Patents by Inventor Hiroto Seno

Hiroto Seno 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).

  • IMAGE COMPLETION SYSTEM FOR IN-IMAGE CUTOFF REGION, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20150145953
    Abstract: An image completion system includes a first endoscope for obtaining an operating field image, a second endoscope for imaging the object space in a line-of-sight direction different from that of the first endoscope to obtain a completing image, a first device for measuring separating distances between a reference point and a large number of set points that are set in the object space, a second device for measuring three-dimensional positions of the endoscopes, and an image processing device for obtaining, image information on cutoff regions in the object space that are hidden on the depth sides of surgical instruments by imaging the surgical instruments in the operating field image together with the object space, and for replacing image information on the surgical instruments S in the operating field image with the obtained image information or superimposing the obtained image information onto the image information on the surgical instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicants: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakatsu Fujie, Yo Kobayashi, Kazuya Kawamura, Hiroto Seno, Yuya Nishio, Makoto Hashizume, Satoshi Ieiri, Kazutaka Toyoda