Patents by Inventor Yuya HIGUCHI
Yuya HIGUCHI 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: 20250204797Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device that enables checking of measurement information on an information terminal in a short time, and a control method and a control recording medium for the blood pressure measurement device. A blood pressure measurement device includes a communication unit, a processor, a pressure sensor, and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts the pressure of a cuff. The processor performs measurement processing including main processing of acquiring an output of the pressure sensor while changing the pressure of the cuff by controlling the adjustment mechanism, and deriving blood pressure information based on the output, and post-processing of decreasing the pressure of the cuff to a threshold or less by controlling the adjustment mechanism, performs transmission processing of establishing a connection of near-field wireless communication with a smartphone, and transmitting information obtained in the main processing from the communication unit to the smartphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Nozomi NAKAWAKI, Nobuo KUBO, Yasunori FUKUDA, Kazuki KUMAGAI, Yuya HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20250210189Abstract: A measurement device, a control method, and a control recording medium that can improve usability in measurement of biological data. A measurement device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a control unit that performs measurement using a sensor that acquires biological data, and a nonvolatile memory. Then, the control unit starts measurement and data erasure of the nonvolatile memory upon receiving an instruction for measurement, and writes, into the nonvolatile memory, biological data obtained in the measurement upon completing the data erasure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2025Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Nozomi NAKAWAKI, Nobuo KUBO, Yasunori FUKUDA, Kazuki KUMAGAI, Yuya HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20250185926Abstract: A measurement device, a control method, and a control recording medium that can reduce a processing load of a processor and suppress a delay in processing such as measurement are provided. A measurement device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a main MCU that performs measurement based on biological data obtained by a sensor, a communication IC that performs wireless communication with an information terminal, and a nonvolatile memory connected to the communication IC. The main MCU specifies an address of a write destination in the nonvolatile memory and causes the communication IC to write the biological data into the nonvolatile memory, and specifies an address of a read source in the nonvolatile memory and causes the communication IC to read the biological data from the nonvolatile memory and transmit the biological data to the information terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2025Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Yasunori FUKUDA, Kazuki KUMAGAI, Nozomi NAKAWAKI, Yuya HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20250190410Abstract: A measurement device, a control method, and a control program that can improve analysis efficiency of biological data are provided. A measurement device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a control unit (30) that performs measurement based on biological data obtained by a sensor and wireless communication with an information terminal (5). Then, the control unit (30) assigns an error detection code in a variable data length unit corresponding to content of the biological data to the biological data obtained by sensing by the sensor, and transmits, to the information terminal (5), the biological data with the error detection code assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2025Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Kazuki KUMAGAI, Yasunori FUKUDA, Nozomi NAKAWAKI, Yuya HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20250178967Abstract: At least one of a zirconia sintered body that contributes to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and has high impact resistance and a method for producing the zirconia sintered body is provided. A zirconia sintered body includes 4.5% by mole or more and 15.5% by mole or less of a stabilizing element other than yttrium, wherein the stabilizing element contains 0% by mole or more and 8.5% by mole or less of cerium, a cubic phase of zirconia is not contained, and a monoclinic phase ratio is 70% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATIONInventors: Taku FUKIAGE, Satoshi TSUCHIYA, Takashi TSUKIMORI, Yuya HIGUCHI, Hitoshi NAGAYAMA
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Patent number: 12241910Abstract: In an apparatus for calibrating an inertial sensor configured to detect an angular velocity of a vehicle, an angular velocity estimator is configured to estimate a value for an angular velocity of the vehicle based on a value for an attitude of the vehicle and a value for a change in attitude of the vehicle estimated by the attitude estimator, and an error estimator is configured to estimate a value for an angular velocity error that is an error between the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle estimated by the angular velocity estimator and the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle detected by the inertial sensor. A calibrator is configured to calibrate the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle detected by the inertial sensor based on the value for the angular velocity error estimated by the error estimator.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Suguru Hochi, Katsuhiko Muto, Yuya Higuchi
