Patents by Inventor Maasa YANO

Maasa YANO 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).

  • Imaging device capturing images of a sample including a plurality of sections
    Patent number: 11417499
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to accurately correct a deviation in position or angle between observation regions in an imaging device that acquires images of a plurality of sample sections. The imaging device according to the invention identifies a correspondence relationship between the observation regions between the sample sections using a feature point on a first image, corrects a deviation between the sample sections using a second image in a narrower range than the first image, and after reflecting a correction result, acquires a third image having a higher resolution than the second image (see FIG. 6B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Maasa Yano, Hiroyuki Chiba
  • Imaging Device
    Publication number: 20210351000
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to accurately correct a deviation in position or angle between observation regions in an imaging device that acquires images of a plurality of sample sections. The imaging device according to the invention identifies a correspondence relationship between the observation regions between the sample sections using a feature point on a first image, corrects a deviation between the sample sections using a second image in a narrower range than the first image, and after reflecting a correction result, acquires a third image having a higher resolution than the second image (see FIG. 6B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Maasa YANO, Hiroyuki CHIBA