Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Akiyama

Mitsuo Akiyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20240260933
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a display; a probe; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires an appearance image of an object that is scheduled to undergo dialysis, generates a 3D image from an echo signal acquired by the probe, the 3D image containing a plurality of frame images depicting inside of the object and positional information of each of the plurality of frame images, extracts a blood-vessel image depicting a blood vessel inside the object from the 3D image, generates a composite image of the appearance image and the blood-vessel image by aligning the appearance image and the blood-vessel image, and causes the display to display the composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minori IZUMI, Taku MURAMATSU, Tomoko AIZAWA, Katsuyuki TAKAMATSU, Takashi KOYAKUMARU, Mitsuo AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11969291
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to display, as a live image, an image that data output from an ultrasonic probe represents; recognize an image type of the live image; extract, out of past data collected before the live image, data at least a part of which is in common to the image type of the live image; and display an image that the extracted data represents on the same screen as that of the live image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Akiyama, Nobuhide Ooi, Koji Ando, Kodai Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20240050074
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines whether or not a plurality of ultrasonic images are images collected by a stress echocardiography method. The processing circuitry adds attribute information to each of the ultrasonic images if it is determined that the ultrasonic images are images collected by the stress echocardiography method, the attribute information concerning at least one of a stress state of a subject and a slice of the ultrasonic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo AKIYAMA, Minori IZUMI, Taku MURAMATSU, Katsuyuki TAKAMATSU, Tomoko AIZAWA, Takashi KOYAKUMARU
  • Patent number: 11715847
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connection assembly for a battery module and a battery module. The connection assembly for a battery module has a housing body, a cover plate and an openable and closable door, wherein the housing body is used for supporting a plurality of components; the cover plate covers the housing body and used for covering the plurality of components on the housing body; the cover plate is provided with a second through-hole, and the second through-hole positionally corresponds to at least one of the plurality of components; the openable and closable door is movably mounted on the cover plate, and is positionally changeable between an open position and a closed position; wherein in the open position, the openable and closable door opens the second through-hole to expose the at least one of the plurality of components; and in the closed position, the openable and closable door shields at least part of the second through-hole to cover the at least one of the plurality of components on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electrics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haifeng Liu, Litao Dong, Ziwei Li, Mitsuo Akiyama, Sadamichi Suso
  • Patent number: 11588212
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connection assembly for a battery module and a battery module. The connection assembly for a battery module has a housing, a first cover plate and a second cover plate, wherein the housing has a body and a protrusion extending continuously from the body; the first cover plate covers the body; the second cover plate is arranged to be integrated with the first cover plate; the second cover plate is configured to be movable relative to the first cover plate so as to be switched between a closed position and an open position; in the closed position, the second cover plate covers the protrusion; and in the open position, the second cover plate is detached from the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: SANYO ELECTRICS CO., LTD., TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Haifeng Liu, Litao Dong, Mitsuo Akiyama, Ziwei Li, Sadamichi Suso
  • Publication number: 20220313214
    Abstract: The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to any of embodiments includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire ultrasonic image data by ultrasonic scanning. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire multiple contour candidates based on a quantitative value indicating a function of a tissue, and superimpose the multiple contour candidates on the acquired ultrasonic image data to display the multiple contour candidates on a display. The processing circuitry is configured to determine contour data out of the multiple contour candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji ANDO, Mitsuo AKIYAMA, Kodai HIRAYAMA, Yasuhiko ABE, Koichiro KURITA
  • Publication number: 20200330074
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to display, as a live image, an image that data output from an ultrasonic probe represents; recognize an image type of the live image; extract, out of past data collected before the live image, data at least a part of which is in common to the image type of the live image; and display an image that the extracted data represents on the same screen as that of the live image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo AKIYAMA, Nobuhide OOI, Koji ANDO, Kodai HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200313140
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connection assembly for a battery module and a battery module. The connection assembly for a battery module has a housing body, a cover plate and an openable and closable door, wherein the housing body is used for supporting a plurality of components; the cover plate covers the housing body and used for covering the plurality of components on the housing body; the cover plate is provided with a second through-hole, and the second through-hole positionally corresponds to at least one of the plurality of components; the openable and closable door is movably mounted on the cover plate, and is positionally changeable between an open position and a closed position; wherein in the open position, the openable and closable door opens the second through-hole to expose the at least one of the plurality of components; and in the closed position, the openable and closable door shields at least part of the second through-hole to cover the at least one of the plurality of components on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Haifeng LIU, Litao DONG, Ziwei LI, Mitsuo AKIYAMA, Sadamichi SUSO
  • Publication number: 20200313141
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connection assembly for a battery module and a battery module. The connection assembly for a battery module has a housing, a first cover plate and a second cover plate, wherein the housing has a body and a protrusion extending continuously from the body; the first cover plate covers the body; the second cover plate is arranged to be integrated with the first cover plate; the second cover plate is configured to be movable relative to the first cover plate so as to be switched between a closed position and an open position; in the closed position, the second cover plate covers the protrusion; and in the open position, the second cover plate is detached from the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Haifeng LIU, Litao DONG, Mitsuo AKIYAMA, Ziwei LI, Sadamichi SUSO
  • Publication number: 20190320992
    Abstract: The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to a present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: generate an X-ray image of an object by irradiating the object with X-rays; acquire an evaluation result of at least one of elasticity evaluation of a blood vessel of the object and thickness evaluation of a wall of the blood vessel of the object; generate a superimposed image in which the evaluation result is superimposed on the X-ray image; and display the superimposed image on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi KOYAKUMARU, Nobuhide OOI, Koji ANDO, Mitsuo AKIYAMA, Sayaka TAKAHASHI, Ryoichi NAGAE, Minori IZUMI, Takayuki KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 10426444
