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).
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Patent number: 10567656Abstract: To provide a medical observation device, information processing method, program, and video microscope device. A medical observation device including: a selection unit configured to select one reference camera from two or more cameras; a motion detection unit configured to detect a motion of the reference camera; a first correction information acquisition unit configured to acquire first correction information that lessens the motion of the reference camera; and a second correction information acquisition unit configured to acquire second correction information that lessens a motion of a camera other than the reference camera included in the two or more cameras using a method different from a method of the first correction information acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Yuki Sugie
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Publication number: 20200022687Abstract: [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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: MASAYA TAKEMOTO, YUKI SUGIE
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Publication number: 20190385007Abstract: [Object] To simultaneously meet both of acquisition of depth information with high resolution and high accuracy and a reduction in diameter of a leading end of an endoscope. [Solving Means] Provided is an endoscope apparatus including: an irradiation unit that irradiates a subject with illumination light and with a structured pattern for acquiring depth information of the subject; and an acquisition unit that acquires reflected light of the light emitted by the irradiation unit. With this configuration, it is possible to simultaneously meet both of acquisition of depth information with high resolution and high accuracy and a reduction in diameter of a leading end of an endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2017Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Daisuke TSURU, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Yasuaki TAKAHASHI, Yuki SUGIE, Kentaro FUKAZAWA
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Patent number: 10492661Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a medical device, and a medical device system that enable to provide a user who tries to connect the medical device to the control device with user support information including a result of compatibility determination between the devices. A control device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a connector joint to which a connector unit provided on a cable extending from a medical device is connected, a communication unit that performs radio communication with the connector unit by proximity radio communication, and a notification unit that notifies a user of user support information based on information from the medical device received by the communication unit. The present disclosure is applicable to an endoscopic surgical system, for example.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Sugie, Tomoyuki Hirayama, Yasuaki Takahashi, Masahito Yamane
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Publication number: 20190335104Abstract: An endoscopic system including an endoscope including an optical element including a marker disposed thereon, an optical formation device that changes an angle of view, and an image capturing device receiving light from the optical element via the optical formation device and processing circuitry that identifies the angle of view from an image captured by the image capturing device based on the marker in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SUGIE, Koji KASHIMA, Masaya TAKEMOTO, Kenji IKEDA
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Publication number: 20190302442Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuki SUGIE, Hisakazu SHIRAKI
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Patent number: 10413369Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a surgical system with which more accurate surgical resection can be performed in a shorter time. An identifying unit identifies the type of tissue degeneration in a mid-surgery image. In accordance with the identified type of the tissue degeneration, a drawing unit draws auxiliary information for the operator, the auxiliary information being to be superimposed on the mid-surgery image. The present disclosure can be applied to an endoscopic surgical system or the like that includes a display device, a camera control unit (CCU), a light source device, a treatment tool device, a pneumoperitoneum apparatus, a recorder, a printer, an endoscope, an energetic treatment tool, forceps, trocars, a foot switch, and a patient's bed, for example.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Kashima, Tsuneo Hayashi, Hisakazu Shiraki, Daisuke Tsuru, Takeshi Uemori, Kentaro Fukazawa, Yuki Sugie, Kenta Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20190261498Abstract: [Object] To propose a control apparatus, a control system and a control method which are capable of causing another light source to adaptively emit light at a timing at which light emitted from one light source changes. [Solution] A control apparatus including: a light source control unit configured to control light emission of a second light source on the basis of profile of light emitted from a first light source and a synchronization signal for synchronizing a timing between the first light source and the second light source for radiating light on a surgical region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayoshi AKITA, Tsuneo HAYASHI, Yuki SUGIE, Akio FURUKAWA, Mitsunori UEDA, Hiroshi ICHIKI, Daisuke KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 10371933Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Sugie, Hisakazu Shiraki
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Publication number: 20190183317Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a medical device, and a medical device system that enable to provide a user who tries to connect the medical device to the control device with user support information including a result of compatibility determination between the devices. A control device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a connector joint to which a connector unit provided on a cable extending from a medical device is connected, a communication unit that performs radio communication with the connector unit by proximity radio communication, and a notification unit that notifies a user of user support information based on information from the medical device received by the communication unit. The present disclosure is applicable to an endoscopic surgical system, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SUGIE, Tomoyuki HIRAYAMA, Yasuaki TAKAHASHI, Masahito YAMANE
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Publication number: 20190154953Abstract: [Object] To propose a control apparatus, a control system and a control method which are capable of appropriately determining an irradiation period in a scene in which light is radiated at the same time as imaging. [Solution] A control apparatus including: a light source control unit configured to determine a period in accordance with a period between an exposure start timing of a first line in an image pickup element and an exposure end timing of a second line in the image pickup element as an irradiation period during which a light source unit is caused to radiate light. The second line is a line in which start of exposure in one frame is earlier than in the first line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YUKI SUGIE, DAISUKE KIKUCHI, HIROSHI ICHIKI, TSUNEO HAYASHI, MASAYOSHI AKITA, MITSUNORI UEDA, AKIO FURUKAWA
