Patents by Inventor Makoto KASUMI

Makoto KASUMI 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: 20230414164
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to receive a picked-up image of a swallowing motion in a swallowing test in which a swallow object is provided to a subject to observe the swallowing motion, detect a color of the swallow object in the picked-up image, and perform processing for improving an image quality of the picked-up image according to a detection result of the color of the swallow object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Makoto KASUMI
  • Publication number: 20220021801
    Abstract: A wireless endoscope includes: a wireless receiving circuit configured to receive a wirelessly transmitted voice; a first processor configured to process the voice received by the wireless receiving circuit; a light source apparatus configured to generate illumination light to illuminate a subject; an image pickup sensor configured to pick up an image of the subject; a wireless transmission circuit configured to wirelessly transmit an image pickup result of the image pickup sensor; and a second processor configured to control the light source apparatus based on a processing result of the first processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto KASUMI
  • Publication number: 20210113059
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus, includes: a memory configured to hold setting information about operations respectively of a first endoscope and a second endoscope; and a processor. The processor is configured to: when detecting switching of the endoscope to be used between the first endoscope and the second endoscope, read the setting information for the endoscope after the switching, and use the setting information for setting for operation of the endoscope after the switching; and when the setting for operation of the endoscope in use is changed, update the setting information for the endoscope in use, and based on the updated setting information for the endoscope in use, update the setting information for the endoscope not in use, and record, in the memory, the updated setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto KASUMI
  • Publication number: 20200069152
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to an endoscope comprises an endoscope body defined by an insertion portion and an operating portion both of which are a hermetically sealed structure with a predetermined gas pressure maintained in the endoscope body. The operation portion includes a ventilation inlet attached thereto to deliver a gas into the endoscope body and to hold the gas at the predetermined gas pressure in the endoscope body. A measuring unit is configured to be mounted on a board disposed in the operating portion for measuring a gas pressure in the endoscope body. A controller is configured to acquire a value measured by the measuring unit and to determine whether or not there is a gas leakage from the endoscope body based on the acquired measured value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Kasumi
  • Patent number: 10441133
    Abstract: A wireless endoscope includes: a detection portion configured to detect a connection state to an endoscope body of a battery; and a control portion configured to set a replacement time operation mode of using the power from a power storage component as the power needed for the endoscopic observation and performing the endoscopic observation with lower power compared to a normal time operation mode of performing an endoscopic observation with the power from the battery, when a detection result of a non-connection state of the battery is given from the detection portion, in which the control portion restores the normal time operation mode from the replacement time operation mode when a detection result of a reconnection state to the endoscope body of the battery is given from the detection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Kasumi
  • Publication number: 20190104922
    Abstract: A wireless endoscope system includes two wireless endoscopes and a processor. Each wireless endoscope includes a memory configured to store setting information specifying operation conditions. The processor is capable of performing radio communication with each wireless endoscope. The processor includes a memory configured to store the setting information acquired by radio communication, and a controlling portion. The controlling portion stores the setting information in the memory and transmits the setting information to one of the wireless endoscopes by near field radio communication to store the setting information in a memory of the one of the wireless endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto KASUMI
  • Patent number: 9883787
    Abstract: A medical apparatus system includes a first communication section provided in a medical apparatus and configured to transmit battery use information including information concerning a residual capacity of a first battery, a charger including a power supply section configured to charge a second battery, and a control section configured to set a charging current of the power supply section on the basis of the battery use information and battery charging information including a residual capacity of the second battery such that a capacity insufficiency residual time, which is time until the residual capacity of the first battery changes to a state of residual capacity insufficiency, is equal to or longer than a charging completion residual time, which is time until the second battery changes to a completely charged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kasumi, Hideki Tashiro
  • Patent number: 9782057
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image system includes a monitor that displays an image signal as an image for three-dimensional observation, glasses for three-dimensional observation for observing, as a three-dimensional image, the image for three-dimensional observation displayed on a display section of the monitor, a storing section that is provided in the glasses for three-dimensional observation and stores an image parameter correction value for three-dimensional observation for correcting image parameters for three-dimensional observation for giving a cubic effect of the image for three-dimensional observation displayed on the display section, a scanning section that scans the glasses for three-dimensional observation in order to read information stored in the storing section, and a control section that performs control to set, according to a scanning result of the scanning section, the image parameter correction value for three-dimensional observation in the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kasumi, Masashi Umemura, Shusuke Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20170251904
