Patents by Inventor Toshiki Wada
Toshiki Wada 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).
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Publication number: 20240045504Abstract: An embodiment tactile presentation method includes: generating a first stimulus signal in a first frequency band; generating a second stimulus signal in a second frequency band, the second frequency band different from the first frequency band; applying the first stimulus signal from a first application member to a skin surface of a living body; and applying the second stimulus signal from a second application member to the skin surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Toshiki Wada
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Publication number: 20230354934Abstract: A tactile device includes a wearing portion to be worn on a subject, a tactile stimulus generation portion that provides a tactile stimulus to a body surface of the subject, and a positioning portion that makes a place where the wearing portion is worn constant. The tactile stimulus generation portion is fixed to the wearing portion. The wearing portion is worn on an arm of the subject. A tactile stimulus is provided to a body surface of the arm of the tactile stimulus generation portion. The positioning portion is, for example, a glove integrally formed with the wearing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Toshiki Wada, Takako Ishihara
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Patent number: 11811216Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing; an actuator installed inside the housing and configured to generate vibration in response to an application of a driving voltage; a temperature sensor configured to detect an operating temperature caused by the actuator; and a control circuit configured to apply the driving voltage to the actuator to drive the actuator, thereby generating a traction illusion, where the control circuit restricts an operation of the actuator, based on the operating temperature detected by the temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Yuichi Higuchi, Toshiki Wada, Toshihiko Kondo
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Patent number: 11797092Abstract: Inside a housing of electronic equipment, a first actuator for generating vibration along a first axis is mounted. The first actuator is mounted in a direction in which the first axis is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to at least one of the six surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Yuichi Higuchi, Koichi Hadama, Toshiki Wada, Toshihiko Kondo
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Patent number: 11693480Abstract: A haptic system includes a haptic device and a control device. A sensor of the haptic device detects contact of a finger of a user who grips a casing, a determination unit of the control device determines whether sensor information on a contact position of the finger detected by the sensor of the haptic device matches preset reference position information, and an instruction unit sends a notification unit a notification instruction in at least one of cases where the sensor information does not match the reference position information and where the sensor information matches the reference position information. On accepting the notification instruction, the notification unit of the haptic device notifies the user of an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger is shifted or an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger matches the reference position.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsufumi Shoji, Toshiki Wada
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Publication number: 20220382325Abstract: A wearable sensor device includes a temperature and humidity sensor that measures ambient environmental information around a living body. The temperature and humidity sensor is provided on an outer wall surface of a housing or provided to be separated from the outer wall surface. The outer wall surface of the housing faces a left or right side or diagonally downward when the wearable sensor device is attached to the living body and the living body is in a standing posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Kei Kuwabara, Akio Tokura, Takako Ishihara, Toshiki Wada, Yuichi Higuchi, Yuki Hashimoto, Hiroyoshi Togo
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Publication number: 20220361815Abstract: A wearable sensor device includes a temperature and humidity sensor that measures ambient environmental information around a living body, a snap button connected to a bioelectrode, a biological information measurement unit that measures biological information, an inertial sensor that measures inertial information, a calculation unit that calculates a biological feature amount based on the biological information and calculates an inertial feature amount based on the inertial information, and a wireless communication unit that transmits the biological information, the inertial information, the biological feature amount, the inertial feature amount, and the environmental information to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Kei Kuwabara, Akio Tokura, Hiroto Matsuoka, Takako Ishihara, Takayuki Ogasawara, Yuki Hashimoto, Kenichi Matsunaga, Toshiki Wada, Hiroyoshi Togo
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Publication number: 20220349758Abstract: A wearable environmental sensor device includes a temperature/humidity sensor disposed on a wall surface of a housing that is exposed to an environment and configured to measure ambient environmental information around a living body, and a protective structure formed around the temperature/humidity sensor. The temperature/humidity sensor is disposed, directly or via a support structure, on or over the wall surface of the housing, wherein the wall surface faces substantially downward from the living body when the wearable environmental sensor device is attached to the living body and the living body is in a standing posture. The protective structure has respective ventilation holes provided in two or more pairs of opposed surfaces thereof each facing in a direction other than a vertical direction of the living body when the wearable environmental sensor device is attached to the living body and the living body is in the standing posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Akio Tokura, Kei Kuwabara, Hiroto Matsuura, Takako Ishihara, Toshiki Wada, Yuichi Higuchi, Yuki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20220239092Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing; an actuator installed inside the housing and configured to generate vibration in response to an application of a driving voltage; a temperature sensor configured to detect an operating temperature caused by the actuator; and a control circuit configured to apply the driving voltage to the actuator to drive the actuator, thereby generating a traction illusion, where the control circuit restricts an operation of the actuator, based on the operating temperature detected by the temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Yuichi Higuchi, Toshiki Wada, Toshihiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20220187170Abstract: A tester obtains a test result indicating a subjective evaluation result of a test subject with respect to a traction illusion generated by a sample. A quality checker checks the quality of the sample in accordance with the test result. A measurer performs measurement processing to obtain objective sample characteristic data representing the traction illusion generated by the sample. A feature computer computes a reference feature in accordance with a quality check result and the sample characteristic data. An inspector performs measurement processing to obtain objective inspection target characteristic data representing a traction illusion generated by an inspection target.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Yuichi Higuchi, Koichi Hadama, Toshiki Wada, Toshihiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20220179490Abstract: Inside a housing of electronic equipment, a first actuator for generating vibration along a first axis is mounted. The first actuator is mounted in a direction in which the first axis is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to at least one of the six surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Yuichi Higuchi, Koichi Hadama, Toshiki Wada, Toshihiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20210402183Abstract: An output selection unit is provided between one or more output units and a plurality of electrodes. The output selection unit is configured to freely switch a combination of the electrodes constituting an electrode pair connected to the output unit. A control unit sends a selection signal to the output selection unit to indicate the combination of the electrodes constituting the electrode pair connected to the output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventor: Toshiki Wada
