Patents by Inventor Koichi Shintani

Koichi Shintani 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: 20240112450
    Abstract: An information processing device of the present invention is capable of collaboration with a learning device to determine whether an image group that has been obtained in time series by the first endoscope is an image group obtained at a first time or at a second time, and to create a first inference model for image feature determination of images for the first endoscope by performing learning with results of having performed annotation on the image group that was obtained at the second time as training data, the information processing device comprising at least one or a plurality of classifying processors that classify image groups constituting training data candidates, within an image group from the first endoscope that has been newly acquired, or an image group from a second endoscope, using the image group that has been obtained at the first time, when the first inference model was created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Akira TANI, Osamu NONAKA, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Tomoko GOCHO
  • Publication number: 20230394800
    Abstract: An inference learning device, comprising an input device for inputting data from a data acquisition device, a learning device for obtaining an inference model by learning using training data that has been obtained by performing annotation of the data, and a data processing device that, for data that has been obtained continuously in time series from the data acquisition device, makes provisional training data by performing the annotation on a plurality of items of data that have been obtained from data that was obtained at a given first time to a second time that has been traced back to a predetermined time, and makes data, among the provisional training data that has a high correlation of causal relationship with the data of the first time, into adopted training data, which is training data used in the learning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Akira TANI, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Kensei ITO, Tomoko GOCHO, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20230018138
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect obstacles, an autonomous travel controller to perform autonomous travel of the vehicle body, the autonomous travel controller being configured or programmed to, when performing the autonomous travel, stop the vehicle body based on detection information about an obstacle detected by the obstacle detector, and a mode switch to switch a mode during the autonomous travel in an agricultural field between an effective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is allowed and an ineffective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is not allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Takanori MORIMOTO, Tomohiro KINOSHITA, Ken SAKUTA, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Tsuyoshi HARADA, Sho WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220276656
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body including wheels, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel along a travel route set in advance, a driver seat mounted on the vehicle body, a driver seat protective body provided around the driver seat, first obstacle detectors provided at side portions of the driver seat protective body, and capable of detecting an obstacle; and second obstacle detectors provided at positions differing from positions of the first obstacle detectors in a front-back direction, and capable of detecting an obstacle. At a time of start of the automatic travel, the controller is configured or programmed to put each first obstacle detector in a detection state of detecting an obstacle, and, during automatic travel after the start of the automatic travel, the controller is configured or programmed to put each first obstacle detector in a non-detection state of not detecting the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIKUBO, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Koichi SHINTANI
  • Publication number: 20220266841
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, a linkage provided on the vehicle body to link a working device, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel, a rear obstacle detector to detect obstacles behind the vehicle body, and a setting changer to change rear setting information regarding obstacle detection performed by the rear obstacle detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Takuya NISHIKUBO, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220035874
    Abstract: A user guide method, comprising determining a reference area according to user behavior and target events the user is interested in, acquiring a reference target event heat map representing distribution of the target events within the reference area for a specified time point, and estimating conditions of a target event at a time when time has passed from the specified time, by referencing the reference target event heat map, and a database that shows chronological change of previous heat maps for the same or similar areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Akira TANI, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Kensei ITO, Osamu NONAKA, Natsuko SATO
  • Patent number: 11010609
    Abstract: A mobile image pickup instruction apparatus judges an image pickup result and an image pickup condition to acquire photographing tendency information showing a tendency of photographing of a predetermined image pickup target, generates target object identification information for identifying the predetermined image pickup target by inference using the photographing tendency information, and transmits the generated target object identification information to the mobile image pickup apparatus and a mobile image pickup apparatus controls an image pickup unit provided on a mobile body to pick up an image of the image pickup target based on the target object identification information received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Shintani, Kenji Homma, Akinobu Sato, Yoshihisa Ogata, Yoichi Yoshida, Kazuhiko Osa, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10942872
    Abstract: A peripheral device communicates with a central control device. The peripheral device includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to acquire, from another peripheral device, first information including a topic provided for the central control device or a user of the central control device, integrate the first information with second information which is included in the peripheral device and includes a topic provided for the central control device or the user of the central control device, to generate third information, and transmit the third information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Toyoda, Koichi Shintani, Kensei Ito, Katsuhisa Kawaguchi, Yoshihisa Ogata, Keito Fukushima, Kazuhiko Osa, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10798283
    Abstract: An information apparatus for communicating with a portable information terminal includes a processor including hardware. The processor determines state information regarding a state of the information apparatus when the power state is switched, by the power switch, from the on state to the office state. The processor also determines whether the manually set parameter has been changed before and after the power state is switched from the on state to the off state, based on the use history information of a manually set parameter in the information apparatus. Finally, the information apparatus transmits, to the portable information terminal, the state information indicating that the set parameter in the information apparatus has been changed when the processor determines that the set parameter has been changed while keeping the processor energized after the power state is switched from the on state to the off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Shintani, Akira Tani, Kensei Ito, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuhiko Osa, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10638028
    Abstract: A mobile photographing apparatus includes an image sensor provided in a mobile body, a storage section configured to store map information within a moving range of the mobile body, and a control section configured to receive target identification information including information on a moving photographing target generated in accordance with a user's operation, acquire information on a photographing position based on the target identification information, perform movement control to cause the mobile body to move in order for the image sensor to pick up an image of the photographing target based on the information on the photographing position and the map information, and cause the image sensor to pick up an image of the photographing target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu Sato, Koichi Shintani, Kenji Homma, Yoshihisa Ogata, Manabu Tajima
