Patents by Inventor Naoaki Hirata
Naoaki Hirata 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: 11810293Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing device capable of appropriately determining a necessity of the ultrasonography even when a high-density mammary gland area exists in a narrow area. The present invention provides an information processing device comprising: a mammary gland area extractor configured to extract a mammary gland area in a mammography image; a mammary gland pixel detector configured to detect a mammary gland pixel in the mammary gland area; and a mammary gland density calculator configured to calculate a mammary gland density based on a ratio of the mammary gland pixels to the mammary gland area, wherein the mammary gland area is a narrower area than an entire breast in the mammography image.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Yu Kato, Masafumi Higashi, Reo Aoki, Mamoru Ogaki, Ikumi Arai, Noriyuki Hashimoto, Naoaki Hirata
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Patent number: 11437001Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, a program and an image processing method capable of avoiding interference with the function of another program. An image processing apparatus includes a position information detection unit configured to detect position information indicating a position on a display, a region position setting unit configured to set the position of the region of interest on the display based on the position information, and an image processing unit configured to perform image process on at least one image among an image inside of the region of interest and an image outside of the region of interest. The region position setting unit, when the position information is changed with the image process, sets the position of the region of interest based on the position information immediately before the change.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Yuji Haruki, Ikumi Arai, Naoaki Hirata, Yoichi Ueda, Tomoharu Yachikami
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Publication number: 20210158513Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing device capable of appropriately determining a necessity of the ultrasonography even when a high-density mammary gland area exists in a narrow area. The present invention provides an information processing device comprising: a mammary gland area extractor configured to extract a mammary gland area in a mammography image; a mammary gland pixel detector configured to detect a mammary gland pixel in the mammary gland area; and a mammary gland density calculator configured to calculate a mammary gland density based on a ratio of the mammary gland pixels to the mammary gland area, wherein the mammary gland area is a narrower area than an entire breast in the mammography image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Yu KATO, Masafumi HIGASHI, Reo AOKI, Mamoru OGAKI, Ikumi ARAI, Noriyuki HASHIMOTO, Naoaki HIRATA
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Publication number: 20200020306Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, a program and an image processing method capable of avoiding interference with the function of another program. An image processing apparatus includes a position information detection unit configured to detect position information indicating a position on a display, a region position setting unit configured to set the position of the region of interest on the display based on the position information, and an image processing unit configured to perform image process on at least one image among an image inside of the region of interest and an image outside of the region of interest. The region position setting unit, when the position information is changed with the image process, sets the position of the region of interest based on the position information immediately before the change.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Yuji HARUKI, Ikumi ARAI, Naoaki HIRATA, Yoichi UEDA, Tomoharu YACHIKAMI
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Patent number: 10459532Abstract: A problem is to provide a cursor movement control method by which labor necessary for a movement of a cursor can be reduced and convenience of a user can be improved even when a plurality of screens is displayed on one display device, a computer program, a cursor movement control device, and an image display system. A technical solution is such that a display image creation unit (13) sets a region in a display image corresponding to a display region A to a region a and a region in the display image corresponding to a display region B to a region b, and allocates the regions a and b into the display image. An input unit (12) receives an instruction for whether or not to superposedly display the display region B on the display region A on the display screen (54). A cursor movement control unit (15) controls the movement of the cursor between the region a and the region b according to the received instruction for a superposed display.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: EIZO CORPORATIONInventors: Naoaki Hirata, Ikumi Arai
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Publication number: 20150084863Abstract: A problem is to provide a cursor movement control method by which labor necessary for a movement of a cursor can be reduced and convenience of a user can be improved even when a plurality of screens is displayed on one display device, a computer program, a cursor movement control device, and an image display system. A technical solution is such that a display image creation unit (13) sets a region in a display image corresponding to a display region A to a region a and a region in the display image corresponding to a display region B to a region b, and allocates the regions a and b into the display image. An input unit (12) receives an instruction for whether or not to superposedly display the display region B on the display region A on the display screen (54). A cursor movement control unit (15) controls the movement of the cursor between the region a and the region b according to the received instruction for a superposed display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Naoaki Hirata, Ikumi Arai
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Publication number: 20110316840Abstract: In the multi-monitor environment in which a plurality of monitors are connected to a PC, a human sensor is mounted on at least one monitor, and the PC controls the switching of the operation states of the plurality of monitors according to the detection result of the human sensor. When all the human sensors have detected the absence of the user, the monitors are operated in a sleep mode or a power OFF mode; and when at least one human sensor has detected the presence of the user, the monitors are operated in an ordinary operation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: Eizo Nanao CorporationInventors: Naoaki Hirata, Akihiko Ide, Ikumi Aral, Shuhei Miyanaga, Toshiaki Tanabe
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Patent number: 7502038Abstract: A liquid crystal display monitor comprises an LCD panel, a conversion section, an LUT, a monitor communication section, a light source control section, and a light source. The conversion section comprises an LUT. The LUT comprises, for example, an LUT for red, an LUT for green, and an LUT for blue corresponding to the three primary colors of RGB. A PC is connected to the liquid crystal display monitor, while an optical sensor is attached to a display screen of the LCD panel. On the basis of brightness (white brightness and single color brightness) and white chromaticity having been acquired in a state that a white screen is displayed at a plurality of gradations of display input gradation, a conversion table for a plurality of colors (each color of RGB) is calibrated so that display characteristics of a color display unit is calibrated.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Eizo Nanao CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Yasuda, Naoaki Hirata
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Publication number: 20070146266Abstract: A liquid crystal display monitor comprises an LCD panel, a conversion section, an LUT, a monitor communication section, a light source control section, and a light source. The conversion section comprises an LUT. The LUT comprises, for example, an LUT for red, an LUT for green, and an LUT for blue corresponding to the three primary colors of RGB. A PC is connected to the liquid crystal display monitor, while an optical sensor is attached to a display screen of the LCD panel. On the basis of brightness (white brightness and single color brightness) and white chromaticity having been acquired in a state that a white screen is displayed at a plurality of gradations of display input gradation, a conversion table for a plurality of colors (each color of RGB) is calibrated so that display characteristics of a color display unit is calibrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2004Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Tetsuya Yasuda, Naoaki Hirata
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Patent number: 7142226Abstract: In a display device, parameters for adjusting a video circuit are previously made to correspond to application softwares, respectively and a control section for determining an application software and adjusting the video circuit by means of the parameters are provided. Since the image quality of the display device can be automatically changed over to a suitable image quality according to a selected application software, a burden on the user is extremely small, and the image quality of the display device can be adjusted according to the application software extremely easily.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2002Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Eizo Nanao CorporationInventors: Junji Sakuta, Naoaki Hirata, Kenyu Mizukabu
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Publication number: 20020175946Abstract: In display device, parameters for adjusting a video circuit are previously made to correspond to application softwares, respectively and a control section for determining an application software and adjusting the video circuit by means of the parameters are provided. Since the image quality of the display device can be automatically changed over to a suitable image quality according to a selected application software, a burden on the user is extremely small, and the image quality of the display device can be adjusted according to the application software extremely easily.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: Junji Sakuta, Naoaki Hirata, Kenyu Mizukabu