Patents by Inventor Ryota Osumi
Ryota Osumi 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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Publication number: 20190116492Abstract: In a server device, an acquisition unit acquires positional information on a communication terminal. An extraction unit extracts route information including a start point and an end point from the positional information. An identification unit identifies a type of a means of movement of the communication terminal based on the positional information. A masking unit masks a segment of the route information including the start point and a segment including the end point to generate output route information. The masking unit defines a masked segment of the route information in accordance with a type of the means of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryota OSUMI
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Patent number: 10143439Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives an ultrasound wave to and from a subject; a first image data generating unit that generates first image data based on a first parameter, from a reception signal received by the transmitting and receiving unit; a second image data generating unit that generates second image data having an image taking region of which at least a part overlaps with that of the first image data and being based on a second parameter that is different from the first parameter, from a reception signal received by the transmitting and receiving unit; and an image processing unit that calculates a feature amount from at least such a part of the second image data that overlaps with the first image data and corrects the overlapping part of the first image data on a basis of the calculated feature amount.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Ryota Osumi, Tetsuya Kawagishi
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Patent number: 10093320Abstract: A drive support device includes a vehicle information obtainment unit configured to obtain vehicle information including a plurality of driving support levels provided by the drive support device installed in a vehicle, and a position of the vehicle or time; and a vehicle information recording unit configured to record the vehicle information obtained by the vehicle information obtainment unit on a vehicle information storage unit. The vehicle information recording unit records the position of the vehicle or the time, and the driving support level executed at the position of the vehicle or the time, on the vehicle information storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota Osumi, Masato Endo
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Patent number: 9795364Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an ultrasonic image, a first calculation unit which calculates directions of edges in a local region in the ultrasonic image, sizes of the edges in the local region, and directional uniformity of the edges in the local region, a second calculation unit which calculates a composite coefficient by using the sizes of the edges and the directional uniformity of the edges, a third calculation unit which calculates a filtering coefficient for a region corresponding to the local region based on the composite coefficient, and a filtering unit which performs filtering processing for sharpening or smoothing the ultrasonic image with respect to the ultrasonic image by using the filtering coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Ryota Osumi
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Publication number: 20170297583Abstract: A drive support device includes a vehicle information obtainment unit configured to obtain vehicle information including a plurality of driving support levels provided by the drive support device installed in a vehicle, and a position of the vehicle or time; and a vehicle information recording unit configured to record the vehicle information obtained by the vehicle information obtainment unit on a vehicle information storage unit. The vehicle information recording unit records the position of the vehicle or the time, and the driving support level executed at the position of the vehicle or the time, on the vehicle information storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota OSUMI, Masato ENDO
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Publication number: 20170245832Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains time-series data having complex values based on a reflected wave of an ultrasound wave transmitted by an ultrasound probe and calculates an expansion coefficient in a case in which the obtained time-series data is expressed as a linear sum of a plurality of mathematical functions, the time-series data having, as an argument, a first parameter related to time. The plurality of mathematical functions are mathematical functions that are possible to be generated on a basis of a function family that has, as arguments, the first parameter and a second parameter different from the first parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Satoshi KAWATA, Toshiyuki ONO, Toshimitsu KANEKO, Tomoyuki TAKEGUCHI, Ryota OSUMI, Tomohisa IMAMURA
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Patent number: 9592019Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a detection unit, a generating unit, and an associating unit. The detection unit analyzes a first piece and a second piece of image data of a breast, and detects the positions of a chest wall and a nipple in each of the pieces of image data, wherein the first piece of image data is three-dimensional medical image data and the second piece of image data is medical image data of a different type from the first piece of image data. The generating unit generates a first sectional image and a second sectional image based on the first piece and second piece of image data, respectively. The associating unit associates the positional relation of the breast in the pieces of image data so that the positions of the chest wall and the nipple match between the pieces of image data.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Atsuko Sugiyama, Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Yoshitaka Mine, Masahiro Kumakura, Ryota Osumi, Hiroki Yoshiara, Mariko Shibata, Toshie Maruyama
