Patents by Inventor Takashi Tajima

Takashi Tajima 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).

  • Patent number: 10045746
    Abstract: In a radiation image processing apparatus, method, and program, performing image processing based on scattered radiation, such as scattered radiation elimination processing, accurately by taking into account the influence of scattered radiation from an area adjacent to a processing target area. For this purpose, performing image processing on a radiation image captured by applying radiation to a subject based on scattered radiation generated by the subject. In this case, a processing target area which is the processing target in the radiation image is added with another area different from the processing target area in the radiation image. Then, the image processing based on scattered radiation is performed on the processing target area using the another area and the processing target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tajima, Jun Enomoto, Yasufumi Oda, Takeshi Kuwabara, Daiki Harada, Yuichi Hosoi, Noriaki Ida, Naoyuki Nishino, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Publication number: 20180192970
    Abstract: There are provided a radiation-irradiation device and a monitor image display method for the radiation-irradiation device that allow a device operator to confirm a situation on the front side in a traveling direction in a case in which the device operator makes a radiation-irradiation device holding a radiation source travel and also allow the operator to confirm a situation around a subject in a case in which the device operator takes a radiation image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi TAJIMA, Haruyasu NAKATSUGAWA, Takeshi OHKUBO
  • Patent number: 9980696
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasufumi Oda, Jun Enomoto, Ryou Imamura, Takashi Tajima, Kentaro Noma, Takeshi Kuwabara, Tetsuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Yasuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Takeshi Koishi
  • Patent number: 9931092
    Abstract: In an X-ray imaging system, first X-ray irradiation and second X-ray irradiation are performed in performing X-ray imaging once. A preview producing circuit subjects first image data outputted from a sensor panel after the first X-ray irradiation is finished to binning processing or thinning processing to produce a preview image. The produced image is transmitted through a communication I/F to a console while the sensor panel performs an accumulation operation in the second X-ray irradiation. The preview image is displayed on a monitor of the console in the second X-ray irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Tajima
  • Publication number: 20180031714
    Abstract: A radiography system includes a radiography apparatus including first and second radiation detectors and, in a case in which a value corresponding to at least one of a first electric signal or a second electric signal is less than a threshold value, a console derives second imaging conditions using at least one of the first electric signal or the second electric signal, the first electric signal being a signal obtained by converting charge generated in the pixels of the first radiation detector under first imaging conditions, and having a level that increases as an amount of charge increases, the second electric signal being a signal obtained by converting charge generated in the pixels of the second radiation detector under the first imaging conditions, and having a level that increases as an amount of charge increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Takashi TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9861334
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiographic imaging system, a radiographic imaging device, a handheld terminal device and a radiographic imaging method that may improve convenience for a user, in a case in which handheld terminal device is used for radiographic imaging. In a case where a radiographic image is imaged without using a console, the radiographic imaging device generates an image ID and transmits to the handheld terminal device. The handheld terminal device associates the received image ID with a patient ID and memorizes in a memory section. Meanwhile, the radiographic imaging device associates image data of the imaged radiographic image with the image ID and memorizes in a memory section. After imaging is completed, the console separately receives the associated image ID and patient ID from the handheld terminal device and receives the associated image ID and image data from the radiographic imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tajima, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 9848845
    Abstract: A sensor panel of an electronic cassette includes detection pixels each for outputting a dose signal corresponding to a dose of X-rays, an irradiation start judging section for judging whether or not X-ray irradiation has been started based on the dose signal, and an AEC section for judging whether or not an accumulated dose of X-rays has reached a target dose based on the dose signal. A gain setting section sets a gain of an integration amplifier in the case of using the irradiation start judging section lower than that in the case of using the AEC section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Tajima
  • Publication number: 20170360390
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes a portable information terminal 16 and a console 18 which are plural control devices of which each one performs a control relating to imaging of a radiographic image and of which at least one is selectively used; and a terminal control unit 30 of the portable information terminal 16 and a control unit 50 of the console 18 that respectively function as a setting unit that sets, with respect to at least one of usage control devices which is control device to be selectively used, control content based on one usage control device in a case where the number of usage control devices is one, and sets control content based on a combination of plural usage control devices in a case where the number of usage control devices is plural.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9793305
    Abstract: In capturing an image of a grid by an image detector, a measurement pixel that is not in the position of a specific point having a maximum or minimum value of an output signal is referred to as a first measurement pixel, and a measurement pixel that is in the position of the specific point is referred to as a second measurement pixel. The disposition of the first and second measurement pixels are determined so as to satisfy the following condition: fG/fN?odd number, wherein fG is a grid frequency and fN is a Nyquist frequency of pixels; and in shifting the grid C times by one pixel, the number of the first measurement pixels is larger than that of the second measurement pixels at any time in the range of a cycle C of a repetition pattern appearing in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Kuwabara, Yusuke Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 9782137
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system that includes: a radiation detector including an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels are provided, each pixel including a sensor portion that generates charges in accordance with radiation amounts of irradiated radiation and accumulates the generated charges during an accumulation period, and a switching element that reads out the charges from the sensor portion after the accumulation period; an imaging control section that images a radiographic image by sequentially imaging radiographic images during the accumulation period using division regions, into which the imaging region of the radiation detector is plurally divided, one at a time; and a display control section that displays, at a display section, information relating to remaining imaging until the imaging is complete, the information representing a state of progress of the imaging by the imaging control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Tajima
  • Patent number: 9780128
    Abstract: An image detector is disposed behind a grid. The image detector has normal pixels and measurement pixels. Out of a group of measurement pixels based on which an average value of dose measurement signals is calculated, a [C/D] number of measurement pixels are disposed or chosen in a cycle Z=(R×C)±D. Wherein, C represents a cycle of a repetition pattern appearing in an arrangement direction of X-ray transparent layers and X-ray absorbing layers in an X-ray image of the grid, and is represented in units of the number of pixels. R represents a natural number of 0 or more. D represents an integer less than the cycle C. [C/D] represents a maximum integer equal to or less than C/D. Provided that at least the [C/D] number of measurement pixels are shifted C occasions by one pixel, if D=1, the average value of the dose measurement signals is invariable without any variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Kuwabara, Yusuke Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20170273652
