Patents by Inventor Yoshikuni Sato

Yoshikuni Sato 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: 12138040
    Abstract: A lower limb muscle strength evaluation device acquires an angle of at least one of left and right lower limbs of a user while the user stands up from a sitting state, detects at least one lower limb parameter from among a first lower limb maximum value indicating the angle when the lower limb is initially inclined the most in a first direction, a lower limb minimum value indicating the angle when the lower limb is inclined the most in a second direction, a second lower limb maximum value indicating the angle when the lower limb is again inclined the most in the first direction, a first lower limb elapsed time, a second lower limb elapsed time, and a third lower limb elapsed time, evaluates a lower limb muscle strength of the user using the at least one lower limb parameter, and outputs an evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takahiro Hiyama, Yoshikuni Sato, Jun Ozawa
  • Patent number: 12079990
    Abstract: A leg muscle strength estimation system includes: an obtainer that obtains an image including a user that is walking as a subject of the image; and an estimator that estimates a leg muscle strength of the user based on the obtained image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Aihara, Taichi Hamatsuka, Yoshihiro Matsumura, Takashi Uchida, Kengo Wada, Takahiro Hiyama, Akira Matsubara, Manabu Yumine, Yoshikuni Sato
  • Patent number: 11988545
    Abstract: A proposing an improvement in an installation environment of a weighing apparatus is made by including (a) a step of acquiring, weighed data of an object (7) to be weighed from a weighing sensor (13) together with time information, (b) a step of acquiring, environmental data together with time information, (c) a step of checking, with respect to the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database (191) and determining influence on the apparatus, and (d) a step of making a proposal on the installation environment for each result of the determination with reference to an improvement proposal database (193).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Sato, Yoshikazu Nagane
  • Publication number: 20240057946
    Abstract: A sarcopenia evaluation method in a sarcopenia evaluation device that evaluates sarcopenia based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one walking parameter of an angle of a knee joint of one leg in a stance phase of the one leg of the subject, an angle of the knee joint of the one leg in a swing phase of the one leg, a vertical displacement of a toe of one foot in the stance phase, a vertical displacement of the toe of the one foot in the swing phase, an angle of an ankle joint of the one foot in the stance phase, and an angle of the ankle joint of the one foot in the swing phase; and determining whether or not the subject has sarcopenia using at least one walking parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 11779260
    Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation method in a cognitive function evaluation device that evaluates a cognitive function based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one of an angle of an ankle joint of one foot and an angle of a knee joint of one leg of the subject; and determining a cognitive function level of the subject using at least one of the angle of the ankle joint and the angle of the knee joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takahiro Hiyama, Yoshikuni Sato, Takahiro Aihara, Kengo Wada, Taichi Hamatsuka, Yoshihiro Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20230194621
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide an information processing device including a first reception unit which receives from a plurality of secondary battery management systems, charge/discharge data of secondary batteries managed by the secondary battery management systems, and an estimation model generation unit which generates an estimation model for estimating a degradation indicator indicating a state of degradation of the secondary battery based on the charge/discharge data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TeraWatt Technology K.K.
    Inventors: Juichi Arai, Ken Ogata, Yoshikuni Sato, Hiroshi Imoto
  • Publication number: 20230126732
    Abstract: An inclination of a weighing apparatus is automatically detected by the apparatus itself while preventing an increase in the number of components. In order to achieve the object described above, a weighing apparatus includes a weight sensor, a built-in weight to be loaded on the weight sensor, an adding/removing unit for adding/removing the built-in weight, a memory storing a theoretical value of the built-in weight, and an arithmetic processing unit, wherein the arithmetic processing unit includes an inclination angle computing unit configured to obtain an apparatus inclination angle from an arc-cosine of a weighing value of the built-in weight and the theoretical value of the built-in weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshikuni SATO, Yoshikazu NAGANE, Satoshi SUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220257148
    Abstract: A factor estimation system is a factor estimation system that estimates a factor of fall risk indicating a possibility of a fall of a measured person, including: a calculator that obtains body motion data indicating body motion of the measured person during walking, and calculates two or more walking parameters of the measured person based on the body motion data obtained; and a factor analyzer that estimates, based on the two or more walking parameters, one or more main components that are included in the factor of the fall risk of the measured person and are based on the two or more walking parameters, and outputs an estimation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro HIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220198658
    Abstract: A leg muscle strength estimation system includes: an obtainer that obtains an image including a user that is walking as a subject of the image; and an estimator that estimates a leg muscle strength of the user based on the obtained image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro AIHARA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA, Takashi UCHIDA, Kengo WADA, Takahiro HIYAMA, Akira MATSUBARA, Manabu YUMINE, Yoshikuni SATO
  • Publication number: 20220099481
    Abstract: A proposing an improvement in an installation environment of a weighing apparatus is made by including (a) a step of acquiring, weighed data of an object (7) to be weighed from a weighing sensor (13) together with time information, (b) a step of acquiring, environmental data together with time information, (c) a step of checking, with respect to the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database (191) and determining influence on the apparatus, and (d) a step of making a proposal on the installation environment for each result of the determination with reference to an improvement proposal database (193).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshikuni SATO, Yoshikazu NAGANE
  • Patent number: 11243094
