Patents by Inventor Kenichi Oishi

Kenichi Oishi 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: 20240083514
    Abstract: In the vehicle body structure including a body frame and a stabilizer which is supported by the body frame and connected to left and right front suspension arms, the body frame has an upper frame and a cross member connected to the upper frame, and the upper frame and the cross member are located upward of the front suspension arms. The cross member is connected to an air guide panel for redirecting ambient air flowing from the front of the vehicle body, and the air guide panel is arranged in a position overlapping the stabilizer in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Yamanaka, Koji Sato, Kenichi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20230398956
    Abstract: This vehicle includes a roll bar (15) assembled to an upper portion of a vehicle body (11) and configured to separate off a passenger space (12C), the roll bar (15) includes a pair of left and right front roll bars (31) and a cross member (16) configured to connect the pair of left and right front roll bars (31), the front roll bars (31) include windshield bars (42) extending on both sides of a front portion of the roll bar (15) in an upward/downward direction, respectively, and the cross member (16) has a front panel portion (52) along a reference surface that bridges between center axes of the pair of left and right windshield bars (42), a groove portion (56) recessed rearward from a flat portion along the reference surface and extending in a vehicle width direction is formed in the front panel portion (52), and the groove portion (56) is located lower in an outer end portion in the vehicle width direction than in a center portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi Oishi, Tomohiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 10984527
    Abstract: A non-invasive imaging system, including an imaging scanner suitable to generate an imaging signal from a tissue region of a subject under observation, the tissue region having at least one substructure; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive the imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit stores an anatomical atlas comprising data encoding spatial information of the at least one substructure in the tissue region, and a pathological atlas corresponding to an abnormality of the tissue region, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to automatically identify, using the imaging signal, the anatomical atlas, and the pathological atlas, a presence of the abnormality or a pre-cursor abnormality in the subject under observation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Susumu Mori, Michael I. Miller, Kenichi Oishi
  • Patent number: 10563760
    Abstract: An output shaft includes a shaft hole with which a shaft is fittable, rotates by torque output from a motor, and outputs torque to the shaft. A magnet holder includes a holder hole with which the shaft is fittable and is rotatable together with the shaft. A magnet is disposed on the magnet holder. An angle sensor is capable of detecting magnetic flux from the magnet and outputs a signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the magnet holder. A play amount between the shaft and the shaft hole is set to a first predetermined value or larger. A play amount between the shaft and the holder hole is set to a second predetermined value or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuya Takahashi, Kiyoshi Kimura, Kenichi Oishi, Mikine Kume, Toru Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20190229588
    Abstract: An output shaft includes a shaft hole with which a shaft is fittable, rotates by torque output from a motor, and outputs torque to the shaft. A magnet holder includes a holder hole with which the shaft is fittable and is rotatable together with the shaft. A magnet is disposed on the magnet holder. An angle sensor is capable of detecting magnetic flux from the magnet and outputs a signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the magnet holder. A play amount between the shaft and the shaft hole is set to a first predetermined value or larger. A play amount between the shaft and the holder hole is set to a second predetermined value or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yuuya TAKAHASHI, Kiyoshi KIMURA, Kenichi OISHI, Mikine KUME, Toru TABUCHI
  • Patent number: 10147189
    Abstract: Computer systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for gross feature recognition including receiving an image comprising a plurality of image elements representing the region of interest of the subject. Gross feature recognition can further include co-registering the image to an atlas to segment the plurality of image elements into a plurality of sub-regions corresponding to structures in the atlas, where the structures in the atlas are ordered in a first rank order according to a predetermined feature. Further included can be ordering the plurality of sub-regions in a second rank order according to the predetermined feature. Further included can be identifying as gross features one or more of the plurality of sub-regions whose positions in the first rank order of the ordered sub-regions differ from positions in the second rank order of the corresponding ordered structures in the atlas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michael I. Miller, Susumu Mori, Kenichi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20160335768
    Abstract: A non-invasive imaging system, including an imaging scanner suitable to generate an imaging signal from a tissue region of a subject under observation, the tissue region having at least one substructure; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive the imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit stores an anatomical atlas comprising data encoding spatial information of the at least one substructure in the tissue region, and a pathological atlas corresponding to an abnormality of the tissue region, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to automatically identify, using the imaging signal, the anatomical atlas, and the pathological atlas, a presence of the abnormality or a pre-cursor abnormality in the subject under observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Susumu Mori, Michael I. Miller, Kenichi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20160307319
