Patents by Inventor Kunio Aoki

Kunio Aoki 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: 20240067231
    Abstract: A travel controller of a vehicle that can travel on a road under autonomous driving control detecting two-wheelers, including bicycles, located in surroundings of the vehicle from surrounding data representing the surroundings of the vehicle generated by a surrounding sensor mounted on the vehicle, determining whether a target road on which the vehicle was traveling when the surrounding data in which a two-wheeler was detected was generated is a shared road on which travel by bicycles is permitted, when it is determined that the target road is a shared road, notifying a driver of the vehicle of a transition demand demanding transition in control of the vehicle from autonomous driving control to manual driving control requiring driving operations by the driver of the vehicle, and when it is determined that the target road is not a shared road, not notifying the driver of the transition demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ryusuke Kuroda, Kenichiro Aoki, Tadashi Okubo, Takuya Fujiki, Tetsuro Sugiura, Kunio Goto
  • Patent number: 7761136
    Abstract: In a storing unit of a medical image processing apparatus, first 3D image corresponding to a first period and second 3D image data corresponding to a second period are stored. The first 3D image data corresponds to a period before contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. The second 3D image data corresponds to a period after the contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. A 3D subtracting unit subtracts the first 3D image data from the second 3D image data. In 3D subtraction image data, a portion having undergone a change due to contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation is emphasized. A pseudo 3D image data generating unit generates pseudo 3D image data on the basis of 3D subtraction image data. A displaying unit displays the pseudo 3D image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoru Ohishi, Kunio Aoki
  • Patent number: 7505549
    Abstract: In a storing unit of a medical image processing apparatus, first 3D image corresponding to a first period and second 3D image data corresponding to a second period are stored. The first 3D image data corresponds to a period before contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. The second 3D image data corresponds to a period after the contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. A 3D subtracting unit subtracts the first 3D image data from the second 3D image data. In 3D subtraction image data, a portion having undergone a change due to contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation is emphasized. A pseudo 3D image data generating unit generates pseudo 3D image data on the basis of 3D subtraction image data. A displaying unit displays the pseudo 3D image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoru Ohishi, Kunio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20060082598
    Abstract: In a storing unit of a medical image processing apparatus, first 3D image corresponding to a first period and second 3D image data corresponding to a second period are stored. The first 3D image data corresponds to a period before contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. The second 3D image data corresponds to a period after the contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. A 3D subtracting unit subtracts the first 3D image data from the second 3D image data. In 3D subtraction image data, a portion having undergone a change due to contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation is emphasized. A pseudo 3D image data generating unit generates pseudo 3D image data on the basis of 3D subtraction image data. A displaying unit displays the pseudo 3D image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Satoru Ohishi, Kunio Aoki
  • Patent number: 6751289
    Abstract: When X -ray irradiation is performed with many X doses and the fall of temporary sensibility or the rise of the temporary offset arises, it is the X-ray diagnostic equipment which computes the correction by sensitiveness multiplier based on the sensibility characteristic or offset characteristic of each pixel, and rectifies data. In this X-ray diagnostic equipment, the correction by sensitiveness multiplier for data correction is determined based on the signal value detected last time at least. In integrating this correction by sensitiveness value from each pixel to the output signal, the influence by the fall of temporary sensibility or the rise of the temporary offset is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kunio Aoki, Michitaka Honda
  • Patent number: 6721590
    Abstract: In a storing unit of a medical image processing apparatus, first 3D image corresponding to a first period and second 3D image data corresponding to a second period are stored. The first 3D image data corresponds to a period before contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. The second 3D image data corresponds to a period after the contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. A 3D subtracting unit subtracts the first 3D image data from the second 3D image data. In 3D subtraction image data, a portion having undergone a change due to contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation is emphasized. A pseudo 3D image data generating unit generates pseudo 3D image data on the basis of 3D subtraction image data. A displaying unit displays the pseudo 3D image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoru Ohishi, Kunio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20030109779
    Abstract: In a storing unit of a medical image processing apparatus, first 3D image corresponding to a first period and second 3D image data corresponding to a second period are stored. The first 3D image data corresponds to a period before contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. The second 3D image data corresponds to a period after the contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. A 3D subtracting unit subtracts the first 3D image data from the second 3D image data. In 3D subtraction image data, a portion having undergone a change due to contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation is emphasized. A pseudo 3D image data generating unit generates pseudo 3D image data on the basis of 3D subtraction image data. A displaying unit displays the pseudo 3D image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Satoru Ohishi, Kunio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20020156368
