Patents by Inventor Atsushi Nakai
Atsushi Nakai 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).
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Publication number: 20230414201Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires position information relating to an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic image. The processing circuitry acquires ultrasonic image data which is obtained by transmission and reception of ultrasonic from the ultrasonic probe at a position where the position information is acquired, the ultrasonic image data being associated with the position information. The processing circuitry executes associating between a first coordinate system relating to the position information and a second coordinate system relating to medical image data. The processing circuitry executes image alignment between an ultrasonic image based on the associated ultrasonic image data and a medical image based on the medical image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MINE, Satoshi MATSUNAGA, Yukifumi KOBAYASHI, Kazuo TEZUKA, Jiro HIGUCHI, Atsushi NAKAI, Shigemitsu NAKAYA, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11832990Abstract: The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to a present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: acquire at least one of optical image data and sound data as data related to a confirmation item corresponding to a disorder name of a subject or an examination type for an ultrasonic scan; associate the ultrasonic image data acquired by the ultrasonic scan with the data related to the confirmation item; and store the association in a memory.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigemitsu Nakaya, Jiro Higuchi, Yutaka Kobayashi, Atsushi Nakai, Kazuo Tezuka, Yoshitaka Mine, Shunsuke Satoh
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Publication number: 20230200784Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device includes an ultrasonic probe and processing circuitry. The probe conducts ultrasonic scanning on a three-dimensional area of a subject and receives a reflected wave from the subject. The circuitry acquires the correspondence relation between a position in ultrasonic image data on the three-dimensional area based on the reflected wave and a position in volume data on the subject captured by a different medical-image diagnostic device. The circuitry receives, from an operator, an operation to set a position marker, which indicates the position at which blood-flow information is extracted, on a scan area of the ultrasonic image data. The circuitry causes the image generated during a rendering process on the ultrasonic image data to be displayed and causes the position marker to be displayed at a corresponding position on a display image based on at least the volume data in accordance with the correspondence relation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Yukifumi KOBAYASHI, Satoshi MATSUNAGA, Yoshitaka MINE, Atsushi NAKAI, Jiro HIGUCHI, Kazuo TEZUKA, Shigemitsu NAKAYA
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Patent number: 11653897Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes a position detector, and control circuitry. The position detector detects a position in a three-dimensional space of one of an ultrasonic image and an ultrasonic probe. The control circuitry uses a vivisection view defined in a three-dimensional space. The control circuitry associates a structure related to a subject included in the ultrasonic image with a structure included in the vivisection view using a position and orientation in a first three-dimensional coordinate system of the structure related to the subject included in the ultrasonic image and a position and orientation in a second three-dimensional coordinate system of the structure included in the vivisection view.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Mine, Yutaka Kobayashi, Jiro Higuchi, Atsushi Nakai, Satoru Tezuka, Kazuo Tezuka, Cong Yao
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Patent number: 11103214Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a probe configured to be equipped with plural transducers arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and be able to perform a two-dimensional scan in the first and second directions; a moving device configured to support the probe and mechanically move the probe in the second direction; a receiving circuit configured to generate first reception signals for respective moving positions of the probe in the second direction by performing receiving phase-compensation and summation processing on respective reflected signals received by the plurality of transducers at each of the moving positions; and processing circuitry configured to generate a second reception signal by performing moving aperture synthesis on the first reception signals generated for the respective moving positions of the probe based on positional information of the probe and generate image data from the second reception signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Mine, Kazutoshi Sadamitsu, Masami Takahashi, Masatoshi Nishino, Norihisa Kikuchi, Naoyuki Nakazawa, Atsushi Nakai, Jiro Higuchi, Yutaka Kobayashi, Cong Yao, Kazuo Tezuka, Naoki Yoneyama, Atsushi Sumi
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Publication number: 20210148316Abstract: This fuel injection valve is provided with: a valve seat (15b) and a valve body (27c), which cooperate to open and close a fuel passage; a valve seat member (15) having formed thereon the valve seat (15b) and a guide surface (15c) which guides the valve body (27c); and a cylindrical body (5) having the valve seat member (15) press-fitted in the front end-side end thereof. The valve seat member (15) is configured so that the press-fit section (15f) thereof which is press-fitted in the cylindrical body (5) is provided at a position offset toward the base end of the cylindrical body (5) relative to both the valve seat (15b) and the guide surface (15c) in the direction of the center axis (1x) of the fuel injection valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi NAKAI, Masaki NAGAOKA, Shigeo KUBA
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Publication number: 20190328358Abstract: The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to a present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: acquire at least one of optical image data and sound data as data related to a confirmation item corresponding to a disorder name of a subject or an examination type for an ultrasonic scan; associate the ultrasonic image data acquired by the ultrasonic scan with the data related to the confirmation item; and store the association in a memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigemitsu NAKAYA, Jiro HIGUCHI, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Atsushi NAKAI, Kazuo TEZUKA, Yoshitaka MINE, Shunsuke SATOH
