Patents by Inventor Haruyasu Nakatsugawa

Haruyasu Nakatsugawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20220068490
    Abstract: A test apparatus comprising at least one processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire a determination result as to whether or not there is an abnormal tendency in first biological information, the determination result being determined based on a monitoring result of the first biological information of a user, determine, as a test candidate to be recommended for the user, at least one test candidate for acquiring second biological information associated with the first biological information in a case where the determination result corresponds to the abnormal tendency, present the determined test candidate to the user, receive selection of the presented test candidate, and present a guide according to the selected test candidate to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Yasuhisa KANEKO, Kenji NAGAMIYA, Tomohide HIRAGAMI, Yasuyuki HOSONO, Nobuya KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 11262461
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor substrate, a conversion layer, and a neutral stress plane adjustment member. The sensor substrate includes a flexible base member, and a layer provided on a first surface of the base member and formed with plural pixels configured to accumulate electrical charge generated in response to light converted from radiation. The conversion layer is provided on the opposite side of the layer formed with the plural pixels to the side where the base member is provided and is configured to convert radiation into the light. The neutral stress plane adjustment member is provided on a second surface side of the base member on the opposite side of the base member to the first surface and is configured to adjust a position of a neutral stress plane to within a predetermined range in a stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ushikura, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Keiichi Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20220018863
    Abstract: A management system including at least one processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire a captured image obtained by imaging an outer surface of each of plural sample containers which contains a sample and in which discrimination information for discriminating a subject from whom the sample is collected is given to the outer surface, and associate a test result related to the sample contained in each of the sample containers with a test order in which information of a discrimination image including the discrimination information is registered in advance for each subject, based on the captured image and the test order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HIROTA, Yoshihiro SETO, Takeya MEGURO, Kaku IRISAWA, Hirotaka WATANO, Taiji IWASAKI, Tatsuyuki DENAWA, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220018864
    Abstract: A management system including at least one processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire an image obtained by imaging a sample container containing a sample, recognize relevant information related to reliability of a test result related to the sample based on the image, and derive reliability information indicating the reliability of the test result related to the sample based on the recognized relevant information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Takeya MEGURO, Kazuhiro HIROTA, Yoshihiro SETO, Kaku IRISAWA, Hirotaka WATANO, Taiji IWASAKI, Tatsuyuki DENAWA, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220018865
    Abstract: A management system including a processor, the processor is configured to acquire an image obtained by imaging an outer surface of each of plural sample containers and a boundary container, the sample container containing a sample and in which subject information of a subject from whom the sample is collected is given to the outer surface, the boundary container in which group boundary information indicating a boundary between plural groups of subjects is given to the outer surface, recognize the subject information and the group boundary information based on the image, and associate a test result related to the sample contained in each of the sample containers with a test order which includes the subject information and in which the group is divided corresponding to the group boundary information, based on a result of the recognition and the test order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SETO, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220018862
    Abstract: A management system including at least one processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire an image obtained by imaging an outer surface of each of plural sample containers which contains a sample and in which name information of a subject from whom the sample is collected and subject discrimination information for discriminating plural subjects having the same surname and the same name are given to the outer surface, recognize the name information and the subject discrimination information given to each of the sample containers based on the image, and associate a test result related to the sample contained in each of the sample containers with a test order including the name information and the subject discrimination information, based on a result of the recognition and the test order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SETO, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Patent number: 11221421
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a flexible substrate, plural pixels provided on the substrate and each including a photoelectric conversion element, a scintillator stacked on the substrate and including plural columnar crystals, and a bending suppression member configured to suppress bending of the substrate. The bending suppression member has a rigidity that satisfies R?L?r/tan ?+4r·{(L?r/tan ?)2?(d/2)2}1/2/d, wherein L is an average height of the columnar crystals, r is an average radius of the columnar crystals, d is an average interval between the columnar crystals, ? is an average tip angle of the columnar crystals, and R is a radius of curvature of bending occurring in the substrate due to the weight of the scintillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Iwakiri, Munetaka Kato, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11191499
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a sensor substrate including a flexible base material, and an active area which is provided on a first surface of the base material and in which a plurality of pixels, which accumulate electrical charges generated in accordance with light converted from radiation, are formed; a conversion layer that is provided on the first surface side in the sensor substrate to convert radiation into the light; and a grid that is disposed on a second surface side opposite to the first surface of the base material and has a removal portion that has a mesh-like radiation absorbing member provided between a plurality of partitions in units of a predetermined number of pixels to remove scattered radiation according to the radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Iwakiri, Keiichiro Sato, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11187817
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a substrate having flexibility, a plurality of pixels which are provided on a surface of the substrate and each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element, and a scintillator that is stacked on the substrate and has a plurality of corners. An outer edge of each of the corners of the scintillator is disposed closer to the inside of the substrate than an extension line of each of sides sharing the corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Iwakiri, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Publication number: 20210364658
