Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Yamabe

Toshiaki Yamabe 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: 20240130610
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a processor for an endoscope configured to process a captured image of a biological tissue. This processor for an endoscope includes: a light source device that emits a light for illuminating a biological tissue; a spectrum sensor that acquires an optical spectrum of an emitted light from the light source device; and an adjustment unit that adjusts the optical spectrum of the emitted light from the light source device so that a difference between the optical spectrum acquired by the spectrum sensor and a predetermined target spectrum is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki YAMABE
  • Patent number: 10226162
    Abstract: A calibration apparatus for a scanning endoscope system having a light scanning device configured to cause light emitted from a light source to scan periodically within a predetermined scanning area, comprising: a relay lens to which light emitted from the light scanning device enters and which magnifies the predetermined scanning area; a light detection unit configured to receive light emerging from the relay lens and detect a scanning trajectory of the received light on a light receiving surface of the light detection unit; and a correction unit configured to correct a scanning parameter of the light emitted from the light scanning device so that the scanning trajectory detected by the light detection unit becomes a reference scanning trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamabe
  • Patent number: 9158104
    Abstract: A fourth port of a first WDM-type optical coupler and a fifth port of a second WDM-type optical coupler are optically connected, and a second port of the first WDM-type optical coupler and an eighth port of the second WDM-type optical coupler are optically connected. A light source for emitting excitation light is connected to a first port of the first WDM-type optical coupler, and a light-receiving section (light detector) is connected to a sixth port of the second WDM-type optical coupler. Excitation light is emitted through a seventh port of the second WDM-type optical coupler toward an observed subject, fluorescence from the observed subject is acquired through the seventh port of the second WDM-type optical coupler, and input fluorescence is detected by the light-receiving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamabe
  • Publication number: 20150144805
    Abstract: A fourth port of a first WDM-type optical coupler and a fifth port of a second WDM-type optical coupler are optically connected, and a second port of the first WDM-type optical coupler and an eighth port of the second WDM-type optical coupler are optically connected. A light source for emitting excitation light is connected to a first port of the first WDM-type optical coupler, and a light-receiving section (light detector) is connected to a sixth port of the second WDM-type optical coupler. Excitation light is emitted through a seventh port of the second WDM-type optical coupler toward an observed subject, fluorescence from the observed subject is acquired through the seventh port of the second WDM-type optical coupler, and input fluorescence is detected by the light-receiving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamabe
  • Publication number: 20150005579
    Abstract: A calibration apparatus for a scanning endoscope system having a light scanning device configured to cause light emitted from a light source to scan periodically within a predetermined scanning area, comprising: a relay lens to which light emitted from the light scanning device enters and which magnifies the predetermined scanning area; a light detection unit configured to receive light emerging from the relay lens and detect a scanning trajectory of the received light on a light receiving surface of the light detection unit; and a correction unit configured to correct a scanning parameter of the light emitted from the light scanning device so that the scanning trajectory detected by the light detection unit becomes a reference scanning trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Hoya Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamabe