Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Miyake

Nobuyuki Miyake 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: 11932393
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an aerial device body capable of flying in an unmanned manner, and a load-lowering device mounted to the aerial device body and configured to lower a load from the aerial device body. The load-lowering device has a linear member holder for holding a linear member having one end portion connectable to the load, the linear member holder holding at least the other end portion of the linear member, and a speed limiting mechanism that limits a speed at which the linear member is pulled out of the linear member holder, under a weight of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Inuma, Kenichi Lee, Nobuyuki Miyake
  • Publication number: 20240041420
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits an operation state of a radiation imaging system to a user and a hardware processor that controls a state of the transmission unit, and the hardware processor controls the state of the transmission unit such that the state of the transmission unit is a state based on that at a time of the imaging of the exposure image between the first exposure and the second exposure when imaging the exposure image in the radiation imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kentaro HARA
  • Publication number: 20240040263
    Abstract: An exposure record totalizer includes: a hardware processor that adds up a first exposure record of a first exposure image and a second exposure record of a second exposure image, when a radiography system generates the first exposure image through first exposure and the second exposure image through second exposure, and that links information about a third exposure record to a third exposure image generated on the basis of the first exposure image and the second exposure image, the third exposure record being generated by the hardware processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Koutarou KANAMORI
  • Publication number: 20230404516
    Abstract: A mobile radiographic imaging apparatus includes: two independent power supply units; two control devices each being driven with power supplied from each of the two power supply units; a first hardware processor in one of the two control devices includes; and a second hardware processor in the other one of the two control device. The first hardware processor inquires of the second hardware processor about a state of the other control device when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and shuts down the one control device or cancels shutdown of the one control device according to a response from the other control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke FUKAZU, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Akira HIROSHIGE, Naoki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230404503
    Abstract: An X-ray imaging system capable of performing X-ray imaging by a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and general imaging is shown. The X-ray imaging system includes the following. An X-ray irradiation apparatus is capable of individually irradiating a plurality of X-rays having different energies. A portable X-ray detector images an X-ray image based on the X-rays emitted from the X-ray irradiation apparatus. An X-ray imaging control apparatus controls imaging of the X-ray image by the X-ray detector. The X-ray imaging control apparatus includes a hardware processor that determines whether or not a type of the X-ray detector is suitable for X-ray imaging by the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and a notification section configured to perform notification based on a determination result of the hardware processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yuuichi MARUTA, Koutarou KANAMORI, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Takeshi SAITO, Keisuke KOEDA
  • Patent number: 11838644
    Abstract: An exposure record totalizer includes: a hardware processor that adds up a first exposure record of a first exposure image and a second exposure record of a second exposure image, when a radiography system generates the first exposure image through first exposure and the second exposure image through second exposure, and that links information about a third exposure record to a third exposure image generated on the basis of the first exposure image and the second exposure image, the third exposure record being generated by the hardware processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Koutarou Kanamori
  • Publication number: 20230380784
    Abstract: A portable radiographic imaging apparatus includes a plurality of connectors to which respective wiring cables are connectable, wherein the plurality of connectors include at feast a first connector that supports a generic communication cable, and a second connector that supports a non-generic communication cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke KOEDA, Takeshi NUKANOBU, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Hiroaki NAKANO, Katsumi OSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11819354
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits an operation state of a radiation imaging system to a user and a hardware processor that controls a state of the transmission unit, and the hardware processor controls the state of the transmission unit such that the state of the transmission unit is a state based on that at a time of the imaging of the exposure image between the first exposure and the second exposure when imaging the exposure image in the radiation imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Kentaro Hara
  • Patent number: 11793479
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: a two-dimensional array of radiation detecting elements that generate one or more electric charges in proportion to a dose of incident radiation; and a control unit that performs control, at least, to read the electric charges from the radiation detecting elements and generate image data. An image capturing mode is switchable between a controlled mode in which the radiographic image capturing apparatus is under control of an external console and a stand-alone mode in which the radiographic image capturing apparatus autonomously performs image capturing without the control of the console. When the image capturing mode is switched to the controlled mode or the stand-alone mode, the control unit changes its own process so as to meet the switched image capturing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA INC.
