Patents by Inventor Koichi Morikawa

Koichi Morikawa 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: 11941480
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an identification unit configured to identify unique information on shoes using at least part of a captured image of the shoes, and a setting unit configured to set an association between an acquisition device configured to acquire the unique information and a module device attached to the shoes based on the unique information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Fukushi, Zhenwei Wang, Hiroaki Nakano, Toshinori Takemura, Kentaro Nakahara, Hannah Pokka, Itsumi Kato, Akira Kamei, Chenhui Huang, Hiroshi Kajitani, Koichi Morikawa, Hiroshi Okuda
  • Publication number: 20240096101
    Abstract: A server includes a control unit. The control unit determines whether a parked vehicle is used as a shelter based on a first image which is included in an image captured by a camera and which is obtained by imaging the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui SUGIE, Koichi SUZUKI, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Hirohiko MORIKAWA, Genshi KUNO
  • Patent number: 11909824
    Abstract: A mobile terminal detects a self-device being located at a predetermined location, and stops reception of sensing information from a module device that transmits the sensing information, if being located at the predetermined location is detected. A fixed device receives the sensing information from the module device, and transmits the sensing information to a cloud server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kajitani, Toshinori Takemura, Kentaro Nakahara, Hannah Pokka, Itsumi Haneda, Akira Kamei, Kenichiro Fukushi, Chenhui Huang, Zhenwei Wang, Yuka Imai, Koichi Morikawa, Hiroshi Okuda, Hiroaki Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230188601
    Abstract: A mobile terminal detects a self-device being located at a predetermined location, and stops reception of sensing information from a module device that transmits the sensing information, if being located at the predetermined location is detected. A fixed device receives the sensing information from the module device, and transmits the sensing information to a cloud server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAJITANI, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, Itumi HANEDA, Akira KAMEI, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Chenhui HUANG, Zhenwei WANG, Yuka IMAI, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230188958
    Abstract: A mobile terminal acquires a schedule of a user using a module device that includes a sensor, and instructs the module device to initiate a process for determining when to start or when to stop transmitting sensing information detected by the sensor to a communication destination, on the basis of the schedule. The module device acquires the sensing information, and initiates the process for determining when to start or when to stop transmitting the sensing information to the communication destination, on the basis of the instruction to initiate the determination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Yuka IMAI, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, Itsumi HANEDA, Akira KAMEL, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Hiroshi KAJITANl, Zhenwei WANG, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220391609
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an identification unit configured to identify unique information on shoes using at least part of a captured image of the shoes, and a setting unit configured to set an association between an acquisition device configured to acquire the unique information and a module device attached to the shoes based on the unique information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Zhenwei WANG, Hiroaki NAKANO, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, ltsumi KATO, Akira KAMEI, Chenhui HUANG, Hiroshi KAJITANI, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220391010
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire sensing data from a sensor device used for a foot, and a determination unit configured to determine an attached state of the sensor device to the foot according to a motion of the foot calculated using the sensing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Hiroaki Nakano, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, Itsumi KATO, Akira KAMEI, Chenhui HUANG, Hiroshi KAJITANI, Zhenwei WANG, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220238217
    Abstract: A schedule management apparatus of one embodiment is configured to be connectable to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that is provided with at least one ultrasonic probe, and includes processing circuitry configured to: provisionally determine a first inspection schedule of the ultrasonic probe from inspection history information of the ultrasonic probe; acquire examination reservation information of an object; presume a usage schedule of the ultrasonic probe from the examination reservation information; and determine a second inspection schedule of the ultrasonic probe based on the first inspection schedule and the usage schedule, by adjusting the first inspection schedule in such a manner that usage time of the ultrasonic probe in the usage schedule does not overlap with inspection time of the ultrasonic probe in the first inspection schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichi MORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11259777
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a storage and a control unit. The storage stores transmission/reception conditions for a first ultrasound probe among a plurality of ultrasound probes. Upon receipt of a second switching instruction to switch a second ultrasound probe to the first ultrasound probe after a first switching instruction to switch the first ultrasound probe to the second ultrasound probe, the control unit applies the transmission/reception conditions stored in the storage to the first ultrasound probe when the time between the first switching instruction and the second switching instruction is less than a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Morikawa, Hironobu Hongou, Gen Nagano, Kenichi Unayama, Satoshi Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 11253230
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving circuitry, an input circuitry, and a processing circuitry. The transmitting and receiving circuitry transmits a first ultrasound wave used for changing the shape of a tissue in the body of a patient and transmits/receives a second ultrasound wave that is transmitted/received with timing different from that of the first ultrasound wave. The input circuitry receives an input of a request indicating that the first ultrasound wave should be transmitted. When the input circuitry has received the input of the request indicating that the first ultrasound wave should be transmitted, the processing circuitry controls the transmission of the first ultrasound wave in accordance with the strength of a reflected-wave signal of the second ultrasound wave or one or more pixel values of an image resulting from an imaging process performed by using the reflected-wave signal of the second ultrasound wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Iwama, Hironobu Hongou, Isao Uchiumi, Koichi Morikawa, Yasuo Miyajima, Takatoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11160486
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrocardiographic (ECG) waveform timing detector includes an ECG waveform receiving circuit, a threshold value determining circuit, and a comparator. The threshold value determining circuit includes a heart rate calculating circuit, a threshold value setting circuit, and a comparing/determining circuit. The heart rate calculating circuit calculates the heart rate based on ECG waveform received by the ECG waveform receiving circuit. The threshold value setting circuit sets a threshold value. The comparing/determining circuit compares the heart rate with the number of R wave detection triggers detected using the threshold value to determine a threshold value for R wave detection trigger. The comparator compares the ECG waveform output from the ECG waveform receiving circuit with the threshold value for R wave detection trigger to output an R wave detection trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 10765401
