Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Onikubo

Masatoshi Onikubo 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: 12193642
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes circuitry configured to monitor a characteristic of an endoscope including an imaging device and a scope coupled to the imaging device, wherein the characteristic is indicative of whether the scope is inserted in a living body or not, in the event that the characteristic satisfies a predetermined condition, control a focus of the endoscope system in a first manner and, in the event that the characteristic does not satisfy the predetermined condition, control the focus of the endoscope system in a second manner, different from the first manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Onikubo, Takashi Kawai, Yoshito Terashima, Yoshikazu Oochi
  • Publication number: 20240341570
    Abstract: A light emitting device irradiates a surgical area with first wavelength light and second wavelength light. A wobbling operation of a focus lens included in an imaging device is controlled according to an emission timing of the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light when the surgical area is alternately irradiated with the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light. The present disclosure can be applied to an endoscopic surgical system, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi ONIKUBO, Takashi KAWAI
  • Patent number: 12053151
    Abstract: A light emitting device irradiates a surgical area with first wavelength light and second wavelength light. A wobbling operation of a focus lens included in an imaging device is controlled according to an emission timing of the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light when the surgical area is alternately irradiated with the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light. The present disclosure can be applied to an endoscopic surgical system, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Onikubo, Takashi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20230240515
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an endoscope system, an endoscope control method, and a program that allow AF processing to be performed without deterioration in accuracy. Provided are a drive unit that drives a lens, a measurement unit that measures a position of the lens, and a control unit that controls focusing, the control of the focusing including setting a control amount of wobbling at the time of the focusing on the basis of first hysteresis that is held and second hysteresis that is measured upon energization. The measurement unit includes a sensor that measures the position of the lens by detecting passage of the lens. The present technology is applicable to a medical observation device such as an endoscope or a microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi ONIKUBO, Takashi KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20230000314
    Abstract: A light emitting device irradiates a surgical area with first wavelength light and second wavelength light. A wobbling operation of a focus lens included in an imaging device is controlled according to an emission timing of the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light when the surgical area is alternately irradiated with the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light. The present disclosure can be applied to an endoscopic surgical system, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi ONIKUBO, Takashi KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20220167837
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes circuitry configured to monitor a characteristic of an endoscope including an imaging device and a scope coupled to the imaging device, wherein the characteristic is indicative of whether the scope is inserted in a living body or not, in the event that the characteristic satisfies a predetermined condition, control a focus of the endoscope system in a first manner and, in the event that the characteristic does not satisfy the predetermined condition, control the focus of the endoscope system in a second manner, different from the first manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi ONIKUBO, Takashi KAWAI, Yoshito TERASHIMA, Yoshikazu OOCHI
  • Publication number: 20100073561
    Abstract: A receiver which includes: a 12-segment broadcast receiving unit configured to receive 12-segment broadcast signals of a predetermined channel among a plurality of channels; an information receiving unit configured to receive channel switching instruction information, transmitted from a portable device that receives 1-segment broadcast signals, for instructing switching to a channel corresponding to a channel currently being viewed on the portable device; and a channel control unit configured to control, on the basis of the channel switching instruction information received by the information receiving unit, switching of a channel that the 12-segment broadcast receiving unit receives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi Onikubo