Patents by Inventor Toru Kikuchi

Toru Kikuchi 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: 20240116182
    Abstract: A first robot (104) is arranged in association with a belt conveyor (101), and performs a first transfer operation of picking up a product such as a blank material conveyed by the belt conveyor (101) and stacking it on a relay table (102). A second robot (108) performs a second transfer operation of transferring a loaded body of a plurality of blank materials stacked on the relay table (102) to a pallet table (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Wataru KIKUCHI, Toru MURAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11657099
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a likelihood acquisition unit, a first evaluation unit, a determination unit, and a second evaluation unit. The likelihood acquisition unit is configured to acquire class likelihood for first medical data given a correct answer label, by using a first classifier for classifying medical data. The first evaluation unit is configured to evaluates a degree of deviance based on the class likelihood acquired by the likelihood acquisition unit and a class answer corresponding to the correct answer label. The determination unit is configured to determine whether the degree of deviance by the first evaluation unit satisfies a predetermined criterion. The second evaluation unit is configured to, based on second medical data satisfying the predetermined criterion, out of the first medical data, evaluate a similarity between the second medical data and third medical data to be subjected to classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230142775
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: an operating state obtaining unit configured to obtain information representing an operating state of detection processing by a lesion detection unit configured to detect a lesion from medical image data; and an information presentation unit configured to, in a case where the information representing the operating state is information representing a state in which the detection processing cannot be executed, present information corresponding to a reason why the detection processing cannot be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230142763
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatus includes a detection result acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of detecting a lesion from medical image data, an instruction reception unit configured to receive an instruction for specifying a target lesion based on the detection result, a related lesion information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a lesion related with the specified target lesion, the lesion being of a different type from the target lesion, and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the information about the related lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11527328
    Abstract: An information processing method includes deducing a diagnosis name derived from a medical image on the basis of an image feature amount corresponding to a value indicating a feature of a medical image, deducing an image finding representing a feature of the medical image on the basis of the image feature amount, and presenting the image finding deduced in the deducing the image finding which is affected by an image feature amount common to the image feature amount that has affected the deduction of the diagnosis name in the deducing the diagnosis name and the diagnosis name to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11500320
    Abstract: An image forming device includes an image carrier, a transfer member, a fixing device, a conveyance member, and a controller. The transfer member forms a transfer nip that transfers an image carried on the image carrier to a recording medium. The fixing device fixes the image on the recording medium. The conveyance member is located downstream of the transfer member in a conveyance direction of the recording medium and feeds the recording medium to the fixing device. The controller variably controls position of the conveyance member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11315664
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus which processes structured information including a plurality of pieces of information obtained by classifying information about an imaging diagnosis and relation information indicating the relationships between the pieces of information includes an instruction unit configured to instruct pasting of the structured information, a decision unit configured to decide the layout direction of paste information in accordance with an instruction from the instruction unit, and a generating unit configured to generate paste data obtained by laying out the paste information in accordance with the layout direction, contents of the paste information, and the relation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20210398632
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus comprises: a memory storing a program; and one or more processors which, by executing the program, cause the information processing apparatus to: obtain a plurality of findings for a case from a medical image as a target of a diagnosis; generate a description of a report based on at least some of the plurality of findings; and search a storage unit storing a plurality of cases for a specific case using a search condition including a designated finding designated as a condition to search for the specific case and discrimination information for discriminating whether the designated finding is a finding described in the report while discriminating whether the designated finding is a finding described in the report or a finding that is not described in the report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20210389710
    Abstract: An image forming device includes an image carrier, a transfer member, a fixing device, a conveyance member, and a controller. The transfer member forms a transfer nip that transfers an image carried on the image carrier to a recording medium. The fixing device fixes the image on the recording medium. The conveyance member is located downstream of the transfer member in a conveyance direction of the recording medium and feeds the recording medium to the fixing device. The controller variably controls position of the conveyance member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Toru KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210383905
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of findings related to a lesion to be diagnosed; a selection unit configured to select a finding based on a predetermined condition from the plurality of findings; a report generation unit configured to generate, based on content of the selected finding, a report relating to the lesion; a setting unit configured to set whether or not to maintain a selected state of the finding selected by the selection unit; and an updating unit configured to update the report based on content of a finding selected in accordance with a setting of whether or not to maintain the selected state set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20210026282
