Patents by Inventor Masahiro Saikou

Masahiro Saikou 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).

  • Patent number: 12268357
    Abstract: Provided are a surgery assistance apparatus, a surgery assistance method, and a computer readable recording medium that includes a surgery assistance program recorded thereon that improve the accuracy of endoscopic surgery by identifying a target part image. A surgery assistance apparatus 1 includes a feature amount calculation unit 2 that calculates, from a human-body internal image captured using an endoscope, a feature amount of a target part image corresponding to a target part, a similarity degree calculation unit 3 that calculates a similarity degree of the features amount between different human-body internal images, and an identification unit 4 that identifies the target part image in each of the different human-body internal images if the similarity degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Saikou
  • Patent number: 12262864
    Abstract: Provided are a surgery assistance apparatus, a surgery assistance method, and a computer readable recording medium that includes a surgery assistance program recorded thereon that improve the accuracy of endoscopic surgery by identifying a target part image. A surgery assistance apparatus 1 includes a feature amount calculation unit 2 that calculates, from a human-body internal image captured using an endoscope, a feature amount of a target part image corresponding to a target part, a similarity degree calculation unit 3 that calculates a similarity degree of the features amount between different human-body internal images, and an identification unit 4 that identifies the target part image in each of the different human-body internal images if the similarity degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Saikou
  • Publication number: 20250104241
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X, a detection means 31X, a first determination means 32X, and a second determination means 33X. The acquisition means 30X acquires an endoscopic image of an examination target. The detection means 31X detects, based on the endoscopic image, a lesion region which is a candidate lesion region of the examination target in the endoscopic image. The first determination means 32X determines whether or not the endoscopic image is an image adequate to determine a degree of progression or an invasion depth, based on a size of the lesion region and/or a degree of reliability regarding a probability of the lesion region as the lesion. The second determination means 33X determines the degree of progression or the invasion depth, based on the endoscopic image determined to be the image adequate to determine the degree of progression or the invasion depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Saikou
  • Publication number: 20250104222
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X, an inference means 32X, and an integration means 33X. The acquisition means 30X acquires an endoscopic image obtained by photographing an examination target. The inference means 32X generates plural inference results regarding an attention region of the examination target in the endoscopic image, based on the endoscopic image. The integration means 33X integrates plural inference results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Saikou
  • Publication number: 20250078348
    Abstract: In the endoscopic examination support apparatus, the video acquisition means acquires an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope. The lesion detection means detects a lesion candidate from the endoscopic video. The heat map generation means generates a heat map which represents a lesion possibility of the lesion candidate included in the endoscopic video by a color. The display control means superimposes and displays an area where the lesion possibility is equal to or higher than a first threshold on the endoscopic video in a first display mode, and superimposes and displays an area where the lesion possibility is equal to or higher than a second threshold on the endoscopic video in a second display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corportion
    Inventors: Naoto MAEDA, Takuma IGARASHI, Masahiro SAIKOU, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Yuko MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20250078259
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X and a lesion detection means 34X. The acquisition means 30X acquires an endoscopic image obtained by photographing an examination target by a photographing unit provided in an endoscope. The lesion detection means 34X detects a lesion based on a selection model which is selected from a first model and a second model, the first model being configured to make an inference regarding a lesion of the examination target based on a predetermined number of endoscopic images, the second model being configured to make an inference regarding a lesion of the examination target based on a variable number of endoscopic images. Besides, the lesion detection means 34X changes a parameter to be used for detection of the lesion based on a non-selection model that is the first model or the second model other than the selection model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Yuji IWADATE, Masahiro SAIKOU, Akinori EBIHARA, Taiki MIYAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12216752
