Patents by Inventor Allison Mariko Okamura

Allison Mariko Okamura 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).

  • System and method for targeting feedback
    Patent number: 10284762
    Abstract: A system for guidance of an imaging device may include a handheld imaging device, a multidirectional feedback device, and a control unit in communication with the multidirectional feedback device and the handheld imaging device. The control unit may be configured to receive a target location, determine an initial position and pose of the handheld imaging device, calculate a position and pose deviation relative to said initial position and pose, translate said position and pose deviation into control data, and transmit said control data to the multidirectional feedback device, wherein the multidirectional feedback device uses control data to provide an operator with feedback to guide the handheld imaging device towards the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: Clear Guide Medical, Inc., The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Philipp Jakob Stolka, Pezhman Foroughi, Matthew C. Rendina, Gregory Donald Hager, Allison Mariko Okamura
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETING FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20160119529
    Abstract: A system for guidance of an imaging device may include a handheld imaging device, a multidirectional feedback device, and a control unit in communication with the multidirectional feedback device and the handheld imaging device. The control unit may be configured to receive a target location, determine an initial position and pose of the handheld imaging device, calculate a position and pose deviation relative to said initial position and pose, translate said position and pose deviation into control data, and transmit said control data to the multidirectional feedback device, wherein the multidirectional feedback device uses control data to provide an operator with feedback to guide the handheld imaging device towards the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: PHILIPP JAKOB STOLKA, Pezhman Foroughi, Matthew C. Rendina, Gregory Donald Hager, Allison Mariko Okamura
  • Environment property estimaton and graphical display
    Patent number: 8700123
    Abstract: A surgical robot including an imaging system comprising at least one camera, a processor in communication with the imaging system, a manipulation system in communication with the processor, and a visual display in communication with the processor. The processor is operable to calculate a stiffness estimate for an area of an environment based on an environment model of tool-environment interaction data, create a composite image comprising a stiffness map of the stiffness estimate overlaid on an environment image from the at least one camera, and output the composite image on the visual display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Allison Mariko Okamura, Tomonori Yamamoto, Peter Balazs Vagvolgyi
  • ENVIRONMENT PROPERTY ESTIMATON AND GRAPHICAL DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20110201885
    Abstract: A surgical robot including an imaging system comprising at least one camera, a processor in communication with the imaging system, a manipulation system in communication with the processor, and a visual display in communication with the processor. The processor is operable to calculate a stiffness estimate for an area of an environment based on an environment model of tool-environment interaction data, create a composite image comprising a stiffness map of the stiffness estimate overlaid on an environment image from the at least one camera, and output the composite image on the visual display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Allison Mariko Okamura, Tomonori Yamamoto, Peter Balazs Vagvolgyi