Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Kawanishi

Tomohiro Kawanishi 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: 20240405868
    Abstract: An optical transmission device includes a transmitter configured to transmit quasi-signal light that belongs to a unit wavelength band that includes at least one vacant wavelength, to another optical transmission device coupled via an optical transmission line, and a specifying circuit configured to specify a zero dispersion wavelength of the optical transmission line, based on information regarding a crosstalk optical power caused by four-wave mixing (FWM) generated at the vacant wavelength of the quasi-signal light, the crosstalk optical power being measured by the another optical transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: GOJI NAKAGAWA, Kentaro KAWANISHI, Tomohiro YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240366175
    Abstract: A radiographing system includes a radiation generation apparatus emitting a radiation, a radiation detection apparatus detecting the radiation to generate a radiographic image, and a radiographing apparatus controlling operation of the radiation detection apparatus by communicating with the radiation detection apparatus. The radiographing system further includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about the radiation detection apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the radiation detection apparatus includes an automatic exposure control (AEC) function, based on the information about the radiation detection apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Keiko Uehara, Hironori Yamashita, Masaya Kawai, Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20240353580
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect switching between a plurality of radiation detection apparatuses, each of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses being configured to capture a radiographic image through detection of radiation and including a plurality of receptor fields for performing automatic exposure control, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses to be used for image capturing in a case where switching to the one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses has been detected, and a selection unit configured to select one or more of the plurality of receptor fields of the one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses to be used for the image capturing based on the acquired information and information of a subject as an image capturing target and information of a part of the subject to be imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Masaya Kawai, Hironori Yamashita, Tomohiro Kawanishi, Keiko Uehara
  • Patent number: 12059287
    Abstract: A radiographing system includes a radiation generation apparatus emitting a radiation, a radiation detection apparatus detecting the radiation to generate a radiographic image, and a radiographing apparatus controlling operation of the radiation detection apparatus by communicating with the radiation detection apparatus. The radiographing system further includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about the radiation detection apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the radiation detection apparatus includes an automatic exposure control (AEC) function, based on the information about the radiation detection apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Uehara, Hironori Yamashita, Masaya Kawai, Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 12044811
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect switching between a plurality of radiation detection apparatuses, each of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses being configured to capture a radiographic image through detection of radiation and including a plurality of receptor fields for performing automatic exposure control, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses to be used for image capturing in a case where switching to the one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses has been detected, and a selection unit configured to select one or more of the plurality of receptor fields of the one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses to be used for the image capturing based on the acquired information and information of a subject as an image capturing target and information of a part of the subject to be imaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaya Kawai, Hironori Yamashita, Tomohiro Kawanishi, Keiko Uehara
  • Publication number: 20230309947
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a radiation imaging apparatus having a function of automatic exposure control and a control apparatus, and in the radiation imaging apparatus, offset data for a detecting pixel used for the automatic exposure control is obtained before permission to start irradiation after reception of a start request signal. The system determines whether to perform the automatic exposure control, permits start of irradiation after the offset data is obtained if it is determined that the automatic exposure control is performed, and permits start of irradiation upon omitting obtaining of the offset data if it is determined that the automatic exposure control is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: TOMOHIRO KAWANISHI
  • Patent number: 11759163
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system operable to generate a plurality of radiation images based on different radiation energies, comprises: a communication unit configured to obtain at set communication intervals a temperature of a radiation tube by communication with a radiation generating unit; and a control unit configured to control, based on comparison of the temperature obtained at the communication intervals and a change rate of the temperature and respectively set threshold ranges, an operation for maintaining a driving state of the radiation tube or execution of image processing for obtaining a substance amount of a substance that forms an object using the plurality of radiation images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20230047620
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a display control unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire information about an orientation of a detector. The detector is configured to capture a radiation image by detecting radiation, and includes a plurality of receptor fields for performing automatic exposure control and a mark enabling identification of the orientation of the detector. The display control unit is configured to display an icon related to the detector on a display unit based on the acquired information about the orientation of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawanishi, Hironori Yamashita, Masaya Kawai, Keiko Uehara
  • Publication number: 20220378393
    Abstract: A radiographing system includes a radiation generation apparatus emitting a radiation, a radiation detection apparatus detecting the radiation to generate a radiographic image, and a radiographing apparatus controlling operation of the radiation detection apparatus by communicating with the radiation detection apparatus. The radiographing system further includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about the radiation detection apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the radiation detection apparatus includes an automatic exposure control (AEC) function, based on the information about the radiation detection apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Keiko Uehara, Hironori Yamashita, Masaya Kawai, Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20220365227
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect switching between a plurality of radiation detection apparatuses, each of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses being configured to capture a radiographic image through detection of radiation and including a plurality of receptor fields for performing automatic exposure control, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses to be used for image capturing in a case where switching to the one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses has been detected, and a selection unit configured to select one or more of the plurality of receptor fields of the one of the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses to be used for the image capturing based on the acquired information and information of a subject as an image capturing target and information of a part of the subject to be imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masaya Kawai, Hironori Yamashita, Tomohiro Kawanishi, Keiko Uehara
