Patents by Inventor Toshimizu Yamane

Toshimizu Yamane 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: 20230281761
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first medical image and a second medical image collected from an object; an identification unit configured to identify a plurality of sites of the object included in the first medical image; and a subtraction image generation unit configured to generate a subtraction image between the first medical image and the second medical image by calculating, for each of a plurality of pixels forming the first medical image, a subtraction value with respect to a pixel, corresponding to the pixel, on the second medical image by a subtraction generation method corresponding to a site based on the result of the identification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Toshimizu YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20230095776
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus selects one or a plurality of examinations to which a medical image belongs, determines image processing candidate examinations based on the selected one or plurality of examinations, displays medical images belonging to the determined image processing candidate examinations on a display unit, and executes image processing using, of the displayed medical images, a plurality of medical images selected by a user, wherein, when the one examination is selected, the selected one examination and one or a plurality of examinations obtained by a search based on the selected one examination are determined as the image processing candidate examinations, and when the plurality of examinations are selected, in the determining, the selected plurality of examinations are determined as the image processing candidate examinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 11557039
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus selects one or a plurality of examinations to which a medical image belongs, determines image processing candidate examinations based on the selected one or plurality of examinations, displays medical images belonging to the determined image processing candidate examinations on a display unit, and executes image processing using, of the displayed medical images, a plurality of medical images selected by a user, wherein, when the one examination is selected, the selected one examination and one or a plurality of examinations obtained by a search based on the selected one examination are determined as the image processing candidate examinations, and when the plurality of examinations are selected, in the determining, the selected plurality of examinations are determined as the image processing candidate examinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 11036352
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective to display information more suitable for searching for medical information. An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display, when a first medical information item included in a plurality of medical information items is associated with a second medical information item, an icon indicating that a medical information item related to the first medical information item is present, on a display unit in conjunction with a thumbnail of the first medical information item, wherein the display control unit performs, when the icon is selected, such control as to display a display information item indicating a relationship between the first medical information item and the second medical information item, on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshimizu Yamane, Yoshio Iizuka, Gakuto Aoyama, Kazuhito Oka
  • Publication number: 20210019888
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus selects one or a plurality of examinations to which a medical image belongs, determines image processing candidate examinations based on the selected one or plurality of examinations, displays medical images belonging to the determined image processing candidate examinations on a display unit, and executes image processing using, of the displayed medical images, a plurality of medical images selected by a user, wherein, when the one examination is selected, the selected one examination and one or a plurality of examinations obtained by a search based on the selected one examination are determined as the image processing candidate examinations, and when the plurality of examinations are selected, in the determining, the selected plurality of examinations are determined as the image processing candidate examinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Itaru Otomaru, Toshimizu Yamane
  • Publication number: 20200117830
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including: first and second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus includes: a first storage unit storing personal information of a patient, medical information, and identification information in association with one another; and a first update unit updating the identification information stored in the first storage unit. The second information processing apparatus includes: a second storage unit storing the medical information and the identification information in association with each other; an associating unit associating the personal information received by a reception unit with one piece of identification information; and a second update unit updating the identification information stored in the second storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 10354420
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for inputting minutes data comprises an input unit which inputs the minutes data, a designation unit which designates, among a plurality of object images displayed on a display screen, at least one object images to be stored together with the minutes data, and a determination unit which determines, based on the minutes data input by the input unit, the plurality of object images to be displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 10354749
    Abstract: A conference preparation apparatus includes a material identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire material identification information specified by an operation performed on a display screen, a material information acquisition unit configured to acquire material information from a server based on the material identification information acquired by the material identification information acquisition unit, a management unit configured to manage on a person-by-person basis the material information acquired by the material information acquisition unit, and an agenda management unit configured to associate the material identification information with conference items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshimizu Yamane, Gakuya Soeda, Takahiro Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20180356958
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective to display information more suitable for searching for medical information. An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display, when a first medical information item included in a plurality of medical information items is associated with a second medical information item, an icon indicating that a medical information item related to the first medical information item is present, on a display unit in conjunction with a thumbnail of the first medical information item, wherein the display control unit performs, when the icon is selected, such control as to display a display information item indicating a relationship between the first medical information item and the second medical information item, on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Toshimizu Yamane, Yoshio Iizuka, Gakuto Aoyama, Kazuhito Oka
