Patents by Inventor Sho HORIUCHI
Sho HORIUCHI 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).
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Publication number: 20240065653Abstract: A CT apparatus includes a plurality of imaging units, a rotation mechanism, and a CPU. The imaging unit includes a radiation source and a radiation detector. The rotation mechanism rotates the plurality of imaging units around a body axis of the subject while maintaining a disposition interval. An imaging control unit of the CPU controls operations of the plurality of imaging units and the rotation mechanism. An angular interval that is determined by a frame rate of the radiation detector and a rotation speed of the imaging unit and that defines an acquisition time of a projection image based on the radiation is the same for the plurality of imaging units. The plurality of imaging units have different phases in a rotation direction, and positions where the plurality of imaging units acquire the projection images are separated by a set angle that is less than the angular interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Takashi TAJIMA, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
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Publication number: 20240065646Abstract: A radiation source includes a radiation tube having a cathode which is a cold cathode. An imaging control unit directs the radiation source to intermittently and alternately emit the first radiation having a first energy distribution and the second radiation having a second energy distribution different from the first energy distribution whenever a rotation mechanism rotates the radiation source and a radiation detector by a preset angle. The imaging control unit directs the radiation detector to output a first projection image based on the first radiation and a second projection image based on the second radiation which are obtained by the intermittent emission of the first radiation and the second radiation. An image processing unit generates a tomographic image on the basis of the first projection image and the second projection image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Takashi TAJIMA, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
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Publication number: 20240065644Abstract: An imaging control unit performs conventional scanning, which directs a rotation mechanism to rotate a radiation source and a radiation detector without changing a positional relationship between a subject, and the radiation source and the radiation detector in a rotation axis direction, directs the radiation source to emit radiation whenever the radiation source and the radiation detector are rotated by a preset angle, and directs the radiation detector to output a projection image, at a plurality of height positions along the rotation axis direction. The image processing unit generates a tomographic image on the basis of the projection images obtained at the plurality of height positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Takashi TAJIMA, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
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Publication number: 20240065652Abstract: A CT apparatus includes a plurality of imaging units, a rotation mechanism, a radiation source elevating mechanism, a detector elevating mechanism, and a CPU. The imaging unit includes a radiation source that emits radiation having a quadrangular pyramid shape to a subject and a radiation detector in which a plurality of pixels detecting the radiation transmitted through the subject are two-dimensionally arranged. The rotation mechanism rotates the plurality of imaging units around a body axis of the subject. The radiation source elevating mechanism and the detector elevating mechanism change an interval between the plurality of imaging units in a rotation axis direction. An imaging control unit of the CPU controls operations of the plurality of imaging units, the rotation mechanism, the radiation source elevating mechanism, and the detector elevating mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Sho SHIMIZUKAWA, Takashi TAJIMA, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
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Patent number: 11780369Abstract: A vehicular image processing system includes: a plurality of first camera units configured to acquire a recognition image which is used for a recognition process of recognizing an object present in a nearby area of a vehicle; a recognition unit configured to perform the recognition process; and a communication unit communicatively connected to the first camera units and the recognition unit and configured to receive the recognition images transmitted from the first camera units and to transmit the recognition images to the recognition unit. The communication unit is configured to transmit the recognition images to the recognition unit such that timings of transmission of the recognition images received from the plurality of first camera units to the recognition unit differ. The recognition unit is configured to perform the recognition process using the recognition images received from the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Sho Horiuchi
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Patent number: 11760275Abstract: Provided is an image pickup system including: a front camera sensor; and a camera sensor for image generation having a second horizontal angle of view. The latter camera sensor includes: an image sensor having an image pickup surface; and an optical system having a lens. The image sensor has: a specific region in which light from an object positioned within a diagonal lateral azimuth angle range is to be imaged onto the image pickup surface; and a residual region in which light from an object positioned within a residual azimuth angle range is to be imaged onto the image pickup surface, the residual azimuth angle range being obtained by excluding the diagonal lateral azimuth angle range from the second horizontal angle of view. The lens has a curved surface formed so that a horizontal pixel density in the specific region becomes larger than that in the residual region.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoaki Iida, Sho Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20220250542Abstract: A vehicular image processing system includes: a plurality of first camera units configured to acquire a recognition image which is used for a recognition process of recognizing an object present in a nearby area of a vehicle; a recognition unit configured to perform the recognition process; and a communication unit communicatively connected to the first camera units and the recognition unit and configured to receive the recognition images transmitted from the first camera units and to transmit the recognition images to the recognition unit. The communication unit is configured to transmit the recognition images to the recognition unit such that timings of transmission of the recognition images received from the plurality of first camera units to the recognition unit differ. The recognition unit is configured to perform the recognition process using the recognition images received from the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Sho HORIUCHI
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Publication number: 20220171275Abstract: Provided is an image pickup system including: a front camera sensor; and a camera sensor for image generation having a second horizontal angle of view. The latter camera sensor includes: an image sensor having an image pickup surface; and an optical system having a lens. The image sensor has: a specific region in which light from an object positioned within a diagonal lateral azimuth angle range is to be imaged onto the image pickup surface; and a residual region in which light from an object positioned within a residual azimuth angle range is to be imaged onto the image pickup surface, the residual azimuth angle range being obtained by excluding the diagonal lateral azimuth angle range from the second horizontal angle of view. The lens has a curved surface formed so that a horizontal pixel density in the specific region becomes larger than that in the residual region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoaki IIDA, Sho HORIUCHI
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Patent number: 11102073Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing device that estimates processing rules for a connected device and simplifies the registration of link information, thereby simplifying device connection. This information processing device comprises: a storage unit that stores a history of relationships between device data received from a device and processing rules registered for the device; an estimation unit that, if a processing rule for processing the connected device has not been registered, references the history to estimate a processing rule for a connected device on the basis of device data received from the connected device; and a registration unit that registers the processing rule estimated by the estimation unit in association with identification information of the connected device.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Sho Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20190014004Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing device that estimates processing rules for a connected device and simplifies the registration of link information, thereby simplifying device connection. This information processing device comprises: a storage unit that stores a history of relationships between device data received from a device and processing rules registered for the device; an estimation unit that, if a processing rule for processing the connected device has not been registered, references the history to estimate a processing rule for a connected device on the basis of device data received from the connected device; and a registration unit that registers the processing rule estimated by the estimation unit in association with identification information of the connected device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Sho HORIUCHI