Patents by Inventor Takeyasu KOBAYASHI

Takeyasu KOBAYASHI 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: 20240108300
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a three-dimensional shape of a subject; derive a movement amount of a radiation source that irradiates the subject with radiation based on a difference between a predetermined reference posture and an estimated posture estimated based on the three-dimensional shape for a posture of the subject in a case of capturing a radiation image of the subject; and control the radiation source to move according to the movement amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Masataka SUGAHARA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240065659
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes: an imaging table; a radiation source; a compression plate that compresses the breast and is movable between the radiation source and the imaging table; a projector that includes a display displaying an image including first information projected onto a first surface facing the radiation source on the imaging table and second information projected onto a second surface facing the radiation source on the compression plate, and a projection optical system, in which a focus of the projection optical system is adjusted in accordance with a projection distance to the first surface; and a processor that is configured to control the display and change at least one of a display size or a display position of the second information in the image on an image display surface of the display in accordance with movement of the compression plate having the second surface independently of the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei GEMMA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Sayaka SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240065658
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes: an arm; a first cooling fan that is disposed on a stand side with respect to the radiation source in the arm, sucks air from an outside of the arm, and discharges air that has cooled the radiation source from a first exhaust port provided on the stand side with respect to the radiation source; a projector that is disposed in the arm; a second cooling fan that is disposed between the projector and the first exhaust port in the arm, sucks a part of air directed from the first cooling fan to the first exhaust port, blows the sucked air toward the projector to cool the projector, and has a flow rate smaller than that of the first cooling fan; and a second exhaust port that is provided separately from the first exhaust port and through which air that has cooled the projector is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke OGAWA, Kohei OTA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Sayaka SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240065650
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes an arm; and a stand, the arm is provided with a drive mechanism including a motor that rotationally drives the radiation source holding portion, and a first restriction mechanism that restricts rotation of the imaging table about the axis of the support shaft, the first restriction mechanism is disposed on a side opposite to a radiation source with respect to the support shaft, and the drive mechanism is disposed on a radiation source side with respect to the first restriction mechanism and in a case where a center line of the arm extending in a direction connecting the radiation source and a center of the support shaft is assumed, the drive mechanism is disposed so as to intersect the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei OTA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Sayaka SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240065660
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes an imaging table; a radiation source; a stand; the compression plate including a bottom plate that compresses the breast and side plates provided on at least two locations of a subject side and a stand side of the bottom plate; and a projector that projects an image toward the compression plate and the imaging table, in which in a case where an intersection between an imaginary plane formed by extending the inner wall surface toward the projector and an imaginary horizontal line crossing the projector in a horizontal direction is defined as an imaginary intersection, an optical element closest to the compression plate on an optical path directed from the projector to the compression plate is located on the subject side with respect to the imaginary intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei GEMMA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Sayaka SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240070864
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor, in which the processor is configured to perform diagnosis support processing on one medical image and derive a plurality of diagnosis support processing results, present selection information for allowing a user to select at least one diagnosis support processing result among the plurality of derived diagnosis support processing results, and output a diagnosis support processing result selected by the user according to the selection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromu HAYASHI, Koji TANINAI, Kazuhiro MAKINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Akihito BETTOYASHIKI
  • Patent number: 11828893
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a support table, a sensor panel, a fixing member, and a contact member. An attachment surface having an arc surface shape is formed in the support table. The sensor panel has an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels detecting radiation are two-dimensionally arranged. A first surface of the sensor panel is attached to the attachment surface following the arc surface shape. The fixing member partially fixes the first surface to the attachment surface. The contact member comes into contact with a second surface of the sensor panel which is opposite to the first surface to suppress the lifting of the sensor panel from the support table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Takashi Tajima, Masakazu Fukuyo, Naoyuki Nishino, Takeyasu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11786197
    Abstract: A CPU of a console comprises a color image acquisition unit, a distance image acquisition unit, a specification unit, and an estimation unit. The color image acquisition unit acquires a color image, in which a patient and a periphery of the patient are captured, from a visible light camera. The distance image acquisition unit acquires a distance image indicating a distance between a radiation tube and an object, from a TOF camera. The specification unit specifies a kind of the object in the color image. The estimation unit estimates intensity of radiation in an environment captured in the color image based on reference information including the distance image and a specification image as a specification result of the kind of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito Bettoyashiki, Ryo Imamura, Kazuhiro Makino, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Naoyuki Nishino
  • Publication number: 20230225686
    Abstract: A radiography system includes a radiation source that emits radiation, an electronic cassette that receives the radiation and detects a radiographic image, a portable first retainer that holds the electronic cassette, a string that is attached to the first retainer, and a camera that images the string. The first retainer includes a lock portion and a movable portion as an inclination change mechanism that can change an inclination of the electronic cassette with respect to the radiation source. The string and the camera constitute a first detection mechanism that detects an inclination of the electronic cassette about an X-axis which intersects a Z-axis and is directed toward the radiation source in a case in which a radiation detection surface of the electronic cassette and the radiation source are disposed to face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Yuji KAI, Yuji JIBIKI, Koji TANINAI, Masataka SUGAHARA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Naoyuki NISHINO
  • Patent number: 11701069
