Patents by Inventor Makie Saito

Makie Saito 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining visual point and direction of line of sight in three-dimensional image construction method
    Patent number: 6411298
    Abstract: A viewpoint is set on an intersection of two arbitrary multi-planer reconstruction (MPR) images, a line of sight is displayed on a plane including either one of the two MPR images, and the geometric positional relationship of the two MPR images, the intersection thereof, the viewpoint and the line of sight is designated with a position input device such as a mouse to thereby enable the geometric positional relationship to be rearranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Goto, Hisako Nakamura, Makie Saito, Tomohiro Nagao