Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Tamakoshi

Yasuaki Tamakoshi 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: 20240140735
    Abstract: The weight of a body-to-be-conveyed constituting a conveying device is reduced, and the friction force between the sliding surface of the body-to-be-conveyed and the conveyance path is reduced. A body-to-be-conveyed that is a component of a conveying device that uses electromagnetic force as thrust and can move in a horizontal direction includes a mover in which a bottom surface is arranged so that a predetermined gap is formed in a vertical direction with respect to the sliding surface thereof, in which the mover includes a permanent magnet and a cover, a gap facing surface of the permanent magnet facing the gap includes one magnetic pole, the cover is installed on a side of the permanent magnet opposite from the gap facing surface in the vertical direction, the horizontal outermost diameter of the cover is larger than the horizontal outermost diameter of the permanent magnet, and the cover is formed of a flat plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ryosuke HOSHI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Satoru KANEKO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi TAMAKOSHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Katsuhiro KAMBARA, Kuniaki ONIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11933801
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transport device and a specimen analysis system including the transport device that reduce the pulsation of thrust for moving an object to be transported, reduce vibration of the object to be transported during transport, and realize stable transport. The transport device of the present invention includes a first electromagnet unit including a first tooth made of a magnetic body, a first core connected to the first tooth and made of a magnetic body, and a first winding formed around the first core; a second electromagnet unit including a second tooth installed adjacent to the first electromagnet unit and made of a magnetic body, a second core connected to the second tooth and made of a magnetic body, a second winding formed around the second core; and a magnetic coupling unit made of a magnetic body between the first tooth of the first electromagnet unit and the second tooth of the second electromagnet unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Ryosuke Hoshi, Satoru Kaneko, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takeshi Tamakoshi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Katsuhiro Kambara, Kuniaki Onizawa
  • Publication number: 20100111395
    Abstract: An X-ray image analyzing system, including: an X-ray source for radiating an X-ray; an X-ray detector for detecting an X-ray image radiated onto an x-ray image detection surface, wherein phase contrast X-ray simple imaging is capable of being performed determining a trabecular bone index computing region, computing a trabecular bone index indicating a state of a trabecula from image data in the trabecular bone index computing region, determining a bone-flesh boundary index computing region by a second region determination method different from the first region determination method, and computing a bone-flesh boundary index indicating smoothness of a bone-flesh boundary from image data in the bone-flesh boundary index computing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20090060136
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system including: a cassette including radiographic image obtaining means for obtaining radiographic image data by radiographing, a memory for storing the radiographic image data obtained by the radiographic image obtaining means, and cassette communication means for communicating the radiographic image data stored in the memory with the console; and the console comprising console communication means for communicating with the cassette, and console power supply means for supplying power to the console communication means, wherein when the radiographic image data which is not transmitted to the console does not exist in the memory, the console power supply means stops supplying of power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20090034683
    Abstract: Disclosed a radiation image apparatus including: a radiation image acquiring unit to acquire radiation image data by radiation radiography; a first communication unit to transmit the radiation image data acquired by the radiation image acquiring unit from a first antenna by an electric wave having a frequency exceeding 1 GHz; and a second communication unit to transmit the radiation image data acquired by the radiation image acquiring unit from a second antenna located at a position different from that of the first antenna by an electric wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Patent number: 7365337
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes: a plurality of states of operation, a radiographic image detection device that detects irradiated radiation to obtain radiographic image information, a console capable of communicating with the radiographic image detection device, a status memory which stores the information of operation concerning the state of operation after end of charging or replacing the battery; and the radiographic image detection device includes: power supply source having a rechargeable or replaceable battery to supply power to a plurality of units driven by the power, a control unit that stores in the status memory the information of operation, before the end of charging or replacing the battery, and then after the end of charging or replacing of the battery, controls the state of operation of the units driven by the power in response to the information of operation stored in the status memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuchino, Yasuaki Tamakoshi, Hiromu Ohara
  • Publication number: 20080049901
