Patents by Inventor Shuuichi Taneda

Shuuichi Taneda 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).

  • Method for automatically detecting degenerated regions in stained thin section slides
    Patent number: 7760925
    Abstract: In a method for automatically detecting degenerated regions in many stained thin section specimens (40), color region information is obtained on a degenerated region and on a non-degenerated region on image data of a standard specimen in a stained thin section slide. Next, color region information is obtained on a non-degenerated region on image data of a specimen. Next, the image data of the specimen is compared with the image data of the standard specimen to calculate a color correction quantity to match tone and brightness of the non-degenerated region in the specimen with the counterparts in the non-degenerated region in the standard specimen, and the image data of the specimen is corrected with the color correction quantity. Next, a degenerated region is extracted in the corrected image data of the specimen based on the color region information in the standard specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignees: Kurashiki Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka Bioscience Institute
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Sakurai, Hideaki Hikawa, Shuuichi Taneda, Naomi Eguchi
  • Method For Automatically Detecting Degenerated Regions in Stained Thin Section Slides
    Publication number: 20080159603
    Abstract: In a method for automatically detecting degenerated regions in many stained thin section specimens (40), color region information is obtained on a degenerated region and on a non-degenerated region on image data of a standard specimen in a stained thin section slide. Next, color region information is obtained on a non-degenerated region on image data of a specimen. Next, the image data of the specimen is compared with the image data of the standard specimen to calculate a color correction quantity to match tone and brightness of the non-degenerated region in the specimen with the counterparts in the non-degenerated region in the standard specimen, and the image data of the specimen is corrected with the color correction quantity. Next, a degenerated region is extracted in the corrected image data of the specimen based on the color region information in the standard specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Kurashiki Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Sakurai, Hideaki Hikawa, Shuuichi Taneda, Naomi Eguchi