  • Patent number: 10567675
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image processor, and a second image processor. The imaging unit sequentially acquires image frames whose photography conditions have been changed. The first image processor generates moving image data by performing image processing to maintain continuity between the image frames obtained by changing the photography conditions. The second image processor composes the image frames whose photography conditions have been changed, to generate condition-changed still image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Shintani, Masaomi Tomizawa, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10491800
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, an imaging lens, an AF controller, an image synthesis unit, and a display. The imaging element captures multiple images of an object to obtain a plurality of image data. The imaging lens includes a focus lens and is used for generating an image of the object in the imaging element. The AF controller controls a focus state of the imaging lens. The image synthesis unit synthesizes a region with a large amount of blurriness in image data of a current frame and a region with a small amount of blurriness in image data of a preceding frame obtained before the image data of the current frame, among the plurality of image data obtained by the imaging element by the plurality of times of image capturing during the drive of the focus lens. The display displays an image synthesized by the image synthesis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Shintani, Katsuhisa Kawaguchi, Masaomi Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20190324925
    Abstract: A peripheral device communicates with a central control device. The peripheral device includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to acquire, from another peripheral device, first information including a topic provided for the central control device or a user of the central control device, integrate the first information with second information which is included in the peripheral device and includes a topic provided for the central control device or the user of the central control device, to generate third information, and transmit the third information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuya TOYODA, Koichi SHINTANI, Kensei ITO, Katsuhisa KAWAGUCHI, Yoshihisa OGATA, Keito FUKUSHIMA, Kazuhiko OSA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 10440309
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that includes a shooting lens for collecting an image of a subject to be shot; and an imaging element that forms the image collected by the shooting lens and generates image data through photoelectric conversion of formed image. The imaging apparatus also includes an inclination detector that detects an inclination of the imaging apparatus from a predetermined position, through a rotation around a shooting optical axis of the shooting lens. The apparatus also includes a control unit that changes an operating mode to a switchable state capable of switching between operating modes when a predetermined time has elapsed in a state in which the inclination detected by the inclination detector falls within a predetermined range in which the operating modes of the imaging apparatus are switched to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Shintani, Katsuhisa Kawaguchi, Haruyuki Ishihara, Osamu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20190286908
    Abstract: A mobile image pickup instruction apparatus judges an image pickup result and an image pickup condition to acquire photographing tendency information showing a tendency of photographing of a predetermined image pickup target, generates target object identification information for identifying the predetermined image pickup target by inference using the photographing tendency information, and transmits the generated target object identification information to the mobile image pickup apparatus and a mobile image pickup apparatus controls an image pickup unit provided on a mobile body to pick up an image of the image pickup target based on the target object identification information received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Kenji HOMMA, Akinobu SATO, Yoshihisa OGATA, Yoichi YOSHIDA, Kazuhiko OSA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 10404913
    Abstract: A portable terminal device comprising: a control section that controls power supplied to a display section; and an acceleration detection section including a comparator that outputs a signal when the power is supplied to the display section even in a power-off state and acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined value is detected, wherein the control section starts supplying the power to the display section, if there is no vibration during a predetermined time, after detecting the acceleration equal to or greater than the predetermined value with the acceleration detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Kawaguchi, Koichi Shintani, Haruyuki Ishihara, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10404902
    Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes: a function execution section that executes an acquisition function which acquires a sound or an image that is of a same kind as an acquisition function which acquires a sound or an image that an external device includes, as a substitutional function instead of the external device; a display section; a communication section that performs communication with one or more external devices that co-operate with the information terminal apparatus; and a control section that, in a co-operation mode, before co-operating with the external device and causing execution of the acquisition function which acquires a sound or an image that the external device includes through the communication section, executes a co-operation preparation mode that includes causing the substitutional function of the function execution section to be executed and display control for performing settings relating to the acquisition function which acquires a sound or an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Yumoto, Koichi Shintani, Yoshihisa Ogata, Osamu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20190253491
    Abstract: A peripheral device communicates with a central control device. The peripheral device includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to transmit first information to the central control device. The first information includes a topic to be provided to the central control device or a user of the central control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu NONAKA, Tetsuya TOYODA, Keito FUKUSHIMA, Yoshihisa OGATA, Kensei ITO, Koichi Shintani, Katsuhisa Kawaguchi, Kazuhiko OSA
  • Patent number: 10375294
    Abstract: A focus detection apparatus includes an imaging element includes that a plurality of focus detection pixels, a correction value calculation unit that calculates a correction value used to correct pixel signals based on an optical state before the imaging element performs imaging for still image capturing or imaging for focus detection, a correction unit that performs correction using the correction value simultaneously with reading the pixel signals from the focus detection pixels subsequent to the imaging for the still image capturing or the imaging for the focus detection by the imaging element, and a focus detection unit that performs focus detection based on the corrected pixel signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kikuchi, Koichi Shintani
  • Patent number: 10362213
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging section, a display section, an image analysis section, and an auxiliary image creating section. The imaging section images an object to acquire image data concerning the object. The display section displays an image based on the image data. The image analysis section analyzes features of the image data. The auxiliary image creating section determines at least one piece of application processing useful for confirmation of a focus state of the object in the image displayed in the display section from the analyzed features of the image data, sets imaging conditions of the imaging section in correspondence with the determined application processing, and then operates the imaging section to create an auxiliary image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Shintani