Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080243027 | THERMAL SENSATION DETERMINING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS USING THERMAL SENSATION DETERMINATION RESULT - A thermal sensation determining apparatus includes a skin temperature detecting unit configured to detect a skin temperature of a peripheral site of a subject's body, a variation state determining unit configured to determine a variation state of the skin temperature during a first interval to obtain a variation state determination result, a gradient detecting unit configured to detect a gradient of the skin temperature during a second interval to determine the gradient to obtain a gradient detection result, and a thermal sensation determining unit configured to determine the subject's thermal sensation using the variation state determination result and the gradient detection result to obtain a thermal sensation determination result classified into levels ranging from “hot” to “cold” based on a “moderate” temperature. | 10-02-2008 |
20090182239 | PULSE WAVE MEASURING DEVICE - According to the invention, a pulse wave measuring device includes: a connector that is disposed on a main unit; an external sensor that includes an external light-emitting module radiating light to a human body to be measured and an external light-receiving module receiving at least one of reflected light and transmitted light originating from the external light-emitting module and the human body so as to measure a pulse wave; an first controller that switches the external light-emitting module ON and OFF; an second controller that switches the external light-receiving module ON and OFF; and an external sensor connection determination section that determines a connection between the external sensor and the connector in accordance with a transient response of the external light-receiving module, wherein, after the external sensor connection determination section determines that the external sensor is connected to the connector, a measurement of the pulse wave by using the external sensor is started. | 07-16-2009 |
20090240155 | SLEEP CONDITION MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sleep condition measuring apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a first timing indicating that the user has fallen asleep and a second timing indicating that the user has waken up, based on body motion of a user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first index indicating activity of a sympathetic nerve of the user and a second index indicating activity of a parasympathetic nerve of the user, based on a pulse wave interval of the user, a calculation unit configured to calculate a dominance level of the second index over the first index every predetermined time, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a third index indicating quality of sleep of the user from the first timing until the second timing, using the dominance level and a weight decreasing as time elapses from the first timing. | 09-24-2009 |
20090247885 | PULSE WAVE MEASURING APPARATUS AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS ANALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A pulse wave measuring apparatus includes a sensor unit, a light emitting unit provided on the sensor unit and configured to emit light to a target region that is a body part of a subject, a light receiving unit provided on the sensor unit and configured to receive the light reflected from the target region to generate a received light signal that represents a change in blood flow in the target region, a measuring unit having a principal surface, holding the sensor unit on the principal surface and configured to measure a pulse wave of the subject, from the change in blood flow in the target region, a belt being expandable and configured to wrap around the target region to hold the measuring unit, with the principle surface facing the target region, and an elastic member arranged on the principle surface to surround the sensor unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20090247886 | PULSE WAVE MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A PULSE WAVE - A pulse wave measuring apparatus includes a pulse wave measuring unit measuring pulse wave; a first detection unit detecting first maximum and minimum values; a second detection unit detecting second maximum and minimum values; an update unit updating the first maximum and minimum values with the second maximum and minimum values after time periods; an initialization unit initializing the second maximum and minimum values after updating the first maximum and minimum values; a timing detection unit detecting a time determined by the first maximum and minimum values; and an interval calculation unit calculating a pulse wave interval using the timing. | 10-01-2009 |
20100001857 | SITUATION RECOGNIZING APPARATUS, SITUATION RECOGNIZING METHOD, AND RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS - A situation recognizing apparatus has a situation change detecting unit, being provided with situation information, configured to detect a situation change on the basis of the situation information, a first storage which stores the detected situation change, an input unit which is provided with a user operation, and a second storage which combines the user operation provided to the input unit with the situation change stored in the first storage and stores the combined user operation and the situation change as a unique pattern. | 01-07-2010 |
20100005045 | SITUATION RECOGNIZING APPARATUS, SITUATION RECOGNIZING METHOD, AND RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS - A situation recognizing apparatus has a situation change detecting unit, being provided with situation information, configured to detect a situation change on the basis of the situation information, a first storage which stores a plurality of situation changes detected by the situation change detecting unit, an input unit which is provided with a user operation, and a second storage which combines the user operation provided to the input unit with the plurality of situation changes stored in the first storage and stores the combined user operation and the situation changes as a unique pattern. | 01-07-2010 |
