Patents by Inventor Mikihiko KARUBE
Mikihiko KARUBE 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: 20240098371Abstract: Provided are a camera angle deciding device, a camera angle deciding method and program, an imaging system, and a damage determination system that decide an appropriate imaging angle of a camera for imaging wall surfaces of densely located buildings. A camera angle deciding device that decides a depression angle formed by an optical axis of a camera, which images a plurality of buildings on a ground from a sky and converts the imaged buildings into image data, with respect to a horizontal direction includes at least one processor and at least one memory that stores a command for execution by the processor. The at least one processor solves the above problem with the camera angle deciding device that decides the depression angle based on a height of the camera from the ground and a degree of density of the plurality of buildings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20230301620Abstract: A processor of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus acquires first ultrasound image data of a lower abdomen of a subject, derives a size of a bladder region included in the first ultrasound image data based on the first ultrasound image data, determines presence or absence of an organ, other than a bladder, that is to be examined, in the lower abdomen based on the size of the bladder region, and in a case where determination is made that there is an organ to be examined, displays first information on an examination of the organ on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20230293091Abstract: A swallowing evaluation system (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2), an image acquisition unit that acquires an ultrasound image in a pharynx of a subject by transmitting and receiving an ultrasound beam using the ultrasound probe (2), a sound acquisition unit that acquires a swallowing sound of the subject, and an evaluation unit (19) that evaluates swallowing of the subject using machine learning with a combination of the ultrasound image acquired by the image acquisition unit and the swallowing sound acquired by the sound acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20230239437Abstract: Provided are a disaster information processing apparatus, an operation method of a disaster information processing apparatus, an operation program of a disaster information processing apparatus, and a disaster information processing system capable of grasping a damage situation at a disaster site in a short time without waste. A RW control unit receives a first aerial image obtained by capturing a first imaging range including an area by a first camera mounted on a first drone. A first damage situation analysis unit analyzes a first damage situation of a disaster in the first imaging range based on the first aerial image. A second imaging range determination unit determines a second imaging range of a second camera mounted on a second drone based on a first analysis result, and the second imaging range is relatively narrower than the first imaging range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20230231975Abstract: Provided are a disaster information processing apparatus, an operation method of a disaster information processing apparatus, an operation program of a disaster information processing apparatus, and a disaster information processing system capable of controlling an operation of a surveillance camera suitable for an environmental condition of a disaster-stricken area. An effective field of view range derivation unit derives and acquires an effective field of view range in a bird's-eye view image of an area captured by a surveillance camera, and a damage situation of the area being able to be grasped in the effective field of view range, and the effective field of view range changing depending on an environmental condition of the area. A control signal generation unit generates a control signal of the surveillance camera corresponding to the effective field of view range. An operation of the surveillance camera is controlled by the control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20230165563Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2); an image generation unit (22) that generates an ultrasound image; a monitor (24); a position sensor (14) that acquires positional information of the ultrasound probe (2); a scanning direction instruction unit (15) for instructing a user on a direction to perform the scan by the ultrasound probe (2); a boundary recognition unit (27) that recognizes a boundary between a normal portion and an abnormal portion of a subject by analyzing the ultrasound image; and an instruction control unit (28) that specifies the direction to perform the scan by the ultrasound probe (2) on the basis of the positional information of the ultrasound probe (2) acquired by the position sensor (14) and the boundary recognized by the boundary recognition unit (27), and instructs the user on the specified direction to perform the scan by using the scanning direction instruction unit (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20230086973Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes an ultrasound probe (21), a position sensor (13) that is attached to the ultrasound probe (21) and acquires positional information of the ultrasound probe (21), an image acquisition unit (7) that scans a wound portion of a subject with an ultrasound beam using the ultrasound probe (21) to acquire ultrasound images of a plurality of frames, a probability calculation unit (9) that calculates a presence probability of a finding related to the wound portion from each of the ultrasound images of the plurality of frames, and a probability map generation unit (10) that generates a three-dimensional probability map of the finding on the basis of the positional information of the ultrasound probe (21) acquired by the position sensor (13) and the presence probability calculated by the probability calculation unit (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Patent number: 11144590Abstract: A similar damage search device includes a database that stores first damage information generated on the basis of a damage image of a structure, the first damage information including a damage vector obtained by vectorizing damage of the structure, and damage structure information including at least one of information on a hierarchical structure of the damage vector or information on a direction of the damage vector, an information acquisition unit that acquires second damage information corresponding to the first damage information on the basis of a damage image of a search target; and a search unit that searches for one or a plurality of pieces of first damage information similar to the second damage information from among the first damage information stored in the database on the basis of the second damage information acquired by the information acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko Karube
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Patent number: 10942130Abstract: An information processing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a damage information acquisition unit that acquires damage information on damage of a structure, a damage vector generation unit that vectorizes the acquired damage information to generate a damage vector, and a hierarchical structure information generation unit that generates hierarchical structure information that is information hierarchically representing a connection relationship between the damage vectors on the basis of the generated damage vector. Since the hierarchical structure information that is information hierarchically representing the connection relationship between damage vectors is generated, it is possible to easily recognize the connection relationship between the damage vectors and to easily perform analysis and/or search of the damage vector through the hierarchical structure information.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko Karube
