Patents by Inventor Kanako Saito
Kanako Saito 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: 12221063Abstract: An in-vehicle electronic system is mounted to a vehicle. The in-vehicle electronic system includes one or more sensors used to determine a security state of the vehicle, an alarm apparatus configured to issue an alarm when the security state is abnormal, and a first ECU directly connected to the sensor and the alarm apparatus without the intermediation of another ECU and also connected to a plurality of other ECUs, in which the first ECU includes a processor configured to determine a security state based on at least information received from the sensor, and cause the alarm apparatus to operate when it is determined that the security state is abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Satoshi Kono, Kanako Saito, Yusuke Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240208517Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first controller provided for each device mounted in a vehicle, a second controller configured to control one or more of the first controllers, and a third controller configured to control one or more of the second controllers. Each second controller is connected to the corresponding first controller via a communication line and performs a first process based on output information output from the device connected to the first controller. The third controller is connected to the corresponding second controller via a communication line and performs a second process based on a predetermined function of the vehicle. The predetermined function of the vehicle is performed by performing the first process and the second process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Satoshi Kono, Yuichi Koubata, Kanako Saito, Noriaki Fujie, Yasuharu Morimoto, Shintaro Matsuzaki
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Publication number: 20220314930Abstract: An in-vehicle electronic system is mounted to a vehicle. The in-vehicle electronic system includes one or more sensors used to determine a security state of the vehicle, an alarm apparatus configured to issue an alarm when the security state is abnormal, and a first ECU directly connected to the sensor and the alarm apparatus without the intermediation of another ECU and also connected to a plurality of other ECUs, in which the first ECU includes a processor configured to determine a security state based on at least information received from the sensor, and cause the alarm apparatus to operate when it is determined that the security state is abnormal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Hisahiro KATO, Satoshi KONO, Kanako SAITO, Yusuke TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11287602Abstract: An optical unit includes: a moving frame disposed so as to freely move back and forth inside a fixed barrel and configured to hold a moving lens; an actuator configured to drive the moving frame along an optical axis of the moving lens; a plurality of spherical bodies configured to make the moving frame slidable; a plurality of guide grooves configured to guide the plurality of spherical bodies; a plurality of magnets disposed so as to generate magnetic force in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis; and a magnetic member disposed at a facing position of the plurality of magnets, and configured to cancel attractive forces in opposing directions generated with the plurality of magnets by the magnetic force and generate urging force only in a direction of bringing the plurality of spherical bodies into contact with the guide grooves at the moving frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kanako Saito, Takeshi Saito
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Patent number: 11016154Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor. The processor acquires a plurality of pieces of k-space data with undersampling in at least one of axes of k-space and in a certain axis different from the axes of k-space. The processor rearranges the pieces of k-space data into a second order different from a first order in which the pieces of k-space data are acquired. The processor performs a reconstruction process on a rearranged k-space data group to generate an image group.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenori Takeshima, Kanako Saito
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Patent number: 10955505Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence controlling circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence controlling circuitry is configured to acquire k-space data by executing a pulse sequence while performing undersampling. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an output target image by generating a folded image by applying a Fourier transform to the k-space data and further unfolding the folded image by performing a process that uses a regularization term. The processing circuitry applies a weight to the regularization term on the basis of whether or not each of the pixels in the output target image is included in an observation target region.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kanako Saito, Hidenori Takeshima
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Patent number: 10952592Abstract: An optical system includes: a first optical element; a first movable frame; a holding frame; a voice coil motor; a first position detection unit configured to detect information related to a position of the first movable frame with respect to the holding frame and generate a first position signal; a determination unit configured to determine whether the first position signal is normal; and a drive control unit configured to perform, when the determination unit determines that the first position signal is normal, first drive control for driving the first movable frame by controlling, based on the first position signal, a current allowed to flow in the coil or configured to perform, when the determination unit determines that the first position signal is not normal, second drive control for driving the first movable frame by flowing a current with a predetermined value in the coil.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Kanako Saito
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Patent number: 10945591Abstract: An image capturing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to implement: a switching control process for switching between a manual focus (MF) mode and an auto focus (AF) mode of performing auto focus control; a process for controlling driving of a focus lens; scene status determination process for performing a detection process for detecting a scene change during the MF mode and an estimation process for estimating distance change information indicating distance change between the image capturing section and an object. The processor is configured to implement: controlling the driving of the focus lens based on lens drive information; switching control for switching from the MF mode to the AF mode when the scene change is detected; and controlling the driving of the focus lens to bring the object into focus based on the distance change information.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Koichiro Yoshino, Kanako Saito
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Patent number: 10866297Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes sequence control circuitry. The sequence control circuitry acquires magnetic resonance signals corresponding to each of N spokes (N is a natural number of two or more) which is less than the total number of spokes, and thereafter acquires magnetic resonance signals corresponding to each of the N spokes after the N spokes are rotated while maintaining angles between adjacent spokes.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kanako Saito, Tomoyuki Takeguchi
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Patent number: 10863892Abstract: An imaging device includes: an optical device; a movable frame configured to support and move the optical device in a predetermined direction; a supporting frame configured to support the movable frame; a voice coil motor configured to move the movable frame relative to the supporting frame in the predetermined direction; a position detecting unit configured to detect a position of the movable frame relative to the supporting frame and generate a position signal; a signal processing unit configured to generate a drive signal and determine whether the position signal is normal; an imaging device; an image processing unit; a first drive controller configured to drive the movable frame; a second drive controller configured to drive the movable frame; and a selector configured to select a drive controller that controls driving of the movable frame from the first drive controller and the second drive controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Kanako Saito
