Patents by Inventor Noriaki Inoue
Noriaki Inoue 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: 20240138815Abstract: A push wave transmission unit transmits a push wave to a biological tissue of a subject. A tracking wave transmission/reception unit transmits a tracking wave to the biological tissue and receives a reflected ultrasound wave reflected by the biological tissue. An elasticity analysis unit measures a propagation velocity of a shear wave generated in the biological tissue by the push wave and measures an elastic property of the biological tissue based on the propagation velocity, and measures the propagation velocity of the shear wave based on a measurement signal obtained by the reflected ultrasound wave received by the tracking wave transmission/reception unit. A controller determines whether to re-measure the elastic property according to an unnecessary component included in the measurement signal. When determining to re-measure the elastic property, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus re-measures the elastic property by changing an acoustic property of the push wave according to the unnecessary component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Healthcare CorporationInventors: KENICHI KAWABATA, Hideki Yoshikawa, Noriaki Inoue
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Publication number: 20240099553Abstract: Provided is an endoluminal device system including: an elongated and flexible endoluminal device; a wire that is disposed in the endoluminal device; a first sensor that detects tension of the wire; a second sensor that detects displacement of the wire; a driving device capable of pulling the wire; and a processor. The processor is configured to: cause the driving device to execute a relaxing operation for relaxing the wire, acquire the tension and the displacement of the wire during the relaxing operation, which are detected by the first sensor and the second sensor, respectively, and adjust a control parameter of the endoluminal device based on a rate of change in the tension with respect to the displacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Noriaki YAMANAKA, Shota SAWADA, Hiroshi ASHIBA, Saki ISHIZAWA, Shun INOUE
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Patent number: 11902487Abstract: An image processing device includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize a part of a confidential target from a captured image; a processing unit configured to process the captured image such that the part recognized by the recognition unit is concealed; an encryption unit configured to encrypt data relating to the part recognized by the recognition unit; and a merging unit configured to merge data of the image processed by the processing unit and the data encrypted by the encryption unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Noriaki Inoue, Tatsuya Hamaoka
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Publication number: 20220368810Abstract: An image processing device includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize a part of a confidential target from a captured image; a processing unit configured to process the captured image such that the part recognized by the recognition unit is concealed; an encryption unit configured to encrypt data relating to the part recognized by the recognition unit; and a merging unit configured to merge data of the image processed by the processing unit and the data encrypted by the encryption unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Noriaki INOUE, Tatsuya HAMAOKA
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Patent number: 11375982Abstract: A shear wave velocity is accurately measured. Time change data of a displacement of a tissue due to a shear wave generated in a test object is calculated from a reception signal obtained by transmitting an ultrasonic wave to the test object and receiving a reflected wave. The time change data of the displacement is converted into spectrum data indicating a displacement distribution in a frequency space having a spatial frequency and a time frequency as two axes. Spectrum data in a predetermined region is extracted by rotating the spectrum data by a predetermined angle in the frequency space, and filtering the rotated spectrum data. A velocity of the shear wave is calculated based on the extracted spectrum data in the predetermined region.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Yasuda, Noriaki Inoue
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Publication number: 20200315588Abstract: A shear wave velocity is accurately measured. Time change data of a displacement of a tissue due to a shear wave generated in a test object is calculated from a reception signal obtained by transmitting an ultrasonic wave to the test object and receiving a reflected wave. The time change data of the displacement is converted into spectrum data indicating a displacement distribution in a frequency space having a spatial frequency and a time frequency as two axes. Spectrum data in a predetermined region is extracted by rotating the spectrum data by a predetermined angle in the frequency space, and filtering the rotated spectrum data. A velocity of the shear wave is calculated based on the extracted spectrum data in the predetermined region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Jun YASUDA, Noriaki INOUE
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Publication number: 20180035980Abstract: A speed evaluation unit in the present invention specifies measurement values that satisfy rejection conditions from among a plurality of measurement values. A propagation velocity Vs for which the sign is minus (reverse direction) is set as a subject to be rejected under condition 1. The propagation velocity Vs which is outside a threshold value range is set as a subject to be rejected under condition 2. The propagation velocity Vs at each depth in which fluctuation was detected is set as a subject to be rejected under condition 3. Specifying the changes in phase shift that accompany the passage of shear waves in regions (depths) at which fluctuations occur is difficult, so measuring the propagation velocity Vs of shear waves is difficult. Supposing that the propagation velocity Vs of shear waves in the regions (depths) at which fluctuations occur could be measured, the reliability of the measurements would be a concern.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Teruyuki SONOYAMA, Noriaki INOUE
