Patents by Inventor Yasushi Tanabe

Yasushi Tanabe 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: 20240153203
    Abstract: Generating a three-dimensional image of a vortex vein based on OCT volume data. An image processing method is performed by a processor and includes a step of acquiring OCT volume data including a choroid, and a step of extracting choroidal vessels based on the OCT volume data and generating a three-dimensional image of the choroidal vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANABE, Hiroshi KASAI, Mariko MUKAI, Yuanting JI
  • Publication number: 20240153078
    Abstract: Image processing performed by a processor and including acquiring a first fundus image of an examined eye, acquiring a position for acquiring a tomographic image of the examined eye's fundus, acquiring a second fundus image of the examined eye, determining the acquired position is included in a specific range of the first fundus image, and computing a first movement amount of the examined eye in a case in which the acquired position is included in the specific range, using first registration processing to positionally align the first fundus image and the second fundus image, and computing a second movement amount of the examined eye in a case in which the acquired position falls outside the specific range, using second registration processing to positionally align the first fundus image and the second fundus image, the second registration processing being different from the first registration processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANABE, Tomoharu FUJIWARA, Motoki TOYAMA, Mariko MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20240132147
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a power source control device that executes a process of switching a connection state of a driving circuit to the main power source and an auxiliary power source including; a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a backup state as a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, and a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a normal state as the voltage decrease of the main power source is resolved. After a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, a turning-side control device of a steering control unit sets an output-limited state for a turning-side motor. The output-limited state is canceled upon the power source control device completing switching of the connection state so as to transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yuji FUJITA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Kaishi MONOBE, Kenichi ABE, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Kazuaki IIDA, Yasushi HORA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hayaki TANABE, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Takeshi IWANA
  • Publication number: 20240127473
    Abstract: A processor identifies a first position of a vortex vein from a first fundus image, identifies a second position of the vortex vein from a second fundus image, and generates data of a screen to display the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Mariko Hirokawa, Yasushi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11954872
    Abstract: A first image is projective transformed into a reference image by using a projective transformation matrix on each pixel of the first image. A projective transformation matrix for transforming a tilted image n into a central image G0 is computed based on positions of combinations of twelve corresponding points indicated in a combination of the central image G0 with the tilted image n. The computed projective transformation matrix is then employed to perform a projective transformation of the tilted image n. A projective-transformed tilted image n1 is created thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko Hirokawa, Yasushi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11871991
    Abstract: Data is computed in order to visualize the velocity of blood fluid flowing through a blood vessel at a fundus. An image processing method includes a step of performing registration of each frame in a moving image configured by plural frames of an imaged fundus, and a step of computing visualization data enabling visualization of a state of blood fluid flowing through a blood vessel at the fundus based on a pixel value in each of the registered frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko Hirokawa, Yasushi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20230355089
    Abstract: An image signal output device including an acquisition section configured to acquire a fundus image, a selection section configured to select a projection for displaying the acquired fundus image from plural projections, a conversion section configured to convert the fundus image into the selected projection, and a processing section configured to output an image signal of the converted fundus image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANABE, Tomoharu FUJIWARA, Mariko HIROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230320584
    Abstract: Predicting a non perfusion area. An enhancement image processing section performs enhancement image processing on a fundus image of a subject eye to enhance vascular portions (304). A prediction processing section predicts a non perfusion area in the fundus image that has been subjected to the enhancement image processing (306 to 312). A generation section generates a non perfusion area candidate image (314).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko HIROKAWA, Yasushi TANABE, Tomoharu FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 11744455
    Abstract: An image signal output device including an acquisition section configured to acquire a fundus image, a selection section configured to select a projection for displaying the acquired fundus image from plural projections, a conversion section configured to convert the fundus image into the selected projection, and a processing section configured to output an image signal of the converted fundus image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Tanabe, Tomoharu Fujiwara, Mariko Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 11712160
