Patents by Inventor Norihiko Miyachi

Norihiko Miyachi 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: 20220039185
    Abstract: To establish a wireless connection to a desired radio network by preventing a user from erroneously connecting to another radio network without a special operation in a radiation imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: HIDEKI NONAKA, NORIHIKO MIYACHI
  • Patent number: 10617379
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging control apparatus includes a control unit, a setting unit, and an obtaining unit. The control unit performs a first control to cause a radiation sensor to transit into a state where electric charges can be stored if it is determined that a predetermined standby time elapses and performs a second control to cause the radiation sensor to transit into the state where electric charges can be stored in response to a signal received from a detection unit configured to detect start of a generation of radioactive rays. The setting unit designates either the first control or the second control as a control to be performed. The obtaining unit acquires radiation image data from the radiation sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taro Hiroike, Norihiko Miyachi
  • Patent number: 9949707
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system, which includes a plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses each configured to acquire a radiographic image and a processing unit configured to combine a plurality of the radiographic images acquired from the plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses to generate a stitched image, includes a correction image data determination unit configured to determine correction image data based on an irradiation condition of radiation to be emitted from the radiation source, and an image correction unit configured to correct an area of the stitched image corresponding to an area in which the plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses overlap, by using the correction image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiko Miyachi
  • Publication number: 20180000442
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging control apparatus includes a control unit, a setting unit, and an obtaining unit. The control unit performs a first control to cause a radiation sensor to transit into a state where electric charges can be stored if it is determined that a predetermined standby time elapses and performs a second control to cause the radiation sensor to transit into the state where electric charges can be stored in response to a signal received from a detection unit configured to detect start of a generation of radioactive rays. The setting unit designates either the first control or the second control as a control to be performed. The obtaining unit acquires radiation image data from the radiation sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Taro Hiroike, Norihiko Miyachi
  • Patent number: 9788809
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging control apparatus includes a control unit, a setting unit, and an obtaining unit. The control unit performs a first control to cause a radiation sensor to transit into a state where electric charges can be stored if it is determined that a predetermined standby time elapses and performs a second control to cause the radiation sensor to transit into the state where electric charges can be stored in response to a signal received from a detection unit configured to detect start of a generation of radioactive rays. The setting unit designates either the first control or the second control as a control to be performed. The obtaining unit acquires radiation image data from the radiation sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taro Hiroike, Norihiko Miyachi
  • Publication number: 20160287202
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system, which includes a plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses each configured to acquire a radiographic image and a processing unit configured to combine a plurality of the radiographic images acquired from the plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses to generate a stitched image, includes a correction image data determination unit configured to determine correction image data based on an irradiation condition of radiation to be emitted from the radiation source, and an image correction unit configured to correct an area of the stitched image corresponding to an area in which the plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses overlap, by using the correction image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Norihiko Miyachi
  • Patent number: 9198271
    Abstract: In transfer of image data (such as an X-ray image), if for example a transfer error occurs, a retransmission timeout time limit for an item of image data that is to be transferred last, in a time sequence of image data transfer, is set to be different from a retransmission timeout time limit for at least one other item of image data which is to be transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiko Miyachi
  • Publication number: 20140254760
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging control apparatus includes a control unit, a setting unit, and an obtaining unit. The control unit performs a first control to cause a radiation sensor to transit into a state where electric charges can be stored if it is determined that a predetermined standby time elapses and performs a second control to cause the radiation sensor to transit into the state where electric charges can be stored in response to a signal received from a detection unit configured to detect start of a generation of radioactive rays. The setting unit designates either the first control or the second control as a control to be performed. The obtaining unit acquires radiation image data from the radiation sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taro Hiroike, Norihiko Miyachi
  • Patent number: 8797347
    Abstract: A brightness control unit includes: a “feedback brightness control unit” that calculates a first gain from a corrected image data and multiplies the first gain by image data prior to correct; and a “feedforward brightness control unit” which, when a scene change is detected, calculates a second gain on the basis of a difference between the first gain which is calculated from the corrected image data and the first gain which has been multiplied by the pre-correction image data of the corrected image data in order to correct the difference, and multiplies the second gain by the corrected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiko Miyachi, Osamu Sagano, Makiko Mori
  • Publication number: 20130230141
    Abstract: For image data being transferred last of a plurality of image data captured in a first imaging mode, a retransmission timeout time is set different from a retransmission timeout time for at least one image data different from image data, of the plurality of image data, which is transferred last.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiko Miyachi
  • Publication number: 20110317072
    Abstract: A brightness control unit includes: a “feedback brightness control unit” that calculates a first gain from a corrected image data and multiplies the first gain by image data prior to correct; and a “feedforward brightness control unit” which, when a scene change is detected, calculates a second gain on the basis of a difference between the first gain which is calculated from the corrected image data and the first gain which has been multiplied by the pre-correction image data of the corrected image data in order to correct the difference, and multiplies the second gain by the corrected image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiko Miyachi, Osamu Sagano, Makiko Mori