Patents by Inventor Yoshio SOMA

Yoshio SOMA 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: 12144547
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control device and method that can focus on a desired position of a subject, and a surgical microscope system. The control device includes: an initial in-focus position detection unit configured to detect a focus position when focusing on a predetermined subject included in an observation image of an eye of a patient that is a surgical operation target as an initial in-focus position; and a calculation unit configured to determine an offset value indicating a distance between a target eye organ that is inside a corneal endothelium of the eye and the initial in-focus position on the basis of information regarding structure of an eyeball, and to calculate an in-focus position that is a focus position focused on the target eye organ on the basis of the offset value and the initial in-focus position. The present technology is applicable to the surgical microscope system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Soma, Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Junichiro Enoki, Tatsumi Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11850000
    Abstract: The stereoscopic effect of an image presented in accordance with an additional optical system is compensated for. There is provided an ophthalmic surgery microscope system including: a surgical microscope that observes an inside of an eye from a pupil, and magnifies and presents a real image; an additional optical system selectively arranged between the surgical microscope and the pupil; an imaging unit that acquires the real image presented by the surgical microscope as an image; a presentation unit that stereoscopically presents the image; and a control unit that changes a vertical magnification control value for adjusting a vertical magnification of the real image in accordance with a detection result of the additional optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro Enoki, Yoshio Soma, Tomoyuki Ootsuki
  • Publication number: 20230215010
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an information acquisition section (104) that acquires information of a first region (700) specified by a filling input operation on image data (610) of a living tissue by a user, and a region determination section (108) that executes fitting on a boundary of the first region on the basis of the image data and information of the first region and determines a second region (702) to be subjected to predetermined processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio SOMA, Kazuki AISAKA
  • Publication number: 20230134492
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an assessment unit and a setting unit. The assessment unit performs weighting on an examination item relating to an examination with an ophthalmic microscope on the basis of medical information relating to a patient. The setting unit sets an operation relating to the examination with the ophthalmic microscope on the basis of the weighting of the examination item. Accordingly, the usability of the ophthalmic microscope can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOYUKI OOTSUKI, JUNICHIRO ENOKI, YOSHIO SOMA, MOTOAKI KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230139476
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a generation unit. The generation unit generates difference information relating to a difference between a first observation condition that is an observation condition when observing an eye to be examined by a slit lamp microscope and a second observation condition that is an observation condition that is a basis with respect to observation of the eye to be examined by the slit lamp microscope. It is possible to easily perform operations in observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: YOSHIO SOMA
  • Publication number: 20230095577
    Abstract: To provide a microscope device capable of efficiently or appropriately acquiring an image of a specific region of a living tissue. The present technology provides a microscope device including: a first imaging element that images a target including a body tissue and acquires image data; and a second imaging element that images the target at a magnification different from a magnification of the first imaging element and acquires image data, in which the first imaging element includes a determination unit that determines a feature related to the target on the basis of the image data, and the second imaging element is controlled on the basis of a result of the determination. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition system including the microscope device. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition method performed in the microscope device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: HIROKAZU TATSUTA, TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA, SHINJI WATANABE, KENJI YAMANE, YOSHIO SOMA
  • Publication number: 20230064966
    Abstract: A slit lamp microscope according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an illumination optical system, an imaging optical system, and a display unit. The illumination optical system emits slit light toward an eye to be examined. The imaging optical system images light reflected by the eye to be examined. The display unit has a display surface that displays a captured image obtained by imaging the eye to be examined, in which a relationship that a direction perpendicular to the display surface is parallel to a predetermined surface direction including an imaging direction of the imaging optical system is maintained. Accordingly, a novel operation can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Motoaki KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki OOTSUKI, Yoshio SOMA
  • Patent number: 11529229
    Abstract: To provide an intraocular lens to which a mark for assisting more accurate fixation in an eye has been applied. Provided is an intraocular lens including an optical part having a mark that is detectable under illumination of a specific wavelength range outside a wavelength range of visible light, and a support part that supports the optical part, in which the mark is indicated by a geometric pattern that allows for identification of an optical center position of the optical part and information regarding posture of the optical part in an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Soma, Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Junichiro Enoki
  • Publication number: 20220354583
    Abstract: In order to provide a surgical microscope system (100), a control apparatus (120), and a control method that enable position and orientation of a lens tube to be adjusted without requiring a large-scale system, the surgical microscope system includes an arm (112), a surgical microscope (113), a target value setting unit (122), an estimation unit (123), and a control unit (125), the arm includes a rotatable joint (118), the surgical microscope includes a microscope optical system (114) and a camera (115) that captures an operative field image that is a microscope magnification image of an operative field by the microscope optical system, the surgical microscope being supported by the arm, the target value setting unit sets target values of position and orientation of the surgical microscope, the estimation unit estimates the position and orientation of the surgical microscope on the basis of the operative field image and generates estimated values, and the control unit is configured to control a rotation of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: JUNICHIRO ENOKI, YOSHIO SOMA
  • Publication number: 20220175245
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an eye examination attachment, a control device, and an ophthalmic microscope system, by which an image of an eye to be examined that is suitable for observation can be provided. [Solving Means] An eye examination attachment according to the present technology includes a joining unit, a front optical system, and a communication unit. The joining unit is capable of being joined to an ophthalmic microscope. The front optical system includes a front lens capable of being placed in front of an eye to be examined. The communication unit sends information regarding the front optical system to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: YOSHIO SOMA, TOMOYUKI OOTSUKI, JUNICHIRO ENOKI