  • Publication number: 20210401393
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system operable to generate a plurality of radiation images based on different radiation energies, comprises: a communication unit configured to obtain at set communication intervals a temperature of a radiation tube by communication with a radiation generating unit; and a control unit configured to control, based on comparison of the temperature obtained at the communication intervals and a change rate of the temperature and respectively set threshold ranges, an operation for maintaining a driving state of the radiation tube or execution of image processing for obtaining a substance amount of a substance that forms an object using the plurality of radiation images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 11092698
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system comprises a plurality of imaging apparatuses configured to generate images based on radiation emitted from a radiation generator, and a control apparatus configured to communicate with the plurality of imaging apparatuses. Each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses generates imaging information with a smaller data size than an image obtained by an imaging operation based on the image. The control apparatus acquires the imaging information from each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and selects, from the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on the imaging information, an imaging apparatus from which an image obtained by an imaging operation is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hikaru Tanaka, Yuichi Nishii, Kenta Endoh, Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 11047809
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a radiographic image based on radiation, an image processing setting unit configured to set multiple types of image processing for a specific imaging procedure, an image processing unit configured to perform the multiple of types of image processing set by the image processing setting unit on a radiographic image acquired in the specific imaging procedure to generate multiple radiographic images, and an association setting unit configured to set whether the multiple radiographic images generated by the image processing unit are to be associated with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 10987079
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a plurality of imaging apparatuses configured to generate images based on radiation emitted from radiation generating apparatuses configured to perform radiation irradiation and a control apparatus configured to communicate with the plurality of the imaging apparatuses. The control apparatus comprises: an obtainment unit configured to obtain imaging information from each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses, a selection unit configured to select one imaging apparatus from the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on the imaging information obtained by the obtainment unit, and an image obtainment unit configured to obtain an image from the imaging apparatus selected by the selection unit, and the control apparatus further comprises a setting unit configured to set an imaging apparatus from which imaging information is obtained by the obtainment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawanishi, Yuichi Nishii, Hikaru Tanaka, Kenta Endoh
  • Patent number: 10891733
    Abstract: Provided is a radiographing system that can efficiently generate a plurality of radiographic images having undergone plural types of image processing and can separately store the plurality of radiographic images. The radiographing system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image based on radiation transmitted through a subject, an image processing setting unit that sets plural types of image processing to a specific imaging procedure, an image processing unit that executes the plural types of image processing set by the image processing setting unit on a radiographic image acquired by the specific imaging procedure to generate a plurality of radiographic images, and an output unit that outputs, to a storage device, the plurality of radiographic images generated by the image processing unit separately according to a type of the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20200141882
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a radiographic image based on radiation, an image processing setting unit configured to set multiple types of image processing for a specific imaging procedure, an image processing unit configured to perform the multiple of types of image processing set by the image processing setting unit on a radiographic image acquired in the specific imaging procedure to generate multiple radiographic images, and an association setting unit configured to set whether the multiple radiographic images generated by the image processing unit are to be associated with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20190235093
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system comprises a plurality of imaging apparatuses configured to generate images based on radiation emitted from a radiation generator, and a control apparatus configured to communicate with the plurality of imaging apparatuses. Each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses generates imaging information with a smaller data size than an image obtained by an imaging operation based on the image. The control apparatus acquires the imaging information from each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and selects, from the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on the imaging information, an imaging apparatus from which an image obtained by an imaging operation is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hikaru Tanaka, Yuichi Nishii, Kenta Endoh, Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20190231295
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a plurality of imaging apparatuses configured to generate images based on radiation emitted from radiation generating apparatuses configured to perform radiation irradiation and a control apparatus configured to communicate with the plurality of the imaging apparatuses. The control apparatus comprises: an obtainment unit configured to obtain imaging information from each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses, a selection unit configured to select one imaging apparatus from the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on the imaging information obtained by the obtainment unit, and an image obtainment unit configured to obtain an image from the imaging apparatus selected by the selection unit, and the control apparatus further comprises a setting unit configured to set an imaging apparatus from which imaging information is obtained by the obtainment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawanishi, Yuichi Nishii, Hikaru Tanaka, Kenta Endoh
  • Publication number: 20190156480
    Abstract: Provided is a radiographing system that can efficiently generate a plurality of radiographic images having undergone plural types of image processing and can separately store the plurality of radiographic images. The radiographing system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image based on radiation transmitted through a subject, an image processing setting unit that sets plural types of image processing to a specific imaging procedure, an image processing unit that executes the plural types of image processing set by the image processing setting unit on a radiographic image acquired by the specific imaging procedure to generate a plurality of radiographic images, and an output unit that outputs, to a storage device, the plurality of radiographic images generated by the image processing unit separately according to a type of the image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 10271814
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a changing unit which changes the sequence of a plurality of imaging examination information, based on a user operation, displayed based on an imaging sequence on an imaging control screen, and a control unit which controls at least one of a radiation detector and a radiation generation unit which are associated with imaging examination information as an imaging target based on the sequence changed by the changing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kawanishi