Patents by Inventor Takeshi Fukuda

Takeshi Fukuda 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: 20250028164
    Abstract: A system includes: a light source device to which a plurality of types of endoscopes as defined herein are connectable; and a processor, the light source device includes: a first light source; a second light source; a third light source; a fourth light source; and an optical member, the fourth light source generates the white light as defined herein, an optical path of light emitted from the fourth light source to the light guide is shorter than optical paths of light emitted from the first light source, the second light source and the third light source to the light guide, and the processor is configured to perform white balance processing on a captured image signal output from an imaging element of one of the endoscopes connected to the light source device based on a type of the one of the endoscopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi FUKUDA, Makoto SUGIZAKI
  • Patent number: 12133626
    Abstract: A captured image including a specific region formed by auxiliary measurement light is acquired, a marker direction candidate position is detected on the basis of region-of-interest edge information extracted from the captured image and specified distance position information, a candidate distance from the position of the specific region to the marker direction candidate position is calculated, and a length measurement image in which a display marker, which passes through a part of an extension line passing through the marker direction candidate position, which forms a candidate distance equal to or larger than a specified distance from the position of the specific region, is superimposed on the captured image with the position of the specific region as a base point, is created and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Yoshioka, Takeshi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20240330166
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a computation unit that executes a computation of first control software when a vehicle is in a first state and that executes a computation of second control software when the vehicle is in a second state; a comparison reference data saving unit that saves input data input from a sensor to the first control software and to the second control software and that saves output data from the first control software and the second control software; and an evaluation unit that evaluates the performance of the second control software, based on a difference between pieces of output data read from the comparison reference data saving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi FUKUDA, Tasuku ISHIGOOKA, Masashi MIZOGUCHI, Takashi MURAKAMI, Kazuyoshi SERIZAWA, Tomohito EBINA
  • Publication number: 20240253646
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control device and a vehicle control system capable of further reducing system cost in failure mitigation. The vehicle control device includes a master ECU and one or more client ECUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Swarn Singh RATHOUR, Tasuku ISHIGOOKA, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO, Takeshi FUKUDA, Fumio NARISAWA
  • Publication number: 20240241747
    Abstract: An electronic controller includes: a virtual machine that accesses a first virtual driver to execute a process; a hypervisor that calls a first real driver of a first peripheral, based on a peripheral access request received from the first virtual driver; an access recording unit that calls the first virtual driver to record a peripheral access request transmitted to the hypervisor; a state recording unit that calls the first real driver to record a state of a register of the first peripheral; and a monitoring unit that monitors an operation of the hypervisor. The monitoring unit determines an abnormality of the hypervisor, based on a record by the access recording unit and on a record by the state recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi MIZOGUCHI, Tomohito EBINA, Kazuyoshi SERIZAWA, Kenichi OSADA, Tasuku ISHIGOOKA, Takeshi FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20240231905
    Abstract: In an electronic system, a plurality of task processing units that processes assigned tasks are connected via a network. Each of the plurality of task processing units includes a task activation unit that activates and executes the task, and third task processing in a third task processing unit uses at least a processing result of a first task in a first task processing unit or a processing result of a second task in a second task processing unit preceding the third task processing, and periodically executes a series of processing from the preceding first task processing or the second task processing to the third task processing at predetermined time intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi MIZOGUCHI, Takashi MURAKAMI, Kazuyoshi SERIZAWA, Yukinori ASADA, Takeshi FUKUDA, Tomohito EBINA
  • Publication number: 20240049942
    Abstract: A region of interest is detected from a subject image. In a case where a position of the region of interest ROI in the subject image is included in a specific region, a size of the region of interest ROI is estimated. In a case where a position of at least the region of interest ROI is not included in the specific region, the size of the region of interest ROI is not estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato YOSHIOKA, Takeshi FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11825045
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a frame, a top plate cover removable from the frame and having a top surface portion constituting a part of a top surface of the image forming apparatus, and a screw. The frame includes an upper surface portion opposite to the top surface portion, a front surface portion provided at a front side with respect to the upper surface portion, and a back surface portion provided at a back side with respect to the upper surface portion and provided with a through-hole. The top plate cover includes a first mounting portion fixed to the front surface portion, and a second mounting portion provided at a back side with respect to the first mounting portion and inserted into the through-hole. The screw is inserted in a front-back direction to fix the front surface portion of the frame and the first mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11769250
    Abstract: A medical care support device includes an acquisition unit that acquires medical information including medical image data representing a medical image obtained by imaging a bone of a subject and age information representing an age of the subject in a case where the medical image is imaged, a derivation unit that derives presence or absence of a fracture in a growth plate of the subject, based on the medical information acquired by the acquisition unit and a learned model learned in advance using a plurality of pieces of learning medical information including the medical image data and the age information, and a warning information output unit that outputs warning information representing a warning in a case where the growth plate of the subject is fractured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11749400
    Abstract: A medical care support device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires medical information including medical image data obtained by capturing a digestive tract of a subject; a derivation unit that derives presence or absence of a foreign object in the digestive tract, based on the medical information and a learned model learned in advance using plural pieces of learning medical information including the medical image data in which a label according to a kind of the foreign object is assigned to the foreign object in the digestive tract according to each organ of the digestive tract, and derives at least one of position, size, or kind of the foreign object if the foreign object is present; and an output unit that outputs removal information of the foreign object according to the at least one of position, size, or kind of the foreign object, based on a result of the derivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Publication number: 20230240511