  • Publication number: 20220160217
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a medical observation system, a method, and a medical observation device, which are capable of maintaining accuracy of three-dimensional information, even in a case where a change occurs in an optical system. A medical observation system acquires operative field data acquired by a medical observation device, detects a change in an optical system of the medical observation device, estimates a parameter representing a state of the optical system after a change occurs in the optical system in a case where the change in the optical system is detected, and sets a generation condition of three-dimensional information based on the operative field data by using an estimation result. The present technology can be applied to a surgery assisting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei KOBAYASHI, Yoshio SOMA, Keisuke UYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220148165
    Abstract: A surgical microscope system according to an embodiment of the present technology a microscope optical system, an imaging device, and an image processing device. The imaging device captures an image of a visual field range including an eye to be treated through the microscope optical system. The image processing device magnifies a first region in an image including the eye to be treated based on the image captured by the imaging device and reduces a second region other than the first region in the image to be capable of being displayed in a region other than a magnified region that is the first region magnified in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: TOMOYUKI OOTSUKI, YOSHIO SOMA, JUNICHIRO ENOKI
  • Publication number: 20220148323
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that includes a display control unit that controls display of image data in which a biological region is captured, an information acquisition unit that acquires first region information input with respect to the image data, and a processing unit that generates second region information on the basis of the image data, the first region information, and a fitting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Kazuki Aisaka, Yoshio Soma
  • Publication number: 20220148209
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a medical system, a signal processing device, and a signal processing method capable of obtaining highly accurate 3D information in real time. 3D information regarding an operative field is generated with a first algorithm by using an operative field image obtained by imaging the operative field. In a case where an area of interest is set in the operative field image, 3D information regarding the area of interest is generated with a second algorithm different from the first algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: YOHEI KOBAYASHI, YOSHIO SOMA, KEISUKE UYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220115122
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device, an ophthalmic microscope system, an ophthalmic microscope, and an image processing apparatus by which setting of a microscope can be assisted. [Solving Means] A control device according to the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit controls, on the basis of a detection result of a surgical instrument using a captured image of an eye to be examined which is imaged by an image pickup element of an ophthalmic microscope via a front lens, at least one of an imaging condition of the image pickup element or whether or not to perform inversion processing of making an image of a region inverted through the front lens a normal image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: JUNICHIRO ENOKI, TOMOYUKI OOTSUKI, YOSHIO SOMA
  • Publication number: 20210259824
    Abstract: To provide an intraocular lens to which a mark for assisting more accurate fixation in an eye has been applied. Provided is an intraocular lens including an optical part having a mark that is detectable under illumination of a specific wavelength range outside a wavelength range of visible light, and a support part that supports the optical part, in which the mark is indicated by a geometric pattern that allows for identification of an optical center position of the optical part and information regarding posture of the optical part in an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: YOSHIO SOMA, TOMOYUKI OOTSUKI, JUNICHIRO ENOKI
  • Publication number: 20210251483
    Abstract: The stereoscopic effect of an image presented in accordance with an additional optical system is compensated for. There is provided an ophthalmic surgery microscope system including: a surgical microscope that observes an inside of an eye from a pupil, and magnifies and presents a real image; an additional optical system selectively arranged between the surgical microscope and the pupil; an imaging unit that acquires the real image presented by the surgical microscope as an image; a presentation unit that stereoscopically presents the image; and a control unit that changes a vertical magnification control value for adjusting a vertical magnification of the real image in accordance with a detection result of the additional optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: JUNICHIRO ENOKI, YOSHIO SOMA, TOMOYUKI OOTSUKI
  • Patent number: 10993838
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program that make it possible to perform an appropriate operation according to a procedure. [Solving Means] An image processing device according to the present technology includes: an image recognition section that performs an image recognition with respect to a front image that is a captured image of an eye; a display information generator that generates display information; and a controller that controls at least one of a cross-sectional information acquisition section or the display information generator according to a selected procedure, the cross-sectional information acquisition section acquiring cross-sectional information regarding a cross section of an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ootsuki, Tatsumi Sakaguchi, Junichiro Enoki, Yoshio Soma
  • Publication number: 20210015362
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control device and method that can focus on a desired position of a subject, and a surgical microscope system. The control device includes: an initial in-focus position detection unit configured to detect a focus position when focusing on a predetermined subject included in an observation image of an eye of a patient that is a surgical operation target as an initial in-focus position; and a calculation unit configured to determine an offset value indicating a distance between a target eye organ that is inside a corneal endothelium of the eye and the initial in-focus position on the basis of information regarding structure of an eyeball, and to calculate an in-focus position that is a focus position focused on the target eye organ on the basis of the offset value and the initial in-focus position. The present technology is applicable to the surgical microscope system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio SOMA, Tomoyuki OOTSUKI, Junichiro ENOKI, Tatsumi SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200188023
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology by which a suitable parameter for acquiring a tomographic image that meets a user's demand can be set. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit detects a time-series change of an object shown in an image obtained by taking an image of an eye which is a surgical operation target and changes a parameter for acquiring a tomographic image of the eye in accordance with the time-series change of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: YOSHIO SOMA