Patents by Inventor Akiyuki Tanizawa

Akiyuki Tanizawa 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: 12088810
    Abstract: An encoding device includes a deriving unit and an encoding unit. The deriving unit is configured to derive a first reference value based on fixed point precision representing roughness of a weighting factor that is used for multiplying a reference image. The encoding unit is configured to encode a first difference value that is a difference value between the weighting factor and the first reference value and the fixed point precision. The weighting factor is included in a first range of predetermined bit precision having the first reference value at approximate center. The first difference value is in the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akiyuki Tanizawa, Takeshi Chujoh
  • Patent number: 12079310
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a defect classification apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires a first design image which is an image based on design data created by design software and relates to a first inspection target, and acquires a first real image which is captured by imaging the first inspection target produced based on the design data. The processor converts the first design image to a reference image represented by using a second real image captured by imaging a second inspection target without a defect. The processor calculates a reliability of the reference image. The processor detects a defect in the first inspection target by comparing the reference image and the first real image and classifies the defect, based on the reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hirai, Saori Asaka, Yukinobu Sakata, Akiyuki Tanizawa
  • Publication number: 20240292020
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image encoding method includes selecting a motion reference block from an already-encoded pixel block. The method includes selecting an available block including different motion information from the motion reference block, and selecting a selection block from the available block. The method includes generating a predicted image of the encoding target block using motion information of the selection block. The method includes encoding a prediction error between the predicted image and an original image. The method includes encoding selection information identifying the selection block by referring to a code table decided according to a number of the available block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Taichiro SHIODERA, Saori ASAKA, Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Takeshi CHUJOH
  • Patent number: 12075083
    Abstract: A method of dividing an input image signal into pixel blocks, and performing inter-prediction on the divided pixel blocks. This method includes selecting predicted motion information from a motion information buffer storing motion information in an encoded region, and predicting motion information of an encoding target block by using the predicted motion information. The method further includes acquiring representative motion information from a plurality of items of motion information in an encoded region in accordance with first information indicating a method of selecting the predicted motion information, thereby obtaining only the representative motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Taichiro Shiodera, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Tomoo Yamakage, Takeshi Chujoh
  • Patent number: 12020468
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a defect inspection apparatus includes a storage and a processor. The storage stores dictionary in which a first design image generated by software is associated with a first real image corresponding to the first design image. The processor acquires a second design image generated by the software. The processor searches for a similar first design image similar to the second design image. The processor generates a reference image that is a pseudo real image of a second inspection object, based on the second design data and free of defect, by using the first real image associated with the similar first design image. The first design image includes information of an image area wider than the first real image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yukinobu Sakata, Kyoka Sugiura, Ryusuke Hirai, Akiyuki Tanizawa
  • Patent number: 11997302
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an encoder. The encoder is configured to generate a video stream. The video stream includes at least a first image group including a plurality of images encoded at a first bit rate and a second image group including a plurality of images. The first image group includes an intra-coded image. The plurality of images of the second image group are associated with the intra-coded image serving as a reference image to decode an inter-coded image, and are encoded at a second bit rate different from the first bit rate and having reproduction timing in synchronization with the plurality of images of the first image group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shunichi Gondo, Tomoya Kodama, Takeshi Chujoh, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Takayuki Itoh
  • Publication number: 20240107057
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image encoding method includes selecting a motion reference block from an encoded pixel block to which an inter prediction is applied. The method includes selecting one or more available blocks from the motion reference block. The method includes selecting a selection block from the available blocks. The method includes generating a predicted image of the encoding target block using motion information of the selection block. The method includes encoding a prediction error between the predicted image and an original image. The method includes encoding selection information specifying the selection block by referring to a code table decided according to a number of the available blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Taichiro SHIODERA, Saori ASAKA, Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Takeshi CHUJOH
  • Publication number: 20240098278
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an index setting unit and an encoding unit. The index setting unit generates a common index in which reference indices of one or more reference images included in a first index and a second index are sorted in a combination so as not to include a same reference image in accordance with a predetermined scanning order. The first index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a first reference image. The second index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a second reference image. The encoding unit encodes the common index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Takeshi CHUJOH, Taichiro SHIODERA
  • Patent number: 11889107
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image encoding method includes selecting a motion reference block from an encoded pixel block to which an inter prediction is applied. The method includes selecting one or more available blocks from the motion reference block. The method includes selecting a selection block from the available blocks. The method includes generating a predicted image of the encoding target block using motion information of the selection block. The method includes encoding a prediction error between the predicted image and an original image. The method includes encoding selection information specifying the selection block by referring to a code table decided according to a number of the available blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Taichiro Shiodera, Saori Asaka, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Takeshi Chujoh
  • Patent number: 11871007
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an index setting unit and an encoding unit. The index setting unit generates a common index in which reference indices of one or more reference images included in a first index and a second index are sorted in a combination so as not to include a same reference image in accordance with a predetermined scanning order. The first index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a first reference image. The second index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a second reference image. The encoding unit encodes the common index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akiyuki Tanizawa, Takeshi Chujoh, Taichiro Shiodera
