Patents by Inventor Ryo IMAMURA

Ryo IMAMURA 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: 11947364
    Abstract: In a conventional vessel anti-rolling apparatus, because a large memory capacity and a high-speed high-function computing processing unit are required, the cost of the vessel anti-rolling apparatus is caused to rise. A vessel anti-rolling control apparatus and an anti-rolling control method according to the present disclosure includes an azimuth controller that outputs a first steering-angle command value for making the vessel turn to an azimuth to which the vessel should travel, based on an azimuth command signal and a yaw-angle signal, an anti-rolling controller that outputs a second steering-angle command value for reducing rolling of the vessel, based on a rolling-angle signal, a rolling-angular-velocity signal, and a vessel-speed signal, and a steering-angle controller that controls a steering angle, based on the first steering-angle command value and the second steering-angle command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Imamura, Ryo Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11940630
    Abstract: To provide a display apparatus that makes it possible to further improve a performance in controlling video presentation according to characteristics of an eyeball of a user. A display apparatus is provided that includes a light source; a processor that performs processing on a distribution of characteristics of an eyeball; a monitoring section that monitors a state of the eyeball; a matching section that performs matching on the distribution of the characteristics of the eyeball and the state of the eyeball; and an irradiator that irradiates a specified position on a retina with video display light emitted by the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei Imamura, Ryo Ogawa, Masanori Iwasaki, Takanobu Omata, Katsuyuki Akutsu, Itaru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11832980
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes an operation controller that invalidates an operation of a collimator using a first operating unit in a case where a radiation generation unit is present vertically downward relatively to a radiography unit, and validates the operation of the collimator using the first operating unit in a case where the radiation generation unit is present vertically upward relatively to the radiography unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Ikeda, Masahito Sambuichi, Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Masayoshi Matsuura, Ryo Imamura
  • Patent number: 11786197
    Abstract: A CPU of a console comprises a color image acquisition unit, a distance image acquisition unit, a specification unit, and an estimation unit. The color image acquisition unit acquires a color image, in which a patient and a periphery of the patient are captured, from a visible light camera. The distance image acquisition unit acquires a distance image indicating a distance between a radiation tube and an object, from a TOF camera. The specification unit specifies a kind of the object in the color image. The estimation unit estimates intensity of radiation in an environment captured in the color image based on reference information including the distance image and a specification image as a specification result of the kind of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito Bettoyashiki, Ryo Imamura, Kazuhiro Makino, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Naoyuki Nishino
  • Patent number: 11666294
    Abstract: A first acquisition unit acquires the current position of a carriage unit as information regarding the travel environment of the carriage unit. A second acquisition unit acquires a first upper limit value of the travel speed as appropriate travel conditions of the carriage unit corresponding to the current position acquired by the first acquisition unit. A third acquisition unit acquires a first measurement value of the travel speed as information regarding the travel state of the carriage unit. A travel state correction controller performs travel state correction control to make a correction to a travel state satisfying the appropriate travel conditions in a case where the travel state acquired by the third acquisition unit deviates from the appropriate travel conditions acquired by the second acquisition unit. That is, the travel state correction controller reduces the travel speed of the carriage unit in a case where the first measurement value exceeds the first upper limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Makino, Ryo Imamura
  • Patent number: 11510640
    Abstract: The radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit having an irradiation opening through which radiation is emitted; an image receiving unit that has an image receiving surface receiving the radiation emitted from the irradiation unit; an arm that has one end at which the irradiation unit is rotatably supported and the other end at which the image receiving unit is supported in a posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; a solenoid that locks the rotation of the irradiation unit with respect to the arm in a facing posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; and a control unit that permits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation of the irradiation unit is locked and prohibits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Ikeda, Ryo Imamura, Shinichi Kano
  • Publication number: 20220354447
    Abstract: A console for a radiography system includes at least one processor configured to execute display-related processing of displaying, at an imaging site, a radiographic image obtained by radiography, the display-related processing including reception processing of receiving the radiographic image from a radiographic image detection device and image processing of processing the received radiographic image to a radiographic image for display, computer aided diagnosis processing on the radiographic image after the image processing, and priority processing of giving priority to the display-related processing over the computer aided diagnosis processing in a case where the display-related processing and the computer aided diagnosis processing compete with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo IMAMURA, Kazuhiro MAKINO, Naoyuki NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20220330908
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile radiography apparatus capable of performing relatively stable wireless communication even in a case in which the mobile radiography apparatus is moved due to traveling of a carriage or an arm is rotated. A mobile radiography apparatus includes a radiation source, a radiation image detector that detects a radiation image of a subject by receiving radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the subject, an arm that holds the radiation source and the radiation image detector, a body part to which the arm is rotatably attached, a carriage on which the body part is mounted, and an antenna that emits a radio wave for wirelessly communicating with an external apparatus, the antenna being provided in a portion in which a radiation direction of the radio wave is not changed even in a case in which the arm is rotated and capable of changing the radiation direction of the radio wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo IMAMURA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11445990
    Abstract: A CPU of a rounding imaging management apparatus functions as a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a creation unit, and an output controller. The first acquisition unit acquires imaging order information indicating content of radiography in the rounding imaging to be performed. The second acquisition unit acquires, from time results data in which a necessary time in the rounding imaging performed in the past is registered, the necessary time. The creation unit creates a rounding plan of the rounding imaging on the basis of the imaging order information and the necessary time. The output controller performs a control for outputting the rounding plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Imamura, Kazuhiro Makino
  • Publication number: 20220167934
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit that emits radiation; an arm that holds the irradiation unit and an image receiving unit in a facing posture such that the image receiving unit is attachable and detachable; a connection portion or a main body portion that rotatably supports the arm; a first locking mechanism and a second locking mechanism that lock a rotation of the arm with respect to the connection portion or the main body portion; a photo sensor that detects whether or not the image receiving unit is detached from the arm; and a control unit that performs control not to release the lock even in a case in which an unlock operation for releasing the lock of the rotation by the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism is performed in a state in which the image receiving unit is detached from the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo IMAMURA, Koichi EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210275120
    Abstract: A CPU of a console comprises a color image acquisition unit, a distance image acquisition unit, a specification unit, and an estimation unit. The color image acquisition unit acquires a color image, in which a patient and a periphery of the patient are captured, from a visible light camera. The distance image acquisition unit acquires a distance image indicating a distance between a radiation tube and an object, from a TOF camera. The specification unit specifies a kind of the object in the color image. The estimation unit estimates intensity of radiation in an environment captured in the color image based on reference information including the distance image and a specification image as a specification result of the kind of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Akihito BETTOYASHIKI, Ryo IMAMURA, Kazuhiro MAKINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Naoyuki NISHINO
  • Patent number: 11083423
    Abstract: A detection unit of a CPU of a console detects the position of an electronic cassette and the position of an irradiation field on the basis of a camera image output from a camera that is attached to an X-ray source and captures an image of at least the electronic cassette. The image processing unit performs image processing for an X-ray image detected by the electronic cassette on the basis of information of the position of the electronic cassette and information of the position of the irradiation field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hattori, Ryo Imamura
  • Publication number: 20210212653
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes a drive circuit that drives a radiation source, an internal power supply that makes a current flow to the drive circuit at a first voltage, an external power supply that makes a current flow to the drive circuit at a second voltage different from the first voltage, a power feed controller that performs power feed to the drive circuit using at least one of the internal power supply or the external power supply, and a radiation output restriction unit that controls an output of radiation by a power supply to be used in the power feed to the drive circuit by the power feed controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo IMAMURA, Masayoshi MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20210204891
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes an operation controller that invalidates an operation of a collimator using a first operating unit in a case where a radiation generation unit is present vertically downward relatively to a radiography unit, and validates the operation of the collimator using the first operating unit in a case where the radiation generation unit is present vertically upward relatively to the radiography unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji IKEDA, Masahito SAMBUICHI, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Masayoshi MATSUURA, Ryo IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 11020080
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasufumi Oda, Jun Enomoto, Ryo Imamura, Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Koishi, Kentaro Noma, Takeshi Kuwabara, Tetsuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Yasuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11020068
    Abstract: A composite image generation unit of a CPU of a console combines a camera image obtained by capturing an image of a subject located in an irradiation field using a camera and a positioning index image indicating a set position of the subject, which has been set in advance with respect to an in-image cassette position that is the position of the electronic cassette in the camera image, to generate a composite image. In a case in which the in-image cassette position is changed with the movement of the electronic cassette, the composite image generation unit changes a display position of the positioning index image with the change in the in-image cassette position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Imamura, Masato Hattori, Koichi Kitano
  • Patent number: 11020073
    Abstract: In the radiography system, a camera image of the usage environment in which the electronic cassette is used is captured. An in-image cassette region of the electronic cassette is detected from the camera image. The cassette ID of the electronic cassette is acquired from the in-image cassette region. The acquired cassette ID is collated with the cassette ID of the use cassette set in the console to check whether the use cassette is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hattori, Ryo Imamura, Koichi Kitano, Naoyuki Nishino
  • Publication number: 20210093269
    Abstract: The radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit having an irradiation opening through which radiation is emitted; an image receiving unit that has an image receiving surface receiving the radiation emitted from the irradiation unit; an arm that has one end at which the irradiation unit is rotatably supported and the other end at which the image receiving unit is supported in a posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; a solenoid that locks the rotation of the irradiation unit with respect to the arm in a facing posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; and a control unit that permits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation of the irradiation unit is locked and prohibits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation is unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji IKEDA, Ryo IMAMURA, Shinichi KANO
  • Patent number: 10925555
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes: a radiation irradiating apparatus that emits radiation onto a subject; a photography unit that photographs the subject to obtain a photographed image of the subject; and a radiation detector that generates radiation images of the subject, provided with a marker that represents identifying information of the radiation detector on the side thereof that includes a radiation detecting surface. The marker of the radiation detector is detected. The identifying information of the radiation detector is obtained from a marker in the case that the marker is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Imamura, Kouichi Kitano
  • Patent number: 10806412
    Abstract: A position detection unit is disposed at an exposure position that is included in a camera image and a field of view of a camera and outputs a position signal indicating the position of a part of a peripheral portion of an electronic cassette. The calculation unit calculates an in-image cassette position which is the position of the electronic cassette in the camera image, on the basis of the position, direction, and size of the position detection unit in the camera image and the position signal. A composite image generation unit generates a composite image of the camera image and a cassette frame indicating the in-image cassette position. A display controller displays the composite image on a touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Imamura, Koichi Kitano, Naoyuki Nishino