Patents by Inventor Koji Kuroiwa
Koji Kuroiwa 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).
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Patent number: 11850101Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured to acquire first volume data and second volume data relating to a subject, set a first region of interest for the first volume data, set a second region of interest for the second volume data independently from setting of the first region of interest, perform a cropping process on the first volume data and the second volume data based on information representing the first region of interest and the second region of interest, and generate display image data based on the first volume data and the second volume data that have been subjected to the cropping process.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Koji Kuroiwa, Shogo Fukuda, Takeshi Fukasawa, Fumio Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20220084344Abstract: An automated machine 1 is provided to comprise a communications device 5 for receiving remotely operable signals emitted from a mobile terminal 10 to produce monetary signals corresponding to money amount data in the remotely operable signals, a bill acceptor 4 for validating bills inserted from the outside to produce the monetary signals when bill acceptor 4 judges the inserted bill to be genuine and for relaying the monetary signals from communications device 5, a control device 8 that has built-in program software to produce drive signals of the amount corresponding to the monetary signals in accordance with the program software when control device 8 receives the monetary signals from bill acceptor 4. In another aspect, communications device 5 may receive the remotely operable signals emitted from mobile terminal 10 to produce the monetary signals corresponding to the money amount data in the remotely operable signals and receive the monetary signals from bill acceptor 4 and send them to control device 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Paul Pechinko, Takayuki Takeda, Yasumasa Suzuki, Koji Kuroiwa
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Patent number: 11182999Abstract: An automated machine 1 is provided to comprise a communications device 5 for receiving remotely operable signals emitted from a mobile terminal 10 to produce monetary signals corresponding to money amount data in the remotely operable signals, a bill acceptor 4 for validating bills inserted from the outside to produce the monetary signals when bill acceptor 4 judges the inserted bill to be genuine and for relaying the monetary signals from communications device 5, a control device 8 that has built-in program software to produce drive signals of the amount corresponding to the monetary signals in accordance with the program software when control device 8 receives the monetary signals from bill acceptor 4. In another aspect, communications device 5 may receive the remotely operable signals emitted from mobile terminal 10 to produce the monetary signals corresponding to the money amount data in the remotely operable signals and receive the monetary signals from bill acceptor 4 and send them to control device 8.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Inventors: Paul Pechinko, Takayuki Takeda, Yasumasa Suzuki, Koji Kuroiwa
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Patent number: 10835212Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a transmission/reception circuit and processing circuitry. The transmission/reception circuit performs a first scan and a second scan, which are different in acoustic field in an elevation direction, by controlling at least one of transducers arranged along an azimuth direction and the elevation direction. The processing circuitry generates a first needle-enhanced image by using data acquired in the first scan, and generates a second needle-enhanced image by using data acquired in the second scan.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Fumio Mochizuki, Koichiro Kurita, Takeshi Fukasawa, Satoshi Matsunaga, Koji Kuroiwa, Shogo Fukuda
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Publication number: 20200175800Abstract: An automated machine 1 is provided to comprise a communications device 5 for receiving remotely operable signals emitted from a mobile terminal 10 to produce monetary signals corresponding to money amount data in the remotely operable signals, a bill acceptor 4 for validating bills inserted from the outside to produce the monetary signals when bill acceptor 4 judges the inserted bill to be genuine and for relaying the monetary signals from communications device 5, a control device 8 that has built-in program software to produce drive signals of the amount corresponding to the monetary signals in accordance with the program software when control device 8 receives the monetary signals from bill acceptor 4. In another aspect, communications device 5 may receive the remotely operable signals emitted from mobile terminal 10 to produce the monetary signals corresponding to the money amount data in the remotely operable signals and receive the monetary signals from bill acceptor 4 and send them to control device 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Paul Pechinko, Takayuki Takeda, Yasumasa Suzuki, Koji Kuroiwa
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Patent number: 10559155Abstract: An electronic payment system is provided to comprise a mobile terminal 10 for emitting remotely operable signals, and a printing machine 11 that comprises a communications device 5 for receiving the remotely operable signals emitted from mobile terminal 10 to drive automated machine 1, an automatic payment device 6 connected to communications device 5 and a financial database 7 of a banking depository system, and a printer 51 connected to communications device 5 for printing information on a record radium for the real-time electronic transaction without credit transaction to offer goods, services or amusement to users from automated machine 1 and to dispense recording medium for users to confirm the transaction fee amount that was withdrawn from the account at financial database 7.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Japan Cash Machine, Ltd., Co.Inventors: Paul Pechinko, Takayuki Takeda, Yasumasa Suzuki, Koji Kuroiwa
