Patents by Inventor Aki Mizukami

Aki Mizukami 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: 11962747
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: a first captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a first left-eye image and a first right-eye image; a second captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a second left-eye image and a second right-eye image; a superimposed image generation unit configured to superimpose corresponding pixels of the first left-eye image and the second left-eye image on each other to generate a left-eye fluorescence superimposed image and superimpose corresponding pixels of the first right-eye image and the second right-eye image on each other to generate a right-eye fluorescence superimposed image; and a display controller configured to generate a display image from the first left-eye and right-eye images, the second left-eye and right-eye images, the left-eye and the right-eye fluorescence superimposed images, wherein the display image includes a stereoscopically observable three-dimensional fluorescence superimposed image generated from the left-eye and the ri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Aki Mizukami, Kiminori Sugisaki
  • Patent number: 11857150
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus relays communication of control signals between a controller and a plurality of processing modules, and includes: a communication device configured to perform communication of the control signals with the plurality of processing modules; a plurality of first storages provided respectively to correspond to the plurality of processing modules, the plurality of first storages being configured to store the control signals written by the controller; a second storage configured to store: address information indicating each communication address assigned to each of the plurality of processing modules; and correspondence information indicating correspondence relationships between the plurality of first storages and a plurality of module-side storages respectively included in the plurality of processing modules; and a synchronization processor configured to synchronize the plurality of first storages with the plurality of corresponding module-side storages via the communication device bas
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Takenouchi, Aki Mizukami, Masashige Kimura, Satoshi Taira, Keisuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230421915
    Abstract: A medical processing device includes: an internal module configured to process a captured image obtained by imaging a subject and generates a display image; and a processor configured to control an operation of the internal module. The internal module is configured to perform, after an abnormality occurs in the processor, processing corresponding to a display mode designated by the processor before the abnormality occurs in the processor on the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKENOUCHI, Aki MIZUKAMI, Keisuke TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220287551
    Abstract: A memory controller 931, in a first observation mode, writes a first captured image into a first memory area of a memory 92, reads first to fourth divided images obtained by dividing the first captured image from first to fourth divided areas of the first memory area, respectively, and outputs the first to fourth divided images to image processing units 932 to 935, respectively, and in a second observation mode, writes the first and second captured images into second and third memory areas, respectively, each having the same memory capacity as that of each of the divided areas in the memory 92, respectively, reads the first and second captured images from the second and third memory areas, respectively, and outputs the first and second captured images to two image processing units 932 and 933, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Aki MIZUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220000340
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a first internal module 61 that executes hardware processing, and second internal modules that execute software processing. The first internal module outputs an image signal, division position information indicating division positions, at which a frame of the image signal is divided by a predetermined amount of data, and a timing signal, to the second internal modules, and generates, based on the image signal that has been subjected to the software processing and input from the second internal modules, a video signal for display. Based on the timing signal and the division position information, the second internal modules sequentially execute image processing by the software processing on the image signal per the predetermined amount of data, and sequentially output the image signal per the predetermined amount of data that has been subjected to the image processing, to the first internal module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Aki MIZUKAMI
  • Patent number: 11141043
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a first internal module 61 that executes hardware processing, and second internal modules that execute software processing. The first internal module outputs an image signal, division position information indicating division positions, at which a frame of the image signal is divided by a predetermined amount of data, and a timing signal, to the second internal modules, and generates, based on the image signal that has been subjected to the software processing and input from the second internal modules, a video signal for display. Based on the timing signal and the division position information, the second internal modules sequentially execute image processing by the software processing on the image signal per the predetermined amount of data, and sequentially output the image signal per the predetermined amount of data that has been subjected to the image processing, to the first internal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Aki Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20210295502
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: a first captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a first left-eye image and a first right-eye image; a second captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a second left-eye image and a second right-eye image; a superimposed image generation unit configured to superimpose corresponding pixels of the first left-eye image and the second left-eye image on each other to generate a left-eye fluorescence superimposed image and superimpose corresponding pixels of the first right-eye image and the second right-eye image on each other to generate a right-eye fluorescence superimposed image; and a display controller configured to generate a display image from the first left-eye and right-eye images, the second left-eye and right-eye images, the left-eye and the right-eye fluorescence superimposed images, wherein the display image includes a stereoscopically observable three-dimensional fluorescence superimposed mage generated from the left-eye and the rig
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Aki MIZUKAMI, Kiminori SUGISAKI
  • Publication number: 20210059504
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus relays communication of control signals between a controller and a plurality of processing modules, and includes: a communication device configured to perform communication of the control signals with the plurality of processing modules; a plurality of first storages provided respectively to correspond to the plurality of processing modules, the plurality of first storages being configured to store the control signals written by the controller; a second storage configured to store: address information indicating each communication address assigned to each of the plurality of processing modules; and correspondence information indicating correspondence relationships between the plurality of first storages and a plurality of module-side storages respectively included in the plurality of processing modules; and a synchronization processor configured to synchronize the plurality of first storages with the plurality of corresponding module-side storages via the communication device bas
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKENOUCHI, Aki MIZUKAMI, Masashige KIMURA, Satoshi TAIRA, Keisuke TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10736487