    Abstract: Provided is a personal authentication device capable of simply securing security with little psychological and physical burden of a user to be authenticated. Personal authentication device includes: transmission unit that transmits a first acoustic signal to a user's head; observation unit that observes a second acoustic signal after the first acoustic signal propagation; calculation unit that calculates acoustic characteristics from the first and the second acoustic signal; extraction unit that extracts a feature amount related to a user from the acoustic characteristics; storage control unit that registers the feature amount in the storage unit; identification unit that identifies the user by collating the first feature amount with a second feature amount; and storage unit stores the first feature amount, wherein while identification unit identifies the user as being identical, transmission unit transmits the first acoustic signal every predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Koshinaka, Masahiro Saikou, Takayuki Arakawa
  • Patent number: 12201262
    Abstract: Provided are a surgery assistance apparatus, a surgery assistance method, and a computer readable recording medium that includes a surgery assistance program recorded thereon that improve the accuracy of endoscopic surgery by identifying a target part image. A surgery assistance apparatus 1 includes a feature amount calculation unit 2 that calculates, from a human-body internal image captured using an endoscope, a feature amount of a target part image corresponding to a target part, a similarity degree calculation unit 3 that calculates a similarity degree of the features amount between different human-body internal images, and an identification unit 4 that identifies the target part image in each of the different human-body internal images if the similarity degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Saikou
  • Patent number: 12189745
    Abstract: Provided is a personal authentication device capable of simply securing security with little psychological and physical burden of a user to be authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Koshinaka, Masahiro Saikou, Takayuki Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20250005747
    Abstract: The endoscopic image acquisition means acquires an endoscopic image. The still image acquisition means acquires a plurality of still images obtained by imaging a lesion included in the endoscopic image. The identity determination means determines an identity of the lesion included in the plurality of still images. The selection means selects a representative image that best represents the lesion, from a plurality of still images determined to correspond to the same lesion, and displays the representative image on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi KAMIJO, Shota OHTSUKA, Tatsu KIMURA, Atsushi MARUGAME, Masahiro SAIKOU, Ryosaku SHINO
  • Patent number: 12161287
    Abstract: A surgery assistance apparatus 1 that improves the accuracy of surgery by presenting stable assistance information (display/sound) to a surgeon includes a calculation unit 2 that calculates, based on a living-body internal image 21 captured using an endoscope 42, region information indicating the region of a target part image 22 corresponding to a target part and probability information indicating a probability of the target part image 22 being an image of the target part, and a generation unit 3 that generates assistance information for assisting surgery while suppressing an extreme change when one of or both a change in the region information and a change in the probability information are extreme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Saikou
  • Publication number: 20240382066
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) in each of a plurality of video frames (14) constituting video data (12) in which the inside of a body is captured. The information processing apparatus (2000) outputs output information related to the detected abnormal region (30). Herein, the information processing apparatus (2000) starts outputting of the output information when a detection score based on a proportion of the number of the video frames (14) in which the abnormal region (30) is detected becomes equal to or more than a first threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is not being performed. Further, the information processing apparatus (2000) ends outputting of the output information 10 when the detection score becomes equal to or less than a second threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Ikuma TAKAHASHI, Maki SANO, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Motoyasu OKUTSU, Chiemi TANAKA, Masahiro SAIKOU, Hitoshi IMAOKA, Kenichi KAMIJO, Ryuji HAMAMOTO, Yutaka SAITO, Masayoshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240382065
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) in each of a plurality of video frames (14) constituting video data (12) in which the inside of a body is captured. The information processing apparatus (2000) outputs output information related to the detected abnormal region (30). Herein, the information processing apparatus (2000) starts outputting of the output information when a detection score based on a proportion of the number of the video frames (14) in which the abnormal region (30) is detected becomes equal to or more than a first threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is not being performed. Further, the information processing apparatus (2000) ends outputting of the output information when the detection score becomes equal to or less than a second threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Ikuma TAKAHASHI, Maki SANO, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Motoyasu OKUTSU, Chiemi TANAKA, Masahiro SAIKOU, Hitoshi IMAOKA, Kenichi KAMIJO, Ryuji HAMAMOTO, Yutaka SAITO, Masayoshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240382064
