Patents by Inventor Kazuya Okamoto

Kazuya Okamoto 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).

  • Patent number: 11965948
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to derive an index value with respect to noise included in data associated with magnetic resonance signals collected by each of a plurality of reception coils, adjust a degree to which noise is removed from the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals based on the derived index value, remove noise from the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals based on the adjusted degree, and perform compositing of the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals from which noise has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Yamashita, Kazuto Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Kanazawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Hiroshi Takai, Nobuyuki Konuma, Kensuke Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20240127609
    Abstract: To effectively determining whether the driver is in the specific state according to the use of the driving assistance device, provided is a driver monitoring device which is applied to a vehicle having a driving assistance device configured to execute a predetermined driving assistance control for assisting the driving of a driver. The driver monitoring device comprising a driver state acquisition unit configured to acquire a state of the driver; and a driver state determination unit configured to determine that the driver is in a specific state when the state of the driver acquired by the driver state acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition. The driver state determination unit is configured to relaxes the predetermined condition when the driving assistance device is executing the driving assistance control, as compared with a case where the driving assistance device is not executing the driving assistance control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Okamoto, Yuta Hiraiwa
  • Publication number: 20240092354
    Abstract: To suppress unnecessary operation of PCS control, provided is a vehicle control device comprising a detection unit for detecting an object located in diagonally forward of an own vehicle as a diagonally forward object; and an ECU including at least one processor. The ECU programmed to execute a collision avoidance control for avoiding a collision between own vehicle and one moving object detected as the diagonally forward object by the detection unit or reducing damage to the collision when the one moving object detected as the diagonally forward object satisfies a predetermined collision condition. The ECU programmed to suppress the collision avoidance control based on the one moving object when the other moving object or a stationary object is detected within a predetermined area in the vicinity of the one moving object by the detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Xi CHEN, Tsunekazu YASOSHIMA, Kazuya OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240067086
    Abstract: Provided is a driving support device including: a side sensor configured to detect a target object existing on a lateral side of an own vehicle; and a control device configured to notify a driver of the own vehicle of existence of a target object approaching the own vehicle from the lateral side of the own vehicle when, at a time of entry of the own vehicle into an intersection, the target object exists and the target object is positioned in a notification target region. The notification target region is a region having a strip shape which is included in a road crossing a road on which the own vehicle is traveling or stopped, and which extends from the intersection in an extending direction of the road. The control device is configured to acquire a size of the intersection, and to determine a width of the notification target region in accordance with the size of the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuya OKAMOTO, Tsunekazu YASOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240059280
    Abstract: A collision prevention device comprising a radar device that detects a three-dimensional object approaching in front of an own vehicle from the front side of the own vehicle, and an electronic control unit that executes a collision prevention assistance control that reduces a risk of the own vehicle from colliding with the three-dimensional object when it is determined that the own vehicle is likely to collide with the three-dimensional object, and the electronic control unit suppresses execution of the collision prevention assistance control when it is determined that the three-dimensional object is a group of moving bodies forming a row in a number equal to or greater than a reference value and that there is no track for a rail vehicle that intersects a road on which the own vehicle is traveling in front of the own vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Xi CHEN, Kazuya OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11895769
    Abstract: A module according to the present disclosure includes a circuit board, an electronic component on one of two principal surfaces of the circuit board, a connection conductor on the principal surface of the circuit board, and sealing resin on the principal surface of the circuit board. The electronic component and the connection conductor are covered with the sealing resin. The connection conductor includes a plate-shaped conductor and terminal sections. The plate-shaped conductor is disposed upright on the principal surface of the circuit board. The terminal sections extend from the plate-shaped conductor and away from the principal surface of the circuit board and are arranged side by side. Tip portions of the terminal sections are exposed at a surface of the sealing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Okamoto, Takashi Haga, Masayoshi Takagi, Kazushige Sato
  • Publication number: 20240034357
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus performs a front collision avoidance control when the frontward object satisfies a predetermined front collision condition, and performs a side collision avoidance control when the sideward object satisfies a predetermined side collision condition. The vehicle control apparatus suppresses performing the side collision avoidance control in a case where the sideward object is located in an overlapping area between a sideward detection area and a frontward detection area, as compared to a case where the sideward object is located in a non-overlapping area that is a rest of the sideward detection area other than the overlapping area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Xi CHEN, Kazuya OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11815581
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a data and a g-factor map. The data is generated as a result of a reception by an RF coil. The processing circuitry is configured to determine strength of denoise performed on the data on the basis of the g-factor map and perform the denoise on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Shinoda, Kazuto Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Kanazawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Hiroshi Takai, Nobuyuki Konuma, Yuichi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230320615
