Patents by Inventor Hitoshi ECHIGO
Hitoshi ECHIGO 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).
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Patent number: 10884285Abstract: An imaging device includes an illuminator, a stage, a plurality of microlenses, an imaging element, and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one of an irradiation position of light beams from the illuminator, and the position of the plurality of microlenses to realize a first state and a second state. A first angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the first state and a second angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the second state are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Echigo
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Publication number: 20200410205Abstract: A cell image processing device includes: a processor; a memory; and a display, wherein the processor is configured to: extract regions, as measurement regions, that are common among images of cells being cultured and in which the cells are present; calculate each of center positions of each of the extracted measurement regions; store, in the memory, each of the extracted measurement regions, together with acquisition time information and each of the calculated center positions that are associated with each of the extracted measurement regions; specify any of the stored measurement regions; and switch and display, on the display, the measurement regions that are common with the specified measurement region, in the order that the images were acquired while the measurement regions that are common with the specified measurement region are displayed such that the stored center positions association with the measurement regions are aligned with one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi ECHIGO
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Publication number: 20200410204Abstract: A cell-image processing apparatus includes: a processor including hardware; and a storage, wherein the processor is configured to: extract, regarding a plurality of images acquired by capturing, over time, images of cells that are being cultured, a plurality of common measurement regions among the images; and calculate proliferation speeds of the cells contained in the respective extracted measurement regions. The storage is configured to store the calculated proliferation speeds and positional information of the respective measurement regions in association with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi ECHIGO
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Patent number: 10795142Abstract: A cell-image acquisition device includes: a stage supporting a vessel containing a cell and a culture fluid; a light source emitting illumination light; a focusing lens disposed below the stage and focusing, when the illumination light is made to enter from above a liquid surface of the culture fluid, light transmitted through the vessel; an aperture disposed so as to block part of the focused light; an image acquisition element acquiring an image of light passing through the aperture and having pixels arrayed in a straight line; a movement mechanism including guide rails and a motor and moving the light source, the focusing lens, the aperture, and the image acquisition element, relative to the stage, in a horizontal direction perpendicular to an array direction of the pixels; and a controller adjusting an incident angle of the illumination light on the liquid surface, about an axis parallel to the array direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Echigo
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Patent number: 10641932Abstract: An imaging device includes a stage, an imaging element, a plurality of lenses, a plurality of diaphragms, an adjuster, and a controller. Light passing through each of the plurality of lenses passes through any one of the plurality of diaphragms. The controller is configured to control at least one of a diameter of the opening in each of the plurality of diaphragms and a position of each of the plurality of diaphragms in the optical axis direction of the imaging element so that a size of a valid area of a plurality of images projected on the imaging element by the plurality of lenses is equal to or greater than a first reference value. The valid area is an area on which each of the plurality of images is projected, excluding an area in which two adjacent images overlap.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Echigo
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Publication number: 20200064610Abstract: A cell-image acquisition device includes: a stage supporting a vessel containing a cell and a culture fluid; a light source emitting illumination light; a focusing lens disposed below the stage and focusing, when the illumination light is made to enter from above a liquid surface of the culture fluid, light transmitted through the vessel; an aperture disposed so as to block part of the focused light; an image acquisition element acquiring an image of light passing through the aperture and having pixels arrayed in a straight line; a movement mechanism including guide rails and a motor and moving the light source, the focusing lens, the aperture, and the image acquisition element, relative to the stage, in a horizontal direction perpendicular to an array direction of the pixels; and a controller adjusting an incident angle of the illumination light on the liquid surface, about an axis parallel to the array direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi ECHIGO
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Publication number: 20190180080Abstract: A cell-state measurement device acquires an image of a culture surface in a vessel formed of an optically transparent material, measures a state of cells being cultured on the culture surface, and includes: a housing including a stage on which the vessel is placed; and an image acquisition unit accommodated in the housing and configured to acquire an image of the cells in the vessel, wherein the image acquisition unit includes: a line sensor including a plurality of light receiving elements linearly arranged; an objective lens disposed between the sensor and the stage; an illuminator illuminating a field of view of the objective lens; and a scanner moving the sensor, wherein the illuminator emits illumination light upward, and wherein the illumination light emitted by the illuminator is reflected downward by the vessel, is transmitted through the culture surface and is incident on the objective lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yasunobu IGA, Hitoshi Echigo, Akira Matsushita
