Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yamato

Hiroshi Yamato 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: 9990735
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus includes: a diagnosis image generating section that generates, as a diagnosis image for every first time interval, at least one of a moving image in which a predetermined part of a human body or an animal is photographed and temporally continuous images based on the moving image; an image target setting section that acquires, for the diagnosis image, a first image at a predetermined time and a second image for every second time interval longer than the first time interval from the predetermined time; a pixel color converting portion that converts, of pixels of the first image and the second image, colors of pixels satisfying a predetermined condition to be distinguishable; and a display image generating section that generates an image for display using the first image and the second image whose colors of the pixels have been converted by the pixel color converting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Osamu Toyama, Hiroshi Yamato
  • Patent number: 9972088
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes an image analysis unit that performs image analysis processing on a plurality of frame images constituting a base dynamic image to obtain an overall analysis value, a statistical analysis unit that performs statistical analysis processing on a diagnostic region using the overall analysis value to obtain a first analysis value, a reference statistical value generating unit that outputs a reference statistical value, and a display unit that displays the first analysis value and the reference statistical value together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Fujiwara, Osamu Toyama, Hiroshi Yamato, Kenta Shimamura, Shintaro Muraoka, Sho Noji
  • Patent number: 9901317
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a dynamic image acquiring unit acquiring a dynamic image; a time range setting unit setting a first time range and a second time range in an overall time of the dynamic image; a thumbnail generating unit generating a first thumbnail image and a second thumbnail image that are still images obtained by performing statistical processing on frame images in the first time range and frame images in the second time range, respectively; and a display unit displaying the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image so that they can visually be compared with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenta Shimamura, Hiroshi Yamato, Osamu Toyama, Shintaro Muraoka, Sho Noji
  • Patent number: 9886755
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a medical video image obtained by imaging of lungs, a holding unit configured to hold a lung field motion model, the lung field motion model simulating lung field motion, and a processing unit configured to process the medical video image by using the lung field motion model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Fujiwara, Osamu Toyama, Hiroshi Yamato, Kenta Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9836842
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a base period extracting unit extracting a first target region period based on a first periodic change being a periodic change of a target region in a base moving image acquired by a base moving image acquiring unit; a reference period extracting unit extracting a second target region period based on a second periodic change being a periodic change of the target region in a reference moving image acquired by a reference moving image acquiring unit; a period adjusting unit performing period adjusting processing of synchronizing, for the first target region period or the second target region period, the first periodic change and the second periodic change with each other at a particular phase; and a display image generating unit generating a display image allowing for comparison between the base moving image and the reference moving image after the period adjusting processing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamato, Kenta Shimamura, Osamu Toyama, Shintaro Muraoka, Sho Noji
  • Patent number: 9704242
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store corresponding information in which one or more images of one or more frame images included in a dynamic image and one or more calculation middle images generated from two or more frame images included in the dynamic image relative to the single pixel region for each pixel region including one or more pixels in a calculation result image having the statistic obtained by the calculation for a medical dynamic image as each pixel value; a specification unit configured to specify the one or more pixel regions in the calculation result image; and a determination unit configured to determine one or more output images based on one or more images corresponding to the one or more pixel regions specified by the specification unit in the corresponding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Fujiwara, Osamu Toyama, Hiroshi Yamato, Kenta Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9665935
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing technology capable of perceiving a motion of the shape of a target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamato, Kenta Shimamura, Osamu Toyama, Shintaro Muraoka, Sho Noji
  • Patent number: 9639952
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a moving image acquiring unit that acquires a moving image including a plurality of frame images a respiratory information acquiring unit that performs a respiratory information acquiring processing of acquiring respiratory information synchronized at times at which the frame images are captured, a blood-flow-restricted time determining unit that performs a blood-flow-restricted time determining processing of determining, on the basis of the respiratory information, a blood-flow-restricted time indicating a time at which the blood flow of the target region is assumed to be restricted due to respiration, and a blood flow analysis correcting unit that performs a blood-flow-analysis content correcting processing of excluding the frame image captured at the blood-flow-restricted time from targets for blood flow analysis or decreasing the blood-flow-analysis importance of the frame image compared with another time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenta Shimamura, Hiroshi Yamato, Osamu Toyama, Shintaro Muraoka, Sho Noji
  • Patent number: 9569687
    Abstract: An image analysis device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a moving image showing a variation of a respiratory status, the moving image being formed with frame images including an image of a heart; an image analyzing unit configured to generate a first index indicating a cardiac status with respect to each of the frame images; and an index analyzing unit configured to derive a second index indicating lung function from a change caused in the first indexes by the respiratory status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenta Shimamura, Osamu Toyama, Koichi Fujiwara, Hiroshi Yamato
  • Patent number: 9492135
    Abstract: A dynamic radiographic imaging system includes a detecting section that detects periodic changes of a predetermined site of a subject; a recommended imaging (start) timing specifying section that specifies a recommended imaging start timing based on the detection result; a notifying section that makes a notification to a photographer in multiple stages as the recommended imaging start timing approaches; an operation unit that receives an instruction input from the photographer to start radiation imaging of the subject; and an image capturing control section that controls the radiation imaging in response to the instruction input by the operation unit. The dynamic radiographic imaging thus can be performed at an appropriate imaging timing without depending on the level of skill of the photographer for the body site that periodically changes such as the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamato, Osamu Toyama, Kenta Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20160120491
