Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Matsumoto

Hiroaki Matsumoto 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: 20210256295
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including: a classifier that is applied for medical treatment data; and a hardware processor that sets a property of the classifier, evaluates a sufficiency level of the property by using evaluation data for the classifier, and selects and sets one classifier as the classifier to be used in a facility by referring to an evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroaki MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10814694
    Abstract: When an A/C switch is ON and a predetermined dehumidification condition is met, an ECU determines whether or not HV travel is selected. When the HV travel is selected, the ECU controls an air conditioning facility so that a heat pump cycle performs a cooling operation (dehumidification) and hot-water heating is used for the heating capability. When the EV travel is selected, the ECU controls the air conditioning facility so that the heat pump cycle performs dehumidification heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Kunihiko Jinno, Hiroaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20200327981
    Abstract: A medical information processing system includes a first hardware processor that analyzes a medical image, in which the first hardware processor detects a metal contraindicated in MRI examinations from the medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroaki MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10628923
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing system includes the following. A capturing stand includes a holder to hold radiographic image capturing devices. A radiation irradiator irradiates the radiographic image capturing devices loaded in the holder at once. An image processor generates a plurality of images based on image data acquired by the radiographic image capturing devices. The image processor removes a streaky component residing in the generated image to correct the image. Such process includes forming a smoothed image by smoothing with a low-pass filter, and subtracting an interpolation image to extract a streaky image from the smoothing image and adding the streaky image to remove the streaky component. The smoothing includes reflecting smoothing on pixels showing a subject structure using a low-pass filter with a size larger in the horizontal direction compared to pixels other than pixels showing the subject structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Takagi, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Kenichi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20200111558
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains an abnormal shadow candidate detection result generated based on a medical image obtained by a medical image generation apparatus. Based on the obtained abnormal shadow candidate detection result, the hardware processor determines the number of image interpreters who interpret the medical image. The hardware processor outputs the determined number of image interpreters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki MATSUMOTO, Shinsuke KATSUHARA, Hitoshi FUTAMURA, Satoshi KASAI
  • Publication number: 20200074623
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: generates a thinned image by decreasing a pixel count on a medical image; inputs the thinned image to a neural network; extracts, using the neural network and from the thinned image, a signal component of a prescribed structure included in the medical image; and executes super-resolution processing on an output image outputted from the neural network to generate a structure image that expresses the signal component. The structure image includes a pixel count identical to the pixel count of the medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190301917
    Abstract: First to eighth laser measurement sections (30a) to (30h) of a laser measurement unit (30) measures a height of a surface of powder resins (15) in a coil insertion range CA for every angular degree in a circumferential direction of a stator core (2). A control unit (18) computes the number of points where the height of the surface is lower than a predetermined height among measurement results at multiple points measured by the first to eighth laser measurement sections (30a) to (30h), where the number of points is defined as an index value indicative of a dispersion of the measurement results. When it has been determined that the index value exceeds a first predetermined value, a notification is issued by outputting from a speaker (32) a sound indicative of the fact that the index value that has been computed exceeds the first predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroomi Shimizu, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Kenji Miyanaga, Junji Nakajima, Hiroshi Kunieda
  • Patent number: 10421335
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an air conditioning apparatus configured to be capable of executing ventilation operation to supply air outside the vehicle into a passenger compartment, and cooling operation to supply cool air into the passenger compartment; and a control unit that causes the air conditioning apparatus to execute remote air conditioning in which air conditioning is performed while a user is not in the vehicle, and operated air conditioning in which air conditioning is performed by the user's operation while the user is in the vehicle. The control unit controls the air conditioning apparatus such that a condition in which the ventilation operation is executed in the remote air conditioning is more relaxed than a condition in which the ventilation operation is executed in the operated air conditioning. In this way, power consumption by pre-air conditioning can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Kunihiko Jinno, Hiroaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10381842
    Abstract: A power supply system of an embodiment has a plurality of power conditioners, an acquisition device, and a search instruction generator. The power conditioners convert a form of electrical power generated by a plurality of electrical generators into a different form of electrical power. The acquisition device acquires a respective information regarding power output from each of the plurality of power conditioners. The search instruction generator generates and outputs an operating point search instruction to one or more power conditioners being lower in a ratio of output power with respect to a reference power by at least a prescribed degree than one or more different power conditioners, wherein the reference power is given, based on the maximum output power or rated power of the corresponding electrical generator, or based on the maximum output power or rated power of the power conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Maki, Hiroshi Mochikawa, Makoto Kumai, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Shingo Yanagimoto, Akihiro Matsui
  • Publication number: 20190189278
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a plurality of identifiers that discriminates whether abnormal data that is information indicating an abnormal value is included in treatment data and detects the abnormal data; and a hardware processor that: customizes evaluation data used when evaluating discrimination accuracy of the plurality of identifiers; calculates the discrimination accuracy of each of the plurality of identifiers using the evaluation data customized by the hardware processor; and selects one identifier out of the plurality of identifiers as an identifier used for discrimination based on a calculation result by the hardware processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki MATSUMOTO, Hitoshi FUTAMURA, Satoshi KASAI, Shinsuke KATSUHARA, Tsuyoshi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10232844
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a generator that generates electric power by using an output of the internal combustion engine; an electric storage device that stores the electric power generated by the generator; an electric motor that generates a driving force for the hybrid vehicle by receiving at least one of the electric power that is generated by the generator and the electric power that is stored in the electric storage device; a heating apparatus that heats a vehicle cabin, the heating apparatus including an electric heater that heats the vehicle cabin by using the electric power that is stored in the electric storage device; and an electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Kunihiko Jinno, Hiroaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10149656