    Inventors: Akira Hiroshige, Wataru Matsushita, Nobuyuki Miyake, Hidetake Tezuka, Tetsu Hosoki, Tomonori Gido
  • Publication number: 20230263496
    Abstract: An imaging control apparatus includes a hardware processor that acquires a first imaging condition set as a imaging condition for a preliminary exposure performed prior to a main exposure that performs an exposure of radiation on a subject, and the hardware processor performs control based on compatibility of the acquired first imaging condition and a second imaging condition input as an imaging condition for the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kosuke FUKAZU, Keisuke KOEDA
  • Patent number: 11672502
    Abstract: An imaging control apparatus includes a hardware processor that acquires a first imaging condition set as a imaging condition for a preliminary exposure performed prior to a main exposure that performs an exposure of radiation on a subject, and the hardware processor performs control based on compatibility of the acquired first imaging condition and a second imaging condition input as an imaging condition for the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Kosuke Fukazu, Keisuke Koeda
  • Patent number: 11627930
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes an irradiating apparatus, a first clock, a radiographic imaging apparatus, a second clock and a hardware processor. The irradiating apparatus generates radiation. The first clock keeps time and works with the irradiating apparatus. The radiographic imaging apparatus generates image data based on received radiation. The second clock keeps time and works with the radiographic imaging apparatus. The hardware processor (i) obtains a clock value of the first clock at a predetermined time point and a clock value of the second clock at the predetermined time point respectively as first clock information and second clock information, (ii) makes a determination as to whether a specific condition is met based on the obtained first clock information and the obtained second clock information, and (iii) in response to the specific condition being met, performs a specific output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kuwata, Nobuyuki Miyake, Koji Kashima, Kohei Isogai, Kentaro Hara, Hidetake Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20230115379
    Abstract: A dynamic image processing device including: a receiver configured to receive order information of dynamic image photography; an acquirer configured to acquire a dynamic image that is obtained by performing the dynamic image photography; and a hardware processor configured to select a scattered radiation component removal process to be used in the dynamic image, based on the order information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke KOEDA, Takeshi SAITO, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kosuke FUKAZU, Ryohei ITO
  • Publication number: 20230081838
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes an irradiating apparatus, a first clock, a radiographic imaging apparatus, a second clock and a hardware processor. The irradiating apparatus generates radiation. The first clock keeps time and works with the irradiating apparatus. The radiographic imaging apparatus generates image data based on received radiation. The second clock keeps time and works with the radiographic imaging apparatus. The hardware processor (i) obtains a clock value of the first clock at a predetermined time point and a clock value of the second clock at the predetermined time point respectively as first clock information and second clock information, (ii) makes a determination as to whether a specific condition is met based on the obtained first clock information and the obtained second clock information, and (iii) in response to the specific condition being met, performs a specific output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KUWATA, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Koji KASHIMA, Kohei ISOGAI, Kentaro HARA, Hidetake TEZUKA
  • Publication number: 20230013951
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a radiation source and a notifying unit. The radiation source is for still image shooting and moving image shooting performed by the radiation imaging system to obtain image data of a subject. The notifying unit notifies whether a type of imaging to be performed is the still image shooting or the moving image shooting in a mode in which the type is instinctively recognizable by at least one of sense of sight, sense of hearing, and sense of touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yuuichi Nishijima, Tetsu HOSOKI, Nobuyuki MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20220370030
    Abstract: A control system includes a radiation emission apparatus and a radiographic imaging apparatus that generates image data by receiving radiation. A first apparatus of the radiation emission apparatus and the radiographic imaging apparatus includes a first timer that performs time measurement to periodically generate first time measurement information. A second apparatus of the radiation emission apparatus and the radiographic imaging apparatus includes a second timer that performs time measurement to periodically generate second time measurement information. The first apparatus includes an interface that transmits the first time measurement information to the second timer. At least one apparatus includes a hardware processor which adjusts the operation of the first or second timer based on adjustment conditions in a state where the second timer does not acquire the first time measurement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei ISOGAI, Hidetake TEZUKA, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kentaro HARA, Masahiro KUWATA, Koji KASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11497108
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a radiation source and a notifying unit. The radiation source is for still image shooting and moving image shooting performed by the radiation imaging system to obtain image data of a subject. The notifying unit notifies whether a type of imaging to be performed is the still image shooting or the moving image shooting in a mode in which the type is instinctively recognizable by at least one of sense of sight, sense of hearing, and sense of touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Nishijima, Tetsu Hosoki, Nobuyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 11484280
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing system is described. If a hardware processor determines that an image processor and an image analyzing unit are capable of sharing image data via an identical memory, the image processor stores image data in the memory and the image analyzing unit analyzes the image data with reference to the memory. If the hardware processor determines that the image processor and the image analyzing unit can send and receive the data via a wired network, the image processor transfers the data to the image analyzing unit, and the image analyzing unit analyzes the data. If the hardware processor determines that the image processor and the image analyzing unit can send and receive the data via a wireless network, the image processor compresses the data or decimates partial data and transfers the data to the image analyzing unit, and the image analyzing unit decompresses and analyzes the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kuwata, Hidetake Tezuka, Satoshi Komiya, Nobuyuki Miyake, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Ichirou Hamamoto, Shintaro Muraoka, Kazuhiko Katsushima, Tomoyasu Yokoyama, Akira Hiroshige, Takanori Kakigi, Tomoya Ogawa, Tetsu Hosoki, Tomonori Gido, Makoto Sumi
  • Patent number: 11432788
    Abstract: A control system includes a radiation emission apparatus and a radiographic imaging apparatus that generates image data by receiving radiation A first apparatus of the radiation emission apparatus and the radiographic imaging apparatus includes a first timer that performs time measurement to periodically generate first time measurement information. A second apparatus of the radiation emission apparatus and the radiographic imaging apparatus includes a second timer that performs time measurement to periodically generate second time measurement information. The first apparatus includes an interface that transmits the first time measurement information to the second timer. At least one apparatus includes a hardware processor which adjusts the operation of the first or second timer based on adjustment conditions in a state where the second timer does not acquire the first time measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kohei Isogai, Hidetake Tezuka, Nobuyuki Miyake, Kentaro Hara, Masahiro Kuwata, Koji Kashima
  • Publication number: 20220183650
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation imaging system including: a tube that generates a radiation; a radiation detector to generate a radiation image corresponding to the radiation that is received; and a display that starts or ends, at a predetermined timing, displaying of inclination information indicating an inclination of the radiation detector with respect to a horizontal plane or a direction of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi SAITO, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Tomonori KOMASAKA, Kosuke FUKAZU