Patents by Inventor Taro Azuma

Taro Azuma 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: 20230022929
    Abstract: A computer assisted surgery system comprising: a computerised surgical apparatus; and a control apparatus; wherein the control apparatus comprises circuitry configured to: receive information indicating a first region of a surgical scene from which information is obtained by the computerised surgical apparatus to make a decision; receive information indicating a second region of the surgical scene from which information is obtained by a medical professional to make a decision; determine if there is a discrepancy between the first and second regions of the surgical scene; and if there is a discrepancy between the first and second regions of the surgical scene: perform a predetermined process based on the discrepancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Taro AZUMA, Yohei KURODA
  • Patent number: 11354818
    Abstract: A surgical imaging system comprising circuitry configured to accentuate an image characteristic of an area in captured images; identify the change of the image characteristic in the area; and identify the position of a physiological feature relative to the surgical device on the basis of the change in the image characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Wright, Matthew Lawrenson, Taro Azuma
  • Patent number: 11334988
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an observation system with which images of cells under observation are efficiently captured. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an image-capture controller unit, an image-capture area classifier unit, and an observation controller unit. The image-capture controller unit controls an image-capture mechanism to capture images of a culture vessel including a plurality of wells that house cells for each image-capture area. The image-capture area classifier unit applies image processing to the images captured by the image-capture mechanism and classifies the plurality of image-capture areas into a first image-capture area of which image-capturing is continued and a second image-capture area of which image-capturing is not continued on the basis of a result of the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Shinoda, Tomoya Onuma, Takeshi Ohashi, Taro Azuma
  • Publication number: 20210386489
    Abstract: A surgical support system including: a surgical data generating apparatus operable to generate surgical data associated with a surgical procedure; and a data processing apparatus operable to: determine artificial intelligence (AI) assistance information using the generated surgical data; and provide the determined AI assistance information to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Matthew LAWRENSON, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Taro AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20210183486
    Abstract: A biological information processing method according to an embodiment includes: acquiring biological information on a subject; based on the biological information, generating condition information representing a biological condition of the subject; and registering the condition information in a P2P database (223) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAKURADA, Takayoshi HIRAI, Taro AZUMA, Ryosuke FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200175719
    Abstract: A surgical imaging system comprising circuitry configured to accentuate an image characteristic of an area in captured images; identify the change of the image characteristic in the area; and identify the position of a physiological feature relative to the surgical device on the basis of the change in the image characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Matthew LAWRENSON, Taro AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20200065962
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an observation system with which images of cells under observation are efficiently captured. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an image-capture controller unit, an image-capture area classifier unit, and an observation controller unit. The image-capture controller unit controls an image-capture mechanism to capture images of a culture vessel including a plurality of wells that house cells for each image-capture area. The image-capture area classifier unit applies image processing to the images captured by the image-capture mechanism and classifies the plurality of image-capture areas into a first image-capture area of which image-capturing is continued and a second image-capture area of which image-capturing is not continued on the basis of a result of the image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Shinoda, Tomoya Onuma, Takeshi Ohashi, Taro Azuma