    Abstract: A detecting device obtains a first body motion signal from a body motion sensor while a person walks with a predetermined stride, the body motion sensor being attached to a body of the person and configured to detect a body motion of the person, obtains a reference-walk-waveform from a memory, the reference-walk-waveform being generated from a second body motion signal obtained from the body motion sensor while the person walks with the predetermined stride with the body motion sensor attached to an initially attached position, compares the obtained reference-walk-waveform with a waveform of the obtained first body motion signal to determine whether an attached position of the body motion sensor is shifted from the initially attached position, and outputs a determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Jun Ozawa, Takahiro Hiyama, Yoshikuni Sato
  • Patent number: 11058348
    Abstract: A falling asleep prediction device includes a biological data acquisition unit that acquires biological information on a subject, a falling asleep prediction unit that predicts that the subject falls asleep after predetermined time by using the biological information, and a notification processing unit that notifies that the subject falls asleep after the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kouhei Yamanishi, Yoshikuni Sato
  • Patent number: 11023806
    Abstract: A learning apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one circuit. The circuit (a) obtains a first neural network that has learned by using source learning data and obtains target learning data, the target learning data including a plurality of first data items each of which is given a first label and a plurality of second data items each of which is given a second label, (b) obtains a plurality of first output vectors by inputting the plurality of first data items to a second neural network and obtains a plurality of second output vectors by inputting the plurality of second data items to the second neural network, and (c) generates a first relation vector corresponding to the first label by using the plurality of first output vectors and generates a second relation vector corresponding to the second label by using the plurality of second output vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Sawada, Toru Nakada, Yoshikuni Sato
  • Publication number: 20210059569
    Abstract: A fall risk evaluation method in a fall risk evaluation device that evaluates a fall risk based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one walking parameter of a vertical displacement of a waist of the subject in a stance phase of one leg of the subject, a vertical displacement of the waist of the subject in a swing phase of the one leg, an angle of a knee joint of the one leg in the stance phase, and an angle of an ankle joint of one foot in the swing phase; and determining a fall risk of the subject by using at least one walking parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210059596
    Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation method in a cognitive function evaluation device that evaluates a cognitive function based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one of an angle of an ankle joint of one foot and an angle of a knee joint of one leg of the subject; and determining a cognitive function level of the subject using at least one of the angle of the ankle joint and the angle of the knee joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210059614
    Abstract: A sarcopenia evaluation method in a sarcopenia evaluation device that evaluates sarcopenia based on a walking motion of a subject includes: acquiring walking data related to walking of the subject; detecting, from the walking data, at least one walking parameter of an angle of a knee joint of one leg in a stance phase of the one leg of the subject, an angle of the knee joint of the one leg in a swing phase of the one leg, a vertical displacement of a toe of one foot in the stance phase, a vertical displacement of the toe of the one foot in the swing phase, an angle of an ankle joint of the one foot in the stance phase, and an angle of the ankle joint of the one foot in the swing phase; and determining whether or not the subject has sarcopenia using at least one walking parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Takahiro AIHARA, Kengo WADA, Taichi HAMATSUKA, Yoshihiro MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 10892055
    Abstract: An apparatus generates motor function estimation information by performing a process including calculating, using a sensor value of a subject, a feature vector corresponding to a feature value of a feature in a time segment, acquiring a first weight vector using the feature vector and a motor ability value of the subject, calculating a gradient vector with respect to the feature vector, determining a new time segment in the predetermined time period and a new feature value based on the new time segment, calculating, using the sensor value, a feature candidate vector corresponding to a feature value of the new feature in the new time segment, determining a feature candidate vector satisfying a predetermined condition associated with a gradient vector based on a difference between the feature candidate vector and the feature vector, and correcting the first weight vector to a second weight vector using the feature candidate vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Sato, Toru Nakada, Yoshihide Sawada
  • Publication number: 20200375503
    Abstract: A lower limb muscle strength evaluation device acquires an angle of at least one of left and right lower limbs of a user while the user stands up from a sitting state, detects at least one lower limb parameter from among a first lower limb maximum value indicating the angle when the lower limb is initially inclined the most in a first direction, a lower limb minimum value indicating the angle when the lower limb is inclined the most in a second direction, a second lower limb maximum value indicating the angle when the lower limb is again inclined the most in the first direction, a first lower limb elapsed time, a second lower limb elapsed time, and a third lower limb elapsed time, evaluates a lower limb muscle strength of the user using the at least one lower limb parameter, and outputs an evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro HIYAMA, Yoshikuni SATO, Jun OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10757125
    Abstract: An anomaly detection method includes generating second data by adding normal noise to first data; generating third data by adding abnormal noise to the first data; inputting the first data, the second data, and the third data to a neural network; calculating a first normal score, a second normal score, and a third normal score; calculating a third difference based on a first difference and a second difference, the first difference being based on a difference between the first normal score and the second normal score, the second difference being based on a difference between the first normal score and the third normal score; changing the neural network so that the third difference becomes smallest; inputting, to the changed neural network, fourth data that is unknown in terms of whether the fourth data is normal or abnormal; and determining whether the fourth data is normal or abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Wakasugi, Yoshikuni Sato
  • Publication number: 20200029890
    Abstract: A falling asleep prediction device includes a biological data acquisition unit that acquires biological information on a subject, a falling asleep prediction unit that predicts that the subject falls asleep after predetermined time by using the biological information, and a notification processing unit that notifies that the subject falls asleep after the predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kouhei YAMANISHI, Yoshikuni SATO