Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Hirano

Yoshinori Hirano 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: 20240148344
    Abstract: An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus includes an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays; a detector configured to detect X-rays radiated by the X-ray tube and passed through a subject; a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct imaging data output by the detector and generate CT image data and material decomposition image data; a first inference unit configured to perform inference on the material decomposition image data; a second inference unit configured to perform inference on the CT image data; a third inference unit configured to perform inference on composite image data; a selection unit configured to, in a case where an inference result of the first inference unit is different from an inference result of the second inference unit, select an inference result of the third inference unit; and a display control unit configured to cause the selected inference result to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: YOSHINORI HIRANO, RYUTA UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240133636
    Abstract: A thermal device according to the present disclosure includes a ceramic container, a fluid, and a sealing portion. The container includes an internal space, an opening portion connected to the internal space, and a communication path configured to connect the internal space and the opening portion. The fluid is located in the internal space. The sealing portion blocks the opening portion. The sealing portion includes a core portion and a flange connected to the core portion. The flange is bonded to the container around the opening portion. The core portion is located inside the opening portion. A portion of the core portion is in contact with the wall surface of the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Naoya FUJITA, Yoshinori HIRANO, Yuichi ABE, Yutaka NABESHIMA
  • Patent number: 11964871
    Abstract: To provide a novel immobilized product in which a carbon material and/or a silicon material is/are immobilized on a base material surface by a chemical bond via a linking group, and a method for producing the same. The immobilized product is an immobilized product in which a carbon material is immobilizing on a surface of a base material, wherein the carbon material is chemically bonded on the surface of the base material via a linking group, and the linking group is at least one selected from the group consisting of a —NH group, a —NH—R1—NH group, a —SO group, a R2 group, a —O—R3—O group, and a R4 group (in which the R1 to R4 each independently represent at least one selected from the group consisting of a chain alkyl group, a cyclic alkyl group, a chain alkenyl group, a cyclic alkenyl group, a chain alkynyl group, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ishimaru, Yoshinori Sato, Hironori Matsushita, Kazutaka Hirano, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Publication number: 20240112336
    Abstract: An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus includes an X-ray tube configured to radiate X-rays; a detector configured to detect X-rays radiated by the X-ray tube and passed through a subject; a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct imaging data output by the detector and generate CT image data and material decomposition image data; a first inference unit configured to perform inference on the material decomposition image data; a second inference unit configured to perform inference on the CT image data; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display at least one of an inference result of the first inference unit and an inference result of the second inference unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: YOSHINORI HIRANO, RYUTA UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240067339
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire weather information including a wind speed on a scheduled spraying date and time at which an unmanned aircraft is to spray an agricultural chemical on a field, determine a flight altitude of the unmanned aircraft according to the wind speed, and generate a plan for spraying of the agricultural chemical by the unmanned aircraft, the plan for spraying including the determined flight altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Fuhito KODAMA, Yuki UCHIDA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Yoshinori OKADA, Satoshi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20240071237
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to predict a scattering range of a chemical to be sprayed onto a field by a first unmanned aircraft and control, in a case in which it is determined that the chemical will scatter near the field based on the scattering range, a three-dimensional position or a travel route of a second unmanned aircraft so that downwash of the second unmanned aircraft prevents scattering of the chemical near the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ryotaro FUJIWARA, Hirotada NAKANISHI, Fuhito KODAMA, Yuki UCHIDA, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Yoshinori OKADA, Satoshi HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11914918
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus comprises an obtaining unit that obtains medical information, a learning unit that performs learning on a function of the medical information processing apparatus using the medical information, an evaluation data holding unit that holds evaluation data in which a correct answer to be obtained by executing the function is known, the evaluation data being for evaluating a learning result of the learning unit, an evaluating unit that evaluates a learning result obtained through learning, based on the evaluation data, and an accepting unit that accepts an instruction to apply a learning result of the learning unit to the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihito Machida, Yoshinori Hirano, Hideaki Miyamoto, Daisuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 11723628
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasonic image data, an inference unit configured to infer a body mark corresponding to the ultrasonic image data acquired by the acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to display the body mark inferred by the inference unit together with the ultrasonic image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka, Ryuta Ueda, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Publication number: 20230176479
    Abstract: Provided is a negative resist film laminate comprising a thermoplastic film, which is a first support body, and a negative resist film, wherein the negative resist film contains (A) an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxy group, (B) a plasticizer containing polyester, (C) a photoacid generator, (D) an epoxy compound containing on average four or more epoxy groups per molecule, and (E) a benzotriazole compound and/or an imidazole compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hirano, Satoshi Asai
  • Publication number: 20230033263
