Patents by Inventor Takamichi Yamakoshi

Takamichi Yamakoshi 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: 20230168195
    Abstract: A main objective of the present technology is to improve separation performance of a fluorescence spectrum. The present technology provides a particle analysis system including: a light irradiation unit including at least one first light source that emits light with a wavelength equal to or greater than 350 nm and at least one second light source that emits light with a wavelength less than 350 nm; and a processing unit configured to perform unmixing processing on light data obtained by irradiating particles with light by the light irradiation unit. In addition, the present technology also provides an information processing method including an unmixing processing step of performing unmixing processing on light data obtained by irradiating particles with light by a light irradiation unit including at least one first light source that emits light with a wavelength equal to or greater than 350 nm and at least one second light source that emits light with a wavelength less than 350 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Futamura, Naoki Morimoto, Takamichi Yamakoshi
  • Patent number: 11156823
    Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging device and a first optical system including an objective lens configured to enlarge first and second images of a preparation that holds a sample, the first image being formed on the first device through the first system, a second imaging unit including a second optical system that is branched from the first system and has a depth of field larger than the first system and a second imaging device on which the second image is formed through the second system, and a controller configured to calculate a provisional in-focus position of the lens based on the second image, determine an area of the first device, from which the first image is read, and search for, based on the read image, an in-focus position of the lens in a predetermined range based on the provisional in-focus position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Takuya Oshima, Ryu Narusawa, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Norihiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20190293918
    Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging device and a first optical system including an objective lens configured to enlarge first and second images of a preparation that holds a sample, the first image being formed on the first device through the first system, a second imaging unit including a second optical system that is branched from the first system and has a depth of field larger than the first system and a second imaging device on which the second image is formed through the second system, and a controller configured to calculate a provisional in-focus position of the lens based on the second image, determine an area of the first device, from which the first image is read, and search for, based on the read image, an in-focus position of the lens in a predetermined range based on the provisional in-focus position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Takuya Oshima, Ryu Narusawa, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Norihiro Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10371931
    Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging device and a first optical system including an objective lens configured to enlarge first and second images of a preparation that holds a sample, the first image being formed on the first device through the first system, a second imaging unit including a second optical system that is branched from the first system and has a depth of field larger than the first system and a second imaging device on which the second image is formed through the second system, and a controller configured to calculate a provisional in-focus position of the lens based on the second image, determine an area of the first device, from which the first image is read, and search for, based on the read image, an in-focus position of the lens in a predetermined range based on the provisional in-focus position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Takuya Oshima, Ryu Narusawa, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Norihiro Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10328740
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a slide tray having excellent practicality, convenience, and the like. [Solving Means] A slide tray includes a slide tray body having a first surface on which one or more slides can be mounted, and one or more first convex portions that protrude from the first surface of the slide tray body and set an area in which paper sheets can be mounted on the first surface while being held from one side in a first axis direction of two axis directions orthogonal to each other on the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuichi Machida, Yu Hirono, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Takamichi Yamakoshi
  • Patent number: 9575305
    Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes an illumination optical system configured to emit illumination light; a stage having an opening capable of transmitting the light therethrough, on which a preparation can be placed in accordance with a position of the opening; an enlarging imaging unit including an objective lens configured to enlarge an image and disposed to face the system with the stage disposed therebetween, and an imaging device configured to capture an image enlarged by the lens; a white image acquiring unit configured to open the opening, to cause the system to emit the light in a state where an image point of the system is aligned with a focal point of the lens, and to acquire, as a white image, an image formed on an imaging surface of the device; and a calculation unit configured to use the captured white image to calculate a shading correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Tanabe, Ryu Narusawa, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160223804
    Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging device and a first optical system including an objective lens configured to enlarge first and second images of a preparation that holds a sample, the first image being formed on the first device through the first system, a second imaging unit including a second optical system that is branched from the first system and has a depth of field larger than the first system and a second imaging device on which the second image is formed through the second system, and a controller configured to calculate a provisional in-focus position of the lens based on the second image, determine an area of the first device, from which the first image is read, and search for, based on the read image, an in-focus position of the lens in a predetermined range based on the provisional in-focus position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Takuya Oshima, Ryu Narusawa, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Norihiro Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9341836
    Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging device and a first optical system including an objective lens configured to enlarge first and second images of a preparation that holds a sample, the first image being formed on the first device through the first system, a second imaging unit including a second optical system that is branched from the first system and has a depth of field larger than the first system and a second imaging device on which the second image is formed through the second system, and a controller configured to calculate a provisional in-focus position of the lens based on the second image, determine an area of the first device, from which the first image is read, and search for, based on the read image, an in-focus position of the lens in a predetermined range based on the provisional in-focus position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Takuya Oshima, Ryu Narusawa, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Norihiro Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9110306
    Abstract: A tissue-slice image acquirement and display apparatus includes: an entire-image acquirer that acquires a bright-field image of an entirety of a first slice of a tissue and a dark-field image of an entirety of a second slice of the tissue; a modifier that modifies a profile shape of a slice portion in the dark-field image on the basis of a profile shape of a slice portion in the bright-field image; a magnified-image acquirer that determines a range encompassing the second slice on the basis of the profile shape of the modified slice portion and that acquires, in a dark field, a magnified image of the second slice in the determined range; and a display controller that causes the bright-field image to be displayed and that causes a portion of the magnified image, the portion corresponding to a position selected in the bright-field image, to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Koichiro Kishima, Takashi Yamamoto, Nobuhiro Kihara, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Fumiyasu Suzuki, Ryu Narusawa
  • Publication number: 20150202910
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a slide tray having excellent practicality, convenience, and the like. [Solving Means] A slide tray includes a slide tray body having a first surface on which one or more slides can be mounted, and one or more first convex portions that protrude from the first surface of the slide tray body and set an area in which paper sheets can be mounted on the first surface while being held from one side in a first axis direction of two axis directions orthogonal to each other on the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yuuichi Machida, Yu Hirono, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Takamichi Yamakoshi
  • Patent number: 9013570
    Abstract: Provided is a microscope including: dark field illumination and bright field illumination which illuminate a preparat where a sample mounted on a slide glass is covered with a cover glass and a mounting agent; an image capturing unit which acquires a dark field image by image-capturing the preparat illuminated by the dark field illumination and which acquires a bright field image by image-capturing the preparat illuminated by the bright field illumination; and a magnified portion image acquisition area determination unit which detects an edge of the cover glass in the preparat based on the dark field image and the bright field image acquired by the image capturing unit and determines an internal area of the detected edge of the cover glass as a magnified portion image acquisition area of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Goh Matsunobu, Takamichi Yamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20140267673
    Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging device and a first optical system including an objective lens configured to enlarge first and second images of a preparation that holds a sample, the first image being formed on the first device through the first system, a second imaging unit including a second optical system that is branched from the first system and has a depth of field larger than the first system and a second imaging device on which the second image is formed through the second system, and a controller configured to calculate a provisional in-focus position of the lens based on the second image, determine an area of the first device, from which the first image is read, and search for, based on the read image, an in-focus position of the lens in a predetermined range based on the provisional in-focus position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Takuya Oshima, Ryu Narusawa, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Norihiro Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20140267676
    Abstract: A digital microscope apparatus includes an illumination optical system configured to emit illumination light; a stage having an opening capable of transmitting the light therethrough, on which a preparation can be placed in accordance with a position of the opening; an enlarging imaging unit including an objective lens configured to enlarge an image and disposed to face the system with the stage disposed therebetween, and an imaging device configured to capture an image enlarged by the lens; a white image acquiring unit configured to open the opening, to cause the system to emit the light in a state where an image point of the system is aligned with a focal point of the lens, and to acquire, as a white image, an image formed on an imaging surface of the device; and a calculation unit configured to use the captured white image to calculate a shading correction coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Tanabe, Ryu Narusawa, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8710412
