Patents by Inventor Naoya Iizuka

Naoya Iizuka 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: 11733382
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receives ultrasonic waves to and from an observation region of an object. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus further includes an estimated image generating unit configured to generate estimated image data corresponding to image data based on an ultrasonic focused beam from image data obtained by transmission of an ultrasonic plane-wave beam by using a model having been machine-learned from learning data including image data obtained by the transmission of the ultrasonic plane-wave beam and image data obtained by the transmission of the ultrasonic focused beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagae, Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11723628
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasonic image data, an inference unit configured to infer a body mark corresponding to the ultrasonic image data acquired by the acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to display the body mark inferred by the inference unit together with the ultrasonic image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka, Ryuta Ueda, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210303917
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasonic image data, an inference unit configured to infer a body mark corresponding to the ultrasonic image data acquired by the acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to display the body mark inferred by the inference unit together with the ultrasonic image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka, Ryuta Ueda, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210228177
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, comprising: an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves to and from an object; and an estimation calculating unit configured to estimate data based on blood flow information from third data based on a received signal for image generation received by the ultrasonic probe by using a model having been machine-learned from learning data including first data based on a received signal for image generation that is obtained from an observation region and second data based on blood flow information of the observation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka, Kenichi Nagae
  • Publication number: 20210228188
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, comprising: an ultrasonic probe which scans an observation region in an object with an ultrasonic wave; and an estimated image generating unit which, by using a model having been machine-learned using learning data including first data based on a first received signal that is obtained by first transmission/reception of an ultrasonic wave and second data based on a second received signal that is obtained by second transmission/reception that represents a larger number of transmissions/receptions than the first transmission/reception of the ultrasonic wave, generates an estimated image equivalent to image data obtained by the second transmission/reception from third data based on a third received signal that is obtained by transmission/reception equivalent to the first transmission/reception of the ultrasonic wave by the ultrasonic probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka, Kenichi Nagae
  • Publication number: 20210228184
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receives ultrasonic waves to and from an observation region of an object. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus further includes an estimated image generating unit configured to generate estimated image data corresponding to image data based on an ultrasonic focused beam from image data obtained by transmission of an ultrasonic plane-wave beam by using a model having been machine-learned from learning data including image data obtained by the transmission of the ultrasonic plane-wave beam and image data obtained by the transmission of the ultrasonic focused beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagae, Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10825233
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires volume data including a negative voxel value and derived from a photoacoustic wave produced by irradiating a subject with light, generates compressed volume data by compressing the volume data to selectively reduce a data amount of voxel data having a voxel value whose absolute value is less than a threshold, and saves the compressed volume data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Kenichi Nagae
  • Publication number: 20200305727
    Abstract: An image processing device disclosed in the present specification includes an acquiring unit, a determination unit, and a generation unit. The acquiring unit acquires composition image data by synthesizing at least two or more of photoacoustic image data that include volume data derived from a photoacoustic wave generated by light irradiation to a subject. The determination unit determines a generation condition of moving image data based on the composition image data. The generation unit generates the moving image data from the composition image data based on the generation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Naoya Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10755467
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data in which three-dimensional medical image data and supplementary information are associated with each other, a cross section information acquisition unit configured to acquire the supplementary information from the data and acquire cross section information indicating a cross section based on the supplementary information, a cross-sectional image generation unit configured to generate cross-sectional image data corresponding to the cross section based on the three-dimensional medical image data and the cross section information, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image based on the cross-sectional image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Kenichi Nagae
  • Publication number: 20190251736
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires volume data including a negative voxel value and derived from a photoacoustic wave produced by irradiating a subject with light, generates compressed volume data by compressing the volume data to selectively reduce a data amount of voxel data having a voxel value whose absolute value is less than a threshold, and saves the compressed volume data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Kenichi Nagae
  • Publication number: 20190108670
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data in which three-dimensional medical image data and supplementary information are associated with each other, a cross section information acquisition unit configured to acquire the supplementary information from the data and acquire cross section information indicating a cross section based on the supplementary information, a cross-sectional image generation unit configured to generate cross-sectional image data corresponding to the cross section based on the three-dimensional medical image data and the cross section information, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image based on the cross-sectional image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Kenichi Nagae
