Patents by Inventor Shumpei KAMON

Shumpei KAMON 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: 20210097331
    Abstract: There are provided a medical image processing apparatus, a medical image processing system, a medical image processing method, and a program that allow an observer to grasp a region that contributes to classification in automatic classification of a medical image. A medical image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit (40) that acquires a captured image (38) generated through imaging of a living body; a classification unit (48) that classifies the captured image into two or more classes; an image generation unit (50) that generates a region image depicting a location of a region that contributes to classification performed using the classification unit in the captured image subjected to the classification performed using the classification unit; and a display signal transmission unit (44) that transmits, to a display device, a display signal representing the captured image, a classification result derived using the classification unit, and the region image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20210076917
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention, a first image is continuously acquired and displayed as a moving image by using first observation light until a still image acquisition instruction is received. When the still image acquisition instruction is received, a first image and a second image are acquired as still images by using first observation light and second observation light. After the still images have been acquired, a first image is acquired and displayed as a moving image again by using first observation light. Thus, the user is able to acquire still images by using first observation light and second observation light as necessary (for example, in response to a user instruction, or at a timing when acquisition of a still image is necessary such as when a region of interest is detected) while continuing observation with the first image, and is able to observe and classify a photographic subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20210082568
    Abstract: Provided is a medical image processing device, a processor device, a medical image processing method, and a computer-readable medium capable of obtaining a recognition result related to a region of interest and storing and displaying a medical image in which the recognition result matches an intention of an operator. The medical image processing device includes an image acquisition unit (40) that acquires a medical image (38), an acquired image storage unit (46A) that stores the acquired medical image, a recognition processing unit (42A) that performs recognition processing on the acquired medical image, a user input signal acquisition unit (50) that acquires a user input signal transmitted according to an operation of a user, and a selection unit (48) that selects a medical image from medical images for which a result of the recognition processing related to a region of interest is obtained in a case where the user input signal is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Patent number: 10939799
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus, an endoscope system, an image processing method, an image processing program, and a recording medium capable of accurately estimating blood vessel information. An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of a living body; a blood vessel index value calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel index value of the living body from the acquired image; a blood vessel density calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel density of the living body from the acquired image; a blood vessel index value correction unit that corrects the calculated blood vessel index value according to the calculated blood vessel density; and a blood vessel information estimation unit that estimates blood vessel information of the living body based on the corrected blood vessel index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei Kamon
  • Publication number: 20210044750
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention acquires a first image and a second image in a first image acquisition mode, or a second image acquisition mode in which a second image acquisition ratio is higher than in the first image acquisition mode, on the basis of a detection result of a specific target (whether or not a specific target has been detected, what type of specific target). For example, in accordance with whether or not a specific target has been detected and the type of specific target, the first image and the second image can be acquired in the first image acquisition mode in a case where the necessity for acquiring the second image is low, whereas the first image and the second image can be acquired in the second image acquisition mode, in which the second image acquisition ratio is high, in a case where the necessity for acquiring the second image is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20210042914
    Abstract: There is provided a filing device, a filing method, and a program that cause a still image and a motion image to be associated with each other, which are captured without being associated with each other. The problem is solved through a filing device including an acquisition unit that acquires at least one still image and at least one motion image, a still image analysis unit that analyzes a pixel value of the still image and extracts still image information, a motion image analysis unit that analyzes a pixel value of the motion image and extracts motion image information, and an associating unit that associates the still image with the motion image by comparing the still image information with the motion image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki OOSAKE, Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20210012495
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing device, an endoscope system, and an image processing method capable of efficiently saving a moving image in which a lesion is shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shumpei KAMON, Hirona YUMBE
  • Publication number: 20200383553
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing device, an endoscope system, and an image processing method capable of observing an accurate structure of a subject while preventing a substantial decrease in a frame rate in a case where an image is acquired using a plurality of observation lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20200320702
    Abstract: There are provided a medical image processing device, an endoscope system, a medical image processing method, and a program which detect an optimal lesion region according to an in-vivo position of a captured image. Images at a plurality of in-vivo positions of a subject are acquired from medical equipment that sequentially captures and displays in real time the images; positional information indicating the in-vivo position of the acquired image is acquired; from among a plurality of region-of-interest detection units that detect a region of interest from an input image and correspond to the plurality of in-vivo positions, respectively, a region-of-interest detection unit corresponding to the position indicated by the positional information is selected; and the selected region-of-interest detection unit detects a region of interest from the acquired image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20200305700
    Abstract: Provided are endoscopic image acquisition system and method that make observation of images easier when images are collected. The endoscopic image acquisition system includes a wavelength pattern changing unit that changes a wavelength pattern of irradiation light with which a part to be observed in a body cavity of a patient is irradiated or returning light from the part to be observed. Images of an observation wavelength pattern are captured at a certain frame rate. In response to acceptance of an acquisition instruction, images of a plurality of wavelength patterns different from one another are sequentially captured. The images of the plurality of wavelength patterns different from one another are stored in a storage unit. An image of a wavelength pattern other than the observation wavelength pattern is set not to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20200193602
