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: 20210022689
    Abstract: A control device includes a control unit and a determination unit. The control unit controls an operation of radiation tubes such that radiation is emitted at irradiation positions whose number is smaller than the total number of irradiatable positions preset so as to correspond to irradiation angles. The determination unit determines whether or not the radiation needs to be additionally emitted at the irradiatable positions different from the irradiation positions in order to obtain the tomographic image with an image quality level required for diagnosis, on the basis of a determination image obtained by the emission of the radiation at the irradiation positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MAKINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20200305818
    Abstract: An acquisition unit of a console acquires a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image. The first radiographic image and the second radiographic image are radiographic images which are output from a radiation detector by directing a radiation source to emit first radiation and second radiation in order to perform a moving image capture mode that continuously acquires a radiographic image required for the display of a moving image according to a preset frame interval. A receiving unit receives a request signal to request the generation of an energy subtraction image referred to for diagnosis. A generation unit generates the energy subtraction image in a case in which the receiving unit receives the request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10779794
    Abstract: Provided are a mammography apparatus, a control device, a mammography apparatus control method, and a mammography apparatus control program that can effectively reduce the subject's pain caused by the compression of the breast by a compression plate. A mammography apparatus includes a compression plate that compresses a breast, a moving unit that moves the compression plate in a compression direction in which the breast is compressed and a decompression direction in which the breast is decompressed, a radiation source that emits radiation, and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the compression plate is moved to a first position in the compression direction and is moved to a second position in the decompression direction and performs control such that the radiation is emitted from the radiation source to the breast in a state in which the compression plate is located at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa Arai, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Tomoki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200289081
    Abstract: A console includes an image processing unit, a defective pixel map data acquisition unit, a failure condition estimation unit, a notification unit, and a display unit. The defective pixel map data acquisition unit acquires defective pixel map data output from a radiography unit. The failure condition estimation unit receives the defective pixel map data acquired by the defective pixel map data acquisition unit and estimates the failure probability of the radiography unit or the usage state of the radiography unit at the time of failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Patent number: 10772587
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation irradiation device that can restrict movement of an arm part during device movement without providing a mechanism that becomes a user's obstacle. The radiation irradiation device includes a radiation generation unit that generates radiation; an arm part having one end to which the radiation generation unit is attached; a support member having one end to which the other end of the arm part is connected so as to be rotationally movable; a body part to which the other end of the support member is connected; a leg part that is provided on a bottom surface of the body part and is capable of traveling on a device placement surface; and an arm locking part that restricts the rotational movement of the arm part. The arm locking part is provided inside the arm part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Sanbuichi, Koichi Eguchi, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Yusuke Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20200275897
    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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Masakazu FUKUYO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20200261048
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes: a radiographic imaging apparatus body that has a movable unit and is disposed in an imaging room; a subject information acquisition unit that acquires subject information regarding a subject; a first position controller that moves a position of the movable unit to a first position according to the physique of the subject using the subject information; an imaging unit that images the subject; a recognition unit that recognizes the subject using an image of the subject captured by the imaging unit; and a second position controller that moves the position of the movable unit from the first position to a second position according to a recognition result of the recognition unit using the recognition result of the recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20200261046
    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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20200261045
    Abstract: A console (information processing apparatus) of a mammography apparatus includes: a compression conditions acquisition unit that acquires a compression force and a compression thickness measured in the imaging of a first breast that is one of a right breast and a left breast; a compression conditions estimation unit that, in the case of imaging a second breast that is the other one of the right breast and the left breast, estimates a compression force and a compression thickness of the second breast using the compression force and the compression thickness of the first breast; and a display unit that displays the compression force and the compression thickness estimated by the compression conditions estimation unit at least in imaging of the second breast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20200265571
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus (radiographic imaging apparatus) includes: a total irradiation time acquisition unit that acquires the total irradiation time of X-rays (radiation); a divided irradiation time calculation unit that calculates a divided irradiation time by dividing the total irradiation time; an imaging controller that obtains a plurality of time-division images by time-division imaging in which radiographic imaging is performed multiple times according to the divided irradiation time; a feature point recognition unit that recognizes feature points for each of the time-division images; a time-division image selection unit that selects some or all of the time-division images from the plurality of time-division images using the feature points; and a composite image generation unit that generates a composite image using the selected time-division images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20200146652
