Patents by Inventor Hiroshi USHIRODA

Hiroshi USHIRODA 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: 20240045497
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus (13) according to one form of the present disclosure includes: an image input unit (13b) that receives an operative field image for an eye of a patient; an eyeball tracking unit (13e) that tracks an eyeball in the operative field image; and a display image generation unit (13f) that sets a plurality of regions having different display modes for the operative field image and generates a display image in which an annular or radial boundary in the plurality of regions indicates a specific position or a specific size with respect to the eye. The display image generation unit (13f) changes a position or a size of the boundary on the basis of a tracking result of the eyeball and generates the display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Junichiro ENOKI, Izumu HOSOI, Yuki SUGIE, Tomoyuki OOTSUKI, Koji KASHIMA, Hiroshi USHIRODA, Koji FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20240033035
    Abstract: An image processing device (13) according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: an image input unit (13a) that receives a surgical field image with respect to a patient's eye; an eyeball tracking unit (13b) as an example of a part detection unit that detects a specific part of the eye in the surgical field image; and a display image generation unit (13c) that generates a display image including a first position indicator indicating a position a predetermined distance away in a specific direction from the specific part detected by the eyeball tracking unit (13b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki OOTSUKI, Junichiro ENOKI, Hiroshi USHIRODA, Koji FUKAYA, Yuki SUGIE, Koji KASHIMA, Izumu HOSOI
  • Patent number: 11882355
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes circuitry configured to: acquire an image signal generated by an imaging device configured to image an observation target; acquire an operation instruction made by a voice input; control a display device to display a plurality of images generated based on the image signal corresponding to an operating state of the imaging device, together with information related to the operating state, in a case where the operation instruction is an operation instruction related to imaging of the imaging device; and control to change the imaging device to an operating state corresponding to the image selected by a user among the plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Otaki, Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Patent number: 11864732
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image signal obtained by capturing a subject image; and an image processor configured to set, in the image signal, a first area for displaying an image, and a second area having a smaller average luminance than the first area, set the second area on a screen according to a depth of field at a time of capturing the subject image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Publication number: 20230346196
    Abstract: A medical image processing device 3 includes: a captured image acquisition unit 31 that acquires a captured image captured by a medical observation device 2; a determination unit 33 that determines whether or not an imaging field of view of the medical observation device 2 has been moved; and an identification image generation unit 321 that generates, in a case where the determination unit 33 determines that the imaging field of view has been moved, an identification image in which a specific position in a specific region displayed on a display device in an entire image region of the captured image is identifiable with respect to other positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi USHIRODA, Toshiyuki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11684238
    Abstract: A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first and second image signals generated by an imaging device having an autofocus function by capturing an observation target irradiated with first light and second light having different wavelength bands, respectively; a signal processor configured to detect detection information of the first and second image signals; and a controller configured to calculate a first focal length based on the detection information of the first image signal, calculate a second focal length based on the detection information of the second image signal, and set a focal length of the imaging device to capture the observation target irradiated with the second light to either the first or second focal length at least based on the detection information of the second image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kazunori Segawa, Masataka Kado, Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Patent number: 11653826
    Abstract: A medical observation system, a control method, and a program are provided, which are capable of easily reducing the possibility that illumination light directly enters an eye by accident. A medical observation system 1 includes: an imaging unit 21 that captures an object and generates an image signal; a light output unit 22 that outputs illumination light in a capturing direction of the imaging unit 21; a determining unit 942 that determines the usage state of the imaging unit 21; and an illumination controller 944 that controls illumination light emitted by the light output unit 22 based on a determination result of the determining unit 942.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ushiroda, Naobumi Okada, Kenji Hirose
  • Publication number: 20230066301
    Abstract: Provided are a medical observation system, a control device, and a control method that are configured to prevent flickering of a portion to be observed of an object to be observed and reduce the size of the device. The medical observation system 1 includes an image sensor 212, a second control unit 94 that causes a light source device 3 to simultaneously emit second visible light and excitation light, and an image processing unit 91 that generates a fluorescence image based on a first pixel value that is output from a pixel in which a first filter is arranged and that is contained in image data and a background image based on a second pixel value that is output from a pixel in which a second filter is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi USHIRODA, Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11582427
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: receive a plurality of first image data captured at different times and generated by illumination of light in a first wavelength band in sequence; receive a plurality of second image data captured at different times and generated by illumination of light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band in sequence; generate first and second images based on the received first and second image data, respectively; and output the generated first image and second image to a display in chronological order of the first and second images and in accordance with a preset display pattern of the first and second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Patent number: 11464402
    Abstract: There is provided a medical dimming control apparatus including: a dimming control section configured to control a dimming in relation to an imaging of an observation target by an imaging device in accordance with a set dimming mode. The dimming mode at least includes a first dimming mode that controls the dimming at a first tracking speed and a second dimming mode that controls the dimming at a second tracking speed that is slower than the first tracking speed, and the dimming control section sets the first dimming mode on the basis of a change in an imaging-related behavior in the imaging device, and sets the second dimming mode in a case of determining that a predetermined condition is satisfied while executing the control in accordance with the first dimming mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Publication number: 20220277432
