Patents by Inventor Satomi Kobayashi

Satomi Kobayashi 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: 11965044
    Abstract: Pressure-responsive particles include pressure-responsive base particles and fatty acid metal salt particles, in which the pressure-responsive base particles contain a styrene-based resin which contains styrene and other vinyl monomers as polymerization components and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin which contains at least two kinds of (meth)acrylic acid esters as polymerization components and in which amass ratio of the (meth)acrylic acid esters to all polymerization components is 90% by mass or higher, the pressure-responsive particles have at least two glass transition temperatures, and a difference between the lowest glass transition temperature and the highest glass transition temperature is 30° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Iida, Takashi Hasegawa, Satomi Kashiwagi, Takako Kobayashi, Satoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220338560
    Abstract: Provided is a brassiere allowing for selecting a plurality of types of pads. A brassiere (1) includes a first pocket (70) that holds a pad (90 to 95) inside a cup portion (2), and further includes a second pocket (80) inside the cup portion (2). The first pocket (70) includes a first pocket opening (72) through which the pad (90 to 95) is taken in and out, and a first opening portion (73) communicating with the first pocket opening (72). The first pocket opening (72) is covered with the second pocket (80). The second pocket (80) includes a second pocket opening (82) through which the pad (90 to 95) is taken in and out, and a second opening portion (83) communicating with the first pocket opening (72).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Satomi KOBAYASHI, Hiromi NAKATANI, Yanxia LUO
  • Patent number: 11432596
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brassiere having excellent fitting properties, allowing a greater number of wearers to obtain a sufficient fit for their breasts. The brassiere has a cup part for covering the wearer's breasts. The cup part includes an inner cup provided inside the cup part. The inner cup has an upper side portion. The upper side portion has a wave-shaped structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akemi Kobayashi, Satomi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200214367
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brassiere having excellent fitting properties, allowing a greater number of wearers to obtain a sufficient fit for their breasts. The brassiere has a cup part for covering the wearer's breasts. The cup part includes an inner cup provided inside the cup part. The inner cup has an upper side portion. The upper side portion has a wave-shaped structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akemi Kobayashi, Satomi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170004626
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: detect an area not suitable for an observation inside each image included in an image group in which images are acquired in time sequence; calculate an importance of the image for each of the images included in the image group based on the area not suitable for the observation inside the image; integrate the importance in order of time sequence; and determine whether the integrated value exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satomi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9492064
    Abstract: A capsule endoscope includes a capsule casing and interior components housed therein whose total specific gravity is set such that the capsule casing floats in liquid introduced into a subject. The capsule endoscope also includes a gravity center position setting unit that sets a position of center of gravity of the capsule casing at a decentered position so that the capsule casing is stabilized in the liquid introduced into the subject without rotating except for rotation about an axis in a direction of the center of gravity; and an imager that takes an in-vivo image in a body cavity with an imaging field being set so that a surface of the liquid is out of view when the capsule casing floats in the liquid introduced into the subject in a stabilized posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetake Segawa, Satomi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150107004
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bottom garment that effectively prevents the hem part from losing its shape. The bottom garment of the present invention includes a front part (101), a back part (102), and an intervening fabric member (103). The intervening fabric member (103) includes a crotch part (103A) and a back hemline-forming part (103B) extending laterally from a back end of the crotch part. A front end of the crotch part (103A) is connected to the front part (101). Both outer peripheries (a) at the back side of the front part in the width direction, both outer peripheries (b) of the crotch part in the width direction, and front side right and left peripheries (c) of the back hemline-forming part form hemlines at the time of wearing the bottom garment. In the back hemline-forming part (103B), the shapes of the front side right and left peripheries (c) forming the hemlines at the time of wearing the bottom garment are concave curves or straight lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: WACOAL CORP.
