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).
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Patent number: 11932393Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Takayoshi Inuma, Kenichi Lee, Nobuyuki Miyake
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Publication number: 20240041420Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kentaro HARA
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Publication number: 20240040263Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Koutarou KANAMORI
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Publication number: 20230404516Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Kosuke FUKAZU, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Akira HIROSHIGE, Naoki HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230404503Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Yuuichi MARUTA, Koutarou KANAMORI, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Takeshi SAITO, Keisuke KOEDA
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Patent number: 11838644Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Koutarou Kanamori
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Publication number: 20230380784Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Keisuke KOEDA, Takeshi NUKANOBU, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Hiroaki NAKANO, Katsumi OSHIDA
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Patent number: 11819354Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Kentaro Hara
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Patent number: 11793479Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA INC.Inventors: Akira Hiroshige, Wataru Matsushita, Nobuyuki Miyake, Hidetake Tezuka, Tetsu Hosoki, Tomonori Gido
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Publication number: 20230263496Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kosuke FUKAZU, Keisuke KOEDA
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Patent number: 11672502Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Nobuyuki Miyake, Kosuke Fukazu, Keisuke Koeda
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Patent number: 11627930Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Kuwata, Nobuyuki Miyake, Koji Kashima, Kohei Isogai, Kentaro Hara, Hidetake Tezuka
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Publication number: 20230115379Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Keisuke KOEDA, Takeshi SAITO, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kosuke FUKAZU, Ryohei ITO
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Publication number: 20230081838Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Masahiro KUWATA, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Koji KASHIMA, Kohei ISOGAI, Kentaro HARA, Hidetake TEZUKA
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Publication number: 20230013951Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Yuuichi Nishijima, Tetsu HOSOKI, Nobuyuki MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20220370030Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Kohei ISOGAI, Hidetake TEZUKA, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Kentaro HARA, Masahiro KUWATA, Koji KASHIMA
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Patent number: 11497108Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yuuichi Nishijima, Tetsu Hosoki, Nobuyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11484280Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11432788Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kohei Isogai, Hidetake Tezuka, Nobuyuki Miyake, Kentaro Hara, Masahiro Kuwata, Koji Kashima
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Publication number: 20220183650Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Takeshi SAITO, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Tomonori KOMASAKA, Kosuke FUKAZU