Patents by Inventor Sadayuki TAMONOKI

Sadayuki TAMONOKI 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: 12647688
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure relates to an observation system including a control device that controls irradiation light with which different irradiation environments are irradiated, in which the control device includes a control unit that controls a light source device that generates the irradiation light, and an acquisition unit that acquires irradiation environment information regarding an irradiation environment of the irradiation light, and the control unit causes a display unit to display a first software key in a case where the irradiation environment information acquired by the acquisition unit includes an open field, and causes the display unit to display a second software key in a case where the irradiation environment information does not include an open field, a function corresponding to predetermined light emission is disabled in the first software key, and the function corresponding to the predetermined light emission is enabled in the second software key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Shutaro Yorozu, Sadayuki Tamonoki, Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Publication number: 20250024156
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure relates to an observation system including a control device that controls irradiation light with which different irradiation environments are irradiated, in which the control device includes a control unit that controls a light source device that generates the irradiation light, and an acquisition unit that acquires irradiation environment information regarding an irradiation environment of the irradiation light, and the control unit causes a display unit to display a first software key in a case where the irradiation environment information acquired by the acquisition unit includes an open field, and causes the display unit to display a second software key in a case where the irradiation environment information does not include an open field, a function corresponding to predetermined light emission is disabled in the first software key, and the function corresponding to the predetermined light emission is enabled in the second software key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shutaro YOROZU, Sadayuki TAMONOKI, Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Patent number: 11418700
    Abstract: Provided is a control device, an endoscope system, a processing method, and a program which can select a region other than the center region in an image to perform a predetermined process. An endoscope system includes an image generation unit which processes an image signal generated by an imaging unit to generate a display image to be displayed, a display controller which overlaps a plurality of select regions selectable according to an external operation to the display image and outputs the overlapped image to the display device, and an autofocus controller which performs a predetermined process on at least one select region selected according to the external operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Sadayuki Tamonoki
  • Patent number: 11375114
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor configured to: perform movie display control of causing a display to sequentially display images acquired in time series, and still image display control of causing the display to display any of the images as a still image; detect a first operation on a switch; determine whether a predetermined operation condition for the switch is satisfied, after the first operation has been detected; switch, when the first operation is detected while the movie display control is being executed, from the movie display control to the still image display control and causing the display to display, as a still image, an image displayed at a timing at which the first operation is detected; and cause, when the processor determines that the predetermined operation condition is satisfied, a memory to store the image displayed as a still image under the still image display control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Sadayuki Tamonoki
  • Publication number: 20200137345
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor configured to: perform movie display control of causing a display to sequentially display images acquired in time series, and still image display control of causing the display to display any of the images as a still image; detect a first operation on a switch; determine whether a predetermined operation condition for the switch is satisfied, after the first operation has been detected; switch, when the first operation is detected while the movie display control is being executed, from the movie display control to the still image display control and causing the display to display, as a still image, an image displayed at a timing at which the first operation is detected; and cause, when the processor determines that the predetermined operation condition is satisfied, a memory to store the image displayed as a still image under the still image display control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Sadayuki TAMONOKI
  • Publication number: 20200021746
    Abstract: Provided is a control device, an endoscope system, a processing method, and a program which can select a region other than the center region in an image to perform a predetermined process. An endoscope system 1 includes an image generation unit 92 which processes an image signal generated by an imaging unit 54 to generate a display image to be displayed, a display controller 95a which overlaps a plurality of select regions selectable according to an external operation to the display image and outputs the overlapped image to the display device 7, and an AF controller 612 which performs a predetermined process on at least one select region selected according to the external operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Sadayuki TAMONOKI