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing system includes the following. A capturing stand includes a holder to hold radiographic image capturing devices. A radiation irradiator is able to irradiate the radiographic image capturing devices at once. An image processor generates images based on image data acquired by the radiographic image capturing devices. The image processor removes a structural component derived from the front radiographic image capturing device, on the basis of a calibration image and the generated image. The calibration image is preliminarily generated based on the image data acquired by the rear radiographic image capturing device with no subject disposed. The generated image is generated based on the image data acquired by the rear radiographic image capturing device during actual image capturing. The image processor removes a streaky component residing in the generated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Takagi, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Ryohei Ito, Agus Suharno, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10083814
    Abstract: An electron microscope includes a secondary electron detector (51) which detects an electron generated when a sample (70) is illuminated with an electron beam from an electron gun (1), a monitor (39) which displays a secondary electron image of the sample based on an output of the detector, a gas inlet device (60) which emits gas to the sample, and a gas control device (81) which controls a gas emitting amount of the gas inlet device so that a degree of vacuum in an intermediate chamber (74) in which the secondary electron detector is installed may be kept at less than a set value P1 during gas emission performed by the gas inlet device. Accordingly, a microscopic image of the sample in a gas atmosphere with use of the detector requiring application of voltage is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Nagaoki, Toshiyuki Oyagi, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Kiyotaka Nakano, Takeshi Sato, Yasuhira Nagakubo
  • Patent number: 10071613
    Abstract: A controller controls an air-conditioning device so that air of the air-conditioning device is supplied to a cabin based on a warm-up state of air of the air-conditioning device. When remote air conditioning is performed, the controller controls the air-conditioning device so that air of the air-conditioning device is supplied to the cabin even in a state where the warm-up state is lower than in a case where air of the air-conditioning device is supplied to the cabin of the vehicle in the operation air conditioning. In a manner described above, a vehicle capable of suppressing power loss and lengthening of charging time in heating during the remote air conditioning and the preliminary air conditioning is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Kunihiko Jinno, Hiroaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180191022
    Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte battery that exhibits favorable load characteristics at low temperatures after being stored at a high temperature, and a method for manufacturing the non-aqueous electrolyte battery. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi HATAKEYAMA, Hidetoshi MORIKAMI, Yasunori MASAOKA, Hirokazu KAMINE, Hiroaki MATSUMOTO, Mitsuhiro KISHIMI
  • Patent number: 10005210
    Abstract: Provided is an injection molded element for a slide fastener which retains a high degree of practical strength, which does not cause undulation of a fastener tape after attachment thereto, and which has superior moldability. The present invention is an injection molded element for a slide fastener having as a material a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin having a glass transition temperature from 40 to 70° C., the composition having a melt flow rate from 5 to 40 g/10 min, and containing from 40 to 60 parts by mass of the reinforcing fibers per 100 parts by mass in total of the polyamide resin and reinforcing fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Mizumoto, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Masayoshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20180041042
    Abstract: A power supply system of an embodiment has a plurality of power conditioners, an acquisition device, and a search instruction generator. The power conditioners convert a form of electrical power generated by a plurality of electrical generators into a different form of electrical power. The acquisition device acquires a respective information regarding power output from each of the plurality of power conditioners. The search instruction generator generates and outputs an operating point search instruction to one or more power conditioners being lower in a ratio of output power with respect to a reference power by at least a prescribed degree than one or more different power conditioners, wherein the reference power is given, based on the maximum output power or rated power of the corresponding electrical generator, or based on the maximum output power or rated power of the power conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji MAKI, Hiroshi MOCHIKAWA, Makoto KUMAI, Hiroaki MATSUMOTO, Shingo YANAGIMOTO, Akihiro MATSUI
  • Patent number: 9885319
    Abstract: A vehicle fuel cooling device includes a return passage and a fuel cooling unit arranged on the return passage. A non-injected surplus fuel of a fuel supplied to a fuel injection valve is returned to a fuel tank through the return passage as a return fuel. When a part of the cooling medium of a vehicle air conditioning system is circulated to the fuel cooling unit, the cooling medium flowing through the fuel cooling unit cools the return fuel through heat exchange. In the vehicle fuel cooling device, when a part of the cooling medium is circulated to the fuel cooling unit to cool the return fuel, an amount of return fuel to be returned to the fuel tank is increased compared to when the return fuel is not cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsumoto, Kunihiko Jinno, Hidekazu Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20170372454
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing system includes the following. A capturing stand includes a holder to hold radiographic image capturing devices. A radiation irradiator irradiates the radiographic image capturing devices loaded in the holder at once. An image processor generates a plurality of images based on image data acquired by the radiographic image capturing devices. The image processor removes a streaky component residing in the generated image to correct the image. Such process includes forming a smoothed image by smoothing with a low-pass filter, and subtracting an interpolation image to extract a streaky image from the smoothing image and adding the streaky image to remove the streaky component. The smoothing includes reflecting smoothing on pixels showing a subject structure using a low-pass filter with a size larger in the horizontal direction compared to pixels other than pixels showing the subject structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya TAKAGI, Hiroaki MATSUMOTO, Kenichi YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 9803269
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ?+? type titanium alloy and a production method therefor, which has an ultrafine structure causing superplasticity under low temperatures and has a high deformation ratio compared to conventional ?+? type Ti alloys. The alloy has an ultrafine structure made of equiaxial crystals in which an area ratio of crystals having a grain diameter of 1 ?m or less is 60% or more, and maximum frequency grain diameter is 0.5 ?m or less, wherein a portion in which the integration degree of plane orientation of the hexagonal close-packed crystal is 1.00 or more exists within a range of 0 to 60 degrees with respect to a normal line of a processed surface of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: NHK SPRING CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsumoto, Akihiko Chiba, Sang-Hak Lee, Yoshiki Ono