Patents by Inventor Kazuhide Miyata

Kazuhide Miyata 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: 20150124218
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify periodicity of a fundus image obtained by capturing an image of a fundus of an eye, and an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an imaging state of photoreceptor cells in the fundus image based on the periodicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Keiko Yonezawa, Kazuhide Miyata
  • Publication number: 20150124262
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a measurement object with a measuring beam, a restriction unit configured to restrict the measuring beam from being incident on the measurement object and to reflect or scatter the measuring beam, and a polarization control unit configured to control, based on the measuring beam reflected or scattered by the restriction unit, polarization of the measuring beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Makihira, Yoshihiko Iwase, Makoto Sato, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroyuki Shinbata, Ritsuya Tomita, Daisuke Kibe
  • Patent number: 9016861
    Abstract: An adaptive optics apparatus includes an aberration measuring unit that measures an aberration caused by a test object, the aberration being measured on the basis of returning light that returns from the test object; an aberration correcting unit that performs aberration correction in accordance with the aberration measured by the aberration measuring unit; an irradiation unit that irradiates the test object with light corrected by the aberration correcting unit; and an acquiring unit that acquires information based on a transmittance of the test object on the basis of the aberration measured by the aberration measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Nozato, Kazuhide Miyata
  • Patent number: 8995737
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a planar image acquisition unit configured to acquire a planar image of a subject, a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image indicating a polarization state of the subject based on beams of different polarizations obtained by splitting a beam into which a return beam from the subject irradiated with a measuring beam and a reference beam corresponding to the measuring beam have been combined, and a display control unit configured to cause, in a case where a designation unit designates a portion of the tomographic image indicating the polarization state displayed on a display unit, position information indicating a position corresponding to the portion designated by the designation unit to be displayed on the planar image displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Makihira, Yoshihiko Iwase, Kazuhide Miyata, Makoto Sato, Hiroyuki Shinbata, Ritsuya Tomita, Daisuke Kibe
  • Patent number: 8984671
    Abstract: A head-mounted device to be worn on a user's head includes a first pressing member to press, for example, an occipital region, a second pressing member to press, for example, a parietal region, and first and second linear members connected to the first and second pressing members respectively. The first and second linear members are guided so that a change in lengths of the first and second linear members causes the first and second pressing members to move in the first and second directions respectively. An adjustment unit to adjust the lengths of the first and second linear members includes first and second wind-up units connected to a rotational operation member and to wind up the first and second linear members respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yasuda, Takaaki Nakabayashi, Toshiki Ishino, Toshiyuki Okuma, Yoshihiro Saito, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8979267
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a polarization adjustment member configured to adjust a polarization state of a measuring beam, a planar image acquisition unit configured to acquire, in a case where the polarization adjustment member is removed from an optical path of the measuring beam, a planar image of a subject, and a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire, in a case where the polarization adjustment member is inserted in the optical path of the measuring beam, a tomographic image of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Tomoyuki Makihira, Makoto Sato, Kazuhide Miyata, Ritsuya Tomita, Hiroyuki Shinbata, Daisuke Kibe
  • Patent number: 8960906
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify periodicity of a fundus image obtained by capturing an image of a fundus of an eye, and an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an imaging state of photoreceptor cells in the fundus image based on the periodicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Yonezawa, Kazuhide Miyata
  • Patent number: 8960909
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a measurement object with a measuring beam, a restriction unit configured to restrict the measuring beam from being incident on the measurement object and to reflect or scatter the measuring beam, and a polarization control unit configured to control, based on the measuring beam reflected or scattered by the restriction unit, polarization of the measuring beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Makihira, Yoshihiko Iwase, Makoto Sato, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroyuki Shinbata, Ritsuya Tomita, Daisuke Kibe
  • Patent number: 8959667
    Abstract: A head-mountable apparatus mountable on a head of an observer comprises a first pressing member which presses a first portion of the head; a second pressing member which presses a second portion of the head; and an adjustment unit adapted to move the first pressing member and the second pressing member to positions where the first pressing member and the second pressing member respectively press the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiki Ishino, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma, Kazuhide Miyata
  • Patent number: 8928557
    Abstract: A head-mounted device for mounting on the head of a user includes a first pressing member for pressing a first portion of the head from a first direction; a second pressing member for pressing a second portion of the head from a second direction that is different from the first direction; a string member that concatenates the first pressing member and the second pressing member; a structure that guides the string member so that the first and the second pressing members move in the first and the second directions, respectively, according to changes in the length of the string member; and an adjusting unit that adjusts the length of the string member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Nakabayashi, Toshiyuki Yasuda, Toshiki Ishino, Yoshihiro Saito, Toshiyuki Okuma, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20140340007
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine control system includes a rotary electric machine (second motor generator), a number-of-revolutions sensor that measures the number of revolutions per predetermined time period of the rotary electric machine, and a controller. The controller has a threshold changing unit for changing a control switching phase that is a control switching threshold to be used for switching the control mode of the rotary electric machine, according to a measurement result of the number of revolutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Suhama, Kazuhide Miyata, Daisuke Ogino
  • Publication number: 20140313479