    Abstract: It is possible to generate image data of a biological tissue in a short time. A focus information generating device (2) receives a first reflected light beam (Lr1) split from a reflected light beam (Lr) and a second reflected light beam (Lr2) passing through a pin-hole plate (36). A signal processing unit (13) calculates a uniform reflectance (RE) representing a light amount ratio of the second reflected light beam (Lr2) to the first reflected light beam (Lr1) along with a sum signal (SS) and a difference signal (SD). An integrated control unit (11) detects a position (Z1) corresponding to a top surface (104A) of a cover glass (104) on the basis of the sum signal (SS) and the difference signal (SD) and detects a position (Z3) representing a biological tissue (102) on the basis of the sum signal (SS) and the uniform reflectance (RE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Yu Hirono, Takamichi Yamakoshi
  • Patent number: 8598541
    Abstract: A fluorescent image obtaining device includes a light source that irradiates light such that a fluorescent material marked on a target in a biological sample lies in a non-excited state and a fluorescent material marked on a control with the target lies in an excited state, and an imaging unit that takes an image including the entire biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Yu Hirono, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Nobuhiro Kihara, Takashi Yamamoto, Fumiyasu Suzuki, Ryu Narusawa
  • Patent number: 8553140
    Abstract: An image acquisition apparatus includes: an imaging device on which an image of a small area allocated to an area to be imaged is formed; a detection section detecting intensity of light irradiated on the small area from a light source; an integration section integrating the intensity of light detected by the detection section; if an integration value of the intensity of light integrated by the integration section from a point in time when light is emitted from the light source is greater than a predetermined threshold value, a light-source control section terminates light emission; an exposure control section starting exposure of the imaging device before light is emitted from the light source and terminating exposure of the imaging device after emission of light from the light source is terminated; and an image acquisition section acquiring the image of the small area as a divided image from the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takamichi Yamakoshi, Koichiro Kishima
  • Patent number: 8391112
    Abstract: An optical disk apparatus driving an optical disk includes a tilt-angle adjusting unit configured to adjust a tilt angle indicating the tilt of an optical axis of laser light emitted from a pickup to detect an optimal tilt angle at which a traverse signal has the maximum amplitude and a storing unit configured to store information about the optimal tilt angle. When the optical disk has multiple recording layers on one side, the tilt-angle adjusting unit adjusts the tilt angle with respect to each of the multiple recording layers to detect the optimal tilt angle and the storing unit stores information about the optimal tilt angle with respect to each of the multiple recording layers. The tilt angle with respect to each of the multiple recording layers is controlled in accordance with the information about the optimal tilt angle with respect to each of the multiple recording layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomita, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Kamon Uemura
  • Publication number: 20120002034
    Abstract: Provided is a microscope including: dark field illumination and bright field illumination which illuminate a preparat where a sample mounted on a slide glass is covered with a cover glass and a mounting agent; an image capturing unit which acquires a dark field image by image-capturing the preparat illuminated by the dark field illumination and which acquires a bright field image by image-capturing the preparat illuminated by the bright field illumination; and a magnified portion image acquisition area determination unit which detects an edge of the cover glass in the preparat based on the dark field image and the bright field image acquired by the image capturing unit and determines an internal area of the detected edge of the cover glass as a magnified portion image acquisition area of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goh Matsunobu, Takamichi Yamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20110315851
    Abstract: It is possible to generate image data of a biological tissue in a short time. A focus information generating device (2) receives a first reflected light beam (Lr1) split from a reflected light beam (Lr) and a second reflected light beam (Lr2) passing through a pin-hole plate (36). A signal processing unit (13) calculates a uniform reflectance (RE) representing a light amount ratio of the second reflected light beam (Lr2) to the first reflected light beam (Lr1) along with a sum signal (SS) and a difference signal (SD). An integrated control unit (11) detects a position (Z1) corresponding to a top surface (104A) of a cover glass (104) on the basis of the sum signal (SS) and the difference signal (SD) and detects a position (Z3) representing a biological tissue (102) on the basis of the sum signal (SS) and the uniform reflectance (RE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Yu Hirono, Takamichi Yamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20110049389
    Abstract: A fluorescent image obtaining device includes a light source that irradiates light such that a fluorescent material marked on a target in a biological sample lies in a non-excited state and a fluorescent material marked on a control with the target lies in an excited state, and an imaging unit that takes an image including the entire biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Yu Hirono, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Takamichi Yamakoshi, Nobuhiro Kihara, Takashi Yamamoto, Fumiyasu Suzuki, Ryu Narusawa