Patents by Inventor Tadahiko Iijima
Tadahiko Iijima 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: 20140295767Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus including a radiation detection unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices configured to convert radiation into electric charges are arranged and a communication unit configured to output image data formed from electric charges read out from the photoelectric conversion devices includes a setting unit configured to perform setting for connecting the communication unit wirelessly to an external apparatus, by executing processing based on a plurality of setting methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20140252206Abstract: A control apparatus for a radiation sensor, including pixels each for obtaining electric charges, includes: a control unit configured to start driving for imaging in response to radiation irradiation, and stop the driving when a first time elapses after the start of the driving; and a receiving unit configured to externally receive a predetermined instruction signal. The control unit is configured to, in response to reception of the predetermined instruction signal, control a state of the radiation sensor based on a difference between the first time and a second time from the start of the driving to the reception of the predetermined instruction signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20140177806Abstract: A radiation imaging system comprises: a radiation imaging apparatus; an entry apparatus which is associated with a radiation generator; wherein the entry apparatus is configured, in response to a request received from the radiation imaging apparatus via a close proximity wireless communication connection, to send information to the radiation imaging apparatus via the close proximity wireless communication connection for connecting the radiation imaging apparatus to a wireless LAN; wherein the close proximity wireless communication connection has a communication range shorter than that of a wireless LAN; and a control unit for controlling the radiation generator and the radiation imaging apparatus, which has connected to the wireless LAN based on the information which has been sent from the entry apparatus via the close proximity wireless communication connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohide Tachikawa, Tadahiko Iijima
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Patent number: 8675624Abstract: A radiation imaging system comprises: a radiation imaging apparatus; an entry apparatus which is associated with a radiation generator; wherein the entry apparatus is configured, in response to a request received from the radiation imaging apparatus via a close proximity wireless communication connection, to send information to the radiation imaging apparatus via the close proximity wireless communication connection for connecting the radiation imaging apparatus to a wireless LAN; wherein the close proximity wireless communication connection has a communication range shorter than that of a wireless LAN; and a control unit for controlling the radiation generator and the radiation imaging apparatus, which has connected to the wireless LAN based on the information which has been sent from the entry apparatus via the close proximity wireless communication connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirohide Tachikawa, Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20130279656Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain rotation control information of a positive electrode of a rotating positive electrode type radiation generating apparatus; an accumulation unit configured to accumulate charge; a readout unit configured to read out the charge based on the rotation control information while a rotational speed of the positive electrode is constant; and an image generating unit configured to generate an image by reading out the charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20130279661Abstract: A radiation imaging control apparatus includes an exposure switch configured to instruct radiation emission, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first signal indicating that the exposure switch is pressed, a first connection unit configured to detachably connect with a control unit of a radiant ray detector to transmit a second signal indicating the driving state of the radiant ray detector, a second connection unit configured to detachably connect with a control unit of a radiant ray generation apparatus to transmit a specific signal, and a control unit configured to perform control to output the specific signal via the second connection unit upon acquisition of the first and second signals, wherein the second connection unit is a connector for making wired connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Toshikazu Tamura, Taro Hiroike, Tadahiko Iijima, Hirokazu Ohguri, Toshiya Ishioka
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Patent number: 8400476Abstract: A display device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire coordinates on a display screen designated by a coordinate input apparatus; a registering unit configured to register an enlargement target which is to be enlarged; an enlargement processing unit configured to enlarge and display a partial area, which includes the enlargement target, if a positional relationship between coordinates acquired by the acquisition unit and a position at which the enlargement target, which has been registered by the registering unit, is displayed on the display screen satisfies a predetermined condition; and a cancellation processing unit configured to cancel the enlarged display of the partial area by the enlargement processing unit based upon an input from the coordinate input apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Patent number: 8258463Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform imaging by using a plurality of image capture elements for accumulating electric charges, a storage unit configured to store an offset correction image, a correction image generation unit configured, when capturing a radiation image through radiant-ray irradiation, to combine the offset correction image with an image captured by using a part of the plurality of image capture elements through the imaging unit without radiant-ray irradiation to update the offset correction image, and a correction processing unit configured to correct the captured radiation image, based on the offset correction image.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Patent number: 8166417Abstract: In a case where a display control apparatus displays images A and B from respective PCs, a positioning operation using a positional device is started in an area of image A and continuously preformed in the area of that image. The apparatus determines whether or not a position designated in the area of image A has a predetermined positional relationship with an area of image B, partly covering the image A. If it is determined that the designated position has the predetermined positional relationship with the area of image B, the apparatus makes image B transparent. The apparatus then issues coordinates data indicating the designated position in the area of image B, to the PC for outputting image A.