    Abstract: A wireless endoscope includes: a detection portion configured to detect a connection state to an endoscope body of a battery; and a control portion configured to set a replacement time operation mode of using the power from a power storage component as the power needed for the endoscopic observation and performing the endoscopic observation with lower power compared to a normal time operation mode of performing an endoscopic observation with the power from the battery, when a detection result of a non-connection state of the battery is given from the detection portion, in which the control portion restores the normal time operation mode from the replacement time operation mode when a detection result of a reconnection state to the endoscope body of the battery is given from the detection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto KASUMI
  • Patent number: 9661081
    Abstract: A wireless image transfer system includes an image quality judgement unit configured to judge reception states of a first image transmitted in a first frequency band by a first image wireless block and a second image transmitted in a second frequency band by a second image wireless block and image qualities of the received images; and a second control unit configured to sort the reception states into a good state, a bad state, and an intermediate state, select a first image signal in the good state, steadily operate the second image wireless block and periodically operate the first image wireless block in the bad state, and select an image with a better quality from the first image signal and a second image signal and output the selected image in the intermediate state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kasumi, Hideki Tashiro, Junichi Tashiro
  • Patent number: 9635343
    Abstract: A stereoscopic endoscopic image processing apparatus includes: a synchronization adjustment portion that performs a synchronization adjustment between a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal; an image analysis portion that analyzes a region that an image of a treatment instrument occupies in a peripheral region around a central region in an image of one image signal; a blur region setting portion that, with respect to the image in the peripheral region around the central region in which blur processing is not performed, sets a region in which to perform blur processing in accordance with an analysis result of the image analysis portion; and an image compositing portion that composites and outputs a 3D image with respect to which blur processing is performed on the left-eye image and the right-eye image, respectively, in accordance with a setting result of the blur region setting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kasumi, Masashi Umemura, Shusuke Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9584795
    Abstract: A wireless transfer system includes: a wireless transmission section including: an input section configured to receive, as an input signal, one of a first video signal provided with ancillary information including identification information of a high-definition 3D/2D video signal and a second video signal not including the identification information; a video signal extraction section configured to extract one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal from the input signal; an ancillary information extraction section configured to extract the ancillary information; a wireless video transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit extracted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; and the like; and a wireless reception section including: a wireless video receiver configured to receive wirelessly transmitted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; a wireless ancillary information receiver configured to receive the wirelessly transmitted
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kasumi, Hideki Tashiro, Junichi Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20160270629
    Abstract: A medical apparatus system includes a first communication section provided in a medical apparatus and configured to transmit battery use information including information concerning a residual capacity of a first battery, a charger including a power supply section configured to charge a second battery, and a control section configured to set a charging current of the power supply section on the basis of the battery use information and battery charging information including a residual capacity of the second battery such that a capacity insufficiency residual time, which is time until the residual capacity of the first battery changes to a state of residual capacity insufficiency, is equal to or longer than a charging completion residual time, which is time until the second battery changes to a completely charged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KASUMI, Hideki TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20160269713
    Abstract: A stereoscopic endoscopic image processing apparatus includes: a synchronization adjustment portion that performs a synchronization adjustment between a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal; an image analysis portion that analyzes a region that an image of a treatment instrument occupies in a peripheral region around a central region in an image of one image signal; a blur region setting portion that, with respect to the image in the peripheral region around the central region in which blur processing is not performed, sets a region in which to perform blur processing in accordance with an analysis result of the image analysis portion; and an image compositing portion that composites and outputs a 3D image with respect to which blur processing is performed on the left-eye image and the right-eye image, respectively, in accordance with a setting result of the blur region setting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KASUMI, Masashi UMEMURA, Shusuke TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160261846