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging method for correcting aberration generated when imaging an object to be inspected. The imaging method includes: irradiating an imaging area with a first light beam which is scanned by a scan unit and taking an image of the object to be inspected based on return light of the first light beam; detecting a moving amount of the object to be inspected; comparing the detected moving amount with a predetermined threshold value; and adjusting the imaging area to be irradiated with the first light beam. The adjusting includes determining in accordance with a result of the comparison to change the imaging area by at least one of: using the scan unit, and using an aberration correcting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Nozato, Tomoyuki Makihira, Kazuhide Miyata
  • Patent number: 8797544
    Abstract: An optical tomographic imaging device and the like which suppress influence in the case of a measuring beam being truncated by an iris, and can ensure reliability of a tomographic image which is acquired, when imaging the tomographic image of a retina in an eyeground of an examined eye. An optical tomographic imaging device is configured to have an observation unit observing a state of irradiating an examined object with the measuring beam, and imaging a state of the measuring beam being incident on the examined object as an observation image, a recording unit recording the observation image by linking the observation image with a tomographic image by the optical tomographic imaging device, and an evaluating unit evaluating reliability of the tomographic image which is linked with the observation image based on the observation image imaged in the observation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Futoshi Hirose, Kazuhide Miyata, Kazuro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140055745
    Abstract: This image processing apparatus includes: a planar image acquisition unit configured to acquire a planar image showing a polarization state of a subject, a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional tomographic image including a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic image of the subject, a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, an index indicating a position of a tomographic image to be displayed on the display unit among a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images, by superimposing it on a planar image showing the polarization state, and an instruction unit configured to give an instruction to change a position of the index on a planar image showing the polarization state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Sato, Tomoyuki Makihira, Yoshihiko Iwase, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroyuki Shinbata, Ritsuya Tomita, Daisuke Kibe
  • Publication number: 20140055791
    Abstract: The present application describes the acquisition of a tomographic image indicating a polarization state of a subject; a region is extracted from the tomographic image; and a first index indicating a first form in the region and a second index indicating a second form in the region are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Makoto Sato, Tomoyuki Makihira, Kazuhide Miyata, Hiroyuki Shinbata, Ritsuya Tomita, Daisuke Kibe
  • Publication number: 20140054986
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a rotary electric machine, which has a rotary element that includes a permanent magnet, includes a magnet temperature acquisition portion, a coolant temperature detection portion and a temperature control portion. The magnet temperature acquisition portion acquires information about temperature of the permanent magnet. The coolant temperature detection portion detects temperature of a coolant that cools at least the rotary element. The temperature control portion performs a temperature raising control of the permanent magnet when the temperature of the permanent magnet is less than or equal to a first threshold temperature and the temperature of the coolant is less than or equal to a second threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu HIRAI, Kazuhide MIYATA
  • Patent number: 8605768
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laser apparatus capable of improving a scan speed and achieving a scan rate equal to or more than 1 MHz, and an optical tomographic imaging apparatus using the laser apparatus as a light source. The laser apparatus includes a ring resonator, the ring resonator having a structure in which a first modulator, a normal dispersion region, a second modulator and an anomalous dispersion region are arranged in this order, and in this arrangement, a gain medium is included, and being configured so that modulation with respect to the second modulator can be caused to be phase modulation by periodically superimposing phase modulation on modulation with respect to the first modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaro Furusawa, Natsuhiko Mizutani, Kazuhide Miyata
  • Publication number: 20130258350
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus including a planar image obtaining unit configured to obtain a planar image of a subject based on a return beam from the subject irradiated by the irradiation unit that irradiates the subject with light of a first wavelength band, a tomographic image obtaining unit configured to obtain a tomographic image of the subject based on a beam in which a return beam from the subject irradiated with the laser beam emitted while sweeping a second wavelength range which is longer than the first wavelength band and a reference beam corresponding to the laser beam are combined, and a correction unit configured to correct an optical path length difference generated due to a difference between the first wavelength band and the second wavelength band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Makihira, Yoshihiko Iwase, Kazuhide Miyata, Makoto Sato, Kazuro Yamada, Ritsuya Tomita, Daisuke Kibe, Hiroyuki Shinbata
  • Publication number: 20130258286
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography imaging apparatus that captures a tomographic image of a subject's eye using interference light based on light from a wavelength-swept light source includes a region acquisition unit configured to acquire an imaging target region, a display control unit configured to display information about the acquired imaging target region, and an imaging unit configured to capture a tomographic image by scanning the imaging target region in the subject's eye using light from the wavelength-swept light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iwase, Kazuhide Miyata, Makoto Sato, Tomoyuki Makihira, Kazuro Yamada, Ritsuya Tomita, Yohei Minatoya, Daisuke Kibe, Hiroyuki Shinbata
  • Publication number: 20130258282
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain an anterior segment image of a subject's eye, a tomographic image obtaining unit configured to obtain a tomographic image of an anterior segment of the subject's eye, a calculation unit configured to calculate a thickness of a cornea based on the tomographic image, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the anterior segment image, a closed curve on the anterior segment image, and a smallest thickness of the cornea among thicknesses of the cornea in a portion where the closed curve lies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Goto, Kazuhide Miyata, Makoto Sato, Tomoyuki Makihira, Yoshihiko Iwase, Kazuro Yamada, Ritsuya Tomita, Yohei Minatoya, Daisuke Kibe, Hiroyuki Shinbata