Patents by Inventor Hiroki Uchida

Hiroki Uchida 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: 20250252570
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a medical image of a predetermined site of a subject; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the first image, a second image in which image quality is improved compared to the first image, using an image quality improving engine including a machine learning engine; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a composite image obtained by combining the first image and the second image according to a ratio obtained using information relating to at least a partial region in at least one of the first image and the second image to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Manabu Yamazoe, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Publication number: 20250128834
    Abstract: A water collecting device includes an ice-wall forming part configured to heat the ground to form an ice wall with ice that includes moisture in the ground, and a water collecting part configured to recover a first gas within a region surrounded by the ice wall and collect water from the recovered first gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroki UCHIDA, Yoshiaki KAWAKAMI, Ken MORITA, Narumi MATSUKAZE, Atsushi KATO, Daisuke BABA, Shugo TSUMURA, Takayuki OKA
  • Publication number: 20250113995
    Abstract: One of information processing apparatuses according to the technique disclosed herein includes an examination unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The examination unit is configured to examine an eye of an examinee. The storage unit is configured to store a plurality of examination protocols, each of the plurality of examination protocols including a plurality of examinations. The control unit is configured to control a display unit such that information that represents a plurality of examinations included in each of at least two examination protocols among the plurality of examination protocols stored is displayed on a protocol-by-protocol basis for the at least two examination protocols, and is configured to control the examination unit in accordance with one examination protocol selected according to an instruction given from an examiner from among the at least two examination protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: YOSHIHIKO IWASE, ETSURO WADA, HIROKI UCHIDA, RIUMA TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240321435
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a medical image of a predetermined site of a subject; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the first image, a second image in which the image quality is improved compared to the first image by using an image quality improving engine that includes a machine learning engine; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a display unit to display a composite image obtained by combining the first image and the second image according to a ratio obtained using information relating to at least a partial region of the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Hideaki MIZOBE, Yoshihiko IWASE, Manabu YAMAZOE, Hiroki UCHIDA, Ritsuya TOMITA
  • Patent number: 12094082
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first medical image of an object under examination; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the obtained first medical image, a second medical image with image quality higher than image quality of the obtained first medical image using a learned model; a comparing unit configured to compare an analysis result obtained by analyzing the obtained first medical image and an analysis result obtained by analyzing the generated second medical image; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a comparison result obtained by the comparing unit to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Makihira, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 12051176
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first medical image of an object under examination; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the obtained first medical image, a second medical image with image quality higher than image quality of the obtained first medical image using a learned model; a comparing unit configured to compare an analysis result obtained by analyzing the obtained first medical image and an analysis result obtained by analyzing the generated second medical image; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a comparison result obtained by the comparing unit to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Makihira, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 12040079
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a medical image of a predetermined site of a subject; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the first image, a second image in which the image quality is improved compared to the first image by using an image quality improving engine that includes a machine learning engine; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a display unit to display a composite image obtained by combining the first image and the second image according to a ratio obtained using information relating to at least a partial region of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Mizobe, Yoshihiko Iwase, Manabu Yamazoe, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 12039704
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image of an eye to be examined; an image quality improving unit configured to generate a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than the obtained first image using the obtained first image as an input data of a learned model, wherein the learned model has been obtained by using training data including a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than a first image of an eye to be examined; and a display controlling unit configured to cause the obtained first image and the generated second image to be switched, juxtaposed or superimposed and displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Uchida, Yoshihiko Iwase, Osamu Sagano, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 11922601
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a motion contrast en-face image of an eye to be examined; and an image quality improving unit configured to generate a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than the obtained first image using the obtained first image as input data that is input into an image quality improving engine, wherein the image quality improving engine includes a machine learning engine that has been obtained by using training data including a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than a first image that is a motion contrast en-face image of an eye to be examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Manabu Yamazoe, Hideaki Mizobe, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 11887288
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes display control means for displaying, on display means, a blend image obtained by performing blend processing at a variable transmissivity in accordance with an instruction of an operator using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image and an OCT angiography (OCTA) image of mutually corresponding regions in a subject that are acquired by an OCT, setting means for setting a region of interest in the displayed blend image, and execution means for executing processing on the set region of interest in at least one image of the OCT image and the OCTA image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Yamazoe, Yoshihiko Iwase, Riuma Takahashi, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 11880960
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a motion contrast en-face image of an eye to be examined; and an image quality improving unit configured to generate a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than the obtained first image using the obtained first image as input data that is input into an image quality improving engine, wherein the image quality improving engine includes a machine learning engine that has been obtained by using training data including a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than a first image that is a motion contrast en-face image of an eye to be examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Manabu Yamazoe, Hideaki Mizobe, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 11842470
