Patents by Inventor Masashi Kimoto
Masashi Kimoto 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: 11615503Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka
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Patent number: 11342063Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus, for an observed image associated with an observation target object (e.g., a section of biological tissue), associates and stores position information and observation magnification information. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to: (i) display an image associated with the observation target object; (ii) indicate the first positional information of the first observed image; and (iii) indicate the first observation magnification information of the first observed image.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yoshihiro Wakita, Masashi Kimoto, Naoki Tagami
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Patent number: 11249629Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yutaka Hasegawa, Masao Kondo
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Publication number: 20220005143Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Masashi KIMOTO, Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA
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Patent number: 11164277Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka
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Patent number: 11156544Abstract: The present technology provides a technology for stabilizing break-off timings. Therefore, according to the present technology, there is provided a microparticle analysis device or the like including at least: a flow path in which a fluid including a sample flow containing microparticles and a sheath flow flowing to contain the sample flow; a droplet formation unit configured to form a droplet in the fluid by imparting vibration to the fluid using a vibration element; an electric charge application unit configured to apply electric charge to a droplet containing the microparticles; an imaging unit configured to obtain a photo of a phase of a certain time; and a control unit configured to control a timing at which the droplet breaks off on a basis of the photo.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuya Suzuki, Fumitaka Otsuka, Masashi Kimoto, Shingo Imanishi, Yoshitsugu Sakai
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Patent number: 11100354Abstract: A mark information recording apparatus includes an output unit and a recording unit. The output unit is configured to output, for displaying a partial image being a part of an entire image having an arbitrary resolution among entire images generated at a plurality of different resolutions with respect to a single target, the partial image. The recording unit is configured to associate mark information with information on a position within the entire image and information on the resolution of the output partial image and record the mark information.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masashi Kimoto, Masato Kajimoto, Seiji Miyama, Hirofumi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20200363938Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Masashi KIMOTO, Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA, Yutaka HASEGAWA, Masao KONDO
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Patent number: 10775983Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yutaka Hasegawa, Masao Kondo
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Publication number: 20200173905Abstract: The present technology provides a technology for stabilizing break-off timings. Therefore, according to the present technology, there is provided a microparticle analysis device or the like including at least: a flow path in which a fluid including a sample flow containing microparticles and a sheath flow flowing to contain the sample flow; a droplet formation unit configured to form a droplet in the fluid by imparting vibration to the fluid using a vibration element; an electric charge application unit configured to apply electric charge to a droplet containing the microparticles; an imaging unit configured to obtain a photo of a phase of a certain time; and a control unit configured to control a timing at which the droplet breaks off on a basis of the photo.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuya Suzuki, Fumitaka Otsuka, Masashi Kimoto, Shingo Imanishi, Yoshitsugu Sakai
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Publication number: 20200151843Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka
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Patent number: 10591400Abstract: The present technology provides a technology for stabilizing break-off timings. Therefore, according to the present technology, there is provided a microparticle analysis device or the like including at least: a flow path in which a fluid including a sample flow containing microparticles and a sheath flow flowing to contain the sample flow; a droplet formation unit configured to form a droplet in the fluid by imparting vibration to the fluid using a vibration element; an electric charge application unit configured to apply electric charge to a droplet containing the microparticles; an imaging unit configured to obtain a photo of a phase of a certain time; and a control unit configured to control a timing at which the droplet breaks off on a basis of the photo.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuya Suzuki, Fumitaka Otsuka, Masashi Kimoto, Shingo Imanishi, Yoshitsugu Sakai
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Publication number: 20200035336Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and method that allow a user to easily adequately move a display area by guiding a browsed part when a needle biopsy image is browsed. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store a pathological image of a specimen and guide information along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image, a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen, an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user, and a control unit to calculate the range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: YUTAKA HASEGAWA, HIDAKA UCHIDA, YOICHI MIZUTANI, SHIGEATSU YOSHIOKA, MASATO KAJIMOTO, KOUJI OGURA, MASASHI KIMOTO, NAOKI TAGAMI, TORU MITOME
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Patent number: 10535112Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka
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Patent number: 10506167Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus, for an observed image associated with an observation target object (e.g., a section of biological tissue), associates and stores position information and observation magnification information. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to: (i) display an image associated with the observation target object; (ii) indicate the first positional information of the first observed image; and (iii) indicate the first observation magnification information of the first observed image.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yoshihiro Wakita, Masashi Kimoto, Naoki Tagami
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Publication number: 20190356859Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus, for an observed image associated with an observation target object (e.g., a section of biological tissue), associates and stores position information and observation magnification information. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to: (i) display an image associated with the observation target object; (ii) indicate the first positional information of the first observed image; and (iii) indicate the first observation magnification information of the first observed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Yoichi MIZUTANI, Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiro WAKITA, Masashi KIMOTO, Naoki TAGAMI
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Publication number: 20190354269Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Masashi KIMOTO, Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA, Yutaka HASEGAWA, Masao KONDO
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Patent number: 10466158Abstract: A microparticle sorting apparatus includes a detection unit which detects microparticles flowing through a flow path; an imaging device which images a droplet containing the microparticles which is discharged from an orifice provided on an edge portion of the flow path; a charge unit which applies a charge to the droplets; and a control unit which determines a delay time as from a time that the microparticles are detected by the detection unit to the time at which the sum of intensity of an image region imaged by the imaging device reaches a maximum, making it possible for the charge unit to apply a charge to the microparticles once the delay time has lapsed after the microparticles are detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of AmericaInventors: Fumitaka Otsuka, Michael Zordan, Akiko Tsuji, Yuya Suzuki, Masashi Kimoto
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Patent number: 10460075Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program that allow a user to easily adequately move a display area by guiding a browsed part when a needle biopsy image is browsed. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit to store a pathological image of a specimen and guide information along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image; a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen; an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user; and a control unit to calculate the range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yutaka Hasegawa, Hidaka Uchida, Yoichi Mizutani, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Masato Kajimoto, Kouji Ogura, Masashi Kimoto, Naoki Tagami, Toru Mitome
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Publication number: 20190301994Abstract: The present technology provides a technology for stabilizing break-off timings. Therefore, according to the present technology, there is provided a microparticle analysis device or the like including at least: a flow path in which a fluid including a sample flow containing microparticles and a sheath flow flowing to contain the sample flow; a droplet formation unit configured to form a droplet in the fluid by imparting vibration to the fluid using a vibration element; an electric charge application unit configured to apply electric charge to a droplet containing the microparticles; an imaging unit configured to obtain a photo of a phase of a certain time; and a control unit configured to control a timing at which the droplet breaks off on a basis of the photo.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuya Suzuki, Fumitaka Otsuka, Masashi Kimoto, Shingo Imanishi, Yoshitsugu Sakai