Patents by Inventor Kentaro NOMA
Kentaro NOMA 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: 20240140399Abstract: In one mode, with a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to the present invention, a control command is output for operating an actuator unit mounted in a vehicle, so as to obtain a control moment including at least one of a roll moment, a pitch moment, and a yaw moment that are generated for the vehicle before a curve on a traveling road on which the vehicle runs, based on a physical quantity about a curvature ahead on the traveling road and a physical quantity about a speed of the vehicle. In this way, the passenger's sense of security when the vehicle runs on the curve may be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Daisuke NOMA, Kentaro UENO, Makoto YAMAKADO, Yoshio KANO, Masato ABE
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Publication number: 20230255577Abstract: There is provided a radiation detector including: a radiation detection unit that generates and outputs a radiation image from an electric charge generated in response to emitted radiation; and a communication unit that operates as a master to perform wireless communication with a slave and that is prevented from being directly connected to a global network, in a case of transmitting the radiation image generated by the radiation detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Koichi KITANO, Kentaro NOMA
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Publication number: 20220265737Abstract: A medicine, a food or a drink and feed which are effective for preventing and/or improving decline, occurring with age (senescence), in memory and learning ability are provided. A novel microorganism having the effect of preventing and/or improving decline, occurring with age (senescence,) in memory and learning ability is provided. More specifically, the microorganism is characterized by being a microorganism belonging to Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Streptococcus, Leuconostoc or Pediococcus, more specifically a microorganism belonging to any of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus gallinarum, Lactobacillus johnsonii, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii, Bifidobacterium catenulatum, Bifidobacterium pseudolongum, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium longum, Streptococcus thermophiles, Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum, Leuconostoc lactis, Pediococcus acidilactici and Pediococcus pentosaceus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: MEGMILK SNOW BRAND Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi HIGURASHI, Kentaro NOMA, Ikue MORI, Shunji NAKANO, Yuki TSUKADA
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Publication number: 20220137240Abstract: A radiation detector includes a memory controller and a sleep control unit. The sleep control unit supplies a power supply power to a main control unit and cuts off supply of the power supply power to at least a part other than the main control unit in a first power consumption reduction mode. In addition, the sleep control unit cuts off supply of the power supply power to at least a part of the main control unit and at least a part other than the main control unit in a second power consumption reduction mode. In addition, the memory controller prevents a volatile memory from being deactivated during the second power consumption reduction mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Koichi KITANO, Kentaro NOMA
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Publication number: 20220141398Abstract: A radiation detector can perform wireless communication and includes a CPU that is provided in a housing accommodating a radiation detection unit. The CPU receives an instruction to change a connection destination of the wireless communication which is input by operating an operation button that is provided in the housing to input the instruction to change the connection destination and specifies a connection destination corresponding to the change instruction from a plurality of preset connection destinations in a case in which the change instruction is received. The CPU determines whether or not a connection to the plurality of connection destinations by the wireless communication is possible. The CPU performs control to display information indicating that the connection is not possible on a display unit provided in the housing in a case in which it is determined that the connection to the specified connection destination by the wireless communication is not possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Koichi KITANO, Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Kentaro NOMA
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Patent number: 11020080Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Oda, Jun Enomoto, Ryo Imamura, Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Koishi, Kentaro Noma, Takeshi Kuwabara, Tetsuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Yasuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20200015770Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Yasufumi ODA, Jun Enomoto, Ryo Imamura, Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Koishi, Kentaro Noma, Takeshi Kuwabara, Tetsuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Yasuda, Harusayu Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 10485506Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Oda, Jun Enomoto, Ryou Imamura, Takashi Tajima, Kentaro Noma, Takeshi Kuwabara, Tetsuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Yasuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Takeshi Koishi
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Publication number: 20180228459Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasufumi ODA, Jun ENOMOTO, Ryou IMAMURA, Takashi TAJIMA, Kentaro NOMA, Takeshi KUWABARA, Tetsuya TSUJI, Hiroaki YASUDA, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Takeshi KOISHI
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Patent number: 9980696Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Oda, Jun Enomoto, Ryou Imamura, Takashi Tajima, Kentaro Noma, Takeshi Kuwabara, Tetsuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Yasuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Takeshi Koishi
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Publication number: 20160228087Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasufumi ODA, Jun ENOMOTO, Ryou IMAMURA, Takashi TAJIMA, Kentaro NOMA, Takeshi KUWABARA, Tetsuya TSUJI, Hiroaki YASUDA, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Takeshi KOISHI
