Patents by Inventor Tomonori Ishikawa

Tomonori Ishikawa 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: 20240388686
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an image display system that includes a first optical system configured to form a first optical image of an object, a second optical system configured to form a second optical image of the object, a first driving unit configured to move a first imaging position of the first optical image and a second imaging position of the second optical image, a second driving unit configured to move the second imaging position, and an operation unit operable to adjust the second driving unit includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire information regarding the first imaging position and the second imaging position, and cause a display unit to display the information in a case where the second driving unit moves the second imaging position in accordance with an operation on the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: GAKU TAKAHASHI, TOMONORI ISHIKAWA, KOHEI KARASAWA
  • Patent number: 12134416
    Abstract: The present invention provides an operation system which can finely control the operation of a train in response to the operation state of the train at low cost in a traffic system that uses a process of dynamically setting a path and an operation interval. This traffic control system is provided with: on-board control units installed on trains that are traveling, and an on-ground control unit installed on the ground. The on-board control units are installed on a plurality of trains, respectively, the operations of which are managed by the traffic control systems, perform a track demand on the basis of a delivered operation mode, and deliver information on the track demand to the on-ground control unit. The on-ground control unit controls the progress of the train on the basis of the delivered track demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Yanai, Masahiro Yamada, Tomonori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12071027
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a train control system which is a device executing an exclusive control between trains for each of a plurality of sections dividing up a track, wherein said train control system comprises: an on-ground device which manages whether each of the trains has a right to advance into each of the sections; and, an on-board device which is mounted on the trains, said trains comprising an on-board branch device, and with respect to one of the sections to which the on-ground device has given a certain train the right to advance, if said section is a branch section, which is a section that includes a branch, and when a branch direction of the train in said branch section and a branch direction of the on-board branch device coincide, said on-board device self-determines whether it is possible to advance into said branch section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Yanai, Tomonori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11513332
    Abstract: Provided is a microscope apparatus including: a microscope section configured to perform magnified observation of a subject's eye while obtaining a red reflex caused by irradiating a fundus of the subject's eye with illuminating light; a holding section configured to hold the microscope section; and a tilting section configured to tilt an illumination optical axis which is an optical axis of an illumination optical system, and an observation optical axis which is an optical axis of an observation optical system in the microscope section, around a tilt reference point in an interior of the subject's eye as a base point, while maintaining a substantially coaxial state between the illumination optical axis and the observation optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tomonori Ishikawa, Noboru Shibuya, Yoshia Hoshino, Takashi Fukaya, Masaaki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220080839
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a train control system which is a device executing an exclusive control between trains for each of a plurality of sections dividing up a track, wherein said train control system comprises: an on-ground device which manages whether each of the trains has a right to advance into each of the sections; and, an on-board device which is mounted on the trains, said trains comprising an on-board branch device, and with respect to one of the sections to which the on-ground device has given a certain train the right to advance, if said section is a branch section, which is a section that includes a branch, and when a branch direction of the train in said branch section and a branch direction of the on-board branch device coincide, said on-board device self-determines whether it is possible to advance into said branch section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Noritaka YANAI, Tomonori ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11160451
    Abstract: Provided is a microscope apparatus including: a microscope section configured to image a subject's eye with an image sensor for performing magnified observation of the subject's eye; a holding section configured to hold the microscope section; a front lens insertion/removal unit configured to insert/remove a front lens for observing a posterior eye of the subject's eye onto an optical axis of the microscope section; and a control apparatus configured to execute an AF control that focuses the microscope section on an image-forming position of an image of the posterior eye by the front lens when the front lens is inserted onto the optical axis of the microscope section by the front lens insertion/removal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tomonori Ishikawa, Naobumi Okada
  • Patent number: 11147647
    Abstract: To reduce more load related to the correction of deformation of an observation image that is caused by an error between a plurality of imaging sections. A medical stereoscopic observation device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire, from an imaging unit including a first imaging section configured to capture a left-eye image and a second imaging section configured to capture a right-eye image, correction data for correcting an error related to capturing of an image between the first imaging section and the second imaging section, the imaging unit being rotatably held by a support section; and a correction section configured to correct a difference of parallax between the left-eye image and the right-eye image on a basis of the correction data, using a position corresponding to a rotation axis of the imaging unit as a reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MRDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Masataka Kado, Tomonori Ishikawa, Gakuji Higuchi, Hiroshi Ushiroda, Takahiro Yamamoto, Masashige Kimura
  • Publication number: 20210031819
    Abstract: The present invention provides an operation system which can finely control the operation of a train in response to the operation state of the train at low cost in a traffic system that uses a process of dynamically setting a path and an operation interval. This traffic control system is provided with: on-board control units installed on trains that are traveling, and an on-ground control unit installed on the ground. The on-board control units are installed on a plurality of trains, respectively, the operations of which are managed by the traffic control systems, perform a track demand on the basis of a delivered operation mode, and deliver information on the track demand to the on-ground control unit. The on-ground control unit controls the progress of the train on the basis of the delivered track demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Noritaka YANAI, Masahiro YAMADA, Tomonori ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10888390
    Abstract: Provided is a sterile drape configured to cover a medical observation apparatus to keep the medical observation apparatus sterile, the medical observation apparatus including a microscope part configured to magnify and image a microfine site of an observation object, an input part configured to receive an input of an operation instruction to the microscope part, and a grip part having a bar shape and having a surface provided with at least a portion of the input part, the sterile drape including: an attaching part configured to be fixed and attached to the grip part in a state where the sterile drape covers the medical observation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Gakuji Higuchi, Junichi Nozawa, Tomonori Ishikawa, Masataka Kado
