Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Ono
Toshiyuki Ono 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).
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Publication number: 20230012631Abstract: According to one embodiment, an estimation device includes a processor. The processor accepts information. The information is acquired by each of a plurality of ultrasonic sensors transmitting an ultrasonic wave in a second direction toward a weld portion and receiving a reflected wave. The ultrasonic sensors are arranged in a first direction. The second direction crosses the first direction. The processor estimates a range of the weld portion in the second direction based on an intensity distribution of the reflected wave in the second direction. The processor calculates a centroid position of an intensity distribution of the reflected wave in the first direction for each of a plurality of points in the second direction, and estimates a range of the weld portion in the first direction based on a plurality of the centroid positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masahiro SAITO, Yasunori CHIBA, Akira USHIJIMA, Toshiyuki ONO, Atsushi MATSUMURA
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Patent number: 11537823Abstract: According to an embodiment, a processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to: cut out, from an input signal, a plurality of partial signals that are predetermined parts in the input signal; execute processing on the plurality of partial signals using neural networks having the same layer structure with each other to generate a plurality of intermediate signals including a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of channels; execute predetermined statistical processing on signals for each of the plurality of channels for each of the plurality of intermediate signals corresponding to the plurality of partial signals, to calculate statistics for each channel and generate a concatenated signal by concatenating the statistics of the plurality of respective intermediate signals for each channel; generate a synthetic signal by performing predetermined processing on the concatenated signal; and output an output signal in accordance with the synthetic signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Takashi Ida, Tenta Sasaya, Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Toshiyuki Ono
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Patent number: 11480549Abstract: According to one embodiment, an estimation device includes a processor. The processor accepts information. The information is acquired by each of a plurality of ultrasonic sensors transmitting an ultrasonic wave in a second direction toward a weld portion and receiving a reflected wave. The ultrasonic sensors are arranged in a first direction. The second direction crosses the first direction. The processor estimates a range of the weld portion in the second direction based on an intensity distribution of the reflected wave in the second direction. The processor calculates a centroid position of an intensity distribution of the reflected wave in the first direction for each of a plurality of points in the second direction, and estimates a range of the weld portion in the first direction based on a plurality of the centroid positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masahiro Saito, Yasunori Chiba, Akira Ushijima, Toshiyuki Ono, Atsushi Matsumura
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Publication number: 20220327445Abstract: The present invention pertains to a workshop assistance system constituted by a computer comprising a computing device for carrying out prescribed processing, a storage device connected to the computing device, and a communication interface connected to the computing device, the computer being capable of accessing problem case study data including case study information. The workshop assistance system comprises: a problem case study searching module that calculates an evaluation value based on the similarity between problem case study data and text data in which text corresponding to the contents of a discussion by participants is collected and saved into text data by the computing device according to each of preset perspectives; and a problem case study evaluation module by which the computation device determines, on the basis of the rating value, the form in which the problem case study data is outputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Shuhei FURUYA, Yo TAKEUCHI, Masao ISHIGURO, Toshiyuki ONO
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Patent number: 11436769Abstract: A visualized data generation device includes an acquisitor, an analyzer, and a generator. The acquisitor acquires manufacturing data including one or more pieces of first data Yi regarding a product state with respect to one product. The analyzer analyzes the first data Yi acquired by the acquisitor and derives a first index value with respect to each piece of the first data Yi. The generator generates visualized data including a first analysis result display region for causing a display device to display information about the first index value. The generator generates the visualized data in which an amount of information and a priority is set for each first analysis result display region on the basis of the first index value and a display form of the first analysis result display region is set on the basis of the amount of information and the priority.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Wataru Watanabe, Jumpei Ando, Takayuki Itoh, Toshiyuki Ono
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Publication number: 20220236423Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information acquisition apparatus includes an emitter, a detector and processing circuitry. The emitter is configured to emit light. The detector is configured to detect the light reflected by a target. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a plurality of distance indexes, the distance indexes being based on time differences between emission and detection of the light, and generate distance information regarding a distance to the target based on a frequency distribution of the acquired distance indexes or a statistic calculated from the frequency distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tenta SASAYA, Toshiyuki ONO
