Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Nagao

Tomohiro Nagao 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: 20240176707
    Abstract: A data store volume (DSVOL) for a snapshot group which is a group of the PVOL and one or more SVOLs for the PVOL is a data storage region where data of which a storage destination is one volume (VOL) of the snapshot group and meta-information of the data are stored, and the meta-information is information including address mapping between a reference source address which is an address of a position of the data in the snapshot group and a reference destination address which is an address of a position of the data in the DSVOL. A process of a storage system increases the number of DSVOLs in the snapshot group when an input/output (I/O) load on the snapshot group exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuki MATSUGAMI, Tomohiro YOSHIHARA, Takashi NAGAO
  • Patent number: 11949220
    Abstract: In a block (10) for a cable of the present disclosure, the block has a shape of a rectangular cuboid in which an upper surface (11) and a bottom surface have square shapes, the block has plural bending through holes (21) between one side surface of the rectangular cuboid and a side surface (12) neighboring the one side surface, arrangement of open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid is in a lattice manner, the arrangement of the open ends is in line symmetry with respect to a middle line (31) between an upper side and a bottom side of the one side surface and with respect to a middle line (32) between a lateral side and a lateral side of the one side surface, and arrangement of open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the side surface neighboring the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid is the same as the arrangement of the open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniaki Terakawa, Tomohiro Kawano, Tatsuya Fujimoto, Kazunori Katayama, Tomomi Nagao
  • Patent number: 9985213
    Abstract: A compound is represented by a formula (1) below. In the formula (1), n is 1 or 2. Ar1 is represented by a formula (2) below. Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group having 1 to 20 ring atoms. Ar3 is represented by a formula (3) below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Ito, Tomohiro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20170324039
    Abstract: A compound is represented by a formula (1) below. In the formula (1), n is 1 or 2. Ar1 is represented by a formula (2) below. Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group having 1 to 20 ring atoms. Ar3 is represented by a formula (3) below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu ITO, Tomohiro NAGAO
  • Patent number: 9748494
    Abstract: A compound is represented by a formula (1) below. In the formula (1), n is 1 or 2. Ar1 is represented by a formula (2) below. Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group having 1 to 20 ring atoms. Ar3 is represented by a formula (3) below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Ito, Tomohiro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20160372664
    Abstract: A compound is represented by a formula (1) below. In the formula (1), n is 1 or 2. Ar1 is represented by a formula (2) below. Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group having 1 to 20 ring atoms. Ara is represented by a formula (3) below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu ITO, Tomohiro NAGAO
  • Patent number: 9491443
    Abstract: An image display method and an image display apparatus to solve the three-dimensional cueing confliction problem of the maximum intensity projection in the stereoscopic display method, while enabling users to select and render with emphasis the maximum intensity projection of the objects of interest, so that to realize the stereoscopic display. A three-dimensional surface which has equal distance to a sight-point is utilized as a reference surface, and the distances from all of the local maximum intensity points to this reference surface are calculated, then a weighting factor of each local maximum intensity point is calculated according to the distances and predetermined weighting function. After, the values of local maximum intensity points are adjusted according to the obtained weighting factors, and finally, the maximum intensity projection value is produced by synthesizing all of the adjusted values of the local maximum intensity points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Oikawa, Hanae Yoshida, Tomohiro Nagao, Jiangtao Gao, Yingjie Han, Xingdong Sheng
  • Patent number: 8774483
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that automatically recognizes a plurality of organs to subsequently visualize the automatic recognition results in an easy-to-understand manner, and facilitate a modification of the displayed recognition results. The image processing apparatus (23) uses an image processing algorithm to perform an image processing of medical image volume data. The image processing apparatus (23) comprises an organ recognition algorithm executing unit (11) that applies an organ recognition algorithm to medical image volume data to generate and output, as an organ recognition result, structural information on the plurality of organs, and a recognition result displaying unit (32) that displays the organ recognition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Hanae Yoshida, Michio Oikawa, Tomohiro Nagao, Hiroki Taniguchi, Takashi Shirahata