    Abstract: A radiography system in which an operator can confirm a radiographic image on a console currently used by the operator even when the operator moves from one console to another and radiography efficiency of the radiography can be improved, and a radiography program therefor are provided. For this sake, the radiography system includes: one or more X-ray image detectors 1 for obtaining radiographic image data and transmitting the obtained radiographic image data; and a plurality of consoles 2, each capable of obtaining an operator ID of the operator of the console 2 and, of displaying a confirmation image relating to the received radiographic image data when receiving the radiographic image data from the X-ray image detector 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20060242094
    Abstract: A radiography system has a console, wherein the console includes: a console communication unit to communicate via wireless communication with a cassette, the cassette including a cassette communication unit to communicate with the console via the wireless communication, a radiograph acquiring unit to acquire radiograph data by radiography, and a cassette control unit to control the cassette communication unit to transmit the radiograph data acquired from the radiograph acquiring unit; and a console control unit to control a display unit to display an indication informing that the wireless communication is in defective state when the console control unit has detected that the wireless communication is in defective state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20060169529
    Abstract: In the data processing terminal 30a, when the body sound data is generated by the data processing section 38, the body sound ID is given to the concerned body sound data by the control section 31. Then, when the patient ID, operator ID of the operator, sound collector ID of the used sound collector, are inputted through the input section 32 as the additional information of the body sound, the information of the sound collection date and time and the information of the sound collection position of the sound collector M are acquired by the control section 31 when the body sound is sound-collected. When the body sound data is stored in DB 20, each information of the body sound ID, patient ID, operator ID, sound collector ID, sound collection date and time, and sound collection position, is corresponded, and written in the body sound registration table 26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20060080143
    Abstract: A radiography system includes: a plurality of radiographic image detecting apparatus to obtain radiographic image information of a subject by radiography of the subject; a radiography operation control apparatus to control a radiography operation of at least one radiographic image detecting apparatus among the plurality of radiographic image detecting apparatus; and a management apparatus to manage the plurality of radiographic image detecting apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of radiographic image detecting apparatus is provided with an individual information storage unit to store individual information of the radiographic image detecting apparatus, and the individual information storage unit stores at least identification information specific to each of the plurality of radiographic image detecting apparatus, and wherein the management apparatus recognizes the identification information specific to each of the plurality of radiographic image detecting apparatus, and manages each of the plurality of r
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuchino, Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20060054833
    Abstract: A radiography system includes: a radiographic detector having a scintillator for receiving radiation transmitted through a subject to generate fluorescence, the radiographic detector to generate image information of the subject based on strength of the fluorescence generated by the scintillator; and a scintillator information adding-section to add scintillator type-related information related to a type of the scintillator, to the image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuchino, Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20060054829
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system includes: a plurality of states of operation, a radiographic image detection device that detects irradiated radiation to obtain radiographic image information, a console capable of communicating with the radiographic image detection device, a status memory which stores the information of operation concerning the state of operation after end of charging or replacing the battery; and the radiographic image detection device includes: power supply source having a rechargeable or replaceable battery to supply power to a plurality of units driven by the power, a control unit that stores in the status memory the information of operation, before the end of charging or replacing the battery, and then after the end of charging or replacing of the battery, controls the state of operation of the units driven by the power in response to the information of operation stored in the status memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuchino, Yasuaki Tamakoshi, Hiromu Ohara
  • Publication number: 20060017028
    Abstract: The radiation image detector having: a radiation image obtaining section to detect radiation irradiated and obtain a radiation image data; a communication unit to transmit the radiation image data to an external apparatus; a storing section attachment part which is capable of removably holding a storing section for storing the radiation image data, and causes the attached storing section to preserve the radiation image data obtained by the radiation image obtaining section; and a control unit that to select whether to transmit the radiation image data from the communication unit or to transmit the radiation image data by using the storing section, wherein the control unit changes over a transmission mode for transmitting the radiation image data to the external apparatus based on a result of the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Hiromu Ohara, Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Patent number: 6972425