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Patent number: 11163366Abstract: A sensor detects contact of a finger of a user who grips a casing. A determination unit determines whether sensor information on a contact position of the finger detected by the sensor matches preset reference position information. A notification unit notifies the user of at least one of an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger is shifted from a reference position and an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger matches the reference position when the sensor information matches the reference position information. A tactile stimulus generation unit 105 provides a tactile stimulus for the user gripping the casing.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsufumi Shoji, Toshiki Wada
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Publication number: 20210194957Abstract: A content sharing method includes: a first acquisition step of acquiring first content; a second acquisition step of acquiring second content stored in a first shared server and used in combination with the first content, via a communication network; and a reproduction step of reproducing the first content and the second content in combination with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Toshiki Wada, Junichi Kodate
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Publication number: 20210048886Abstract: A haptic system includes a haptic device and a control device. A sensor of the haptic device detects contact of a finger of a user who grips a casing, a determination unit of the control device determines whether sensor information on a contact position of the finger detected by the sensor of the haptic device matches preset reference position information, and an instruction unit sends a notification unit a notification instruction in at least one of cases where the sensor information does not match the reference position information and where the sensor information matches the reference position information. On accepting the notification instruction, the notification unit of the haptic device notifies the user of an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger is shifted or an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger matches the reference position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Tetsufumi Shoji, Toshiki Wada
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Publication number: 20210018984Abstract: A sensor detects contact of a finger of a user who grips a casing. A determination unit determines whether sensor information on a contact position of the finger detected by the sensor matches preset reference position information. A notification unit notifies the user of at least one of an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger is shifted from a reference position and an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger matches the reference position when the sensor information matches the reference position information. A tactile stimulus generation unit 105 provides a tactile stimulus for the user gripping the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Tetsufumi Shoji, Toshiki Wada
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Patent number: 7997776Abstract: An indicating instrument for a vehicle has a display board and a light modulation member disposed to cover a surface of the display board. When a condition that an illumination intensity of the display board is lower than a threshold value has continued for a first time period, a light transmissivity of the light modulation member is controlled to a first level so that a driver can easily see the display board. When a condition that the illumination intensity of the display board is equal to or higher than the threshold value has continued for a second time period, the light transmissivity of the light modulation member is controlled to a second level that is lower than the first level to restrict entry of external light to the display board.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Takaaki Muramatsu, Toshiki Wada
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Patent number: 7297928Abstract: An indicating instrument for a vehicle has a display board, a light modulation member disposed to cover a surface of the display board. An illumination intensity of the display board is detected by a light detecting member and a control unit applies to a dc pulse voltage to the light modulation member, to thereby control a light transmissivity of the light modulation member according to the illumination intensity. When the illumination intensity is higher than a predetermined level, the voltage is applied in one direction so that the light modulation member changes from a colorless condition to a colored condition to restrict an external light from reflecting on the display board. When the illumination intensity is lower than a predetermined level, the voltage is applied in a reverse direction so that the light modulation member is transferred from the colored condition to the colorless condition to maintain the visibility of the display board.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toshiki Wada, Kazumasa Kurokawa
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Publication number: 20060215412Abstract: An indicating instrument for a vehicle has a display board and a light modulation member disposed to cover a surface of the display board. When a condition that an illumination intensity of the display board is lower than a threshold value has continued for a first time period, a light transmissivity of the light modulation member is controlled to a first level so that a driver can easily see the display board. When a condition that the illumination intensity of the display board is equal to or higher than the threshold value has continued for a second time period, the light transmissivity of the light modulation member is controlled to a second level that is lower than the first level to restrict entry of external light to the display board.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Muramatsu, Toshiki Wada
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Publication number: 20060208168Abstract: An indicating instrument for a vehicle has a display board, a light modulation member disposed to cover a surface of the display board. An illumination intensity of the display board is detected by a light detecting member and a control unit applies to a dc pulse voltage to the light modulation member, to thereby control a light transmissivity of the light modulation member according to the illumination intensity. When the illumination intensity is higher than a predetermined level, the voltage is applied in one direction so that the light modulation member changes from a colorless condition to a colored condition to restrict an external light from reflecting on the display board. When the illumination intensity is lower than a predetermined level, the voltage is applied in a reverse direction so that the light modulation member is transferred from the colored condition to the colorless condition to maintain the visibility of the display board.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: Denso CorporationInventors: Toshiki Wada, Kazumasa Kurokawa