Patents Assigned to J. Morita Mfg. Corp.
  • Patent number: 11937995
    Abstract: A cap mountable on and detachable from an intraoral scanner including a housing having an opening for connecting to at least a part of the intraoral scanner, a measurement window provided in the housing and located opposite to the opening, and a mirror that reflects light from the measurement window toward the opening. The housing has a longitudinal length shorter than that of a probe defining a depth-of-field, of the intraoral scanner extending from the measurement window to a predetermined extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sorimoto, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11925516
    Abstract: A root canal treatment instrument 100 continues drive of a cutting tool 5 in forward rotation drive until reaching 180 degrees, and when a load applied to the cutting tool 5 is equal to or greater than a reference load, drive of the cutting tool 5 is switched to reverse rotation drive until reaching 90 degrees. In the root canal treatment instrument 100, when a cumulative amount of rotation is equal to or greater than a reference amount of rotation, change to a drive pattern is made, forward rotation drive is continued until reaching 90 degrees, and when a load applied to the cutting tool 5 is equal to or greater than the reference load, drive of the cutting tool 5 is switched to reverse rotation drive until reaching 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kazunari Matoba, Kyohei Kato
  • Publication number: 20230414320
    Abstract: A dental handpiece is a dental handpiece configured to detachably hold a cutting tool. The dental handpiece includes: a holding portion provided with an insertion port into which the cutting tool is insertable, the holding portion being configured to hold the cutting tool inserted in the insertion port; and a main body portion configured to accommodate the holding portion, the main body portion being provided with a water introduction hole and a plurality of chip air holes. The plurality of chip air holes are disposed to sandwich the water introduction hole in a second direction, the second direction intersecting a first direction in which the insertion port and the water introduction hole are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Hitoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230414319
    Abstract: A dental handpiece includes a main body portion, a holding portion, and a releasing mechanism. The releasing mechanism includes a cap, a cap ring, and a push cap. The cap includes an outer annular portion and an inner annular portion provided with at least one window portion. The push cap is configured to be movable to a releasing position between the outer annular portion and the inner annular portion in a direction in which the push cap is put on the cap ring, the releasing position being a position at which the holding portion is released. The cap ring includes at least one claw portion anchored to the at least one window portion from the inner side. The at least one claw portion is disposed on the inner side with respect to the inner annular portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Hitoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230414186
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes: an input portion configured to receive IOS data and CT data as an input, the IOS data being obtained by performing scanning by an intra oral scanner and including coordinate data of a point group indicating a surface shape of a tooth row including an IOS crown and an IOS gingiva, the CT data being obtained by performing capturing by a CT imaging device and including volume data of a CT crown; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry replaces, in the CT data, a crown part of a CT tooth included in the CT data with which a shape of the IOS crown matches, with the IOS crown included in the IOS data, and performs synthesis in such a way that the IOS gingiva is arranged near the IOS crown after replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Hideki YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11801118
    Abstract: A dental treatment apparatus includes a handpiece holding a cutting tool in its head, a drive portion driving the cutting tool held by the head, and a control portion controlling the drive portion in accordance with a drive sequence. The drive sequence includes at least one forward rotation drive for rotating the cutting tool in a cutting direction to cut a treatment portion and at least one reverse rotation drive for rotating the cutting tool in a non-cutting direction. Under the control of the drive portion in accordance with the drive sequence, a cumulative amount of rotation which is an accumulation of an amount of rotation in forward rotation drive and an amount of rotation in reverse rotation drive does not exceed a set value at any time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Naoki Katsuda, Kazunari Matoba
  • Patent number: 11790547
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes management circuitry that manages three-dimensional data obtained by a scanner in the order of obtaining, display controller circuitry that controls a display to show a three-dimensional image generated from combined data generated by combining a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data, and input circuitry that accepts an operation by a user. When the input circuitry accepts an operation to select three-dimensional data, the management circuitry sets, from the selected three-dimensional data of last obtained three-dimensional data, data to be deleted. The display controller circuitry controls the display to show a three-dimensional image modified to exclude the data to be deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sorimoto, Masayuki Sano
  • Publication number: 20230301757
    Abstract: An identification apparatus includes an input interface to which position data including position information of each of a plurality of objects is input, and processing circuitry that is configured to identify at least one object among the plurality of objects based on the position data that is input from the input interface and an estimation model that is trained to estimate a type of each of the plurality of objects based at least on the position data of each of the plurality of objects, the position data including a relative positional relationship which is fixed inside the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230301521
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus that includes an input interface to which three-dimensional data including position information of each point of a point group indicating a surface of at least one object is input; and processing circuitry that is configured to process the three-dimensional data that is input from the input interface. The processing circuitry is configured to process two-dimensional data from the three-dimensional data, identify a predetermined object among the at least one object based on the two-dimensional data, and extract predetermined three-dimensional data including the position information of each point of a point group indicating a surface of the predetermined object that is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230280480
    Abstract: A radiation image scanner that reads a radiation image from an imaging plate, the radiation image scanner including: a stage that holds the imaging plate; an excitation light source that irradiates the imaging plate held by the stage with excitation light; and a photodetector that detects light emitted from the imaging plate by the excitation light, in which the stage includes: a stage body that includes a supporting surface capable of being brought into surface contact with a back surface of the imaging plate; and a positioning mechanism that includes a positioning surface being in contact with an edge portion of the imaging plate supported on the supporting surface and positioning the edge portion from outside along the supporting surface while pressing the edge portion against the supporting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Yusuke FUJII
