Patents by Inventor Kana MATSUURA
Kana MATSUURA 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: 20230282345Abstract: Provided is a medical support system that supports medical practice by a doctor. The medical support system includes: a control unit; a recognition unit that recognizes an operative field environment; and a machine learning model that estimates an operation performed by the medical support system on the basis of a recognition result of the recognition unit. The control unit outputs determination basis information regarding the operation estimated by the machine learning model to an information presentation unit. The control unit further includes a calculation unit that calculates reliability regarding an estimation result of the machine learning model, and outputs the reliability to the information presentation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: KENJI SUZUKI, YOHEI KURODA, DAISUKE NAGAO, KANA MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20230248468Abstract: The present technology relates to a medical display system, a control method, and a control device which make it possible to prevent an unintended operation. Provided is a medical display system including: a display unit that provides a display on the basis of information output from a medical device; an imaging unit that images, as an imaging region, a part of a region from which at least the display unit is viewable; a voice acquisition unit that acquires a voice in the region from which at least the display unit is viewable; and a control unit that controls display information on the basis of the information output from the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: KANA MATSUURA, SHINJI KATSUKI, TAKESHI MAEDA
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Publication number: 20230222740Abstract: [Problem] An aspect of the present disclosure provides a medical image processing system that facilitates the recognition of the position of a 3D model image in a medical image. [Solution] A medical image processing system includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a real-time 3D surgical image of an operation site stereoscopically viewable by a surgeon and a 3D model image that is a stereoscopic CG image associated with the 3D surgical image; and a superimposition unit that performs enhancement such that the location of the 3D model image at predetermined spatial positions is enhanced with respect to the 3D surgical image or the 3D model image at the start of superimposition of the 3D model image at the predetermined spatial positions when the 3D surgical image is stereoscopically viewed on the basis of information set for the 3D model image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: SHINJI KATSUKI, KANA MATSUURA, MOTOAKI KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11517395Abstract: The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, and a surgical system that enable an operator to implement operation without a burden. A control unit controls a plurality of patterns of operations of a surgical instrument, and an acquisition unit obtains motion information indicating a motion of a user. Furthermore, the control unit controls the operations of the respective patterns corresponding to the motion information obtained by the acquisition unit in parallel using only a single operation performed by the user as a trigger. The present technology can be applied to a control device of a surgical system.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kana Matsuura, Takeshi Maeda, Seiji Wada
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Patent number: 11471024Abstract: A surgical imaging system including a surgical imaging device including identification information; a holding arm that holds and controls a position of the imaging device; a user interface configured to provide non-contact operation of the holding arm; and processing circuitry configured to control the holding arm according to the identification information and an output of the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji Wada, Tatsumi Sakaguchi, Takeshi Maeda, Kana Matsuura
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Patent number: 11439473Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical control apparatus, a surgical control method, and a program that can prevent erroneous operations of surgical apparatuses when the surgical apparatuses are controlled with contactless inputs. A state estimation block (64) estimates a state of an operator recognized by a recognition block (61) on the basis of at least one type of contactless input sent from the operator. In accordance with the state estimated by the state estimation block (64), a command block (62) restricts a control operation of a surgical camera (11), a camera arm (12), or an image processing block (66) based on at least one type of contactless input sent from the operator recognized by the recognition block (61). The present invention is applicable to a surgical system and the like that have a surgical camera (11), a camera arm (12), an action recognition camera (13), a display (14), a control apparatus (15), a pair of glasses (17), a microphone (18), a marker, a foot switch (20), etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Maeda, Seiji Wada, Tatsumi Sakaguchi, Kana Matsuura
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Publication number: 20220265384Abstract: The present technology relates to a medical display system, a control device, and a control method to make it possible to present necessary information without disturbing concentration of an operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: KANA MATSUURA, KEIICHI YOSHIOKA, KAZUMA TAKAHASHI, SHOJI WATANABE
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Patent number: 11278369Abstract: To provide a control device, control method, and surgical system that can further improve safety.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji Wada, Takeshi Maeda, Kana Matsuura
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Patent number: 11151804Abstract: There is provided an information processing device for rotating an object relative to a viewpoint position of a user in further accordance with the user's desire, the information processing device including: a rotation center determination unit that determines a center of rotation based on a position of an object in a three-dimensional space and an instruction direction of a user in the three-dimensional space; and a rotation control unit that rotates the object relative to a viewpoint position of the user on the basis of the center of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryouhei Yasuda, Takuro Noda, Seiji Wada, Takeshi Maeda, Kana Matsuura