    Abstract: In a storing unit of a medical image processing apparatus, first 3D image corresponding to a first period and second 3D image data corresponding to a second period are stored. The first 3D image data corresponds to a period before contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. The second 3D image data corresponds to a period after the contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. A 3D subtracting unit subtracts the first 3D image data from the second 3D image data. In 3D subtraction image data, a portion having undergone a change due to contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation is emphasized. A pseudo 3D image data generating unit generates pseudo 3D image data on the basis of 3D subtraction image data. A displaying unit displays the pseudo 3D image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Satoru Ohishi, Kunio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20020151781
    Abstract: In a storing unit of a medical image processing apparatus, first 3D image corresponding to a first period and second 3D image data corresponding to a second period are stored. The first 3D image data corresponds to a period before contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. The second 3D image data corresponds to a period after the contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation. A 3D subtracting unit subtracts the first 3D image data from the second 3D image data. In 3D subtraction image data, a portion having undergone a change due to contrast agent injection operation and/or therapeutic operation is emphasized. A pseudo 3D image data generating unit generates pseudo 3D image data on the basis of 3D subtraction image data. A displaying unit displays the pseudo 3D image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Satoru Ohishi, Kunio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20020064254
    Abstract: When X-ray irradiation is performed with many X doses and the fall of temporary sensibility or the rise of the temporary offset arises, it is the X-ray diagnostic equipment which computes the correction by sensitiveness multiplier based on the sensibility characteristic or offset characteristic of each pixel, and rectifies data. In this X-ray diagnostic equipment, the correction by sensitiveness multiplier for data correction is determined based on the signal value detected last time at least. In integrating this correction by sensitiveness value from each pixel to the output signal, the influence by the fall of temporary sensibility or the rise of the temporary offset is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Kunio Aoki, Michitaka Honda
  • Patent number: 6163029
    Abstract: According to information input through a keyboard, an X-ray irradiation condition selecting portion selects an X-ray irradiation condition, retrieves a correspondence table according to this X-ray irradiation condition so as to read out a gain control state suitable for an irradiation condition, and drives an analog SW setting portion. According to a signal from the analog SW setting portion, an integration capacity of an initial stage integration amplifier is changed over. Further, according to other mode, accumulated electric charge Q of a picture element Cp is read out on a signal line and converted to a voltage Vo by the integration amplifier. By appropriately determining a sampling time by a sample/hold circuit after electric charge is read out, an influence of a switching element resistance can be excluded from a voltage Vx. Therefore, the voltage Vx can be sample held stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamada, Michitaka Honda, Masayuki Nishiki, Kunio Aoki, Takuya Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 5557542
    Abstract: The connections among a plurality of dynamic image generating means, a plurality of work stations, a plurality of temporary storage means and a plurality of video tape recorders are switched from one to another a matrix switcher, so that the number of the video tape recorders may be smaller than the total number of the dynamic image generating means and the work stations. The dynamic image generating means are connected via the temporary storage means to the video tape recorders, and the video tape recorders are connected via the temporary storage means to the work stations, so that wait time at the time of image recording or reproduction can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Asahina, Kunio Aoki, Toyomitsu Kanebako, Yoshinori Nakatani
  • Patent number: 5546440
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic apparatus repeatedly radiates pulse-like X-rays, repeatedly images X-rays passing through an object to be examined at a predetermined frame period, and sequentially displays a plurality of images thus obtained repeatedly. In this invention, the exposure dose can be reduced since the number of X-ray irradiation times per unit time is set to be smaller than the number of frames to be imaged per unit time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nakatani, Toyomitsu Kanebako, Kunio Aoki, Hiroshi Asahina
  • Patent number: 4009398
    Abstract: A sawtooth wave forming circuit has an input signal alternately applied to the bases of first and a second transistors forming a differential amplifier, and a circuit which permits flow of a current equal to or proportional to the current flowing in the collector of the first transistor is connected between the differential amplifier and a power source. A capacitor is provided between ground and the junction between the circuit and differential amplifier. With this arrangement, the charge-discharge cycle of the capacitor is controlled by means of the input signal.By making use of the sawtooth wave forming circuit constituted in this way, stable trapezoidal or triangular waves having only small fluctuations in the slopes of the sides of the wave can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1977
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Yamada, Tatsuo Mizota, Kiyoshi Takeda, Kunio Aoki