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: an image former that forms a toner image on a sheet; a fixer including a fixing member brought into contact with the toner image on the sheet to be heated by a heater, a pressure member brought into pressure contact with the fixing member, and a driver that drives at least any one of the fixing member and the pressure member, and allowing the sheet to pass through a fixing nip formed between the fixing member and the pressure member to fix an unfixed toner on the sheet; and a hardware processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Toru KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210020310
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a likelihood acquisition unit, a first evaluation unit, a determination unit, and a second evaluation unit. The likelihood acquisition unit is configured to acquire class likelihood for first medical data given a correct answer label, by using a first classifier for classifying medical data. The first evaluation unit is configured to evaluates a degree of deviance based on the class likelihood acquired by the likelihood acquisition unit and a class answer corresponding to the correct answer label. The determination unit is configured to determine whether the degree of deviance by the first evaluation unit satisfies a predetermined criterion. The second evaluation unit is configured to, based on second medical data satisfying the predetermined criterion, out of the first medical data, evaluate a similarity between the second medical data and third medical data to be subjected to classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10859469
    Abstract: A tire deformation calculator includes a processor. The processor (i) detects a contour of a side face of a tire attached to a wheel of a vehicle in a captured image; (ii) calculates load deformation of the contour of the side face, the load corresponding to a weight of the vehicle; (iii) identifies a circular or polygonal shape or pattern on a plane parallel to the contour of the side face; (iv) determines a conversion value for converting the identified shape or pattern in the captured image to a perfect circle or a regular polygon; (v) calculates a predetermined value indicating the load deformation of the tire in the captured image based on the conversion value; and (vi) calculates the load deformation based on the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Asahi Ebe, Takashi Yamada, Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200381115
    Abstract: An information processing method includes deducing a diagnosis name derived from a medical image on the basis of an image feature amount corresponding to a value indicating a feature of a medical image, deducing an image finding representing a feature of the medical image on the basis of the image feature amount, and presenting the image finding deduced in the deducing the image finding which is affected by an image feature amount common to the image feature amount that has affected the deduction of the diagnosis name in the deducing the diagnosis name and the diagnosis name to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200105414
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to acquire case information containing first information that is information on a feature of a case of a patient and that is obtained as a result of a diagnosis of the patient and determine, based on the first information that is the information contained in the case information, whether the case information is used as training data for machine training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Kikuchi, Kiyohide Satoh
  • Patent number: 10521909
    Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more processors; a receiving unit configured to receive a divide instruction for dividing first medical information corresponding to a first display image representing a target region to extract a part of details of the first medical information if the first medical information and the first display image are displayed in association with each other on a display unit; and a display processing unit configured to, if the divide instruction has been received, display the part of details on the display unit newly as second medical information that is different from the first medical information and to display a second display image representing a target region corresponding to the part of details in association with the second medical information on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20190120723
    Abstract: A tire deformation calculator includes a processor. The processor (i) detects a contour of a side face of a tire attached to a wheel of a vehicle in a captured image; (ii) calculates load deformation of the contour of the side face, the load corresponding to a weight of the vehicle; (iii) identifies a circular or polygonal shape or pattern on a plane parallel to the contour of the side face; (iv) determines a conversion value for converting the identified shape or pattern in the captured image to a perfect circle or a regular polygon; (v) calculates a predetermined value indicating the load deformation of the tire in the captured image based on the conversion value; and (vi) calculates the load deformation based on the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Asahi EBE, Takashi YAMADA, Toru KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190055651
    Abstract: [Problem] To make an in-plane variation of a plasma density uniform. [Solution] A shower head according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a head body and a shower plate. The head body has an inner space. The shower plate includes a plurality of gas injecting ports communicated with the inner space, a gas injecting surface on which gas is injected from the plurality of gas injecting ports, and a plurality of hole portions disposed on the gas injecting surface. The shower plate is configured in such a manner that surface areas of the plurality of hole portions are radially gradually increased from a center of the gas injecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: YOSUKE JINBO, YOSHIAKI YAMAMOTO, HIRONORI CHATANI, OSAMU NISHIKATA, TORU KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 9989906
    Abstract: A control unit is configured to control torque of a fixing motor and torque of a pressing motor such that tangential force at a part holding paper in cooperation with a fixing member in a pressing member is equal to or greater than tangential force at a part holding paper in cooperation with the pressing member in the fixing member, and that the relation between the tangential force at the part of the pressing member and the tangential force at the part of the fixing member changes in accordance with the smoothness of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshie, Chiaki Yamada, Toru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20180060491
    Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus which processes structured information including a plurality of pieces of information obtained by classifying information about an imaging diagnosis and relation information indicating the relationships between the pieces of information includes an instruction unit configured to instruct pasting of the structured information, a decision unit configured to decide the layout direction of paste information in accordance with an instruction from the instruction unit, and a generating unit configured to generate paste data obtained by laying out the paste information in accordance with the layout direction, contents of the paste information, and the relation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Toru KIKUCHI