Patents by Inventor Yuki Sugie

Yuki Sugie 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: 20240153036
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical image processing system that is capable of implementing low-latency image processing, a medical image processing method, and a program. An image processing unit executes, at each predetermined processing timing, image processing on each of a plurality of medical images input asynchronously in units of strip images obtained by dividing each of the medical images into a plurality of pieces. The present disclosure can be applied to the medical image processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: MASAHITO YAMANE, YUKI SUGIE, TSUNEO HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240120073
    Abstract: A medical management system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit (31) that sequentially acquires image information for each patient; a priority setting unit (32) that dynamically sets a priority of processing on the image information for each patient; a processing unit (33) that determines a processing amount for each piece of the image information on the basis of the priority and performs processing on the image information for each patient on the basis of the determined processing amount for each piece of the image information; a generation unit (34) that generates integrated image information by integrating the image information for each patient on which the processing has been performed; and a display unit (42) that displays an integrated image on the basis of the integrated image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: YUKI SUGIE
  • Publication number: 20240083407
    Abstract: An oil dilution inhibiting apparatus is configured to inhibit oil dilution caused by mixture of fuel into engine oil. The oil dilution inhibiting apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to estimate friction of an engine and determine that the oil dilution occurs when the friction of the engine is decreased to a value lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold value to perform control so that the engine is operated at a higher speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Naonori HAGIWARA, Yuuki ITO, Kenu TAKAHASHI, Yuki SUGIE, Kosuke YOSHIDA, Yuuma SUZUKI, Shogo WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240045497
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus (13) according to one form of the present disclosure includes: an image input unit (13b) that receives an operative field image for an eye of a patient; an eyeball tracking unit (13e) that tracks an eyeball in the operative field image; and a display image generation unit (13f) that sets a plurality of regions having different display modes for the operative field image and generates a display image in which an annular or radial boundary in the plurality of regions indicates a specific position or a specific size with respect to the eye. The display image generation unit (13f) changes a position or a size of the boundary on the basis of a tracking result of the eyeball and generates the display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Junichiro ENOKI, Izumu HOSOI, Yuki SUGIE, Tomoyuki OOTSUKI, Koji KASHIMA, Hiroshi USHIRODA, Koji FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20240033035
    Abstract: An image processing device (13) according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: an image input unit (13a) that receives a surgical field image with respect to a patient's eye; an eyeball tracking unit (13b) as an example of a part detection unit that detects a specific part of the eye in the surgical field image; and a display image generation unit (13c) that generates a display image including a first position indicator indicating a position a predetermined distance away in a specific direction from the specific part detected by the eyeball tracking unit (13b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki OOTSUKI, Junichiro ENOKI, Hiroshi USHIRODA, Koji FUKAYA, Yuki SUGIE, Koji KASHIMA, Izumu HOSOI
  • Patent number: 11835702
    Abstract: A medical observation system including a medical imaging device that captures a plurality of images of a living body while changing a focus position, and circuitry that generates a composite image by compositing the plurality of images captured by the medical imaging device, and switches output between the generated composite image and one of the plurality of images based on a result of analysis performed on at least one of the plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugie, Hisakazu Shiraki
  • Patent number: 11672516
    Abstract: [Object] To effectively eliminate an effect of smoke that is generated by cauterization of a tissue. [Solving Means] Provided is a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control smoke removal processing on an image of a living body taken during surgery and actual smoke evacuation of smoke in the living body, in which the control unit allows execution of at least the smoke removal processing on the basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected. Also provided is a control system including: an endoscope configured to take an image of a living body during surgery; a control apparatus configured to control smoke removal processing on the image of the living body and actual smoke evacuation of smoke in the living body; and a smoke evacuation apparatus configured to execute the actual smoke evacuation of the smoke on a basis of control by the control apparatus, in which the control apparatus executes at least the smoke removal processing on a basis of a fact that the smoke has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Takemoto, Yuki Sugie
  • Publication number: 20230170088
    Abstract: To make it possible to fully utilize output data from a plurality of apparatuses used during surgery. There is provided a medical information processor including: an acquisition unit that acquires output data of a plurality of apparatuses coupled to an operating room network; a first analysis unit that performs an analysis on a basis of a correlation among the output data; and an output control section that controls an output of a result of the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: YUKI SUGIE, KOJI KASHIMA, KENTA YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230100302
    Abstract: Moreover, it is conceivable to support more advanced procedures by connecting a medical imaging device to a server and performing signal processing on the server. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a medical information control system is provided in which an operation server includes a plurality of virtual shared buffers to which a first medical application installed in a first container virtual area and a second medical application installed in a second container virtual area are accessible, and a control application, and the control application controls the first medical application or the second medical application to alternately use a first virtual memory area, a second virtual memory area, and a third virtual memory area for write of the first medical application and read of the second medical application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi ASAI, Yuki SUGIE, Masahito YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20220359061
    Abstract: A diagnosis support program is a program for causing a computer to perform: an image processing procedure of performing predetermined image processing on a pathological image captured by an image-capturing device; and an output processing procedure of outputting identification information for identifying a processed portion and an unprocessed portion of the image processing on the pathological image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: YUKI SUGIE
  • Publication number: 20220328165
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit transmits a request to load a second pathological image different from a first pathological image being displayed. The controller causes a display unit to display related information related to a pathological diagnosis or an operation of a pathology medical device before the loaded second pathological image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: MASAYA TAKEMOTO, YUKI SUGIE
