Patents by Inventor Rei DATE

Rei DATE 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).

  • Capsule endoscope system, operating method of image display, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 9661995
    Abstract: A capsule endoscope system includes: a capsule endoscope including a first and a second imaging units; an image display that displays images captured by the first and second imaging units; a control unit that determines a moving direction of the capsule endoscope during imaging, specifies one of the imaging units which faces the moving direction of the capsule endoscope during imaging, and determines the posture of the capsule endoscope; and a display control unit that generates a display screen, arranges the image captured by the imaging unit facing the moving direction in a first display region in the display screen, arranges the image captured by the other imaging unit in a second display region in the display screen, and changes the positions of the first and second display regions according to the determination result of the position of the capsule endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rei Date, Katsuyoshi Taniguchi
  • CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, OPERATING METHOD OF IMAGE DISPLAY, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150150437
    Abstract: A capsule endoscope system includes: a capsule endoscope including a first and a second imaging units; an image display that displays images captured by the first and second imaging units; a control unit that determines a moving direction of the capsule endoscope during imaging, specifies one of the imaging units which faces the moving direction of the capsule endoscope during imaging, and determines the posture of the capsule endoscope; and a display control unit that generates a display screen, arranges the image captured by the imaging unit facing the moving direction in a first display region in the display screen, arranges the image captured by the other imaging unit in a second display region in the display screen, and changes the positions of the first and second display regions according to the determination result of the position of the capsule endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Rei DATE, Katsuyoshi TANIGUCHI