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Patent number: 9585636Abstract: According to one embodiment, a first calculation unit calculates a first feature amount concerning an edge direction in a specific region. A second calculation unit calculates a second feature amount concerning an edge intensity or a brightness value in the specific region. A storage unit stores filter characteristics. The each filter characteristic is associated with a first feature amounts range and a second feature amounts range which ultrasonic images suitable for the each filter characteristic may have. A selection unit selects a filter characteristic corresponding to both the calculated first feature amount and the calculated second feature amount. An image filter unit applies an image filter having the selected filter characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota Osumi, Kenichi Ichioka
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Publication number: 20170055956Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes image processing circuitry. The image processing circuitry acquires, based on a result of ultrasound scanning performed on a subject, blood flow information including a value that indicates a blood flow at each position within the subject and tissue property information including a value that indicates tissue properties at each position within the subject. The image processing circuitry generates a first image in which a difference in value in the blood flow information is represented by at least a difference in hue and a second image in which a difference in value in the tissue property information is represented by a difference other than the difference in hue. The image processing circuitry generates a combined image by combining the first image and the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Ryota OSUMI, Tomohisa Imamura, Kuramitsu Nishihara, Hiroki Yoshiara, Hiroaki Ishikawa, Yuko Takada
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Patent number: 9433399Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a decomposing unit, a diffusion filter unit, an adjusting unit, and a reconstructing unit. The decomposing unit decomposes ultrasound image data into low-frequency and high-frequency decomposed image data at each of a predetermined number of levels, by a multi-resolution analysis. The diffusion filter unit applies a diffusion filter to the low-frequency and high-frequency decomposed image data at the lowest level and applies, at each of the levels other than the lowest, a diffusion filter to data output from the level immediately underneath and to the high-frequency decomposed image data, and also generates edge information for each of the levels. The adjusting unit adjusts a signal level of the high-frequency decomposed image data for each of the levels, based on the edge information. The reconstructing unit obtains corrected data of the ultrasound image data by performing a multi-resolution synthesis.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Takuya Sasaki, Ryota Osumi
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Publication number: 20160220232Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes detection circuitry and processing circuitry. The detection circuitry detects a release state of an ultrasonic probe in an active state. The processing circuitry, when the detection circuitry detects the release state of the ultrasonic probe during activation of a control mode of generating a first image based on an output from the ultrasonic probe, displaying a second image different from the first image, and displaying the first image with a predetermined opacity on the second image, perform one of control to display the second image without generating the first image, control to display the second image without displaying the first image while generating the first image, and control to generate the first image, display the second image, and display, on the second image, the first image with an opacity lower than the predetermined opacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yuko TAKADA, Ryota OSUMI
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Publication number: 20160173940Abstract: An image information provision device as an information terminal, for providing information relating to an image, the image information provision device including: a control section for specifying, when a predetermined object is selected on a screen in a state, in which an image of the predetermined object having an outer surface, onto which a plurality of display information pieces are added, is displayed on a display section, a display information piece that presents in a region that matches a selected position in the selection among the plurality of display information pieces added to the selected predetermined object, and outputting at least one of the specified display information piece or link information for link to the specified display information piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki KAWAMOTO, Masato ENDO, Kenji MORI, Ryota OSUMI, Ryuta TERASHIMA
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ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND PROBE PRESSURIZATION/DEPRESSURIZATION INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD
Publication number: 20160081664Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment generates, based on the echo signal, velocity distribution information of a tissue in the object. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus generates state information representing a cycle of the pressurization or the depressurization and target information representing a target cycle of pressurization or depressurization based on the velocity distribution information. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus associates one of two variables defining a predetermined graphic pattern with the cycle, displays the state information and the target information as the graphic pattern, and displays the graphic pattern upon deforming a shape of the graphic pattern in accordance with a change in the cycle of the pressurization or the depressurization in the state information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota OSUMI, Tetsuya KAWAGISHI, Yasuhiko ABE, Toshie MARUYAMA -