  • Patent number: 11734825
    Abstract: A learning model provided in a segmentation device is a learning model which is generated using training data such that segmentation data of a feature region is output when at least one of projection data and reconfiguration data acquired by an imaging device or data derived from the at least one of projection data and reconfiguration data is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Yuu Nishimura, Hideki Yoshikawa, Tomoyuki Sadakane
  • Publication number: 20230218375
    Abstract: The data processing apparatus includes a scanner interface to which three-dimensional data acquired by the three-dimensional scanner is inputted, and processing circuitry configured to verify first three-dimensional data input from the scanner interface and second three-dimensional data input from the scanner interface by comparing the first three-dimensional data and the second three-dimensional data in a virtual space set with respect to the position of the three-dimensional scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Ryosuke KAJI
  • Publication number: 20230218374
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus for processing three-dimensional data including a position of each point of a point group representing at least a surface of an object, the three-dimensional data being acquired by a three-dimensional scanner, the data processing apparatus, including a scanner interface to which the three-dimensional data acquired by the three-dimensional scanner is input; and processing circuitry configured to generate a data set by using a plurality of pieces of the three-dimensional data located in a predetermined range among a plurality of pieces of the three-dimensional data input from the scanner interface, and, set, when a plurality of data sets are generated, a data set with a largest data amount or at least a predetermined data amount as a true data set among the plurality of data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Ryosuke KAJI
  • Publication number: 20230200681
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional scanner for acquiring three-dimensional shape information of an object using focusing, including a light source configured to emit light from an emission end face of a housing to the object; a sensor configured to detect light from the light source reflected by the object; a variable focus lens that is provided between the object and the sensor and that changes a focal position based on the object; and a controller configured to change the focal position of the variable focus lens in a process of acquiring the three-dimensional shape information of the object, wherein the controller is configured to change an amount of light from the light source reflected by the object and reaching the sensor based on the focal position of the variable focus lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TANAKA, Keisuke SORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230173268
    Abstract: A treatment device that shortens the time period until healing is determined even when a bone defect or a root apex lesion is generated in an apical area. The treatment device includes a file holder, a high-frequency signal generating circuit, and a control circuit. The file holder holds a file to be located in the site to be treated. The high-frequency signal generating circuit passes a high frequency current through the file. The control circuit controls a frequency of the high frequency current to be passed through the file from the high-frequency signal generating circuit. The control circuit controls the frequency of the high frequency current to be passed through the file within a range of 1.001 MHz to 11.700 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: J. MORITA MFG. CORP., National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Tsutomu SUGAYA, Keita YAMADA, Shingo BAN, Kei DOKAI, Tomoaki UEDA, Shunsuke YAMAGUCHI, Kazunari MATOBA
  • Publication number: 20230135700
    Abstract: A technique that allows a dentist to accurately grasp movement of individual teeth tooth. A data processing device processes three-dimensional data of teeth. The data processing device includes an input unit to which the three-dimensional data including a bone of a part of a head and a plurality of teeth captured by an X-ray CT imaging device is input, a data processor that performs data processing based on the three-dimensional data input to the input unit, and an output unit that outputs the three-dimensional data processed by the data processor to an external device. The three-dimensional data further includes position information and is segmented into the bone of the part of the head and the plurality of teeth. The data processor compares the three-dimensional data captured at different timings based on a reference provided on at least the bone of the part of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11602259
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires three-dimensional data of dentition including a plurality of teeth in an oral cavity, a generator that generates multi-image data of a plurality of images different in point of view toward the dentition based on the three-dimensional data acquired by the acquisition unit, and an output unit that outputs the multi-image data generated by the generator to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Naonori Wakazome
  • Patent number: 11583166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capturing device configured to capture an image of a target. The image capturing device includes a probe and a housing. The probe includes an optical component and is configured to receive light from the target. The housing includes electronic components each configured to process the light received from the probe. Moreover, the housing includes an air sending unit, and a controller configured to control driving of the air sending unit. The air sending unit is provided at a position above the electronic components in the housing when a user holds the housing during utilization of the image capturing device, and is configured to supply air to the optical component provided in the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Naonori Wakazome, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11571274
    Abstract: A handheld dental instrument includes a casing provided with a holding portion to be held by a user, a reception unit provided on the casing to receive an operation from the user, and a control unit that controls a control target to perform a predetermined action in response to the operation received by the reception unit. The control unit performs a first control when the operation received by the reception unit from the user is a first operation, and performs a second control different from the first control when the operation received by the reception unit from the user is a second operation different from the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Naonori Wakazome, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20220361981
    Abstract: Provided is a dental handpiece capable of rotating a cutting tool at a high speed as compared with a conventional dental handpiece. A dental handpiece including coupling portion, a body, and a neck to be held by a used and a head connected to them, wherein the head includes a tool rotating mechanism that holds a cutting tool for treating a region to be treated, rotates based on rotation of a drive unit that is rotationally driven, and rotates the cutting tool, and the tool rotating mechanism has a rotation speed of at least 5.5 times or more a rotation speed of the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Tomoya MURATA, Shozo NAKAYAMA