Patents by Inventor Yasuhito Oonishi

Yasuhito Oonishi 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).

  • Embryo quality evaluation assistance system, embryo quality evaluation assistance apparatus and embryo quality evaluation assistance method
    Patent number: 8515143
    Abstract: An embryo quality evaluation assistance system including an image pickup unit for picking up an image of the embryo, and a computer that communicates data with the embryo observing apparatus to assist quality evaluation of the embryo. The computer includes a time-series image storing unit that stores a time-series image picked up by the embryo observing apparatus, an embryo image extracting unit that extracts an embryo image from the time-series image, and an active site extracting unit that compares an embryo image based on a first time-series image with an embryo image based on a second time-series image picked up before or after a predetermined time from a pickup time of the first time-series image, and extracts as an active site a set of pixels when the difference between pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first and second time-series images is larger than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., National Livestock Breeding Center
    Inventors: Yasuhito Oonishi, Sho Sanami, Kei Imai
  • Embryo quality evaluation assistance system, embryo quality evaluation assistance apparatus and embryo quality evaluation assistance method
    Publication number: 20100195877
    Abstract: An embryo quality evaluation assistance system including an image pickup unit for picking up an image of the embryo, and a computer that communicates data with the embryo observing apparatus to assist quality evaluation of the embryo. The computer includes a time-series image storing unit that stores a time-series image picked up by the embryo observing apparatus, an embryo image extracting unit that extracts an embryo image from the time-series image, and an active site extracting unit that compares an embryo image based on a first time-series image with an embryo image based on a second time-series image picked up before or after a predetermined time from a pickup time of the first time-series image, and extracts as an active site a set of pixels when the difference between pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first and second time-series images is larger than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicants: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD., NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER
    Inventors: Yasuhito Oonishi, Sho Sanami, Kei Imai