Patents by Inventor Shigeatsu Yoshioka

Shigeatsu Yoshioka 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: 20200035336
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and method that allow a user to easily adequately move a display area by guiding a browsed part when a needle biopsy image is browsed. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store a pathological image of a specimen and guide information along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image, a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen, an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user, and a control unit to calculate the range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: YUTAKA HASEGAWA, HIDAKA UCHIDA, YOICHI MIZUTANI, SHIGEATSU YOSHIOKA, MASATO KAJIMOTO, KOUJI OGURA, MASASHI KIMOTO, NAOKI TAGAMI, TORU MITOME
  • Patent number: 10535112
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10506167
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus, for an observed image associated with an observation target object (e.g., a section of biological tissue), associates and stores position information and observation magnification information. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to: (i) display an image associated with the observation target object; (ii) indicate the first positional information of the first observed image; and (iii) indicate the first observation magnification information of the first observed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yoshihiro Wakita, Masashi Kimoto, Naoki Tagami
  • Publication number: 20190354269
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi KIMOTO, Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA, Yutaka HASEGAWA, Masao KONDO
  • Publication number: 20190354794
    Abstract: A biological image presentation device includes: an acquisition unit; a determination unit determining an image as a standard and an image for comparison; an extraction unit extracting, from the image as a standard, a position where a change of luminance value equal to or larger than a defined value is present; a detection unit detecting a position corresponding to the position extracted from the image for comparison; a division unit dividing the image as a standard on the basis of the position extracted; a mapping unit mapping the image for comparison to an area corresponding to each divided area of the image as a standard while modifying so as to conform to the shape of the divided area; and a display control unit switching and displaying an image for display in a display area by using the image as a standard and an image mapped by the mapping unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Gakuho Fukushi
  • Publication number: 20190356859
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus, for an observed image associated with an observation target object (e.g., a section of biological tissue), associates and stores position information and observation magnification information. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to: (i) display an image associated with the observation target object; (ii) indicate the first positional information of the first observed image; and (iii) indicate the first observation magnification information of the first observed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yoichi MIZUTANI, Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA, Yoshihiro WAKITA, Masashi KIMOTO, Naoki TAGAMI
  • Patent number: 10460075
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program that allow a user to easily adequately move a display area by guiding a browsed part when a needle biopsy image is browsed. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit to store a pathological image of a specimen and guide information along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image; a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen; an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user; and a control unit to calculate the range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Hasegawa, Hidaka Uchida, Yoichi Mizutani, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Masato Kajimoto, Kouji Ogura, Masashi Kimoto, Naoki Tagami, Toru Mitome
  • Patent number: 10424046
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, method, and program are provided that control display of an image. The information processing apparatus, method, and program designate a first point and a second point on an image, determine a zoom direction based on a position of the first point relative to a position of the second point, and zoom the image in the zoom direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Masao Kondo, Yutaka Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10416867
    Abstract: A display control apparatus that is a first aspect of the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that obtains an input image; and a display control unit that displays the input image on a screen by scrolling the input image along a predetermined scroll line, the display control unit displaying the input image by scrolling the input image along the scroll line different according to a scroll speed that is a speed in the scrolling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a case where a medical image is diagnosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, JAPANESE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohashi, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Toru Mitome, Takuya Narihira
  • Patent number: 10410083
    Abstract: A biological image presentation device includes: an acquisition unit; a determination unit determining an image as a standard and an image for comparison; an extraction unit extracting, from the image as a standard, a position where a change of luminance value equal to or larger than a defined value is present; a detection unit detecting a position corresponding to the position extracted from the image for comparison; a division unit dividing the image as a standard on the basis of the position extracted; a mapping unit mapping the image for comparison to an area corresponding to each divided area of the image as a standard while modifying so as to conform to the shape of the divided area; and a display control unit switching and displaying an image for display in a display area by using the image as a standard and an image mapped by the mapping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Gakuho Fukushi
  • Patent number: 10372312
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yutaka Hasegawa, Masao Kondo
  • Publication number: 20190206544
    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: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Hidaka Uchida, Yoichi Mizutani, Seiji Miyama, Toru Mitome
  • Publication number: 20190042080
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi KIMOTO, Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA, Yutaka HASEGAWA, Masao KONDO
  • Patent number: 10185804
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Hidaka Uchida, Yoichi Mizutani, Seiji Miyama, Toru Mitome
  • Publication number: 20180357738
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus generates and causes a display device to display a first thumbnail image which is associated with annotation information. Using a size of the first thumbnail image, the information processing apparatus determines a display size of a first annotation which corresponds to the annotation information. Using the determined display size, the information processing apparatus determines a second annotation. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to display the determined second annotation overlapping the first thumbnail image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Naoki Tagami, Shigeatsu Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20180357739
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20180341391
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus displays a first image associated with an observation target object. In this example embodiment, the first image has a first zoom magnification and a first display range which has a first center position. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus enables a user to change the first zoom magnification by selecting a first position of the displayed first image. In response to the first position being selected, the information processing apparatus displays a second image associated with the observation target image. In this example embodiment, the second image has a second zoom magnification which is different from the first zoom magnification. The second image also has a second display range which has a second center position which is different from the first center position. In this example embodiment, the second center position corresponds to the selected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Masashi Kimoto
  • Patent number: 10121219
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10114533
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kimoto, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yutaka Hasegawa, Masao Kondo
  • Patent number: 10091426
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus, for an observed image associated with an observation target object (e.g., a section of biological tissue), associates and stores position information and observation magnification information. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to: (i) display an image associated with the observation target object; (ii) indicate the first positional information of the first observed image; and (iii) indicate the first observation magnification information of the first observed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Mizutani, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Yoshihiro Wakita, Masashi Kimoto, Naoki Tagami