Patents Assigned to Systems Corporation
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Publication number: 20240120842Abstract: A drive equipment includes a transformer, a power converter, and a control system. The transformer is configured with a primary winding and a secondary winding, and a winding of an electric motor is connected to the secondary winding. The power converter causes a current to flow through the primary winding of the transformer. The control system performs constant current control on the power converter during a period of a first stage after startup of the electric motor is instructed, to reduce a variation in a current flowing through the primary winding of the transformer, and controls the power converter through variable voltage variable frequency control of the electric motor in a second stage after the first stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Mostafa MAMUN, Akihiko KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20240120769Abstract: In the present uninterruptible power supply apparatus, in a switching period in which a bypass power feed mode is switched to an inverter power feed mode, a semiconductor switch is turned on, a first electromagnetic contactor is turned off, a second electromagnetic contactor is turned on and, in this state, an inverter is activated to start a lap power feed mode, and the semiconductor switch is turned off to end the lap power feed mode. Accordingly, the lap power feed mode can be completed in a short time to reduce an increase of a terminal-to-terminal voltage of a capacitor and thereby prevent the terminal-to-terminal voltage of the capacitor from exceeding an upper limit voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Masamichi KANO, Hidenobu TAJIMA, Yousuke HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240120889Abstract: A high-frequency amplifier apparatus according to an embodiment amplifies high-frequency signals; and includes a balun, amplification circuitry, and matching circuitry. The balun transforms unbalanced signals, which are input, into balanced signals. The amplification circuitry amplifies the balanced signals output from the balun. The matching circuitry is disposed in between the balun and the amplification circuitry, and performs impedance matching. The balun includes an auxiliary winding that is connected to a port of the balun.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hirofumi YAMAKI, Mitsuyuki MURAKAMI, Kosuke HAYASHI, Aoi SAKAMITSU
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Publication number: 20240115236Abstract: In one embodiment, a contact-surface determination apparatus includes processing circuitry. This processing circuitry acquires an image depicting a contact surface of a ultrasonic probe, and determines a state of the contact surface of the ultrasonic probe on the basis of the acquired image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Fumio MOCHIZUKI, Minori OHASHI, Ayako SUZUKI, Koichiro KURITA
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Patent number: 11950893Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for vascular imaging and determining dynamic vascular parameters of blood flow. According to an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method of determining dynamic vascular parameters of blood flow, comprising acquiring two-dimensional projection images of a vascular region of interest at a predetermined frequency, the vascular region of interest being downstream of a site of vascular administration of a radio-opaque medium, identifying, within the acquired two-dimensional projection images, heterogeneities of the radio-opaque medium, and determining the dynamic vascular parameters of the blood flow based on spatial movements of the identified heterogeneities of the radio-opaque medium. In an embodiment, the predetermined frequency is greater than 100 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Stephen Rudin, Eugene A. Mensah, Andrew Kuhls-Gilcrist
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Patent number: 11953530Abstract: A system frequency detector includes an orthogonal coordinate signal generator generating an orthogonal two-phase voltage signal from a three-phase voltage signal of three-phase alternating current power of a power system by converting the three-phase voltage signal into a two-phase voltage signal orthogonal to the three-phase voltage signal, converting the two-phase voltage signal into a voltage signal of a rotating coordinate system, calculating a moving average of the voltage signal of the rotating coordinate system, and performing an inverse transformation of the voltage signal of the rotating coordinate system after calculating the moving average; and a frequency calculator including an angular frequency calculator calculating an angular frequency of the power system based on the two-phase voltage signal, and an arithmetic unit calculating a system frequency of the power system from the angular frequency, the frequency calculator further including a low-pass filter provided in series with the arithmeticType: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuaki Mitsugi, Takashi Shigemasa
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Patent number: 11950938Abstract: An organizer is provided for holding surgical forceps in a ready position. Each surgical forceps includes a pair of shanks with distal tips, proximal ring handles, and a ratchet mechanism adjacent the ring handles. The organizer has a base, and a wedge-shaped core projecting upwards along a vertical axis from the base. The core has a profile adapted to fit within a respective opening of each respective forceps bounded by the shanks and the ratchet mechanism when the ratchet mechanisms are engaged. A plurality of wings project radially from the core to define a plurality of substantially U-shaped channels between adjacent wings. The channels are configured to nest the shanks of the forceps so that the respective forceps are locked in the grooves by their respective ratchet mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Terumo Cardiovascular Systems CorporationInventor: Kevin R. Line
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Patent number: 11953389Abstract: An optical sensing system including an optical interrogator is operative with an array of reflective sensors, each sensor providing a separable reflected spectral response parameter such as a unique Gaussian standard deviation or reflected response compared to other sensors in the same operating wavelength range. The optical interrogator provides narrowband swept or broadband continuous optical power source to the array of FBG sensors, and an optical interrogator generates a g(x) representation of power vs wavelength of the reflected optical power and decomposes the representation into the wavelength of the individual sensors, thereby allowing operation of two or more FBG sensors in the same operating wavelength range.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems CorporationInventors: Behzad Moslehi, Mehrdad Moslehi
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Patent number: 11955226Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor, and a memory storing a program. The program, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to: acquire a medical image obtained by imaging a subject, acquire an inspection result of the medical image, perform inference on the medical image; and control outputting of an inference result of the medical image inference to an external device based on the inspection result of the medical image.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Kohtaro Umezawa
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Patent number: 11954598Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method for data analysis for use in data classification via training of a recurrent neural network to identify features from limited reference sets. Based on a one-shot learning algorithm, the method includes selecting a subset of reference data and training a classifier with the selected data. This small subset of reference data can be iteratively tuned to enhance classification of the data according to the desired output of the method. The apparatus may be configured to allow a user to interactively select a subset of reference data which is used to train the classifier and to evaluate classifier performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Aneta Lisowska, Vismantas Dilys