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Patent number: 10251531Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a medical device, and a medical device system that enable to provide a user who tries to connect the medical device to the control device with user support information including a result of compatibility determination between the devices. A control device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a connector joint to which a connector unit provided on a cable extending from a medical device is connected, a communication unit that performs radio communication with the connector unit by proximity radio communication, and a notification unit that notifies a user of user support information based on information from the medical device received by the communication unit. The present disclosure is applicable to an endoscopic surgical system, for example.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Sugie, Tomoyuki Hirayama, Yasuaki Takahashi, Masahito Yamane
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Publication number: 20190096037Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a surgical system, capable of displaying an appropriate surgical site image. A control unit controls to perform correction processing on the surgical site image as a captured surgical site on the basis of information related to display of a display apparatus that displays the surgical site image. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a surgical system that displays the surgical site image photographed by an endoscope on a monitor, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro FUKAZAWA, Yuki SUGIE, Takami MIZUKURA, Hiroshi ICHIKI
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Publication number: 20190059696Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: TOMOYUKI HIRAYAMA, DAISUKE KIKUCHI, YUKI SUGIE, YASUHIRO MATSUDA, DAISUKE NAGAO, TAKARA KASAI
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Publication number: 20190053857Abstract: [Problem] A surgical apparatus of the related art controls only the cropping position of a captured image, and thus only executes a limited range of image control in laparoscopic surgery. [Solution] A medical information processing apparatus including: an image control section that controls processing of a captured image from a camera; and an arm control section that controls a motion of an arm that supports the camera. One of the image control section and the arm control section executes control on a basis of control information from another control section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SUGIE, Daisuke KIKUCHI, Tomoyuki HIRAYAMA, Yasuhiro MATSUDA, Daisuke NAGAO, Takara KASAI
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Publication number: 20190045170Abstract: [Object] To improve accuracy of determination of a disparity for medical image processing. [Solution] There is provided a medical image processing device including: a region determination unit configured to determine a non-living body region in a visual field by using a region-determination image showing the visual field that is same as a visual field that a disparity-determination image shows; and a disparity determination unit configured to determine at least a disparity to be applied to the non-living body region by using a result of the determination of the non-living body region performed by the region determination unit and the disparity-determination image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SUGIE, Takeshi UEMORI, Kenji TAKAHASI, Tsuneo HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190037202Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to achieve a favorable disparity by setting an operation depth of medical operation as a target while reducing an influence of correction of a disparity for stereoscopic vision over accuracy of an image. [Solution] There is provided a medical image processing device including: a depth determination unit configured to determine an operation depth of medical operation whose image is to be captured; a disparity determination unit configured to determine a disparity by using a captured image showing a visual field observed in the operation and generate disparity information; and a correction unit configured to correct the disparity information depending on the operation depth determined by the depth determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi UEMORI, Tsuneo HAYASHI, kenji TAKAHASI, Yuki SUGIE
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Publication number: 20180353244Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a surgical system with which more accurate surgical resection can be performed in a shorter time. An identifying unit identifies the type of tissue degeneration in a mid-surgery image. In accordance with the identified type of the tissue degeneration, a drawing unit draws auxiliary information for the operator, the auxiliary information being to be superimposed on the mid-surgery image. The present disclosure can be applied to an endoscopic surgical system or the like that includes a display device, a camera control unit (CCU), a light source device, a treatment tool device, a pneumoperitoneum apparatus, a recorder, a printer, an endoscope, an energetic treatment tool, forceps, trocars, a foot switch, and a patient's bed, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji KASHIMA, Tsuneo HAYASHI, Hisakazu SHIRAKI, Daisuke TSURU, Takeshi UEMORI, Kentaro FUKAZAWA, Yuki SUGIE, Kenta YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180338670Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light source control device, a light source control method, a program, and a surgical system that enable observation with a more appropriate exposure state. The light source control device includes a reflection direction estimation unit which estimates a reflection direction of irradiation light reflected on a surface of a subject and a control unit which controls a direction of a light source for emitting the irradiation light on the basis of the estimated reflection direction of the irradiation light. Then, on the basis of the reflection direction, the control unit performs control so that illuminance of the subject viewed from a direction in which the subject is observed becomes uniform or so that specular reflection to the direction in which the subject is observed is suppressed. The present technology is applied to, for example, a surgical system used for endoscopic surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: KENTA YAMAGUCHI, HISAKAZU SHIRAKI, HIROSHI ICHIKI, YUKI SUGIE
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Publication number: 20180250094Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a surgery system, and a surgical thread capable of further improving visibility of the thread. The image processing device is provided with an image obtaining unit which obtains a first image imaged under an illumination condition in which the surgical thread fluoresces and a second image imaged under an illumination condition including at least visible light as images of an operative site using the surgical thread which fluoresces, and a synthesis unit which generates a synthetic image obtained by synthesizing an area of the surgical thread of the first image and the second image. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a surgery system and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SUGIE, Yasuaki TAKAHASHI, Yukihiro NAKAMURA, Tomoyuki HIRAYAMA, Kenta YAMAGUCHI