  • Patent number: 8768436
    Abstract: By a CPU (101) of a device (100) for processing medical image, a coronary artery region and a cardiac muscle region that are to be analyzed are extracted from angiographic images of the coronary artery obtained from X-ray CT images or the like. Next, degrees of isolation (blood vessel dependences), which indicate the effects of the coronary artery on the individual sites of the myocardium, are calculated. The calculated degrees of isolation are referred to as pixel values and displayed while superimposed on a bull's eye map of the cardiac muscle, a three-dimensional image of the heart or the like. As a result, the effect of infarction or constriction on the cardiac muscle region can be visually recognized merely by using the angiographic image data of the coronary artery without conducting a delay angiographic imaging examination or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20140176685
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image display method and an image display apparatus, which solve the three-dimensional cueing confliction problem of the maximum intensity projection in the stereoscopic display method, while enabling users to select and render with emphasis the maximum intensity projection of the objects of interest, so that to realize the stereoscopic display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Oikawa, Hanae Yoshida, Tomohiro Nagao, Jiangtao Gao, Yingjie Han, Xingdong Sheng
  • Patent number: 8693759
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device capable of effectively displaying the details of a plurality of different branches included in a structure that is divided into a plurality of branches. An image processing device 100 reads the entire image of a coronary artery region, extracts a coronary artery region A from the read image data, displays the coronary artery region A, calculates cores 41, 42, and 43 of three coronary arteries A1, A2, and A3, and calculates the lengths of blood vessels. In addition, when an operator uses a GUI 33 that is displayed in parallel to the entire image of the coronary artery region A to designate an arbitrary scale position on the GUI 33, a CPU 101 calculates positions on the blood vessels A1, A2, and A3 corresponding to the designated scale position. The CPU 101 displays vertical tomographic images 321, 322, and 323 at the calculated corresponding positions in a detailed image display region 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Inoue, Tomohiro Nagao
  • Patent number: 8503746
    Abstract: A medical image processing device etc. which supports work for precisely identifying the area of a diagnosis object from a medical image scanned by a medical imaging apparatus is provided. A CPU (11) of the medical image processing device (1) inputs image data and stores the same in a main memory (12) (S101). Next, the CPU (11) subjects the inputted image data to threshold processing (S102). Next, the CPU (11) stores, in the main memory (12), data obtained by separating the area of the high signal values of the binarized image data into a bone region and an angiographically scanned region (S103). Next, the CPU (11) identifies the contact area of the bone region and the angiographically scanned region from the data stored in the main memory (12) (S104). Next, the CPU (11) emphasizes the contact area stored in the main memory (12) at the S104 and displays the contact area on a display device (15) (S105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20120308109
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that automatically recognizes a plurality of organs to subsequently visualize the automatic recognition results in an easy-to-understand manner, and facilitate a modification of the displayed recognition results. The image processing apparatus (23) uses an image processing algorithm to perform an image processing of medical image volume data. The image processing apparatus (23) comprises an organ recognition algorithm executing unit (11) that applies an organ recognition algorithm to medical image volume data to generate and output, as an organ recognition result, structural information on the plurality of organs, and a recognition result displaying unit (32) that displays the organ recognition result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hanae Yoshida, Michio Oikawa, Tomohiro Nagao, Hiroki Taniguchi, Takashi Shirahata
  • Publication number: 20110306868
    Abstract: By a CPU (101) of a device (100) for processing medical image, a coronary artery region and a cardiac muscle region that are to be analyzed are extracted from angiographic images of the coronary artery obtained from X-ray CT images or the like. Next, degrees of isolation (blood vessel dependences), which indicate the effects of the coronary artery on the individual sites of the myocardium, are calculated. The thus calculated degrees of isolation are referred to as pixel values and displayed while superimposed on a bull's eye map of the cardiac muscle, a three-dimensional image of the heart or the like. As a result, the effect of infarction or constriction on the cardiac muscle region can be visually recognized merely by using the angiographic image data of the coronary artery without conducting a delay angiographic imaging examination or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20110254845
