Patents by Inventor Yuji Asada
Yuji Asada 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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Patent number: 10898112Abstract: A gait posture meter evaluates a gait posture of a measurement subject, and includes an accelerometer affixed to a centerline of a measurement subject's waist area, an evaluation unit that repeatedly finds an evaluation amount quantitatively expressing a gait posture of the measurement subject based on an output of the accelerometer in each of predetermined unit periods within a predetermined continuous walking period of no greater than ten minutes, and a display processing unit that displays the repeatedly-found evaluation amounts in time series in the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yumi Kitamura, Naoki Takeishi, Yuji Asada, Fumihiko Nakamura, Kazuya Uemura, Tamaki Ito
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Patent number: 9439742Abstract: An electric toothbrush includes an inner case, made up of an inner case main body and a motor holder, mounted with various components including a motor; an outer case which interiorly accommodates the inner case and which acts as a portion the user grips with hand when brushing teeth; an eccentric shaft, configured by a shaft main body and an eccentric member, which center of gravity is arranged at a position shifted from a shaft center and which rotates by a drive force of the motor; and a vibration transmitting component for transmitting the vibration generated with the rotation of the eccentric shaft to a brush portion; where the vibration transmitting component is positioned with respect to the outer case by point contacting the inner wall surface of the outer case at a plurality of locations.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Shimoyama, Yasutaka Murase, Tadashi Tone, Yuji Asada
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Publication number: 20160038059Abstract: A gait posture meter according to the invention includes an accelerometer affixed to a centerline of a measurement subject's waist area, and physical amounts corresponding to the measurement subject's waist position while walking are quantitatively calculated using one or both of an up-down axis acceleration timewise change waveform and a front-rear axis acceleration timewise change waveform outputted by the accelerometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Yuji ASADA, Naoki TAKEISHI, Yumi KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20160038060Abstract: A gait posture meter evaluates a gait posture of a measurement subject, and includes an accelerometer affixed to a centerline of a measurement subject's waist area, an evaluation unit that repeatedly finds an evaluation amount quantitatively expressing a gait posture of the measurement subject based on an output of the accelerometer in each of predetermined unit periods within a predetermined continuous walking period of no greater than ten minutes, and a display processing unit that displays the repeatedly-found evaluation amounts in time series in the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Yumi KITAMURA, Naoki TAKEISHI, Yuji ASADA, Fumihiko NAKAMURA, Kazuya UEMURA, Tamaki ITO
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Patent number: 9126088Abstract: An activity meter includes a body movement detecting unit, a display unit, a target activity amount acquiring unit, an accumulated activity amount calculation unit, an excess activity amount calculation unit, a converted value calculation unit that calculates a converted value representing an excess amount of activity by dividing burned calories corresponding to the excess amount of activity by a unit calorie count, where a standard calorie count of a predetermined food is the unit calorie count, and a display operation control unit that controls a display operation of the display unit such that the display unit displays a measurement result using the converted value.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Asada, Naoki Takeishi, Motofumi Nakanishi, Yusuke Kawabe, Mamoru Katano, Yoko Shimose, Tamaki Ito
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Publication number: 20140366289Abstract: An electric toothbrush includes an inner case, made up of an inner case main body and a motor holder, mounted with various components including a motor; an outer case which interiorly accommodates the inner case and which acts as a portion the user grips with hand when brushing teeth; an eccentric shaft, configured by a shaft main body and an eccentric member, which center of gravity is arranged at a position shifted from a shaft center and which rotates by a drive force of the motor; and a vibration transmitting component for transmitting the vibration generated with the rotation of the eccentric shaft to a brush portion; where the vibration transmitting component is positioned with respect to the outer case by point contacting the inner wall surface of the outer case at a plurality of locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Jun SHIMOYAMA, Yasutaka MURASE, Tadashi TONE, Yuji ASADA
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Patent number: 8808146Abstract: An activity meter includes an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an amount of physical activity of a user, an activity age acquisition unit that acquires an activity age representing a standard age of a person who does a same amount of activity as the activity amount acquired in a unit period, using body information and a basal metabolic rate of the user, and an output processing unit that outputs information relating to the acquired activity age.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Asada, Yoshitake Oshima, Naoki Takeishi, Hiroshi Ogawa