    Inventors: Aya Ishiura, Satomi Kobayashi, Emi Sugiyama, Kikumi Sugihara, Kaori Tagawa, Haruka Ezawa, Mika Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8986198
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a storage unit storing in-vivo image data and information associated with the in-vivo image data and related to a position of a capsule endoscope in a subject; an image processing unit performing image processing on the in-vivo image data stored in the storage unit; a display unit displaying an in-vivo image based on the in-vivo image data image-processed in the image processing unit; a position estimating unit estimating an intra-subject position in which an in-vivo image is captured, based on the position-related information; a control unit performing image processing in the image processing unit and position estimation processing in the position estimating unit in parallel; and a reporting unit reporting information indicating that a radiogram interpretation is possible, when image processing in the image processing unit for all the in-vivo image data is completed while processing in the position estimating unit is not completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Satomi Kobayashi, Kei Takasugi
  • Patent number: 8854444
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores data of the in-vivo images and information which is associated with the data of the in-vivo images and related to a position of a capsule endoscope in an inside of a subject; a positional information obtaining unit that obtains positional information of the capsule endoscope in capturing the in-vivo images based on the information related to the position; and a sequence changing unit that changes a sorting sequence of the in-vivo images based on the positional information obtained by the positional information obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Satomi Kobayashi, Kei Takasugi
  • Publication number: 20140296634
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to actively control at least one of the position and direction of the imaging field in a subject and to observe a desired observed region in the subject certainly in a short period of time. A body-insertable device system according to the present invention includes a capsule endoscope 1 introduced into a subject and a permanent magnet 3. An imaging unit of the capsule endoscope 1 for taking an image inside the subject is fixed in a casing. The capsule endoscope 1 includes a drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a which is also introduced in the subject 100. The permanent magnet 3 controls the operation of the drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hironao KAWANO, Hironobu TAKIZAWA, Hidetake SEGAWA, Isao AOKI, Katsumi Hirakawa, Satomi KOBAYASHI, Hideo ITO
  • Patent number: 8790247
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to actively control at least one of the position and direction of the imaging field in a subject and to observe a desired observed region in the subject certainly in a short period of time. A body-insertable device system according to the present invention includes a capsule endoscope 1 introduced into a subject and a permanent magnet 3. An imaging unit of the capsule endoscope 1 for taking an image inside the subject is fixed in a casing. The capsule endoscope 1 includes a drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a which is also introduced in the subject 100. The permanent magnet 3 controls the operation of the drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hironao Kawano, Hironobu Takizawa, Hidetake Segawa, Isao Aoki, Katsumi Hirakawa, Satomi Kobayashi, Hideo Ito
  • Patent number: 8711205
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a memory unit that stores internal body image data acquired via a receiver from a capsule endoscope taking internal body image of a subject and information that is associated with the internal body image data and related to a position of the capsule endoscope within the subject; a position information acquisition unit that performs a position estimation process based on the information related to the position to acquire position information of the capsule endoscope at imaging each of the internal body images; a preferential image determination unit that determines whether each of the internal body images meets a predetermined condition; and a preferential process control unit that controls the position information acquisition unit to perform the position estimation process preferentially on the internal body image determined to meet the predetermined condition by the preferential image determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Kei Takasugi, Satomi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120281078
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image processing unit; a position estimating unit; a display unit; a processing time estimating unit; and a processing setting unit for instructing the image processing unit and/or the position estimating unit to execute processing, wherein the display unit displays selection content selected in a selection region as well as a processing time confirmation region having a prediction processing time display field for displaying a prediction processing time predicted by the processing time estimating unit; and when an input receiving unit receives an input of an instruction for determining the selection content displayed on the display unit and the prediction processing time, the processing setting unit instructs the image processing unit and/or the position estimating unit to execute the determined processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Satomi KOBAYASHI, Kei TAKASUGI
  • Publication number: 20120274743
