Patents by Inventor Masafumi Higashi
Masafumi Higashi 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).
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Patent number: 11810293Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing device capable of appropriately determining a necessity of the ultrasonography even when a high-density mammary gland area exists in a narrow area. The present invention provides an information processing device comprising: a mammary gland area extractor configured to extract a mammary gland area in a mammography image; a mammary gland pixel detector configured to detect a mammary gland pixel in the mammary gland area; and a mammary gland density calculator configured to calculate a mammary gland density based on a ratio of the mammary gland pixels to the mammary gland area, wherein the mammary gland area is a narrower area than an entire breast in the mammography image.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Yu Kato, Masafumi Higashi, Reo Aoki, Mamoru Ogaki, Ikumi Arai, Noriyuki Hashimoto, Naoaki Hirata
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Publication number: 20230200415Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a grooved noodle which hardly sticks to another noodle after boiling and from which a boiled noodle having excellent texture is obtained. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a grooved noodle and a method for cooking a grooved noodle. The grooved noodle of the present invention is a grooved noodle having a groove or a plurality of grooves formed along a longitudinal direction of a noodle string and having a substantially circular configuration in cross section of the noodle string, wherein only grain flour including wheat flour is used as raw material flour, and a gluten vitality of the grooved noodle is 18% to 35%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Ryusuke KIMURA, Tomoyuki FUJII, Kenta ASAHINA, Masafumi HIGASHI
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Publication number: 20230143350Abstract: An information processing device including: a data acquiring unit; and a data calculator. The data acquiring unit is configured to acquire medical image data and additional data, the additional data includes at least one of monitor-related data and/or environmental data, the monitor-related data is data for defining a visibility of an image displayed on a display unit of a monitor, the environmental data is data indicating an ambient environment of the monitor, and the data calculator is configured to calculate overlooking suppression data based on the medical image data and the additional data, the overlooking suppression data is data that suppresses overlooking of a lesion in the medical image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Masafumi HIGASHI, Yu KATO
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Publication number: 20220245806Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and an object thereof is to provide a method for learning a threshold that can provide a more objective threshold applied to pixels in the mammography image. The present invention provides a method for learning a threshold value applied to pixels in a mammography image comprising: an acquiring step; and a learning step, wherein in the acquiring step, the mammography image is acquired, in the learning step, a relationship between the mammography image and a mammary gland pixel estimation threshold is learned, the mammary gland pixel estimation threshold is a threshold value used to calculate a mammary gland pixel area of each pixel of a mammary gland region in the mammography image, and the mammary gland pixel area is a value indicating a degree of a mammary gland pixel-likeness of the pixel in the mammography image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Yu KATO, Masafumi HIGASHI, Reo AOKI, Mamoru OGAKI
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Patent number: 11240407Abstract: Provided is an image processing device, image display device, and program that allow an image captured by an imaging device not having a vibration suppression function or an image whose vibration has been suppressed incompletely to be displayed on a display device with the vibration suppressed. The image processing device includes a motion estimator configured to estimate the amount of motion of an object between a first image and a second image later than the first image and a motion compensator configured to perform a conversion process on the second image so that vibration of the object between the first image and the second image is suppressed, on the basis of the amount of motion of the object. The motion estimator has a first estimation mode in which the amount of motion of the object is estimated in a predetermined search area and a second estimation mode in which the amount of motion of the object is estimated in a larger area than the search area in the first estimation mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Haifeng Chen, Reo Aoki, Masafumi Higashi
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Patent number: 11132776Abstract: An image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of outputting an image with appropriate sharpness for an input image that may include both a dynamic region and a static region. An image processing device includes a static and dynamic information calculator configured to calculate static and dynamic information of an input image; a blend ratio setting unit configured to determine a blend ratio by performing a predetermined operation on the static and dynamic information of the input image; and an image processing unit configured to generate an output image optimized for static and dynamic change by performing image processing on the input image on the basis of the blend ratio.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Masafumi Higashi, Haifeng Chen, Reo Aoki
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Publication number: 20210158513Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing device capable of appropriately determining a necessity of the ultrasonography even when a high-density mammary gland area exists in a narrow area. The present invention provides an information processing device comprising: a mammary gland area extractor configured to extract a mammary gland area in a mammography image; a mammary gland pixel detector configured to detect a mammary gland pixel in the mammary gland area; and a mammary gland density calculator configured to calculate a mammary gland density based on a ratio of the mammary gland pixels to the mammary gland area, wherein the mammary gland area is a narrower area than an entire breast in the mammography image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Yu KATO, Masafumi HIGASHI, Reo AOKI, Mamoru OGAKI, Ikumi ARAI, Noriyuki HASHIMOTO, Naoaki HIRATA
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Publication number: 20200260764Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a grooved noodle which hardly sticks to another noodle after boiling and from which a boiled noodle having excellent texture is obtained. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a grooved noodle and a method for cooking a grooved noodle. The grooved noodle of the present invention is a grooved noodle having a groove or a plurality of grooves formed along a longitudinal direction of a noodle string and having a substantially circular configuration in cross section of the noodle string, wherein only grain flour including wheat flour is used as raw material flour, and a gluten vitality of the grooved noodle is 18% to 35%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Ryusuke KIMURA, Tomoyuki FUJII, Kenta ASAHINA, Masafumi HIGASHI
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Patent number: 10733964Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus and program that are able to improve representable gradations in a pseudo manner while reducing flicker including a random number generator configured to generate a random number sequence; a comparator configured to make a comparison between a threshold and a random number value, the threshold being associated with any number of lower bits, the any number of lower bits forming input image data with any number of upper bits, the random number value forming the random number sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Mamoru Ogaki, Hiroki Matsuzaki, Reo Aoki, Takashi Nakamae, Masafumi Higashi, Keita Hashi, Takuya Matsuda
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Patent number: 10681925Abstract: Grooved noodles have three grooves formed along the noodle length direction. The transverse cross section of the noodle length has a substantially circular main outer shape. The grooves are positioned in the transverse cross section of the noodle length at 120° intervals in the circumferential direction, and extend in the same rotation direction relative to the center point of the transverse cross section of the noodle length. Each groove has a pair of mutually facing sides that extend from the opening of the groove toward the deepest part of the groove, a first opening end on the side closer to the center point out among the pair of sides, and a second opening end on the side farther from the center point among of the pair of sides. The acute angle formed in each groove by a straight line passing through the first opening end and the deepest part and a straight line passing through the first opening end and the center point is 12-28°.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Ryusuke Kimura, Masafumi Higashi
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Publication number: 20200184615Abstract: An image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of outputting an image with appropriate sharpness for an input image that may include both a dynamic region and a static region. An image processing device includes a static and dynamic information calculator configured to calculate static and dynamic information of an input image; a blend ratio setting unit configured to determine a blend ratio by performing a predetermined operation on the static and dynamic information of the input image; and an image processing unit configured to generate an output image optimized for static and dynamic change by performing image processing on the input image on the basis of the blend ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Masafumi HIGASHI, Haifeng CHEN, Reo AOKI
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Publication number: 20200170285Abstract: The present invention provides noodles which are rich in dietary fiber and low in carbohydrate but have an excellent texture. The present invention also provides a noodle mix comprising from 10 to 60% by mass of an indigestible starch derived from one or more of wheat, tapioca, corn and sweet potato, and from 5 to 30% by mass of a modified starch having a gelatinization starting temperature lower than that of a raw material starch thereof by 0.1° C. or more, and the mix having a protein content of 8 to 20% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC..Inventors: Ryusuke KIMURA, Tomoyuki FUJII, Kenta ASAHINA, Masafumi HIGASHI
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Patent number: 10594902Abstract: Provided is an image conversion method that allows for the representation, on a display, the light and shade of a printed image obtained by printing the image on paper. The image conversion method includes a step of acquiring an illumination-light component and a reflectance component from an input image, a step of correcting the illumination-light component in accordance with display luminance information of a print mode in which the input image is to be printed, so that light and shade of the input image displayed on a display come close to light and shade of a printed image obtained by printing the input image in the print mode, and a step of acquiring a combined image by combining the corrected illumination-light component and the reflectance component or the corrected reflectance component.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Masafumi Higashi, Reo Aoki, Yuya Yoshida
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Publication number: 20200059574Abstract: Provided is an image processing device, image display device, and program that allow an image captured by an imaging device not having a vibration suppression function or an image whose vibration has been suppressed incompletely to be displayed on a display device with the vibration suppressed. The image processing device includes a motion estimator configured to estimate the amount of motion of an object between a first image and a second image later than the first image and a motion compensator configured to perform a conversion process on the second image so that vibration of the object between the first image and the second image is suppressed, on the basis of the amount of motion of the object. The motion estimator has a first estimation mode in which the amount of motion of the object is estimated in a predetermined search area and a second estimation mode in which the amount of motion of the object is estimated in a larger area than the search area in the first estimation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Haifeng CHEN, Reo AOKI, Masafumi HIGASHI
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Patent number: 10565756Abstract: Provided is an image combination method that can represent the texture of a drawing medium such as paper without causing a foreground fading problem. The image combination method includes a step of acquiring an illumination-light component and a reflectance component from an input image, a step of generating a texture-combined image by combining the reflectance component or the corrected reflectance component and a texture image representing a desired texture, and a step of acquiring a combined image by combining the illumination-light component or the corrected illumination-light component and the texture-combined image.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Masafumi Higashi, Reo Aoki, Yuya Yoshida
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Publication number: 20190304410Abstract: Provided are an information processing apparatus and program that are able to improve representable gradations in a pseudo manner while reducing flicker including a random number generator configured to generate a random number sequence; a comparator configured to make a comparison between a threshold and a random number value, the threshold being associated with any number of lower bits, the any number of lower bits forming input image data with any number of upper bits, the random number value forming the random number sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Mamoru OGAKI, Hiroki MATSUZAKI, Reo AOKI, Takashi NAKAMAE, Masafumi HIGASHI, Keita HASHI, Takuya MATSUDA
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Patent number: 10332485Abstract: An image converting method and image converting device that are able to properly reproduce the appearance of the original image even in an environment having different brightness. The image converting method includes a JND corresponding value width acquisition step of, on the basis of input image data, acquiring a JND corresponding value width corresponding to a reflectance component of the input image data, a luminance width acquisition step of acquiring a luminance width corresponding to the JND corresponding value width or a value obtained by converting the JND corresponding value width in accordance with a predetermined rule using, as a reference, a second reference luminance different from a first reference luminance.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Reo Aoki, Masafumi Higashi, Yusuke Bamba
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Patent number: 10157451Abstract: A technique to remove fog from an image more appropriately has been called for. An image processing system is provided, including: a luminance evaluation value deriving unit that derives a luminance evaluation value of an at least partial region of an image; a saturation evaluation value deriving unit that derives a saturation evaluation value of the at least partial region of the image; a contrast evaluation value deriving unit that derives a contrast evaluation value of the at least partial region of the image; and a haze depth estimating unit that derives a haze depth estimate value of the image based on the luminance evaluation value, the saturation evaluation value, and the contrast evaluation value.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Masafumi Higashi, Takashi Nakamae, Reo Aoki
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Patent number: D857330Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Ryusuke Kimura, Masafumi Higashi
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Patent number: D881509Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Ryusuke Kimura, Masafumi Higashi