Patents by Inventor Harumi Itoh

Harumi Itoh 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: 11935234
    Abstract: A computer obtains a chest X-ray image, detects boundary lines in the chest X-ray image using a model constructed through machine learning, sets a third lung area including at least one of a first lung area or a second lung area, extracts a vascular index indicating at least one of thickness or density of at least one pulmonary blood vessel present in an area included in the third lung area, determines whether the area included in the third lung area is in an abnormal state on a basis of the vascular index and a reference index based on indices extracted in advance from an area in chest X-ray images in a normal state corresponding to the area included in the third lung area, and outputs, if determining that the area included in the third lung area is in an abnormal state, information indicating a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kondo, Jun Ozawa, Hirohiko Kimura, Harumi Itoh, Masato Tanaka, Shinichi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11475568
    Abstract: A method for controlling display of an abnormality includes obtaining a target chest X-ray image, detecting a structure including a linear structure formed of a first linear area that has been drawn by projecting anatomical structures whose X-ray transmittances are different from each other or a second linear area drawn by projecting an anatomical structure including a wall of a trachea, a wall of a bronchus, or a hair line, calculating an indicator for determining the abnormal state from the structure, comparing the indicator with a reference indicator, and determining whether the structure is in the abnormal state, and displaying, if it is determined that the structure is in the abnormal state, an image of an area of the target chest X-ray image including the structure determined to be in the abnormal state and details of the abnormal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kondo, Jun Ozawa, Hirohiko Kimura, Harumi Itoh, Shinichi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11406340
    Abstract: A method for converting tone of a chest X-ray image includes obtaining a target chest X-ray image, detecting, in the target chest X-ray image using a model obtained as a result of machine learning, a structure including a linear structure formed of a first linear area that has been drawn by projecting anatomical structures whose X-ray transmittances are different from each other or a second linear area drawn by projecting an anatomical structure including a wall of a trachea, a wall of a bronchus, or a hair line, extracting a pixel group corresponding to a neighboring area of the structure, generating a contrast conversion expression for histogram equalization using a histogram of the pixel group, and converting luminance of each pixel value in entirety of the target chest X-ray image using the contrast conversion expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kondo, Jun Ozawa, Hirohiko Kimura, Harumi Itoh, Shinichi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20220028072
    Abstract: A computer obtains a chest X-ray image, detects boundary lines in the chest X-ray image using a model constructed through machine learning, sets a third lung area including at least one of a first lung area or a second lung area, extracts a vascular index indicating at least one of thickness or density of at least one pulmonary blood vessel present in an area included in the third lung area, determines whether the area included in the third lung area is in an abnormal state on a basis of the vascular index and a reference index based on indices extracted in advance from an area in chest X-ray images in a normal state corresponding to the area included in the third lung area, and outputs, if determining that the area included in the third lung area is in an abnormal state, information indicating a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: KENJI KONDO, JUN OZAWA, HIROHIKO KIMURA, HARUMI ITOH, MASATO TANAKA, SHINICHI FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11042691
    Abstract: A theme to be applied to a document to be edited can be identified. The document and a preview of one or more components insertable into the document can be displayed. The preview can be formed and presented prior to the insertion of at least one of the components by applying the identified theme to the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harumi Itoh, Eisuke Kanzaki
  • Publication number: 20210049766
    Abstract: A method for controlling display of an abnormality includes obtaining a target chest X-ray image, detecting a structure including a linear structure formed of a first linear area that has been drawn by projecting anatomical structures whose X-ray transmittances are different from each other or a second linear area drawn by projecting an anatomical structure including a wall of a trachea, a wall of a bronchus, or a hair line, calculating an indicator for determining the abnormal state from the structure, comparing the indicator with a reference indicator, and determining whether the structure is in the abnormal state, and displaying, if it is determined that the structure is in the abnormal state, an image of an area of the target chest X-ray image including the structure determined to be in the abnormal state and details of the abnormal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: KENJI KONDO, JUN OZAWA, HIROHIKO KIMURA, HARUMI ITOH, SHINICHI FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210045704
    Abstract: A method for converting tone of a chest X-ray image includes obtaining a target chest X-ray image, detecting, in the target chest X-ray image using a model obtained as a result of machine learning, a structure including a linear structure formed of a first linear area that has been drawn by projecting anatomical structures whose X-ray transmittances are different from each other or a second linear area drawn by projecting an anatomical structure including a wall of a trachea, a wall of a bronchus, or a hair line, extracting a pixel group corresponding to a neighboring area of the structure, generating a contrast conversion expression for histogram equalization using a histogram of the pixel group, and converting luminance of each pixel value in entirety of the target chest X-ray image using the contrast conversion expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: KENJI KONDO, JUN OZAWA, HIROHIKO KIMURA, HARUMI ITOH, SHINICHI FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200089742