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device according to an embodiment includes an ultrasonic probe and transformer circuitry. The ultrasonic probe transmits ultrasonic waves to a subject and converts reflection waves reflected by the subject to a reflection wave signal. The transformer circuitry includes an auto transformer that transforms the reflection wave signal at a transformation ratio in accordance with a control signal based on information related to the ultrasonic probe among a plurality of transformation ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Uchiumi, Nobuyuki Iwama, Yasuo Miyajima, Hironobu Hongou, Takatoshi Okumura, Koichi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 10564273
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to a present embodiment includes a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, a data processing circuit, an image generating circuit, a switching power supply circuit, and a control circuit. The switching power supply circuit is configured to generate a drive voltage for at least one of the transmission circuit, the reception circuit, the data processing circuit, and the image generating circuit. The control circuit is configured to control the transmission circuit to repeatedly transmit an ultrasonic pulse, and control a timing of a switching operation of the switching power supply circuit to synchronize the timing with a transmission timing or a reception timing of the ultrasonic pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Iwama, Yuhei Fukuo, Koichi Morikawa, Wataru Kameishi, Isao Uchiumi, Hiroyuki Shibanuma
  • Patent number: 10390801
    Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe, a plurality of power supplies implemented by circuitry, at least one pulser, and a controller implemented by circuitry. The ultrasonic probe includes a plurality of piezoelectric transducers which generate ultrasonic waves in response to supplied driving signals. The pulser outputs the driving signal based on an applied voltage applied from any one of the plurality of power supplies. The controller switches the plurality of power supplies in accordance with the at least one pulser used for generation of the driving signal in one transmission mode period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Iwama, Hironobu Hongou, Isao Uchiumi, Koichi Morikawa, Takatoshi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20190223742
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrocardiographic (ECG) waveform timing detector includes an ECG waveform receiving circuit, a threshold value determining circuit, and a comparator. The threshold value determining circuit includes a heart rate calculating circuit, a threshold value setting circuit, and a comparing/determining circuit. The heart rate calculating circuit calculates the heart rate based on ECG waveform received by the ECG waveform receiving circuit. The threshold value setting circuit sets a threshold value. The comparing/determining circuit compares the heart rate with the number of R wave detection triggers detected using the threshold value to determine a threshold value for R wave detection trigger. The comparator compares the ECG waveform output from the ECG waveform receiving circuit with the threshold value for R wave detection trigger to output an R wave detection trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi MORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10226237
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe, an image generation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The image generation unit generates image data from a reflected wave received from the ultrasonic probe. The display unit displays the image data. The ultrasonic probe includes a plurality of temperature sensors that measure the temperature of the ultrasonic probe and a switching circuit that is connected to the respective temperature sensors and switches connection to any one of the temperature sensors to a valid state to output data from the temperature sensors to a temperature detector. The control unit includes an instruction unit that instructs the switching circuit to switch connection to any one of the temperature sensors to a valid state at a predetermined time interval and a determination unit that determines whether a temperature measured by the temperature detector is within a set temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Miyajima, Hironobu Hongou, Isao Uchiumi, Nobuyuki Iwama, Koichi Morikawa, Takatoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 9997300
    Abstract: A capacitor electrode includes a substrate having electrical conductivity, a conductive layer formed on a surface of the substrate, and an electrode layer formed on the conductive layer. The electrode layer is allowed to adsorb and desorb ions on a surface thereof. The conductive layer contains flake graphite. A density of the conductive layer is greater than 1.1 g/cm3. An average particle size D50 of the flake graphite, which is measured by using a dynamic light scattering method, is less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ito, Hiroyuki Yanagisawa, Koichi Morikawa, Eri Hirose, Nao Matsumura, Mitsuhiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20180103926
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a storage and a control unit. The storage stores transmission/reception conditions for a first ultrasound probe among a plurality of ultrasound probes. Upon receipt of a second switching instruction to switch a second ultrasound probe to the first ultrasound probe after a first switching instruction to switch the first ultrasound probe to the second ultrasound probe, the control unit applies the transmission/reception conditions stored in the storage to the first ultrasound probe when the time between the first switching instruction and the second switching instruction is less than a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi MORIKAWA, Hironobu Hongou, Gen Nagano, Kenichi Unayama, Satoshi Kamiyama
  • Publication number: 20170115383
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to a present embodiment includes a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, a data processing circuit, an image generating circuit, a switching power supply circuit, and a control circuit. The switching power supply circuit is configured to generate a drive voltage for at least one of the transmission circuit, the reception circuit, the data processing circuit, and the image generating circuit. The control circuit is configured to control the transmission circuit to repeatedly transmit an ultrasonic pulse, and control a timing of a switching operation of the switching power supply circuit to synchronize the timing with a transmission timing or a reception timing of the ultrasonic pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki IWAMA, Yuhei FUKUO, Koichi MORIKAWA, Wataru KAMEISHI, Isao UCHIUMI, Hiroyuki SHIBANUMA
  • Publication number: 20160314907
    Abstract: A capacitor electrode includes a substrate having electrical conductivity, a conductive layer formed on a surface of the substrate, and an electrode layer formed on the conductive layer. The electrode layer is allowed to adsorb and desorb ions on a surface thereof. The conductive layer contains flake graphite. A density of the conductive layer is greater than 1.1 g/cm3. An average particle size D50 of the flake graphite, which is measured by using a dynamic light scattering method, is less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: YASUYUKI ITO, HIROYUKI YANAGISAWA, KOICHI MORIKAWA, ERI HIROSE, NAO MATSUMURA, MITSUHIRO FUJITA