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Patent number: 8810410Abstract: A pedometer includes an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an activity amount of a user, an index acquisition unit that acquires an index relating to the activity amount, and an index output unit that outputs the acquired index. The index acquisition unit includes an activity age acquisition unit that acquires an activity age represented by a standard age of a person who does the same amount of activity as the activity amount acquired in a unit period, using body information of the user, and acquires an index enabling the active age to reach a target activity age, based on the acquired activity amount.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitake Oshima, Naoki Takeishi, Hiroshi Ogawa, Yuji Asada
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Patent number: 8793829Abstract: An electric toothbrush capable of suppressing loss of vibration energy while suppressing the vibration of the portion a user grips with hand is provided. In an electric toothbrush including an inner case, made up of an inner case main body and a motor holder, mounted with various components including a motor; an outer case which interiorly accommodates the inner case and which acts as a portion the user grips with hand when brushing teeth; an eccentric shaft, configured by a shaft main body and an eccentric member, which center of gravity is arranged at a position shifted from a shaft center and which rotates by a drive force of the motor; and a vibration transmitting component for transmitting the vibration generated with the rotation of the eccentric shaft to a brush portion; where the vibration transmitting component is positioned with respect to the outer case by point contacting the inner wall surface of the outer case at a plurality of locations.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Ltd.Inventors: Jun Shimoyama, Yasutaka Murase, Tadashi Tone, Yuji Asada
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Publication number: 20140200857Abstract: An activity meter includes a body movement detecting unit, a display unit, a target activity amount acquiring unit, an accumulated activity amount calculation unit, an excess activity amount calculation unit, a converted value calculation unit that calculates a converted value representing an excess amount of activity by dividing burned calories corresponding to the excess amount of activity by a unit calorie count, where a standard calorie count of a predetermined food is the unit calorie count, and a display operation control unit that controls a display operation of the display unit such that the display unit displays a measurement result using the converted value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Asada, Naoki Takeishi, Motofumi Nakanishi, Yusuke Kawabe, Mamoru Katano, Yoko Shimose, Tamaki Ito
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Publication number: 20140005575Abstract: An activity meter has an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an amount of physical activity of a user. The activity meter acquires a first index relating to a difference between target calories burned for a unit period and computed calories burned that are computed from the amount of activity acquired by the activity amount acquisition unit in the unit period, and acquires a second index relating to a difference between a target value representing a body composition and a measurement value representing a body composition that is measured for the user. Information on an evaluation of the amount of activity based on the first index and second index that have been acquired is output.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi OGAWA, Yuji ASADA, Naoki TAKEISHI, Yoshitake OSHIMA
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Publication number: 20130328695Abstract: An activity meter includes an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an amount of physical activity of a user, an activity age acquisition unit that acquires an activity age representing a standard age of a person who does a same amount of activity as the activity amount acquired in a unit period, using body information and a basal metabolic rate of the user, and an output processing unit that outputs information relating to the acquired activity age.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Asada, Yoshitake Oshima, Naoki Takeishi, Hiroshi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20130325358Abstract: A pedometer includes an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an activity amount of a user, an index acquisition unit that acquires an index relating to the activity amount, and an index output unit that outputs the acquired index. The index acquisition unit includes an activity age acquisition unit that acquires an activity age represented by a standard age of a person who does the same amount of activity as the activity amount acquired in a unit period, using body information of the user, and acquires an index enabling the active age to reach a target activity age, based on the acquired activity amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitake Oshima, Naoki Takeishi, Hiroshi Ogawa, Yuji Asada
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Patent number: 8414507Abstract: A body motion measurement device capable of detecting a body motion balance without installing a pressure sensor is provided. The body motion measurement device includes an acceleration detection unit for detecting a change in acceleration by walking, a calculation unit for detecting a walking balance from the acceleration signal detected by the acceleration detection unit, and a display unit for performing an output based on the detected walking balance. The calculation unit for detecting the walking balance executes step and step of recognizing one step unit of walking from the acceleration signal and acquiring PPodd, PPeven, Todd, and Teven, which are the foot information, and steps of detecting the walking balance based on the foot information.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuji Asada
