Patents by Inventor Junichi Tashiro
Junichi Tashiro 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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Publication number: 20250299820Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire examination purpose information regarding an examination purpose including a description regarding a first disease candidate of a patient. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire image interpretation information including the description regarding the first disease candidate from an image interpretation report regarding an image examination performed according to the examination purpose. The processing circuitry is configured to specify an incidental finding described for a second disease candidate different from the first disease candidate from the image interpretation information. The processing circuitry is configured to display a specified result on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2025Publication date: September 25, 2025Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Junichi TASHIRO, Shinya NISHITAKA, Yosuke YANAGIDA, Yasunari KUTSUNA, Kazumasa ARAKITA
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Publication number: 20240242341Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image analysis support apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a first analysis result obtained through analysis of medical image data performed by a first analysis application. Based on the acquired first analysis result, the processing circuitry determines at least one candidate relating to a second analysis application that further analyzes the medical image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Masashi NOBE, Yasunari KUTSUNA, Junichi TASHIRO, Yosuke YANAGIDA, Tomomi HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 12003891Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a processor. The processor records setting information corresponding to at least one of a procedure or a scene during the procedure, sets a color to be detected from a fluorescent image and a detection level based on the setting information, detects a level of the set color from the fluorescent image inputted, and outputs signals to start and stop recording of the inputted fluorescent image by comparing the detected level of the color with a threshold based on the detection level.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi Tashiro
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Publication number: 20210298584Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a processor. The processor records setting information corresponding to at least one of a procedure or a scene during the procedure, sets a color to be detected from a fluorescent image and a detection level based on the setting information, detects a level of the set color from the fluorescent image inputted, and outputs signals to start and stop recording of the inputted fluorescent image by comparing the detected level of the color with a threshold based on the detection level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi TASHIRO
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Patent number: 10993608Abstract: An endoscope system includes: a processor configured to perform image processing on endoscopic image data, the processor being connectable with multiple peripherals, the processor being configured to receive an input of a first audio command; a terminal device configured to wirelessly communicate with the processor and receive an input of a second audio command; a setting circuit configured to, in a case where the processor and the terminal device can communicate with each other, make a setting such that the first audio command that is receivable by the processor and the second audio command that is receivable by the terminal device differ from each other at least partly; and a first communication controller configured to, when the first audio command or the second audio command serves as an instruction to record the endoscopic image data, transmit the endoscopic image data to the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Tashiro, Hideyuki Kugimiya
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Patent number: 10951800Abstract: An endoscope system is provided with: a processor; a light source; and an image pickup device. The processor performs control for causing reflected light images corresponding to a predetermined period before start of the fluorescence occurrence period during the fluorescence non-occurrence period, among the reflected light images, to be recorded to the first storage medium; and, furthermore, performs control for causing the reflected light images to be recorded to the first storage medium during an after-end-of-fluorescence-occurrence period corresponding to a predetermined period with an end of the fluorescence occurrence period as a start point, and performs control for causing the reflected light images not to be recorded to the first storage medium during the fluorescence non-occurrence period after an end of the after-end-of-fluorescence-occurrence period.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Susumu Aono, Toshiaki Watanabe, Satoshi Takekoshi, Masakazu Mizoguchi, Junichi Tashiro
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Publication number: 20200322512Abstract: An endoscope system is provided with: a processor; a light source; and an image pickup device. The processor performs control for causing reflected light images corresponding to a predetermined period before start of the fluorescence occurrence period during the fluorescence non-occurrence period, among the reflected light images, to be recorded to the first storage medium; and, furthermore, performs control for causing the reflected light images to be recorded to the first storage medium during an after-end-of-fluorescence-occurrence period corresponding to a predetermined period with an end of the fluorescence occurrence period as a start point, and performs control for causing the reflected light images not to be recorded to the first storage medium during the fluorescence non-occurrence period after an end of the after-end-of-fluorescence-occurrence period.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Susumu AONO, Toshiaki WATANABE, Satoshi TAKEKOSHI, Masakazu MIZOGUCHI, Junichi TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20200297202Abstract: An endoscope system includes: a processor configured to perform image processing on endoscopic image data, the processor being connectable with multiple peripherals, the processor being configured to receive an input of a first audio command; a terminal device configured to wirelessly communicate with the processor and receive an input of a second audio command; a setting circuit configured to, in a case where the processor and the terminal device can communicate with each other, make a setting such that the first audio command that is receivable by the processor and the second audio command that is receivable by the terminal device differ from each other at least partly; and a first communication controller configured to, when the first audio command or the second audio command serves as an instruction to record the endoscopic image data, transmit the endoscopic image data to the terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi TASHIRO, Hideyuki KUGIMIYA