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Publication number: 20240376012Abstract: Provided is a powder composition that includes, as a matrix, a zirconia having a high content of a stabilizing element and that can provide, through short-time sintering, a sintered body satisfying translucency and mechanical strength required for dental prosthetic materials, in particular, prosthetic anterior teeth. Provided is a powder composition including two or more stabilized zirconias having different contents of a stabilizing element, in which the powder composition has a content of the stabilizing element of more than 4.0 mol % and 5.8 mol % or less, a rate of change in thermal shrinkage rate per unit temperature at 1,300° C. is 0.07% C?1 or less, and the contents of the stabilizing element of the stabilized zirconias are each 8.0 mol % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATIONInventors: Sho AZECHI, Yuya HIGUCHI, Hiroyuki FUJISAKI, Hitoshi NAGAYAMA, Kiyotaka KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20240217881Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a sintered body that uses atmospheric pressure sintering in an atmospheric atmosphere and allows the time required for sintering to be reduced. The method for manufacturing the sintered body includes subjecting a sintered body of zirconia containing a coloring element to heat treatment at 600° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki USHIO, Hiroyuki FUJISAKI, Yuya HIGUCHI, Hitoshi NAGAYAMA
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Publication number: 20240101483Abstract: To provide at least one of: a powder composition from which a calcined body with similar processability can be produced without requiring the application of different forming conditions and calcination conditions for each composition; a method for producing the powder composition; a calcined body produced from the powder composition; a method for producing the calcined body; and uses thereof. A powder composition including: two or more types of zirconia in which a lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved; a transition metal element other than zirconium and hafnium; and a remainder composed of zirconia stabilized only by one or more selected from the group consisting of yttrium, calcium and magnesium, wherein a different lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved in each zirconia in which the lanthanoid rare-earth element is dissolved, and a transition metal element content is 1500 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATIONInventors: Sho AZECHI, Yuki USHIO, Takahiro SHIMIZU, Yuya HIGUCHI, Hitoshi NAGAYAMA, Hiroyuki FUJISAKI, Kenji IMAI, Risa KAWASHIMA
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Publication number: 20220074967Abstract: In an apparatus for calibrating an inertial sensor configured to detect an angular velocity of a vehicle, an angular velocity estimator is configured to estimate a value for an angular velocity of the vehicle based on a value for an attitude of the vehicle and a value for a change in attitude of the vehicle estimated by the attitude estimator, and an error estimator is configured to estimate a value for an angular velocity error that is an error between the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle estimated by the angular velocity estimator and the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle detected by the inertial sensor. A calibrator is configured to calibrate the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle detected by the inertial sensor based on the value for the angular velocity error estimated by the error estimator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Suguru HOCHI, Katsuhiko MUTO, Yuya HIGUCHI
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Patent number: 9778046Abstract: A vehicle trajectory calculation method is provided. In the vehicle trajectory calculation method, a travel trajectory of a vehicle in a travel route is calculated based on a GPS signal received at predetermined time intervals with a GPS receiver of the vehicle during traveling. When there is an unmeasurable section where the travel trajectory cannot be normally calculated based on the GPS signal, the travel trajectory in the unmeasurable section is calculating by performing an interpolation based on the calculated travel trajectories in sections anterior to and posterior to the unmeasurable section.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuusuke Watanabe, Yuya Higuchi
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Patent number: 9638532Abstract: A vehicle drive assist system includes: a position detection device that detects a position of a vehicle; a map data acquisition device that acquires map data; a map matching device that determines the position of the vehicle on a road based on a detected position and the map data; an assist device that assists a driver's operation based on a determined position of the vehicle and a road shape ahead of the vehicle in a traveling direction indicated on the map data; a determination device that determines a possibility that the vehicle travels a wrong way on a road where the traveling direction is fixed to one way; and a cancel device that cancels drive assist when a possibility of reverse run exists.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yuya Higuchi
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Patent number: 9638529Abstract: In this vehicle orientation detection method detecting the orientation of a vehicle on the basis of measurement data obtained at prescribed time intervals, as long as a speed sensed by a vehicle speed sensor is less than a threshold speed, the vehicle orientation is detected on the basis of a yaw rate sensed by a yaw rate sensor. If the speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor is greater than or equal to the threshold speed, a drift determination is performed. If not determined to be in a drift state, the vehicle orientation is detected on the basis of signals received by a GPS receiver, and if determined to be in a drift state, the vehicle orientation is detected on the basis of the yaw rate sensed by the yaw rate sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuusuke Watanabe, Yuya Higuchi