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Patent number: 10415527Abstract: Recent exhaust gas regulation requires reduction of an amount and quantity of particulate matter included in an exhaust gas, and a normal maximum fuel pressure may be increased to approximately 35 MP. When the normal maximum fuel pressure is 35 MPa, a fuel injection valve is required to work for example at a pressure up to 45 MPa. In such a condition, a fluid force may exceed a valve opening force depending on a seat diameter, and a needle valve cannot be kept open and closed, when opening thereof is required.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takao Miyake, Atsushi Nakai, Kiyotaka Ogura, Akira Iizuka
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Publication number: 20190239861Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured to select at least one heartbeat from among a plurality of heartbeats based on a heartbeat selection condition, generate a highlight image in which a range corresponding to the selected heartbeat is emphasized, and display an electrocardiographic waveform corresponding to the heartbeats, an ultrasonic image corresponding to the electrocardiographic waveform, and the highlight image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Atsushi Nakai, Shigemitsu Nakaya, Jiro Higuchi, Kazuo Tezuka, Yoshitaka Mine
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Patent number: 10280886Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve which has a structure where failure hardly occurs in a valve member and a peripheral member thereof at the time of press-fitting of a fixed core. The present invention provides a fuel injection valve that includes: a valve member 114A; an anchor 102 which is relatively displaceable with respect to the valve member 114A; a fixed core 107 in which a through-hole 107A is formed; a gap forming member 133 which forms a gap between an engagement portion 129B on the valve member side and an engagement portion 102D on the anchor side; and a biasing spring 134 which biases the gap forming member 133 in a valve closing direction. The engagement portions 102D and 129B are provided in both the anchor 102 and the valve member 114A so as to be engaged with each other when the anchor 102 is displaced in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve member 114A, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor 102 in the valve opening direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Sugaya, Kiyotaka Ogura, Takao Miyake, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Ryo Kusakabe, Atsushi Nakai
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Patent number: 10197028Abstract: A fuel injector is provided. A movable iron core is provided relatively displaceable to a valve body. A fixed iron core is opposed to the movable iron core. A first spring member energizes the valve body in a valve closing direction. A second spring member energizes the movable iron core in a valve closing direction. Contact portions are in contact with each other in a case where the movable iron core displaces in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve body. A gap is formed between the contact portions in a valve closing state. In a state in which the movable iron core and the valve body move in different directions after the movable iron core collides with the fixed iron core while a valve is opened, a spring force is not applied between the movable iron core and the valve body.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTDInventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa, Takao Miyake, Atsushi Nakai, Masashi Sugaya, Akiyasu Miyamoto, Kiyotaka Ogura, Motoyuki Abe
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Publication number: 20180214133Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to set a plurality of small regions in at least one of a plurality of medical image data. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a feature value of pixel value distribution of each small region. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a feature value image of the at least one of the plurality of medical image by using the calculated feature value. The processing circuitry is configured to execute an image registration between the plurality of medical image data by utilizing the feature value image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka MINE, Satoshi MATSUNAGA, Yukifumi KOBAYASHI, Kazuo TEZUKA, Jiro HIGUCHI, Atsushi NAKAI, Shigemitsu NAKAYA, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10030621Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a valve member; an anchor configured to be relatively displaceable in a valve opening-and-closing direction with respect to the valve member; a fixed core; a first spring biasing the valve member in a valve closing direction; a second spring biasing the anchor in the valve opening direction from an opposite side of the fixed core; and a third spring biasing the anchor in the valve closing direction from the fixed core side and has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring and larger than a biasing force of the second spring where engagement portions are provided in both the anchor and the valve member to be engaged with each other when the anchor is displaced in the valve opening direction with respect to the valve member, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor in the valve opening direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Nakai, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Masashi Sugaya, Kiyotaka Ogura, Takao Miyake, Ryo Kusakabe
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Publication number: 20180192996Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device includes an ultrasonic probe and processing circuitry. The probe conducts ultrasonic scanning on a three-dimensional area of a subject and receives a reflected wave from the subject. The circuitry acquires the correspondence relation between a position in ultrasonic image data on the three-dimensional area based on the reflected wave and a position in volume data on the subject captured by a different medical-image diagnostic device. The circuitry receives, from an operator, an operation to set a position marker, which indicates the position at which blood-flow information is extracted, on a scan area of the ultrasonic image data. The circuitry causes the image generated during a rendering process on the ultrasonic image data to be displayed and causes the position marker to be displayed at a corresponding position on a display image based on at least the volume data in accordance with the correspondence relation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Yukifumi Kobayashi, Satoshi Matsunaga, Yoshitaka Mine, Atsushi Nakai, Jiro Higuchi, Kazuo Tezuka, Shigemitsu Nakaya