    Abstract: An acoustic matching member configured to be disposed between a breast placed on an imaging table and a compression plate disposed opposite to the imaging table is proposed. The acoustic matching member includes a protruding portion that protrudes toward the imaging table and that is provided in an end portion on a deepest side when viewed from a chest wall side of a subject in a case of compressing a breast of the subject in contact with the compression plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Takao KUWABARA
  • Publication number: 20200100759
    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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi MATSUURA, Ayako MURAMOTO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10588600
    Abstract: An acoustic matching member configured to be disposed between a breast placed on an imaging table and a compression plate disposed opposite to the imaging table is proposed. The acoustic matching member includes a protruding portion that protrudes toward the imaging table and that is provided in an end portion on a deepest side when viewed from a chest wall side of a subject in a case of compressing a breast of the subject in contact with the compression plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa Arai, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Takao Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 10575812
    Abstract: A control unit of a radiation imaging apparatus performs control of moving a radiation source, and emitting radiation from the radiation source at a plurality of positions at which incidence angles of the radiation to a breast of a subject are different from each other. The control unit performs control of causing a radiation detector to detect the radiation emitted from the radiation source at the plurality of positions. The control unit performs control of moving the radiation source at a movement speed corresponding to a position of the radiation source for a subject face proximate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeyasu Kobayashi, Naokazu Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20190388052
    Abstract: Provided are a mammography apparatus, a control device, a mammography apparatus control method, and a mammography apparatus control program that can effectively reduce the subject's pain caused by the compression of the breast by a compression plate. A mammography apparatus includes a compression plate that compresses a breast, a moving unit that moves the compression plate in a compression direction in which the breast is compressed and a decompression direction in which the breast is decompressed, a radiation source that emits radiation, and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the compression plate is moved to a first position in the compression direction and is moved to a second position in the decompression direction and performs control such that the radiation is emitted from the radiation source to the breast in a state in which the compression plate is located at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Tomoki INOUE
  • Patent number: 10478146
    Abstract: A radiation irradiation device includes a radiation generating part that generates radiation; an arm part having the radiation generating part attached to one end thereof; a main body part having the other end of the arm part connected thereto; an electric power supply part provided at the main body part; and a cable part for electrically connecting the power supply part and the radiation part. The electric power supply part has a battery part having lithium ion batteries connected in parallel, and a first booster circuit part that boosts a voltage output from the battery part. The radiation generating part has a second booster circuit part that further boosts a voltage that is boosted by the first booster circuit part and is input to the radiation generating part via the cable part which is extended along the arm part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Matsuura, Naoaki Hagiwara, Takeyasu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10463338
    Abstract: Provided are a mammography apparatus, a control device, a mammography apparatus control method, and a mammography apparatus control program that can effectively reduce the subject's pain caused by the compression of the breast by a compression plate. A mammography apparatus includes a compression plate that compresses a breast, a moving unit that moves the compression plate in a compression direction in which the breast is compressed and a decompression direction in which the breast is decompressed, a radiation source that emits radiation, and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the compression plate is moved to a first position in the compression direction and is moved to a second position in the decompression direction and performs control such that the radiation is emitted from the radiation source to the breast in a state in which the compression plate is located at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa Arai, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 10448917
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes: a compression plate that compresses a breast; a moving unit that moves the compression plate in a compression direction in which the breast is compressed and a decompression direction in which the breast is decompressed; a radiation source that emits radiation; and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the compression plate is moved to a first position in the compression direction, is moved to a second position where the position of the compression plate is changed from the first position by a predetermined variation or more in the decompression direction, and is stopped and performs control such that the radiation is emitted from the radiation source to the breast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa Arai, Takeyasu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190304736
    Abstract: An X-ray tube includes: a cathode assembly that emits electrons; an anode that receives the electrons and generates X-rays; an envelope that is a case having the cathode assembly and the anode accommodated therein; a first shielding portion that shields the X-rays between the envelope and the cathode assembly on a reference line that connects a center of a point where the electrons are generated and a center of a point where the X-rays are generated; and a second shielding portion that shields the X-rays between the envelope and the cathode assembly in a direction perpendicular to the reference line from the center of the electron generation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi MATSUURA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20190304734
    Abstract: An X-ray tube includes: an envelope that is a case; a cathode assembly that emits electrons in the envelope; and an anode including a first member of which at least a portion extends to the outside of the envelope, a second member that is provided in a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the first member, comes into contact with the first member, and has a higher X-ray shielding performance than the first member, and a target that receives the electrons emitted from the cathode assembly and generates X-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi MATSUURA, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KODAIRA