Patents by Inventor Hidenori Ito
Hidenori Ito 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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Patent number: 11969662Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenori Ishibashi, Tomoo Mizukami, Takuma Araki, Masato Muraki, Tomoyuki Arai, Goushi Koike, Takayuki Ito, Kouta Katsumura, Yohei Watanabe, Muneyuki Horiguchi, Takashi Maeda, Satoshi Muto, Hideo Miyano
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Patent number: 11869196Abstract: In order to extract a foreground area more appropriately, an image processing apparatus for extracting a foreground area from an inputted image includes an image input unit that sets a first area and a second area different from the first area in the inputted image, a first extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the first area, and a second extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the second area by using an extraction method different from an extraction method used by the first extraction unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidenori Ito
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Patent number: 11830201Abstract: In order to extract a foreground area more appropriately, an image processing apparatus for extracting a foreground area from an inputted image includes an image input unit that sets a first area and a second area different from the first area in the inputted image, a first extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the first area, and a second extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the second area by using an extraction method different from an extraction method used by the first extraction unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidenori Ito
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Patent number: 11776213Abstract: A pose estimation apparatus (110) obtains a plurality of images captured by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses (100) from different directions, specifies an image that is to be used for generating a three-dimensional pose model indicating a plurality of joint positions of an object, from the plurality of images, and generates a three-dimensional pose model of the object based on the specified image.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasufumi Takama, Hidenori Ito
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Patent number: 11421204Abstract: A stem cell removing method that certainly-removes an undifferentiated stem cell is provided. For this object, a cell group including a stem cell and a somatic cell performed differentiation induction is cultivated in culture medium composition including photosensitizer. Light of a specific wavelength is irradiated with the cell group, and the stem cell is removed, selectively. The stem cell is a pluripotent stem cell or a somatic stem cell. The pluripotent stem cell includes either an ES cell (Embryonic Stem Cell) or an iPS cell (induced Pluripotent Stem Cell). Also, somatic stem cell includes any one of a germ stem cell, a productive cell, a pluripotent stem cell and a stem cell having unipotency.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: REPROCELL INCORPORATED, SBI PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Yoshida, Mitsuru Inamura, Tohru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, Hidenori Ito
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Publication number: 20220249417Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition for enhancing the antitumor effect by an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for enhancing the antitumor effect by an immune checkpoint inhibitor comprising 5-aminolevulinic acids (ALAs) as the active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Tohru Tanaka, Hidenori Ito, Ko Rii
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Patent number: 11266619Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition for enhancing the antitumor effect by an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for enhancing the antitumor effect by an immune checkpoint inhibitor comprising 5-aminolevulinic acids (ALAs) as the active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignees: SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., National Center for Child Health and DevelopmentInventors: Tohru Tanaka, Hidenori Ito, Ko Rii
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Publication number: 20220044477Abstract: A pose estimation apparatus (110) obtains a plurality of images captured by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses (100) from different directions, specifies an image that is to be used for generating a three-dimensional pose model indicating a plurality of joint positions of an object, from the plurality of images, and generates a three-dimensional pose model of the object based on the specified image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Yasufumi Takama, Hidenori Ito
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Publication number: 20210104050Abstract: In order to extract a foreground area more appropriately, an image processing apparatus for extracting a foreground area from an inputted image includes an image input unit that sets a first area and a second area different from the first area in the inputted image, a first extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the first area, and a second extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the second area by using an extraction method different from an extraction method used by the first extraction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventor: Hidenori Ito
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Publication number: 20200297674Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition for enhancing the antitumor effect by an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for enhancing the antitumor effect by an immune checkpoint inhibitor comprising 5-aminolevulinic acids (ALAs) as the active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Tohru Tanaka, Hidenori Ito, Ko Rii
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Patent number: 10552980Abstract: An image processing apparatus in an image processing system configured to generate a virtual point image using a plurality of images captured by a plurality of image capturing apparatus receives a first difference image being based on a difference between a third image based on image capturing performed by a third image capturing apparatus of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses and a second image based on image capturing performed by a second image capturing apparatus of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses and has a smaller data amount than that of the third image, and acquires a foreground image by extracting a predetermined object from the second image, using the received first difference image and a second difference image between a first image based on image capturing performed by a first image capturing apparatus of the plurality of image capturing apparatus and the second image.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidenori Ito, Kiwamu Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10474343Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to scroll a plurality of pieces of content data, a prediction unit configured to predict which content data among the plurality of pieces of content data moves from a hidden area to a display area according to a scroll display control condition controlled by the display control unit, and a decoding unit configured to decode the content data predicted by the prediction unit before the predicted content data moves to the display area.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hidenori Ito