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a dynamic image acquiring unit acquiring a dynamic image; a time range setting unit setting a first time range and a second time range in an overall time of the dynamic image; a thumbnail generating unit generating a first thumbnail image and a second thumbnail image that are still images obtained by performing statistical processing on frame images in the first time range and frame images in the second time range, respectively; and a display unit displaying the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image so that they can visually be compared with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta SHIMAMURA, Hiroshi YAMATO, Osamu TOYAMA, Shintaro MURAOKA, Sho NOJI
  • Patent number: 9332247
    Abstract: Provided is a technique that can reduce the fatigue of the eyes of an observer who observes a stereoscopic image. To attains this object, an image processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition section that obtains a base image; a second acquisition section that obtains pieces of base distance information an identification section that performs an identification process for, classifying an image space into a gaze area and a non-gaze area; a first generation section that performs a generation process for generating a derived image and pieces of derived distance information, the derived image and the pieces of derived distance information being obtained as a result of a blurring process being performed on an image in an area corresponding to the non-gaze area; and a second generation section that generates a pseudo image of the object based on the derived image and the pieces of derived distance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yamato
  • Publication number: 20160104283
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes an image analysis unit that performs image analysis processing on a plurality of frame images constituting a base dynamic image to obtain an overall analysis value, a statistical analysis unit that performs statistical analysis processing on a diagnostic region using the overall analysis value to obtain a first analysis value, a reference statistical value generating unit that outputs a reference statistical value, and a display unit that displays the first analysis value and the reference statistical value together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Koichi FUJIWARA, Osamu TOYAMA, Hiroshi YAMATO, Kenta SHIMAMURA, Shintaro MURAOKA, Sho NOJI
  • Publication number: 20160098836
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing technology capable of perceiving a motion of the shape of a target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMATO, Kenta SHIMAMURA, Osamu TOYAMA, Shintaro MURAOKA, Sho NOJI
  • Publication number: 20150310625
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a moving image acquiring unit that acquires a moving image including a plurality of frame images a respiratory information acquiring unit that performs a respiratory information acquiring processing of acquiring respiratory information synchronized at times at which the frame images are captured, a blood-flow-restricted time determining unit that performs a blood-flow-restricted time determining processing of determining, on the basis of the respiratory information, a blood-flow-restricted time indicating a time at which the blood flow of the target region is assumed to be restricted due to respiration, and a blood flow analysis correcting unit that performs a blood-flow-analysis content correcting processing of excluding the frame image captured at the blood-flow-restricted time from targets for blood flow analysis or decreasing the blood-flow-analysis importance of the frame image compared with another time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: KENTA SHIMAMURA, HIROSHI YAMATO, OSAMU TOYAMA, SHINTARO MURAOKA, SHO NOJI
  • Publication number: 20150269726
    Abstract: An image analysis device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a moving image showing a variation of a respiratory status, the moving image being formed with frame images including an image of a heart; an image analyzing unit configured to generate a first index indicating a cardiac status with respect to each of the frame images; and an index analyzing unit configured to derive a second index indicating lung function from a change caused in the first indexes by the respiratory status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: KENTA SHIMAMURA, Osamu Toyama, Koichi Fujiwara, Hiroshi Yamato
  • Publication number: 20150262359
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store corresponding information in which one or more images of one or more frame images included in a dynamic image and one or more calculation middle images generated from two or more frame images included in the dynamic image relative to the single pixel region for each pixel region including one or more pixels in a calculation result image having the statistic obtained by the calculation for a medical dynamic image as each pixel value; a specification unit configured to specify the one or more pixel regions in the calculation result image; and a determination unit configured to determine one or more output images based on one or more images corresponding to the one or more pixel regions specified by the specification unit in the corresponding information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: KOICHI FUJIWARA, OSAMU TOYAMA, HIROSHI YAMATO, KENTA SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150254841
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a medical video image obtained by imaging of lungs, a holding unit configured to hold a lung field motion model, the lung field motion model simulating lung field motion, and a processing unit configured to process the medical video image by using the lung field motion model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: KOICHI FUJIWARA, OSAMU TOYAMA, HIROSHI YAMATO, KENTA SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150254852
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a base period extracting unit extracting a first target region period based on a first periodic change being a periodic change of a target region in a base moving image acquired by a base moving image acquiring unit; a reference period extracting unit extracting a second target region period based on a second periodic change being a periodic change of the target region in a reference moving image acquired by a reference moving image acquiring unit; a period adjusting unit performing period adjusting processing of synchronizing, for the first target region period or the second target region period, the first periodic change and the second periodic change with each other at a particular phase; and a display image generating unit generating a display image allowing for comparison between the base moving image and the reference moving image after the period adjusting processing is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamato, Kenta Shimamura, Osamu Toyama, Shintaro Muraoka, Sho Noji
  • Patent number: 9109891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stereo camera which includes: a main camera which photographs a first image; a sub-camera which has camera parameters different from those of the main camera and photographs a second image; a distance information acquiring part which associates each pixel in the first and second images and acquires distance information including parallax information; and a right/left image generating part which generates a stereo view image based on one of the first and second images and the distance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yamato