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Patent number: 10162165Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging lens; an image sensor that includes a photodetector cell array in which a plurality of photodetector cells are disposed in an array; a lens array for generating disparity images that is provided between the imaging lens and the image sensor, and includes a plurality of lenses that are disposed in an array; and a processor including hardware, wherein the processor acquires rotation information that represents a relative direction of an image of an object formed by the imaging lens and the image sensor, and generates disparity images based on the acquired rotation information and image information obtained from the image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Echigo
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Publication number: 20180259685Abstract: An imaging device includes a stage, an imaging element, a plurality of lenses, a plurality of diaphragms, an adjuster, and a controller. Light passing through each of the plurality of lenses passes through any one of the plurality of diaphragms. The controller is configured to control at least one of a diameter of the opening in each of the plurality of diaphragms and a position of each of the plurality of diaphragms in the optical axis direction of the imaging element so that a size of a valid area of a plurality of images projected on the imaging element by the plurality of lenses is equal to or greater than a first reference value. The valid area is an area on which each of the plurality of images is projected, excluding an area in which two adjacent images overlap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi ECHIGO
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Publication number: 20180210285Abstract: An imaging device includes an illuminator, a stage, a plurality of microlenses, an imaging element, and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one of an irradiation position of light beams from the illuminator, and the position of the plurality of microlenses to realize a first state and a second state. A first angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the first state and a second angle of the light beams incident to each of the plurality of microlenses in the second state are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi ECHIGO
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Imaging operation terminal, imaging system, software extraction method, and computer-readable device
Patent number: 9762767Abstract: An imaging operation terminal includes: a storage section which stores software identification information for identifying imaging and editing software which performs at least one of an operation relating to imaging of an imaging module mounting an optical module and to editing of an image imaged by the imaging module in association with each combination of imaging module identification information for identifying imaging module and optical module identification information for identifying optical module; a communicating section which wirelessly receives the imaging module identification information for identifying the imaging module and the optical module identification information for identifying the optical module mounted to the imaging module from the imaging module when establishing wireless connection with the imaging module; and a software extracting section which extracts the software identification information corresponding to the combination of imaging module identification information and optical mType: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Echigo, Kensuke Ishii, Saori Matsumoto, Joji Sakamoto, Yoshitaka Sato -
Publication number: 20170090177Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging lens; an image sensor that includes a photodetector cell array in which a plurality of photodetector cells are disposed in an array; a lens array for generating disparity images that is provided between the imaging lens and the image sensor, and includes a plurality of lenses that are disposed in an array; and a processor including hardware, wherein the processor acquires rotation information that represents a relative direction of an image of an object formed by the imaging lens and the image sensor, and generates disparity images based on the acquired rotation information and image information obtained from the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi ECHIGO
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IMAGING OPERATION TERMINAL, IMAGING SYSTEM, SOFTWARE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE DEVICE
Publication number: 20160309051Abstract: An imaging operation terminal includes: a storage section which stores software identification information for identifying imaging and editing software which performs at least one of an operation relating to imaging of an imaging module mounting an optical module and to editing of an image imaged by the imaging module in association with each combination of imaging module identification information for identifying imaging module and optical module identification information for identifying optical module; a communicating section which wirelessly receives the imaging module identification information for identifying the imaging module and the optical module identification information for identifying the optical module mounted to the imaging module from the imaging module when establishing wireless connection with the imaging module; and a software extracting section which extracts the software identification information corresponding to the combination of imaging module identification information and optical mType: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Hitoshi ECHIGO, Kensuke ISHII, Saori MATSUMOTO, Joji SAKAMOTO, Yoshitaka SATO -
Imaging operation terminal, imaging system, software extraction method, and computer-readable device
Patent number: 9426347Abstract: An imaging operation terminal includes: a storage section which stores software identification information for identifying imaging and editing software which performs at least one of an operation relating to imaging of an imaging module mounting an optical module and to editing of an image imaged by the imaging module in association with each combination of imaging module identification information for identifying imaging module and optical module identification information for identifying optical module; a communicating section which wirelessly receives the imaging module identification information for identifying the imaging module and the optical module identification information for identifying the optical module mounted to the imaging module from the imaging module when establishing wireless connection with the imaging module; and a software extracting section which extracts the software identification information corresponding to the combination of imaging module identification information and optical mType: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Echigo, Kensuke Ishii, Saori Matsumoto, Joji Sakamoto, Yoshitaka Sato -
Patent number: 9357126Abstract: An imaging operation terminal may include: a storage section configured to store switching information of an operation mode which operates according to a state of physical contact with an imaging device; a communication section configured to perform wireless communication with the imaging device; a communication detection section configured to detect whether the wireless communication by the communication section with the imaging device is possible; a physical state detection section configured to detect the state of the physical contact with the imaging device; and an operation mode selection section configured to select one operation mode based on the switching information according to the state of the physical contact with the imaging device detected by the physical state detection section after the communication detection section has detected that the wireless communication with the imaging device is possible.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kensuke Ishii, Hitoshi Echigo, Joji Sakamoto, Saori Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Sato
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Patent number: 9325893Abstract: An imaging instruction terminal includes: a communication module configured to communicate with an imaging device; a motion detection section configured to detect motion information about motion of the imaging instruction terminal; a command generation section configured to generate an instruction command related to imaging for the imaging device at a timing at which the motion information detected by the motion detection section has exceeded a predetermined threshold value; and a communication control section configured to cause the instruction command related to the imaging to be transmitted from the communication module to the imaging device when the command generation section has generated the instruction command related to the imaging.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Joji Sakamoto, Kensuke Ishii, Hitoshi Echigo, Saori Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Sato
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Patent number: 9204028Abstract: A captured image display device includes: a wireless communication unit; an imaging unit; a display unit; an imaging instruction unit which issues an imaging instruction to a remote camera that wirelessly communicates with the wireless communication unit; an image processing unit which performs image processing to convert an image data captured by the imaging unit into an image displayed on the display unit, and when the wireless communication unit wirelessly receives an image data corresponding to an image which is captured by the remote camera based on the imaging instruction, performs image processing to convert the image data into the image displayed on the display unit; and a display control unit which causes an image corresponding to the image data to be displayed on the display unit until the image processing unit ends the image processing for the image data after the imaging instruction is issued.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kensuke Ishii, Hitoshi Echigo, Joji Sakamoto, Saori Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Soto
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Publication number: 20140375830Abstract: A captured image display device includes: a wireless communication unit; an imaging unit; a display unit; an imaging instruction unit which issues an imaging instruction to a remote camera that wirelessly communicates with the wireless communication unit; an image processing unit which performs image processing to convert an image data captured by the imaging unit into an image displayed on the display unit, and when the wireless communication unit wirelessly receives an image data corresponding to an image which is captured by the remote camera based on the imaging instruction, performs image processing to convert the image data into the image displayed on the display unit; and a display control unit which causes an image corresponding to the image data to be displayed on the display unit until the image processing unit ends the image processing for the image data after the imaging instruction is issued.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kensuke ISHII, Hitoshi ECHIGO, Joji SAKAMOTO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Yoshitaka SOTO
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Publication number: 20140313356Abstract: An imaging instruction terminal includes: a communication module configured to communicate with an imaging device; a motion detection section configured to detect motion information about motion of the imaging instruction terminal; a command generation section configured to generate an instruction command related to imaging for the imaging device at a timing at which the motion information detected by the motion detection section has exceeded a predetermined threshold value; and a communication control section configured to cause the instruction command related to the imaging to be transmitted from the communication module to the imaging device when the command generation section has generated the instruction command related to the imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Joji SAKAMOTO, Kensuke ISHII, Hitoshi ECHIGO, Saori MATSUMOTO, Yoshitaka SOTO
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IMAGING OPERATION TERMINAL, IMAGING SYSTEM, SOFTWARE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE DEVICE
Publication number: 20140313353Abstract: An imaging operation terminal includes: a storage section which stores software identification information for identifying imaging and editing software which performs at least one of an operation relating to imaging of an imaging module mounting an optical module and to editing of an image imaged by the imaging module in association with each combination of imaging module identification information for identifying imaging module and optical module identification information for identifying optical module; a communicating section which wirelessly receives the imaging module identification information for identifying the imaging module and the optical module identification information for identifying the optical module mounted to the imaging module from the imaging module when establishing wireless connection with the imaging module; and a software extracting section which extracts the software identification information corresponding to the combination of imaging module identification information and optical mType: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Hitoshi ECHIGO, Kensuke ISHII, Saori MATSUMOTO, Joji SAKAMOTO, Yoshitaka SOTO