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to one embodiment includes an ultrasonic probe, an image generating processor, a monitor, a database, and a calibration information generation processor. The image generating processor generates an ultrasonic image, based on an echo signal obtained through the ultrasonic probe. The monitor displays the ultrasonic image. The database stores image data including the ultrasonic image displayed on a screen of the monitor. The calibration information generation processor generates calibration information including a conversion value for performing a predetermined measurement with respect to the ultrasonic image included in the image data, based on the database storing image data including the ultrasonic image displayed on a screen of the monitor, and a positional relationship between at least one scale mark existing in the image data and the ultrasonic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20190239859
    Abstract: The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to a present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to display an ultrasonic image and a non-ultrasonic medical image to a display. The processing circuitry is configured to determine which of a displayed ultrasonic image and a displayed non-ultrasonic medical image is live. The processing circuitry is configured to inform information indicating which any one of the displayed ultrasonic image and the displayed non-ultrasonic medical image is live in accordance with the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayaka TAKAHASHI, Ryoichi Nagae, Nobuhide Ooi, Mitsuo Akiyama, Koji Ando, Minori Izumi, Takashi Koyakumaru
  • Patent number: 10363018
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry adds incidental information including information regarding a kind concerning each of a plurality of regions in a heart to an analysis result of each of the regions. The analysis result is obtained by analyzing medical data. The processing circuitry determines a display position of the analysis result of each of the regions based on the incidental information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Fukuda, Yasuhiko Abe, Tetsuya Kawagishi, Koji Ando, Mitsuo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20180028148
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an acquisition unit and an individual image generating unit. The acquisition unit acquires multiple cross-sectional image data that are ultrasound image data for simultaneously displaying a plurality of cross sections of a subject. The individual image generating unit generates individual image data for each of the cross sections based on the position information of the cross section along with the display of the multiple cross-sectional image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Ando, Nobuhide Ooi, Mitsuo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20180021024
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry adds incidental information including information regarding a kind concerning each of a plurality of regions in a heart to an analysis result of each of the regions. The analysis result is obtained by analyzing medical data. The processing circuitry determines a display position of the analysis result of each of the regions based on the incidental information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo FUKUDA, Yasuhiko ABE, Tetsuya KAWAGISHI, Koji ANDO, Mitsuo AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170105704
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to a present embodiment includes transceiver circuitry, image generating circuitry and processing circuitry. The transceiver circuitry is configured to transmit, to an ultrasonic probe, a transmission signal for transmitting ultrasonic waves, and to receive a received signal based on the ultrasonic waves. The image generating circuitry is configured to generate an ultrasonic image where temporal variation over a given time period is imaged, based on the received signal, and to display the ultrasonic image to a display. The processing circuitry is configured to: (A) set a measurement range on the ultrasonic image; (B) generate a marker for dividing the measurement range, at substantially equal intervals, the number of the marker according to the numerically number of beats; and (C) superimpose the marker on the displayed ultrasonic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuo AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9292919
    Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus of an embodiment includes: an image generation unit configured to generate a first image which is an original image, from a medical image taken by a medical imaging unit; an image conversion unit configured to process the first image to output a second image where a color tone of a predetermined region in the first image is kept and a color tone of a region other than the predetermined region is converted; and an image output unit configured to supply the second image to an output apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Ando, Tatsuru Kurosaki, Yasunori Ooshima, Nobuhide Ol, Takashi Koyakumaru, Mitsuo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20150265255
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to one embodiment includes an ultrasonic probe, an image generating processor, a monitor, a database, and a calibration information generation processor. The image generating processor generates an ultrasonic image, based on an echo signal obtained through the ultrasonic probe. The monitor displays the ultrasonic image. The database stores image data including the ultrasonic image displayed on a screen of the monitor. The calibration information generation processor generates calibration information including a conversion value for performing a predetermined measurement with respect to the ultrasonic image included in the image data, based on the database storing image data including the ultrasonic image displayed on a screen of the monitor, and a positional relationship between at least one scale mark existing in the image data and the ultrasonic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuo AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150015612
    Abstract: A medical report generating apparatus of the present embodiment includes a designation reception unit, an arrangement processor, and a medical report generator, and generates a medical report having an image arrangement region where medical images are arranged. The designation reception unit receives designation of a desired medical image designation from among one or a plurality of medical images acquired by a medical imaging unit. The arrangement processor determines an arrangement position of the desired medical image in the image arrangement region corresponding to an order of the designation of the desired medical image. The medical report generator generates the medical report by arranging the desired medical image at the arrangement position determined by the arrangement processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuru KUROSAKI, Takeshi Sugio, Toshie Maruyama, Kenshi Nakano, Mitsuo Akiyama, Katsuyuki Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20140205164
    Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus of an embodiment includes: an image generation unit configured to generate a first image which is an original image, from a medical image taken by a medical imaging unit; an image conversion unit configured to process the first image to output a second image where a color tone of a predetermined region in the first image is kept and a color tone of a region other than the predetermined region is converted; and an image output unit configured to supply the second image to an output apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kouji ANDO, Tatsuru Kurosaki, Yasunori Ooshima, Nobuhide Ol, Takashi Koyakumaru, Mitsuo Akiyama