Patents by Inventor Katsumi Hirakawa

Katsumi Hirakawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20060202998
    Abstract: An image captured by successive imaging over time by using a capsule endoscope is correlated with the imaging position and compiled into a database. The left side of a display screen of a monitor device displays a subject internal model, a trajectory path of the capsule endoscope, and a position mark indicating the imaging position. An image corresponding to the position of the position mark is displayed in an image display area on the right side. When a position mark on the trajectory path is designated by a mouse, the corresponding image is displayed. It is also possible to designate a section for which the image corresponding to the position mark is displayed or to designate a position mark where an unusual image is captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Hirakawa, Masanao Hara
  • Publication number: 20060189843
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs image processing of a plurality of images taken by a medical instrument. The image processing apparatus includes an intracorporeal image determination unit that determines whether the image is an intracorporeal image obtained by photographing an inside of a body or not; and an intracorporeal image extraction unit that extracts the intracorporeal image based on a determination result by the intracorporeal image determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Katsumi Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20050228221
    Abstract: An endoscopic information processing system in accordance with the present invention comprises: a shape analyzing unit that analyzes an insertional shape acquired by detecting the shape of an insertion unit of an endoscope which is inserted into a body cavity; and an information providing unit that provides information on the situation of handling the endoscope according to the result of the analysis performed by the shape analyzing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsumi Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20050094017
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting image information having a predetermined characteristic; a generation unit for generating a scale converted image which is an enlarged image or a reduced image of an image related to the image information detected by the detection unit; and a display unit for displaying the scale converted image generated by the generation unit. The display unit switches the display format of the scale converted image and displays the image as necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 6376416
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a catalyst with the following components: Component (A): A solid catalyst component comprising the following component (A-1) and component (A-2). Component (A-1): A solid component obtained by contacting the following component (A-1-1), component (A-1-2) and component (A-1-3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Japan Polychem Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Hirakawa, Yumito Uehara
  • Patent number: 5997473
    Abstract: Insertion of a probe comprising an array of 16 source coils through a forceps channel of an electronic endoscope prepares the source coils in the insert of electronic endoscope for use in monitoring work objects. To a bed where a patient lies, are mounted two sets of sensor coils crossing at a right angle to each other, each of which comprises at least four single core coils with a common central axis placed on the same line in the same direction. A control section of the system gives signals with radiofrequencies (driving signals) through source cables to the source coils, to excite the source coils to generate magnetic fields around them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Taniguchi, Kenji Kasama, Jun Hasegawa, Tetsuo Nonami, Hirokazu Nishimura, Katsumi Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 5693719
    Abstract: An ethylene polymer which is useful for molding inflation film having a particularly excellent moldability is provided.The ethylene polymer is obtainable by the first and second steps and satisfying the following conditions (a) to (d):(a) the polymer produced in the first polymerization step having an weight average molecular weight (Mw,.sub.1) in the range of 6.times.10.sup.5 to 4.times.10.sup.6 ;(b) the ratio (Mw,.sub.2 /Mw,.sub.1) of the weight average molecular weight of the polymer produced in the first polymerization step (Mw,.sub.1) and the weight average molecular weight of the polymer produced in the second polymerization step (Mw,.sub.2) being in the range of 0.7 to 1.4;(c) the molecular weight in which the integration fraction from the low molecular weight is equal to 1/2 of the weight fraction (W.sub.2) of the polymer produced in the second polymerization step being in the range of 5.times.10.sup.3 to 3.times.10.sup.4 ; and(d) the weight fraction (W.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yukitaka Goto, Nobuaki Sakurai, Tadashi Takahashi, Katsumi Hirakawa, Yoichi Maeda, Yoshihiko Sasaki, Satoshi Nishimura, Masataka Souda
  • Patent number: 5474962
    Abstract: The present invention provides a powder catalyst composition for producing by gas-phase polymerization olefin polymers having excellent polymer qualities and good particle properties in a high yield.The powder catalyst composition comprises fine particles of the following Component (B) coated with the following Component (A), and is characterized in that the ratio of the Component (A) to the Component (B) based on percent by weight ranges from 5:50 to 95:50: Component (A): an inorganic compound in the form of fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0,003-1 .mu.m and mainly comprising an inorganic oxide, and Component (B): a solution or dispersion in a hydrocarbon of the following Sub-components (i) and (ii): Sub-component (i): a compound of a transition metal belonging to the IVB group of the Periodic Table, and Sub-component (ii): an alumoxane, a Lewis acid, or an ionic compound which can convert the Sub-component (i) upon reaction therewith into a cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Takahashi, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Katsumi Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 4814314
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization which comprises a combination of:Component which is a solid catalyst component A obtained by contacting a component (i) which is a solid component comprising titanium, magnesium and halogen as essential elements with a component (ii), which is a silicon compound represented by formula: R.sup.1 R.sup.2.sub.3-n Si(OR.sup.3).sub.n where R.sup.1 stands for a branched hydrocarbon radical, R.sup.2 stands for a hydrocarbon radical which is the same as or different from R.sup.1 and n stands for a number satisfying an equation: 1.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.3;Component B which is an organoaluminum compound; andComponent C which is a compound represented by a formula M(OR.sup.4).sub.x R.sup.5.sub.y X.sub.z in which M stands for an element selected from the group consisting of B, Al, C, Si, Sn, P, S, Cl, Br, I, Fe, Ti, V, Zr, Mg, Ca and Zn, R.sup.4 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki Matsuura, Takashi Fujita, Katsumi Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 4762898
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing or copolymerizing ethylene comprises contacting ethylene or ethylene and at least one of .alpha.-olefins with a catalyst consisting essentially of a combination of (A) a solid catalyst component containing at least titanium, magnesium and chlorine, (B) an organoaluminum compound, and (C) an organic compound selected from the group consisting of a compound having P-O-C bond, a compound having B-O-C bond and a compound having C-O-R bond, at a temperature not lower than 125.degree. C. and under a pressure not lower than 200 kg/cm.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki Matsuura, Katsumi Hirakawa