Patents by Inventor Mikinori Nishimura

Mikinori Nishimura 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: 12343115
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus that includes an input interface to which three-dimensional data including position information of each point of a point group indicating a surface of at least one object is input; and processing circuitry that is configured to process the three-dimensional data that is input from the input interface. The processing circuitry is configured to process two-dimensional data from the three-dimensional data, identify a predetermined object among the at least one object based on the two-dimensional data, and extract predetermined three-dimensional data including the position information of each point of a point group indicating a surface of the predetermined object that is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kaji, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20240350236
    Abstract: A data-generating apparatus includes: input processing circuitry configured to receive upper-jaw tooth row data showing a three-dimensional shape of a row of teeth in an upper jaw, lower-jaw tooth row data showing a three-dimensional shape of a row of teeth in a lower jaw, and jaw motion data showing a jaw motion; and generation processing circuitry configured to generate, based on the upper-jaw tooth row data, the lower-jaw tooth row data, and the jaw motion data, video data of at least one of the upper-jaw tooth row data and the lower-jaw tooth row data to which an indicator is added, the indicator indicating a positional relation between the row of teeth in the upper jaw and the row of teeth in the lower jaw, the positional relation changing in accordance with the jaw motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Hideki YOSHIKAWA, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240273925
    Abstract: An identification device that identifies a type of a tooth includes: an input unit that receives three-dimensional data including three-dimensional position information at each of a plurality of points forming the tooth; an identification unit that identifies a type of the tooth based on the three-dimensional data received by the input unit and an estimation model including a neural network; and an output unit that outputs an identification result obtained by the identification unit. The identification unit directly inputs the three-dimensional position information included in the three-dimensional data received by the input unit to the neural network included in the estimation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Manabu Hashimoto, Ryosuke Kaji, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12002271
    Abstract: An identification device includes: an input unit that receives three-dimensional data including data of a tooth; an identification unit that identifies a type of the tooth based on the three-dimensional data including a feature of the tooth received by the input unit and an estimation model including a neural network; and an output unit that outputs an identification result obtained by the identification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Manabu Hashimoto, Ryosuke Kaji, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20240156582
    Abstract: A detection apparatus includes input interface circuitry to which upper jaw tooth row data, lower-jaw tooth row data and occlusion data are to be input, and processing circuitry configured to detect a premature contact position by generating synthetic data indicating a synthetic three-dimensional shape of upper and lower rows of teeth in the occlusal state by synthesizing the upper-jaw tooth row data and the lower-jaw tooth row data using the occlusion data as a reference and updating at least one tooth row data of the upper-jaw tooth row data and the lower-jaw tooth row data included in the synthetic data so that a state of the upper and lower rows of teeth is displaced from the occlusal state to the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240161300
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes input interface circuitry to which first three-dimensional data and second three-dimensional data indicating objects acquired at timings different from each other for a same person are input, and processing circuitry configured to compare pieces of soft tissue of at least one tooth between the first three-dimensional data and the second three-dimensional data using a shape of a crown portion of the at least one tooth included in the objects as a reference and output comparison information regarding a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11937995
    Abstract: A cap mountable on and detachable from an intraoral scanner including a housing having an opening for connecting to at least a part of the intraoral scanner, a measurement window provided in the housing and located opposite to the opening, and a mirror that reflects light from the measurement window toward the opening. The housing has a longitudinal length shorter than that of a probe defining a depth-of-field, of the intraoral scanner extending from the measurement window to a predetermined extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sorimoto, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20230301521
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus that includes an input interface to which three-dimensional data including position information of each point of a point group indicating a surface of at least one object is input; and processing circuitry that is configured to process the three-dimensional data that is input from the input interface. The processing circuitry is configured to process two-dimensional data from the three-dimensional data, identify a predetermined object among the at least one object based on the two-dimensional data, and extract predetermined three-dimensional data including the position information of each point of a point group indicating a surface of the predetermined object that is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230301757
    Abstract: An identification apparatus includes an input interface to which position data including position information of each of a plurality of objects is input, and processing circuitry that is configured to identify at least one object among the plurality of objects based on the position data that is input from the input interface and an estimation model that is trained to estimate a type of each of the plurality of objects based at least on the position data of each of the plurality of objects, the position data including a relative positional relationship which is fixed inside the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230135700
    Abstract: A technique that allows a dentist to accurately grasp movement of individual teeth tooth. A data processing device processes three-dimensional data of teeth. The data processing device includes an input unit to which the three-dimensional data including a bone of a part of a head and a plurality of teeth captured by an X-ray CT imaging device is input, a data processor that performs data processing based on the three-dimensional data input to the input unit, and an output unit that outputs the three-dimensional data processed by the data processor to an external device. The three-dimensional data further includes position information and is segmented into the bone of the part of the head and the plurality of teeth. The data processor compares the three-dimensional data captured at different timings based on a reference provided on at least the bone of the part of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke KAJI, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11583166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capturing device configured to capture an image of a target. The image capturing device includes a probe and a housing. The probe includes an optical component and is configured to receive light from the target. The housing includes electronic components each configured to process the light received from the probe. Moreover, the housing includes an air sending unit, and a controller configured to control driving of the air sending unit. The air sending unit is provided at a position above the electronic components in the housing when a user holds the housing during utilization of the image capturing device, and is configured to supply air to the optical component provided in the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Naonori Wakazome, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11571274