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) in each of a plurality of video frames (14) constituting video data (12) in which the inside of a body is captured. The information processing apparatus (2000) outputs output information related to the detected abnormal region (30). Herein, the information processing apparatus (2000) starts outputting of the output information when a detection score based on a proportion of the number of the video frames (14) in which the abnormal region (30) is detected becomes equal to or more than a first threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is not being performed. Further, the information processing apparatus (2000) ends outputting of the output information when the detection score becomes equal to or less than a second threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Ikuma TAKAHASHI, Maki Sano, Kimiyasu Tokoh, Motoyasu Okutsu, Chiemi Tanaka, Masahiro Saikou, Hitoshi Imaoka, Kenichi Kamijo, Ryuji Hamamoto, Yutaka Saito, Masayoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240378840
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X, a mask image generation means 33X, and a selection means 34X. The acquisition means 30X acquires time series images obtained by photographing an examination target by a photographing unit provided in an endoscope. The mask image generation means 33X generates a plurality of mask images, which indicate candidate regions for an attention part with different levels of granularity, for each of the time series images. Then, the selection means 34X selects an output image for output use from the time series images, based on the plurality of mask images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC CORP0RATION
    Inventor: Masahiro SAIKOU
  • Patent number: 12082770
    Abstract: A location estimation apparatus 1 includes: a feature amount extraction unit 2 configured to extract, a feature amount of a living-body internal image, from the living-body internal image captured using an endoscope; a similarity degree output unit 3 configured to output similarity degrees with a plurality of locations inside a living body using the feature amount; and an estimation unit 4 configured to estimate a location of the captured living-body internal image inside the living body using the similarity degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Saikou
  • Patent number: 12075969
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) in each of a plurality of video frames (14) constituting video data (12) in which the inside of a body is captured. The information processing apparatus (2000) outputs output information related to the detected abnormal region (30). Herein, the information processing apparatus (2000) starts outputting of the output information when a detection score based on a proportion of the number of the video frames (14) in which the abnormal region (30) is detected becomes equal to or more than a first threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is not being performed. Further, the information processing apparatus (2000) ends outputting of the output information when the detection score becomes equal to or less than a second threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Ikuma Takahashi, Maki Sano, Kimiyasu Takoh, Motoyasu Okutsu, Chiemi Tanaka, Masahiro Saikou, Hitoshi Imaoka, Kenichi Kamijo, Ryuji Hamamoto, Yutaka Saito, Masayoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240289949
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30×, a detection means 31×, a first determination means 32×, and a second determination means 33×. The acquisition means 30× acquires an endoscopic image of an examination target. The detection means 31× detects, based on the endoscopic image, a lesion region which is a candidate lesion region of the examination target in the endoscopic image. The first determination means 32× determines whether or not the endoscopic image is an image adequate to determine a degree of progression or an invasion depth, based on a size of the lesion region and/or a degree of reliability regarding a probability of the lesion region as the lesion. The second determination means 33× determines the degree of progression or the invasion depth, based on the endoscopic image determined to be the image adequate to determine the degree of progression or the invasion depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Saikou
  • Publication number: 20240289959
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X, a detection means 31X, a first determination means 32X, and a second determination means 33X. The acquisition means 30X acquires an endoscopic image of an examination target. The detection means 31X detects, based on the endoscopic image, a lesion region which is a candidate lesion region of the examination target in the endoscopic image. The first determination means 32X determines whether or not the endoscopic image is an image adequate to determine a degree of progression or an invasion depth, based on a size of the lesion region and/or a degree of reliability regarding a probability of the lesion region as the lesion. The second determination means 33X determines the degree of progression or the invasion depth, based on the endoscopic image determined to be the image adequate to determine the degree of progression or the invasion depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro SAIKOU
  • Publication number: 20240260812
    Abstract: Provided are a surgery assistance apparatus, a surgery assistance method, and a computer readable recording medium that includes a surgery assistance program recorded thereon that improve the accuracy of endoscopic surgery by identifying a target part image. A surgery assistance apparatus 1 includes a feature amount calculation unit 2 that calculates, from a human-body internal image captured using an endoscope, a feature amount of a target part image corresponding to a target part, a similarity degree calculation unit 3 that calculates a similarity degree of the features amount between different human-body internal images, and an identification unit 4 that identifies the target part image in each of the different human-body internal images if the similarity degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro SAIKOU