    Abstract: A diagnosis support system having a processor configured to acquire medical images; detect a medicine and/or equipment used when the medical images are captured, from the medical images by image recognition; detect a region of interest from the medical images by image recognition; assign, to the medical image from which the medicine and/or equipment is detected, first detection information indicating the detected medicine and/or equipment; and assign, to the medical image from which the region of interest is detected, second detection information indicating the detected region of interest, display, on a display device, the medical images in a list in a display form according to the first detection information and the second detection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20200184645
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus having a processor configured to: acquire a plurality of medical images each including a subject image; detect a region of interest for each medical image; determine whether or not a plurality of the regions of interest detected for each medical image are regions including the same target; and count the number of the regions of interest excluding an overlap of the regions determined to include the same target among the plurality of the regions of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20200170484
    Abstract: A diagnosis support system having an image sensor that captures a medical image and a processor configured to capture medical images of which imaging times are different, store any of medical images as representative images, store the medical images excluding the representative images as groups of neighboring images such that each the groups of neighboring images are associated with the representative images, display the representative images in a list on a display device, receive a selection from the representative images displayed in the list, extract a neighboring image for diagnosis from among a group of neighboring images which is associated with a selected representative image, and display the extracted neighboring image for diagnosis on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20200143538
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes a medical image acquisition unit that acquires the medical image including a subject image, a medical image analysis result acquisition unit that acquires an analysis result obtained by analyzing the medical image, a display unit that displays at least one medical image and at least information on presence or absence of a treatment tool or a type of a treatment tool in the analysis result acquired by the medical image analysis result acquisition unit, and an input receiving unit that receives an input regarding whether or not the information on presence or absence of a treatment tool or a type of a treatment tool included in the analysis result is correct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20200143936
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus 10 includes a medical image acquisition unit 11 that acquires a medical image 50 including a subject image, a medical image analysis result acquisition unit 12 that acquires an analysis result obtained by analyzing the medical image 50, a display unit 13 that displays at least one medical image 50 and at least information on presence or absence of a lesion or a type of a lesion in the analysis result acquired by the medical image analysis result acquisition unit 12, and an input receiving unit 14 that receives an input regarding whether or not the information on presence or absence of a lesion or a type of a lesion included in the analysis result is correct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shumpei KAMON, Masaaki OOSAKE
  • Publication number: 20200008653
    Abstract: Provided is an endoscope system capable of easily re-searching for a detected region of interest, and an operation method for the endoscope system. An endoscope system 10 includes an endoscopic image acquisition unit 54, a region-of-interest detecting unit 80, a position information acquisition unit 81, and a display unit 18. The endoscopic image acquisition unit 54 acquires an endoscopic image acquired by capturing an image of a lumen with an endoscope 12. The region-of-interest detecting unit 80 detects a region of interest in the lumen by using the endoscopic image. The position information acquisition unit 81 acquires position information of the region of interest detected by the region-of-interest detecting unit 80. The display unit 18 displays the position information of the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Patent number: 10426318
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing apparatus, an endoscope system, and an image processing method for assisting diagnosis more effectively by calculating more intuitive and useful information than blood vessel information for a specific submucosal depth. An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to function as an image acquisition unit that acquires an endoscope image, a blood vessel extraction unit that extracts a blood vessel at a specific depth of the observation target from the endoscope image, a blood vessel information calculation unit that calculates blood vessel information regarding the blood vessel extracted by the blood vessel extraction unit, and a blood vessel parameter calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel parameter, which is relevant to the blood vessel at the specific depth, by calculation using the blood vessel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM
    Inventor: Shumpei Kamon
  • Publication number: 20190246874
    Abstract: Provided are a processor device, an endoscope system, and a method of operating the processor device capable of distinguishing respective tissues included in an observation target. A Bs image signal, a Gs image signal, and an Rs image signal obtained by imaging the observation target including at least one tissue are acquired. A calculated image is obtained by performing specific calculation processing on the basis of these images of bands. The tissue discrimination unit 74 discriminates the tissue on the basis of a brightness value of the Bs image signal and the calculated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20190021579
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device and a method for operating the same, and an endoscope processor device and a method for operating the same that accurately measure the blood vessel depth of blood vessels in an observation target. A data set including a plurality of items of measurement data in which blood vessel index values, such as blood vessel contrast and a plurality of blood vessel index value variation factors including the blood vessel depth are associated with each other is stored in a data set storage unit 97. A specific blood vessel index value variation factor other than the blood vessel depth is measured. The data set is narrowed to a sub-data set having the specific blood vessel index value variation factor. A blood vessel depth corresponding to a blood vessel index value calculated by the blood vessel index value calculation unit is found from the sub-data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON
  • Publication number: 20190008362
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus, an endoscope system, an image processing method, an image processing program, and a recording medium capable of accurately estimating blood vessel information. An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of a living body; a blood vessel index value calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel index value of the living body from the acquired image; a blood vessel density calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel density of the living body from the acquired image; a blood vessel index value correction unit that corrects the calculated blood vessel index value according to the calculated blood vessel density; and a blood vessel information estimation unit that estimates blood vessel information of the living body based on the corrected blood vessel index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shumpei KAMON