    Abstract: Predicting a non perfusion area. An enhancement image processing section performs enhancement image processing on a fundus image of a subject eye to enhance vascular portions (304). A prediction processing section predicts a non perfusion area in the fundus image that has been subjected to the enhancement image processing (306 to 312). A generation section generates a non perfusion area candidate image (314).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko Hirokawa, Yasushi Tanabe, Tomoharu Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20230237684
    Abstract: An image processing method performed by a processor and including: a step of acquiring a choroidal vascular image; a step of detecting a vortex vein position from the choroidal vascular image; a step of identifying a choroidal vessel related to the vortex vein position; and a step of finding a size of the choroidal vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko HIROKAWA, Yasushi TANABE, Takahiko YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230154010
    Abstract: A processor acquires a first fundus image of an examined eye including a foreground area and a background area other than the foreground area. The processor also generate a second fundus image by performing background processing to replace a first pixel value of a pixel configuring the background area with a second pixel value different from the first pixel value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko HIROKAWA, Yasushi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20230139849
    Abstract: An image processing method including acquiring a fundus image, extracting a first area including a first feature from the fundus image, extracting a second area including a second feature different from the first feature from the fundus image, and generating a combined image in which the extracted first area and the extracted second area are combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko HIROKAWA, Yasushi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20230130244
    Abstract: A processor divides a fundus region of an ultra-wide field fundus image into plural areas including at least a first area and a second area, generates first attribute information indicating an attribute of the first area and second attribute information indicating an attribute of the second area, and generates first mode instruction information to instruct display of the first area in a first mode corresponding to the first attribute information, and generates second mode instruction information to instruct display of the second area in a second mode corresponding to the second attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko HIROKAWA, Yasushi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20230084582
    Abstract: A feature value related to a positional relationship between a vortex vein position and a characteristic point on a fundus image is computed. The image processing method provided includes a step of analyzing a choroidal vascular image and estimating a vortex vein position, and a step of computing a feature value indicating a positional relationship between the vortex vein position and a position of a particular site on a fundus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANABE, Mariko HIROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230000337
    Abstract: Image processing performed by a processor and including acquiring a two-dimensional fundus image, acquiring a second point on an eyeball model corresponding to at least one first point of the two-dimensional fundus image, and creating data to represent a process to move the first point to the second point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mariko HIROKAWA, Yasushi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20220398701
    Abstract: An image processing method, including: by a processor: acquiring a fundus image; performing a first enhancement processing on an image of at least a central region of the fundus image, and performing a second enhancement processing, which is different from the first enhancement processing, on an image of at least a peripheral region of the fundus image that is at a periphery of the central region; and generating an enhanced image of the fundus image on the basis of a first image obtained as a result of the first enhancement processing having been performed and a second image obtained as a result of the second enhancement processing having been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANABE, Daishi TANAKA, Mariko HIROKAWA, Makoto ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11526987
    Abstract: A feature value related to a positional relationship between a vortex vein position and a characteristic point on a fundus image is computed. The image processing method provided includes a step of analyzing a choroidal vascular image and estimating a vortex vein position, and a step of computing a feature value indicating a positional relationship between the vortex vein position and a position of a particular site on a fundus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Tanabe, Mariko Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 11419495
    Abstract: An image processing method, which is executed by a processor, comprises acquiring choroid information from an image of a fundus of an examined eye, and comparing the choroid information against a choroid normative database and determining whether or not there is an abnormality in the fundus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko Hirokawa, Yasushi Tanabe, Tomoharu Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20220230307
    Abstract: An image processing method includes acquiring a first direction fundus image imaged in a state in which an examined eye is directed in a first direction, and a second direction fundus image imaged in a state in which the examined eye is directed in a second direction different to the first direction, generating a combined image for analyzing a fundus-peripheral portion of the examined eye by combining the first direction fundus image and the second direction fundus image, and outputting the combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko HIROKAWA, Yasushi TANABE