Patents by Inventor Satoshi Mitsui

Satoshi Mitsui 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).

  • Publication number: 20240107173
    Abstract: A service system includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device capable of communication via a network. The mobile terminal includes a first transmission unit that transmits spherical images taken in respective imaging locations and positional information about the imaging locations to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception unit that receives the spherical images transmitted by the first transmission unit; a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data from a map data storage, the map data including the imaging locations of the spherical images; a path information creation unit that creates information about a path made by connecting the imaging locations in the map data obtained by the map data obtaining unit; and a content providing unit that makes content available for a request through the network, the content including the map data, the information about the path, and the spherical images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi MITSUI, Kei KUSHIMOTO, Kohichi NISHIDE, Tomotoshi SATO
  • Patent number: 11889194
    Abstract: A service system includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device capable of communication via a network. The mobile terminal includes a first transmission unit that transmits spherical images taken in respective imaging locations and positional information about the imaging locations to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception unit that receives the spherical images transmitted by the first transmission unit; a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data from a map data storage, the map data including the imaging locations of the spherical images; a path information creation unit that creates information about a path made by connecting the imaging locations in the map data obtained by the map data obtaining unit; and a content providing unit that makes content available for a request through the network, the content including the map data, the information about the path, and the spherical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mitsui, Kei Kushimoto, Kohichi Nishide, Tomotoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11685185
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped object forming sheet includes: a thermally expansive layer distending at a predetermined temperature or higher; a base laminated on one side thereof with the thermally expansive layer; and a photothermal conversion layer for converting absorbed light to heat, formed on at least one side, wherein the base includes a first base and a second base that are laminated; and the first base has an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Horiuchi, Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Satoshi Mitsui, Hideki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11648714
    Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet according to the present invention includes a stress buffer layer provided on one surface of a base material and having an elastic property, a thermal expansion layer provided on the stress buffer layer and containing a first thermally expandable material that expands according to heat and a first binder, and a cover layer provided on the thermal expansion layer and having an elastic property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Yuji Horiuchi, Hideki Takahashi, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11510549
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: image signal acquiring circuitry configured to acquire: a first image signal generated by capturing light of a first wavelength band with an image sensor; and a second image signal generated by capturing light of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band with the image sensor, the first image signal and the second image signal being not subjected to the demosaic processing, and the image sensor including a color filter in which filter groups having spectroscopic properties different from each other are arranged in a specific form; a first signal path including a demosaic processor configured to execute the demosaic processing to the first image signal; and a second signal path diverged from the first signal path on a path former part from the demosaic processor, in which the demosaic processing is not executed to the second image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11463668
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes an image processor configured to: generate an output image by combining a first captured image obtained by capturing light from an observation target irradiated with light in a first wavelength band and a second captured image obtained by capturing fluorescence from the observation target irradiated with excitation light, with corresponding pixels; output a brightness signal value of a target pixel to be generated in the output image, as either a brightness signal value of a first corresponding pixel corresponding to the target pixel in the first captured image or a brightness signal value of a second corresponding pixel corresponding to the target pixel in the second captured image; and output a color difference signal value of the target pixel in the output image as a value generated by using the brightness signal value of the second corresponding pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Deguchi, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11445888
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a linear matrix operation unit configured to set a matrix coefficient in accordance with an input image signal, and perform a linear matrix operation on the image signal using the set matrix coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Hiroshi Myoken, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11375167
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: execute a first white balance adjustment on a first signal corresponding to multiple wavelength bands; generate a luminance signal from a second signal including an area having saturation caused by the first white balance adjustment; extract a detail component based on the first signal; and apply the detail component to the luminance signal to generate a corrected luminance signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20220201207
    Abstract: A service system includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device capable of communication via a network. The mobile terminal includes a first transmission unit that transmits spherical images taken in respective imaging locations and positional information about the imaging locations to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception unit that receives the spherical images transmitted by the first transmission unit; a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data from a map data storage, the map data including the imaging locations of the spherical images; a path information creation unit that creates information about a path made by connecting the imaging locations in the map data obtained by the map data obtaining unit; and a content providing unit that makes content available for a request through the network, the content including the map data, the information about the path, and the spherical images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi MITSUI, Kei KUSHIMOTO, Kohichi NISHIDE, Tomotoshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20220152997
    Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet in which a thermally expansive layer that contains a thermally expandable material is formed on one side of a base, and where the thermally expansive layer is distended, the base deforms following distension of the thermally expansive layer and the base deforms into an embossed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji HORIUCHI, Yoshimune MOTOYANAGI, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Patent number: 11310419