  • Publication number: 20200306000
    Abstract: There is provided a medical control apparatus including an illumination control unit that performs, based on a detection result of brightness relating to imaging, a first control of controlling brightness of a light source of an observation device for observing an observation target and a second control of controlling brightness of an illumination apparatus that irradiates the observation target with illumination light from an outside of the observation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro OKABE, Mitsuaki SHIRAGA, Tomonori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200306003
    Abstract: Provided is a medical control apparatus including an imaging control unit that adjusts an inward angle which is an angle formed by an imaging direction in a first imaging device that captures a medical image for the right eye and an imaging direction in a second imaging device that captures a medical image for the left eye to the inward angle corresponding to a display device that displays the medical image for the right eye and the medical image for the left eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji KATSUKI, Motoaki KOBAYASHI, Tomonori ISHIKAWA, Kazunori SEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200178795
    Abstract: Provided is a microscope apparatus including: a microscope section configured to image a subject's eye with an image sensor for performing magnified observation of the subject's eye; a holding section configured to hold the microscope section; a front lens insertion/removal unit configured to insert/remove a front lens for observing a posterior eye of the subject's eye onto an optical axis of the microscope section; and a control apparatus configured to execute an AF control that focuses the microscope section on an image-forming position of an image of the posterior eye by the front lens when the front lens is inserted onto the optical axis of the microscope section by the front lens insertion/removal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonori ISHIKAWA, Naobumi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20200163555
    Abstract: A light shielding member covering a subject placement portion in which the subject is placed and a light irradiation unit that irradiates the subject with light through the subject placement portion while imaging is not underway in a photoacoustic device that images a subject and includes the subject placement portion and the light irradiation unit, the light shielding member includes a display surface that indicates positional information relating to an imaging available region on the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Tomonori Ishikawa, Takahiro Noguchi, Hitomi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 10634893
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a medical observation apparatus and a medical observation system that can ensure the user's visual field and have good manipulability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Gakuji Higuchi, Tomonori Ishikawa, Masataka Kado
  • Publication number: 20200124826
    Abstract: A cemented lens includes a first lens, a second lens and a cementation layer. The first lens includes a convex surface. The second lens includes a concave surface. The cementation layer cements the convex surface to the concave surface. The cementation layer includes a resin and a gap material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Masashi KITSUNEZUKA, Soji MASUI, Tomonori ISHIKAWA, Takashi AOKI, Osamu FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20200064615
    Abstract: Provided is a microscope apparatus including: a microscope section configured to perform magnified observation of a subject's eye while obtaining a red reflex caused by irradiating a fundus of the subject's eye with illuminating light; a holding section configured to hold the microscope section; and a tilting section configured to tilt an illumination optical axis which is an optical axis of an illumination optical system, and an observation optical axis which is an optical axis of an observation optical system in the microscope section, around a tilt reference point in an interior of the subject's eve as a base point, while maintaining a substantially coaxial state between the illumination optical axis and the observation optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonori ISHIKAWA, Noboru SHIBUYA, Yoshia HOSHINO, Takashi FUKAYA, Masaaki UEDA
  • Patent number: 10561304
    Abstract: [Object] To present a three-dimensional image in a more favorable mode, regardless of differences in display conditions. [Solution] A medical stereoscopic observation device including: an acquisition section that acquires input image data; a parallax control section that controls, for each of a plurality of different display regions, a parallax value in accordance with display size of the display region; and an image generation section that generates, for each display region, a parallax image corresponding to each of a plurality of viewpoints for display in the display region, on a basis of the acquired input image data and the parallax value corresponding to the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tomonori Ishikawa, Masataka Kado, Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Publication number: 20190192251
    Abstract: To reduce more load related to the correction of deformation of an observation image that is caused by an error between a plurality of imaging sections. A medical stereoscopic observation device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire, from an imaging unit including a first imaging section configured to capture a left-eye image and a second imaging section configured to capture a right-eye image, correction data for correcting an error related to capturing of an image between the first imaging section and the second imaging section, the imaging unit being rotatably held by a support section; and a correction section configured to correct a difference of parallax between the left-eye image and the right-eye image on a basis of the correction data, using a position corresponding to a rotation axis of the imaging unit as a reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masataka KADO, Tomonori ISHIKAWA, Gakuji HIGUCHI, Hiroshi USHIRODA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Masashige KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190069969
    Abstract: Provided is a sterile drape configured to cover a medical observation apparatus to keep the medical observation apparatus sterile, the medical observation apparatus including a microscope part configured to magnify and image a microfine site of an observation object, an input part configured to receive an input of an operation instruction to the microscope part, and a grip part having a bar shape and having a surface provided with at least a portion of the input part, the sterile drape including: an attaching part configured to be fixed and attached to the grip part in a state where the sterile drape covers the medical observation apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Gakuji Higuchi, Junichi Nozawa, Tomonori Ishikawa, Masataka Kado
  • Patent number: 10106058
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a cushion frame, a base portion, and a guide structure. The guide structure includes a rail and a rolling mechanism. The rolling mechanism includes an upper guide roller, a lower guide roller, and a roller holder. The rolling mechanism is sandwiched by an upper rolling surface and a lower rolling surface of the rail. The guide structure is configured such that when an occupant load is input to the cushion frame, the guide roller and the rolling surface at one of a first contact point or a second contact point come relatively close together, such that pressure increases, due to a relative position of the roller holder and the rail changing, with the other of the first contact point or the second contact point as a reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sohei Matsuyama, Tomonori Ishikawa, Komei Yano, Kento Yoshida