  • Patent number: 9378569
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for inputting minutes data comprises an input unit which inputs the minutes data, a designation unit which designates, among a plurality of object images displayed on a display screen, at least one object images to be stored together with the minutes data, and a determination unit which determines, based on the minutes data input by the input unit, the plurality of object images to be displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane
  • Publication number: 20160139749
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for inputting minutes data comprises an input unit which inputs the minutes data, a designation unit which designates, among a plurality of object images displayed on a display screen, at least one object images to be stored together with the minutes data, and a determination unit which determines, based on the minutes data input by the input unit, the plurality of object images to be displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 9329828
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays, in cooperation with a display unit of another apparatus adjacent to the information processing apparatus, adjacent partial images out of a plurality of partial images that constitute one image. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect information about movement of the information processing apparatus, an identification unit configured to identify a site of the information processing apparatus that adjoins the another apparatus based on the information about movement which has been detected by the detection unit, and a display control unit to cause a display unit of the information processing apparatus to display a partial image that is identified based on the site identified by the identification unit out of the plurality of partial images that constitute the one image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 8938151
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a number of predetermined scenes in a video, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a timeline in which an object indicating a position of the predetermined scene in the video is arranged. The display control unit performs control such that in a case where the number of the predetermined scenes included in a predetermined time period of the video is larger than a predetermined number, the predetermined time period is displayed, on the timeline, with a first width, and in a case where the number of the predetermined scenes included in the predetermined time period of the video is smaller than the predetermined number, the predetermined time period is displayed, on the timeline, with a second width different from the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Bamba, Toshimizu Yamane
  • Patent number: 8855021
    Abstract: To reduce the delivery delay of video data to a display device in which a control right for adjusting parameters of the video data is vested, a video delivery apparatus modifies a delivery tree for delivering the video data to multiple display devices, and delivers the video data to the multiple display device via a network in accordance with the delivery tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane
  • Publication number: 20140132482
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays, in cooperation with a display unit of another apparatus adjacent to the information processing apparatus, adjacent partial images out of a plurality of partial images that constitute one image. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect information about movement of the information processing apparatus, an identification unit configured to identify a site of the information processing apparatus that adjoins the another apparatus based on the information about movement which has been detected by the detection unit, and a display control unit to cause a display unit of the information processing apparatus to display a partial image that is identified based on the site identified by the identification unit out of the plurality of partial images that constitute the one image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane
  • Publication number: 20130238358
    Abstract: A conference preparation apparatus includes a material identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire material identification information specified by an operation performed on a display screen, a material information acquisition unit configured to acquire material information from a server based on the material identification information acquired by the material identification information acquisition unit, a management unit configured to manage on a person-by-person basis the material information acquired by the material information acquisition unit, and an agenda management unit configured to associate the material identification information with conference items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshimizu Yamane, Gakuya Soeda, Takahiro Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20120148213
    Abstract: A video distribution apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a significant scene for each user by weighting on metadata indicating contents of a video, as weighting settable for each user who watches the video, a generation unit configured to generate a timeline indicating a position of a currently reproduced scene in the entire video during a video reproducing operation based on the significant scene extracted by the extraction unit, and a display control unit configured to display the timeline generated by the generation unit on a display unit. The timeline is displayed in such away as to have an expanded time width for an area where extracted significant scenes are present in a concentrated manner, compared to a time width for an area where significant scenes are not present in the concentrated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Bamba, Toshimizu Yamane
  • Publication number: 20120054643
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for inputting minutes data comprises an input unit which inputs the minutes data, a designation unit which designates, among a plurality of object images displayed on a display screen, at least one object images to be stored together with the minutes data, and a determination unit which determines, based on the minutes data input by the input unit, the plurality of object images to be displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane
  • Publication number: 20100088368
    Abstract: There is provided an image server apparatus which determines whether there is image data to which meta information requested from an image client apparatus communicable through a network is not provided, executes the process to generate the meta information if there is the image data to which the meta information is not provided, as a result of the determination, and transmits the generated meta information to the image client apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshimizu Yamane, Takashi Oya
  • Publication number: 20090276822
    Abstract: To reduce the delivery delay of video data to a display device in which a control right for adjusting parameters of the video data is vested, a video delivery apparatus modifies a delivery tree for delivering the video data to multiple display devices, and delivers the video data to the multiple display device via a network in accordance with the delivery tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshimizu Yamane