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Patent number: 9239392Abstract: In the radiographic imaging device, a portion of a second effective imaging region at a first side or a second side of a sensor unit of a second radiation detection panel, and a portion of a first effective imaging region at a third side or a fourth side of the sensor unit of a first radiation detection panel, are overlapped in a radiation irradiating direction. A portion of a second effective imaging region at the third side or the fourth side of the sensor unit of the second radiation detection panel, and a portion of a third effective imaging region at the third side or the fourth side of the sensor unit of the third radiation detection panel, are overlapped in the radiation irradiating direction. The second radiation detection panel is disposed at a side opposite the radiation irradiating section side of the first radiation detection panel and the third radiation detection panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kohei Gemma, Kohei Ota, Tetsuya Tsuji, Kentaro Noma
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Publication number: 20150247936Abstract: In the radiographic imaging device, a portion of a second effective imaging region at a first side or a second side of a sensor unit of a second radiation detection panel, and a portion of a first effective imaging region at a third side or a fourth side of the sensor unit of a first radiation detection panel, are overlapped in a radiation irradiating direction. A portion of a second effective imaging region at the third side or the fourth side of the sensor unit of the second radiation detection panel, and a portion of a third effective imaging region at the third side or the fourth side of the sensor unit of the third radiation detection panel, are overlapped in the radiation irradiating direction. The second radiation detection panel is disposed at a side opposite the radiation irradiating section side of the first radiation detection panel and the third radiation detection panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Kohei GEMMA, Kohei OTA, Tetsuya TSUJI, Kentaro NOMA
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Publication number: 20150085980Abstract: A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of the radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kouichi KITANO, Yasunori OHTA, Kentaro NOMA, Naoto IWAKIRI, Katsumi SHIMADA, Keita WATANABE, Shou SHIMIZUKAWA, Takahiro IWAMOTO
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Patent number: 8983035Abstract: A flat panel detector has pixels for obtaining image signals and detective pixels for detecting the amount of incident x-rays. A signal processing circuit is of a pipeline-type, wherein first and second buffer memories are connected to the output of an A/D converter. In a dose detecting operation, the signal processing circuit repeats primary cycles alternately with secondary cycles of a shorter length than the primary cycles. In the primary cycle, a dose detection signal based on electric charges from the detective pixels is input in the first buffer memory and, simultaneously, a dummy signal is output from the second buffer memory. In secondary cycle, the dose detection signal is output from the first buffer memory and, simultaneously, a second dummy signal is input in the second buffer memory. On the basis of the dose detection signals, a start-of-radiation detector detects the start of x-ray radiation.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kentaro Noma, Kenji Nakamura, Naoto Iwakiri, Kouichi Kitano, Keita Watanabe
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Patent number: 8953744Abstract: An FPD, being offline from an X-ray source, detects X-ray irradiation from the X-ray source to detect an X-ray image. The FPD includes pixels arranged in two dimensions, scan lines corresponding to respective rows of the pixels, signal lines corresponding to respective columns of the pixels, and switching elements provided to the respective pixels to allow performing accumulation operation or readout operation. At least one of the pixels is used as a detection pixel to detect a start of the X-ray irradiation. First and second voltage signals are obtained successively through the signal line to which the detection pixel is connected. The start of the X-ray irradiation is judged based on a difference between the first and second voltage signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Keita Watanabe, Kentaro Noma
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Patent number: 8933413Abstract: A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of the radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kouichi Kitano, Yasunori Ohta, Kentaro Noma, Naoto Iwakiri, Katsumi Shimada, Keita Watanabe, Shou Shimizukawa, Takahiro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 8866101Abstract: Binning readout reads out electric charge accumulated in pixels to signal lines in blocks of a plurality of adjoining pixel-rows. A correction image generator of a line defect corrector scales up an image size of a reference frame image RP outputted by the binning readout and corrects pixel values of the reference frame image RP, to produce a correction image RPC to be used for correction of a line defect occurring in an X-ray image XP. The scale-up is performed by applying row interpolation processing to the reference frame image RP. The correction of the pixel values is performed by multiplying the reference frame image RP after being subjected to the row interpolation processing by a correction coefficient. An adder adds the correction image RPC to the X-ray image XP, and produces an X-ray image XPC in which the line defect is corrected.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Keita Watanabe, Kentaro Noma, Yasufumi Oda
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Publication number: 20140291541Abstract: Binning readout reads out electric charge accumulated in pixels to signal lines in blocks of a plurality of adjoining pixel-rows. A correction image generator of a line defect corrector scales up an image size of a reference frame image RP outputted by the binning readout and corrects pixel values of the reference frame image RP, to produce a correction image RPC to be used for correction of a line defect occurring in an X-ray image XP. The scale-up is performed by applying row interpolation processing to the reference frame image RP. The correction of the pixel values is performed by multiplying the reference frame image RP after being subjected to the row interpolation processing by a correction coefficient. An adder adds the correction image RPC to the X-ray image XP, and produces an X-ray image XPC in which the line defect is corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Keita WATANABE, Kentaro NOMA, Yasufumi ODA
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Patent number: 8841628Abstract: A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of said radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kouichi Kitano, Yasunori Ohta, Kentaro Noma, Naoto Iwakiri, Katsumi Shimada, Keita Watanabe, Shou Shimizukawa, Takahiro Iwamoto