Patents by Inventor Masae Torii

Masae Torii 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).

  • Subject information obtaining apparatus, display method, program, and processing apparatus
    Patent number: 11323625
    Abstract: An apparatus in related art has a problem in a presentation method of data to a user or a usability. A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of transducer elements that receive acoustic waves generated in a subject irradiated with light from a light source and transduce the acoustic waves into a plurality of reception signals, a processing unit configured to obtain a characteristic distribution indicating a distribution of characteristic information respectively corresponding to a plurality of positions in the subject by using the plurality of reception signals, in which the processing unit outputs image information for displaying a distribution image created by using the characteristic distribution and data indicating a time fluctuation of the characteristic information in a predetermined region of the distribution image within a same screen of a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Ayumi Kabata, Masae Torii
  • SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200128187
    Abstract: An apparatus in related art has a problem in a presentation method of data to a user or a usability. A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of transducer elements that receive acoustic waves generated in a subject irradiated with light from a light source and transduce the acoustic waves into a plurality of reception signals, a processing unit configured to obtain a characteristic distribution indicating a distribution of characteristic information respectively corresponding to a plurality of positions in the subject by using the plurality of reception signals, in which the processing unit outputs image information for displaying a distribution image created by using the characteristic distribution and data indicating a time fluctuation of the characteristic information in a predetermined region of the distribution image within a same screen of a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Ayumi Kabata, Masae Torii
  • Subject information obtaining apparatus, display method, program, and processing apparatus
    Patent number: 10547789
    Abstract: An apparatus in related art has a problem in a presentation method of data to a user or a usability. A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of transducer elements that receive acoustic waves generated in a subject irradiated with light from a light source and transduce the acoustic waves into a plurality of reception signals, a processing unit configured to obtain a characteristic distribution indicating a distribution of characteristic information respectively corresponding to a plurality of positions in the subject by using the plurality of reception signals, in which the processing unit outputs image information for displaying a distribution image created by using the characteristic distribution and data indicating a time fluctuation of the characteristic information in a predetermined region of the distribution image within a same screen of a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Ayumi Kabata, Masae Torii
  • SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150334308
    Abstract: An apparatus in related art has a problem in a presentation method of data to a user or a usability. A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of transducer elements that receive acoustic waves generated in a subject irradiated with light from a light source and transduce the acoustic waves into a plurality of reception signals, a processing unit configured to obtain a characteristic distribution indicating a distribution of characteristic information respectively corresponding to a plurality of positions in the subject by using the plurality of reception signals, in which the processing unit outputs image information for displaying a distribution image created by using the characteristic distribution and data indicating a time fluctuation of the characteristic information in a predetermined region of the distribution image within a same screen of a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Ayumi Kabata, Masae Torii