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Patent number: 10992857Abstract: The present technology relates to an input control device, an input control method, and an operation system, which enable achievement of a highly flexible input operation without a burden on a user. A target point determination unit determines a target point to be a display reference in an operative field image in a display, on the basis of a user's line-of-sight position with respect to the operative field image displayed in the display and of a characteristic point detected in the operative field image. The present technology can be applied to an input device for an operation system.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Maeda, Seiji Wada, Kana Matsuura, Tatsumi Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20200179077Abstract: The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, and a surgical system that enable an operator to implement operation without a burden. A control unit controls a plurality of patterns of operations of a surgical instrument, and an acquisition unit obtains motion information indicating a motion of a user. Furthermore, the control unit controls the operations of the respective patterns corresponding to the motion information obtained by the acquisition unit in parallel using only a single operation performed by the user as a trigger. The present technology can be applied to a control device of a surgical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: KANA MATSUURA, TAKESHI MAEDA, SEIJI WADA
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Publication number: 20200162664Abstract: The present technology relates to an input control device, an input control method, and an operation system, which enable achievement of a highly flexible input operation without a burden on a user. A target point determination unit determines a target point to be a display reference in an operative field image in a display, on the basis of a user's line-of-sight position with respect to the operative field image displayed in the display and of a characteristic point detected in the operative field image. The present technology can be applied to an input device for an operation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: TAKESHI MAEDA, SEIJI WADA, KANA MATSUURA, TATSUMI SAKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200085282Abstract: A surgical imaging system including a surgical imaging device including identification information; a holding arm that holds and controls a position of the imaging device; a user interface configured to provide non-contact operation of the holding arm; and processing circuitry configured to control the holding arm according to the identification information and an output of the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiji WADA, Tatsumi SAKAGUCHI, Takeshi MAEDA, Kana MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20200037847Abstract: [Problem] To be able to visually recognize a treatment region from an angle different from a direction in which an endoscope is inserted when an inside of a human body is to be observed using the endoscope. [Solving Means] According to the present disclosure, there is provided a control apparatus for a medical system, including a recognizing section that recognizes instruction information for indicating an area whose image is to be captured by an endoscope that is inserted into an inside of a human body through a trocar and captures an image of the inside of the human body, and a control information generator that generates first control information for turning the endoscope about the trocar and second control information for magnifying the area whose image is to be captured by the endoscope, based on the instruction information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiji WADA, Tatsumi SAKAGUCHI, Takeshi MAEDA, Kana MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20190328479Abstract: To provide a control device, control method, and surgical system that can further improve safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji WADA, Takeshi MAEDA, Kana MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20190172271Abstract: There is provided an information processing device for rotating an object relative to a viewpoint position of a user in further accordance with the user's desire, the information processing device including: a rotation center determination unit that determines a center of rotation based on a position of an object in a three-dimensional space and an instruction direction of a user in the three-dimensional space; and a rotation control unit that rotates the object relative to a viewpoint position of the user on the basis of the center of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Takuro NODA, Seiji WADA, Takeshi MAEDA, Kana MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20180256272Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical control apparatus, a surgical control method, and a program that can prevent erroneous operations of surgical apparatuses when the surgical apparatuses are controlled with contactless inputs. A state estimation block (64) estimates a state of an operator recognized by a recognition block (61) on the basis of at least one type of contactless input sent from the operator. In accordance with the state estimated by the state estimation block (64), a command block (62) restricts a control operation of a surgical camera (11), a camera arm (12), or an image processing block (66) based on at least one type of contactless input sent from the operator recognized by the recognition block (61). The present invention is applicable to a surgical system and the like that have a surgical camera (11), a camera arm (12), an action recognition camera (13), a display (14), a control apparatus (15), a pair of glasses (17), a microphone (18), a marker, a foot switch (20), etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi MAEDA, Seiji WADA, Tatsumi SAKAGUCHI, Kana MATSUURA