Patents by Inventor Taketoh Muraoka

Taketoh Muraoka 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: 11896418
    Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program that causes a computer of a moving image management apparatus, which manages a radiographic moving image, to perform: obtaining that is obtaining a first radiographic moving image and a second radiographic moving image, the first radiographic moving image showing a movement of a subject while breathing is repeated a first number of times per unit time, and the second radiographic moving image showing a movement of the subject while breathing is repeated a second number of times that is different from the first number of times per the unit time; and associating that is associating respective numbers of breaths during imagings with the first radiographic moving image and the second radiographic moving image that are obtained in the obtaining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Akinori Tsunomori, Taketoh Muraoka
  • Patent number: 11801027
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to perform the following, obtaining a radiation moving image in which a chest portion of a subject when the subject breathes is shown; analyzing a dynamic state of the chest portion based on the radiation moving image obtained in the obtaining; and extracting impedance regarding breathing based on an analysis result obtained in the analyzing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Taketoh Muraoka, Takenori Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11311265
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes a radiation emitter, an image generator and a hardware processor. The radiation emitter emits radiation. The image generator generates a dynamic image composed of a plurality of frames according to received radiation The hardware processor determines at a predetermined timing whether at least one imaging allowing condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the at least one imaging allowing condition is satisfied, the hardware processor allows at least one of the radiation emitter and the image generator to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Taketoh Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20220107428
    Abstract: A device for imaging is used for dynamic imaging that repeatedly generates a plurality of frames and has a hardware processor. The hardware processor acquires rhythm information from a storage for storing the rhythm information that defines a rhythm in order to cause a subject to recognize a start timing, a switch timing, or a stop timing of a predetermined periodic motion and notifies the subject of the rhythm based on the acquired rhythm information at least one of periods before starting generation of a frame and during repeating of the generation of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: Taketoh MURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220058800
    Abstract: An image failure determination supporting apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains imaged site information regarding an imaged site of a radiation image. The hardware processor outputs determination supporting information which supports determination of whether the radiation image is an image failure according to the obtained imaged site information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryohei ITO, Takuya YAMAMURA, Taketoh MURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20210345981
    Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program that causes a computer of a moving image management apparatus, which manages a radiographic moving image, to perform: obtaining that is obtaining a first radiographic moving image and a second radiographic moving image, the first radiographic moving image showing a movement of a subject while breathing is repeated a first number of times per unit time, and the second radiographic moving image showing a movement of the subject while breathing is repeated a second number of times that is different from the first number of times per the unit time; and associating that is associating respective numbers of breaths during imagings with the first radiographic moving image and the second radiographic moving image that are obtained in the obtaining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Akinori TSUNOMORI, Taketoh MURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20210290192
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to perform the following, obtaining a radiation moving image in which a chest portion of a subject when the subject breathes is shown; analyzing a dynamic state of the chest portion based on the radiation moving image obtained in the obtaining; and extracting impedance regarding breathing based on an analysis result obtained in the analyzing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Taketoh MURAOKA, Takenori FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210085276
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes a radiation emitter, an image generator and a hardware processor. The radiation emitter emits radiation. The image generator generates a dynamic image composed of a plurality of frames according to received radiation The hardware processor determines at a predetermined timing whether at least one imaging allowing condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the at least one imaging allowing condition is satisfied, the hardware processor allows at least one of the radiation emitter and the image generator to operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Taketoh MURAOKA
  • Patent number: 8785871
    Abstract: The radiographic-image capturing device is provided with: a detecting unit that has multiple scanning lines and multiple signal lines arranged so as to intersect with each other, and has multiple radiation detection elements arranged two-dimensionally at each of the areas partitioned by the multiple scanning lines and multiple signal lines; a reading circuit that reads electric charges from the radiation detection elements via the signal lines, and converts the electric charges to electric signals, and outputs the electric signals as image data, for each of the radiation detection elements; and compressing means for compressing image data of each of the radiation detection elements. The compressing means creates difference data between the image data of adjacent radiation detection elements, for each of the image data outputted from multiple radiation detection elements connected to the same signal line, and compresses this difference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventor: Taketoh Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20130187059
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing system which includes a radiation image capturing apparatus including a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of radiation detection elements, a scanning drive unit, switch units, reading circuits and a control unit and a console including a notification unit. In the system, the control unit of the radiation image capturing apparatus starts or continues a reset process of the radiation detection elements to discharge the electric charges remaining in the radiation detection elements from inside of each of the radiation detection elements for next radiation image capturing when a series of processes for obtaining the image data is finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventor: Taketoh MURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20120119100
    Abstract: The radiographic-image capturing device is provided with: a detecting unit that has multiple scanning lines and multiple signal lines arranged so as to intersect with each other, and has multiple radiation detection elements arranged two-dimensionally at each of the areas partitioned by the multiple scanning lines and multiple signal lines; a reading circuit that reads electric charges from the radiation detection elements via the signal lines, and converts the electric charges to electric signals, and outputs the electric signals as image data, for each of the radiation detection elements; and compressing means for compressing image data of each of the radiation detection elements. The compressing means creates difference data between the image data of adjacent radiation detection elements, for each of the image data outputted from multiple radiation detection elements connected to the same signal line, and compresses this difference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Taketoh Muraoka
  • Patent number: 7202461
    Abstract: There is described an image-reading apparatus to acquire image data by reading a scanned image comprising an image sensor having a light emitting means and a photo receiving means for receiving a light emitted from the light emitting means, and a reading control means for controlling the image sensor. The photo receiving means separately acquires light amount data in a plurality of wavelength regions, and the reading control means independently controls a start and a stop of each of light receiving operations of the photo receiving means conducted in the plurality of wavelength regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Taketoh Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20050194517
    Abstract: There is described an image-reading apparatus to acquire image data by reading a scanned image comprising an image sensor having a light emitting means and a photo receiving means for receiving a light emitted from the light emitting means, and a reading control means for controlling the image sensor. The photo receiving means separately acquires light amount data in a plurality of wavelength regions, and the reading control means independently controls a start and a stop of each of light receiving operations of the photo receiving means conducted in the plurality of wavelength regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventor: Taketoh Muraoka