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Publication number: 20180373951Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes: a format conversion unit configured to convert an image in a first format into an image in a second format whose amount of information indicating image quality characteristics is reduced compared to that of the image in the first format; a detection unit configured to detect a partial region in the image in the second format; an inverse conversion unit configured to inversely convert region information representing the detected partial region into region information corresponding to the first format; and an extraction unit configured to extract a partial image in the first format by using the inversely converted region information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Hidenori Ito, Kiwamu Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10009583Abstract: A projection apparatus among a plurality of projection apparatuses for executing multi-projection includes a holding unit configured to hold setting information about a role of the projection apparatus among the plurality of projection apparatuses for executing the multi-projection, a reception unit configured to receive an instruction for displaying a menu screen for changing a setting of the projection apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether to display the menu screen upon reception of the instruction by the reception unit, based on the setting information held by the holding unit, and a projection unit configured to project the menu screen according to a result of determination by the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hidenori Ito
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Publication number: 20180130232Abstract: An image processing apparatus in an image processing system configured to generate a virtual point image using a plurality of images captured by a plurality of image capturing apparatus receives a first difference image being based on a difference between a third image based on image capturing performed by a third image capturing apparatus of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses and a second image based on image capturing performed by a second image capturing apparatus of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses and has a smaller data amount than that of the third image, and acquires a foreground image by extracting a predetermined object from the second image, using the received first difference image and a second difference image between a first image based on image capturing performed by a first image capturing apparatus of the plurality of image capturing apparatus and the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Hidenori Ito, Kiwamu Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180127726Abstract: A stem cell removing method that certainly-removes an undifferentiated stem cell is provided. For this object, a cell group including a stem cell and a somatic cell performed differentiation induction is cultivated in culture medium composition including photosensitizer. Light of a specific wavelength is irradiated with the cell group, and the stem cell is removed, selectively. The stem cell is a pluripotent stem cell or a somatic stem cell. The pluripotent stem cell includes either an ES cell (Embryonic Stem Cell) or an iPS cell (induced Pluripotent Stem Cell). Also, somatic stem cell includes any one of a germ stem cell, a productive cell, a pluripotent stem cell and a stem cell having unipotency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicants: REPROCELL INCORPORATED, SBI PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke YOSHIDA, Mitsuru INAMURA, Tohru TANAKA, Hiroyuki ISHIKAWA, Hidenori ITO
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Patent number: 9937138Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for promoting graft survival which can suppress rejection without use of existing immunosuppressants, an organ preservation solution capable of maintaining the freshness of an organ excised from a donor, and the like. An agent for promoting graft survival or an organ preservation solution is prepared, which comprises 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or a derivative thereof, or a salt of ALA or the derivative and an iron compound as active ingredients. Preferable examples of the ALAs can include ALA and various esters such as methyl ester, ethyl ester, propyl ester, butyl ester, and pentyl ester of ALA, and their hydrochlorides, phosphates, and sulfates. Preferable examples of the iron compound can include sodium ferrous citrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: National Center for Child Health and Development, SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ko Rii, Kiwamu Takahashi, Naomi Haga, Fuminori Abe, Tohru Tanaka, Motowo Nakajima, Hidenori Ito
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Patent number: 9901558Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for promoting graft survival which can suppress rejection without use of existing immunosuppressants, an organ preservation solution capable of maintaining the freshness of an organ excised from a donor, and the like. An agent for promoting graft survival or an organ preservation solution is prepared, which comprises 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or a derivative thereof, or a salt of ALA or the derivative and an iron compound as active ingredients. Preferable examples of the ALAs can include ALA and various esters such as methyl ester, ethyl ester, propyl ester, butyl ester, and pentyl ester of ALA, and their hydrochlorides, phosphates, and sulfates. Preferable examples of the iron compound can include sodium ferrous citrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: National Center for Child Health and Development, SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ko Rii, Kiwamu Takahashi, Naomi Haga, Fuminori Abe, Tohru Tanaka, Motowo Nakajima, Hidenori Ito
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Patent number: 9895331Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for radiation damage that has a novel mechanism of action and can prevent and alleviate a wide range of symptoms of radiation damage for which no therapeutic measures have been available so far, and moreover, is highly safe to humans. A preventive and/or therapeutic agent for radiation damage comprising a compound represented by the following formula (I) such as 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient can be used to improve the survival rate, improve body weight reduction, and alleviate hematopoietic disorder: (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: The University of Tokyo, SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Tanaka, Motowo Nakajima, Fuminori Abe, Hidenori Ito, Kiwamu Takahashi, Kouji Matsushima, Satoshi Ueha, Jun Abe
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Publication number: 20170294176Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit inputs a first divided image, an acquisition unit acquires an image of a peripheral region of a first edge of the first divided image from a second image processing apparatus for performing image processing on a second divided image, and also acquires an image of a peripheral region of a second edge of the first divided image from a third image processing apparatus for performing image processing on a third divided image, an image processing unit executes image processing on the first divided image, using the images of the peripheral regions acquired from the second and third image processing apparatuses by the acquisition unit, wherein the image of the peripheral region acquired from the third image processing apparatus includes an image of at least a part of a fourth divided image adjacent to the third divided image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventor: Hidenori Ito