Patents by Inventor Kyojiro Nanbu

Kyojiro Nanbu 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).

  • Image processing method and image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7974473
    Abstract: This invention consists in an image processing method in which the similarity between a first pixel and a second pixel constituting an image is numerically given by statistical testing, and the values of the first and second pixels are averaged when the similarity numerically given is high, whereas the first and second pixel values are not averaged when the determined similarity is low, whereby an image with noises suppressed is obtained without spoiling a spatial resolution as well as a temporal resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kyojiro Nanbu
  • IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090080724
    Abstract: This invention consists in an image processing method in which the similarity between a first pixel and a second pixel constituting an image is numerically given by statistical testing, and the values of the first and second pixels are averaged when the similarity numerically given is high, whereas the first and second pixel values are not averaged when the determined similarity is low, whereby an image with noises suppressed is obtained without spoiling a spatial resolution as well as a temporal resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Kyojiro Nanbu
  • Image processing method and image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7492947
    Abstract: This invention consists in an image processing method in which the similarity between a first pixel and a second pixel constituting an image is numerically given by statistical testing, and the values of the first and second pixels are averaged when the similarity numerically given is high, whereas the first and second pixel values are not averaged when the determined similarity is low, whereby an image with noises suppressed is obtained without spoiling a spatial resolution as well as a temporal resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kyojiro Nanbu
  • Image processing method and image processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20040066978
    Abstract: This invention consists in an image processing method in which the similarity between a first pixel and a second pixel constituting an image is numerically given by statistical testing, and the values of the first and second pixels are averaged when the similarity numerically given is high, whereas the first and second pixel values are not averaged when the determined similarity is low, whereby an image with noises suppressed is obtained without spoiling a spatial resolution as well as a temporal resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Kyojiro Nanbu
  • Method and system for improving resolution of images in magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 4896111
    Abstract: In the magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance (MR) signals generated from a predetermined region of a subject are detected by using the selective excitation method. The estimation of the subject is performed by executing the repetition solution in accordance with the spectral data of detected MR signal and region data representing the region of the subject. The MR image having the high resolution than the conventional MR image is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshio Machida, Kyojiro Nanbu