Patents by Inventor Aika AITO

Aika AITO 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: 20210227133
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with an imaging unit (10) that has an imaging head (11) to be inserted into the digestive tract (112) and images a living body by applying a laser to the digestive tract (112) via the imaging head (11); a control unit (50) for controlling the imaging head (11) to move inside the digestive tract (112); and an image processing unit (70) for processing an image captured by the imaging unit (10). The imaging unit (10) captures a plurality of imaging regions (P) to be imaged along with the movement of the imaging head (11) such that a portion of adjacent imaging regions (P1, P2) overlap, and the image processing unit (70) overlaps regions (Pa) in which the plurality of imaging regions (P1, P2) are overlapped to generate a composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Mie University
    Inventors: Akira MIZOGUCHI, Kiji TANAKA, Yuji TOIYAMA, Kyosuke TANAKA, Shujie WANG, Aika AITO, Kousyoku SAI, Kazushi KIMURA