Patents by Inventor Jeremy Cook
Jeremy Cook 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: 8126250Abstract: A semi-automatic mode according to which an operator makes a necessary confirmation when an image pickup condition for a micro image is set with reference to a macro image is provided in controlling the acquisition of the macro image, the setting of the image pickup condition, and the acquisition of the micro image with respect to each of a plurality of samples S stored in a sample storage unit 11, and in the semi-automatic mode, the sample S whose macro image has been acquired by a macro image acquiring unit 20 is placed at a standby position without being moved directly to an image acquiring position for a micro image acquiring unit 30. According to this structure, image acquisition with respect to each of the samples S can be efficiently performed, and an operational burden imposed on the operator is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Jeremy Cooke, Takayuki Inoue
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Patent number: 8106942Abstract: An image acquiring apparatus is made up of a macro image acquiring unit 20 used to acquire a macro image of each of a plurality of samples S, and a control unit 60 including a macro image acquisition control unit used to control a macro image acquiring operation and an image pickup condition setting unit used to set an image pickup condition for a micro image of the sample S with reference to the macro image. The control unit 60 includes a session managing unit used to define a session in accordance with a sample group consisting of the samples S and to manage a data group including data of the macro image and the image pickup condition as session data associated with the sample group for each session. According to this structure, it is possible to realize an image acquiring apparatus, an image acquiring method, and an image acquiring program capable of suitably managing image acquisition processing performed to acquire an image of each of a plurality of samples.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Jeremy Cooke, Takayuki Inoue
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Patent number: 7978898Abstract: In acquisition of a micro image of a sample by a micro image acquiring unit, when a plurality of image acquiring ranges are set for the sample as an object of image acquisition, a plurality of corresponding focus information are set, and furthermore, when a plurality of partial images acquired by scanning the sample by the micro image acquiring unit include a partial image including mixing of a plurality of image acquiring ranges, the focus information is switched in the middle of scanning of the partial image. With such a structure, even when a plurality of objects are contained in the sample, images of the respective objects can be preferably acquired. Thereby, an image acquiring apparatus, an image acquiring method, and an image acquiring program which are capable of preferably acquiring images of a plurality of objects are realized even when the plurality of objects are contained in a sample.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Shigeru Uchiyama, Takayuki Inoue, Masatoshi Okugawa, Jeremy Cooke
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Patent number: 7801352Abstract: In acquisition of a micro image of a sample S by a micro image acquiring unit, when a plurality of image acquiring ranges are set for the sample S as an object of image acquisition, a plurality of corresponding focus information are set, and furthermore, when a plurality of partial images acquired by scanning the sample S by the micro image acquiring unit include a partial image including mixing of a plurality of image acquiring ranges, the focus information is switched in the middle of scanning of the partial image. With such a structure, even when a plurality of objects are contained in the sample S, images of the respective objects can be preferably acquired. Thereby, an image acquiring apparatus, an image acquiring method, and an image acquiring program which are capable of preferably acquiring images of a plurality of objects are realized even when the plurality of objects are contained in a sample S.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Shigeru Uchiyama, Takayuki Inoue, Masatoshi Okugawa, Jeremy Cooke
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Publication number: 20070206096Abstract: A semi-automatic mode according to which an operator makes a necessary confirmation when an image pickup condition for a micro image is set with reference to a macro image is provided in controlling the acquisition of the macro image, the setting of the image pickup condition, and the acquisition of the micro image with respect to each of a plurality of samples S stored in a sample storage unit 11, and in the semi-automatic mode, the sample S whose macro image has been acquired by a macro image acquiring unit 20 is placed at a standby position without being moved directly to an image acquiring position for a micro image acquiring unit 30. According to this structure, image acquisition with respect to each of the samples S can be efficiently performed, and an operational burden imposed on the operator is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Jeremy Cooke, Takayuki Inoue
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Publication number: 20070206105Abstract: An image acquiring apparatus is made up of a macro image acquiring unit 20 used to acquire a macro image of each of a plurality of samples S, and a control unit 60 including a macro image acquisition control unit used to control a macro image acquiring operation and an image pickup condition setting unit used to set an image pickup condition for a micro image of the sample S with reference to the macro image. The control unit 60 includes a session managing unit used to define a session in accordance with a sample group consisting of the samples S and to manage a data group including data of the macro image and the image pickup condition as session data associated with the sample group for each session. According to this structure, it is possible to realize an image acquiring apparatus, an image acquiring method, and an image acquiring program capable of suitably managing image acquisition processing performed to acquire an image of each of a plurality of samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Jeremy Cooke, Takayuki Inoue
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Publication number: 20070206097Abstract: In acquisition of a micro image of a sample S by a micro image acquiring unit 30, when a plurality of image acquiring ranges are set for the sample S as an object of image acquisition, a plurality of corresponding focus information are set, and furthermore, when a plurality of partial images acquired by scanning the sample S by the micro image acquiring unit 30 include a partial image including mixing of a plurality of image acquiring ranges, the focus information is switched in the middle of scanning of the partial image. With such a structure, even when a plurality of objects are contained in the sample S, images of the respective objects can be preferably acquired. Thereby, an image acquiring apparatus, an image acquiring method, and an image acquiring program which are capable of preferably acquiring images of a plurality of objects are realized even when the plurality of objects are contained in a sample S.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Shigeru Uchiyama, Takayuki Inoue, Masatoshi Okugawa, Jeremy Cooke
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Patent number: 6941437Abstract: A method for managing a memory is provided which comprises the steps of: receiving a request for a memory allocation from a first application, the request comprising a requested memory amount; estimating a total amount of a memory available to the first application; freeing a partition of the memory sufficient for the first application based on the requested memory amount; and allocating the partition to the first application. The memory can be freed in a number of ways, including, by shutting down other applications based upon a priority or priority state scheme, issuing a shut down request to another application, or by allowing the user to select an application to be shut down.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2002Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Wind River Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Cook, Alexey Goloshubin
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Publication number: 20050050452Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for generating an electronically publishable document, comprises receiving image data corresponding to a physical document, segmenting the image data, creating a markup language file containing the segmented image data, and embedding a graphical user interface within the markup language file that enables navigation to segmented image data as selected by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2003Publication date: March 3, 2005Inventors: Wade Weitzel, Archie Carrington, Jeremy Cook
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Publication number: 20030056076Abstract: A method for managing a memory is provided which comprises the steps of: receiving a request for a memory allocation from a first application, the request comprising a requested memory amount; estimating a total amount of a memory available to the first application; freeing a partition of the memory sufficient for the first application based on the requested memory amount; and allocating the partition to the first application. The memory can be freed in a number of ways, including, by shutting down other applications based upon a priority or priority state scheme, issuing a shut down request to another application, or by allowing the user to select an application to be shut down.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Jeremy Cook, Alexey Goloshubin
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Publication number: 20030028591Abstract: A method for dynamically self-adjusting rendering functionality in a browser includes providing a stimulus to the browser, and reacting to the stimulus using the browser so as to direct a change in a rendering module inventory associated with the browser. The stimulus may include a user interaction, a memory threshold trigger, a freshness logic trigger, a change in IP address and/or a change in a browser connection type. The change in the rendering module inventory may be downloading a rendering module and/or removal of a rendering module. A rendering module may be downloaded from a remote server over the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2002Publication date: February 6, 2003Inventors: Alexey Goloshubin, Jeremy Cook, Stephen Maryka