    Abstract: A handheld dental instrument includes a casing provided with a holding portion to be held by a user, a reception unit provided on the casing to receive an operation from the user, and a control unit that controls a control target to perform a predetermined action in response to the operation received by the reception unit. The control unit performs a first control when the operation received by the reception unit from the user is a first operation, and performs a second control different from the first control when the operation received by the reception unit from the user is a second operation different from the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Naonori Wakazome, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11317794
    Abstract: A magnifying glass captures an image of a tooth by a plurality of cameras for observation. The plurality of cameras includes a narrow range camera capturing a narrow range image of the tooth and a wide range camera capturing a wide range image of the tooth. The magnifying glass includes a three-dimensional position calculator detecting a three-dimensional position of at least the tooth based on the wide range image; a blur correction processor correcting a blur of the narrow range image, based on a change in a three-dimensional positional relationship between the tooth, the three-dimensional position of which has been detected by the three-dimensional position detector, and the narrow range camera; and an image display portion displaying at least the narrow range image having the blur corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sorimoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Masayuki Sano, Ryosuke Kaji, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20220117480
    Abstract: An imaging support device that supports imaging of teeth inside an oral cavity is provided. The imaging support device includes an input unit, an identification unit, a specification unit, and an output unit. The input unit receives a tooth image obtained by imaging the teeth inside the oral cavity. The identification unit identifies a type of a tooth based on the tooth image received by the input unit. Based on the type of the tooth identified by the identification unit, the specification unit specifies a type of a tooth as a target for imaging support. The output unit outputs information about the type of the tooth specified by the specification unit to an outside at a prescribed timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kaji, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20220058372
    Abstract: An identification device includes: an input unit that receives three-dimensional data including data of a tooth; an identification unit that identifies a type of the tooth based on the three-dimensional data including a feature of the tooth received by the input unit and an estimation model including a neural network; and an output unit that outputs an identification result obtained by the identification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Manabu Hashimoto, Ryosuke Kaji, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210212806
    Abstract: A cap mountable on and detachable front an intraoral scanner including a housing having an opening for connecting to at least a part of the intraoral scanner, a measurement window provided in the housing and located opposite to the opening, and a mirror that reflects light from the measurement window toward the opening. The housing has a longitudinal length shorter than that of a probe defining a depth-of-field, of the intraoral scanner extending from the measurement window to a predetermined extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Keisuke SORIMOTO, Mikinori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210169318
    Abstract: A magnifying glass captures an image of a tooth by a plurality of cameras for observation. The plurality of cameras includes a narrow range camera capturing an image of the tooth in a narrow image capturing range and a wide range camera capturing an image of the tooth in a wide image capturing range. The magnifying glass includes a three-dimensional position calculator detecting a three-dimensional position of at least the tooth based on the wide range image captured by the wide range camera; a blur correction processor correcting a blur of the narrow range image captured by the narrow range camera, based on a change in a three-dimensional positional relationship between the tooth, the three-dimensional position of which has been detected by the three-dimensional position detector, and the narrow range camera; and an image display portion displaying at least the narrow range image having the blur corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sorimoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Masayuki Sano, Ryosuke Kaji, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10874329
    Abstract: A method of three-dimensional measurement in an oral cavity includes conducting three-dimensional measurement on a measurement range in an oral cavity, detecting a measurement site in which measurement information is insufficient in a measurement result acquired in the three-dimensional measurement, notifying a start position at which re-measurement on the measurement site detected is to be started, re-measuring an area starting from the start position such that the area encompasses the measurement site, and adapting at least one characteristic site having characteristic information in a re-measurement result from the re-measuring, and at least one characteristic site having characteristic information in the measurement result from the three-dimensional measurement with respect to each other such that three-dimensional measurement information is created on the measurement range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kaji, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200297201
    Abstract: A handheld dental instrument includes a casing provided with a holding portion to be held by a user, a reception unit provided on the casing to receive an operation from the user, and a control unit that controls a control target to perform a predetermined action in response to the operation received by the reception unit. The control unit performs a first control when the operation received by the reception unit from the user is a first operation, and performs a second control different from the first control when the operation received by the reception unit from the user is a second operation different from the first operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Naonori Wakazome, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200069169
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capturing device configured to capture an image of a target. The image capturing device includes a probe and a housing. The probe includes an optical component and is configured to receive light from the target. The housing includes electronic components each configured to process the light received from the probe. Moreover, the housing includes an air sending unit, and a controller configured to control driving of the air sending unit. The air sending unit is provided at a position above the electronic components in the housing when a user holds the housing during utilization of the image capturing device, and is configured to supply air to the optical component provided in the probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Naonori Wakazome, Mikinori Nishimura