  • Publication number: 20180103849
    Abstract: The present invention provides an object information acquiring apparatus including an irradiating unit, receiving elements which receive acoustic waves generated from an object and output electric signals, a probe which has a supporting member and on which the receiving elements are arranged in the supporting member such that respective directivity axes are converged, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on electric signals. The weighting processing unit applies higher weights to a first electric signal corresponding to higher intensity of the acoustic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Kenichi Nagae
  • Publication number: 20170265750
    Abstract: There is employed an information processing system including: a photoacoustic image acquiring unit that acquires photoacoustic image data derived from photoacoustic waves generated by an object that is irradiated with light; a setting unit that sets a simulation condition; a reference image acquiring unit that acquires simulation image data being photoacoustic image data corresponding to the simulation condition set by the setting unit; and a display controlling unit that causes a photoacoustic image based on the photoacoustic image data and a reference image based on the simulation image data, to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Takuro Miyasato, Kenichi Nagae
  • Patent number: 9036789
    Abstract: An adjusting method of an X-ray apparatus has a reflection structure, wherein assuming that one end plane of the reflection structure is an inlet port of the X-ray and the other end plane is an outlet port of the X-ray, a pitch of the reflection substrates at the outlet port is wider than that at the inlet port. When the X-ray source exists at a position where a glancing angle at the time when the X-ray enters the inlet port exceeds a critical angle, an intensity of the X-ray emitted from each passage is detected. On the basis of the detected X-ray intensity, a relative position of the X-ray source and the reflection structure is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumitaro Masaki, Naoya Iizuka, Mitsuaki Amemiya, Akira Miyake
  • Patent number: 9020104
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of adjusting an X-ray optical apparatus which includes: an X-ray source; and a reflective structure where at least three reflective substrate arranged with an interval and X-rays which are incident into a plurality of passages whose both sides are put between the reflective substrates are reflected and parallelized by the reflective substrate at both sides of each passage to be emitted from the passage. When one edge of the reflective structure is an inlet of the X-ray and the other edge is an outlet of the X-ray, a pitch of the reflective substrates at the outlet side is larger than a pitch at the inlet side. The method comprises adjusting the relative positions of the X-ray source and the reflective structure so as to reduce a penumbra amount formed by the X-ray emitted from each of the passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Mitsuaki Amemiya, Akira Miyake
  • Patent number: 8760628
    Abstract: A filter reflects first light having a first wavelength, and transmits second light having a second wavelength shorter than the first wavelength. The filter includes a plurality of plate members positioned parallel to each other with gaps therebetween in a first direction. An enveloping surface formed by end surfaces of the plurality of plate members forms a flat surface, which is nonparallel to the first direction. The filter transmits the second light to the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Fumitaro Masaki, Akira Miyake
  • Patent number: 8730449
    Abstract: An optical device includes a wavelength separation filter configured to separate incident light into light having a first wavelength and light having a second wavelength, the wavelength separation filter including a blazed grating whose cross-sectional shape is a saw-tooth shape formed by one-dimensionally arranging a plurality of grating elements, wherein the blazed grating is configured to exert a first power on the light having the first wavelength, of the light having the first wavelength and the light having the second wavelength, by gradually changing angles surfaces of the plurality of grating elements make with a base plane, and to exert a second power on the light having the second wavelength, of the light having the first wavelength and the light having the second wavelength, by gradually changing lengths of the plurality of grating elements along a direction in which the plurality of grating elements are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Fumitaro Masaki, Akira Miyake
  • Publication number: 20130286469
    Abstract: A filter reflects first light having a first wavelength, and transmits second light having a second wavelength shorter than the first wavelength. The filter includes a plurality of plate members positioned parallel to each other with gaps therebetween in a first direction. An enveloping surface formed by end surfaces of the plurality of plate members forms a flat surface, which is nonparallel to the first direction. The filter transmits the second light to the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Naoya IIZUKA, Fumitaro MASAKI, Akira MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20130243164
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of adjusting an X-ray optical apparatus which includes: an X-ray source; and a reflective structure where at least three reflective substrate arranged with an interval and X-rays which are incident into a plurality of passages whose both sides are put between the reflective substrates are reflected and parallelized by the reflective substrate at both sides of each passage to be emitted from the passage. When one edge of the reflective structure is an inlet of the X-ray and the other edge is an outlet of the X-ray, a pitch of the reflective substrates at the outlet side is larger than a pitch at the inlet side. The method comprises adjusting the relative positions of the X-ray source and the reflective structure so as to reduce a penumbra amount formed by the X-ray emitted from each of the passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Iizuka, Mitsuaki Amemiya, Akira Miyake
  • Publication number: 20130243163
    Abstract: An adjusting method of an X-ray apparatus has a reflection structure, wherein assuming that one end plane of the reflection structure is an inlet port of the X-ray and the other end plane is an outlet port of the X-ray, a pitch of the reflection substrates at the outlet port is wider than that at the inlet port. When the X-ray source exists at a position where a glancing angle at the time when the X-ray enters the inlet port exceeds a critical angle, an intensity of the X-ray emitted from each passage is detected. On the basis of the detected X-ray intensity, a relative position of the X-ray source and the reflection structure is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumitaro Masaki, Naoya Iizuka, Mitsuaki Amemiya, Akira Miyake