Patents by Inventor Masao Kuroda
Masao Kuroda 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: 11145478Abstract: A rivet-type contact of the present invention has a head part made of a contact material, and a leg part narrower than the head part in width and configured to be deformed at fixation. The leg part includes a flange part larger than the leg part in diameter, in an end part of the side of the head part, the flange part is embedded in the head part such that a lower end surface of the flange part and a lower end surface of the head part become approximately flat, and a length (l) between an endmost part of the flange part and a starting point of the leg part satisfies l<L with respect to a length (L) between an endmost part of the head part and the starting point of the leg part. Specifically, it is favorable that l satisfies 0.5 L?l?0.9 L with respect to L.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.Inventors: Masao Kuroda, Hiroshi Shirahata
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Publication number: 20200090890Abstract: A rivet-type contact of the present invention has a head part made of a contact material, and a leg part narrower than the head part in width and configured to be deformed at fixation. The leg part includes a flange part larger than the leg part in diameter, in an end part of the side of the head part, the flange part is embedded in the head part such that a lower end surface of the flange part and a lower end surface of the head part become approximately flat, and a length (l) between an endmost part of the flange part and a starting point of the leg part satisfies l<L with respect to a length (L) between an endmost part of the head part and the starting point of the leg part. Specifically, it is favorable that l satisfies 0.5L?l?0.9 L with respect to L.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Masao KURODA, Hiroshi SHIRAHATA
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Patent number: 10490376Abstract: A rivet-type contact of the present invention has a head part made of a contact material, and a leg part narrower than the head part in width and configured to be deformed at fixation. The leg part includes a flange part larger than the leg part in diameter, in an end part of the side of the head part, the flange part is embedded in the head part such that a lower end surface of the flange part and a lower end surface of the head part become approximately flat, and a length (l) between an endmost part of the flange part and a starting point of the leg part satisfies l<L with respect to a length (L) between an endmost part of the head part and the starting point of the leg part. Specifically, it is favorable that l satisfies 0.5L?l?0.9L with respect to L.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.Inventors: Masao Kuroda, Hiroshi Shirahata
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Publication number: 20180056131Abstract: A mobile terminal device as an exercise support device includes: an event information acquisition unit which acquires event information about an event for a user; an activity menu acquisition unit which acquires practice day information leading up to the event and an exercise menu; an exercise plan generation unit which generates an exercise plan using the event information, the practice day information, and the exercise menu; a pulse wave information acquisition unit which acquires pulse wave information of the user; and a physical condition determination unit which determines physical condition of the user based on the pulse wave information. The exercise plan generation unit modifies the exercise menu or the exercise plan, based on a result of the determination by the physical condition determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hironori NAKAZAWA, Masao KURODA
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Publication number: 20180043212Abstract: A system that acquires physical condition information concerning a physical condition of a user before starting an activity and outputs, on the basis of the physical condition information, a recommended route, which is a route recommended for the user to run as the activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tsubasa SHIRAI, Masao KURODA, Ayako FUJITA
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Patent number: 9820661Abstract: A biological information detection apparatus includes a detection unit which has a light receiving unit receiving light from a subject, a light transmitting member which is provided on a housing surface side in contact with the subject of the biological information detection apparatus, transmits light from the subject, and has a convex portion in contact with the subject to give a pressing force when measuring biological information of the subject, and a pressing force suppression unit which is disposed in periphery of the convex portion on or above the housing surface and suppresses the pressing force given to the subject by the convex portion. A groove portion is provided between the convex portion of the light transmitting member and the pressing force suppression unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Hideto Yamashita, Masao Kuroda, Ichiro Aoshima
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Patent number: 9814399Abstract: A biological information detection apparatus includes a detection unit which has a light receiving unit receiving light from a subject, a light transmitting member which is provided on a housing surface side in contact with the subject of the biological information detection apparatus, transmits light from the subject, and comes into contact with the subject when measuring biological information of the subject, and a diaphragm unit which is provided between the light transmitting member and the detection unit, between the light transmitting member and the subject, or inside the light transmitting member, and narrows light from the subject in an optical path between the subject and the detection unit. The detection unit includes a light emitting unit which emits light to the subject, and the biological information detection apparatus has a light shielding unit which is provided between the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Hideto Yamashita, Masao Kuroda, Ichiro Aoshima