    Abstract: A theme to be applied to a document to be edited can be identified. The document and a preview of one or more components insertable into the document can be displayed. The preview can be formed and presented prior to the insertion of at least one of the components by applying the identified theme to the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Harumi Itoh, Eisuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 10503813
    Abstract: A theme to be applied to a document to be edited can be identified. The document and a preview of one or more components insertable into the document can be displayed. The preview can be formed and presented prior to the insertion of at least one of the components by applying the identified theme to the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harumi Itoh, Eisuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 10031900
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to text editing. An aspect includes receiving a range specifying operation for performing range specification for at least part of the text displayed on a display device of the computer. Another aspect includes causing a storing unit to store therein specific text including text in the range specified by the received range specifying operation and other text relating to the specified range. Another aspect includes receiving a changing operation for changing the text in the specified range. Another aspect includes determining whether or not a change beyond a specific criterion has occurred in the text in the range specified by the received range specifying operation. Another aspect includes displaying the specific text stored in the storing unit on the display device based on determining that a change beyond the specific criterion has occurred in the text in the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Harumi Itoh, Tadahiko Nakamura, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10001915
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to selecting an object displayed on a display device of a computer. Aspects include moving a movable pointer in the display device in response to a user input, determining whether the pointer is in a predetermined temporary selection state, and based on a determination that the pointer is in the temporary selection state, acquiring an object pointed to by the pointer and storing the object in the storage device as a temporarily selected object. Aspects further include acquiring an second object pointed by the pointer in response to the user performing a predetermined object selection operation, comparing the second object with the temporarily selected object, and based on a determination that the second object is identical to the temporarily selected object, determining that the second object is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiko Amano, Kenya Ishimoto, Harumi Itoh, Daisuke Maruyama, Atsushi Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20170344522
    Abstract: A theme to be applied to a document to be edited can be identified. The document and a preview of one or more components insertable into the document can be displayed. The preview can be formed and presented prior to the insertion of at least one of the components by applying the identified theme to the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: HARUMI ITOH, EISUKE KANZAKI
  • Patent number: 9684738
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to generating application-processable commands from character strings. An aspect includes preparing a database in which are recorded keywords for presenting commands as conversion candidate objects, conversion candidate objects, and commands generated when a conversion candidate object has been selected. Another aspect includes receiving a plurality of character strings inputted by a user for an application. Another aspect includes converting a character string of the plurality of character strings to generate a completion candidate character string. Another aspect includes referencing the database when the character string includes a keyword, and presenting, to the user, completion candidate character strings and conversion candidate objects as a conversion candidate list. Another aspect includes generating a command corresponding to a selected conversion candidate object in response to selection of one of the conversion candidate objects from the conversion candidate list by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiko Amano, Kenya Ishimoto, Harumi Itoh, Daisuke Maruyama, Atsushi Yokoi
  • Patent number: 9569077
    Abstract: Responsive to a user marking a region, identifying each object present in the region and storing an indication of the region and identified object(s), preserving a positional relationship in which the identified object(s) are displayed in the region; upon detecting that the identified each object is not displayed in the window, displaying the region as a sub-window located at the periphery, the displayed sub-window containing the identified each object in the preserved relationship; and upon detecting that the region subsequently shifts into the window, deleting the sub-window. Responsive to a user selecting a displayed object and marking a displayed region, storing an indication of the region and the object; while the object of the region is not displayed in the window, displaying a sub-window in a periphery of the window, the sub-window displaying the object in the region; and automatically closing the sub-window in response to the object being again displayed in the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Harumi Itoh, Tadahiko Nakamura, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9471848
