Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Yawata

Tsutomu Yawata 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).

  • Patent number: 9259204
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an input device configured to receive an input to display a cross-section of a reference medical image, wherein the reference medical image identifies a location of the cross-section in relation to a subject, and includes a characteristic region, and a reference medical image display control device configured to display the cross-section of the reference medical image based on volume data of the reference medical image previously acquired, the cross-section displayed according to the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Tsutomu Yawata
  • Publication number: 20130184585
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an input device configured to receive an input to display a cross-section of a reference medical image, wherein the reference medical image identifies a location of the cross-section in relation to a subject, and includes a characteristic region, and a reference medical image display control device configured to display the cross-section of the reference medical image based on volume data of the reference medical image previously acquired, the cross-section displayed according to the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Tsutomu Yawata
  • Publication number: 20120310092
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an input device configured to receive an input to display a cross-section of a reference medical image, wherein the reference medical image identifies a location of the cross-section in relation to a subject, and includes a characteristic region, and a reference medical image display control device configured to display the cross-section of the reference medical image based on volume data of the reference medical image previously acquired, the cross-section displayed according to the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Tsutomu Yawata
  • Publication number: 20100217126
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store echo data obtained by transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave to and from a subject, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing with different image processing parameters with respect to the echo data stored in the storage unit, and a display processing unit configured to generate a plurality of ultrasonic images based on the processed echo data and to display the plurality of ultrasonic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yawata, Yasuyo Saito
  • Publication number: 20090131792
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an image display device for displaying an image generated based on ultrasonic echo signals received from an subject on a screen, a trace pointer display device for displaying a trace pointer on the screen on which the image is being displayed during a trace measurement, and an operating device for allowing an operator to perform an action to instruct to start a trace measurement, an action to move the trance pointer on the screen, and an action to instruct to terminate a trace measurement. The image display device performs a zoomed-in display of an image portion in a section around the trace pointer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Tsutomu Yawata
  • Publication number: 20060270938
    Abstract: By automating the procedure of operation in measuring, the user is enabled to measure each object of measuring without being forced to give an instruction or do setting for each object of measuring, thereby operability is improved. There are provided a setting accepting unit which accepts setting of the number of fetuses in the same mother's body; an item display processing unit which processes displaying of the next measurement item regarding each fetus of the set number of fetuses sequentially according to the fetus and the measurement item to be measured; a generating unit which, every time a measurement item is displayed, generates an ultrasonic image matching the measurement item on the basis of a reflected wave obtained from an ultrasonic probe; an image display processing unit which processes displaying of an ultrasonic diagnostic image; and a measured value acquiring unit which acquires the measured value of the fetus regarding the measurement item displayed by the item display processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Tsutomu Yawata
  • Publication number: 20060271607
    Abstract: A diagnostic imaging apparatus which stores in a main storage device files containing image data, generated on the basis of signals from a subject, regarding the subject. The diagnostic imaging apparatus includes an auxiliary storage device provided separately from the main storage device, a backup judgment device which judges whether or not a part or the whole of a group of the files stored in the main storage device is to be backed up in the auxiliary storage device, and a backup device which, when this backup judgment device has judged that backup is to be performed, transmits and records a part or the whole of the group of the image files stored in the main storage device to and in the auxiliary storage device and erases the image files recorded in the auxiliary storage device from the main storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Tsutomu Yawata
  • Publication number: 20060184019
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus which displays ultrasonic image of a subject, and displays a measurement pattern in the displayed ultrasonic image based on measurement pattern information with respect to a location and a form of the measurement pattern to be input, to perform the image measurement of the ultrasonic image. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a selector device for specifying a location in the ultrasonic image, a measurement pattern storage device for storing morphological information of the measurement pattern when a measurement pattern is present at the specified location, and a measurement pattern reproduction device for reproducing thus stored measurement pattern of the morphological information at a location in the ultrasonic image newly specified using the selector device or an ultrasonic image different from the ultrasonic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Mayumi Ito, Yayoi Abe, Chiori Fujiwara, Tsutomu Yawata
  • Patent number: 6605040
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for improving ease of operation by effectively utilizing two display devices, at least two display modes are defined. In the first display mode, arithmetic control/signal processing means 11 controls video signal processing means 18 to display an ultrasonic diagnostic image based on ultrasonic reflection signals stored in an image memory 16 on a CRT device 30 as a monitor display device, and controls video signal processing means 17 to display operation-indicating items for the operation relating to ultrasonic diagnosis on an LCD device 40, and conducts task processing for ultrasonic diagnosis in response to an operation detected by position detecting means in a touch panel 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yawata, Naoto Sato
  • Publication number: 20030105400
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for improving ease of operation by effectively utilizing two display devices, at least two display modes are defined. In the first display mode, arithmetic control/signal processing means 11 controls video signal processing means 18 to display an ultrasonic diagnostic image based on ultrasonic reflection signals stored in an image memory 16 on a CRT device 30 as a monitor display device, and controls video signal processing means 17 to display operation-indicating items for the operation relating to ultrasonic diagnosis on an LCD device 40, and conducts task processing for ultrasonic diagnosis in response to an operation detected by position detecting means in a touch panel 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yawata, Naoto Sato