Patents by Inventor Shugo Ishizaka

Shugo Ishizaka 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: 10481282
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing apparatus that generates a plurality of frame images includes: radiation detecting devices that are arranged on a substrate and can generate electric charge; a voltage applying part that applies a reverse bias voltage to the radiation detecting devices; the data reading part that reads image data; and a noise detector that detects a voltage noise of the reverse bias voltage and outputs data, wherein the data reading part includes: an estimator that estimates an offset component; a noise data calculator that calculates noise data on the basis of the data output by the noise detector and the offset component estimated by the estimator; and an image correcting part that generates image data after correction by subtracting the noise data calculated by the noise data calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Mao Eguchi, Shugo Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 10335110
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing system includes the following. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a two-dimensional array of radiation detecting elements and a control circuit which controls reading of image data from each of the radiation detecting elements based on a predetermined capturing sequence. An image processor has first gain data to correct gains of the radiation detecting elements, and generates a radiographic image based on the corrected image data. The control circuit of the radiographic image capturing apparatus is capable of varying at least one of a reverse bias voltage and a signal line voltage to be applied to the corresponding signal line. The control circuit reads a signal value from each of the radiation detecting elements, creates second gain data based on the read signal value, and corrects the radiographic image with the first gain data and the second gain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Kawana, Hideaki Tajima, Shugo Ishizaka
  • Publication number: 20180267182
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing apparatus that generates a plurality of frame images includes: radiation detecting devices that are arranged on a substrate and can generate electric charge; a voltage applying part that applies a reverse bias voltage to the radiation detecting devices; the data reading part that reads image data; and a noise detector that detects a voltage noise of the reverse bias voltage and outputs data, wherein the data reading part includes: an estimator that estimates an offset component; a noise data calculator that calculates noise data on the basis of the data output by the noise detector and the offset component estimated by the estimator; and an image correcting part that generates image data after correction by subtracting the noise data calculated by the noise data calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Mao Eguchi, Shugo Ishizaka
  • Publication number: 20170303883
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing system includes the following. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a two-dimensional array of radiation detecting elements and a control circuit which controls reading of image data from each of the radiation detecting elements based on a predetermined capturing sequence. An image processor has first gain data to correct gains of the radiation detecting elements, and generates a radiographic image based on the corrected image data. The control circuit of the radiographic image capturing apparatus is capable of varying at least one of a reverse bias voltage and a signal line voltage to be applied to the corresponding signal line. The control circuit reads a signal value from each of the radiation detecting elements, creates second gain data based on the read signal value, and corrects the radiographic image with the first gain data and the second gain data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yuki KAWANA, Hideaki TAJIMA, Shugo ISHIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20140270573
    Abstract: A method of processing a binary document image to remove non-text elements including long straight lines. The method uses a least squares method to fit the pixels of an image component to a line, and then use the coefficient of determination as a measure of linearity of the image component. For each image component, the line fitting and the coefficient of determination are performed twice, once on the original pixel coordinates and once after the image component is rotated 45 degrees. The higher one of the two calculated coefficients of determination is used to determine whether the image component is a straight line. If it is, and if the line is longer than a certain length, it is removed from the document image as a non-text element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Shugo Ishizaka