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing device including: a radiographic image acquisition section that acquires a radiographic image, the radiographic image generated by stitching together radiographic images of an imaging subject imaged by plural radiation detectors, each of which includes a detection face for detecting radiation; a purpose acquisition section that acquires information indicating an interpreting purpose; and an adding section that adds a predetermined assist line to the radiographic image, on the basis of at least one of a reference object corresponding to the interpreting purpose in the radiographic image acquired by the radiographic image acquisition section or the information indicating the interpreting purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Takashi TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170273649
    Abstract: An overall controller of a console acquires a radiation image of an imaging subject captured by a radiation image capture device for radiographic imaging. The overall controller also acquires body thickness information indicating a body thickness of the imaging subject in a direction in which radiation passes through. The overall controller also adds to the radiation image an assist line image that have would be expected to be obtained if a predetermined member had been disposed and captured at a position inside the imaging subject determined based on the acquired body thickness information, or at a position between the imaging subject and the radiation image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Takashi TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9750477
    Abstract: A measurement area selection circuit has an irradiation field determination unit, an object area determination unit, and a measurement area determination unit. The irradiation field determination unit determines an irradiation field of an imaging surface of an FPD. The object area determination unit determines an object area from a comparison result between a first expected received dose of a directly exposed area and dose detection signals of detection pixels situated in the irradiation field. The measurement area determination unit determines a measurement area, which corresponds to a region of interest, from a comparison result between a second expected received dose of the measurement area and the dose detection signals of the detection pixels situated in the irradiation area and the object area. The dose detection signals of the detection pixels situated in the measurement area are used for AEC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Kitagawa, Takashi Tajima, Keita Watanabe, Takeshi Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9730658
    Abstract: In a radiographic imaging apparatus, a radiation image of an object is detected by use of one of first and second electronic cassettes, to input the radiation image to the console device. The first electronic cassette is changed over between a normal transmission mode and a relay transmission mode. In the normal transmission mode, the radiation image is transmitted through a path from the first electronic cassette to the console device, and in the relay transmission mode, the radiation image is transmitted from the first electronic cassette to the second electronic cassette wirelessly and then from the second electronic cassette to the console device. Transmission of a radiation image can be performed reliably without unwanted interruption, because an indirect path of the relay transmission mode can be used even upon occurrence of a technical problem of inefficiency in the normal transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tajima, Tetsuya Tsuji, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Yoshihisa Hirano
  • Patent number: 9649086
    Abstract: A radiation image capture device includes plural radiation detection panels that each detect incident radiation that has passed through an imaging subject, that each generate a radiation image, and that are disposed in a row in a direction orthogonal to the radiation incident direction. The radiation image capture device designates a display target image from out of plural radiation images respectively generated by the plural radiation detection panels, and transmits the designated display target image to a console. At least a radiation image other than the display target image is stored in an image memory. The console displays on a display section the received display target image and, in response to data indicating a display request for a radiation image other than the display target image, also displays on the display section the radiation image other than the display target image read from the image memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tajima, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Naoyuki Nishino
  • Patent number: 9629601
    Abstract: In a detection panel, plural pixels which receive X-ray and accumulate electric charge and plural measuring pixels which detect X-ray dose are provided on an imaging surface. The plural measuring pixels are arranged periodically with an interval. In a position facing to the imaging surface, there is a grid where X-ray absorbing sections and X-ray transmitting sections are arranged in a periodic alternating manner in a first direction. Since the arrangement period of the measuring pixels in the first direction is different from a fluctuation period of grid detection signals obtained when the grid is photographed by the detection panel, output values of the plurality of measuring pixels disperse and a fluctuation range of average values is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Kuwabara, Yusuke Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 9633480
    Abstract: An image obtaining unit obtains a subject image, a body thickness distribution modifying unit receives input of a virtual model having an estimated body thickness distribution and modifies the estimated body thickness distribution of the virtual model to output the modified estimated body thickness distribution, and a body thickness distribution determining unit determines the outputted estimated body thickness distribution to be used as the body thickness distribution of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Enomoto, Yasufumi Oda, Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Kuwabara, Daiki Harada, Yuichi Hosoi, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Publication number: 20170103548
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted display device includes an input unit, a foreground image acquisition unit, a brightness value calculation unit, a background image conversion unit, a combining unit, and a display unit. The foreground image acquisition unit acquires a foreground image including vehicle information. The brightness value calculation unit calculates a brightness value of a background image input from the input unit. The background image conversion unit converts the background image input from the input unit in accordance with the brightness value of the background image and color information of a theme color. The combining unit combines the foreground image and the background image converted by the background image conversion unit, and the display unit displays an image combined by the combining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Pansonic Intellectual Property Manamagement Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: TAKASHI TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9579076
    Abstract: A detection panel has a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charge by receiving X-rays, and a plurality of detection pixels for detecting an X-ray dose in an imaging surface. The detection pixels are disposed periodically with leaving space. A grid, which has X-ray absorbing portions and X-ray transmitting portions alternately and periodically arranged in a first direction, is disposed in a position opposed to the imaging surface. Since an arrangement period of the detection pixels in the first direction is different from an arrangement period of the X-ray absorbing portions, an output value of each detection pixel is distributed and hence the average of the output values has a reduced variation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tajima, Takeshi Kuwabara, Yusuke Kitagawa