Patents by Inventor Seiji Miyama

Seiji Miyama 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: 9288330
    Abstract: A server connected to a client terminal via a network, includes a conference room management unit that manages a conference room for holding a conference, and a medical image holding unit that holds the predetermined number of medical image data including medical image data linked to the conference, wherein the conference room management unit manages one state which is a conference live state and other states which are different from the one state as a conference room state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Miyama, Masato Kajimoto, Kenji Yamane, Koichiro Kishima
  • Publication number: 20150288848
    Abstract: A mark information recording apparatus includes an output unit and a recording unit. The output unit is configured to output, for displaying a partial image being a part of an entire image having an arbitrary resolution among entire images generated at a plurality of different resolutions with respect to a single target, the partial image. The recording unit is configured to associate mark information with information on a position within the entire image and information on the resolution of the output partial image and record the mark information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Masashi KIMOTO, Masato KAJIMOTO, Seiji MIYAMA, Hirofumi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9134993
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage, and a controller. The communication unit is capable of communicating with a server. The storage is capable of storing data used for predetermined processing. The controller is capable of controlling the communication unit to receive notification information from the server, the notification information containing current version information and updated version information, the current version information indicating a current version of the data, the updated version information indicating an updated version of the current version of the data, and acquire the updated version from a predetermined storage location after waiting for a standby time optionally determined within a predetermined maximum standby time. Further, the controller is capable of controlling the storage to update the stored data to the acquired updated version after an elapse of the maximum standby time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Miyama, Masato Shimakawa, Tsugutomo Enami, Takashi Koyanagawa
  • Patent number: 9134524
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a microscope control device a controller configured to store a plurality of images having different depth positions. In one example embodiment, the microscope control device divides the plurality of images into a plurality of sub-regions. In one example embodiment, the microscope control device, for each sub-region, generates in-focus position information which corresponds to a depth position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Gakuho Fukushi, Yoshihiro Wakita, Seiji Miyama, Mana Miyakoshi
  • Patent number: 9088758
    Abstract: A mark information recording apparatus includes an output unit and a recording unit. The output unit is configured to output, for displaying a partial image being a part of an entire image having an arbitrary resolution among entire images generated at a plurality of different resolutions with respect to a single target, the partial image. The recording unit is configured to associate mark information with information on a position within the entire image and information on the resolution of the output partial image and record the mark information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Kimoto, Masato Kajimoto, Seiji Miyama, Hirofumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150058491
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The storage unit is configured to store device information related to a device capable of being communicated with by the communication unit and an identifier that identifies the device information for each finding of the device with the device information and the identifier associated with each other. The device information being generated each time the device is found. The control unit is configured to invalidate the device information in a case where a state is detected in which communication with the device is incapable of being performed via a predetermined communication channel and in a case where the identifier is detected to be not changed from when being stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Seiji MIYAMA, Masato SHIMAKAWA, Yasuo NAKANO, Tsugutomo ENAMI
  • Publication number: 20150040114
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage, and a controller. The communication unit is capable of communicating with a server. The storage is capable of storing data used for predetermined processing. The controller is capable of controlling the communication unit to receive notification information from the server, the notification information containing current version information and updated version information, the current version information indicating a current version of the data, the updated version information indicating an updated version of the current version of the data, and acquire the updated version from a predetermined storage location after waiting for a standby time optionally determined within a predetermined maximum standby time. Further, the controller is capable of controlling the storage to update the stored data to the acquired updated version after an elapse of the maximum standby time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Seiji MIYAMA, Masato SHIMAKAWA, Tsugutomo ENAMI, Takashi KOYANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150026302
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit is capable of connecting to, via a fourth network, a first server and a first device existing in a first network, a second server and a second device existing in a second network, and a relay server that exists in a third network and stores connection information with respect to the first server and the second server. The controller is capable of controlling the communication unit to receive the connection information from the relay server and controlling data transmission processing between the first device and the second device via the first server and the second server using the connection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuko YAMADA, Masato SHIMAKAWA, Yoshihiro MANABE, Seiji MIYAMA, Satoshi HIROI
  • Patent number: 8874756
    Abstract: An information processing unit includes an application data receiving buffer to temporarily store data transmitted from a client device for initiating a connection, an application data receiving section to acquire the data transmitted from the client device from the application data receiving buffer and transmit the data to an upper layer application, and a flow control reception management section to transfer the data transmitted from the client device to the application data receiving buffer and monitor a free space in the application data receiving buffer and supply a data size receivable by the application data receiving buffer to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norifumi Kikkawa, Kei Yamashita, Seiji Miyama, Yasuaki Honda
  • Publication number: 20140317143
    Abstract: A medical information server is provided. The medical information server includes a medical information unit configured to determine a diagnose authority to an information terminal thereby allowing a diagnosis by the information terminal to be identified by the diagnose authority. An information terminal and a diagnostic information processing system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Seiji Miyama
  • Publication number: 20140195696