  • Publication number: 20240007638
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes a deriving unit and an encoding unit. The deriving unit is configured to derive a first reference value based on fixed point precision representing roughness of a weighting factor that is used for multiplying a reference image. The encoding unit is configured to encode a first difference value that is a difference value between the weighting factor and the first reference value and the fixed point precision. The weighting factor is included in a first range of predetermined bit precision having the first reference value at approximate center. The first difference value is in the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Takeshi CHUJOH
  • Patent number: 11844642
    Abstract: A treatment system of embodiments includes an imaging system including one or more radiation sources and a plurality of detectors, a first acquirer, a second acquirer, a first deriver, a second deriver, and a calibrator. The radiation sources radiate radiation to an object in a plurality of different directions. The plurality of detectors detect the radiation at different positions. The first acquirer acquires images based on the radiation. The second acquirer acquires position information of a first imaging device in a three-dimensional space. The first deriver derives the position of the object in the images. The second deriver derives the position of a second imaging device in the three-dimensional space based on the position of the object in the images, the position of the first imaging device, and the like. The calibrator performs calibration of the imaging system based on a derivation result of the second deriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinobu Sakata, Ryusuke Hirai, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Shinichiro Mori, Keiko Okaya
  • Patent number: 11830184
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes a first position acquirer, a first converter, a first likelihood image generator, and a learner. The first position acquirer is configured to acquire, as first positions, target positions in plural first images. The first converter is configured to convert the first positions to second positions by expanding movement in a second direction intersecting a first direction based on movement over time of the first positions. The first likelihood image generator is configured to generate a first likelihood image showing a distribution of likelihood of the second positions. The learner is configured to output a model using the plural first images and the first likelihood image as training data, and upon receiving part or all of a transparent image, derives a second likelihood image showing a distribution of likelihood indicating probability of the part or all of the transparent image corresponding to the second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hirai, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Shinichiro Mori, Keiko Okaya
  • Publication number: 20230368421
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a radiation therapy device includes an acquirer, a projection position calculator, an element projection image generator, and an element projection image synthesizer. The acquirer acquires a condition of X-ray imaging in a treatment stage and a three-dimensional image of a patient imaged before the treatment stage. The projection position calculator calculates a projection position when each of pixels included in the three-dimensional image is projected onto a two-dimensional X-ray fluoroscopic image generated in the X-ray imaging on the basis of the condition of the X-ray imaging. The element projection image generator generates an element projection image for each pixel when each of the pixels included in the three-dimensional image is projected onto the X-ray fluoroscopic image. The element projection image synthesizer performs a synthesis process for the element projection image for each pixel on the basis of the projection position to generate a reconstructed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yukinobu SAKATA, Kenta UMENE, Ryusuke HIRAI, Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Shinichiro MORI, Keiko OKAYA
  • Publication number: 20230347180
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes a first image acquiring unit, a second image acquiring unit, a first likelihood distribution calculating unit, a trackability determining unit, and a tracking unit. The first image acquiring unit acquires first images which are transparent images of the patient. The second image acquiring unit acquires second images which are transparent images of the patient generated at a time different from that of the first images. The first likelihood distribution calculating unit calculates a first likelihood distribution indicating a distribution of likelihoods indicating a likeness to the object in the first images. The trackability determining unit determines whether the object is trackable on the basis of the first likelihood distribution. The tracking unit tracks the position of the object in the second images on the basis of the result of determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ryusuke HIRAI, Yukinobu SAKATA, Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Keiko OKAYA, Shinichiro MORI
  • Publication number: 20230345037
    Abstract: A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Saori ASAKA, Takeshi CHUJOH, Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Goki YASUDA, Naofumi WADA, Takashi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11800111
    Abstract: An encoding device that includes a deriving unit and an encoding unit. The deriving unit is configured to derive a first reference value based on fixed point precision representing roughness of a weighting factor that is used for multiplying a reference image. The encoding unit is configured to encode a first difference value that is a difference value between the weighting factor and the first reference value and the fixed point precision. The weighting factor is included in a first range of predetermined bit precision having the first reference value at approximate center. The first difference value is in the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akiyuki Tanizawa, Takeshi Chujoh
  • Publication number: 20230297811
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a learning apparatus includes a processor. The processor divides target data into pieces of partial data. The processor inputs the pieces of partial data into a first network model to output a first prediction result and calculates a first confidence indicating a degree of contribution to the first prediction result. The processor inputs the target data into a second network model to output a second prediction result and calculates a second confidence indicating a degree of contribution to the second prediction result. The processor updates a parameter of the first network model, based on the first prediction result, the second prediction result, the first confidence and the second confidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Atsushi YAGUCHI, Shuhei NITTA, Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Ryusuke HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11729413
    Abstract: A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Saori Asaka, Takeshi Chujoh, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Goki Yasuda, Naofumi Wada, Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230232033
    Abstract: A method of dividing an input image signal into pixel blocks, and performing inter-prediction on the divided pixel blocks. This method includes selecting predicted motion information from a motion information buffer storing motion information in an encoded region, and predicting motion information of an encoding target block by using the predicted motion information. The method further includes acquiring representative motion information from a plurality of items of motion information in an encoded region in accordance with first information indicating a method of selecting the predicted motion information, thereby obtaining only the representative motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Taichiro Shiodera, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Tomoo Yamakage, Takeshi Chujoh