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Publication number: 20220188307Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data analysis apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires, for a plurality of products as analysis targets, manufacturing data including at least one manufacturing condition for each product. The processor calculates, based on a bias of state data representing a degree that the product is in a specific state in at least one item that can be taken concerning one manufacturing condition extracted from the manufacturing data, an index value representing a degree that a cause of the specific state of the product is the manufacturing condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Jumpei Ando, Keisuke Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Ono
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Publication number: 20220187402Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an MRI system and a processing circuitry. The MRI system includes a receiving coil to receive a magnetic resonance signal. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an image based on the magnetic resonance signal, the image including a plurality of pixels; calculate a feature value corresponding to a signal value of the pixel; correct the feature values based on a sensitivity of the receiving coil; and reduce noise in the image based on distribution of the corrected feature values.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenzo ISOGAWA, Toshiyuki ONO, Kenichi SHIMOYAMA, Nobuyuki MATSUMOTO, Shuhei NITTA, Satoshi KAWATA, Toshimitsu KANEKO, Mai MURASHIMA
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Patent number: 11327031Abstract: A photon counting X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes: data acquiring circuitry, and processing circuitry. The data acquiring circuitry is configured to allocate energy measured by signals output from a photon counting detector in response to incidence of X-ray photons to any of a plurality of first energy bins so as to acquire a first data group as count data of each of the first energy bins. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a plurality of second energy bins obtained by grouping the first energy bins in accordance with a decomposition target material that is a material to be decomposed in a imaging region, allocate the first data group to any of the second energy bins so as to generate a second data group, and use the second data group to generate an image representing a distribution of the decomposition target material.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta Moriyasu, Taichiro Shiodera, Shuhei Nitta, Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Hidenori Takeshima, Toshiyuki Ono, Takashi Ida, Hiroaki Nakai
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Publication number: 20220120715Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control method includes setting a transmission angle of an ultrasonic wave to a standard angle. The control method further includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave at the set transmission angle and detecting an intensity of a reflected wave from an object. The control method further includes calculating a tilt angle based on a gradient of the intensity. The tilt angle indicates a tilt of the object. The control method further includes resetting the transmission angle based on the tilt angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiyuki ONO, Atsushi MATSUMURA
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Patent number: 11300646Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an MRI system and a processing circuitry. The MRI system includes a receiving coil to receive a magnetic resonance signal. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an image based on the magnetic resonance signal, the image including a plurality of pixels; calculate a feature value corresponding to a signal value of the pixel; correct the feature values based on a sensitivity of the receiving coil; and reduce noise in the image based on distribution of the corrected feature values.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenzo Isogawa, Toshiyuki Ono, Kenichi Shimoyama, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Shuhei Nitta, Satoshi Kawata, Toshimitsu Kaneko, Mai Murashima
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Publication number: 20220083033Abstract: An abnormality score calculation apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit configured to: acquire first data concerning a status of a product or a manufacturing process; calculate based on the first data an abnormality score for a respective one of a plurality of abnormality modes or for a respective one of a plurality of pieces of the first data of various types; and convert a scale of a respective one of a plurality of abnormality scores including the abnormality score in such a manner that the abnormality scores become substantially equal in occurrence degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Jumpei ANDO, Wataru WATANABE, Takayuki ITOH, Toshiyuki ONO
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Publication number: 20220067514Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inference apparatus includes a processor. The processor generates an intermediate signal by processing an input signal with a convolutional neural network. The processor extracts one or more intermediate partial signals each serving as part of the intermediate signal from the intermediate signal. The processor calculates a statistic of the one or more intermediate partial signals. The processor outputs an inference result relating to the input signal and corresponding to the statistic.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Takashi IDA, Tenta SASAYA, Wataru WATANABE, Takayuki ITOH, Toshiyuki ONO