    Abstract: A wireless transfer system includes: a wireless transmission section including: an input section configured to receive, as an input signal, one of a first video signal provided with ancillary information including identification information of a high-definition 3D/2D video signal and a second video signal not including the identification information; a video signal extraction section configured to extract one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal from the input signal; an ancillary information extraction section configured to extract the ancillary information; a wireless video transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit extracted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; and the like; and a wireless reception section including: a wireless video receiver configured to receive wirelessly transmitted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; a wireless ancillary information receiver configured to receive the wirelessly transmitted
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KASUMI, Hideki TASHIRO, Junichi TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20160241647
    Abstract: A wireless image transfer system includes an image quality judgement unit configured to judge reception states of a first image transmitted in a first frequency band by a first image wireless block and a second image transmitted in a second frequency band by a second image wireless block and image qualities of the received images; and a second control unit configured to sort the reception states into a good state, a bad state, and an intermediate state, select a first image signal in the good state, steadily operate the second image wireless block and periodically operate the first image wireless block in the bad state, and select an image with a better quality from the first image signal and a second image signal and output the selected image in the intermediate state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KASUMI, Hideki TASHIRO, Junichi TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20160205387
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image system includes a monitor that displays an image signal as an image for three-dimensional observation, glasses for three-dimensional observation for observing, as a three-dimensional image, the image for three-dimensional observation displayed on a display section of the monitor, a storing section that is provided in the glasses for three-dimensional observation and stores an image parameter correction value for three-dimensional observation for correcting image parameters for three-dimensional observation for giving a cubic effect of the image for three-dimensional observation displayed on the display section, a scanning section that scans the glasses for three-dimensional observation in order to read information stored in the storing section, and a control section that performs control to set, according to a scanning result of the scanning section, the image parameter correction value for three-dimensional observation in the monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KASUMI, Masashi UMEMURA, Shusuke TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 9186041
    Abstract: A medical information recording apparatus includes: an input portion that includes a plurality of input terminals and into which a medical image can be inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, and that detects whether the medical image is inputted through any input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and outputs a detection result; a screen synthesis portion that performs synthesis processing according to one synthesis pattern among a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns for one or more of the medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, determines a medical scene or changing of the medical scene based on a detection result of the input portion, switches the synthesis pattern based on a determination result, and outputs a synthesized image based on the one or more medical images that are inputted; and a recording processing portion that records the synthesized image as a single image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kasumi, Shusuke Tsuchiya, Kuniaki Kami
  • Publication number: 20150145979
    Abstract: A radio communication system, which includes a transmission apparatus that transmits a video signal and a plurality of reception apparatuses that receive the video signal, includes: a storage section that stores information for identifying that a priority related to transmission of the video signal to each of the plurality of reception apparatuses is either a first priority or a second priority lower than the first priority; an error detection section that detects a presence or absence of occurrence of a communication error related to transmission/reception of the video signal; a determination section that determines whether there is a reception apparatus of the first priority among the reception apparatuses in which the communication error is occurring; and a control section that retransmits the video signal only when there is a reception apparatus of the first priority among the reception apparatuses in which the communication error is occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Junichi TASHIRO, Hideki TASHIRO, Makoto KASUMI
  • Publication number: 20130342668
    Abstract: A medical information recording apparatus includes: an input portion that includes a plurality of input terminals and into which a medical image can be inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, and that detects whether the medical image is inputted through any input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and outputs a detection result; a screen synthesis portion that performs synthesis processing according to one synthesis pattern among a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns for one or more of the medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, determines a medical scene or changing of the medical scene based on a detection result of the input portion, switches the synthesis pattern based on a determination result, and outputs a synthesized image based on the one or more medical images that are inputted; and a recording processing portion that records the synthesized image as a single image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Makoto KASUMI, Shusuke TSUCHIYA, Kuniaki KAMI