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Publication number: 20170224304Abstract: According to the present invention, a displacement measurement unit measures, on the basis of a reception signal corresponding to a tracking wave reception beam obtained from a reception unit, the displacement of a tissue inside a subject after the generation of a shear wave. A fluctuation detection unit detects periodic displacement on the basis of the displacement measurement result obtained from the displacement measurement unit. A shear wave speed calculation unit calculates the propagation speed of a shear wave in the subject on the basis of the measurement result obtained from the displacement measurement unit and the detection result obtained from the fluctuation detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Teruyuki SONOYAMA, Noriaki INOUE
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Publication number: 20170035384Abstract: A body movement signal generation unit generates a body movement signal which varies in response to body movement of a test subject as a diagnosis subject on the basis of a reception signal corresponding to a monitoring reception beam obtained from a reception unit. A body movement monitoring unit determines the start time of a diagnosis-recommended period in which body movement is minimal by distinguishing between large and small body movements on the basis of the body movement signal obtained from the body movement signal generation unit. A control unit executes diagnostic processing from a start time for diagnosis. Through this configuration, it is possible to obtain stable diagnostic information in which the effect of heartbeats is low and that is preferably entirely unaffected by heartbeats.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Teruyuki SONOYAMA, Noriaki INOUE
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Patent number: 9469304Abstract: A use specifying unit specifies a “purpose of use” of a vehicle based on a running-data table. An application selection unit selects one or more information-related applications which are suitable for the “purpose of use”, from a plurality of information-related applications. Then, an execution inhibition unit inhibits execution of information-related applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to prevent information-related applications which are unnecessary for the “purpose of use” of the vehicle from being executed wastefully.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Kyohei Morita, Noriaki Inoue, Kazuyoshi Kasai, Yusuke Iguchi
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Patent number: 9413732Abstract: In a vehicle network system, a plurality of ECUs are network-connected. The plurality of ECUs include a first ECU that has set therein a secret key from among the secret key and a public key that form a pair and are set on the basis of initialization processing performed when the vehicle network system is created, and a second ECU that has set therein the public key. The second ECU adds, to a transmission signal, an authentication keyword created from the public key and information capable of specifying the second ECU and transmits the transmission signal with the authentication keyword added thereto to the network. The first ECU acquires the authentication keyword and estimates the reliability of the communication signal on the basis of the acquired authentication keyword and the secret key.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Koide, Yuji Ninagawa, Noriaki Inoue
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Patent number: 9152408Abstract: A program update device that is provided in a vehicle in which a battery can be charged from the outside and updates a software program used in the vehicle includes a charging time acquiring unit that acquires the charging time of the battery, an update time acquiring unit that acquires the time required to rewrite the program, a comparison unit that compares the charging time acquired by the charging time acquiring unit and the program rewrite time acquired by the update time acquiring unit, and an update unit that rewrites the program on the basis of the comparison result of the comparison unit. According to this structure, it is possible to appropriately determine a program which can be updated within the battery charging time and reliably update the program while the vehicle is being charged.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi Murata, Noriaki Inoue
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Patent number: 8996291Abstract: A positioning system is configured such that an in-vehicle device includes an in-vehicle-side positioning unit that obtains in-vehicle-side positioning data that includes in-vehicle-side positioning coordinates representing positioned coordinates and a transmitting unit that transmits the in-vehicle-side positioning data obtained by the in-vehicle-side positioning unit to a portable terminal device. In addition, the portable terminal device includes a portable-side positioning unit that obtains portable-side positioning data that includes portable-side positioning coordinates representing positioned coordinates, a selecting unit that selects the in-vehicle-side positioning unit and/or the portable-side positioning unit based on a positioning environment, and a vehicle-position calculating unit that calculates a vehicle position based on positioning coordinates of a positioning unit selected by the selecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2008Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventor: Noriaki Inoue
