Patents by Inventor Makoto Kitamura

Makoto Kitamura 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: 20240062471
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire image information from an endoscope during observation of an inside of a subject, generate an organ model from the acquired image information, identify an unobserved region that is not observed by the endoscope in the organ model, estimate a top and a bottom and an azimuth of an image pickup visual field of the endoscope with respect to the organ model, set a display direction of the organ model based on the top and the bottom and the azimuth of the image pickup visual field, and output the organ model to the monitor, the organ model being associated with the identified unobserved region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TANAKA, Yamato KANDA, Makoto KITAMURA, Takehito HAYAMI
  • Patent number: 11800967
    Abstract: An endoscopic image processing apparatus includes a processor having a lesion recognizing function capable of recognizing a lesioned part included in an image generated by applying predetermined processing. The processor has the lesion recognizing function implemented by performing machine learning using, as a plurality of learning images, a plurality of past observation images generated through the predetermined processing, and the processor performs conversion processing for converting, based on a setting value for learning image equivalent to a past setting value for observation image used in the predetermined processing performed at generation of each of the plurality of learning images, the image into an image for lesion recognition used for processing corresponding to the lesion recognizing function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATON
    Inventors: Makoto Kitamura, Yamato Kanda, Katsuyoshi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11656451
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for endoscope includes a processor. The processor sequentially receives a plurality of observation images of an endoscope, detects one or more lesioned parts from each of the plurality of observation images, analyzes visibility of at least one of a distance from the endoscope, an occupied area, a shape, a size, a position in the observation image, a color, luminance, or an organ part relating to the detected lesioned part, sets a display extension time of a detection result of the lesioned part according to the visibility, and outputs the observation image to which the detection result of the lesioned part is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Hayami, Yamato Kanda, Makoto Kitamura, Akihiro Kubota
  • Patent number: 11553828
    Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus performs identification for a plurality of support items, which are identification classifications about diagnosis support, and the diagnosis support apparatus is provided with a processor. The processor performs analysis processing for acquiring analysis results including an analysis result about an observation mode by analyzing at least one of an input signal specifying the observation mode and an observation image obtained by observing an inside of a subject with an endoscope; performs support item setting processing for setting a support item corresponding to the analysis results obtained by the analysis processing, among the plurality of support items, which are the identification classifications; and generates diagnosis support information, which is information used for diagnosis of a legion candidate area included in the observation image, based on an identification index corresponding to the set support item and the observation image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kono, Makoto Kitamura, Hirokazu Godo, Toshiya Kamiyama, Katsuyoshi Taniguchi, Yamato Kanda
  • Publication number: 20230005245
    Abstract: A training data generating system includes a processor. The processor acquires a plurality of medical images. The processor associates medical images with each other which are included in the plurality of medical images based on similarities of an imaging target to generate an associated image group including medical images associated with each other. The processor outputs, to a display, an application target image to be an image as an application target of representative training information based on the associated image group. The processor accepts input of representative contour information indicative of a contour of a specific region in the application target image as the representative training information. The processor applies contour information, as training information, to each medical image included in the associated image group based on the representative training information input to the application target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito HAYAMI, Makoto KITAMURA, Yamato KANDA
  • Publication number: 20230007213
    Abstract: An image recording system includes a processor. The processor acquires a time series RAW image group including a plurality of time series RAW images in a first time section. The processor extracts, from the time series RAW image group, a recording candidate RAW image group included in a second time section as a part of the first time section. The processor records at least one RAW image included in the recording candidate RAW image group as a recording target RAW image which is a RAW image to be recorded. The processor selects the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group. The processor converts the RAW image which is not selected as the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group or the time series RAW image group to compressed data, and records the compressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi TANAKA, Yamato KANDA, Makoto KITAMURA, Akihiro KUBOTA, Takao TSURUOKA
  • Publication number: 20220375089
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes a processor. The processor conducts analysis whether an endoscope image has been appropriately captured or not on the basis of the endoscope image. The processor acquires correction restriction information that is at least one of a restriction regarding a size of a lumen of an image-captured portion or a restriction regarding a submucosa state of the image-captured portion. The processor generates correction information regarding correction of image-capturing conditions for allowing the endoscope image to be appropriately captured under a restriction of the correction restriction information in a case where it is analyzed that the endoscope image has not been appropriately captured, and outputs the correction information on a monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro KUBOTA, Yamato KANDA, Makoto KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220346632
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit, an estimation unit, an acquisition unit, a production unit, and a display control unit. The input unit acquires examination information including an endoscope image. The estimation unit estimates an image pickup site based on the endoscope image. The acquisition unit acquires, from the examination information, image pickup information corresponding to the endoscope image and indicating a state of at least one of an endoscope or a subject when the endoscope image is picked up. The production unit produces a model map and associates the image pickup information with a virtual site based on a result of the estimation by the estimation unit. The display control unit controls a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi TANAKA, Takehito HAYAMI, Akihiro KUBOTA, Yamato KANDA, Makoto KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220345659
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives endoscope images to be determined, in each of which an image of an inside of a body of a subject is picked up, determines whether or not an endoscope image for comparison concerning a predetermined inspection site, and the endoscope images to be determined are same or similar, determines whether or not an observation mode of each of the endoscope images to be determined is a condition suitable for automatic recording, and automatically records a predetermined number of the endoscope images to be determined in a recording unit, when the endoscope images to be determined and the endoscope image for comparison are determined to be the same or similar and when the observation mode is the condition suitable for automatic recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya KAWABATA, Makoto KITAMURA, Akihiro KUBOTA, Yamato KANDA
  • Patent number: 11457876
    Abstract: A diagnosis assisting apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to detect at least one target region from an acquired image and output position information of the target region. The processor is also configured to classify the target region based on predetermined classification conditions corresponding to diagnosis indices and output diagnosis assisting information indicating a degree of seriousness of the target region. The processor is then configured to control a display image such that a first period, during which the diagnosis assisting information is displayed in a first region, is different from a second period, during which the position information is superimposed on the image in a second region and is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kono, Yamato Kanda, Katsuyoshi Taniguchi, Makoto Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20220000351
    Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus includes a processor including at least one piece of hardware. The processor identifies, based on physical information including one or more kinds of information capable of estimating a state of a diagnosis target organ of a subject, one abnormal symptom appearing in the diagnosis target organ, performs, as lesion extraction processing for extracting a lesion candidate region from an endoscopic image, different processing specialized for each abnormal symptom that appears in the diagnosis target organ, and performs the lesion extraction processing corresponding to the identified one abnormal symptom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuki YAMADA, Akihiro KUBOTA, Yamato KANDA, Mitsutaka KIMURA, Makoto KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210361142
    Abstract: An image recording device includes a processor. The processor acquires time-series images of endoscopy, temporarily records all of the time-series images of the endoscopy in a buffer memory, retrieves the time-series images temporarily recorded in the buffer memory and identifies an appearance of a lesion from the retrieved time-series images, and records in a memory a predetermined image of the time-series images temporarily recorded in the buffer memory, according to the identified appearance of the lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KITAMURA, Yamato KANDA
  • Patent number: 11139096
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil comprising a core; a first wire and a second wire wound around the core; a first electrode part and a second electrode part disposed on the core and connected to the first wire; and a third electrode part and a fourth electrode part disposed on the core and connected to the second wire. The common mode choke coil has a self-resonance frequency of 700 MHz or more, and a common mode inductance of 300 nH or less, in a frequency band of 1 MHz or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20210251470
    Abstract: An image processing device for an endoscope includes a processor. The processor receives, as input, a generated image acquired by performing predetermined processing on an image pickup signal acquired by an endoscope, analyzes a withdrawing speed of the endoscope based on at least one of the generated image and information relating to an operation state of the endoscope, detects a lesion part from the generated image, performs a diagnosis support action on the lesion part, decides a factor affecting the diagnosis support action based on an analysis result of the withdrawing speed, and outputs the factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka KIMURA, Yamato KANDA, Makoto KITAMURA, Katsuyoshi TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210153721
    Abstract: An endoscopic image processing apparatus includes a processor having a lesion recognizing function capable of recognizing a lesioned part included in an image generated by applying predetermined processing. The processor has the lesion recognizing function implemented by performing machine learning using, as a plurality of learning images, a plurality of past observation images generated through the predetermined processing, and the processor performs conversion processing for converting, based on a setting value for learning image equivalent to a past setting value for observation image used in the predetermined processing performed at generation of each of the plurality of learning images, the image into an image for lesion recognition used for processing corresponding to the lesion recognizing function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KITAMURA, Yamato KANDA, Katsuyoshi TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210149182
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for endoscope includes a processor. The processor sequentially receives a plurality of observation images of an endoscope, detects one or more lesioned parts from each of the plurality of observation images, analyzes visibility of at least one of a distance from the endoscope, an occupied area, a shape, a size, a position in the observation image, a color, luminance, or an organ part relating to the detected lesioned part, sets a display extension time of a detection result of the lesioned part according to the visibility, and outputs the observation image to which the detection result of the lesioned part is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito HAYAMI, Yamato KANDA, Makoto KITAMURA, Akihiro KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20210113159
    Abstract: A diagnosis assisting apparatus includes a processor configured to: detect at least one target region from an acquired image and output position information of the target region; classify the target region based on predetermined classification conditions corresponding to diagnosis indices and output diagnosis assisting information indicating a degree of seriousness of the target region; and control a display image such that a first period, during which the diagnosis assisting information is displayed in a first region, is different from a second period, during which the position information is superimposed on the image in a second region and is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KONO, Yamato KANDA, Katsuyoshi TANIGUCHI, Makoto KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210012886
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input circuit to which an image acquired by medical equipment is sequentially inputted and a processor. The processor detects a lesion candidate in the image, discriminates the lesion candidate detected and outputs discrimination information, when two or more lesion candidates are detected in the image, selects a discrimination object lesion candidate which is a discrimination object based on information on distance between the medical equipment and the lesion candidates, and outputs position information and discrimination information of the discrimination object lesion candidate together with the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro KUBOTA, Makoto KITAMURA, Yamato KANDA, Katsuyoshi TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210000326
    Abstract: An endoscopic image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor detects a lesion candidate region included in an endoscopic image obtained by picking up an image of an inside of a subject with an endoscope, highlights a position of the lesion candidate region detected from the endoscopic image, when a plurality of lesion candidate regions are detected from the endoscopic image, relatively evaluates visibility of the plurality of lesion candidate regions, and performs setting for position highlighting of the lesion candidate region based on an evaluation result of the visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromu SUGITA, Yamato KANDA, Katsuyoshi TANIGUCHI, Makoto KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210000327
    Abstract: An endoscopic image processing apparatus is configured to generate a display image including one main screen and one or more sub-screens smaller than the main screen for displaying an endoscopic image obtained by picking up an image of an object in a subject with an endoscope. The endoscopic image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives the endoscopic image and detects one or more lesion candidate regions included in the endoscopic image, highlights a position of the lesion candidate region, and sets, based on any one of a state of the lesion candidate region, a work state of a user who performs work using the endoscope, or a display state of the display image, a highlighting method in highlighting a position of the lesion candidate region included in at least one of the main screen or the sub-screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KITAMURA, Yamato KANDA, Katsuyoshi TANIGUCHI