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Patent number: 10728470Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor configured to: extract pixel blocks; detect pixels having a maximum value and a minimum value in each of the pixel blocks; calculate reference value candidates from the maximum and the minimum values; calculate an absolute difference value relative to each of the maximum value, the minimum value, and the reference value candidates; divide each of the pixel blocks into subblocks; select, as a reference value from among the reference value candidates in each of the subblocks, a reference value candidate close to the pixel values in which the pixels included in each of the subblocks are distributed; extract a closest difference value, the minimum value, and the reference value; quantize each of the closest difference values into a quantization value by using the difference value that is the largest from among the closest difference values; and code the quantization value.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Eiji Furukawa, Junichi Tashiro
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Patent number: 10561299Abstract: A medical information recording device includes a first recording processing unit configured to record a moving image of a medical image in which a status information image is superimposed, a second recording processing unit configured to record a moving image of the medical image in which a portion of the status information image of the medical image is subjected to mask processing, an arbitration unit configured to control communication between a recording unit in which the medical image in which the status information image is superimposed and the medical image in which the portion of the status information image is subjected to mask processing are recorded, and the first recording processing unit and the second recording processing unit, and a load adjusting circuit configured to control the arbitration unit on the basis of load of the first recording processing unit and the second recording processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi Tashiro
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Patent number: 10268802Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus and a medical image processing system includes at least a position detecting unit, a human body chart storage unit, a mapping chart generating unit, and a display. A position detecting unit detects a position of a characteristic local structure in a human body from the medical image. A human body chart storage unit stores a human body chart that represents the human body. A mapping chart generating unit generates a mapping chart that is the human body chart to which a mark indicating a position of the local structure detected by the position detecting unit is added. A display displays the mapping chart.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Yanagida, Junichi Tashiro, Jyunichi Yoshida, Kousuke Sakaue, Masashi Yoshida, Shigeyuki Ishii, Satoshi Ikeda, Hitoshi Yamagata, Takashi Masuzawa, Naoki Sugiyama, Muneyasu Kazuno
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Publication number: 20190089915Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor configured to: extract pixel blocks; detect pixels having a maximum value and a minimum value in each of the pixel blocks; calculate reference value candidates from the maximum and the minimum values; calculate an absolute difference value relative to each of the maximum value, the minimum value, and the reference value candidates; divide each of the pixel blocks into subblocks; select, as a reference value from among the reference value candidates in each of the subblocks, a reference value candidate close to the pixel values in which the pixels included in each of the subblocks are distributed; extract a closest difference value, the minimum value, and the reference value; quantize each of the closest difference values into a quantization value by using the difference value that is the largest from among the closest difference values; and code the quantization value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Eiji FURUKAWA, Junichi TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20180220872Abstract: A medical information recording device includes a first recording processing unit configured to record a moving image of a medical image in which a status information image is superimposed, a second recording processing unit configured to record a moving image of the medical image in which a portion of the status information image of the medical image is subjected to mask processing, an arbitration unit configured to control communication between a recording unit in which the medical image in which the status information image is superimposed and the medical image in which the portion of the status information image is subjected to mask processing are recorded, and the first recording processing unit and the second recording processing unit, and a load adjusting circuit configured to control the arbitration unit on the basis of load of the first recording processing unit and the second recording processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi TASHIRO
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Patent number: 9661081Abstract: A wireless image transfer system includes an image quality judgement unit configured to judge reception states of a first image transmitted in a first frequency band by a first image wireless block and a second image transmitted in a second frequency band by a second image wireless block and image qualities of the received images; and a second control unit configured to sort the reception states into a good state, a bad state, and an intermediate state, select a first image signal in the good state, steadily operate the second image wireless block and periodically operate the first image wireless block in the bad state, and select an image with a better quality from the first image signal and a second image signal and output the selected image in the intermediate state.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Kasumi, Hideki Tashiro, Junichi Tashiro