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Publication number: 20140358325Abstract: A use specifying unit specifies a “purpose of use” of a vehicle based on a running-data table. An application selection unit selects one or more information-related applications which are suitable for the “purpose of use”, from a plurality of information-related applications. Then, an execution inhibition unit inhibits execution of information-related applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to prevent information-related applications which are unnecessary for the “purpose of use” of the vehicle from being executed wastefully.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Kyohei MORITA, Noriaki INOUE, Kazuyoshi KASAI, Yusuke IGUCHI
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Patent number: 8881620Abstract: A hydraulic operated valve includes an electromagnetic adsorption mechanism and a steel ball. In the electromagnetic adsorption mechanism, when a current is supplied, an adsorption plate is adsorbed by a solenoid. By this adsorption, a steel ball is pressed against an outer surface of a cam disc. The outer surface of the cam disc includes two steps. When the cam disc is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise, the pressed steel ball engages the two steps. Thus, the cam disc is detented. These two steps are configured such that when the cam disc is returned to a neutral position, the adsorption plate is separated from the solenoid against the pressing of the electromagnetic adsorption mechanism. Thus, the detent state of the cam disc is canceled.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshio Togashi, Noriaki Inoue, Satoshi Akamatsu, Kenji Nakamura, Fumio Kameyama
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Patent number: 8704632Abstract: In an in-vehicle system, a portable terminal interprets a command intended by operation data operated by an occupant via a touch panel of a DA, and determines whether the interpreted command is a prohibition command, that is, whether execution of the command in an own device is prohibited. When the command is not a prohibition command, the portable terminal is caused to execute the command, and when it is a prohibition command, the DA is caused to execute the command.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Satoshi Ohta, Noriaki Inoue, Toshio Kitahara
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Publication number: 20140070123Abstract: A hydraulic operated valve includes an electromagnetic adsorption mechanism and a steel ball. In the electromagnetic adsorption mechanism, when a current is supplied, an adsorption plate is adsorbed by a solenoid. By this adsorption, a steel ball is pressed against an outer surface of a cam disc. The outer surface of the cam disc includes two steps. When the cam disc is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise, the pressed steel ball engages the two steps. Thus, the cam disc is detented. These two steps are configured such that when the cam disc is returned to a neutral position, the adsorption plate is separated from the solenoid against the pressing of the electromagnetic adsorption mechanism. Thus, the detent state of the cam disc is canceled.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshio Togashi, Noriaki Inoue, Satoshi Akamatsu, Kenji Nakamura, Fumio Kameyama
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Publication number: 20140040992Abstract: In a vehicle network system, a plurality of ECUs are network-connected. The plurality of ECUs include a first ECU that has set therein a secret key from among the secret key and a public key that form a pair and are set on the basis of initialization processing performed when the vehicle network system is created, and a second ECU that has set therein the public key. The second ECU adds, to a transmission signal, an authentication keyword created from the public key and information capable of specifying the second ECU and transmits the transmission signal with the authentication keyword added thereto to the network. The first ECU acquires the authentication keyword and estimates the reliability of the communication signal on the basis of the acquired authentication keyword and the secret key.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Koide, Yuji Ninagawa, Noriaki Inoue
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Patent number: 8554181Abstract: A portable communication terminal transmits a request signal that requests voice data representing an email message, to a server apparatus when the portable communication terminal receives the email that has been sent to the portable communication terminal, and the portable communication terminal transmits the voice data received from the server apparatus, to an in-vehicle equipment. A server apparatus converts an email message that has been sent to a portable communication terminal, into voice data in response to a request signal received from the portable communication terminal, and the server apparatus returns the voice data to the portable communication terminal. The in-vehicle equipment detects a position of a portable communication terminal in a cabin, and the in-vehicle equipment outputs a voice message converted only from voice data representing an email message received by the portable communication terminal located in a specific position in the cabin, inside the cabin of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Toshio Kitahara, Noriaki Inoue, Takako Fukuda, Masashi Tsuyunashi, Kentaro Koga, Satoru Ikeda
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Publication number: 20130132939Abstract: A program update device 1 that is provided in a vehicle in which a battery can be charged from the outside and updates a software program used in the vehicle includes a charging time acquiring unit 14 that acquires the charging time of the battery, an update time acquiring unit 15 that acquires the time required to update the program, a comparison unit 16 that compares the charging time acquired by the charging time acquiring unit 14 and the program update time acquired by the update time acquiring unit 15, and an update unit 20 that updates the program on the basis of the comparison result of the comparison unit 16. According to this structure, it is possible to appropriately determine a program which can be updated within the battery charging time and reliably update the program while the vehicle is being charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi Murata, Noriaki Inoue