Patents by Inventor Koji Kojima

Koji Kojima 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: 20240147866
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Koji OHASHI, Chikara KOJIMA, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Hironori SUZUKI, Shuichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11963977
    Abstract: The technology described herein relates to methods, assays, and compositions relating to causing a cell to assume a more pluripotent state, e.g. without introducing foreign genetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: VCell Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Vacanti, Martin P. Vacanti, Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 11952286
    Abstract: Provided are: an Mn ferrite powder characterized by including a plurality of ferrite particles, having a volume-average particle diameter of 1-10 ?m, and having a 2.106 ?m volume-based cumulative distribution (sieved) of 0.1-50.0 vol %; and a resin composition characterized by including said powder and a resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: POWDERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Aga, Takashi Kojima, Kazutaka Ishii, Tetsuya Igarashi, Sho Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20240103390
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including: a support; and a photosensitive layer, wherein the support has a surface formed of Al and/or an Al alloy, wherein the surface of the support comprises Al crystal grains having: (?) a plane at ?15° or more and less than +15° with respect to a {001} orientation; (?) a plane at ?15° or more and less than +15° with respect to a {101} orientation; and (?) a plane at ?15° or more and less than +15° with respect to a {111} orientation, and wherein the ratio of an area occupied by the Al crystal grain having the (?) is 10% or less, and the value of the ratio of an area occupied by the Al crystal grain having the (?) to an area occupied by the Al crystal grain having the (?) is more than 4/6 and less than 6/4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: KOJI TAKAHASHI, YASUO KOJIMA, MOTOYA YAMADA, MASAYUKI SHINOZUKA
  • Patent number: 11917922
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ohashi, Chikara Kojima, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hironori Suzuki, Shuichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230308768
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a driving mode switch configured to switch a driving mode of a rolling shutter type image sensor in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed in units of horizontal lines; and a dimming controller configured to control a light emitting element configured to emit light according to a supplied current, and switch control of the light emitting element according to the driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230255460
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes, among other things, a control unit that adjusts luminance of a first image and luminance of a second image by adjusting a first control parameter for controlling at least one of a first light source, a first imaging unit, or a first image processing unit and a second control parameter for controlling at least one of a second light source, a second imaging unit, or a second image processing unit on the basis of luminance information of the superimposed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11700456
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a driving mode switch configured to switch a driving mode of a rolling shutter type image sensor in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed in units of horizontal lines; and a dimming controller configured to control a light emitting element configured to emit light according to a supplied current, and switch control of the light emitting element according to the driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 11612041
    Abstract: A light source device includes: light sources; a detector configured to detect light amounts; and a processor configured to: control the light sources to emit light beams by applying a pulse current with a pulse width larger than a predetermined pulse width to the light sources before the processor makes a shift to a strobe observation mode; set a pulse current value at which a ratio of the light amounts of the light beams emitted by the plurality of light sources becomes a predetermined ratio for the plurality of light sources based on a detection result detected by the detector under a state where the pulse current with the pulse width larger than the predetermined pulse width is applied to the plurality of light sources; and make the shift to the strobe observation mode while maintaining the pulse current value for realizing the predetermined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 11583165
    Abstract: A medical signal processing device includes: an acquisition unit is configured to acquire a first image signal acquired by emission of first light onto an object, and a second image signal acquired by emission of second light onto the object, the first light being in a wavelength band including visible light, and the second light exciting a fluorescent substance included in the object; a detection unit configured to detect each of a signal level of the visible light included in the first image signal and a signal level of fluorescence included in the second image signal; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction coefficient to correct the signal level of the fluorescence by using a result of the detection by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Koji Kojima
  • Publication number: 20220225857
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image generated by an image sensor capturing a subject image introduced by an endoscope; a luminance calculation unit configured to calculate a luminance level of the subject image included in the captured image; and a dimming controller configured to control a light amount of irradiation light onto a subject and an electronic shutter of the image sensor based on the luminance level, and execute first dimming control of narrowing the electronic shutter before reducing the light amount as the luminance level increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220160219
    Abstract: A light source control device includes a light source controller configured to: cause a first light source to emit light in a visible wavelength band in a first entire line exposure period, which is an entire line exposure period in which all horizontal lines in an effective pixel area are simultaneously exposed; cause a second light source to emit excitation light in a second entire line exposure period, which is different from the first entire line exposure period; and cause the excitation light to be emitted in an excitation light emission period including the second entire line exposure period and a period, which is adjacent to the second entire line exposure period and is at least a part of a readout period during which charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels are read out, when controlling an operation of the second light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220166912
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a driving mode switch configured to switch a driving mode of a rolling shutter type image sensor in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed in units of horizontal lines; and a dimming controller configured to control a light emitting element configured to emit light according to a supplied current, and switch control of the light emitting element according to the driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220151474
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: fluorescence image acquisition circuitry configured to acquire a fluorescence image; and a fluorescence image processor configured to execute image processing on the fluorescence image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Narumi SATO, Koji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220133140
    Abstract: A light source apparatus, a medical observation system, an adjustment apparatus, an illumination method, an adjustment method, and a program that enable performing light modulation on a semiconductor light source through PWM control and current control without the necessary of a complicated work are provided. A light source apparatus 3 includes a first light source section 31 that emits a first light, a second light source section 32 that emits a second light, and a light source control section 33 that controls each of a pulse emission time and a pulse emission intensity of the first light and performs a control that changes one of a pulse emission time and a pulse emission intensity of the second light with the other one of the pulse emission time and the pulse emission intensity of the second light fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220064593
    Abstract: The technology described herein relates to methods, assays, and compositions relating to causing a cell to assume a more pluripotent state, e.g. without introducing foreign genetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Charles A. Vacanti, Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 11242508
    Abstract: The technology described herein relates to methods, assays, and compositions relating to causing a cell to assume a more pluripotent state, e.g. without introducing foreign genetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: VCELL THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles A. Vacanti, Koji Kojima
  • Publication number: 20210251469
    Abstract: A medical signal processing device includes: an acquisition unit is configured to acquire a first image signal acquired by emission of first light onto an object, and a second image signal acquired by emission of second light onto the object, the first light being in a wavelength band including visible light, and the second light exciting a fluorescent substance included in the object; a detection unit configured to detect each of a signal level of the visible light included in the first image signal and a signal level of fluorescence included in the second image signal; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction coefficient to correct the signal level of the fluorescence by using a result of the detection by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11051683
    Abstract: A control device for an imaging system includes a video signal acquisition unit, a photometric unit, and a luminance control unit. The video signal acquisition unit is configured to acquire a video signal obtained by taking an image of fluorescence radiated from a subject under excitation by an excitation light that is emitted onto the subject. The photometric unit is configured to acquire brightness of the fluorescence based only on a color-specific video signal of one color corresponding to the fluorescence, the color-specific video signal being included in the video signal. The luminance control unit is configured to adjust luminance of a fluorescent image formed from the video signal, based on the brightness of the fluorescence acquired by the photometric unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 10918269
    Abstract: A medical light source apparatus includes: a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength range; a second light source configured to emit light in a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range; and a light source controller configured to control the first light source and the second light source to perform pulse light emission in a state in which the pulse light emission of the second light source is less frequent than the pulse light emission of the first light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Kiminori Sugisaki, Yoichiro Sakanoue, Koji Kojima