Patents by Inventor Jiro Kita

Jiro Kita 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).

  • Method of processing a sectional image of a sample bone including a cortical bone portion and a cancellous bone portion
    Patent number: 5835619
    Abstract: A binary image of a bone section is provided to be processed. A region of interest is provided on the binary image to produce a ROI image by extracting pixels corresponding to the bone portion from the binary image within the region of interest, onto which ROI image morphometry is carried out. A series of pixels which are on the center line extending along the cortical bone portion in the ROI image. A hemi-cortical bone image is produced by using the determined center line. The hemi-cortical bone image has a wall thickness substantially half of the real wall thickness of the cortical bone portion. A template image for the cortical bone portion is produced by executing expanding operations on the hemi-cortical bone image a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Morimoto, Kanji Kurome, Jiro Kita, Tomohiro Oota