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Publication number: 20200116974Abstract: An optical unit includes: a moving frame disposed so as to freely move back and forth inside a fixed barrel and configured to hold a moving lens; an actuator configured to drive the moving frame along an optical axis of the moving lens; a plurality of spherical bodies configured to make the moving frame slidable; a plurality of guide grooves configured to guide the plurality of spherical bodies; a plurality of magnets disposed so as to generate magnetic force in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis; and a magnetic member disposed at a facing position of the plurality of magnets, and configured to cancel attractive forces in opposing directions generated with the plurality of magnets by the magnetic force and generate urging force only in a direction of bringing the plurality of spherical bodies into contact with the guide grooves at the moving frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kanako SAITO, Takeshi SAITO
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Patent number: 10591567Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes conversion circuitry, magnitude image generating circuitry and phase image generating circuitry. The conversion circuitry is configured to convert time-series k-space data into first time-series x-space data, the x-space representing a spatial position. The magnitude image generating circuitry is configured to generate a magnitude image from second time-series x-space data, the second time-series x-space data being acquired by applying a first filter to the first time-series x-space data. The phase image generating circuitry is configured to generate a phase image from third time-series x-space data, the third time-series x-space data being acquired by applying, to the first time-series x-space data, a second filter that is different from the first filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kanako Saito, Hidenori Takeshima
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Publication number: 20190004134Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence controlling circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence controlling circuitry acquires first k-space data in units of a plurality of segments while arranging the plurality of segments to overlap one another in a read-out direction, the first k-space being divided into the plurality of segments in the read-out direction. The processing circuitry calculates a weighting coefficient on a basis of information about a gradient magnetic field related to the acquisition and generates second k-space data on a basis of the plurality of segments in the first k-space data and the weighting coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yuko HARA, Kanako Saito, Taichiro Shiodera, Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Takashi Shigeta, Masao Yui, Hiroshi Kusahara, Yuki Takai, Yoshimori Kasai
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Publication number: 20180372824Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes sequence control circuitry. The sequence control circuitry acquires magnetic resonance signals corresponding to each of N spokes (N is a natural number of two or more) which is less than the total number of spokes, and thereafter acquires magnetic resonance signals corresponding to each of the N spokes after the N spokes are rotated while maintaining angles between adjacent spokes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kanako SAITO, Tomoyuki TAKEGUCHI
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Patent number: 10163231Abstract: A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging apparatus of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates a third k-space data group including a first k-space data group and a second k-space data group, by adding the second k-space data group that is arranged in a second range adjacent to a first range, to the first k-space data group that is arranged in the first range and that is undersampled along at least one of the axes in k-space as well as in any axis that is different from the axes in the k-space. The processing circuitry generates an MR image group by performing a reconstruction process on the third k-space data group.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kanako Saito, Hidenori Takeshima
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Publication number: 20180242829Abstract: An image capturing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to implement: a switching control process for switching between a manual focus (MF) mode and an auto focus (AF) mode of performing auto focus control; a process for controlling driving of a focus lens; scene status determination process for performing a detection process for detecting a scene change during the MF mode and an estimation process for estimating distance change information indicating distance change between the image capturing section and an object. The processor is configured to implement: controlling the driving of the focus lens based on lens drive information; switching control for switching from the MF mode to the AF mode when the scene change is detected; and controlling the driving of the focus lens to bring the object into focus based on the distance change information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Koichiro YOSHINO, Kanako SAITO
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Publication number: 20180235450Abstract: An imaging device includes: an optical device; a movable frame configured to support and move the optical device in a predetermined direction; a supporting frame configured to support the movable frame; a voice coil motor configured to move the movable frame relative to the supporting frame in the predetermined direction; a position detecting unit configured to detect a position of the movable frame relative to the supporting frame and generate a position signal; a signal processing unit configured to generate a drive signal and determine whether the position signal is normal; an imaging device; an image processing unit; a first drive controller configured to drive the movable frame; a second drive controller configured to drive the movable frame; and a selector configured to select a drive controller that controls driving of the movable frame from the first drive controller and the second drive controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Kanako SAITO
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Publication number: 20180235436Abstract: An optical system includes: a first optical element; a first movable frame; a holding frame; a voice coil motor; a first position detection unit configured to detect information related to a position of the first movable frame with respect to the holding frame and generate a first position signal; a determination unit configured to determine whether the first position signal is normal; and a drive control unit configured to perform, when the determination unit determines that the first position signal is normal, first drive control for driving the first movable frame by controlling, based on the first position signal, a current allowed to flow in the coil or configured to perform, when the determination unit determines that the first position signal is not normal, second drive control for driving the first movable frame by flowing a current with a predetermined value in the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Kanako SAITO
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Publication number: 20170139028Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence controlling circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence controlling circuitry is configured to acquire k-space data by executing a pulse sequence while performing undersampling. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an output target image by generating a folded image by applying a Fourier transform to the k-space data and further unfolding the folded image by performing a process that uses a regularization term. The processing circuitry applies a weight to the regularization term on the basis of whether or not each of the pixels in the output target image is included in an observation target region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kanako SAITO, Hidenori TAKESHIMA
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Patent number: 9607359Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to: receive first image data for displaying a first image that comprises a plurality of regions, modify a first region of the first image by adding at least a high-frequency component based on second image data, the first region of the first image including fewer noise components than a first threshold, and output third image data for displaying the first image that comprises the plurality of regions and the modified first region.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yukie Takahashi, Kei Imada, Go Ito, Toshimitsu Kaneko, Kanako Saito