    Abstract: Computer systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for gross feature recognition including receiving an image comprising a plurality of image elements representing the region of interest of the subject. Gross feature recognition can further include co-registering the image to an atlas to segment the plurality of image elements into a plurality of sub-regions corresponding to structures in the atlas, where the structures in the atlas are ordered in a first rank order according to a predetermined feature. Further included can be ordering the plurality of sub-regions in a second rank order according to the predetermined feature. Further included can be identifying as gross features one or more of the plurality of sub-regions whose positions in the first rank order of the ordered sub-regions differ from positions in the second rank order of the corresponding ordered structures in the atlas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Michael I. Miller, Susumu Mori, Kenichi Oishi
  • Patent number: 9415821
    Abstract: An article storage structure for an automatic two-wheeled vehicle 1 includes a cover member 20 which covers a vehicle external side, an article storage portion 30 which is disposed inside the cover in ember 20 and enables to store an article, and a lid member 31 which opens or closes an opening portion 30a of the article storage portion 30. A pivot 31b which defines a rotational axis C along an external surface 31s of the lid member 31 is provided in the lid member 31. A rotary damper 50 is provided on the rotational axis C and engaged with one end portion 31be of the pivot 31b so as to dampen a rotation of the lid member 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Oishi, Ryo Hasunuma
  • Publication number: 20160121953
    Abstract: An article storage structure for an automatic two-wheeled vehicle 1 includes a cover member 20 which covers a vehicle external side, an article storage portion 30 which is disposed inside the cover in ember 20 and enables to store an article, and a lid member 31 which opens or closes an opening portion 30a of the article storage portion 30. A pivot 31b which defines a rotational axis C along an external surface 31s of the lid member 31 is provided in the lid member 31. A rotary damper 50 is provided on the rotational axis C and engaged with one end portion 31be of the pivot. 31b so as to dampen a rotation of the lid member 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi OISHI, Ryo HASUNUMA
  • Patent number: 9275456
    Abstract: An embodiment of the current invention includes a non-invasive imaging system, comprising: an imaging scanner suitable to generate an image representing a tissue region of a subject under observation, the tissue region having at least one substructure and the image comprising a plurality of image voxels; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive the imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit is configured to store: an atlas comprising spatial information of the at least one substructure in the tissue region, and a database comprising a plurality of pre-stored medical images representing the tissue region, and wherein the signal processing system is adapted to: identify, based on the atlas and for each of the at least one substructure, a corresponding portion of image voxels in the image; provide a computed quantification of the corresponding portion of image voxels for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Susumu Mori, Michael I. Miller, Kenichi Oishi, Andreia V. Faria
  • Patent number: 9236780
    Abstract: An inner ring of a bearing is affixed to an end of the rotor spindle and is immovable relative to the rotor spindle in the axial direction. An outer ring of the bearing is located radially outside of the inner ring via a roller body. An outer ring affixed portion is integrally affixed to the outer ring and is immovable relative to the outer ring in the axial direction. An inner ring receiving portion is located between the inner ring and a bottom portion of a housing and is in contact with the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20150015253
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging scanner configured to generate a plurality of signals for forming at least one magnetic resonance image of a soft tissue region from a subject under observation, wherein the at least one magnetic resonance image provides at least one integrating feature to facilitate automatic segmentation; a signal processing system in communication with the magnetic resonance imaging scanner to receive the plurality of signals; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit contains at least one template corresponding to the soft tissue region, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to process the plurality of signals received from the magnetic resonance imaging scanner to automatically perform segmentation for the soft tissue region of the subject under observation by utilizing the at least one template and the at least one integrating feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Susumu Mori, Michael I. Miller, Jiangyang Zhang, Kenichi Oishi
  • Patent number: 8838201
