Abstract: A cordless phone includes an earpiece speaker, a ringtone speaker, a front casing in which the earpiece speaker is held and a reception sound opening covered by the earpiece speaker is formed, a rear casing in which the ringtone speaker is held and a ringtone opening covered by the ringtone speaker is formed, an earpiece speaker rear opening formed in the rear casing, and a cushion material. The cushion material is in close contact with an inner wall surface of the rear casing, surrounds the earpiece speaker rear opening, is in close contact with a rear surface of the earpiece speaker, separates the rear surface of the earpiece speaker from a space in the casing defined based on the front casing and the rear casing, and allows the rear surface of the earpiece speaker to be in communication with the earpiece speaker rear opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Fujita, Toshihide Mori, Toshiya Sakai
  • Publication number: 20170126856
    Abstract: A cordless phone includes an earpiece speaker, a ringtone speaker, a front casing in which the earpiece speaker is held and a reception sound opening covered by the earpiece speaker is formed, a rear casing in which the ringtone speaker is held and a ringtone opening covered by the ringtone speaker is formed, an earpiece speaker rear opening formed in the rear casing, and a cushion material. The cushion material is in close contact with an inner wall surface of the rear casing, surrounds the earpiece speaker rear opening, is in close contact with a rear surface of the earpiece speaker, separates the rear surface of the earpiece speaker from a space in the casing defined based on the front casing and the rear casing, and allows the rear surface of the earpiece speaker to be in communication with the earpiece speaker rear opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Shuhei Fujita, Toshihide Mori, Toshiya Sakai
  • Patent number: 9247604
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided with an illumination unit including two or less LED light sources. The illumination unit uses the two or less LED light sources to emit light of a short wavelength band and light of a long wavelength band. An output varying unit functions to vary an output of at least the long wavelength band light. When the output varying unit receives a varying signal, the output varying unit functions to decrease the output of at least the long wavelength band light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sayaka Nishi, Takashi Saito, Hiroki Noguchi, Naohiro Toda, Ayako Tsukitani, Kensuke Yamazoe, Toshihide Mori, Hiroshi Hamano, Kouichi Wada, Yoshinori Karasawa
  • Patent number: 9084311
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a first light source having a first S/P ratio, a second light source having a second S/P ratio that is higher than the first S/P ratio, and a controller configured to performing dimming control of light output from the first and second light sources. The controller performs the dimming control separately on the first and second light sources at least under a snow covered condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Toshihide Mori, Ayako Tsukitani, Hiroshi Hamano, Akira Takashima, Kensuke Yamazoe, Kouichi Wada, Yoshinori Karasawa
  • Patent number: 8764223
    Abstract: A lighting device includes first and second light emission units. The first light emission unit emits light having a relatively low color temperature and a high feeling of contrast index. The second light emission unit emits light having a relatively high S/P ratio, which is the ratio of scotopic luminance to photopic luminance. The first light emission unit illuminates a region located at a vertical upper side of a region illuminated by the second light emission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Tsukitani, Takashi Saito, Akira Takashima, Kouichi Wada, Yoshinori Karasawa, Toshihide Mori, Hiroshi Hamano, Kensuke Yamazoe
  • Patent number: 8693680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a telephone and it is an object to make a speech without dropping a telephone even when the telephone miniaturized. Then, in order to achieve the object, the present invention includes a main body case 5, a microphone 8 and a receiver 9 provided on a front surface side of the main body case 5. A display part 7 is arranged between the receiver 9 and the microphone 8. The microphone 8, the receiver 9 and the display part 7 are provided on the front surface of the main body case 5, 50 or 51. On a back surface of the main body case 5, 50 or 51, a slip preventing part 13 that prevents the telephone from being dropped is provided. The slip preventing part 13 is arranged in an opposite side to the display part 7 on the back surface of the main body case 5, 50 or 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Mori, Masanori Settsu, Kouji Fukushima, Yasunori Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20140015442
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided with an illumination unit including two or less LED light sources. The illumination unit uses the two or less LED light sources to emit light of a short wavelength band and light of a long wavelength band. An output varying unit functions to vary an output of at least the long wavelength band light. When the output varying unit receives a varying signal, the output varying unit functions to decrease the output of at least the long wavelength band light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: SAYAKA NISHI, TAKASHI SAITO, HIROKI NOGUCHI, NAOHIRO TODA, AYAKO TSUKITANI, KENSUKE YAMAZOE, TOSHIHIDE MORI, HIROSHI HAMANO, KOUICHI WADA, YOSHINORI KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20140015444
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a first light source having a first S/P ratio, a second light source having a second S/P ratio that is higher than the first S/P ratio, and a controller configured to performing dimming control of light output from the first and second light sources. The controller performs the dimming control separately on the first and second light sources at least under a snow covered condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi SAITO, Toshihide MORI, Ayako TSUKITANI, Hiroshi HAMANO, Akira TAKASHIMA, Kensuke YAMAZOE, Kouichi WADA, Yoshinori KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20130299851
    Abstract: A lighting device includes first and second light emission units. The first light emission unit emits light having a relatively low color temperature and a high feeling of contrast index. The second light emission unit emits light having a relatively high S/P ratio, which is the ratio of scotopic luminance to photopic luminance. The first light emission unit illuminates a region located at a vertical upper side of a region illuminated by the second light emission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako TSUKITANI, Takashi SAITO, Akira TAKASHIMA, Kouichi WADA, Yoshinori KARASAWA, Toshihide MORI, Hiroshi HAMANO, Kensuke YAMAZOE
  • Publication number: 20120121078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a telephone and it is an object to make a speech without dropping a telephone even when the telephone miniaturized. Then, in order to achieve the object, the present invention includes a main body case 5, a microphone 8 and a receiver 9 provided on a front surface side of the main body case 5. A display part 7 is arranged between the receiver 9 and the microphone 8. The microphone 8, the receiver 9 and the display part 7 are provided on the front surface of the main body case 5, 50 or 51. On a back surface of the main body case 5, 50 or 51, a slip preventing part 13 that prevents the telephone from being dropped is provided. The slip preventing part 13 is arranged in an opposite side to the display part 7 on the back surface of the main body case 5, 50 or 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Mori, Masanori Settasu, Kouji Fukushima, Yasuniri Tsukamoto