Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Kakutani

Yoshihiro Kakutani 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: 9820649
    Abstract: A three-dimensional tomographic image (B) is formed which is composed of a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images obtained by scanning an ocular fundus. A contour of a certain 2D region (M1, M2, M3, M4) in the tomographic image is determined for each tomographic image, and the volume of a certain 3D region is calculated through correcting each area of the certain 2D region defined by the determined contour or its accumulated value using an image correction coefficient in accordance with the diopter of the subject's eye. Even for subjects' eyes of different diopters, the influence of the diopter correction is eliminated and a quantitative comparison of subjects' eyes of different diopters is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Kakutani, Masaharu Mizuochi
  • Publication number: 20170167848
    Abstract: A measurement optical system (30) is provided which causes measurement light split by a beam splitter (20) to be incident to an object, and a reference optical system (40) is provided which causes reference light split by the beam splitter to be incident to a reference mirror (49). A tomographic image of the object is formed on the basis of interference light generated by superposition of the measurement light reflected at the object to return and the reference light reflected at the reference object to return. Optical components such as lenses and mirrors that constitute the measurement optical system and reference optical system correspond to each other, and the wavelength dispersion characteristics of the optical components in the correspondence relationship are identical or equivalent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki KOBAYASHI, Yoshihiro KAKUTANI
  • Publication number: 20170135578
    Abstract: A three-dimensional tomographic image (B) is formed which is composed of a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images obtained by scanning an ocular fundus. A contour of a certain 2D region (M1, M2, M3, M4) in the tomographic image is determined for each tomographic image, and the volume of a certain 3D region is calculated through correcting each area of the certain 2D region defined by the determined contour or its accumulated value using an image correction coefficient in accordance with the diopter of the subject's eye. Even for subjects' eyes of different diopters, the influence of the diopter correction is eliminated and a quantitative comparison of subjects' eyes of different diopters is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiaki NAKAGAWA, Yoshihiro KAKUTANI, Masaharu MIZUOCHI
  • Publication number: 20140077120
    Abstract: A major objective of the present invention is to provide a magnetically enhanced resin and the like having an improved magnetic permeability. The magnetically enhanced resin contains a ferromagnetic material, a compound having a macrocyclic ? electronic structure, and an adhesive resin. The ferromagnetic material is preferably a powder of a Fe—Ni alloy, a Fe—Ni—Mo alloy, a Fe—Ni—Cu alloy, or a Fe—Al—Si alloy. The ferromagnetic material is preferably a powder of permalloy, supermalloy, sendust, or ferrite. The compound having a macrocyclic ? electronic structure is preferably phthalocyanine, porphyrin, or polycyanine, a substitution product thereof, or a metal coordination complex thereof. The adhesive resin is preferably an epoxy resin, a melamine resin, a polyimide resin, a polycarbonate resin, a phenol resin, or a fluorosilicone resin. The average particle size of the powder of the ferromagnetic material is preferably 0.1 to 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tanaka Seimitsu Kogyo Co.Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Tanino, Michio Kawamoto, Yoshihiro Kakutani