Patents by Inventor Kenji Yamane

Kenji Yamane 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: 11842555
    Abstract: A signal acquisition apparatus includes a light source that irradiates a living tissue with light and a detector that acquires signals from light returned from the living tissue to generate output data on the basis of the signals. The detector includes circuitry that acquires the signals and characteristic data regarding the signals and generates the output data on the basis of the characteristic data. The circuitry is implemented in a single semiconductor chip. Further, the present technology also provides a signal acquisition system including the signal acquisition apparatus and an analysis unit configured to analyze output data output from the image acquisition apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Yoichi Mizutani, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Hirokazu Tatsuta
  • Publication number: 20230393066
    Abstract: An object of the present technology is to provide an information processing system that automatically executes panel design. The present technology provides an information processing system including: a fluorochrome database that holds fluorescence signal data of a fluorochrome associated with measuring instrument information; a reagent database that holds correspondence information regarding a correspondence between a reagent and the fluorochrome; and an information processing device that acquires the fluorescence signal data of the fluorochrome corresponding to the reagent from the fluorochrome database using the correspondence information regarding the reagent in the reagent database identified on the basis of input measurement target information and performs information processing using the fluorescence signal data of the fluorochrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Tomoyuki Umetsu
  • Publication number: 20230384220
    Abstract: A main object of the present technology is to provide a technique for automatically proposing a better combination of fluorochrome-labeled antibodies. The present technology provides an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that generates a combination list of fluorophores for a biomolecule on the basis of an expression level category obtained by classifying a plurality of biomolecules used for analysis of a sample on the basis of an expression level in the sample, a brightness category obtained by classifying a plurality of fluorophores usable for analysis of the sample on the basis of brightness, correlation information between the plurality of fluorophores, and expression relationship information of the plurality of biomolecules, in which the processing unit selects a fluorophore to be assigned to the biomolecule in the combination list from fluorophores belonging to a brightness category associated with an expression level category to which the biomolecule belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOYUKI UMETSU, KENJI YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20230296492
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a dimension compression section that generates dimension-compressed data for input data on the basis of a learning model generated by a neural network in which same data acquired from a biologically derived substance is applied to an input layer and an output layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yudai Yanashita, Yasunobu Kato, Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20230273191
    Abstract: A main object of the present technology is to provide a technique for automatically proposing a better combination of fluorochrome-labeled antibodies. The present technology provides an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that generates a combination list of phosphors with respect to biomolecules on the basis of expression level categories in which a plurality of biomolecules to be used for analysis of a sample is classified on the basis of expression levels in the sample, brightness categories in which a plurality of phosphors usable for the analysis of the sample is classified on the basis of brightness, and correlation information between the plurality of phosphors, in which the processing unit selects the phosphors to be allocated to the biomolecules in the combination list from phosphors belonging to a brightness category associated with an expression level category to which the biomolecules belong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Umetsu, Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20230230398
    Abstract: An image processing device 100 includes, in a case where designation of a plurality of partial regions corresponding to a cell morphology is received, the plurality of partial regions being extracted from a pathological image, a generation unit 154 that generates auxiliary information indicating information about a feature amount effective when a plurality of partial regions is classified or extracted with respect to a plurality of feature amounts calculated from the image; and in a case where setting information about an adjustment item according to the auxiliary information is received, an image processing unit 155 that performs an image process on the image using the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: YOHEI KOBAYASHI, TAKESHI KUNIHIRO, JUNICHIRO ENOKI, KENJI YAMANE, YUTAKA HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230186658
    Abstract: A generation device includes: a generation section that, on the basis of feature values of partial regions set in an image regarding pathology, generates distribution information in which distributions of the partial regions on a feature space specified by feature values included in the partial regions are visibly arranged in the feature space while being associated with the partial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: JUNICHIRO ENOKI, KENJI YAMANE
  • Patent number: 11661554
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrotreating catalyst for a heavy hydrocarbon oil, the catalyst including an inorganic oxide carrier including alumina as a main component and a metal component supported on the inorganic oxide carrier, the catalyst having a specific surface area within a predetermined range, a reduction peak temperature that is lower than 450° C. in temperature-programmed reduction measurement of the catalyst and that is higher than or equal to a predetermined temperature, and an amount of nitrogen monoxide adsorbed on the sulfided catalyst within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shintaku, Kenji Yamane, Yusuke Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230095577
    Abstract: To provide a microscope device capable of efficiently or appropriately acquiring an image of a specific region of a living tissue. The present technology provides a microscope device including: a first imaging element that images a target including a body tissue and acquires image data; and a second imaging element that images the target at a magnification different from a magnification of the first imaging element and acquires image data, in which the first imaging element includes a determination unit that determines a feature related to the target on the basis of the image data, and the second imaging element is controlled on the basis of a result of the determination. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition system including the microscope device. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition method performed in the microscope device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: HIROKAZU TATSUTA, TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA, SHINJI WATANABE, KENJI YAMANE, YOSHIO SOMA
  • Patent number: 11561161
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of easily calculating an error amount included in a measurement value. An information processing apparatus includes: an extraction unit configured to extract each parameter variation that affects fluorescence intensity that is measured when a particle is irradiated with a light beam, from a database on the basis of a measurement condition; and a computation unit configured to generate a calculation formula representing an error amount included in the fluorescence intensity on the basis of the extracted each parameter variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Kenji Yamane, Rei Murata
  • Publication number: 20220399118
    Abstract: The generation device 100 according to the present application includes an acquisition unit 131 and a generation unit 134. The acquisition unit 131 acquires a first pathological image captured and an annotation that is information added to the first pathological image and is meta information related to the first pathological image. The generation unit 134 generates learning data for evaluating pathological-related information based on a second pathological image according to the second pathological image different from the first pathological image, the learning data being learning data obtained by transcribing the annotation in a manner corresponding to the second pathological image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: KENJI YAMANE, SHINJI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220319207
    Abstract: A signal acquisition apparatus includes a light source that irradiates a living tissue with light and a detector that acquires signals from light returned from the living tissue to generate output data on the basis of the signals. The detector includes circuitry that acquires the signals and characteristic data regarding the signals and generates the output data on the basis of the characteristic data. The circuitry is implemented in a single semiconductor chip. Further, the present technology also provides a signal acquisition system including the signal acquisition apparatus and an analysis unit configured to analyze output data output from the image acquisition apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji YAMANE, Yoichi MIZUTANI, Nobuhiro HAYASHI, Hirokazu TATSUTA
  • Publication number: 20220283073
    Abstract: Data increased by multicoloring is analyzed. An information processing device according to an embodiment includes: a dimensional compression unit (214) that executes dimensional compression on each of a plurality of pieces of spectral data including a fluorescent component emitted from each of a plurality of particles labeled with one or more fluorescent dyes; an initial value determination unit (214) that determines an initial value for each of a plurality of nodes on the basis of a result of the dimensional compression; and a clustering unit (214) that executes clustering on the plurality of pieces of spectral data using the initial value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Junichiro Enoki
  • Publication number: 20220276148
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display control unit that displays a correspondence relationship between a gate obtained by gate analysis of an analysis target having a plurality of attributes based on the plurality of attributes and a cluster obtained by cluster analysis of the analysis target based on the plurality of attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20220205899
    Abstract: Techniques for sorting biological particles are described. The techniques may include applying a data compression process to data indicating light emitted from biological particles and outputting, based on a result of the data compression process, one or more groups of the biological particles to sort into additional groups of the biological particles. The techniques may further include using at least some of the data corresponding to the one or more groups of the biological particles in training at least one statistical model, wherein an output of the at least one statistical model specifies an indication to sort one or more of the biological particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Yasunobu Kato, Hirotaka Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220172840
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided that includes an identification data acquisition unit that acquires image data for identification in which a first biological region is captured and first site information of the first biological region, and an identification unit that selects an identifier corresponding to the first site information from identifiers associated respectively with a plurality of pieces of site information, and performs an identification process on the basis of the identifier and the image data for identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: KENJI YAMANE, SHINJI WATANABE, TAKESHI KUNIHIRO, KAZUKI AISAKA
  • Publication number: 20220148714
    Abstract: A diagnosis support program causes a computer to execute a derivation procedure of deriving, on the basis of a first pathological image corresponding to a first affected tissue, history information regarding a history of viewing the first pathological image, and diagnostic information for the first affected tissue corresponding to the first pathological image, diagnosis support information for supporting diagnosis of a second pathological image corresponding to a second affected tissue to be diagnosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Aisaka, Takeshi Kunihiro, Kenji Yamane, Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220135888
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrotreating catalyst for a heavy hydrocarbon oil, the catalyst including an inorganic oxide carrier including alumina as a main component and a metal component supported on the inorganic oxide carrier, the catalyst having a specific surface area within a predetermined range, a reduction peak temperature that is lower than 450° C. in temperature-programmed reduction measurement of the catalyst and that is higher than or equal to a predetermined temperature, and an amount of nitrogen monoxide adsorbed on the sulfided catalyst within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shintaku, Kenji Yamane, Yusuke Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220005188
    Abstract: An information processing method including: learning, based on a first specimen image of a first specimen to which a first effect has been applied, an evaluator parameter of an evaluator that performs evaluation of the first specimen, the first specimen image having been captured by a first imaging device; storing, into a storage medium, evaluation setting information including the evaluator parameter and learning environment information indicating a learning environment for the evaluator parameter; acquiring the evaluation setting information stored in the storage medium; and reproducing, based on the evaluation setting information acquired, an environment equivalent to the learning environment, the environment serving as an evaluation environment for evaluation of a second specimen of which an image is captured by a second imaging device different from the first imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20220003655
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of reducing a processing time at the time of analysis of information obtained from a measurement device of a spectrum system is provided. Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a compression unit (120) that performs a compression process on a data amount of spectral data that is measured when a particle is irradiated with a laser beam, an acquisition unit (110) that acquires a result of a clustering process performed on the compressed spectral data, and an output unit (140) that outputs the result of the clustering process acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: KENJI YAMANE, JUNICHIRO ENOKI, REI MURATA