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Publication number: 20160003630Abstract: A vehicle drive assist system includes: a position detection device that detects a position of a vehicle; a map data acquisition device that acquires map data; a map matching device that determines the position of the vehicle on a road based on a detected position and the map data; an assist device that assists a driver's operation based on a determined position of the vehicle and a road shape ahead of the vehicle in a traveling direction indicated on the map data; a determination device that determines a possibility that the vehicle travels a wrong way on a road where the traveling direction is fixed to one way; and a cancel device that cancels drive assist when a possibility of reverse run exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventor: Yuya HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20160003629Abstract: A vehicle trajectory calculation method is provided. In the vehicle trajectory calculation method, a travel trajectory of a vehicle in a travel route is calculated based on a GPS signal received at predetermined time intervals with a GPS receiver of the vehicle during traveling. When there is an unmeasurable section where the travel trajectory cannot be normally calculated based on the GPS signal, the travel trajectory in the unmeasurable section is calculating by performing an interpolation based on the calculated travel trajectories in sections anterior to and posterior to the unmeasurable section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Yuusuke WATANABE, Yuya HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20150369614Abstract: In this vehicle orientation detection method detecting the orientation of a vehicle on the basis of measurement data obtained at prescribed time intervals, as long as a speed sensed by a vehicle speed sensor is less than a threshold speed, the vehicle orientation is detected on the basis of a yaw rate sensed by a yaw rate sensor. If the speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor is greater than or equal to the threshold speed, a drift determination is performed. If not determined to be in a drift state, the vehicle orientation is detected on the basis of signals received by a GPS receiver, and if determined to be in a drift state, the vehicle orientation is detected on the basis of the yaw rate sensed by the yaw rate sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Yuusuke WATANABE, Yuya HIGUCHI
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Patent number: 8965617Abstract: Various sensors, such as a GPS and a vehicle speed sensor, are used to detect a current position and direction of a vehicle. A normal running direction, which is a running direction specified for a road on which the vehicle runs, is acquired. In a state where a vehicle speed pulse is acquired at the predetermined intervals, it is detected whether the vehicle is placed in a wrong-way driving situation on the basis of the detected current direction of the vehicle and the normal running direction; whereas, in a state where a vehicle speed pulse is not acquired, it is not detected whether the vehicle is placed in the wrong-way driving situation on the basis of the detected current direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Takahara, Shogo Sugimoto, Kuniaki Tanaka, Kiyoshi Tsurumi, Yuya Higuchi
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Patent number: 8614626Abstract: A driving support device includes: a position detector; a traveling direction detector; a map data memory; a map matching element for matching a current position of a vehicle on a road of map data; a traveling segment estimation element for estimating a current segment of the vehicle in the parking place road when a matched road is the parking place road; a main road search element for determining whether a segment of a main road of an express way is disposed in a predetermined search distance from an estimated current segment; and a reverse run determination element for determining whether the vehicle travels reversely when the main road search element determines that the segment of the main road is disposed in the predetermined search distance from the estimated current segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosya Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuya Higuchi, Kiyoshi Tsurumi, Tomoki Kodan, Motohiro Nakamura, Masatoshi Takahara, Shogo Sugimoto, Naoto Miura
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Publication number: 20130338850Abstract: Various sensors, such as a GPS and a vehicle speed sensor, are used to detect a current position and direction of a vehicle. A normal running direction, which is a running direction specified for a road on which the vehicle runs, is acquired. In a state where a vehicle speed pulse is acquired at the predetermined intervals, it is detected whether the vehicle is placed in a wrong-way driving situation on the basis of the detected current direction of the vehicle and the normal running direction; whereas, in a state where a vehicle speed pulse is not acquired, it is not detected whether the vehicle is placed in the wrong-way driving situation on the basis of the detected current direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masatoshi Takahara, Shogo Sugimoto, Kuniaki Tanaka, Kiyoshi Tsurumi, Yuya Higuchi
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Publication number: 20110221585Abstract: A driving support device includes: a position detector; a traveling direction detector; a map data memory; a map matching element for matching a current position of a vehicle on a road of map data; a traveling segment estimation element for estimating a current segment of the vehicle in the parking place road when a matched road is the parking place road; a main road search element for determining whether a segment of a main road of an express way is disposed in a predetermined search distance from an estimated current segment; and a reverse run determination element for determining whether the vehicle travels reversely when the main road search element determines that the segment of the main road is disposed in the predetermined search distance from the estimated current segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya HIGUCHI, Kiyoshi TSURUMI, Tomoki KODAN, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Masatoshi TAKAHARA, Shogo SUGIMOTO, Naoto MIURA