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Publication number: 20180092628Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires position information relating to an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic image. The processing circuitry acquires ultrasonic image data which is obtained by transmission and reception of ultrasonic from the ultrasonic probe at a position where the position information is acquired, the ultrasonic image data being associated with the position information. The processing circuitry executes associating between a first coordinate system relating to the position information and a second coordinate system relating to medical image data. The processing circuitry executes image alignment between an ultrasonic image based on the associated ultrasonic image data and a medical image based on the medical image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka MINE, Satoshi Matsunaga, Yukifumi Kobayashi, Kazuo Tezuka, Jiro Higuchi, Atsushi Nakai, Shigemitsu Nakaya, Yutaka Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180010564Abstract: Recent exhaust gas regulation requires reduction of an amount and quantity of particulate matter included in an exhaust gas, and a normal maximum fuel pressure may be increased to approximately 35 MP. When the normal maximum fuel pressure is 35 MPa, a fuel injection valve is required to work for example at a pressure up to 45 MPa. In such a condition, a fluid force may exceed a valve opening force depending on a seat diameter, and a needle valve cannot be kept open and closed, when opening thereof is required.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takao MIYAKE, Atsushi NAKAI, Kiyotaka OGURA, Akira IIZUKA
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Publication number: 20180008232Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes a position detector, and control circuitry. The position detector detects a position in a three-dimensional space of one of an ultrasonic image and an ultrasonic probe. The control circuitry uses a vivisection view defined in a three-dimensional space. The control circuitry associates a structure related to a subject included in the ultrasonic image with a structure included in the vivisection view using a position and orientation in a first three-dimensional coordinate system of the structure related to the subject included in the ultrasonic image and a position and orientation in a second three-dimensional coordinate system of the structure included in the vivisection view.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka MINE, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Jiro HIGUCHI, Atsushi NAKAI, Satoru TEZUKA, Kazuo TEZUKA, Cong YAO
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Publication number: 20170292488Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve which has a structure where failure hardly occurs in a valve member and a peripheral member thereof at the time of press-fitting of a fixed core. The present invention provides a fuel injection valve that includes: a valve member 114A; an anchor 102 which is relatively displaceable with respect to the valve member 114A; a fixed core 107 in which a through-hole 107A is formed; a gap forming member 133 which forms a gap between an engagement portion 129B on the valve member side and an engagement portion 102D on the anchor side; and a biasing spring 134 which biases the gap forming member 133 in a valve closing direction. The engagement portions 102D and 129B are provided in both the anchor 102 and the valve member 114A so as to be engaged with each other when the anchor 102 is displaced in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve member 114A, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor 102 in the valve opening direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Ryo KUSAKABE, Atsushi NAKAI
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Publication number: 20170260952Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a valve member; an anchor configured to be relatively displaceable in a valve opening-and-closing direction with respect to the valve member; a fixed core; a first spring biasing the valve member in a valve closing direction; a second spring biasing the anchor in the valve opening direction from an opposite side of the fixed core; and a third spring biasing the anchor in the valve closing direction from the fixed core side and has a biasing force smaller than a biasing force of the first spring and larger than a biasing force of the second spring where engagement portions are provided in both the anchor and the valve member to be engaged with each other when the anchor is displaced in the valve opening direction with respect to the valve member, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor in the valve opening direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi NAKAI, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Masashi SUGAYA, Kiyotaka OGURA, Takao MIYAKE, Ryo KUSAKABE
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Publication number: 20170252007Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a probe configured to be equipped with plural transducers arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and be able to perform a two-dimensional scan in the first and second directions; a moving device configured to support the probe and mechanically move the probe in the second direction; a receiving circuit configured to generate first reception signals for respective moving positions of the probe in the second direction by performing receiving phase-compensation and summation processing on respective reflected signals received by the plurality of transducers at each of the moving positions; and processing circuitry configured to generate a second reception signal by performing moving aperture synthesis on the first reception signals generated for the respective moving positions of the probe based on positional information of the probe and generate image data from the second reception signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MINE, Kazutoshi SADAMITSU, Masami TAKAHASHI, Masatoshi NISHINO, Norihisa KIKUCHI, Naoyuki NAKAZAWA, Atsushi NAKAI, Jiro HIGUCHI, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Cong YAO, Kazuo TEZUKA, Naoki YONEYAMA, Atsushi SUMI