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Publication number: 20110295547Abstract: The invention improves a degree of freedom of a usage mode and improves measurement accuracy. An exercise amount meter main body including an acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration, and a calculation unit for executing a body motion calculating process for calculating body motion of a living body based on acceleration data, further includes an attachment/detachment guide for allowing a belt type attachment body and a clip type attachment body to be attached or detached, wherein the calculation unit executes an attachment/detachment detection process for detecting attachment or detachment from the change in acceleration that appears in the acceleration data when attaching or detaching the belt type attachment body or the clip type attachment body to or from the attachment/detachment guide, and executes the body motion calculating process based on the detected attachment/detachment while switching to a mode complying with a state after the attachment/detachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji ASADA, Masahiro KITAGAWA
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Patent number: 8032965Abstract: An electric toothbrush includes a driving source; a vibrating member having a brush; a transmission mechanism which converts an output of the driving source into vibration of the vibrating member; and a control unit that controls the output of the driving source. The vibrating member has a first resonance point in which the brush resonates in a first direction, and a second resonance point in which the brush resonates in a second direction; and the control unit has a first operation mode which controls the output of the driving source so that a resonance in the first direction is generated, and a second operation mode which controls the output of the driving source so that a resonance in the second direction is generated.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Asada, Tadashi Tone, Jun Shimoyama, Kuniyoshi Takahashi, Toshiyuki Iwahori, Yumiko Nagase
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Publication number: 20110196264Abstract: A body motion measurement device capable of detecting a body motion balance without installing a pressure sensor is provided. The body motion measurement device includes an acceleration detection unit for detecting a change in acceleration by walking, a calculation unit for detecting a walking balance from the acceleration signal detected by the acceleration detection unit, and a display unit for performing an output based on the detected walking balance. The calculation unit for detecting the walking balance executes step and step of recognizing one step unit of walking from the acceleration signal and acquiring PPodd, PPeven, Todd, and Teven, which are the foot information, and steps of detecting the walking balance based on the foot information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuji ASADA
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Publication number: 20110004440Abstract: A pedometer of the invention includes an acceleration sensor, and the pedometer is able to switch between a measurement mode in which user's steps are counted based on a waveform obtained from the acceleration sensor and a learning mode in which a criterion used to determine one step in the measurement mode is learned. The pedometer is characterized by including criterion setting means for causing the user to perform learning walking in the learning mode and setting the criterion based on a reference number of steps indicating the number of steps in the learning walking and a reference waveform obtained from the acceleration sensor during the learning walking.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2009Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Asada, Kenji Hashino
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Publication number: 20100269275Abstract: An electric toothbrush capable of suppressing loss of vibration energy while suppressing the vibration of the portion a user grips with hand is provided. In an electric toothbrush including an inner case, made up of an inner case main body and a motor holder, mounted with various components including a motor; an outer case which interiorly accommodates the inner case and which acts as a portion the user grips with hand when brushing teeth; an eccentric shaft, configured by a shaft main body and an eccentric member, which center of gravity is arranged at a position shifted from a shaft center and which rotates by a drive force of the motor; and a vibration transmitting component for transmitting the vibration generated with the rotation of the eccentric shaft to a brush portion; where the vibration transmitting component is positioned with respect to the outer case by point contacting the inner wall surface of the outer case at a plurality of locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2007Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Omron Heaalthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Shimoyama, Yasutaka Murase, Tadashi Tone, Yuji Asada
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Publication number: 20090025156Abstract: An electric toothbrush includes a driving source; a vibrating member having a brush; a transmission mechanism which converts an output of the driving source into vibration of the vibrating member; and a control unit that controls the output of the driving source. The vibrating member has a first resonance point in which the brush resonates in a first direction, and a second resonance point in which the brush resonates in a second direction; and the control unit has a first operation mode which controls the output of the driving source so that a resonance in the first direction is generated, and a second operation mode which controls the output of the driving source so that a resonance in the second direction is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Asada, Tadashi Tone, Jun Shimoyama, Kuniyoshi Takahashi, Toshiyuki Iwahori, Yumiko Nagase