20100076763 | VOICE RECOGNITION SEARCH APPARATUS AND VOICE RECOGNITION SEARCH METHOD - A voice recognition search apparatus includes: a dictionary create unit creating a first voice recognition dictionary from a search subject data; a voice acquisition unit acquiring first and second voices; a voice recognition unit creating first and second text data by recognizing the first and second voices using the first and second voice recognition dictionaries; a first search unit searching the search subject data by the first text data; and a second search unit searching a search result of the first search unit by the second text data. | 03-25-2010 |
20110301950 | SPEECH INPUT DEVICE, SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD - A device for speech input includes a speech input unit configured to convert a speech of a user to a speech signal; an angle detection unit configured to detect an angle of the speech input unit; a distance detection unit configured to detect a distance between the speech input unit and the user; and an input switch unit configured to control on and off of the speech input unit based on the angle and the distance. | 12-08-2011 |
20120219157 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a monitoring apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an analysis unit, a calculation unit, a storage, a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires an environmental sound. The analysis unit performs frequency analysis to extract characteristic frequency components. The calculation unit calculates first values of metrics. The storage stores contour data generated by second values of the metrics. The determination unit determines whether or not there is a first measurement point in which a first value and a second value match, if there is no first measurement point or the change is not less than the threshold value, determines that the machines is abnormal. | 08-30-2012 |
20120245932 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a voice recognition apparatus includes a determination unit, an estimating unit, and a voice recognition unit. The determination unit determines whether a component with a frequency of not less than 1000 Hz and with a level not lower than a predetermined level is included in a sound input from a plurality of microphones. The estimating unit estimates a sound source direction of the sound when the determination unit determines that the component is included in the sound. The voice recognition unit recognizes whether the sound obtained in the sound source direction coincides with a voice model registered beforehand. | 09-27-2012 |
20130124210 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - According to an information terminal connectable to a target apparatus, including a determining unit and a control unit wherein the determining unit determines whether the information terminal is held by a user or not, the control unit perform to output, when changed from a status of being held to a status of not being held, a control signal to instruct accepting an operation given from the user to the target apparatus, and the control unit performs, when changed from the status of not being held to the status of being held, at least either one of displaying a remote controller to operate the target device on a display screen of the information terminal or acquiring information on a status of the target apparatus from the target apparatus to display the information on the display screen. | 05-16-2013 |
20130329932 | SOUND COLLECTOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING SOUND COLLECTOR - According to one embodiment, a sound collector includes a housing and a microphone holding member. The housing includes an opening portion. The opening portion is configured to receive a sound wave having a path. The housing is configured to be tightly closed except the opening portion. The microphone holding member is configured to be provided in the housing and hold a microphone that receives the sound wave propagating through the path at a predetermined position. | 12-12-2013 |
20140152545 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND NOTIFICATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display device includes: a display; an audio output module; a recognition module configured to recognize a time-series motion of a user; an issuing module configured to issue an operating instruction when the recognized time-series motion is a predetermined time-series motion; and a notification module configured to, when the time-series motion is recognized, notify the user of the recognized time-series motion by at least one of outputting of audio and displaying of an image on the display, regardless of whether the operating instruction is issued based on the recognized time-series motion. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152563 | APPARATUS OPERATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an apparatus operation device includes: a direction operation module configured to receive an operating instruction in a two-dimensional direction; a recognizing module configured to recognize a swing motion or a tilting motion of the apparatus operation device; and an output module configured to output a first operation command corresponding to a first operation for screen transition corresponding to a predetermined condition when the swing motion or the tilting motion recognized satisfies the predetermined condition, and to output a second operation command corresponding to a second operation for transition of a pointer on the screen in the two-dimensional direction when the operating instruction in the two-dimensional direction is received. | 06-05-2014 |
20150065892 | PULSE WAVE MEASURING DEVICE - A pulse wave measuring device includes: a connector that is disposed on a main unit; an external sensor that includes an external light-emitting module radiating light to a human body to be measured and an external light-receiving module receiving at least one of reflected light and transmitted light originating from the external light-emitting module and the human body so as to measure a pulse wave; an first controller that switches the external light-emitting module ON and OFF; an second controller that switches the external light-receiving module ON and OFF; and an external sensor connection determination section that determines a connection between the external sensor and the connector in accordance with a transient response of the external light-receiving module, wherein, after the external sensor connection determination section determines that the external sensor is connected to the connector, a measurement of the pulse wave by using the external sensor is started. | 03-05-2015 |