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a communication unit that transmits a domain name of a server belonging to a first network, and receives, from a mapping device that maps an IP address on a first network corresponding to the domain name to an IP address on a second network, an IP address on the second network that corresponds to the domain name, an estimator that, from the IP address on the second network received by the communication unit and the IP address on the first network of the server, estimates a mapping rule that maps an IP address on the first network to an IP address on the second network, and a generator that, on the basis of an estimated mapping rule, generates an IP address on the second network from an arbitrary IP address on the first network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: SEIJI MIYAMA, NORIFUMI KIKKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140168256
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that are capable of realizing convenient cut-out processing. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an output unit, and a generator. The storage unit associates, with a position information item in an entire image having an arbitrary resolution out of entire images generated at a plurality of different resolutions with respect to a single target object and an information item of at least the one resolution of the entire image, a mark information item being an additional information item of a user, and stores the position information item and the information item of the resolution with which the mark information item is associated, as information items of a recording position and a recording resolution. The output unit outputs at least a partial image of the entire image having the arbitrary resolution to be displayed as an output target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Miyama, Masato Kajimoto, Masashi Kimoto, Hirofumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140064639
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing method, including: receiving a request for a partial image from a terminal, the partial image being at least a part of a first-format pathological image, the first-format pathological image including a plurality of layers of first images having different resolutions, the terminal being capable of displaying the first-format pathological image; obtaining a layer of second-format pathological image having a resolution corresponding to the received request, the second format being different from the first format; converting the obtained layer of second-format pathological image into a first-format pathological image having a corresponding resolution; storing the converted first-format pathological image; and extracting the partial image corresponding to the received request from the stored first-format pathological image in response to the received request, and replying the partial image to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Hirofumi Watanabe, Seiji Miyama, Hiroshi Kyusojin, Naoki Tagami
  • Publication number: 20140013280
    Abstract: Provided is an input apparatus, including: a touch panel configured to receive input operation of at least selecting a medical image, the medical image being displayed on a display area of a display apparatus; and an operation input unit configured to receive spatial operation of the medical image as continuous input, the medical image being displayed on the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Hidaka Uchida, Yoichi Mizutani, Seiji Miyama, Toru Mitome
  • Publication number: 20130342675
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit and an output unit. The storage unit is capable of storing an image of a slide including both images of a sample and a label, which are obtained by shooting the slide. The slide holds the sample and has a front surface on which the label indicating label information relating to the sample is provided. The output unit is capable of outputting the image of the slide as a thumbnail image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kyusojin, Seiji Miyama, Naoki Tagami
  • Publication number: 20130317660
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a reception section which receives, from a connection device having a connection terminal, entry information in which connection device identification information for identifying the connection device and communication device identification information for identifying a communication device connected to the connection terminal are associated with each other, a control section which acquires connection device information related to the connection device based on the entry information, and a transmission section which transmits the connection device information to the communication device indicated by the communication device identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiji Miyama
  • Publication number: 20130182147
    Abstract: A mark information recording apparatus includes an output unit and a recording unit. The output unit is configured to output, for displaying a partial image being a part of an entire image having an arbitrary resolution among entire images generated at a plurality of different resolutions with respect to a single target, the partial image. The recording unit is configured to associate mark information with information on a position within the entire image and information on the resolution of the output partial image and record the mark information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Kimoto, Masato Kajimoto, Seiji Miyama, Hirofumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8447878
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus of the present invention includes: a relayed dummy data receiving unit for receiving relayed dummy data including dummy data of n bytes (n?1) and/or dummy data of N bytes (N?n) sequentially and repetitively transmitted from a transmitting apparatus to a relay server from the relay server; and a buffer setting detecting unit for detecting a buffer setting of the relay server based on a first size value indicative of data size of relayed dummy data received for the first time by the relayed dummy data receiving unit and a second size value indicative of not larger data size of relayed dummy data received for the second time and relayed dummy data received for the third time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Miyama, Yoshihiko Ikenaga
  • Publication number: 20130063585
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a determination unit, and a generation unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of partial images obtained by taking images with respect to a subject so that a plurality of image taking areas are overlapped with each other and relative positional displacement information of two adjacent partial images out of the plurality of partial images, the positional displacement information being calculated for each of the two adjacent partial images. The determination unit determines at least one display partial image for generating a display area image from the plurality of partial images, the display area image being an image of an area displayed as an image of the subject. The generation unit connects, when a plurality of display partial images are determined, the plurality of display partial images on the basis of the positional displacement information, to generate the display area image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Watanabe, Masato Kajimoto, Masashi Kimoto, Masahiro Takahashi, Seiji Miyama
  • Publication number: 20130016919
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of partial images obtained by taking images with respect to a subject so that a plurality of image-taking areas are overlapped with each other, a calculation unit configured to determine an area to be used to generate an image of the subject for each of the plurality of partial images obtained and calculate the areas as a plurality of image areas, a generation unit configured to couple the plurality of image areas calculated with each other to generate the subject image, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image that indicates a coupling position of the plurality of image areas in the subject image generated with respect to the subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Watanabe, Masato Kajimoto, Masashi Kimoto, Masahiro Takahashi, Seiji Miyama