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes display control means for displaying, on display means, a blend image obtained by performing blend processing at a variable transmissivity in accordance with an instruction of an operator using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image and an OCT angiography (OCTA) image of mutually corresponding regions in a subject that are acquired by an OCT, setting means for setting a region of interest in the displayed blend image, and execution means for executing processing on the set region of interest in at least one image of the OCT image and the OCTA image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Yamazoe, Yoshihiko Iwase, Riuma Takahashi, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Patent number: 11831259
    Abstract: Provided is a motor control apparatus that suppresses a steep rush current to a charging circuit and that can quickly start driving of a motor without depending on a current-limiting resistor. The motor control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an inverter for driving a motor, a charging circuit for supplying electric power to the inverter, a relay circuit for connecting a charging circuit and a power supply terminal, a control unit for controlling the inverter and the relay circuit, and a pre-charging circuit that is provided in parallel with the relay circuit, that starts charging from the power supply terminal to the charging circuit after a power switch for connecting an external power source with the power supply terminal is turned on, and that completes charging of the charging circuit before the control unit starts operation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Sawada, Yuichi Muramoto, Makoto Matsumoto, Hiroki Uchida
  • Patent number: 11819275
    Abstract: The optical coherence tomography apparatus is an optical coherence tomography apparatus that obtains a tomographic image of an eye to be examined by using combined light obtained by combining (a) return light from the eye to be examined irradiated with measurement light and (b) reference light, the optical coherence tomography apparatus including an optical path length difference changing unit arranged to change an optical path length difference between the measurement light and the reference light, a driving unit arranged to drive the optical path length difference changing unit, a determining unit configured to determine, using a learned model, a driving amount of the driving unit from the obtained tomographic image, and a controlling unit configured to control the driving unit using the determined driving amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazumasa Tanaka, Hiroki Uchida, Yoshihiko Iwase, Osamu Sagano, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Publication number: 20220321035
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a motor control apparatus that suppresses a steep rush current to a charging circuit and that can quickly start driving of a motor without depending on a current-limiting resistor. A motor control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an inverter for driving a motor, a charging circuit for supplying electric power to the inverter, a relay circuit for connecting a charging circuit and a DC power source, a control unit for controlling the inverter and the relay circuit, and a pre-charging circuit that is provided in parallel with the relay circuit, that starts charging from the DC power source to the charging circuit after a power switch for connecting an external power source with the DC power source is turned on, and that completes charging of the charging circuit before the control unit starts operation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro SAWADA, Yuichi MURAMOTO, Makoto MATSUMOTO, Hiroki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220183551
    Abstract: The optical coherence tomography apparatus is an optical coherence tomography apparatus that obtains a tomographic image of an eye to be examined by using combined light obtained by combining (a) return light from the eye to be examined irradiated with measurement light and (b) reference light, the optical coherence tomography apparatus including an optical path length difference changing unit arranged to change an optical path length difference between the measurement light and the reference light, a driving unit arranged to drive the optical path length difference changing unit, a determining unit configured to determine, using a learned model, a driving amount of the driving unit from the obtained tomographic image, and a controlling unit configured to control the driving unit using the determined driving amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Kazumasa Tanaka, Hiroki Uchida, Yoshihiko Iwase, Osamu Sagano, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Publication number: 20220110521
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain, using an optical coherence tomography, an analysis map for a disk and an analysis map for a macular area, which are analysis results of three-dimensional data obtained by capturing an image of a region of a fundus of a subject's eye that includes the disk and the macular area, and a control unit configured to cause a display unit to display side by side a two-dimensional image of the region including the disk and the macular area, the analysis map for the optic disk, and the analysis map for the macular area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Osamu Sagano, Hiroki Uchida, Juun Horie, Riuma Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210398259
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes display control means for displaying, on display means, a blend image obtained by performing blend processing at a variable transmissivity in accordance with an instruction of an operator using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image and an OCT angiography (OCTA) image of mutually corresponding regions in a subject that are acquired by an OCT, setting means for setting a region of interest in the displayed blend image, and execution means for executing processing on the set region of interest in at least one image of the OCT image and the OCTA image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Manabu Yamazoe, Yoshihiko Iwase, Riuma Takahashi, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Publication number: 20210390696
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a medical image of a predetermined site of a subject; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the first image, a second image in which image quality is improved compared to the first image, using an image quality improving engine including a machine learning engine; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a composite image obtained by combining the first image and the second image according to a ratio obtained using information relating to at least a partial region in at least one of the first image and the second image to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Manabu Yamazoe, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Publication number: 20210304363
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first medical image of an object under examination; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the obtained first medical image, a second medical image with image quality higher than image quality of the obtained first medical image using a learned model; a comparing unit configured to compare an analysis result obtained by analyzing the obtained first medical image and an analysis result obtained by analyzing the generated second medical image; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a comparison result obtained by the comparing unit to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Makihira, Hiroki Uchida, Ritsuya Tomita