    Abstract: The present invention proposes an image processing method and an image processing apparatus, in which an object of interest is selected in a three-dimensional scene by using information on a section parallel to a sight line, and a surface is generated to divide the line of sight passing through the object into two parts, so as to display the user-interested object through an opaque area by establishing different rendering parameters for the two parts of the sight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio OIKAWA, Hanae YOSHIDA, Tomohiro NAGAO, Jiangtao GAO, Qizhong LIN, Yingjie HAN
  • Publication number: 20110221756
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device capable of effectively displaying the details of a plurality of different branches included in a structure that is divided into a plurality of branches. An image processing device 100 reads the entire image of a coronary artery region, extracts a coronary artery region A from the read image data, displays the coronary artery region A, calculates cores 41, 42, and 43 of three coronary arteries A1, A2, and A3, and calculates the lengths of blood vessels. In addition, when an operator uses a GUI 33 that is displayed in parallel to the entire image of the coronary artery region A to designate an arbitrary scale position on the GUI 33, a CPU 101 calculates positions on the blood vessels A1, A2, and A3 corresponding to the designated scale position. The CPU 101 displays vertical tomographic images 321, 322, and 323 at the calculated corresponding positions in a detailed image display region 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Inoue, Tomohiro Nagao
  • Patent number: 7921677
    Abstract: A vehicular upholstery fabric is made from a raw tricot fabric which is knitted by using a PPT-multifilament yarn whose single fiber fineness is about 0.5˜6.0 dtex and whose total fineness is about 30˜180 dtex for the ground yarn and the pile yarn. The raw tricot fabric has been transformed into a napped tricot pile fabric by raising the sinker loop of the pile yarn of the raw tricot fabric to form fluffs which are then sheared to form cut piles. A PPT-bulky multifilament yarn is used for the ground yarn. A PPT-non-bulky texturized multifilament yarn or a PPT-bulky texturized multifilament yarn is used for the pile yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., TB Kawashima Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Susa, Hidehito Fukumoto, Kazuki Kitagawa, Tomohiro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20110069874
    Abstract: A medical image processing device etc. which supports work for precisely identifying the area of a diagnosis object from a medical image scanned by a medical imaging apparatus is provided. A CPU (11) of the medical image processing device (1) inputs image data and stores the same in a main memory (12) (S101). Next, the CPU (11) subjects the inputted image data to threshold processing (S102). Next, the CPU (11) stores, in the main memory (12), data obtained by separating the area of the high signal values of the binarized image data into a bone region and an angiographically scanned region (S103). Next, the CPU (11) identifies the contact area of the bone region and the angiographically scanned region from the data stored in the main memory (12) (S104). Next, the CPU (11) emphasizes the contact area stored in the main memory (12) at the S104 and displays the contact area on a display device (15) (S105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20100037658
    Abstract: A vehicular upholstery fabric is made from a raw tricot fabric which is knitted by using a PPT-multifilament yarn whose single fiber fineness is about 0.5˜6.0 dtex and whose total fineness is about 30˜180 dtex for the ground yarn and the pile yarn. The raw tricot fabric has been transformed into a napped tricot pile fabric by raising the sinker loop of the pile yarn of the raw tricot fabric to form fluffs which are then sheared to form cut piles. A PPT-bulky multifilament yarn is used for the ground yarn. A PPT-non-bulky texturized multifilament yarn or a PPT-bulky texturized multifilament yarn is used for the pile yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Susa, Hidehito Fukumoto, Kazuki Kitagawa, Tomohiro Nagao
  • Patent number: 6411298
    Abstract: A viewpoint is set on an intersection of two arbitrary multi-planer reconstruction (MPR) images, a line of sight is displayed on a plane including either one of the two MPR images, and the geometric positional relationship of the two MPR images, the intersection thereof, the viewpoint and the line of sight is designated with a position input device such as a mouse to thereby enable the geometric positional relationship to be rearranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Goto, Hisako Nakamura, Makie Saito, Tomohiro Nagao