Patent number: 9173629Abstract: Certain embodiments provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of spatially overlapping ultrasonic images or a plurality of temporarily consecutive ultrasonic images, a block extraction unit configured to extract, for each pixel, a block having a predetermined size and including each pixel as a central pixel for each of the plurality of ultrasonic images, a covariance calculation unit configured to calculate a covariance for each pixel of each of the plurality of ultrasonic images by using the block for each pixel, and a generating unit configured to generate a synthesized image using the plurality of ultrasonic images and to control a level of each pixel of the synthesized image based on a covariance of each pixel of each of the plurality of ultrasonic images.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Ryota Osumi
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Patent number: 9113826Abstract: A transmission/reception unit transmits an ultrasonic wave to a subject via the ultrasonic probe, receives an ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, and outputs an echo signal corresponding to the received ultrasonic wave. A first volume data generating unit generates first volume data based on the echo signal. A second volume data generating unit generates second volume data by applying, to each voxel contained in the first volume data, three-dimensional filtering with a filtering characteristic corresponding to three-dimensional directivity of the voxel. An image data generating unit generates data of a two-dimensional ultrasonic image based on the second volume data.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Ryota Osumi
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Publication number: 20150221091Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a detection unit, a generating unit, and an associating unit. The detection unit analyzes a first piece and a second piece of image data of a breast, and detects the positions of a chest wall and a nipple in each of the pieces of image data, wherein the first piece of image data is three-dimensional medical image data and the second piece of image data is medical image data of a different type from the first piece of image data. The generating unit generates a first sectional image and a second sectional image based on the first piece and second piece of image data, respectively. The associating unit associates the positional relation of the breast in the pieces of image data so that the positions of the chest wall and the nipple match between the pieces of image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Atsuko SUGIYAMA, Katsuhiko Fujimoto, Yoshitaka Mine, Masahiro Kumakura, Ryota Osumi, Hiroki Yoshiara, Mariko Shibata, Toshie Maruyama
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Publication number: 20150142497Abstract: An operation management center uses desired provision content and desired provision time of a commodity or service to determine a first operation schedule in which a user is moved to a location at which the commodity or the service is to be provided or a second operation schedule in which the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the provision of the commodity or the service is to be received by the user. The center determines the first operation schedule or the second operation schedule so as to satisfy the desired provision time desired by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota Osumi, Masato Endo, Masayuki Kawamoto, Tatsuya Morii
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Publication number: 20150126867Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a signal processing unit, an indicator calculating unit, a storage unit and a controller. The signal processing unit generates, based on a reflection wave signal of an ultrasonic wave that is transmitted into a subject, strain information about a strain of a tissue that is pressured and released in the subject in chronological order. The indicator calculating unit calculates an indicator of a state of pressure and release to the tissue at generation of the strain information. The storage unit stores a time phase at generation of the strain information and the indicator at generation of the strain information in an associated manner. The controller extracts a candidate time phase being a time phase of a candidate based on the indicator associated with each of the time phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Ryota OSUMI
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Publication number: 20150119711Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives an ultrasound wave to and from a subject; a first image data generating unit that generates first image data based on a first parameter, from a reception signal received by the transmitting and receiving unit; a second image data generating unit that generates second image data having an image taking region of which at least a part overlaps with that of the first image data and being based on a second parameter that is different from the first parameter, from a reception signal received by the transmitting and receiving unit; and an image processing unit that calculates a feature amount from at least such a part of the second image data that overlaps with the first image data and corrects the overlapping part of the first image data on a basis of the calculated feature amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Ryota OSUMI, Tetsuya KAWAGISHI
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Patent number: 8960043Abstract: A steering device that is enabled to move and operate in multiple directions and has a simple configuration. A steering device is equipped with a steering member and a guide member, and the guide member is attached to an input shaft. The steering member is provided with left and right grips, and a movement direction changing mechanism is provided between the guide member and the left and right grips. If the left and right grips are operated by a small steering angle, the movement direction of the left and right grips is changed to the direction around the input shaft through the movement direction changing mechanism. When the left and right grips are operated by a large steering angle, the movement direction of the left and right grips is the direction around the input shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihide Kimura, Ryota Osumi