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Publication number: 20190328365Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured: to obtain information about a degree of deterioration of each ultrasound probe; and to display pieces of identification information of a plurality of ultrasound probes in a ranking order according to the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Koji KUROIWA, Eiji Goto, Yoshihiro Oomori, Tomokazu FUJII
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Patent number: 10390794Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe with transducers, memory storing probe identification information and binary state generation unit generating a binary electrical state corresponding to a probe identifier, probe identifier conversion unit converting the electrical state into the probe identifier, read unit reading the probe identification information from the memory, determination unit determining consistency between the probe identifier after conversion and the probe identification information read from the memory, and warning output unit outputting a predetermined warning if the probe identifier is inconsistent with the probe identification information.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Koji Kuroiwa, Tatsuo Ogasawara, Kazuhito Nakata, Gen Nagano, Kenichi Unayama, Takeshi Fukasawa, Fumio Mochizuki
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Patent number: 10213185Abstract: A converting circuitry convert position information on at least one of an ultrasonic probe and a scan area, used in a past ultrasonic scan, into first position information based on a predetermined coordinate system. The converting circuitry further convert position information on at least one of ultrasonic probe and a scan position, used in a current ultrasonic scan, into second position information based on the predetermined coordinate system. The display circuitry determine the position of a first marker, which represents at least one of the ultrasonic probe and scanning area used in a past ultrasonic scan, and a second marker, which represents at least one of the ultrasonic probe and scanning area used in a current ultrasonic scan, based on first position information and second position information, and display the first and second markers.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Koji Kuroiwa, Kazuhito Nakata, Gen Nagano, Kenichi Unayama, Takeshi Fukasawa, Fumio Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20190008482Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured to acquire first volume data and second volume data relating to a subject, set a first region of interest for the first volume data, set a second region of interest for the second volume data independently from setting of the first region of interest, perform a cropping process on the first volume data and the second volume data based on information representing the first region of interest and the second region of interest, and generate display image data based on the first volume data and the second volume data that have been subjected to the cropping process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Koji KUROIWA, Shogo FUKUDA, Takeshi FUKASAWA, Fumio MOCHIZUKI
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Patent number: 9910141Abstract: According to on embodiment, a power supply circuit is provided in a main body and generates operating voltages for various electric circuits in the ultrasonic probe. Signal lines SL1 connects the power supply circuit to the electric circuits by way of the probe connector, to supply operating voltages from the power supply circuit to the electric circuits. A voltage monitoring circuit is provided in the main body and monitors voltages supplied to the electric circuits, utilizing the input voltage from the ultrasonic probe. To supply input voltages to the voltage monitoring circuit, signal line SL2 branches from signal lines SL1 in the ultrasonic probe and connects the electric circuits and the voltage monitoring circuit to each other by way of the probe connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Fumio Mochizuki, Gen Nagano, Kazuhito Nakata, Kenichi Unayama, Takeshi Fukasawa, Koji Kuroiwa
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Publication number: 20180028153Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an ultrasound probe and processing circuitry. The ultrasound probe sequentially executes sets of ultrasound transmission respectively along a plurality of scan lines, the sets each being composed only of transmission of first ultrasound having a first phase and transmission of second ultrasound having a second phase that is substantially 90 degrees different from the first phase. With respect to a first echo signal and a second echo signal that have been obtained via the ultrasound probe and correspond to the first ultrasound and the second ultrasound, respectively, the processing circuitry generates a subtraction signal by subtracting the second echo signal from the first echo signal. The processing circuitry generates an ultrasound image based on the subtraction signals generated for the scan lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Koji KUROIWA, Tetsuya KAWAGISHI, Takeshi FUKASAWA
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Publication number: 20170281136Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a transmission/reception circuit and processing circuitry. The transmission/reception circuit performs a first scan and a second scan, which are different in acoustic field in an elevation direction, by controlling at least one of transducers arranged along an azimuth direction and the elevation direction. The processing circuitry generates a first needle-enhanced image by using data acquired in the first scan, and generates a second needle-enhanced image by using data acquired in the second scan.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Fumio MOCHIZUKI, Koichiro KURITA, Takeshi FUKASAWA, Satoshi MATSUNAGA, Koji KUROIWA, Shogo FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20170178118Abstract: An electronic payment system is provided to comprise a mobile terminal 10 for emitting remotely operable signals, and a printing machine 11 that comprises a communications device 5 for receiving the remotely operable signals emitted from mobile terminal 10 to drive automated machine 1, an automatic payment device 6 connected to communications device 5 and a financial database 7 of a banking depository system, and a printer 51 connected to communications device 5 for printing information on a record radium for the real-time electronic transaction without credit transaction to offer goods, services or amusement to users from automated machine 1 and to dispense recording medium for users to confirm the transaction fee amount that was withdrawn from the account at financial database 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Paul Pechinko, Takayuki Takeda, Yasumasa Suzuki, Koji Kuroiwa
