Patents by Inventor Tadashi Shiotani, legal representative

Tadashi Shiotani, legal representative 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).

  • Image processing/displaying apparatus having free moving control unit and limited moving control unit and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 8102392
    Abstract: An image processing/displaying apparatus comprises a data storage unit configured to store 3-dimensional volume data, a cross section information generation unit configured to generate cross section information by reconstructing the 3-dimensional volume data stored in the data storage unit, an image display unit configured to display a cross section image of a subject in accordance with the cross section information generated by the cross section information generation unit, a locking unit configured to designate an affected part in the cross section image as a rotation center and a control unit configured to control image rotation on the image display unit so that the affected part is contained in the cross section image, when operation for rotating cross section is performed by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamagata, Yoshitaka Mine, Naohisa Kamiyama, Susumu Hiki, Yuko Tanaka, Masaaki Tanaka, legal representative, Tadashi Shiotani, legal representative, Yuriko Shiotani, legal representative