Patents by Inventor Yasuo Yonekura

Yasuo Yonekura 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: 9417253
    Abstract: A specimen processing system comprising: a specimen measuring section for measuring specimens accommodated in specimen containers; a transport section for transporting specimen containers to the specimen measuring section; a specimen container collect section for collecting specimen containers; an obtainer for obtaining shape information on specimen containers or state information on specimens accommodated in specimen containers; a supply judger configured for determining whether specimen containers are to be supplied to the specimen measuring section on the basis of the result obtained by the obtainer; and a delivery section for delivering specimen containers, which are determined to be supplied to the specimen measuring section by the supply judger, toward the transport section, and delivering specimen containers, which are determined not to be supplied to the specimen measuring section by the supply judger, toward the specimen container collect section, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yonekura, Yuichiro Ohmae, Tokihiro Kosaka, Takaaki Nagai
  • Patent number: 7826978
    Abstract: A blood image analyzer is disclosed that comprising: an image capturing unit for capturing a blood image of a sample; an analyzing part for analyzing the sample based on the blood image; an identification information reader for reading, from the sample, identification information assigned to the sample; a transportation part for transporting the sample to the identification information reader and the image capturing unit; a first detector for detecting the sample at a first detection position on a pathway of the sample transported by the transportation part; a display; and a controller for controlling the display, so as to display, based on a detection result by the first detector, a screen including a first identification information display region, wherein the first identification information display region displays identification information of the sample being at the first detection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Tohma, Yasuo Yonekura, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100111767
    Abstract: A specimen processing system comprising: a specimen measuring section for measuring specimens accommodated in specimen containers; a transport section for transporting specimen containers to the specimen measuring section; a specimen container collect section for collecting specimen containers; an obtainer for obtaining shape information on specimen containers or state information on specimens accommodated in specimen containers; a supply judger configured for determining whether specimen containers are to be supplied to the specimen measuring section on the basis of the result obtained by the obtainer; and a delivery section for delivering specimen containers, which are determined to be supplied to the specimen measuring section by the supply judger, toward the transport section, and delivering specimen containers, which are determined not to be supplied to the specimen measuring section by the supply judger, toward the specimen container collect section, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuo Yonekura, Yuichiro Ohmae, Tokihiro Kosaka, Takaaki Nagai
  • Publication number: 20080201082
    Abstract: A blood image analyzer is disclosed that comprising: an image capturing unit for capturing a blood image of a sample; an analyzing part for analyzing the sample based on the blood image; an identification information reader for reading, from the sample, identification information assigned to the sample; a transportation part for transporting the sample to the identification information reader and the image capturing unit; a first detector for detecting the sample at a first detection position on a pathway of the sample transported by the transportation part; a display; and a controller for controlling the display, so as to display, based on a detection result by the first detector, a screen including a first identification information display region, wherein the first identification information display region displays identification information of the sample being at the first detection position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Ryuichi Tohma, Yasuo Yonekura, Hiroyuki Tanaka