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Patent number: 9582957Abstract: An electronic payment system is provided to comprise a mobile terminal 10 for emitting a remotely operable signal, a communications device 5 connected to an automated machine 1 for receiving remotely operable signal emitted from mobile terminal 10, and an automatic payment device 6 linked to a financial database 7. Communications device 5 retrieves from remotely operable signal an account number of a holder of the account at financial database 7. Payment device 6 receives a monetary signal indicative of a transaction fee, withdraws the amount of transaction fee from the correct holder's account to produce an authorization signal to communications device 5 that drives automated machine 1 without credit transaction.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Takeda, Yasumasa Suzuki, Koji Kuroiwa, Yuichiro Tsutsui
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Publication number: 20160007955Abstract: A converting circuitry convert position information on at least one of an ultrasonic probe and a scan area, used in a past ultrasonic scan, into first position information based on a predetermined coordinate system. The converting circuitry further convert position information on at least one of ultrasonic probe and a scan position, used in a current ultrasonic scan, into second position information based on the predetermined coordinate system. The display circuitry determine the position of a first marker, which represents at least one of the ultrasonic probe and scanning area used in a past ultrasonic scan, and a second marker, which represents at least one of the ultrasonic probe and scanning area used in a current ultrasonic scan, based on first position information and second position information, and display the first and second markers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Koji KUROIWA, Kazuhito NAKATA, Gen NAGANO, Kenichi UNAYAMA, Takeshi FUKASAWA, Fumio MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20150346331Abstract: According to on embodiment, a power supply circuit is provided in a main body and generates operating voltages for various electric circuits in the ultrasonic probe. Signal lines SL1 connects the power supply circuit to the electric circuits by way of the probe connector, to supply operating voltages from the power supply circuit to the electric circuits. A voltage monitoring circuit is provided in the main body and monitors voltages supplied to the electric circuits, utilizing the input voltage from the ultrasonic probe. To supply input voltages to the voltage monitoring circuit, signal line SL2 branches from signal lines SL1 in the ultrasonic probe and connects the electric circuits and the voltage monitoring circuit to each other by way of the probe connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Fumio MOCHIZUKI, Gen NAGANO, Kazuhito NAKATA, Kenichi UNAYAMA, Takeshi FUKASAWA, Koji KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20140171802Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe with transducers, memory storing probe identification information and binary state generation unit generating a binary electrical state corresponding to a probe identifier, probe identifier conversion unit converting the electrical state into the probe identifier, read unit reading the probe identification information from the memory, determination unit determining consistency between the probe identifier after conversion and the probe identification information read from the memory, and warning output unit outputting a predetermined warning if the probe identifier is inconsistent with the probe identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Koji KUROIWA, Tatsuo Ogasawara, Kazuhito Nakata, Gen Nagano, Kenichi Unayama, Takeshi Fukasawa, Fumio Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20130245451Abstract: An ultrasonic probe according to an embodiment includes a receiving unit and a light emitting unit. The receiving unit receives input operation related to transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves performed by a piezoelectric vibrator transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves under the control of an apparatus body. The light emitting unit emits light in a first light emission state when connected to the apparatus body and emits light in a second light emission state when the receiving unit receives input operation in a state that the light emitting unit is connected to the apparatus body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Fumio Mochizuki, Tatsuo Ogasawara, Kazuhito Nakata, Kenichi Unayama, Gen Nagano, Takeshi Fukasawa, Koji Kuroiwa
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Patent number: 8436877Abstract: Based on information recorded on and read out from a card, a card printer erasably writes information on the card or erases information recorded on the card. The card printer comprises transport means T for transporting card 70 along a passageway 5 having an inlet 4, reading means R provided in the vicinity of passageway 5 for reading out information recorded on a surface of card 70 transported along passageway 5, printing means P for recording information on and erasing information from the surface of card 70, and control means IC electrically connected to transport means T, reading means R and printing means P for determining whether to record information on or to erase information from surface of card 70 and for controlling operation of transport means T and printing means P depending on information forwarded from reading means R.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriyuki Kanno, Kenichi Ito, Kosuke Masuda, Koji Kuroiwa