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information terminal configured to acquire medical image data from a medical image capturing apparatus, a plurality of information processing apparatuses each including an inference unit configured to make an inference about the medical image data by using a learned model, and a selection unit configured to select at least one information processing apparatus from the plurality of information processing apparatuses. The information terminal transmits the medical image data to the information processing apparatus selected by the selection unit, and the information processing apparatus selected by the selection unit makes an inference about the transmitted medical image data and transmits an inference result to the information terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hirano, Ryuta Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220382157
    Abstract: Provided is a photosensitive resin composition which comprises (A) a polymer comprising repeating units represented by formula (A1) and at least one kind of repeating units selected from among repeating units represented by formula (A2) and repeating units represented by formula (A3), (B) an epoxy compound containing four or more epoxy groups on average in the molecule, (C) a photoacid generator, (D) a benzotriazole compound and/or an imidazole compound, and (E) an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hirano, Satoshi Asai, Takahiro Goi
  • Patent number: 11460774
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising a polymer containing a silphenylene skeleton and a fluorene skeleton and having a crosslinkable site in the molecule, a phenol compound having a Mw of 300-10,000, a photoacid generator, and a benzotriazole or imidazole compound has improved film properties. Even from a thick film, a fine size pattern can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hirano, Michihiro Sugo, Satoshi Asai, Takahiro Goi
  • Publication number: 20220079553
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate ultrasound image data on a subject, an inference unit configured to infer at least one measurement condition candidate for the ultrasound image data on the subject using a trained model trained with measurement conditions set for ultrasound image data as supervised data, a measurement condition setting unit configured to set a measurement condition for the ultrasound image data on the subject using the at least one inferred measurement condition candidate, and a measurement unit configured to make a measurement on the ultrasound image data on the subject based on the set measurement condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Patent number: 11256174
    Abstract: A pattern is formed by (i) applying a chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising (A) a base resin, (B) a photoacid generator, (C) an organic solvent, and (D) a polyvinyl alcohol or polyvinyl alkyl ether onto a substrate to form a resist film thereon, (ii) exposing the resist film to radiation, and (iii) dry etching the resist film with an oxygen-containing gas for development. Using the chemically amplified positive resist composition, a positive pattern is formed via dry development without a need for silylation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hirano, Hideyoshi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20220020626
    Abstract: A semiconductive ceramic member according to the present disclosure contains a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains, and a plurality of titanium oxide crystal grains. The total content of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide is 99% by mass or more per 100% by mass of all constituents. The content of the aluminum oxide is 86% by mass or more and 96% by mass or less and the content of the titanium oxide is 4% by mass or more and 14% by mass or less per 100% by mass of the aluminum oxide and the titanium oxide in total. A peak of TiOx (0<x<2) is present within a binding energy range of 456 eV to 462 eV (both inclusive) in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement. The semiconductive ceramic member further contains silicon, and the content of the silicon in terms of its oxide in a first region is larger than the content of the silicon in terms of its oxide in a grain boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuharu TATEYAMA, Yoshinori HIRANO, Naoya FUJITA, Senri TSUJITAKE, Shoji KOHSAKA
  • Publication number: 20220005589
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an inference model information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about each inference model comprising a plurality of inference models, a supplementary information acquisition unit configured to acquire supplementary information supplement to medical image data that is an inference target acquired by imaging a test subject, and an inference model selection unit configured to select an inference model to be applied to the medical image data from the plurality of inference models based on the information about each of the inference models and the supplementary information, wherein the medical image data is an inference target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shuhei Toba, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210303917
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasonic image data, an inference unit configured to infer a body mark corresponding to the ultrasonic image data acquired by the acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to display the body mark inferred by the inference unit together with the ultrasonic image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Naoya Iizuka, Ryuta Ueda, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210161510
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a medical imaging apparatus, a training device, an ultrasonic image display method, and a storage medium storing a program that can quickly set a region of interest on an ultrasonic image are provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic image generation unit configured to generate an ultrasonic image of a subject, an inference unit configured to set, by using a trained model trained with a region of interest set on the ultrasonic image as teaching data, a region of interest on a new generated ultrasonic image, and a display unit configured to display the region of interest set by the inference unit along with the new generated ultrasonic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Shoya Sasaki, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210158105
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus comprises an obtaining unit that obtains medical information, a learning unit that performs learning on a function of the medical information processing apparatus using the medical information, an evaluation data holding unit that holds evaluation data in which a correct answer to be obtained by executing the function is known, the evaluation data being for evaluating a learning result of the learning unit, an evaluating unit that evaluates a learning result obtained through learning, based on the evaluation data, and an accepting unit that accepts an instruction to apply a learning result of the learning unit to the function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihito Machida, Yoshinori Hirano, Hideaki Miyamoto, Daisuke Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210158218
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit that obtains medical information; a learning unit that performs machine learning on a function of the medical information processing apparatus using the medical information; an evaluation data holding unit that holds evaluation data for evaluating a learning result of the learning unit; and an evaluating unit that evaluates a learning result obtained through machine learning, based on the evaluation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihito Machida, Yoshinori Hirano, Hideaki Miyamoto, Daisuke Yamada, Akiya Nakayama