    Abstract: A captured image including a specific region formed by auxiliary measurement light is acquired, a marker direction candidate position is detected on the basis of region-of-interest edge information extracted from the captured image and specified distance position information, a candidate distance from the position of the specific region to the marker direction candidate position is calculated, and a length measurement image in which a display marker, which passes through a part of an extension line passing through the marker direction candidate position, which forms a candidate distance equal to or larger than a specified distance from the position of the specific region, is superimposed on the captured image with the position of the specific region as a base point, is created and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato YOSHIOKA, Takeshi FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11541580
    Abstract: A method for preparing a compact of resin compound comprising the following steps (a) to (c): (a) a preparation step of mounting a sheet-shaped or block-shaped compact of resin compound including a resin composition, which contains a filler having magnetic anisotropy and is solidified by curing or by being advanced to a B-stage, on a transportation unit which is movable in the horizontal direction, and covering at least a top surface of the compact of resin compound with a cover material; (b) a step of applying a magnetic field to the compact of resin compound obtained in the step (a) with a bulk superconductor magnet having a central magnetic flux density of 1 T or more; and (c) a step of moving the compact of resin compound in the horizontal direction and scanning it while applying vibrations to the compact of resin compound mounted on a region of a central part of the bulk superconductor magnet under application of a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: NIIGATA UNIVERSITY, SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Oka, Yoshinori Takamatsu, Takeshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11521737
    Abstract: A pet health management device includes an RW controller as an acquisition unit and a screen distribution controller as a distribution controller. The RW controller reads pet information from a storage device to acquire a scheduled hospital visit date to an animal hospital of a pet. The screen distribution controller distributes a pet health management screen with a message prompting a hospital visit of the pet and including assumed symptom information indicating a symptom assumed in a case where there is no hospital visit of the pet on the scheduled hospital visit date, to an owner terminal according to the scheduled hospital visit date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11494913
    Abstract: A medical care support device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires medical information including medical image data representing a medical image obtained by capturing a lung of a subject, breed information representing a breed of the subject, and age information representing an age of the subject when the medical image is captured; and a derivation unit that derives a degree of calcification of the lung of the subject based on the medical information acquired by the acquisition unit and a learned model learned in advance using a plurality of pieces of learning medical information including medical image data representing a medical image in which a label is assigned to a calcified portion of the lung, the breed information, and the age information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Publication number: 20220345577
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a frame, a top plate cover removable from the frame and having a top surface portion constituting a part of a top surface of the image forming apparatus, and a screw. The frame includes an upper surface portion opposite to the top surface portion, a front surface portion provided at a front side with respect to the upper surface portion, and a back surface portion provided at a back side with respect to the upper surface portion and provided with a through-hole. The top plate cover includes a first mounting portion fixed to the front surface portion, and a second mounting portion provided at a back side with respect to the first mounting portion and inserted into the through-hole. The screw is inserted in a front-back direction to fix the front surface portion of the frame and the first mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Takeshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11455728
    Abstract: A diagnosis support device acquires medical image data representing a medical image obtained by imaging an animal as a subject with a medical image capturing device and type information representing a type which is classified by at least one of a body length or weight of the animal and to which the subject belongs, and determines presence or absence of an abnormality in the medical image of the subject based on the acquired medical image data and type information and a learned model learned in advance using a set of a plurality of pieces of the medical image data for learning and the type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11443430
    Abstract: A diagnosis support device acquires medical image data representing a medical image obtained by imaging an animal as a subject with a medical image capturing device and head species information representing a head species of the subject and determines presence or absence of an abnormality in the medical image of the subject based on the acquired medical image data and head species information and a learned model learned in advance using a set of a plurality of pieces of the medical image data for learning and the head species information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11409252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device and a vehicle control simulation device that enable, even for parallel processing with a plurality of arithmetic devices, approximation in act between at verification of simulation operation on a model base and at verification of operation on an actual vehicle. Provided are: control model information for control of a system; hardware information for operation of a control model; arithmetic-device allocation information as to which arithmetic device in hardware is allocated to perform arithmetic processing to a control program in the control model; delay time information regarding a case where the control model operates on the hardware; and a delay-time adding unit configured to create delay-inclusive control model information in which the delay time information is inserted in the control model, based on at least either the arithmetic-device allocation information or the hardware information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Toru Irie, Takafumi Suzuki, Takahiro Iida
  • Patent number: 11338545
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a plastic substrate (A); a hardened organic polymer layer (B) provided on a surface of the plastic substrate (A) and having a storage elastic modulus of from 0.01 to 5 GPa and tan ? of from 0.1 to 2.0 at 25° C. which are measured at a temperature elevating rate of 2° C./min by a dynamic viscoelasticity test stipulated in JIS K 7244; an organic/inorganic composite layer (C) provided on a surface of the hardened organic polymer layer (B) and containing covalently bound organic polymer and metal oxide nanoparticles; and an inorganic layer (D) provided on a surface of the organic/inorganic composite layer (C) and comprising secondary particles of ceramic or metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Noda, Jun Akedo, Hideki Goda, Takeshi Fukuda, Haruhisa Togashi
  • Patent number: 11343400
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an image forming portion 10 for forming an image on a sheet; a first rotatable member 100; a second rotatable member 101 cooperative with the first rotatable member to form a nip for fixing the image formed by the image forming portion, on the sheet; a pressing mechanism 112, 113 for pressing the first rotatable member toward the second rotatable member; a moving mechanism 120 for moving the pressing mechanism between a first position in which the nip is formed by the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member, and a second position in which the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member are spaced from each other; and a controller 800 for controlling an operation of the moving mechanism, wherein the image forming apparatus is capable of executing an operation in a control mode in which a pressure releasing operation is executed such that the pressing mechanism is shifted from the first position to the second position after elapse of a predetermined time after com
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Fukuda