Patents by Inventor Toshinobu Shigematsu

Toshinobu Shigematsu 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).

  • Apparatus for measuring body size and method of doing the same
    Patent number: 9335167
    Abstract: Provided is a body measurement device capable of carrying out a body measurement, such as of abdominal girth or chest girth, with a simple configuration which eliminates moving components. In particular, the body measurement device includes computing device that converts two-dimensional coordinates of images of linear light beams included in images having been captured by a plurality of image capturing devices into two-dimensional coordinates on a certain plane in accordance with a relation stored in a database, and computes a peripheral length of a body of a target person within the certain plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Marinex Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Fukuda, Toshinobu Shigematsu, Hideki Shimada, Yoshio Nakamura
  • APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BODY SIZE AND METHOD OF DOING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130250082
    Abstract: An objective is to provide a body measurement device capable of carrying out a body measurement, such as of abdominal girth or chest girth, with a simple configuration which eliminates moving components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Toshiro Fukuda, Toshinobu Shigematsu, Hideki Shimada, Yoshio Nakamura