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Patent number: 9666382Abstract: The present invention is a rivet contact including a head portion and a foot portion having a smaller width than the head portion, wherein the head portion contains a contact material layer having at least a top containing an Ag-based contact material; the rest of the head portion and the foot portion contain a base material containing Cu or a Cu alloy; and a barrier layer including an Ag alloy is provided at a junction interface between the contact material and the base material. Here, an Ag alloy obtained in such a manner that one or more base metal elements of Sn, In, Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, W, Mo, Zn, Cd, Te, and Bi are added to Ag by 0.03 to 20 mass % is preferably used as the Ag alloy constituting the barrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.Inventors: Masao Kuroda, Hiroshi Shirahata
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Publication number: 20170035365Abstract: A biological information processing system includes a heart rate information acquisition unit that acquires heart rate information of a user, a determination unit that determines a basal heart rate based on the heart rate information, and an update unit that determines an update condition of the basal heart rate and performs update processing of the basal heart rate if a determination that the update condition is satisfied is made.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Minoru Hasegawa, Masao Kuroda, Ichiro Aoshima
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Publication number: 20160367172Abstract: A biological information measuring device includes a biological information detecting unit that detects biological information of a user; a motion information detecting unit that detects motion information related to the motion of the user; an informing unit that informs the user of a load state of the user; a condition setting unit that sets informing condition of the load state for the kind of behavior; a behavior analysis unit that analyzes the kind of behavior of the user based on the detected biological information and motion information; a condition determining unit that determines whether the informing condition is satisfied according to the kind of detected behavior of the user which is analyzed based on the detected biological information and motion information; and an informing control unit that informs the informing unit of the load state when it is determined that the informing condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masao KURODA, Michio NAKADAIRA, Ichiro AOSHIMA, Hidenori NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20160217956Abstract: A rivet-type contact of the present invention has a head part made of a contact material, and a leg part narrower than the head part in width and configured to be deformed at fixation. The leg part includes a flange part larger than the leg part in diameter, in an end part of the side of the head part, the flange part is embedded in the head part such that a lower end surface of the flange part and a lower end surface of the head part become approximately flat, and a length (l) between an endmost part of the flange part and a starting point of the leg part satisfies l<L with respect to a length (L) between an endmost part of the head part and the starting point of the leg part. Specifically, it is favorable that l satisfies 0.5 L?l?0.9 L with respect to L.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Masao KURODA, Hiroshi SHIRAHATA
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Publication number: 20160064157Abstract: The present invention is a rivet contact including a head portion and a foot portion having a smaller width than the head portion, wherein the head portion contains a contact material layer having at least a top containing an Ag-based contact material; the rest of the head portion and the foot portion contain a base material containing Cu or a Cu alloy; and a barrier layer including an Ag alloy is provided at a junction interface between the contact material and the base material. Here, an Ag alloy obtained in such a manner that one or more base metal elements of Sn, In, Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, W, Mo, Zn, Cd, Te, and Bi are added to Ag by 0.03 to 20 mass % is preferably used as the Ag alloy constituting the barrier layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Masao KURODA, Hiroshi SHIRAHATA
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Patent number: 9049999Abstract: A biometric information processing device includes a heart rate detection unit, a relative heart rate calculation unit, a relative oxygen intake calculation unit, an oxygen intake estimation unit and a calorie expenditure calculation unit. The relative heart rate calculation unit calculates a relative heart rate obtained from a first difference over a second difference, the first difference being by subtracting a resting heart rate of the subject from the heart rate, the second difference being by subtracting the resting heart rate from a maximum heart rate. The relative oxygen intake calculation unit calculates a relative oxygen intake based on the relative heart rate. The oxygen intake estimation unit estimates the oxygen intake from the relative oxygen intake. The calorie expenditure calculation unit calculates calorie expenditure based on the oxygen intake.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masao Kuroda, Ichiro Aoshima, Takashi Ogiue, Tsukasa Kosuda
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Publication number: 20150046095Abstract: A pulse monitor, a program, and the like which perform determination of an appropriate pressing force and store and display holding state specification information when it is determined to be an appropriate pressing force, thereby facilitating device mounting in an appropriate state are provided. A pulse monitor includes a pulse wave detection unit 10 which has a pulse wave sensor 11 configured to output a pulse wave sensor signal, a processing unit 100 which calculates pulse information based on the signal from the pulse wave detection unit 10, a display unit 70 which displays a processing result in the processing unit 100, a storage unit 90 which stores the processing result in the processing unit 100, and a holding mechanism which holds the pulse monitor on a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Masao Kuroda