    Abstract: A service system includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device capable of communication via a network. The mobile terminal includes a first transmission unit that transmits spherical images taken in respective imaging locations and positional information about the imaging locations to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception unit that receives the spherical images transmitted by the first transmission unit; a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data from a map data storage, the map data including the imaging locations of the spherical images; a path information creation unit that creates information about a path made by connecting the imaging locations in the map data obtained by the map data obtaining unit; and a content providing unit that makes content available for a request through the network, the content including the map data, the information about the path, and the spherical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mitsui, Kei Kushimoto, Kohichi Nishide, Tomotoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11273626
    Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet in which a thermally expansive layer that contains a thermally expandable material is formed on one side of a base, and where the thermally expansive layer is distended, the base deforms following distension of the thermally expansive layer and the base deforms into an embossed shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Horiuchi, Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Hideki Takahashi, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 11203220
    Abstract: An ink for forming a photothermal conversion layer used to cause at least a portion of a thermal expansion layer of a thermal expansion sheet to swell. The ink includes an inorganic infrared absorbing agent having a higher absorptivity in at least one region of the infrared light spectrum than in the visible light spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Takahashi, Yuji Horiuchi, Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20210338040
    Abstract: A medical control device includes a display control unit controller configured to display, in a display device configured to display images, a medical image generated from an imaging signal generated by an imaging device configured to receive light coming from an observation target; and a brightness controller configured to control the brightness of the imaging signal in such a way that the display controller displays the medical image having a predetermined brightness. When the dynamic range of the display device is set to a second value that is greater than a first value, the brightness controller is configured to perform control to lower the brightness of the imaging signal as compared to the brightness of the imaging signal for displaying the medical image at the predetermined brightness when the dynamic range is set to the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Hiroshi MYOKEN, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Patent number: 11134193
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a server apparatus including one or more processors configured to analyze a plurality of wide angle images acquired through photographing, and transmit a result image indicating a result of analyzing to an information processing terminal; and the information processing terminal communicable with the server apparatus and including one or more processors configured to receive the result image, and display the result image on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Shimmoto, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20210282623
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a linear matrix operation unit configured to set a matrix coefficient in accordance with an input image signal, and perform a linear matrix operation on the image signal using the set matrix coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Hiroshi MYOKEN, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20210281731
    Abstract: A medical control apparatus to which a rigid endoscope having an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject is detachably connected is configured to perform image processing on a captured image obtained by capturing a subject image introduced by the rigid endoscope and generate a medical photographic image to be displayed on a display device that displays images. The medical control apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect a mask width that is a distance between boundary points dividing the subject image included in the captured image and a mask area that is an area other than the subject image; and a control unit configured to calculate a first parameter used for the image processing in accordance with the mask width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Hiroshi MYOKEN, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20210266508
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes an image processor configured to: generate an output image by combining a first captured image obtained by capturing light from an observation target irradiated with light in a first wavelength band and a second captured image obtained by capturing fluorescence from the observation target irradiated with excitation light, with corresponding pixels; output a brightness signal value of a target pixel to be generated in the output image, as either a brightness signal value of a first corresponding pixel corresponding to the target pixel in the first captured image or a brightness signal value of a second corresponding pixel corresponding to the target pixel in the second captured image; and output a color difference signal value of the target pixel in the output image as a value generated by using the brightness signal value of the second corresponding pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya DEGUCHI, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Patent number: 11097565
    Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet includes a base, a thermally expansive layer, and a color adjustment layer. The thermally expansive layer is provided on a first side of the base and includes a thermally expandable material that distends in accordance with an amount of heat absorbed, the heat being generated from a thermal conversion layer that includes a thermal conversion material that converts electromagnetic waves to heat. The color adjustment layer is provided on at least one of the thermally expansive layer and a second side of the base and includes a color adjusting agent. When the thermal conversion layer is provided on the color adjustment layer, the color adjustment layer reduces a visual difference in color between a first region where the thermal conversion layer is provided and a second region where the thermal conversion layer is not provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Takahashi, Yuji Horiuchi, Yoshimune Motoyanagi, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20210197614
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped object forming sheet includes: a thermally expansive layer distending at a predetermined temperature or higher; a base laminated on one side thereof with the thermally expansive layer; and a photothermal conversion layer for converting absorbed light to heat, formed on at least one side, wherein the base includes a first base and a second base that are laminated; and the first base has an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the second base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji HORIUCHI, Yoshimune MOTOYANAGI, Satoshi MITSUI, Hideki TAKAHASHI