Patents by Inventor Rie Taniguchi

Rie Taniguchi 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).

  • Image processing apparatus, image processing program, storage medium, and ultra-sonic diagnostic apparatus
    Patent number: 8249324
    Abstract: A computer 12 of an image processing apparatus 11 acquires a moving image including a minor axis cross section of a carotid artery and a cross section of surrounding tissues around the carotid artery and estimates, from images of two temporally different frames of the acquired moving image, an optical flow of each point included in an area corresponding to a carotid artery wall and an optical flow of each point included in an area corresponding to the surrounding tissues. Based on the estimated optical flow of each point, the computer 12 calculates an amount of displacement of the carotid artery and the surrounding tissues with respect to a radial direction of the carotid artery depending on a change in internal pressure of the carotid artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Gifu University
    Inventors: Yasunari Yokota, Rie Taniguchi, Yoko Kawamura, Fumio Nogata
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ULTRA-SONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110105901
    Abstract: A computer 12 of an image processing apparatus 11 acquires a moving image including a minor axis cross section of a carotid artery and a cross section of surrounding tissues around the carotid artery and estimates, from images of two temporally different frames of the acquired moving image, an optical flow of each point included in an area corresponding to a carotid artery wall and an optical flow of each point included in an area corresponding to the surrounding tissues. Based on the estimated optical flow of each point, the computer 12 calculates an amount of displacement of the carotid artery and the surrounding tissues with respect to a radial direction of the carotid artery depending on a change in internal pressure of the carotid artery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: GIFU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasunari Yokota, Rie Taniguchi, Yoko Kawamura, Fumio Nogata