Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Imamura

Hiroshi Imamura 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: 9517004
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for controls, in one image capture region, image capture of a plurality of high-magnification images having a viewing angle smaller than the viewing angle of the image capture region. A presentation unit presents for selection a plurality of basic patterns each representing a distribution of positions at which to respectively capture high-magnification images. An adjustment unit adjusts, in accordance with an instruction of the operator, an image capture condition of the plurality of high-magnification images associated with the basic pattern selected from the plurality of basic patterns. A control unit causes an image capture apparatus to capture the plurality of high-magnification images in the image capture region in accordance with the adjusted image capture condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9514532
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify a region relating to the movement of blood cells on a fundus image captured by an ophthalmologic imaging apparatus that includes an adaptive optics system, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to a tissue that is positioned on a back side of a position where the movement of blood cells is recognized, when it is seen from an anterior eye part side, in the identified region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imamura, Keiko Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20160317014
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of types of images including a plurality of confocal images obtained by imaging an eye at different times, and a plurality of non-confocal images temporally corresponding to the plurality of confocal images; and an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating a positional gap of at least one of the plurality of types of images, based on the plurality of non-confocal images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160317015
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of types of images of an eye, including a confocal image and a non-confocal image of the eye; an analyzing unit configured to analyze the confocal image and the non-confocal image; a deciding unit configured to decide, based on analysis results of one of the confocal image and the non-confocal image, whether or not to analyze the other; and a display control unit configured to display analysis results of the confocal image and the non-confocal image on a display unit, in a case of deciding to analyze the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160317017
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of types of images of an eye, including a confocal image and a non-confocal image of the eye; a deciding unit configured to decide a saving format for saving the confocal image and non-confocal image in a storage region; and a saving unit configured to save at least one of the acquired plurality of types of images in the storage region, based on the decided saving format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160309997
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution for focusing on each imaging target of a subject eye in a robust and highly accurate way. An information processing apparatus includes, a confocal data acquisition unit configured to acquire a confocal signal based on return light from the subject eye, a nonconfocal data acquisition unit configured to acquire a nonconfocal signal based on the return light from the subject eye, and an identification unit configured to identify an in-focus position of measurement light based at least on the nonconfocal signal out of the confocal and the nonconfocal signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9456748
    Abstract: An ophthalmological apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images of different magnifications, a decision unit configured to decide, based on at least the acquired images or capture conditions of the acquired images, a method for capturing an image of an intermediate magnification that is between the magnifications of the acquired images, and an alignment unit configured to align the acquired images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160262607
    Abstract: Provided is an ophthalmic apparatus, including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a confocal image and a nonconfocal image of an eye to be inspected (E); a first detection unit configured to detect a photoreceptor cell of the eye to be inspected (E) from the confocal image; a second detection unit configured to detect a photoreceptor cell of the eye to be inspected (E) from the nonconfocal image; and a display unit configured to compare the photoreceptor cell detected by the first detection unit and the photoreceptor cell detected by the second detection unit with each other to display a result of the comparison on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Tsutomu Utagawa, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9436994
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, boundary extraction means for detecting boundaries of retina layers from a tomogram of an eye to be examined, exudate extraction means for extracting an exudate region from a fundus image of the eye to be examined, registration means for performing registration between the tomogram and the fundus image, and calculating a spatial correspondence between the tomogram and the fundus image, specifying means for specifying a region where an exudate exists in the tomogram using the boundaries of the retina layers, the exudate region, and the spatial correspondence, likelihood calculation means for calculating likelihoods of existence of the exudate in association with the specified region, and tomogram exudate extraction means for extracting an exudate region in the tomogram from the specified region using the likelihoods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Furukawa, Hiroshi Imamura, Yoshihiko Iwase
  • Patent number: 9430825
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, which analyzes retina layers of an eye to be examined, comprising, means for extracting a feature amount, which represents an anatomical feature in the eye to be examined, from a projection image obtained from a tomogram of the retina layers and a fundus image of the eye to be examined, means for determining a type of the anatomical feature based on the feature amount, means for deciding layers to be detected from the retina layers according to the determined type of the anatomical feature, and detecting structures of the decided layers in the tomogram, and means for modifying the structure of the layer included in a region having the anatomical feature of the structures of the layers detected by the layer structure detection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Hiroshi Imamura, Daisuke Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20160235294