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a radiation detector includes: forming a substrate in which a flexible base material is provided via a peeling layer on a support body and plural pixels that accumulate electric charges generated in response to light converted from radiation are provided in a pixel region of the base material; forming a conversion layer for converting the radiation into light on a surface of the base material; providing a first reinforcing substrate on a surface of the conversion layer opposite to a surface on the substrate side; peeling the substrate provided with the conversion layer and the first reinforcing substrate from the support body; providing a second reinforcing substrate on a surface of the substrate peeled from the support body; and peeling the first reinforcing substrate from the substrate provided with the conversion layer after providing the second reinforcing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO, Keiichi AKAMATSU, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Patent number: 11179081
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a blood analysis method and a blood test kit, which are for performing quantitative analysis of components by precisely obtaining a dilution factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hikaru Urano, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Shinya Sugimoto, Isao Yonekubo
  • Publication number: 20210333421
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation detector, a radiographic imaging apparatus, and a manufacturing method that include a TFT substrate in which a plurality of pixels that accumulate electric charges generated depending on light converted from radiation are formed in a pixel region of a first surface of a flexible base material and a terminal region of the first surface is provided with a terminal for electrically connecting a flexible cable; a conversion layer that is provided outside the terminal region on the first surface of the base material to convert the radiation into light; a first reinforcing substrate that is provided on a surface of the conversion layer opposite to a surface on a TFT substrate side and has a higher stiffness than the base material; and a second reinforcing substrate that is provided on a second surface of the base material opposite to the first surface to cover a surface larger than the first reinforcing substrate, and that are capable of suppressing that a defect occurs in the substrate and
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO, Keiichi AKAMATSU, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210259650
    Abstract: The radiation detector includes a sensor substrate and a reinforcing substrate. In the sensor substrate, a plurality of pixels for accumulating the charges generated according to light converted from radiation are formed in the pixel region on the first surface of the flexible base material, and the terminal for electrically connecting a flexible cable to the first surface is provided. The reinforcing substrate is provided on the second surface opposite to the first surface of the base material in a region excluding at least the facing region facing the terminal to reinforce the stiffness of the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210215836
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector including a substrate including a sensor unit layer having a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges generated depending on light converted from radiation in a pixel region of a flexible base material; a conversion layer that is provided on a surface side of the base material provided with the pixel region to convert the radiation into light; and a fixing member that is provided closer to the substrate side than the conversion layer to fix the sensor unit layer to the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Munetaka KATO, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210202125
    Abstract: A sensor substrate is provided with a plurality of pixels for accumulating electrical charges generated depending on light converted from radiation in a pixel region of a flexible base material. A circuit unit includes at least one of a driving substrate, a signal processing substrate, or a control substrate and is electrically connected to the sensor substrate. A fixing plate fixes the circuit unit. A conversion layer is provided on a first surface opposite to a second surface of the fixing plate on which the circuit unit is fixed, is provided in a state where the second surface opposite to the fixing plate side faces the first surface of the base material on which the pixels are provided, and converts radiation into light. A housing houses the sensor substrate, the circuit unit, the fixing plate, and the conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Shinichi USHIKURA, Munetaka KATO
  • Patent number: 11037686
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program which are capable of suppressing an increase in consumption of system resources used for suppressing a spread of an infection disease are acquired. An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding an infection disease of a first animal infected with the infection disease, a specification unit that specifies a second animal positioned within a behavior area of the first animal, a determination unit that determines whether or not the infection disease of the first animal is likely to infect the second animal, and a notification unit that notifies an owner of the second animal of an alarm regarding the infection disease in a case where it is determined that the infection disease of the first animal is likely to infect the second animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Ishikawa, Yasuhisa Kaneko, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11020080
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasufumi Oda, Jun Enomoto, Ryo Imamura, Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Koishi, Kentaro Noma, Takeshi Kuwabara, Tetsuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Yasuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Publication number: 20210158968
    Abstract: An animal health risk evaluation system includes an examination value acquisition unit that acquires an examination value as a result of an examination executed on an animal, a breed data acquisition unit that acquires breed data as information for specifying a breed of the animal, a storage unit that stores the breed data in association with the examination value, and a risk evaluation unit that evaluates a future risk pertaining to health of a specific animal as an evaluation target using the breed data and the examination value of the specific animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi FUKUDA, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210158915
    Abstract: Provided are a regenerative medicine support system, a regenerative medicine support method, and a regenerative medicine support program capable of obtaining an appropriate treatment policy according to a target animal that is a target of regenerative medicine. The regenerative medicine support system includes a CPU and a storage unit that stores a command executable by the CPU in an information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi FUKUDA, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA
  • Patent number: 11016203
    Abstract: The radiography apparatus includes: a plurality of imaging pixels that are provided on a resin substrate having flexibility, are used to capture a radiographic image; a detection unit; an accumulation controller that performs control such that the charge generated in each of the imaging pixels is accumulated in the imaging pixel in a case in which an operation mode is an accumulation mode; and a mode change controller that performs control such that the operation mode of the accumulation controller is changed to the accumulation mode in a case in which a rate of change in a level of an electric signal based on the charge generated in the detection unit per hour or an amount of change in the level of the electric signal per hour is greater than a first threshold value and the level of the electric signal is greater than a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Iwakiri, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa