Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ozaki
Masahiro Ozaki 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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Publication number: 20240126188Abstract: A developing device includes an accommodating portion for accommodating toner, a developing roller and a stirring member. The developing device is for use with an image forming apparatus and detachably mounts a replenishing container for replenishing the toner. The accommodating portion includes a receiving opening through which the toner replenished from the accommodating portion is received in the accommodating portion, the receiving opening being provide on a first end side of the accommodating portion with respect to a rotational axis direction of the developing roller. An opening area of the receiving opening when the developing device is viewed in the rotational direction is wider than the opening area of the receiving opening when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Sohta Sugimoto, Shinichi Nishida, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Goshi Ozaki, Mitsuhiro Sato, Masahiro Suetsugu
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Publication number: 20240069467Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first unit including an image bearing member and a second unit. The second unit includes a developing roller to supply the toner to the image bearing member, a mounting portion in which the replenishing container is dismountably mounted and an accommodating portion to accommodate the toner replenished from the replenishing container. The second unit is movable between a first position where the developing roller contacts the image bearing member and a second position where the developing roller separates from the image bearing member. When a moving direction in which the second unit moves from the first position toward the second position is defined as a separating direction, the second unit is urged in the separating direction by a force which the mounting portion receives from the replenishing container when the replenishing container is mounted to the mounting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Goshi Ozaki, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Shinichi Nishida, Sohta Sugimoto, Mitsuhiro Sato, Masahiro Suetsugu
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Publication number: 20240012053Abstract: A voltage source applies a voltage between two nodes of an object to be measured, the two nodes being insulated from each other. A current measuring device measures a capacitive leakage current between the two nodes of the object to be measured. A switch opens and closes a circuit between the object to be measured and the voltage source. A controller determines whether or not the switch normally operates, based on the measured capacitive leakage current.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Shohei YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro OZAKI, Ryohei TAKATANI
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Patent number: 11721415Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information system comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry collects social behavior information about a measurement target person. The processing circuitry identifies a social relationship between the measurement target person and others, and a behavior pattern of the measurement target person, by using the collected social behavior. The processing circuitry quantitatively measures a sociality item of the measurement target person by using the identified social relationship and the identified behavior pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Noro, Kousuke Sakaue, Masahiro Ozaki, Kazuki Utsunomiya
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Patent number: 11219423Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts, based on a first area that is an area to which radiation is emitted and a second area that is an area affected by the radiation emitted, a cross-section that satisfies a certain condition and that passes through two points, the first area and the second area being specified by volume data and the two points being a first point included in the first area and a second point included in the second area. The processing circuitry causes a display to present an image of the cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhisa Murakami, Longxun Piao, Kousuke Sakaue, Yusuke Kano, Shinya Sugiyama, Masahiro Ozaki
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Patent number: 10825557Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires information concerning a similar patient similar to a designated patient. The processing circuitry acquires a value representing a first treatment effect and a value representing a first side-effect based on the acquired information concerning the similar patient. The processing circuitry generates a map image in which a mark representing the similar patient is arranged based on the value representing the first treatment effect and the value representing the first side-effect.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Longxun Piao, Kousuke Sakaue, Masahiro Ozaki, Shinya Sugiyama, Kei Mori
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Patent number: 10755408Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to identify the position of a tissue from first medical image data represented by an image of a target site acquired before the tissue in the target site was collected and to obtain an image feature value of the tissue. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain an examination result of a pathological examination performed on the tissue. The processing circuitry is configured to bring the image feature value of the tissue into association with the examination result of the pathological examination.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yasuo Sakurai, Masahiro Ozaki, Atsuko Sugiyama, Seiko Yoshimura, Keisuke Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10442139Abstract: A technique for accurately detecting a temperature of a sealing surface which is not affected by sealing conditions or the like is provided. A seal bar (1) is a rod-shaped seal bar having a sealing surface (11a) and includes a heater (13) and a temperature sensor (14). The heater (13) is provided in a main body of the seal bar (1) and extends in an extending direction (D1) of the main body (11). The temperature sensor (14) is provided at a position between the sealing surface (11a) and the heater (13) in the main body (11) of the seal bar (1) and is inserted into the main body (11) of the seal bar (1) from an end surface (upper end surface (112) or the like) which intersects a long side of the sealing surface (11a).Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hironori Ogawa, Norihiro Ueda, Yuki Tarumoto, Takaaki Yamada, Masahiro Ozaki, Morihisa Ohta, Akira Takaishi, Hiroyuki Togawa, Atsushi Mukai
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Publication number: 20180330500Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to identify the position of a tissue from first medical image data represented by an image of a target site acquired before the tissue in the target site was collected and to obtain an image feature value of the tissue. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain an examination result of a pathological examination performed on the tissue. The processing circuitry is configured to bring the image feature value of the tissue into association with the examination result of the pathological examination.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yasuo SAKURAI, Masahiro OZAKI, Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Seiko YOSHIMURA, Keisuke HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 10043267Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for medical image processing. The processing of the medical image extracting a living valve image by analyzing a 3D image of an anatomical organ of a subject, specifying a distribution of an amount of calcium in the living valve image from CT pixel values in the living valve image, and specifying a distribution of difficulty levels of implanting an artificial valve to the anatomical organ based on a comparison between the amount of calcium and a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kyohei Yamamori, Satoshi Wakai, Masahiro Ozaki
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Publication number: 20180203422Abstract: A hunting phenomenon of a control object is suppressed. A temperature adjusting device (10) includes a control unit (12), an input unit (13), and a filter (15). The filter (15) is connected to a location upstream of the input unit (13), cuts off a high frequency component of a measurement value (SS), and outputs a measurement value (SSF) after being subjected to filtering processing to the input unit (13). A measurement value (SSF) of a control object after being subjected to filtering processing is input to the input unit (13), and an actual measurement value (PV) based on the measurement value (SSF) after being subjected to filtering processing is output. The control unit (12) calculates an operation amount (MV) with respect to the control object such that the actual measurement value (PV) approximates a target value (SP) with respect to the control object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Masahiro OZAKI, Takaaki YAMADA, Ryosuke HASUI, Akira TAKAISHI, Hironori OGAWA
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Publication number: 20180178456Abstract: A technique for accurately detecting a temperature of a sealing surface which is not affected by sealing conditions or the like is provided. A seal bar (1) is a rod-shaped seal bar having a sealing surface (11a) and includes a heater (13) and a temperature sensor (14). The heater (13) is provided in a main body of the seal bar (1) and extends in an extending direction (D1) of the main body (11). The temperature sensor (14) is provided at a position between the sealing surface (11a) and the heater (13) in the main body (11) of the seal bar (1) and is inserted into the main body (11) of the seal bar (1) from an end surface (upper end surface (112) or the like) which intersects a long side of the sealing surface (11a).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hironori OGAWA, Norihiro UEDA, Yuki TARUMOTO, Takaaki YAMADA, Masahiro OZAKI, Morihisa OHTA, Akira TAKAISHI, Hiroyuki TOGAWA, Atsushi MUKAI
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Patent number: 9918685Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a plurality of medical image groups in which respective motions of a part inside a subject have been photographed in time series and executes certain processing on the acquired medical image groups. The processing circuitry analyzes the motions in the respective medical image groups. The processing circuitry generates a medical image in which the motions in the respective medical image groups substantially match with each other based on the analyzed motions.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Megumu Fujiwara, Masahiro Ozaki, Yasuko Fujisawa, Manabu Hiraoka, Tatsuo Maeda, Tatsuya Kimoto
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Publication number: 20180039739Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information system comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry collects social behavior information about a measurement target person. The processing circuitry identifies a social relationship between the measurement target person and others, and a behavior pattern of the measurement target person, by using the collected social behavior. The processing circuitry quantitatively measures a sociality item of the measurement target person by using the identified social relationship and the identified behavior pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kazumasa NORO, Kousuke SAKAUE, Masahiro OZAKI, Kazuki UTSUNOMIYA
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Publication number: 20170337685Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts, based on a first area that is an area to which radiation is emitted and a second area that is an area affected by the radiation emitted, a cross-section that satisfies a certain condition and that passes through two points, the first area and the second area being specified by volume data and the two points being a first point included in the first area and a second point included in the second area. The processing circuitry causes a display to present an image of the cross-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kazuhisa MURAKAMI, Longxun Piao, Kousuke Sakaue, Yusuke Kano, Shinya Sugiyama, Masahiro Ozaki
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Patent number: 9727965Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts a rigid region from predetermined medical image data among a plurality of items of medical image data. Further, between first medical image data and second medical image data among the plurality of items of medical image data, the processing circuitry performs rigid registration on the rigid region and performs non-rigid registration on a region other than the rigid region.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kimiko Sunami, Masahiro Ozaki, Kazumasa Arakita
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Patent number: 9693743Abstract: According to on embodiment, a photon counting CT apparatus includes a hybrid detector and processing circuitry. The hybrid detector includes CT detectors and PCCT detectors. The CT detectors output integral signals concerning the detected X-rays. The PCCT detectors output a count signal for each of a plurality of energy bands concerning the detected X-rays. The processing circuitry estimate a count signal concerning an estimation target CT detector of the CT detectors based on an integral signal output from the estimation target CT detector and a count signal output from the PCCT detector. And the processing circuitry reconstruct an image based on the estimated count signal and the count signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Arakita, Masahiro Ozaki
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Publication number: 20170068783Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires information concerning a similar patient similar to a designated patient. The processing circuitry acquires a value representing a first treatment effect and a value representing a first side-effect based on the acquired information concerning the similar patient. The processing circuitry generates a map image in which a mark representing the similar patient is arranged based on the value representing the first treatment effect and the value representing the first side-effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Longxun PIAO, Kousuke SAKAUE, Masahiro OZAKI, Shinya SUGIYAMA, Kei MORI
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Patent number: 9563968Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a calculation unit, and a selection unit. The extraction unit extracts an image region having an image element value larger than a predetermined value from a first image of at least one time phase and second images of a plurality of time phases. The calculation unit calculates a feature quantity that fluctuates in accordance with motion of the image region for the first image of at least the one time phase and the second images of the time phases. The selection unit selects the first image and the second image having similar image features of the image region based on the feature quantity from among the first image of at least the one time phase and the second images of the time phases.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignees: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Iwate Medical UniversityInventors: Kimiko Sunami, Kazumasa Arakita, Masahiro Ozaki, Kunihiro Yoshioka, Ryoichi Tanaka, Kenta Muranaka
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Patent number: 9414751Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquiring unit, a correcting unit, and a perfusion image creating unit. The acquiring unit obtains a pixel value of a myocardium tissue and an arterial blood before a contrast agent injected in a second contrast examination arrives at a cardiac of a subject when myocardium perfusion data is created, by performing the second contrast examination that captures a second medical image group including the cardiac of the subject who is given an injection of a contrast agent again after a first contrast examination that captures a first medical image group. The correcting unit corrects contrast agent concentrations of an arterial blood and a myocardium tissue in the second medical image group using acquired each pixel value. The perfusion image creating unit computes the myocardium perfusion data in the second contrast examination based on the corrected contrast agent concentrations.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignees: Fujita Health University, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Takashi Ichihara, Masahiro Ozaki