    Abstract: In a medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment, an array coil includes a first substrate and a second substrate. At least one coil element is formed on the first substrate. The second substrate is a substrate different from the first substrate, and is laminated on the first substrate. At least one coil element is formed on the second substrate. A first coil element formed on the first substrate intersects with a second coil element formed on the second substrate in plan view from a laminating direction from the second substrate laminated on the first substrate toward the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro FUKUSHIMA, Kazuya OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230301597
    Abstract: A patient couch for use in a medical imaging system that includes a gantry, a power supply unit and a driving unit for positioning the patient couch with respect to the gantry. The patient couch includes at least a first connector for supplying a wireless coil (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) coil for an MRI imaging apparatus) with power. The patient couch is detachably connected to the gantry. The power supply is configured to supply the first connector with power and an optional clock synchronization signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark SPRING, Yoshinori HAMAMURA, Kazuya OKAMOTO, Sojiyuuro KATO, Kazuyuki SOEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230116931
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to derive an index value with respect to noise included in data associated with magnetic resonance signals collected by each of a plurality of reception coils, adjust a degree to which noise is removed from the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals based on the derived index value, remove noise from the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals based on the adjusted degree, and perform compositing of the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals from which noise has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi YAMASHITA, Kazuto NAKABAYASHI, Hitoshi KANAZAWA, Kazuya OKAMOTO, Hiroshi TAKAI, Nobuyuki KONUMA, Kensuke SHINODA
  • Patent number: 11592887
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a memory and a first processor being configured to: control an operating frequency of a second processor connected to power supply devices that receive power from one or more power source systems to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on information on a number of power source systems and information on a number of uninterruptable power supplies connected to the power supply devices; and control, when the number of the power source systems is two or more and an uninterruptable power supply is connected to a power supply device in each of the power source systems, the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a first power source system and a number of uninterruptable power supplies in a second power source system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sudo, Kazuya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11591488
    Abstract: A rosin-modified phenol resin (A) is a reaction product of a rosin (b), a phenol (c), a formaldehyde (d) and a polyol (e), wherein the rosin (b) contains 0.1 to 3.5% by mass of a monoterpene (a1) and a sesquiterpene (a2) relative to the total weight of the rosin, and Mw/Mn which is the ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) and the number average molecular weight (Mn) is 10 to 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230040262
    Abstract: The present invention provides industrially suitable processes for preparing intermediates in the production of substituted polycyclic pyridone derivatives having a cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitory activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya OKAMOTO, Tatsuhiko UENO, Yoshio HATO, Toshikazu HAKOGI, Shohei MAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11536790
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to derive an index value with respect to noise included in data associated with magnetic resonance signals collected by each of a plurality of reception coils, adjust a degree to which noise is removed from the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals based on the derived index value, remove noise from the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals based on the adjusted degree, and perform compositing of the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals from which noise has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Yamashita, Kazuto Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Kanazawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Hiroshi Takai, Nobuyuki Konuma, Kensuke Shinoda
  • Patent number: 11464083
    Abstract: A heating element is used, a periphery of the heating element is covered with a net-shaped conductor, the conductor and a carbon fiber bundle are electrically connected with a connecting tool at one end of the heating element, a periphery of the conductor is covered with an outer skin having flexibility, thermal conductivity and an insulating property, and the other end of the heating element is provided with a power supply terminal configured to supply power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: JIKAN TECHNO, INC., S.K.G. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Okamoto, Takahiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20220274646
    Abstract: A vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus executes a collision avoidance steering maneuvering assist process of applying a steering force to an own vehicle to assist a collision avoidance steering maneuvering carried out by a driver when there is a probability that the own vehicle collides with an object ahead of the own vehicle, and the driver carries out the collision avoidance steering maneuvering to steer the own vehicle to avoid a collision of the own vehicle with the object. The apparatus notifies the driver of a necessity of carrying out the collision avoidance steering maneuvering when determining that there is the possibility that the own vehicle collides with the object ahead of the own vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yumi SHIMANAKA, Kazuya OKAMOTO, Sho HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220267625
    Abstract: A rosin-modified phenol resin (A) is a reaction product of a rosin (b), a phenol (c), a formaldehyde (d) and a polyol (e), wherein the rosin (b) contains 0.1 to 3.5% by mass of a monoterpene (a1) and a sesquiterpene (a2) relative to the total weight of the rosin, and Mw/Mn which is the ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) and the number average molecular weight (Mn) is 10 to 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220260659
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a data and a g-factor map. The data is generated as a result of a reception by an RF coil. The processing circuitry is configured to determine strength of denoise performed on the data on the basis of the g-factor map and perform the denoise on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke SHINODA, Kazuto NAKABAYASHI, Hitoshi KANAZAWA, Kazuya OKAMOTO, Hiroshi TAKAI, Nobuyuki KONUMA, Yuichi YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11415656
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a data and a g-factor map. The data is generated as a result of a reception by an RF coil. The processing circuitry is configured to determine strength of denoise performed on the data on the basis of the g-factor map and perform the denoise on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Shinoda, Kazuto Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Kanazawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Hiroshi Takai, Nobuyuki Konuma, Yuichi Yamashita