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Patent number: 11249051Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control method includes setting a transmission angle of an ultrasonic wave to a standard angle. The control method further includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave at the set transmission angle and detecting an intensity of a reflected wave from an object. The control method further includes calculating a tilt angle based on a gradient of the intensity. The tilt angle indicates a tilt of the object. The control method further includes resetting the transmission angle based on the tilt angle.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiyuki Ono, Atsushi Matsumura
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Publication number: 20210357792Abstract: In order to assist participants in thinking of an idea by acquiring audio data, it is provided a workshop assistance system, which includes a computer having an arithmetic apparatus configured to execute predetermined processing, a storage device coupled to the arithmetic apparatus, and a communication interface coupled to the arithmetic apparatus, the computer being configured to access solved problem case data including information of solved cases that correspond to problem data, the workshop assistance system comprising: a problem processing module configured to search, by the arithmetic apparatus, solved cases based on problem data that is generated from a discussion among participants; and an idea generation module configured to present, by the arithmetic apparatus, idea data including the generated problem data and information of the solved case found in the search to the participants.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shuhei FURUYA, Yo TAKEUCHI, Kiyoshi KUMAGAI, Toshiyuki ONO, Masao ISHIGURO, Tatsuya TOKUNAGA, Chisa NAGAI, Takashi SUMIYOSHI, Naoyuki KANDA, Kenji NAGAMATSU, Kenji OHYA
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Publication number: 20210295110Abstract: According to an embodiment, a processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to: cut out, from an input signal, a plurality of partial signals that are predetermined parts in the input signal; execute processing on the plurality of partial signals using neural networks having the same layer structure with each other to generate a plurality of intermediate signals including a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of channels; execute predetermined statistical processing on signals for each of the plurality of channels for each of the plurality of intermediate signals corresponding to the plurality of partial signals, to calculate statistics for each channel and generate a concatenated signal by concatenating the statistics of the plurality of respective intermediate signals for each channel; generate a synthetic signal by performing predetermined processing on the concatenated signal; and output an output signal in accordance with the synthetic signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Takashi Ida, Tenta Sasaya, Wataru Watanabe, Takayuki Itoh, Toshiyuki Ono
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Patent number: 11076823Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus according to one embodiment includes a photon counting detector and a processing circuitry. The photon counting detector includes a plurality of detecting elements configured to detect X-rays. The processing circuitry is configured to set a control parameter corresponding to a position of each detecting element of the plurality of detecting elements in the photon counting detector.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Emi Tamura, Hiroaki Miyazaki, Hiroaki Nakai, Toshiyuki Ono
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Patent number: 11076831Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains time-series data having complex values based on a reflected wave of an ultrasound wave transmitted by an ultrasound probe and calculates an expansion coefficient in a case in which the obtained time-series data is expressed as a linear sum of a plurality of mathematical functions, the time-series data having, as an argument, a first parameter related to time. The plurality of mathematical functions are mathematical functions that are possible to be generated on a basis of a function family that has, as arguments, the first parameter and a second parameter different from the first parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Kawata, Toshiyuki Ono, Toshimitsu Kaneko, Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Ryota Osumi, Tomohisa Imamura
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Publication number: 20210232947Abstract: This signal processing device includes one or more processors. The processors receive, as an input, an input signal that is a third signal obtained by superposing a second signal on a first signal or a fourth signal obtained by converting the third signal, and estimate a feature of the first signal on the basis of the input signal. The processors execute inference on the basis of the feature and outputs an inference result.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Tenta SASAYA, Takashi WATANABE, Toshiyuki ONO
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Publication number: 20210223364Abstract: An estimation device includes a controller and an estimator. The estimation device switches a plurality of control conditions which are set so that there is satisfied at least one of conditions that that irradiation patterns of irradiation light radiated to an object are different from each other under the plurality of control conditions, and that light receiving patterns to receive reflected light obtained by reflecting the irradiation light by the object are different from each other under the plurality of control conditions; and estimates characteristics of the object on the basis of object data related to the object acquired by receiving light from one or more light receiving gates under the plurality of control conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tenta SASAYA, Toshiyuki ONO, Wataru WATANABE