    Abstract: Provided are a medical image processing device and a medical observation system that are configured to clarify a boundary between a near-infrared image and a visible image in a specific region. An image processing unit 93 uses a first image based on first image data input from outside and a second image based on second image data input from outside, having an enhanced specific region of the first image, and generates third image data in which the specific region of the first image is replaced with mixed image data having a mixture of a group of first pixels located in the specific region of the first image and a group of second pixels located in the specific region of the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kiminori SUGISAKI, Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Publication number: 20220245796
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: image acquisition unit configured to acquire image information obtained by imaging with a medical observation device; and superimposed image generation circuitry configured to generate a superimposed image in which a pattern image having first images with a specific shape arranged in parallel in a specific pattern and a captured image based on the image information are superimposed on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi USHIRODA, Koji FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 11147647
    Abstract: To reduce more load related to the correction of deformation of an observation image that is caused by an error between a plurality of imaging sections. A medical stereoscopic observation device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire, from an imaging unit including a first imaging section configured to capture a left-eye image and a second imaging section configured to capture a right-eye image, correction data for correcting an error related to capturing of an image between the first imaging section and the second imaging section, the imaging unit being rotatably held by a support section; and a correction section configured to correct a difference of parallax between the left-eye image and the right-eye image on a basis of the correction data, using a position corresponding to a rotation axis of the imaging unit as a reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MRDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Masataka Kado, Tomonori Ishikawa, Gakuji Higuchi, Hiroshi Ushiroda, Takahiro Yamamoto, Masashige Kimura
  • Publication number: 20210297583
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes circuitry configured to: acquire an image signal generated by an imaging device configured to image an observation target; acquire an operation instruction made by a voice input; control a display device to display a plurality of images generated based on the image signal corresponding to an operating state of the imaging device, together with information related to the operating state, in a case where the operation instruction is an operation instruction related to imaging of the imaging device; and control to change the imaging device to an operating state corresponding to the image selected by a user among the plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi OTAKI, Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Publication number: 20210297574
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller configured to: control an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject; control a light source configured to irradiate the subject with illumination light; and change at least part of an illumination condition of illumination light of an exposure period of a light receiving element of the image sensor and a period other than the exposure period in an image-capturing processing period for acquiring an image signal of an image of one frame to be displayed by a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Publication number: 20210290036
    Abstract: A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first and second image signals generated by an imaging device having an autofocus function by capturing an observation target irradiated with first light and second light having different wavelength bands, respectively; a signal processor configured to detect detection information of the first and second image signals; and a controller configured to calculate a first focal length based on the detection information of the first image signal, calculate a second focal length based on the detection information of the second image signal, and set a focal length of the imaging device to capture the observation target irradiated with the second light to either the first or second focal length at least based on the detection information of the second image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori SEGAWA, Masataka KADO, Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Publication number: 20210267434
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image signal obtained by capturing a subject image; and an image processor configured to set, in the image signal, a first area for displaying an image, and a second area having a smaller average luminance than the first area, set the second area on a screen according to a depth of field at a time of capturing the subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Publication number: 20210244261
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: receive a plurality of first image data captured at different times and generated by illumination of light in a first wavelength band in sequence; receive a plurality of second image data captured at different times and generated by illumination of light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band in sequence; generate first and second images based on the received first and second image data, respectively; and output the generated first image and second image to a display in chronological order of the first and second images and in accordance with a preset display pattern of the first and second images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Patent number: 10561304
    Abstract: [Object] To present a three-dimensional image in a more favorable mode, regardless of differences in display conditions. [Solution] A medical stereoscopic observation device including: an acquisition section that acquires input image data; a parallax control section that controls, for each of a plurality of different display regions, a parallax value in accordance with display size of the display region; and an image generation section that generates, for each display region, a parallax image corresponding to each of a plurality of viewpoints for display in the display region, on a basis of the acquired input image data and the parallax value corresponding to the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tomonori Ishikawa, Masataka Kado, Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Publication number: 20200037864
    Abstract: A medical observation system, a control method, and a program are provided, which are capable of easily reducing the possibility that illumination light directly enters an eye by accident. A medical observation system 1 includes: an imaging unit 21 that captures an object and generates an image signal; a light output unit 22 that outputs illumination light in a capturing direction of the imaging unit 21; a determining unit 942 that determines the usage state of the imaging unit 21; and an illumination controller 944 that controls illumination light emitted by the light output unit 22 based on a determination result of the determining unit 942.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi USHIRODA, Naobumi OKADA, Kenji HIROSE