Patents by Inventor Kouichi Kato
Kouichi Kato 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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Publication number: 20240096377Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing, magnetic disks in the housing, and a printed circuit board attached to an outer surface of a bottom wall of the housing. The housing includes a base including a bottom wall and a side wall, and at least two base-side positioning portions provided on the bottom wall in a region overlapping the side wall. The printed circuit board includes at least two board-side positioning portions each engaged with the base-side positioning portion. One of the base-side positioning portion and the board-side positioning portion includes a pin extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall, and another includes a hole into which the pin is fitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Hiroshi Minami, Shigeru Juman, Kouichi Toukairin, Yasuhiko Kato, Hirofumi Kuribara, Kenji Mizuochi
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Patent number: 11739808Abstract: Provided is a damper capable of securely assembling a cap on an outer circumference of a rod while reducing a diameter of the cap and reducing an outer diameter of a cylinder. A damper has a cylinder, a rod, and a cap attached to an opening of the cylinder. The rod has a piston on its tip side and a mounting portion mounted on the other of a pair of members on its base end side, the cap has a main body that extends in an axial direction of the rod, and the main body is formed with a receiving opening that can receive the rod from an outside in a radial direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Kouichi Kato
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Patent number: 11459812Abstract: A damper includes a cylinder, a rod including a first engaging portion at a tip end thereof, and a piston formed of an elastic resin material. The piston includes a convex portion provided so as to protrude at a base end portion located on a rod base end side and always in pressure contact with an inner circumference of the cylinder. During damper braking, the first engaging portion of the rod abuts against the other end portion of the piston, and an axial compression force acts on the piston between the first engaging portion and the convex portion in pressure contact with the inner circumference of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Kouichi Kato
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Patent number: 11432806Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image data acquisition unit and a template data acquisition unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of image data generated by performing a plurality of ultrasonic wave transmission and reception operations on a subject while changing an ultrasonic wave transmission and reception mode. The template data acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of template data corresponding to the plurality of ultrasonic wave transmission and reception operations, respectively. The similarity information acquisition unit acquires information indicating a similarity between an image value sequence of the plurality of pieces of image data at a target position and a template data sequence of the plurality of pieces of template data at the target position.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshitaka Baba, Kenichi Nagae, Yukio Furukawa, Kouichi Kato, Hiroshi Abe
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Patent number: 11415221Abstract: A damper device includes a cylinder including an attachment portion and a piston including an attachment portion. The attachment portion of at least one of the cylinder and the piston includes an elastic portion which urges a pin member inserted therein in an axial direction and a radial direction. The elastic portion includes an axial abutment portion which abuts on a large-diameter portion of the pin member protruding radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the pin member; and a radial abutment portion which abuts on the outer peripheral surface of the pin member.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Kouichi Kato
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Publication number: 20210062564Abstract: A damper includes a cylinder, a rod including a first engaging portion at a tip end thereof, and a piston formed of an elastic resin material. The piston includes a convex portion provided so as to protrude at a base end portion located on a rod base end side and always in pressure contact with an inner circumference of the cylinder. During damper braking, the first engaging portion of the rod abuts against the other end portion of the piston, and an axial compression force acts on the piston between the first engaging portion and the convex portion in pressure contact with the inner circumference of the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Kouichi KATO
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Publication number: 20200408270Abstract: Provided is a damper capable of securely assembling a cap on an outer circumference of a rod while reducing a diameter of the cap and reducing an outer diameter of a cylinder. A damper has a cylinder, a rod, and a cap attached to an opening of the cylinder. The rod has a piston on its tip side and a mounting portion mounted on the other of a pair of members on its base end side, the cap has a main body that extends in an axial direction of the rod, and the main body is formed with a receiving opening that can receive the rod from an outside in a radial direction thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventor: Kouichi KATO
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Publication number: 20200222029Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image data acquisition unit and a template data acquisition unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of image data generated by performing a plurality of ultrasonic wave transmission and reception operations on a subject while changing an ultrasonic wave transmission and reception mode. The template data acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of template data corresponding to the plurality of ultrasonic wave transmission and reception operations, respectively. The similarity information acquisition unit acquires information indicating a similarity between an image value sequence of the plurality of pieces of image data at a target position and a template data sequence of the plurality of pieces of template data at the target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Yoshitaka Baba, Kenichi Nagae, Yukio Furukawa, Kouichi Kato, Hiroshi Abe
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Publication number: 20200193689Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to cause a display unit to display a rendered image by rendering three-dimensional medical image data in a first region set for a region to render, cause the display unit to display a moving image of the rendered images respectively associated with a plurality of the regions to render different from each other by gradually increasing the region to render from the first region to a second region in a period in which the display control unit is receiving a first instruction signal that is sent in response to an instruction from a user while the rendered image is being displayed, and terminate a process of gradually increasing the region to render when the display control unit stops receiving the first instruction signal or when the region to render reaches the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Kouichi Kato, Yohei Hashizume
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Publication number: 20200192620Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to acquire a first medical image and a second medical image from a database, and control displaying on a display unit such that the second medical image is displayed on the display unit for a period for which a signal is being received which is a signal indicating an instruction to display the second medical image on the display unit and which is transmitted for a period for which one inputting operation is being performed by an operator, and the first medical image is displayed on the display unit for a period for which the signal is not received.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Kouichi Kato, Yohei Hashizume