    Abstract: A medical observation apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to capture a subject image and output an image signal; a memory unit configured to temporarily store and output the image signal; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality in the memory unit; a thinning-out processing unit provided in parallel with the memory unit and configured to perform thinning-out processing on the image signal; a first selector configured to select and output one of the image signals output from the memory unit and from the thinning-out processing unit; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the image signal; and a first selection controller configured to control the first selector such that the first selector selects the image signal output from the memory unit when no abnormality is detected and selects the image signal output from the thinning-out processing unit when an abnormality is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kiba, Aki Mizukami, Noriaki Fujita
  • Patent number: 10574976
    Abstract: A medical stereoscopic observation apparatus having circuitry that acquires a status signal according to a status of image processing from each image processing circuit of a plurality of image processing circuits that perform the image processing on input image data through a selected image processing unit among a plurality of image processing units in the respective image processing circuit and generates output image data to be output as a right eye image or a left eye image, and causes a second image processing circuit different from a first image processing circuit to switch the selected image processing unit to match the selected image processing unit of the first image processing circuit, according to the status signal acquired from the first image processing circuit among the image processing circuits of the plurality of image processing circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Nobusuke Yamaoka, Aki Mizukami
  • Patent number: 10567706
    Abstract: An interface module 61 relays control signal communication between a main CPU 621 and a light source control CPU 651 and between the main CPU 621 and a camera head CPU 242. The interface module 61 includes an FPGA 610 having CPU I/Fs 611 to 613 that correspond to communication schemes of CPUs 621, 651, and 242, respectively, and first and second storage units 615 (617) and 616 (618). The FPGA 610 relays a control signal between the main CPU 621 and the light source control CPU 651 and between the main CPU 621 and the camera head CPU 242, while temporarily storing the control signal in the first and the second storage units 615 (617) and 616 (618). Moreover, a first communication timing and second and third communication timings are set at timings shifted from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Aki Mizukami, Yoshihiro Koizumi, Masashige Kimura
  • Patent number: 10548460
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus 6 includes a mode selection unit 6124 that selects any operational mode from among a plurality of operational modes that include a regular operational mode in which a video signal for display is output, and are hierarchically organized in a tree form, the mode selection unit 6124 causing the signal processing apparatus 6 to operate in the selected operational mode. The operational modes include a plurality of lower-level operational modes as lower-level operational modes having a parent-child relation with the regular operational mode. The mode selection unit 6124, after the signal processing apparatus 6 has started up, selects any operational mode from among same-level operational modes for each level from an upper level toward a lower level and, when having selected any of the lower-level operational modes, can select an upper-level operational mode relative to the selected lower-level operational mode on condition that the signal processing apparatus 6 has again started up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Aki Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20190269298
    Abstract: A medical observation apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to capture a subject image and output an image signal; a memory unit configured to temporarily store and output the image signal; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality in the memory unit; a thinning-out processing unit provided in parallel with the memory unit and configured to perform thinning-out processing on the image signal; a first selector configured to select and output one of the image signals output from the memory unit and from the thinning-out processing unit; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the image signal; and a first selection controller configured to control the first selector such that the first selector selects the image signal output from the memory unit when no abnormality is detected and selects the image signal output from the thinning-out processing unit when an abnormality is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KIBA, Aki MIZUKAMI, Noriaki FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180116486
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus 6 includes a mode selection unit 6124 that selects any operational mode from among a plurality of operational modes that include a regular operational mode in which a video signal for display is output, and are hierarchically organized in a tree form, the mode selection unit 6124 causing the signal processing apparatus 6 to operate in the selected operational mode. The operational modes include a plurality of lower-level operational modes as lower-level operational modes having a parent-child relation with the regular operational mode. The mode selection unit 6124, after the signal processing apparatus 6 has started up, selects any operational mode from among same-level operational modes for each level from an upper level toward a lower level and, when having selected any of the lower-level operational modes, can select an upper-level operational mode relative to the selected lower-level operational mode on condition that the signal processing apparatus 6 has again started up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Aki MIZUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180110399
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a first internal module 61 that executes hardware processing, and second internal modules that execute software processing. The first internal module outputs an image signal, division position information indicating division positions, at which a frame of the image signal is divided by a predetermined amount of data, and a timing signal, to the second internal modules, and generates, based on the image signal that has been subjected to the software processing and input from the second internal modules, a video signal for display. Based on the timing signal and the division position information, the second internal modules sequentially execute image processing by the software processing on the image signal per the predetermined amount of data, and sequentially output the image signal per the predetermined amount of data that has been subjected to the image processing, to the first internal module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Aki MIZUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180048856
    Abstract: An interface module 61 relays control signal communication between a main CPU 621 and a light source control CPU 651 and between the main CPU 621 and a camera head CPU 242. The interface module 61 includes an FPGA 610 having CPU I/Fs 611 to 613 that correspond to communication schemes of CPUs 621, 651, and 242, respectively, and first and second storage units 615 (617) and 616 (618). The FPGA 610 relays a control signal between the main CPU 621 and the light source control CPU 651 and between the main CPU 621 and the camera head CPU 242, while temporarily storing the control signal in the first and the second storage units 615 (617) and 616 (618). Moreover, a first communication timing and second and third communication timings are set at timings shifted from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Aki MIZUKAMI, Yoshihiro KOIZUMI, Masashige KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160165222
    Abstract: There is provided a medical stereoscopic observation apparatus, including an acquiring unit configured to acquire a status signal according to a status of image processing from each of image processing sections of a plurality of systems that perform the image processing on input image data through a selected image processing unit among a plurality of image processing units and generate output image data to be output as a right eye image or a left eye image, and a control unit configured to cause a second image processing section different from a first image processing section to switch the selected image processing unit according to the status signal acquired from the first image processing section among the image processing sections of the plurality of systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Nobusuke YAMAOKA, Aki Mizukami