Patents by Inventor Kojiro Ono

Kojiro Ono 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: 20260350787
    Abstract: A dynamic image analysis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a hardware processor that performs an acquisition of a dynamic image of an imaged person who has been imaged by dynamic imaging; and a hardware processor that performs a non-stationary spectrum analysis on the dynamic image having been acquired by the hardware processor that performs the acquisition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Kojiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20260325095
    Abstract: Provided is a radiographic image processing apparatus that includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor determines information for categorizing a pathological condition in a region of interest in, among a plurality of frames of a dynamic image, a specific frame based on first information, which is based on a signal value of the region of interest of the specific frame, and second information, which is based on a temporal change amount of the signal value in the region of interest of the dynamic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2026
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Inventors: Kojiro ONO, Kentaro OKAMOTO, Ryoichi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20260320793
    Abstract: A dynamic image analysis apparatus, includes: one or more hardware processors; in which the one or more hardware processors are configured to: acquire a plurality of types of information related to breathing from a dynamic image captured by irradiating a chest of a subject during quiet breathing with radiation, and output, as a list, the plurality of types of information acquired from the dynamic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2026
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ono, Kentaro Okamoto, Ryoichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20260315025
    Abstract: A dynamic image analysis apparatus, includes: one or more hardware processors; in which the one or more hardware processors are configured to: collectively acquire respiratory information related to respiration and heartbeat information related to heartbeat, which are information allowing evaluation of eligibility for extubation of a ventilator, from a dynamic image captured by irradiating a chest with radiation while a subject with a ventilator attached thereto is in a quiet breathing state; and output the respiratory information and the heartbeat information as a list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2026
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ono, Kentaro Okamoto, Ryoichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12721586
    Abstract: An information output apparatus comprising: a hardware processor that outputs information based on a number of simple X-ray imaging operations as information pertaining to a continuous imaging dose, the continuous imaging dose being a dose in a series of X-ray imaging operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kojiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20260220781
    Abstract: A radiographic image processing apparatus is a radiographic imaging processing apparatus capable of acquiring a dynamic image captured by radiographic imaging, and includes: a hardware processor that analyzes motion of at least one of a heart and a lung of a subject based on the dynamic image, in which the hardware processor infers, based on an analysis result, information on at least one of the heart and the lungs of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryoichi WATANABE, Kojiro ONO, Kentaro OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20260151099
    Abstract: A dynamic image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor generates waveform information including blood flow fluctuation and respiration-induced fluctuation in a predetermined region of each frame image constituting a dynamic image obtained by dynamic imaging by radiation. The hardware processor extracts the waveform information including dose fluctuation different from the blood flow fluctuation and the respiration-induced fluctuation from the generated waveform information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryoichi WATANABE, Kojiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20260102133
    Abstract: A dynamic image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor performs the following, acquiring a dynamic image including a plurality of frame images obtained by dynamic imaging using radiation, setting a certain region of interest in each of the plurality of frame images that are acquired, and generating waveform information indicating a change in a signal value of each pixel in the set region of interest of the plurality of frame images. The hardware processor tracks the region of interest set in a standard frame image among the plurality of frame images with respect to another frame image to set the region of interest in the another frame image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryoichi WATANABE, Kojiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20260026764
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a radiographic image analysis program that causes a computer to execute: acquiring a plurality of frame images generated by performing dynamic imaging by irradiating a subject with radiation under an imaging condition corresponding to a combination of a plurality of types of dynamic analyses set in advance; and executing, based on the plurality of frame images, the plurality of types of dynamic analyses included in the combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Kojiro ONO, Naoki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20250366810
    Abstract: A dynamic image analysis apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a dynamic image of an imaging target by dynamic imaging; and a calculation unit that calculates, from the dynamic image, two pieces of displacement amount data related to a region obtained by dividing a still image constituting the dynamic image and change amount data related to a density of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Kojiro Ono
  • Publication number: 20250342584
