Patents by Inventor Junko ISAWA

Junko ISAWA 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: 20220198742
    Abstract: A processor for an endoscope includes: an endoscopic image acquisition unit that acquires an endoscopic image of a patient from the endoscope; a virtual endoscopic image acquisition unit that acquires a virtual endoscopic image reconstructed on the basis of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by capturing an image of the patient in advance; a virtual endoscopic image reconstruction unit that reconstructs a corrected virtual endoscopic image that matches most with the endoscopic image on the basis of the degree of matching between the virtual endoscopic image and the endoscopic image; and a diagnosis support information output unit that outputs diagnosis support information based on a feature parameter corrected according to a correspondence between each pixel of the endoscopic image and a distance image obtained from the corrected virtual endoscopic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko NISHIDE, Kohei IKETANI, Junko ISAWA
  • Publication number: 20170303767
    Abstract: An endoscope is provided having a video compiler and a recorder. The video compiler continuously receives image signals and creates a video file with the image signals. The recorder receives and stores the video file. The video compiler writes a flag into the video file when a first event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki FUKUDA, Junko ISAWA, Akihiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20140043455
    Abstract: An endoscope is provided having a video compiler and a recorder. The video compiler continuously receives image signals and creates a video file with the image signals. The recorder receives and stores the video file. The video compiler writes a flag into the video file when a first event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki FUKUDA, Junko ISAWA, Akihiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20140043453
    Abstract: An endoscope is provided having a video compiler, a still-image compiler, a monitor, and a recorder. The video compiler continuously receives image signals and creates a video file with the image signals. The still-image compiler receives the image signals, and creates a still image. The monitor receives the video file from the video compiler and continuously displays the video. The recorder receives the video file from the video compiler and receives the still image from the still-image compiler, and stores the video file and the still image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki FUKUDA, Junko ISAWA, Akihiro ITO