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus capable of imaging a confocal image and a nonconfocal image, in which an image intended by an examiner is provided easily and rapidly. The imaging apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a confocal image and a nonconfocal image of an eye to be inspected; a display unit configured to display at least one of the acquired confocal image and the acquired nonconfocal image; an analysis unit configured to analyze the acquired confocal image and the acquired nonconfocal image; and a display control unit configured to change a display form displayed on the display unit in accordance with an analysis result obtained by the analysis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Tsutomu Utagawa, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160235290
    Abstract: This invention provides an image processing apparatus which allows an operator to easily recognize relevance between morbid portions, which exist in a plurality of layers, according to a disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imamura, Kazuhiro Miyasa
  • Patent number: 9398246
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a panel (158) in which a plurality of pixels that emit light in response to a video signal are arranged, a light emission amount calculation unit (164) that acquires a light emission amount on a plurality of positions of the panel (158) based on a video signal supplied to the panel (158), a storage unit (150) that accumulates data related to the light emission amount accumulated based on a video signal of a plurality of frames, a high-brightness gamma adjustment block (172b) that reduces brightness of a high brightness side of the video signal supplied to the panel (158) based on the data related to the light emission amount accumulated in storage unit (150), and a low-gradation gamma adjustment block (172c) that reduces brightness of a low brightness side of the video signal in conjunction with a reduction in brightness of the high brightness side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hideto Mori, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9355446
    Abstract: This invention provides an image processing apparatus which allows an operator to easily recognize relevance between morbid portions, which exist in a plurality of layers, according to a disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imamura, Kazuhiro Miyasa
  • Patent number: 9351650
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains an image of an eye area, determines a measurement target among multiple vascular branches based on information regarding multiple vascular branches that include multiple vascular bifurcations in the obtained image, and measures the size of a blood cell aggregate in the determined measurement target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Uji, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160118098
    Abstract: A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes at least one MTJ element, the MTJ element including: a magnetic multilayer structure including a first magnetic layer in which a direction of magnetization is fixed, a second magnetic layer in which a direction of magnetization is changeable, and a tunnel barrier layer located between the first and second magnetic layers; a first electrode provided on a first surface of the magnetic multilayer structure; a second electrode provided on a second surface of the magnetic multilayer structure; an insulating film provided on a side surface of the magnetic multilayer structure; and a control electrode provided on the side surface of the magnetic multilayer structure with the insulating film located therebetween, a voltage being applied to the control electrode in a read operation, which increases an energy barrier for changing the magnetization of the second magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoharu SHIMOMURA, Eiji KITAGAWA, Minoru AMANO, Daisuke SAIDA, Kay YAKUSHIJI, Takayuki NOZAKI, Shinji YUASA, Akio FUKUSHIMA, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Hitoshi KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9320424
    Abstract: An image display apparatus obtains a plurality of moving images obtained by capturing a plurality of imaging areas of a fundus, and a wide field of view image obtained by capturing an area including the plurality of imaging areas of the fundus. Each of the plurality of moving images is associated with pulse data based on a biomedical signal obtained in capturing the moving image. The image display apparatus superimposes and displays at least one frame of each of the plurality of moving images at a position on the wide field of view image, which is determined based on information about the positions of the plurality of imaging areas. In the superimposing/display operation, the image display apparatus displays the plurality of moving images at a display timing synchronized based on the pulse data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9307903
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a plurality of moving images of a predetermined site of an eye, specifies a vascular region by using at least one moving image of the plurality of moving images, and measures the sizes of blood cell aggregates in a specific vascular branch in the specified vascular region for each moving image of the plurality of moving images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9289932
    Abstract: A heating cylinder protection cover that covers an entire circumference of a heating cylinder of an injection molding machine is configured from a plurality of protection cover members. Cutouts for cable passing section formation are provided in one or both of a pair of cover members joined to each other among the plurality of protection cover members. A cable is drawn out to the outer side of the heating cylinder protection cover through the cutouts for cable passing section formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20160066778
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus acquires a plurality of images by photographing a plurality of different regions of an eye at different times to generate one image by using the acquired plurality of images. The ophthalmologic apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine, in the plurality of regions, at least one region that does not include any region actually photographed as the plurality of images, and a control unit configured to control the ophthalmologic apparatus in such a way as to capture an image of the determined region of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura