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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220003656
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and a method which evaluate the appropriateness of a clustering result in consideration of characteristics of multidimensional data to be clustered. An information processing apparatus comprising: at least one hardware processor; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform: receiving multidimensional data obtained from a plurality of cells; clustering the multidimensional data to generate clustering results indicating a plurality of clusters including a first cluster and a second cluster that share at least a portion of the multidimensional data; and outputting information representing reliability of the clustering results, wherein the information is indicative of a relationship between the first cluster and the second cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Rei Murata, Kenji Yamane, Junichiro Enoki
  • Publication number: 20210404940
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a particle sorting system, a program, and a particle sorting method that practice a spectral type analysis usable for sorting particles. [Solving Means] The information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology includes: an analysis unit; a learning unit; and a discrimination unit. The analysis unit calculates fluorophore information indicating respective amounts of luminescence of a plurality of types of fluorophores on the basis of detection data indicating amounts of luminescence of fluorescence at respective wavelength bands, the fluorescence having been emitted from a particle irradiated with excitation light, discriminates whether or not to treat the particle as a process target in accordance with the fluorophore information, and generates teaching data by associating a result of the discrimination with the detection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yasunobu Kato
  • Publication number: 20210319881
    Abstract: A medical system comprising: a control part configured to receive pathological image data that is produced by imaging one observation target object and that includes first and second image data, the second image data relating to the observation target object but being different to the first image data, a display control part that causes a displaying part to display thereon the first image data and the second image data; and an annotation processing part that applies an annotation to each of the first image data and the second image data on a basis of inputting by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shiori Sasada, Shinji Watanabe, Kenji Yamane, Yutaka Hasegawa, Kazuma Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11137338
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a particle sorting system, a program, and a particle sorting method that practice a spectral type analysis usable for sorting particles. [Solving Means] The information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology includes: an analysis unit; a learning unit; and a discrimination unit. The analysis unit calculates fluorophore information indicating respective amounts of luminescence of a plurality of types of fluorophores on the basis of detection data indicating amounts of luminescence of fluorescence at respective wavelength bands, the fluorescence having been emitted from a particle irradiated with excitation light, discriminates whether or not to treat the particle as a process target in accordance with the fluorophore information, and generates teaching data by associating a result of the discrimination with the detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yasunobu Kato
  • Patent number: 10908795
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided comprising a processor; and a memory device storing instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to generate scene information to reproduce display of at least one selected area of a pathological image; and receive order information corresponding to the scene information based on a user input. In another embodiment, the instructions cause the processor to receive scene information to display at least one selected area of a pathological image and order information corresponding to an order of the scene information; and control display of the at least one selected area of the pathological image in the order based on the scene information and the order information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kyusojin, Kenji Yamane, Hirofumi Watanabe, Naoki Tagami
  • Patent number: 10832638
    Abstract: There is provided an image display device including a display control unit having a display combining unit that displays one or a plurality of pathological index cursors based on information relating to a pathological slide image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20200217774
    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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Kenji Yamane, Rei Murata
  • Publication number: 20200200671
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an information storage unit that stores a result of sensing light from cells, namely first data, and a result of separating the first data into a plurality of fluorescences, namely second data, in association with each other; a clustering unit that clusters the cells into a plurality of clusters on a basis of the second data; and an output unit that outputs a clustering result from the clustering unit. The output unit additionally outputs at least one or more of the first data and the second data about the cells included in a cluster selected by a user from among the plurality of clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Junichiro Enoki, Rei Murata, Koji Futamura, Gregory Veltri
  • Publication number: 20200124520
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a particle sorting system, a program, and a particle sorting method that practice a spectral type analysis usable for sorting particles. [Solving Means] The information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology includes: an analysis unit; a learning unit; and a discrimination unit. The analysis unit calculates fluorophore information indicating respective amounts of luminescence of a plurality of types of fluorophores on the basis of detection data indicating amounts of luminescence of fluorescence at respective wavelength bands, the fluorescence having been emitted from a particle irradiated with excitation light, discriminates whether or not to treat the particle as a process target in accordance with the fluorophore information, and generates teaching data by associating a result of the discrimination with the detection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yasunobu Kato
  • Publication number: 20190355327
