Patents by Inventor Itaru Otomaru

Itaru Otomaru 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: 20230298174
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a memory storing a program, and a processor which, by executing the program, causes the image processing apparatus to acquire data including a three-dimensional image obtained by capturing an image of a subject under examination, a standard plane parameter representing a predetermined standard plane in the three-dimensional image, and an anatomical landmark position in the three-dimensional image, and acquire a vicinity cross section image defining a cross section in the vicinity of the predetermined standard plane. The processor further causes the image processing apparatus to acquire the anatomical landmark position on the vicinity cross section image, and acquire a learning model generated by using information including the vicinity cross section image and the anatomical landmark position acquired by the image processing apparatus to estimate, from the cross section image, an anatomical landmark position on the cross section image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Itaru OTOMARU
  • Publication number: 20230095776
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus selects one or a plurality of examinations to which a medical image belongs, determines image processing candidate examinations based on the selected one or plurality of examinations, displays medical images belonging to the determined image processing candidate examinations on a display unit, and executes image processing using, of the displayed medical images, a plurality of medical images selected by a user, wherein, when the one examination is selected, the selected one examination and one or a plurality of examinations obtained by a search based on the selected one examination are determined as the image processing candidate examinations, and when the plurality of examinations are selected, in the determining, the selected plurality of examinations are determined as the image processing candidate examinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 11557039
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus selects one or a plurality of examinations to which a medical image belongs, determines image processing candidate examinations based on the selected one or plurality of examinations, displays medical images belonging to the determined image processing candidate examinations on a display unit, and executes image processing using, of the displayed medical images, a plurality of medical images selected by a user, wherein, when the one examination is selected, the selected one examination and one or a plurality of examinations obtained by a search based on the selected one examination are determined as the image processing candidate examinations, and when the plurality of examinations are selected, in the determining, the selected plurality of examinations are determined as the image processing candidate examinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Toshimizu Yamane
  • Publication number: 20220366537
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory storing a program, and at least one processor which, by executing the program, causes the image processing apparatus to acquire an image of a target object, and perform correction to rotate the image so that an orientation of the target object in the image aligns with a representative direction, which is determined for type of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta Narukiyo, Itaru Otomaru
  • Patent number: 11457877
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes projection unit configured to generate first two-dimensional image data by applying a projection process to three-dimensional image data, acquisition unit configured to acquire a second parameter related to image processing based on a first parameter related to the projection process, and image processing unit configured to generate second two-dimensional image data by applying the image processing to the first two-dimensional image data using the at least one or more second parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Takaaki Endo
  • Publication number: 20220230346
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a model obtaining unit configured to obtain a learned model that has learned, based on a position of a predetermined feature point, a contour of a target in an image obtained by capturing the target; an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an input image; a position obtaining unit configured to obtain a position of an input point input on the input image by a user; a normalization unit configured to obtain a normalized image generated by coordinate-transforming the input image such that the position of the input point matches the position of the predetermined feature point in the learned model; and an estimation unit configured to estimate the contour of the target in the input image using the normalized image and the learned model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Kiyohide Satoh, Yuta Narukiyo
  • Patent number: 11311259
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus acquires a first three-dimensional image, generates a second three-dimensional image by applying image processing to the first three-dimensional image having been acquired, and generates a two-dimensional projected image by applying projection processing to the second three-dimensional image having been generated. The image processing apparatus determines a parameter to be used for the image processing of the three-dimensional image on the basis of a parameter for the projection processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Takaaki Endo
  • Publication number: 20210019888
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus selects one or a plurality of examinations to which a medical image belongs, determines image processing candidate examinations based on the selected one or plurality of examinations, displays medical images belonging to the determined image processing candidate examinations on a display unit, and executes image processing using, of the displayed medical images, a plurality of medical images selected by a user, wherein, when the one examination is selected, the selected one examination and one or a plurality of examinations obtained by a search based on the selected one examination are determined as the image processing candidate examinations, and when the plurality of examinations are selected, in the determining, the selected plurality of examinations are determined as the image processing candidate examinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 10885643
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus configured to calculate deformation between a first image and a second image includes a calculation order determination unit that determines calculation order of a plurality of partial regions into which the second image is divided, a calculation unit that calculates the deformation between the first image and the second image for each of the plurality of partial regions in the determined calculation order of the plurality of partial regions, a deformed image generation unit that generates a deformed image by deforming the first image based on the calculated deformation of the plurality of partial regions, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the generated deformed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Kazuhiro Miyasa, Kiyohide Satoh
  • Patent number: 10867423