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20120074328Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform imaging by using a plurality of image capture elements for accumulating electric charges, a storage unit configured to store an offset correction image, a correction image generation unit configured, when capturing a radiation image through radiant-ray irradiation, to combine the offset correction image with an image captured by using a part of the plurality of image capture elements through the imaging unit without radiant-ray irradiation to update the offset correction image, and a correction processing unit configured to correct the captured radiation image, based on the offset correction image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Patent number: 8097858Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform imaging by using a plurality of image capture elements for accumulating electric charges, a storage unit configured to store an offset correction image, a correction image generation unit configured, when capturing a radiation image through radiant-ray irradiation, to combine the offset correction image with an image captured by using a part of the plurality of image capture elements through the imaging unit without radiant-ray irradiation to update the offset correction image, and a correction processing unit configured to correct the captured radiation image, based on the offset correction image.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20110116486Abstract: A radiation imaging system comprises: a radiation imaging apparatus; an entry apparatus which is associated with a radiation generator; wherein the entry apparatus is configured, in response to a request received from the radiation imaging apparatus via a close proximity wireless communication connection, to send information to the radiation imaging apparatus via the close proximity wireless communication connection for connecting the radiation imaging apparatus to a wireless LAN; wherein the close proximity wireless communication connection has a communication range shorter than that of a wireless LAN; and a control unit for controlling the radiation generator and the radiation imaging apparatus, which has connected to the wireless LAN based on the information which has been sent from the entry apparatus via the close proximity wireless communication connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohide Tachikawa, Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20100187410Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform imaging by using a plurality of image capture elements for accumulating electric charges, a storage unit configured to store an offset correction image, a correction image generation unit configured, when capturing a radiation image through radiant-ray irradiation, to combine the offset correction image with an image captured by using a part of the plurality of image capture elements through the imaging unit without radiant-ray irradiation to update the offset correction image, and a correction processing unit configured to correct the captured radiation image, based on the offset correction image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20090251489Abstract: A graphics rendering and editing apparatus includes a rendering unit configured to render a graphic object, a position specifying unit configured to specify a pre-change position and a post-change position of an arbitrary point on the graphic object, an attribute specifying unit configured to specify a deformation attribute of the graphic object, the deformation attribute being related to how the graphic object is deformed as a position of the arbitrary point changes, and a deformation unit configured to deform, when the position specifying unit has specified the pre-change position and the post-change position the graphic object in accordance with the pre-change position, the post-change position, and the attribute specified by the attribute specifying unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tadahiko Iijima, Noriaki Sato
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Publication number: 20090122066Abstract: The drawing-editing system includes a drawing processing unit which draws a drawing object based on an input from a coordinate input apparatus, a calculation unit which calculates a first speed indicating a drawing speed upon drawing of a first drawing object drawn by the drawing processing unit, and a second speed indicating a moving speed from the drawing end position of the first object to the drawing start position of the next second drawing object to be drawn, a determination unit which determines, based on information calculated by the calculation unit, whether to group the first drawing object and the second drawing object, and a grouping processing unit which executes grouping of the first drawing object and the second drawing object based on the determination result of the determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20090122085Abstract: A display device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire coordinates on a display screen designated by a coordinate input apparatus; a registering unit configured to register an enlargement target which is to be enlarged; an enlargement processing unit configured to enlarge and display a partial area, which includes the enlargement target, if a positional relationship between coordinates acquired by the acquisition unit and a position at which the enlargement target, which has been registered by the registering unit, is displayed on the display screen satisfies a predetermined condition; and a cancellation processing unit configured to cancel the enlarged display of the partial area by the enlargement processing unit based upon an input from the coordinate input apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20090096933Abstract: An image-quality adjusting apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display on a display unit a plurality of image data that are each associated with a predetermined item for image-quality control and each have a different evaluation value as to an adjustment item, and an image-quality adjusting unit configured to adjust image quality of the plurality of image data displayed on the display unit in accordance with a user's operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Patent number: 7324087Abstract: A method for controlling a cursor by moving the cursor in response to the operation of pointing device on a predetermined working area, wherein a predetermined proportion of the vector of the shift of the pointing device immediately before the movement of the pointing device is stopped is reflected in the movement of the cursor, when the pointing device is stopped and in contact with the working area.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tadahiko Iijima
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Publication number: 20060197751Abstract: In a case the display control apparatus displays images A and B from respective PCs, a positioning operation using a positional device is started in an area of image A and continuously preformed in the area of image A. The apparatus determines whether or not a position designated in the area of image A has a predetermined positional relationship with an area of image B partly covering the image A. If it is determined that the designated position has the predetermined positional relationship with the area of image B, the apparatus makes the image B transparent. The apparatus then issues coordinates data indicating the designated position in the area of image B, to the PC for outputting the image A.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2006Publication date: September 7, 2006Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: TADAHIKO IIJIMA
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Publication number: 20050028112Abstract: A method for controlling a cursor by moving the cursor in response to the operation of pointing device on a predetermined working area, wherein a predetermined proportion of the vector of the shift of the pointing device immediately before the movement of the pointing device is stopped is reflected in the movement of the cursor, when the pointing device is stopped and in contact with the working area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tadahiko Iijima