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Publication number: 20140288437Abstract: A biometric information processing device includes a main case that is designed to be worn on a body of a user. The main case includes a battery unit that provides power to a pulse sensor, a processing unit that determines a biometric information of the user based on information from the pulse sensor, a display unit that displays at least one of the biometric information and a calorie expenditure information spent by the user, and a rotation stop unit that is formed in unison with the main case and is disposed at a 6 o'clock side of the main case, and has an electrical circuit to send an electrical signal to the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masao KURODA, Ichiro AOSHIMA, Takashi OGIUE, Tsukasa KOSUDA
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Publication number: 20140288439Abstract: A biometric information processing device includes a heart rate detection unit, a relative heart rate calculation unit, a relative oxygen intake calculation unit, an oxygen intake estimation unit and a calorie expenditure calculation unit. The relative heart rate calculation unit calculates a relative heart rate obtained from a first difference over a second difference, the first difference being by subtracting a resting heart rate of the subject from the heart rate, the second difference being by subtracting the resting heart rate from a maximum heart rate. The relative oxygen intake calculation unit calculates a relative oxygen intake based on the relative heart rate. The oxygen intake estimation unit estimates the oxygen intake from the relative oxygen intake. The calorie expenditure calculation unit calculates calorie expenditure based on the oxygen intake.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Masao KURODA, Ichiro AOSHIMA, Takashi OGIUE, Tsukasa KOSUDA
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Publication number: 20140275949Abstract: A biological information detection apparatus includes a detection unit which has a light receiving unit receiving light from a subject, a light transmitting member which is provided on a housing surface side in contact with the subject of the biological information detection apparatus, transmits light from the subject, and has a convex portion in contact with the subject to give a pressing force when measuring biological information of the subject, and a pressing force suppression unit which is disposed in periphery of the convex portion on or above the housing surface and suppresses the pressing force given to the subject by the convex portion. A groove portion is provided between the convex portion of the light transmitting member and the pressing force suppression unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hideto YAMASHITA, Masao KURODA, Ichiro AOSHIMA
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Publication number: 20140276116Abstract: A biological information detection apparatus includes a detection unit which has a light receiving unit receiving light from a subject, a light transmitting member which is provided on a housing surface side in contact with the subject of the biological information detection apparatus, transmits light from the subject, and comes into contact with the subject when measuring biological information of the subject, and a diaphragm unit which is provided between the light transmitting member and the detection unit, between the light transmitting member and the subject, or inside the light transmitting member, and narrows light from the subject in an optical path between the subject and the detection unit. The detection unit includes a light emitting unit which emits light to the subject, and the biological information detection apparatus has a light shielding unit which is provided between the light receiving unit and the light emitting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Hideto Yamashita, Masao Kuroda, Ichiro Aoshima
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Publication number: 20140276149Abstract: A biological information detection apparatus includes a detection unit which has a light receiving unit receiving light from a subject, a light transmitting member which is provided on a housing surface side in contact with the subject of the biological information detection apparatus, transmits light from the subject, and has a convex portion in contact with the subject to give a pressing force to the subject when measuring biological information of the subject, and a pressing force suppression unit which is disposed in periphery of the convex portion above the housing surface and suppresses the pressing force given to the subject by the convex portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hideto Yamashita, Masao Kuroda, Ichiro Aoshima
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Publication number: 20140257050Abstract: A biological information detecting device includes a pulse-wave-information detecting section configured to detect pulse wave information of a test subject, a display section, and a processing section configured to perform measurement processing for the pulse wave information and discrimination processing for a posture state of the test subject. The display section displays a posture state notification image that dynamically changes according to a change in the posture state. The processing section performs processing for determining whether the posture state of the test subject is appropriate as a posture for performing the measurement processing for the pulse wave information, when determining that the posture state is appropriate, performs the measurement processing for the pulse wave information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masao KURODA, Toshiyuki NAGAMINE, Kazuhiro MIYOSHI, Tatsuto YAMAZAKI