    Abstract: A non-invasive imaging system, including an imaging scanner suitable to generate an imaging signal from a tissue region of a subject under observation, the tissue region having at least one anatomical substructure and more than one constituent tissue type; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive the imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit is configured to store a parcellation atlas comprising spatial information of the at least one substructure in the tissue region, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to: reconstruct an image of the tissue region based on the imaging signal; parcellate, based on the parcellation atlas, the at least one anatomical substructure in the image; segment the more than one constituent tissue types in the image; and automatically identify, in the image, a portion of the at least one anatomical substructure that correspond to one
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Susumu Mori, Andreia V. Faria, Michael I. Miller, Kenichi Oishi
  • Patent number: 8816551
    Abstract: A rotary actuator has a connecting member for electrically connecting a terminal to a fixing land. The connecting member is composed of a base portion, a pair of leg portions, a pair of deformation suppressing portions and a pair of holding portions. The terminal is inserted through the base portion. Each of the leg portions extends from the base portion in a radial outward direction. The leg portion is fixed to the land portion by soldering. Each of the deformation suppressing portions extends from an outer-side end of the leg portion toward the terminal. Each of the holding portions extends from an inner-side end toward a forward end of the terminal. The holding portions elastically hold the terminal between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Oishi
  • Patent number: 8731256
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging scanner configured to generate a plurality of signals for forming at least one magnetic resonance image of a soft tissue region from a subject under observation, wherein the at least one magnetic resonance image provides at least one integrating feature to facilitate automatic segmentation; a signal processing system in communication with the magnetic resonance imaging scanner to receive the plurality of signals; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit contains at least one template corresponding to the soft tissue region, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to process the plurality of signals received from the magnetic resonance imaging scanner to automatically perform segmentation for the soft tissue region of the subject under observation by utilizing the at least one template and the at least one integrating feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Susumu Mori, Michael I. Miller, Jiangyang Zhang, Kenichi Oishi
  • Patent number: 8585384
    Abstract: A housing includes a pump chamber, which rotatably receives an inner rotor and an outer rotor that define a pressure chamber therebetween. An inlet port of the housing is communicated with the pressure chamber to supply fluid into the pressure chamber. An outlet port of the housing is communicated with the pressure chamber to discharge the fluid from the pressure chamber. An axial size of an axial clearance, which is formed between an axial end surface of the pump chamber and an axial end surface of the inner rotor, differs from an axial size of an axial clearance, which is formed between the axial end surface of the pump chamber and an axial end surface of the outer rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonobu Kuroda, Kenichi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20130234548
    Abstract: A rotary actuator has a connecting member for electrically connecting a terminal to a fixing land. The connecting member is composed of a base portion, a pair of leg portions, a pair of deformation suppressing portions and a pair of holding portions. The terminal is inserted through the base portion. Each of the leg portions extends from the base portion in a radial outward direction. The leg portion is fixed to the land portion by soldering. Each of the deformation suppressing portions extends from an outer-side end of the leg portion toward the terminal. Each of the holding portions extends from an inner-side end toward a forward end of the terminal. The holding portions elastically hold the terminal between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi OISHI
  • Publication number: 20130223716
    Abstract: An embodiment of the current invention includes a non-invasive imaging system, comprising: an imaging scanner suitable to generate an image representing a tissue region of a subject under observation, the tissue region having at least one substructure and the image comprising a plurality of image voxels; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive the imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit is configured to store: an atlas comprising spatial information of the at least one substructure in the tissue region, and a database comprising a plurality of pre-stored medical images representing the tissue region, and wherein the signal processing system is adapted to: identify, based on the atlas and for each of the at least one substructure, a corresponding portion of image voxels in the image; provide a computed quantification of the corresponding portion of image voxels for
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Susumu Mori, Michael I. Miller, Kenichi Oishi, Andreia V. Faria
  • Publication number: 20130172727
    Abstract: A non-invasive imaging system, including an imaging scanner suitable to generate an imaging signal from a tissue region of a subject under observation, the tissue region having at least one substructure; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive the imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit stores an anatomical atlas comprising data encoding spatial information of the at least one substructure in the tissue region, and a pathological atlas corresponding to an abnormality of the tissue region, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to automatically identify, using the imaging signal, the anatomical atlas, and the pathological atlas, a presence of the abnormality or a precursor abnormality in the subject under observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Susumu Mori, Michael I Miller, Kenichi Oishi