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes a compression control unit that, in a case in which continuous imaging that captures a radiographic image of the breast compressed by a compression plate and then captures an ultrasound image of the breast while maintaining the compressed state is performed, performs control to set a force of the compression plate compressing the breast to a first force in the capture of the radiographic image and to change the force of the compression plate compressing the breast from the first force to a second force lower than the first force in the capture of the ultrasound image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa Arai, Masakazu Fukuyo, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Shunsuke Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20230218245
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes an upright imaging stand that is used for radiography on a subject, a camera as a detection sensor that immediately detects a state of the subject with respect to the upright imaging stand, a tablet terminal, and a reflective member. The tablet terminal displays a notification screen including an image output from the camera. The reflective member reflects the notification screen such that the subject facing the upright imaging stand visually recognizes the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Yuji KAI, Yuji JIBIKI, Koji TANINAI, Masataka SUGAHARA, Naoyuki NISHINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230051642
    Abstract: A radiography system includes: a radiation source that emits radiation; an imaging stand having a detection panel that generates a radiation image by detecting the radiation; a lifting device on which a subject to be examined is placed; a misalignment amount detection device that detects a relative misalignment amount between the imaging stand and the subject to be examined; and a lifting control device that lifts and lowers the lifting device on the basis of the misalignment amount detected by the misalignment amount detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Koji TANINAI, Masataka SUGAHARA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11559273
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes a diagnostic image acquisition unit that acquires a diagnostic image in which a calcification as a biopsy target is marked; a scout image acquisition unit that acquires a scout image obtained by imaging a mamma undergoing the biopsy from a specific direction; and a display unit that highlights a calcification (candidate for biological tissue examination) in the scout image which matches at least the marked calcification in the diagnostic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Arai, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Shunsuke Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20230016138
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor panel unit, a support table to which the sensor panel unit is attached, and two fixing members. The sensor panel unit includes two sensor panels. The sensor panel has pixels that sense visible light converted from radiation and generate charge. The sensor panel unit has a configuration in which an end portion of one sensor panel and an end portion of the other sensor panel are arranged to overlap each other in a thickness direction. A first fixing member fixes two sensor panels in an overlap region in which the end portions overlap. A second fixing member fixes the sensor panel unit and the support table in the overlap region. The second fixing member at least partially overlaps the first fixing member in the overlap region in a plan view of the sensor panel unit in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Munetaka KATO, Tatsuya TANEICHI, Naoyuki NISHINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230019809
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a support table, a sensor panel, a fixing member, and a contact member. An attachment surface having an arc surface shape is formed in the support table. The sensor panel has an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels detecting radiation are two-dimensionally arranged. A first surface of the sensor panel is attached to the attachment surface following the arc surface shape. The fixing member partially fixes the first surface to the attachment surface. The contact member comes into contact with a second surface of the sensor panel which is opposite to the first surface to suppress the lifting of the sensor panel from the support table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Takashi TAJIMA, Masakazu FUKUYO, Naoyuki NISHINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220414872
    Abstract: A mobile radiation generation apparatus that is used for a first radiography system configured to capture a first radiographic image, has a radiation generation unit including a radiation tube configured to emit radiation, is movable with a carriage having wheels, and is driven with a battery includes at least one processor configured to execute first reception processing of receiving the first radiographic image, first computer aided diagnosis processing of executing computer aided diagnosis processing on the first radiographic image, second reception processing of receiving a second radiographic image from a second radiography system different from the first radiography system, second computer aided diagnosis processing of executing the computer aided diagnosis processing on the second radiographic image, and return processing of returning a result of the second computer aided diagnosis processing to the second radiography system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MAKINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11534121
    Abstract: A CPU acquires a distance image which indicates a distance to an imaging target and is captured by a TOF camera using, as an imaging region, a region including at least a portion of a region in which an attachable and detachable member is attached to a mammography apparatus. Further, the CPU acquires reference distance information related to a reference value of a distance between the attachable and detachable member and the TOF camera in a state in which the attachable and detachable member is attached to the mammography apparatus. Furthermore, the CPU determines whether or not the attachable and detachable member is attached to the mammography apparatus on the basis of the distance image and the reference distance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Konno, Takeyasu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11529114
    Abstract: A control device of a mammography apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image as radiography information in a case in which the radiographic image of the breast is captured and a generation condition setting unit that sets generation conditions in a case in which an ultrasound image of the breast is generated, on the basis of the radiographic image acquired by the acquisition unit. The generation condition setting unit analyzes the radiographic image to detect the amount of mammary glands in the breast and sets, as the generation conditions, an amplification factor of an ultrasound image signal and a dynamic range which is a width of a grayscale value of the ultrasound image assigned to a value of the ultrasound image signal, according to the detected amount of mammary glands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Matsuura, Ayako Muramoto, Takeyasu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220378392
    Abstract: The medical image processing apparatus includes a first processor, a second processor that executes image processing on a medical image in response to an instruction from the first processor, and a battery that supplies power to the first processor and the second processor. The second processor executes the image processing with a selected processing method among a plurality of processing methods that are different in amount of power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MAKINO, Akihito BETTOYASHIKI, Koji TANINAI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220375075
    Abstract: A console includes a CPU that acquires an image to be processed which is an object to be subjected to a support process that is a diagnosis support process or an imaging support process and selects a support process to be applied to the image to be processed from a plurality of processes of the support process on the basis of a part of a subject which is included in the image to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Koji TANINAI, Hiromu HAYASHI, Akihito BETTOYASHIKI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro MAKINO