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Patent number: 9584795Abstract: A wireless transfer system includes: a wireless transmission section including: an input section configured to receive, as an input signal, one of a first video signal provided with ancillary information including identification information of a high-definition 3D/2D video signal and a second video signal not including the identification information; a video signal extraction section configured to extract one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal from the input signal; an ancillary information extraction section configured to extract the ancillary information; a wireless video transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit extracted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; and the like; and a wireless reception section including: a wireless video receiver configured to receive wirelessly transmitted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; a wireless ancillary information receiver configured to receive the wirelessly transmittedType: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Kasumi, Hideki Tashiro, Junichi Tashiro
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Publication number: 20160261846Abstract: A wireless transfer system includes: a wireless transmission section including: an input section configured to receive, as an input signal, one of a first video signal provided with ancillary information including identification information of a high-definition 3D/2D video signal and a second video signal not including the identification information; a video signal extraction section configured to extract one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal from the input signal; an ancillary information extraction section configured to extract the ancillary information; a wireless video transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit extracted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; and the like; and a wireless reception section including: a wireless video receiver configured to receive wirelessly transmitted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; a wireless ancillary information receiver configured to receive the wirelessly transmittedType: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto KASUMI, Hideki TASHIRO, Junichi TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20160241647Abstract: A wireless image transfer system includes an image quality judgement unit configured to judge reception states of a first image transmitted in a first frequency band by a first image wireless block and a second image transmitted in a second frequency band by a second image wireless block and image qualities of the received images; and a second control unit configured to sort the reception states into a good state, a bad state, and an intermediate state, select a first image signal in the good state, steadily operate the second image wireless block and periodically operate the first image wireless block in the bad state, and select an image with a better quality from the first image signal and a second image signal and output the selected image in the intermediate state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto KASUMI, Hideki TASHIRO, Junichi TASHIRO
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Patent number: 9396534Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus displaying at least one medical image obtained by imaging an object comprises: processing circuitry configured to detect a position of a characteristic local structure of a human body from the medical image, to determine check information indicating the local structure which should be checked; and to determine whether or not the local structure which should be checked indicated in the check information has been diagnostically read based on the position of the local structure detected from the medical image; and a display configured to display a determination result.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunari Kutsuna, Kousuke Sakaue, Masashi Yoshida, Shigeyuki Ishii, Satoshi Ikeda, Hitoshi Yamagata, Takashi Masuzawa, Naoki Sugiyama, Muneyasu Kazuno, Satoshi Sugisawa, Junichi Tashiro, Maiko Tezuka, Maki Minakuchi, Yosuke Yanagida, Jyunichi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20150279061Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus displaying at least one medical image obtained by imaging an object comprises: processing circuitry configured to detect a position of a characteristic local structure of a human body from the medical image, to determine check information indicating the local structure which should be checked; and to determine whether or not the local structure which should be checked indicated in the check information has been diagnostically read based on the position of the local structure detected from the medical image; and a display configured to display a determination result.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yasunari KUTSUNA, Kousuke SAKAUE, Masashi YOSHIDA, Shigeyuki ISHII, Satoshi IKEDA, Hitoshi YAMAGATA, Takashi MASUZAWA, Naoki SUGIYAMA, Muneyasu KAZUNO, Satoshi SUGISAWA, Junichi TASHIRO, Maiko TEZUKA, Maki MINAKUCHI, Yosuke YANAGIDA, Jyunichi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20150261915Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus and a medical image processing system includes at least a position detecting unit, a human body chart storage unit, a mapping chart generating unit, and a display. A position detecting unit detects a position of a characteristic local structure in a human body from the medical image. A human body chart storage unit stores a human body chart that represents the human body. A mapping chart generating unit generates a mapping chart that is the human body chart to which a mark indicating a position of the local structure detected by the position detecting unit is added. A display displays the mapping chart.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke YANAGIDA, Junichi TASHIRO, Jyunichi YOSHIDA, Kousuke SAKAUE, Masashi YOSHIDA, Shigeyuki ISHII, Satoshi IKEDA, Hitoshi YAMAGATA, Takashi MASUZAWA, Naoki SUGIYAMA, Muneyasu KAZUNO