    Abstract: The invention concerns a network system for radiographing radiation images. The network system includes a plurality of radiation-image reading apparatus to read the radiation images stored in radiation-image storing sheets, so as to generate image data sets each of which corresponds to each of the radiation images, and a plurality of controllers to register discrimination information sets each of which corresponds to each of the radiation-image storing sheets. Each of the controllers can display a radiation image for confirmation, when it receives an image data set corresponding to the radiation image. A radiation-image reading apparatus reads a discrimination information set recorded on a radiation-image storing sheet loaded into the radiation-image reading apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tamakoshi, Masayuki Nakagawa, Hisashi Yonekawa, Yuhei Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20050228273
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes: a plane detection device to obtain radiographic image; an injection device communication unit to perform communication with an injection device which automatically injects a contrast agent; an irradiation device communication unit to perform communication with an irradiation device; an input unit; a control unit including a plurality of control modes including a linking mode of allowing linking among a timing contrast agent injection, a timing of obtaining a radiographic image and a timing of the irradiation, the control unit controlling the injection device, plane detection device and irradiation device in a control mode selected from the plurality of control modes; and a judgment unit to judge whether control in the linking mode by the control unit is possible, wherein selection of the linking mode is possible only when the judgment unit has judged that the linking mode is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20050057684
    Abstract: A head-mountable digital camera for medical service, provided with a camera section to photograph an object and output digital image of the object; a display section to form a virtual image of photography relevant information with regard to the photography by the camera section on a pupil of a photographer through an optical system; and a mounting member to mount the camera section and the display section on the head of the photographer so as to introduce light of the photography relevant information indicated on the display section to the pupil together with light from the outside so that the virtual image of photography relevant information and the image of the outside are superimposed and formed on the retina of pupil of the photographer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20050023495
    Abstract: The invention concerns a network system for radiographing radiation images. The network system includes a plurality of radiation-image reading apparatus to read the radiation images stored in radiation-image storing sheets, so as to generate image data sets each of which corresponds to each of the radiation images, and a plurality of controllers to register discrimination information sets each of which corresponds to each of the radiation-image storing sheets. Each of the controllers can display a radiation image for confirmation, when it receives an image data set corresponding to the radiation image. A radiation-image reading apparatus reads a discrimination information set recorded on a radiation-image storing sheet loaded into the radiation-image reading apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tamakoshi, Masayuki Nakagawa, Hisashi Yonekawa, Yuhei Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6806487
    Abstract: The invention concerns a network system for radiographing radiation images. The network system includes a plurality of radiation-image reading apparatus to read the radiation images stored in radiation-image storing sheets, so as to generate image data sets each of which corresponds to each of the radiation images, and a plurality of controllers to register discrimination information sets each of which corresponds to each of the radiation-image storing sheets. Each of the controllers can display a radiation image for confirmation, when it receives an image data set corresponding to the radiation image. A radiation-image reading apparatus reads a discrimination information set recorded on a radiation-image storing sheet loaded into the radiation-image reading apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tamakoshi, Masayuki Nakagawa, Hisashi Yonekawa, Yuhei Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6700679
    Abstract: An image recording system is provided with an image data producing apparatus to produce and output halftone dot image data corresponding to a single sheet of output image, for each of plural colors successively; an image recording apparatus having a drum, a rotation driving mechanism, an optical unit to expose the light sensitive material on the drum to plural color light simultaneously in accordance with the halftone dot image data of plural (N≧3) colors, and a sub-scanning mechanism to move the optical unit in a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the drum; and an image data storing apparatus to store the halftone dot image data and to output the halftone dot image data to the image recording apparatus, the image data storing apparatus comprising plural memory devices each storing the halftone dot image data corresponding to a single sheet of the output image for one of plural (N or N−1) colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsushi Fujita, Masato Doi, Tsuyoshi Sugita, Yasuaki Tamakoshi, Miyuki Hosoi, Katsutoshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 6400446
    Abstract: A thermally developing apparatus for thermally developing a thermally developable material by heating the thermally developable material to 80° C. or more, is provided with a thermally developing device having a heater and for thermally developing the thermally developable material with heat generated by the heater; and a controller to control heat generation by the heater; wherein the thermally developing device thermally develops the thermally developable material such that an amount M of heat given to the thermally developable material during thermally developing a single sheet of the thermally developable material satisfies the following formula for a maximum amount Hmax of heat generation of the heater: 0.07≦M/Hmax≦0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Kashino, Akira Taguchi, Hirofumi Okabe, Yasuaki Tamakoshi, Masaya Shimoji