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a memory unit that stores internal body image data acquired via a receiver from a capsule endoscope taking internal body image of a subject and information that is associated with the internal body image data and related to a position of the capsule endoscope within the subject; a position information acquisition unit that performs a position estimation process based on the information related to the position to acquire position information of the capsule endoscope at imaging each of the internal body images; a preferential image determination unit that determines whether each of the internal body images meets a predetermined condition; and a preferential process control unit that controls the position information acquisition unit to perform the position estimation process preferentially on the internal body image determined to meet the predetermined condition by the preferential image determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Kei TAKASUGI, Satomi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20120265015
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to actively control at least one of the position and direction of the imaging field in a subject and to observe a desired observed region in the subject certainly in a short period of time. A body-insertable device system according to the present invention includes a capsule endoscope 1 introduced into a subject and a permanent magnet 3. An imaging unit of the capsule endoscope 1 for taking an image inside the subject is fixed in a casing. The capsule endoscope 1 includes a drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a which is also introduced in the subject 100. The permanent magnet 3 controls the operation of the drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hironao Kawano, Hironobu Takizawa, Hidetake Segawa, Isao Aoki, Katsumi Hirakawa, Satomi Kobayashi, Hideo Ito
  • Publication number: 20120242813
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores data of the in-vivo images and information which is associated with the data of the in-vivo images and related to a position of a capsule endoscope in an inside of a subject; a positional information obtaining unit that obtains positional information of the capsule endoscope in capturing the in-vivo images based on the information related to the position; and a sequence changing unit that changes a sorting sequence of the in-vivo images based on the positional information obtained by the positional information obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Satomi KOBAYASHI, Kei TAKASUGI
  • Publication number: 20120238810
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a storage unit storing in-vivo image data and information associated with the in-vivo image data and related to a position of a capsule endoscope in a subject; an image processing unit performing image processing on the in-vivo image data stored in the storage unit; a display unit displaying an in-vivo image based on the in-vivo image data image-processed in the image processing unit; a position estimating unit estimating an intra-subject position in which an in-vivo image is captured, based on the position-related information; a control unit performing image processing in the image processing unit and position estimation processing in the position estimating unit in parallel; and a reporting unit reporting information indicating that a radiogram interpretation is possible, when image processing in the image processing unit for all the in-vivo image data is completed while processing in the position estimating unit is not completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Satomi KOBAYASHI, Kei TAKASUGI
  • Patent number: 8194096
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display unit that displays images contained in a plurality of image groups inside a subject picked up by a plurality of imaging devices, and a control unit that extracts a related image related to a currently displayed image currently displayed in the display unit from the plurality of image groups to make the display unit display the related image extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Katsumi Hirakawa, Satomi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8162821
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to actively control at least one of the position and direction of the imaging field in a subject and to observe a desired observed region in the subject certainly in a short period of time. A body-insertable device system according to the present invention includes a capsule endoscope 1 introduced into a subject and a permanent magnet 3. An imaging unit of the capsule endoscope 1 for taking an image inside the subject is fixed in a casing. The capsule endoscope 1 includes a drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a which is also introduced in the subject 100. The permanent magnet 3 controls the operation of the drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hironao Kawano, Hironobu Takizawa, Hidetake Segawa, Isao Aoki, Katsumi Hirakawa, Satomi Kobayashi, Hideo Ito
  • Patent number: 8164659
    Abstract: An image display system has a capsule endoscope for capturing an in-vivo image of a subject, a receiving device for receiving the in-vivo image from the capsule endoscope, and an image display apparatus for displaying a group of in-vivo images of the subject. The capsule endoscope has an imaging unit having a black region which optical rays do not reach in an effective pixel region contributing to image capture. By the imaging unit, an in-vivo image including the signal level of the black region is detected. The receiving device receives an image signal of the in-vivo image. The image display apparatus obtains an in-vivo image group from the receiving device. The image display apparatus does not display an in-vivo image in the in-vivo image group determined as an image influenced by fluctuations in the power source voltage but displays a stable in-vivo image which is not influenced by fluctuations in the power source voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Satomi Kobayashi