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Publication number: 20200113541Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention acquires first to fourth volume data, generates a first tomographic image corresponding to a cross section set based on a command of a user from the first volume data, generates a second tomographic image corresponding to the first tomographic image from the second volume data, identifies a third tomographic image resembling the second tomographic image from the fourth volume data, acquires information indicating a position of the third tomographic image, generates a fourth tomographic image corresponding to the third tomographic image from the third volume data based on the information indicating the position of the third tomographic image, and causes display means to display an image including the fourth tomographic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventor: Kouichi Kato
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Publication number: 20200103026Abstract: A damper device includes a cylinder including an attachment portion and a piston including an attachment portion. The attachment portion of at least one of the cylinder and the piston includes an elastic portion which urges a pin member inserted therein in an axial direction and a radial direction. The elastic portion includes an axial abutment portion which abuts on a large-diameter portion of the pin member protruding radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the pin member; and a radial abutment portion which abuts on the outer peripheral surface of the pin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Kouichi KATO
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Patent number: 10458169Abstract: A damper device provided between a fixed body having an opening portion and an openable and closable body mounted on the opening portion and configured to apply a braking force to the openable and closable body. An elastic resin member is mounted on a projecting portion provided on the openable and closable body. A receiving recess portion is provided on the fixed body to receive the elastic resin member. The elastic resin member has a base portion; a pair of arm portions; a bridge portion; and a stopper, which are formed integrally. The receiving recess portion has: an introducing portion configured to abut with the arm portions to bend them diametrically towards each other; and a restricting portion configured to abut with the stopper to restrict the openable and closable body from opening, when the openable and closable body opens to cause the elastic resin member to move.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Kouichi Kato
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Publication number: 20190295251Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a reception unit, a selection unit, and a processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires a medical image captured by imaging a subject. The reception unit receives specification of a pixel in the acquired medical image. The selection unit selects a predetermined number of pixels in the acquired medical image by searching from the specified pixel. The processing unit performs statistic processing regarding the specified pixel with use of the specified pixel and the selected predetermined number of pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventor: Kouichi Kato
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Publication number: 20190189269Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus includes a radiogram interpretation image acquisition unit that acquires a radiogram interpretation image superimposing an ultrasound image and a photoacoustic image so that imaging angles of view to a subject overlap with each other, a reference image acquisition unit that acquires a reference image to estimate a nature of the radiogram interpretation image, and a side-by-side display unit that displays the radiogram interpretation image and the reference image side by side. The reference image acquisition unit acquires the reference image superimposing a tumor image and a blood vessel image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventor: Kouichi Kato
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Publication number: 20190105018Abstract: Employed is an information processing apparatus, comprising: an interpretation result acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of interpretation result information resulting from interpretations by a plurality of interpreters of a photoacoustic image originating from photoacoustic waves produced from an object that has been irradiated with light; an interpreter information acquiring unit configured to acquire interpreter information that is information pertaining to the plurality of interpreters; and an information processing unit configured to, based on the interpreter information, acquire information identifying each of the interpreters that performed interpretations corresponding respectively to the plurality of pieces of interpretation result information, and configured to, using this interpreter-identifying information, perform weighting of the plurality of pieces of interpretation result information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Mie Okano, Kouichi Kato, Fumitaro Masaki
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Patent number: 10245329Abstract: The present invention provides contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging which exhibit high degrees of accumulation in tumor and low degrees of retention in the blood and can be administered into the blood. The contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging include a conjugate of a dye and a polyethyleneglycol represented by Formula (1), (5), (6), or (7) and an additive represented by Formula (301).Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Atsushi Takahashi, Daisuke Sasaguri, Kouichi Kato, Fumiko Tomatsu, Keigo Mizusawa
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Publication number: 20190090853Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a photoacoustic image which originates from a photoacoustic wave generated by irradiating an object with light; an interpretation result acquiring unit configured to acquire interpretation result information, which represents a result of interpreting the photoacoustic image; a biopsy result acquiring unit configured to acquire biopsy result information, which represents a result of biopsy performed on the object; and a data generating unit configured to generate data in which the photoacoustic image, the interpretation result information and the biopsy result information are associated one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Fumitaro Masaki, Kouichi Kato
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Patent number: 10195296Abstract: The present invention provides contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging which exhibit high degrees of accumulation in tumor and low degrees of retention in the blood and can be administered into the blood. The contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging include a conjugate of a dye and a polyethyleneglycol represented by Formula (1), (5), (6), or (7) and an additive represented by Formula (301).Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Atsushi Takahashi, Daisuke Sasaguri, Kouichi Kato, Fumiko Tomatsu, Keigo Mizusawa
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Publication number: 20190032388Abstract: A damper device provided between a fixed body having an opening portion and an openable and closable body mounted on the opening portion and configured to apply a braking force to the openable and closable body. An elastic resin member is mounted on a projecting portion provided on the openable and closable body. A receiving recess portion is provided on the fixed body to receive the elastic resin member. The elastic resin member has a base portion; a pair of arm portions; a bridge portion; and a stopper, which are formed integrally. The receiving recess portion has: an introducing portion configured to abut with the arm portions to bend them diametrically towards each other; and a restricting portion configured to abut with the stopper to restrict the openable and closable body from opening, when the openable and closable body opens to cause the elastic resin member to move.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: Piolax, Inc.Inventor: Kouichi KATO