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Patent number: 10937138Abstract: Provided are a crack information detection device, a method of detecting crack information, and a crack information detection program capable of accumulating a manual editing history with respect to an automatically detected damage to improve detection accuracy of a crack. It is assumed that a delete flag “1” of a damage vector (C5-2) is recorded in hierarchical structure information by completion of a delete operation with respect to the damage vector (C5-2). In the case, in a case where the number of operations or an operation time required for the completion of the delete operation is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value (for example, click ten times or more, drag and drop five times or more, or ten minutes or more from the start to the end of the editing operation), threshold values of an angle ?1 and an angle ?2 are reduced by a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko Karube
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Patent number: 10776910Abstract: A hierarchical structure information generation unit 112 corrects hierarchical structure information based on an editing instruction input by a user through an operation unit (120) (step S160: editing step). A display of the hierarchical structure information is updated based on the editing instruction input. The editing instruction input includes deleting a damage vector corresponding to a randomly selected label, combining a plurality of discontinuous damage vectors associated with a plurality of randomly selected labels into one continuous damage vector, releasing the combination between the plurality of the damage vectors, and selection of a label corresponding to a vector group, and deletion, combination, and release of the combination of the vector group corresponding to the selected label.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko Karube
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Publication number: 20180308230Abstract: Provided are a crack information detection device, a method of detecting crack information, and a crack information detection program capable of accumulating a manual editing history with respect to an automatically detected damage to improve detection accuracy of a crack. It is assumed that a delete flag “1” of a damage vector (C5-2) is recorded in hierarchical structure information by completion of a delete operation with respect to the damage vector (C5-2). In the case, in a case where the number of operations or an operation time required for the completion of the delete operation is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value (for example, click ten times or more, drag and drop five times or more, or ten minutes or more from the start to the end of the editing operation), threshold values of an angle ?1 and an angle ?2 are reduced by a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20180300874Abstract: A hierarchical structure information generation unit 112 corrects hierarchical structure information based on an editing instruction input by a user through an operation unit (120) (step S160: editing step). A display of the hierarchical structure information is updated based on the editing instruction input. The editing instruction input includes deleting a damage vector corresponding to a randomly selected label, combining a plurality of discontinuous damage vectors associated with a plurality of randomly selected labels into one continuous damage vector, releasing the combination between the plurality of the damage vectors, and selection of a label corresponding to a vector group, and deletion, combination, and release of the combination of the vector group corresponding to the selected label.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20180292329Abstract: An information processing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a damage information acquisition unit that acquires damage information on damage of a structure, a damage vector generation unit that vectorizes the acquired damage information to generate a damage vector, and a hierarchical structure information generation unit that generates hierarchical structure information that is information hierarchically representing a connection relationship between the damage vectors on the basis of the generated damage vector. Since the hierarchical structure information that is information hierarchically representing the connection relationship between damage vectors is generated, it is possible to easily recognize the connection relationship between the damage vectors and to easily perform analysis and/or search of the damage vector through the hierarchical structure information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20180293255Abstract: A similar damage search device includes a database that stores first damage information generated on the basis of a damage image of a structure, the first damage information including a damage vector obtained by vectorizing damage of the structure, and damage structure information including at least one of information on a hierarchical structure of the damage vector or information on a direction of the damage vector, an information acquisition unit that acquires second damage information corresponding to the first damage information on the basis of a damage image of a search target; and a search unit that searches for one or a plurality of pieces of first damage information similar to the second damage information from among the first damage information stored in the database on the basis of the second damage information acquired by the information acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20180292328Abstract: The information processing device of the present invention includes a damage information generation unit that generates damage information including a vector obtained by vectorizing damage extracted from an image of an inspection target structure, a damage analysis unit that analyzes at least the vector in the damage information of the inspection target structure on the basis of a progress model indicating a correspondence relationship between a damaged state of a model structure and a degree of damage and acquires a degree of damage of the inspection target structure corresponding to the damaged state of the inspection target structure, and a damage progress speed acquisition unit that acquires a damage progress speed of the inspection target structure by comparing a plurality of degrees of damage respectively acquired on the basis of a plurality of images with different inspection times of the inspection target structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE
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Publication number: 20160292844Abstract: The medical image registration apparatus includes: a frequency distribution acquisition unit that acquires the frequency distribution of the density value of at least one of first and second medical images obtained by imaging the same subject; a gradation processing unit that performs gradation processing for increasing the frequency distribution in a density range where the number of pixels included in the unit density width is relatively large, of the acquired frequency distribution, and reducing the frequency distribution in a density range where the number of pixels included in the unit density width is relatively small, of the acquired frequency distribution, for at least the one medical image; and a registration processing unit that performs registration processing for matching the anatomical position of the subject included in the first medical image with the anatomical position of the subject included in the second medical image for the first and second medical images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Mikihiko KARUBE