    Abstract: There is provided an image display device including a display control unit having a display combining unit that displays one or a plurality of pathological index cursors based on information relating to a pathological slide image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: KENJI YAMANE
  • Patent number: 10403240
    Abstract: There is provided an image display device including a display control unit having a display combining unit that displays one or a plurality of pathological index cursors based on information relating to a pathological slide image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20190146663
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided comprising a processor; and a memory device storing instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to generate scene information to reproduce display of at least one selected area of a pathological image; and receive order information corresponding to the scene information based on a user input. In another embodiment, the instructions cause the processor to receive scene information to display at least one selected area of a pathological image and order information corresponding to an order of the scene information; and control display of the at least one selected area of the pathological image in the order based on the scene information and the order information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi KYUSOJIN, Kenji YAMANE, Hirofumi WATANABE, Naoki TAGAMI
  • Patent number: 10286386
    Abstract: Provided herein is a hydrotreating catalyst for hydrocarbon oil having high desulfurization activity, and high abrasion strength and high compressive strength. A process for producing the hydrotreating catalyst is also provided. The hydrotreating catalyst uses an alumina-phosphorus support. The support contains 0.5 to 2.0 mass % of phosphorus in terms of an oxide. The support loads a metal in Group 6A of the periodic table, and a metal in Group 8 of the periodic table. The hydrotreating catalyst has a specific surface area of 150 m2/g or more. The hydrotreating catalyst has a total pore volume of 0.40 to 0.75 ml/g as measured by a mercury intrusion method. The hydrotreating catalyst has two maximal peaks in a pore diameter range of 6 nm to 13 nm in a log differential pore volume distribution measured by a mercury intrusion method. The hydrotreating catalyst has an abrasion strength of 0.5% or less. The hydrotreating catalyst has a compressive strength of 15 N/mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Shunsuke Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10235029
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided comprising a processor; and a memory device storing instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to generate scene information to reproduce display of at least one selected area of a pathological image; and receive order information corresponding to the scene information based on a user input. In another embodiment, the instructions cause the processor to receive scene information to display at least one selected area of a pathological image and order information corresponding to an order of the scene information; and control display of the at least one selected area of the pathological image in the order based on the scene information and the order information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kyusojin, Kenji Yamane, Hirofumi Watanabe, Naoki Tagami
  • Publication number: 20190074091
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology capable of generating data more suitable for the subject of the genetic test. [Solution] There is provided an information processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires first input information that includes at least a first genetic test result and a first health examination result; and a computing unit that acquires a weight of each of a plurality of data on a basis of a category to which the first input information belongs and specifies the data to be notified from the plurality of data on a basis of the weight of each of the plurality of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: KAZUKI AISAKA, KENJI YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20180247614
    Abstract: There is provided an image display device including a display control unit having a display combining unit that displays one or a plurality of pathological index cursors based on information relating to a pathological slide image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventor: Kenji Yamane
  • Patent number: 9966045
    Abstract: There is provided an image display device including a display control unit having a display combining unit that displays one or a plurality of pathological index cursors based on information relating to a pathological slide image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Yamane
  • Publication number: 20180104676
    Abstract: Provided herein is a hydrotreating catalyst for hydrocarbon oil having high desulfurization activity, and high abrasion strength and high compressive strength. A process for producing the hydrotreating catalyst is also provided. The hydrotreating catalyst uses an alumina-phosphorus support. The support contains 0.5 to 2.0 mass % of phosphorus in terms of an oxide. The support loads a metal in Group 6A of the periodic table, and a metal in Group 8 of the periodic table. The hydrotreating catalyst has a specific surface area of 150 m2/g or more. The hydrotreating catalyst has a total pore volume of 0.40 to 0.75 ml/g as measured by a mercury intrusion method. The hydrotreating catalyst has two maximal peaks in a pore diameter range of 6 nm to 13 nm in a log differential pore volume distribution measured by a mercury intrusion method. The hydrotreating catalyst has an abrasion strength of 0.5% or less. The hydrotreating catalyst has a compressive strength of 15 N/mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji YAMANE, Shunsuke OHASHI
  • Patent number: 9737883
    Abstract: A hydrotreating catalyst includes a hydrogenation active metal supported on a alumina-phosphorus support and satisfies: a specific surface area being 100 m2/g or more; a total pore volume measured by mercury intrusion being in a range 0.80-1.50 ml/g; a maximum value of pore distribution being present in a pore diameter range 10-30 nm; a ratio of a pore volume of pores with a pore diameter within a range of ±2 nm of a pore diameter at the maximum value to a pore volume of pores with a pore diameter in a range 5-100 nm being 0.40 or less; a pressure capacity being 10 N/mm or more; 0.4-10.0 mass % of phosphorus being contained in the catalyst in terms of P2O5 concentration based on a total amount of the catalyst; and a hydrogenation active metal being at least one metal selected from metals of VIA and VIII groups of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: JGC CATALYSIS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Kouichi Ohama, Shogo Tagawa