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Patent number: 11954785Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus for rendering medical images includes a first GPU and a second GPU, each configured to read from and write to a data structure stored in virtual memory. The data structure is configured to be read by both the first GPU and the second GPU and the data structure is configured such that the first GPU can write to a first sub-space of the data structure and the second GPU can write to a second sub-space of the data structure. The first sub-space and the second sub-space are independent. The first GPU is configured to write data relating to pre-processing for rendering to the first sub-space and the second GPU is configured to read the written data and to render at least one image based on the written data.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Magnus Fredrik Wahrenberg, Steven Reynolds
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Patent number: 11954850Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and a display. On the basis of one of the type of at least one abnormality detection algorithm to which a medical image related to an examined subject is to be input and information relevant to an abnormality detected by inputting the medical image to the abnormality detection algorithm, the processing circuitry judges whether or not urgency is present in a disorder related to the abnormality. When it is determined that the urgency is present, the display displays, in an examination list of examination orders, assessment information related to assessing the abnormality and urgency information indicating the urgency so as to be positioned adjacent to any of the examination orders related to the abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Terai, Hiroki Saito, Kenichi Usui, Yosuke Okubo, Hirobumi Nonaka
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Patent number: 11951582Abstract: A core support system includes a support structure. The support structure includes a frame and a support member having a saturatable engagement layer disposed over the frame. A method of machining a core material incudes applying a fluid to an engagement layer of a support structure and saturating the engagement layer with the fluid, disposing a core material on the engagement layer, causing the fluid to freeze to secure to the core material to the support structure, machining the core material, melting the frozen fluid to release the core material from the support structure, and removing the core material from the engagement layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: David R. Machac, Joel L. Robison, Mary A. White
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Publication number: 20240112349Abstract: A data generation apparatus according to one embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives a relative value of molecules in a first region as input data. The processing circuitry applies, to the input data, a function having predetermined coefficients to be learned. The processing circuitry computes a relative value of the molecules in a second region to be output data from the function. The processing circuitry outputs the output data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuki MARUYAMA, Hidenori TAKESHIMA
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Publication number: 20240108314Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry sets a scan order such that among multiple ensemble groups each including multiple ultrasonic transmission-reception operations performed on a same scan line in each of partial scan regions of a scan region, a distance between temporally adjacent ultrasonic transmission-reception operations of different ensemble groups is not less than a first threshold, and a time difference between ultrasonic transmission-reception operations of the different ensemble groups with respect to spatially adjacent scan lines is not less than a second threshold. The processing circuitry causes ultrasonic waves to be transmitted and received according to the scan order.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Akio GODA
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Publication number: 20240111488Abstract: A data processing apparatus comprises: a memory configured to store a trained model; and processing circuitry configured to: receive at least one dataset that comprises d variables and n samples; determine variances associated with the variables by processing the dataset using the model; determine an order of the variables based on the determined variances, including iteratively removing at least one node or variable represented by said at least one node thereby to determine the order.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicants: The University Court of the University of Edinburgh, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Pedro SANCHEZ, Sotirios TSAFTARIS, Xiao LIU, Alison O’NEIL
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Patent number: 11950510Abstract: A superconductor junction includes a normal metal layer having a first side and a second side, an insulating layer overlying the second side of the normal metal layer, and a first superconductor layer formed of a first superconductor material that overlies a side of the insulating layer opposite the side that overlies the normal metal layer. The superconductor junction further includes a second superconductor layer formed of a second superconductor material with a first side overlying a side of the first superconductor material opposite the side that overlies the insulating layer. The second superconductor material has a higher diffusion coefficient than the first superconductor material and/or the second superconductor material has a lower recombination coefficient than the first superconductor metal layer. A normal metal layer quasiparticle trap is coupled to a second side of the second superconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Aaron Ashley Hathaway, Edward R. Engbrecht, John X. Przybysz, Robert Miles Young
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Patent number: 11949322Abstract: A power conversion device includes a first control device to an m-th control device that are capable of communicating with each other. A k-th control device transmits specific information to control devices other than the k-th control device among the first control device to the m-th control device. The specific information includes voltage values of a plurality of unit converters included in a k-th cell set in each of a first arm to a third arm. From each control device other than the k-th control device among the first control device to the m-th control device, the k-th control device receives specific information including the voltage values of the plurality of unit converters. The k-th control device calculates a phase representative value of the voltage values of the plurality of unit converters included in each of the first arm to the third arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Kondo, Ryota Okuyama, Takashi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11944479Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gantry and a processor. The gantry includes an imaging system configured to perform an imaging process on a subject by using one of radiation and magnetism. The processor is configured to generate a second image by combining a first image acquired by imaging the subject while using an optical imaging device different from the imaging system, with a plane related to an imaging position in the imaging process using the imaging system.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuhide Ono
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Patent number: 11944484Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting CT detector forward model for material decomposition. Various slabs of predetermined material and path lengths are placed in the photon counting CT detector and scanned using one or more stationary X-rays to obtain calibration data and parametrize the forward model.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu