Patents by Inventor Mayu Sao

Mayu Sao 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).

  • Patent number: 11971346
    Abstract: A biological sample detection device configured to acquire color information of an object of analysis without a deterioration in color extraction accuracy caused by incorrect extraction of color of a colored label and to measure the amount of liquid and determine the type of a sample, by analyzing the biological sample housed in a biological sample tube to which a colored label is attached, and determining whether or not a colored label is present on the biological sample tube; extracting the colored label determined to be present by the colored label presence determining process; removing the colored label from the color image and extracting a detection object region in the biological sample; and analyzing to acquire color information of the detection object region and analyze the liquid amount and the type of the biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayu Sao, Nobuyoshi Shimane, Fumiyasu Sato, Tomoto Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20230097384
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of acquiring an analysis target region and color information without causing a decrease in extraction accuracy of the analysis target region due to erroneous extraction of a color of a colored label, measuring a solution volume of the specimen, and determining a specimen type. The biological specimen analysis device according to the present disclosure creates a developed view by cutting out a partial region from a color image of a biological sample tube and connecting the partial region along a circumferential direction of the biological sample tube, and extracts a detection target region from the developed view (see FIG. 6B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Mayu SAO, Hirofumi INOMATA, Fumiyasu SATO
  • Publication number: 20220082492
    Abstract: A biological sample detection device configured to acquire color information of an object of analysis without a deterioration in color extraction accuracy caused by incorrect extraction of color of a colored label and to measure the amount of liquid and determine the type of a sample, by analyzing the biological sample housed in a biological sample tube to which a colored label is attached, and determining whether or not a colored label is present on the biological sample tube; extracting the colored label determined to be present by the colored label presence determining process; removing the colored label from the color image and extracting a detection object region in the biological sample; and analyzing to acquire color information of the detection object region and analyze the liquid amount and the type of the biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mayu Sao, Nobuyoshi Shimane, Fumiyasu Sato, Tomoto Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10488561
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an image sensor that outputs, as an image signal, light received at a light-receiving surface; a phase modulation element provided in close to the light-receiving surface, which has a grating pattern composed of multiple zones arranged in a concentric form to modulate the phase of light passing through the grating pattern toward the surface; and an image processing unit that executes image processing for the image signal output from the sensor. The spacing between the phase modulation element and the image sensor is set so that the duty ratio of the full width at half maximum for a bright section to the width for one period of a projection image of the concentric grating pattern is 0.5 or less in the case of light incidence from a point light source disposed at a distance of a subject in the axial direction of a concentric circle of the grating pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimano, Yusuke Nakamura, Kazuyuki Tajima, Mayu Sao
  • Patent number: 10461108
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a modulator with a first pantoscopic grating pattern, which is configured to modulate light intensity by passage through the first pantoscopic grating pattern; an image sensor configured to convert light passing through the modulator, to image data, and output the image data; and an image processing unit configured to conduct image processing of restoring an image with the use of the image date output from the image sensor, and the imaging device is characterized in that: the first pantoscopic grating pattern is configured to include multiple basic patterns; and each of the basic patterns has the shape of a concentric circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mayu Sao, Yusuke Nakamura, Kazuyuki Tajima, Takeshi Shimano
  • Publication number: 20180329118
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: an image sensor that outputs, as an image signal, light received at a light-receiving surface; a phase modulation element provided in close to the light-receiving surface, which has a grating pattern composed of multiple zones arranged in a concentric form to modulate the phase of light passing through the grating pattern toward the surface; and an image processing unit that executes image processing for the image signal output from the sensor. The spacing between the phase modulation element and the image sensor is set so that the duty ratio of the full width at half maximum for a bright section to the width for one period of a projection image of the concentric grating pattern is 0.5 or less in the case of light incidence from a point light source disposed at a distance of a subject in the axial direction of a concentric circle of the grating pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimano, Yusuke Nakamura, Kazuyuki Tajima, Mayu Sao
  • Publication number: 20180166489
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a modulator with a first pantoscopic grating pattern, which is configured to modulate light intensity by passage through the first pantoscopic grating pattern; an image sensor configured to convert light passing through the modulator, to image data, and output the image data; and an image processing unit configured to conduct image processing of restoring an image with the use of the image date output from the image sensor, and the imaging device is characterized in that: the first pantoscopic grating pattern is configured to include multiple basic patterns; and each of the basic patterns has the shape of a concentric circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Mayu Sao, Yusuke Nakamura, Kazuyuki Tajima, Takeshi Shimano