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate deformation information of an object deformed from a first deformation state to a second deformation state; a degree-of-deviation calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of deviation of the deformation information with respect to a deformation model representing a deformation state of the object; and a display control unit configured to display the calculated degree of deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Suzuki, Itaru Otomaru, Kiyohide Satoh
  • Publication number: 20200253566
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes projection unit configured to generate first two-dimensional image data by applying a projection process to three-dimensional image data, acquisition unit configured to acquire a second parameter related to image processing based on a first parameter related to the projection process, and image processing unit configured to generate second two-dimensional image data by applying the image processing to the first two-dimensional image data using the at least one or more second parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Takaaki Endo
  • Publication number: 20200214658
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus acquires a first three-dimensional image, generates a second three-dimensional image by applying image processing to the first three-dimensional image having been acquired, and generates a two-dimensional projected image by applying projection processing to the second three-dimensional image having been generated. The image processing apparatus determines a parameter to be used for the image processing of the three-dimensional image on the basis of a parameter for the projection processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Takaaki Endo
  • Patent number: 10636196
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains information representing a region of interest from a three-dimensional image, and, when a projection direction of the three-dimensional image is changed, based on the projection direction and the information representing the region of interest, determines a parameter that indicates a thickness of projection used in projection processing. The image processing apparatus uses the determined parameter to generate a projection image by applying projection processing toward the projection direction to the three-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Naganawa, Itaru Otomaru, Takaaki Endo
  • Patent number: 10603016
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains, in both a first image obtained by capturing an object and a predetermined space including the object, a corresponding feature part of the object, specifies a first point on the first image and a second point on the predetermined space, calculates a degree of matching between the first point and the second point, based on a positional relationship between the first point on the first image and the feature part of the object, and a positional relationship between the second point on the predetermined space and the feature part of the object on the predetermined space, and causes a display unit to display the calculated degree of matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Takaaki Endo
  • Patent number: 10548483
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprises an image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of object images captured by imaging an object for a plurality of times; a shape acquiring unit that acquires shape information, which is information representing a shape of the object; an image dividing unit that divides each of the plurality of object images into at least two partial images, based on the shape information; and an image registering unit that registers the divided partial images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Endo, Itaru Otomaru, Kiyohide Satoh
  • Patent number: 10395380
    Abstract: First, a displacement field (first displacement field) for deforming a first image so as to associate the first image with a second image is calculated based on information on an input corresponding point group. Then, upon a corresponding point candidate pair being input, a displacement field (second displacement field) for deforming the first image so as to associate the first image with the second image is calculated with the corresponding point candidate pair taken into consideration as well. Thereafter, a matching degree is calculated based on a difference between the two displacement fields, and a determination result indicating a match or a mismatch is displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Takuya Ishida, Kazuhiro Miyasa, Kiyohide Satoh
  • Patent number: 10297035
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a first deformation acquisition unit configured to perform registration of a first image and a second image and acquire a first deformation parameter that expresses a deformation between the first image and the second image by using a first deformation model, a generation unit configured to generate intermediate data that indicates a deformation expressed by the first deformation model and the first deformation parameter, and a second deformation acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on the intermediate data, a second deformation parameter that expresses a deformation, which is indicated by the intermediate data, by using a second deformation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Kazuhiro Miyasa, Kiyohide Satoh
  • Patent number: 10268918
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain corresponding points group information for associating a position in an image captured in a first deformation state with a position in an image captured in a second deformation state; a calculation unit configured to calculate deformation from the image captured in the first deformation state to the image captured in the second deformation state based on the corresponding points group information; a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, deformation progress information of an image based on the deformation calculated by the calculation unit; and a correction unit configured to correct the corresponding points group information. The calculation unit calculates the deformation based on the corresponding points group information corrected by the correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Kazuhiro Miyasa, Ryo Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190102932
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains information representing a region of interest from a three-dimensional image, and, when a projection direction of the three-dimensional image is changed, based on the projection direction and the information representing the region of interest, determines a parameter that indicates a thickness of projection used in projection processing. The image processing apparatus uses the determined parameter to generate a projection image by applying projection processing toward the projection direction to the three-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Naganawa, Itaru Otomaru, Takaaki Endo
  • Publication number: 20190080500
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate deformation information of an object deformed from a first deformation state to a second deformation state; a degree-of-deviation calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of deviation of the deformation information with respect to a deformation model representing a deformation state of the object; and a display control unit configured to display the calculated degree of deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji Suzuki, Itaru Otomaru, Kiyohide Satoh