Patents by Inventor Takuo Shimada
Takuo Shimada 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).
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Patent number: 11948324Abstract: To provide an ultrasound imaging apparatus capable of displaying an ultrasound stitched image in which an analyte can easily grasp the state of the analyte, an ultrasound imaging apparatus is provided with an ultrasound image generation module which receives ultrasound waves transmitted from a plurality of mutually different positions on the surface of an analyte and reflected in the inside of the analyte and generates ultrasound images corresponding to the respective positions, an image stitcher module which synthesizes the ultrasound images at the respective positions and generates a stitched image of the cross section of the analyte, and a rotation angle adjusting module which adjusts the angle of the stitched image and orients a specific portion included in the stitched image in a predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kensuke Iseri, Satoshi Nakamura, Takuo Shimada, Tatsuo Arai
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Patent number: 11589841Abstract: The purpose is to provide an ultrasound imaging device capable of automatically detecting a boundary of a biological tissue in an ultrasound image. An ultrasound imaging device includes an image generation module which receives ultrasound waves transmitted from a surface of an analyte toward an inside of the analyte and reflected therein to generate an ultrasound image inside the analyte, a reference point setting module which sets a reference point of a tissue of interest of the ultrasound image, a first seed point imparting module which imparts one or more seed points to the ultrasound image with reference point, and a region demarcating module which demarcates a region to which the seed point belongs and divides an image region of the analyte included in the ultrasound image into a plurality of regions according to a type of tissue.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kensuke Iseri, Satoshi Nakamura, Takuo Shimada, Tatsuo Arai
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Publication number: 20210174533Abstract: To provide an ultrasound imaging apparatus capable of displaying an ultrasound stitched image in which an analyte can easily grasp the state of the analyte, an ultrasound imaging apparatus is provided with an ultrasound image generation module which receives ultrasound waves transmitted from a plurality of mutually different positions on the surface of an analyte and reflected in the inside of the analyte and generates ultrasound images corresponding to the respective positions, an image stitcher module which synthesizes the ultrasound images at the respective positions and generates a stitched image of the cross section of the analyte, and a rotation angle adjusting module which adjusts the angle of the stitched image and orients a specific portion included in the stitched image in a predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kensuke ISERI, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Takuo SHIMADA, Tatsuo ARAI
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Patent number: 11003197Abstract: An object is to provide a flow rate control device that can suppress a manufacturing cost and greatly reduce burdens of setting and maintenance. A flow rate control device 11 of the invention is comprised with a flow rate adjusting valve 21 that is installed in a flow path 13, a flow rate measurement part 41 that measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the flow path 13, a controller 61 that controls opening degrees of the flow rate adjusting valve 21 based on a measurement result of the flow rate measurement part 41, and a pressure deficiency detecting function that detects pressure deficiency when a limit sensor 246 (an opening detecting sensor) that detects the opening of the flow rate adjusting valve 21 detects the opening degrees are full.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Kawamoto, Takuo Shimada, Shinji Tobimatsu, Tetsuaki Sekine
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Publication number: 20210128117Abstract: The purpose is to provide an ultrasound imaging device capable of automatically detecting a boundary of a biological tissue in an ultrasound image. An ultrasound imaging device includes an image generation module which receives ultrasound waves transmitted from a surface of an analyte toward an inside of the analyte and reflected therein to generate an ultrasound image inside the analyte, a reference point setting module which sets a reference point of a tissue of interest of the ultrasound image, a first seed point imparting module which imparts one or more seed points to the ultrasound image with reference point, and a region demarcating module which demarcates a region to which the seed point belongs and divides an image region of the analyte included in the ultrasound image into a plurality of regions according to a type of tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kensuke ISERI, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Takuo SHIMADA, Tatsuo ARAI
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Publication number: 20200284627Abstract: A flowmeter that achieves both high reliability and a low cost is provided. The flowmeter includes an impeller that is rotatably supported in a flow path, a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic change associated with a rotation of the impeller, and a magnet that applies a magnetic field to the magnetic sensor, wherein the impeller is formed of a magnetic material that is not magnetized, and the magnetic sensor and the magnet are arranged outside the flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Takahiro KAWAMOTO, Takuo SHIMADA, Shinji TOBIMATSU, Tetsuaki SEKINE
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Publication number: 20200278705Abstract: An object is to provide a flow rate control device that can suppress a manufacturing cost and greatly reduce burdens of setting and maintenance. A flow rate control device 11 of the invention is comprised with a flow rate adjusting valve 21 that is installed in a flow path 13, a flow rate measurement part 41 that measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the flow path 13, a controller 61 that controls opening degrees of the flow rate adjusting valve 21 based on a measurement result of the flow rate measurement part 41, and a pressure deficiency detecting function that detects pressure deficiency when a limit sensor 246 (an opening detecting sensor) that detects the opening of the flow rate adjusting valve 21 detects the opening degrees are full.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Takahiro KAWAMOTO, Takuo SHIMADA, Shinji TOBIMATSU, Tetsuaki SEKINE
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Publication number: 20120316623Abstract: Disclosed is a phototherapy device which can irradiate an affected part, which is to be irradiated with light, with light selectively and intensively and can prevent eyes to undergo the direct irradiation with intense light emitted from a light source. Specifically disclosed is a phototherapy device comprising: a light guide member which has a contact surface that contacts with an affected part and an opposed surface that faces the contact surface and which serves as a light guide path; and a first light source which can emit light having the main wavelength that depends on the wavelength range of infrared ray to the light guide path. In the phototherapy device, a material constituting the light guide member has a refractive index identical to or higher than the refractive index of a biological tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiteru Ii, Takuo Shimada, Jiro Minehisa, Yuki Kawase
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Publication number: 20120078329Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an optical treatment apparatus having a light emitting surface which can properly carry out an optical treatment of the treating apparatus continuously while reducing a temperature of the light emitting surface. There is provided an optical treatment apparatus including surface irradiating means having a plurality of light emitting modules connected in series, and current supplying means for supplying a current to the surface irradiating means. The light emitting module has a light emitting device and an individual current control device which are connected to each other in parallel. The individual current control device is configured to have a greater resistance value than a load impedance of the light emitting device at a predetermined temperature or less and to have a smaller resistance value than the load impedance at a temperature exceeding the predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Takuo Shimada
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Patent number: 6748049Abstract: X-ray camera of the present invention comprises an X-ray irradiation unit, an X-ray image sensor, a controller having a correction factor setting unit, a correction factor storage unit and a correctional operation unit, and a display unit. The X-ray image sensor in the above configuration comprises a sensor such as CCD, TFT, and the like having a scintillator on a surface thereof, and a substrate having the sensor mounted thereon. The correction factor setting unit obtains a value La/Ln by dividing a predetermined brightness reference value La set beforehand by a brightness value Ln of an arbitrary pixel “n”, and sets the obtained value as a correction factor for each pixel. The correction factor storage unit stores the correction factor set by the correction factor setting unit. The correctional operation unit obtains the correction factor from the correction factor storage unit, and performs a corrective operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2001Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyoshi Yamamoto, Takuo Shimada, Atsushi Sakata, Kazuya Kondo, Yoshihiro Ino