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product classifies a plurality of objects displayed on a display device and displays the classified plurality of objects. The method comprises: selecting one object from a plurality of objects as a selected object; and classifying the plurality of objects, where classification of each of the plurality of objects is based on a degree of association with the selected object. Classifying the plurality of objects comprises: reading a feature setting for computation of the degree of association; specifying a plurality of features that are subject to the computation of the degree of association; computing, for each of the plurality of objects, the degree of association based on a difference in feature value from the selected object with regard to the plurality of features; and dividing the plurality of objects into a plurality of groups, where each group is based on the degree of association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Harumi Itoh, Tadahiko Nakamura, Masato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160110331
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to text editing. An aspect includes receiving a range specifying operation for performing range specification for at least part of the text displayed on a display device of the computer. Another aspect includes causing a storing unit to store therein specific text including text in the range specified by the received range specifying operation and other text relating to the specified range. Another aspect includes receiving a changing operation for changing the text in the specified range. Another aspect includes determining whether or not a change beyond a specific criterion has occurred in the text in the range specified by the received range specifying operation. Another aspect includes displaying the specific text stored in the storing unit on the display device based on determining that a change beyond the specific criterion has occurred in the text in the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Harumi Itoh, Tadahiko Nakamura, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9208138
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to text editing. An aspect includes receiving a range specifying operation for performing range specification for at least part of the text displayed on a display device. Another aspect includes causing a storing unit to store therein specific text including text in the range specified by the received range specifying operation and other text relating to the specified range. Another aspect includes displaying, at a time of performing text pasting processing, the specific text stored in the storing unit together with the text in the specified range on the display device. Another aspect includes performing, based on a changing operation for changing the text in the specified range being received, paste processing by changing the text to be pasted in accordance with the changing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Harumi Itoh, Tadahiko Nakamura, Masato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150346966
    Abstract: Responsive to a user marking a region, identifying each object present in the region and storing an indication of the region and identified object(s), preserving a positional relationship in which the identified object(s) are displayed in the region; upon detecting that the identified each object is not displayed in the window, displaying the region as a sub-window located at the periphery, the displayed sub-window containing the identified each object in the preserved relationship; and upon detecting that the region subsequently shifts into the window, deleting the sub-window. Responsive to a user selecting a displayed object and marking a displayed region, storing an indication of the region and the object; while the object of the region is not displayed in the window, displaying a sub-window in a periphery of the window, the sub-window displaying the object in the region; and automatically closing the sub-window in response to the object being again displayed in the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Harumi Itoh, Tadahiko Nakamura, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9134885
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an information processing apparatus having software running thereon, the software having a window as a user interface for displaying a plurality of objects on a display apparatus, the information processing apparatus performing: in response to a user selecting a desired region in a display region of the display apparatus, putting a mark on the region and an object which is present in the region; when the object of the marked region is not displayed in the window, displaying the object in the marked region in a periphery of the window as a sub-window; and closing the sub-window in response to the object in the marked region being displayed in the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Horiuchi, Harumi Itoh, Tadahiko Nakamura, Masato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140351251
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to generating application-processable commands from character strings. An aspect includes preparing a database in which are recorded keywords for presenting commands as conversion candidate objects, conversion candidate objects, and commands generated when a conversion candidate object has been selected. Another aspect includes receiving a plurality of character strings inputted by a user for an application. Another aspect includes converting a character string of the plurality of character strings to generate a completion candidate character string. Another aspect includes referencing the database when the character string includes a keyword, and presenting, to the user, completion candidate character strings and conversion candidate objects as a conversion candidate list. Another aspect includes generating a command corresponding to a selected conversion candidate object in response to selection of one of the conversion candidate objects from the conversion candidate list by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiko Amano, Kenya Ishimoto, Harumi Itoh, Daisuke Maruyama, Atsushi Yokoi