  • Patent number: 11457801
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, an endoscope system, and a program that enable motion detection with higher accuracy. The endoscope system includes: a light source capable of performing a pulsed-light emission; a light-source control unit that controls the light source such that the light source performs the pulsed-light emission a plurality of times in an exposure time period of each captured image; an imaging unit that takes the captured images; and a motion detection unit that detects a motion of a photographic subject in the captured images. The present technology is applicable to the endoscope system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kikuchi, Akio Furukawa, Masayoshi Akita, Mitsunori Ueda, Hiroshi Ichiki, Tsuneo Hayashi, Yuki Sugie
  • Patent number: 11463629
    Abstract: It is desired to provide a technology which is capable of reducing glare to be felt by a user for an output image by an HDR monitor in a case where an image is caused to be displayed at the HDR monitor on the basis of an HDR image. There is provided a medical system including a light source configured to irradiate a subject inside a living organism; an imaging unit configured to image the subject coaxially with an optical axis of the light source; and a control unit configured to control the light source and the imaging unit, in which the control unit performs control so that a signal compliant with high-dynamic range standards is output by adjusting gradation for a first image signal acquired by the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyai, Yasuaki Takahashi, Masahito Yamane, Yuki Sugie
  • Patent number: 11451698
    Abstract: In a case where a plurality of imaging apparatuses is used for a surgery, the appearance is regulated between images captured by the respective imaging apparatuses. According to the present disclosure, a medical system is provided, the medical system including a plurality of surgical imaging apparatuses and a control unit to which each of the surgical imaging apparatuses is connected, the control unit including a signal processing unit that links images captured by the respective surgical imaging apparatuses. With this configuration, in a case where a plurality of imaging apparatuses is arranged for a surgery, it becomes possible to regulate the appearance between images captured by the respective imaging apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kikuchi, Yuki Sugie, Yukihiro Nakamura, Kentaro Fukazawa, Kenji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220157453
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a medical power supply system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an image processing apparatus, and an image processing method capable of controlling power consumption. A medical power supply system including a first information processing apparatus that is connected to a medical device installed in an operation room and a second processing apparatus that exchanges data with the first information processing apparatus, further includes: an acquisition unit that acquires data from the medical device; a determination unit that determines a use state of the medical device on the basis of the data; and a control unit that controls a power supply state of at least one medical device in the operation room on the basis of the use state of the medical device determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: YUKI SUGIE, MASAYA TAKEMOTO, MASAHITO YAMANE
  • Patent number: 11302439
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus for allocating at least two medical imaging processes to a plurality of assignable processing resources is provided. The plurality of assignable processing resources is allocated by the medical image processing apparatus based on resource information of the plurality of assignable processing resources. The medical image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire medical image processing content, from medical equipment, to be processed according to the at least two medical imaging processes prior to display on a display device connected to a surgical operating room network. The circuitry is configured to acquire the resource information of the plurality of assignable processing resources, and allocate each of the at least two medical imaging processes to a different one of the plurality of assignable processing resources based on the resource information of the plurality processing resources and the medical image processing content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Sugie, Daisuke Tsuru, Tomoyuki Hirayama, Kenta Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11266294
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including: an image processing unit that generates image data for output from a captured image of an inside of a body cavity of a patient photographed by an endoscope. The image processing unit generates the image data in a manner that, when a lens barrel of the endoscope is moved in an optical axis direction of an objective lens during photographing, a display range in the captured image that is a range expressed in a display image displayed on a display device does not change, during the movement and after the movement, from a display range before the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirayama, Daisuke Kikuchi, Yuki Sugie, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Daisuke Nagao, Takara Kasai
  • Publication number: 20220046248
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, and an image processing system that can suppress a reduction in resolution of an image that a surgery operator wants to see at a high resolution while responding to an increase in the number of connections of medical equipment that supply images. In the previous stage of a transmission path such as PCIe, images are acquired from a plurality of pieces of medical equipment, a compression method is selected for each type of image, and the image is compressed and output to the transmission path. Therefore, among YCbCr signals, e.g., of a CT image or an X image, an image that does not require CbCr signals is compressed as the Y signal only, and an image that requires a high-resolution image such as an operative field image is transmitted without being compressed. Therefore, it is possible to suppress compression of the band of a transmission path such as PCIe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: YUKI SUGIE, MASAYA TAKEMOTO, MASAHITO YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20210282630
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, an endoscope system, and a program that enable motion detection with higher accuracy. The endoscope system includes: a light source capable of performing a pulsed-light emission; a light-source control unit that controls the light source such that the light source performs the pulsed-light emission a plurality of times in an exposure time period of each captured image; an imaging unit that takes the captured images; and a motion detection unit that detects a motion of a photographic subject in the captured images. The present technology is applicable to the endoscope system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: DAISUKE KIKUCHI, AKIO FURUKAWA, MASAYOSHI AKITA, MITSUNORI UEDA, HIROSHI ICHIKI, TSUNEO HAYASHI, YUKI SUGIE
  • Publication number: 20210220076
    Abstract: Proposed are a surgical information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of quickly grasping necessity of adjusting an illumination state, including an acquisition unit (110) that acquires an operative field image including an operative field illuminated by an illumination device (30) and first illumination information indicating an illumination state of the illumination device (30), and a presentation unit (130) that performs presentation based on the operative field image and the first illumination information acquired by the acquisition unit to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya TAKEMOTO, Yukihiro NAKAMURA, Hisakazu SHIRAKI, Yuki SUGIE