    Abstract: A dynamic image classification apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a hardware processor that receives an input of a result of a non-stationary spectrum analysis on a dynamic image; and a hardware processor that performs classification based on the result of the non-stationary spectrum analysis, which has been inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kojiro ONO, Ryoichi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20250331800
    Abstract: Provided is a radiographic imaging apparatus of a mobile type that includes: a hardware processor that receives an input of a setting of moving image capturing; a hardware processor that performs an estimation of a scattered radiation dose of the radiographic imaging apparatus of the mobile type based on the setting; and a hardware processor that outputs a scattered radiation dose map based on the scattered radiation dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Takuya YAMAMURA, Kojiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20250331791
    Abstract: Provided is a radiographic imaging apparatus of a mobile type that includes an inputter that receives an input of an external factor; a controller that estimates a scattered radiation dose of the radiographic imaging apparatus based on the external factor; and an outputter that outputs a scattered radiation dose map based on the scattered radiation dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Takuya YAMAMURA, Kojiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20250176928
    Abstract: A dynamic imaging system includes: a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a hardware processor. The dynamic imaging system is configured to perform dynamic imaging of obtaining a dynamic image constituted of multiple frames by irradiating a subject with radiation by the radiation source and detecting the radiation passing through the subject by the radiation detector. The hardware processor controls the radiation source and the radiation detector to operate in an intermittent imaging mode in which dynamic imaging is performed multiple times from one time of imaging start to one time of imaging end, based on a specified imaging period and a specified imaging suspension period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventor: Kojiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20250134479
    Abstract: A mobile radiographic imaging system includes a radiation generation apparatus that emits radiation and can be set to a plurality of imaging modes including a first mode for performing fluoroscopic imaging and a second mode that is a general imaging mode and acquires a series of frame images by irradiating a subject with the radiation, and a hardware processor that restricts the use of the first mode outside a management area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Kojiro ONO, Yousuke SUZUKI, Takanori KAKIGI, Takeshi MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250040899
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile radiographic imaging system that includes: a radiation generating apparatus that emits radiation; and a control means capable of setting the radiation generating apparatus to a plurality of modes including a first mode, in which the radiation generating apparatus performs moving image imaging with an allowable radiation dose, and a second mode, in which the radiation generating apparatus performs the moving image imaging with an allowable radiation dose smaller than the allowable radiation dose in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kojiro ONO, Miyako SUGIHARA, Takanori KAKIGI, Takeshi MURAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12204341
    Abstract: The travel assistance apparatus includes: a first Operating System (OS) that controls execution of at least one of a first application and/or a second application, the first application being for specifying a first travel control amount of a vehicle based on first movement information on a position and a speed of an object around the vehicle, the second application being for specifying a second travel control amount of the vehicle based on second movement information on a position and a speed of the object; a second OS that controls execution of a third application for performing travel control of the vehicle based on at least one of the first travel control amount and/or the second travel control amount; and a hypervisor that is executed on a processor and controls execution of the first OS and the second OS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Uchikoshi, Masahito Oishi, Kojiro Ono
  • Patent number: 12183308
    Abstract: A display control device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor implements functions of a first operating system, a second operating system, and a hypervisor. The first operating system controls execution of at least one of a first application and a second application. The first application serves to generate a first content image to be displayed on a first display device mounted on a vehicle. The second application serves to generate a second content image to be displayed on a second display device mounted on the vehicle. The second operating system is different from the first operating system. The hypervisor controls execution of the first operating system and the second operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ono, Masahito Oishi, Kazunori Tanaka, Tadahiro Uchikoshi, Seiya Suda
  • Publication number: 20240398369
    Abstract: An imaging control apparatus includes, a hardware processor that acquires information based on a number of times of simple X-ray imaging operations as information regarding a continuous imaging dose which is a dose in a series of X-ray imaging operations, wherein the hardware processor determines an imaging condition in the series of X-ray imaging operations in accordance with the acquired information based on the number of times of the simple X-ray imaging operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Kojiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20240260925
    Abstract: An information output apparatus comprising: a hardware processor that outputs information based on a number of simple X-ray imaging operations as information pertaining to a continuous imaging dose, the continuous imaging dose being a dose in a series of X-ray imaging operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Kojiro ONO