Patents by Inventor Yutaka Karasawa

Yutaka Karasawa 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: 11779412
    Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device assists robotic surgery with a surgical robot including a robot arm, and includes a processing unit and a display unit. The processing unit acquires 3D data of a subject; acquires kinematic information of the robot arm; acquires information of a surgical procedure for operating; acquires position planning information for a plurality of ports to be pierced on a body surface of the subject; acquires measurement information obtained by measuring a position of a first port pierced on the body surface among the plurality of ports; determines a position of at least one of remaining ports other than the first port, based on the measurement information of the position of the first port, the information of the surgical procedure, the kinematic information, and the 3D data; and causes the display unit to display information indicating the determined position of the remaining port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: MEDICAROID CORPORATION, ZIOSOFT, INC.
    Inventors: Jota Ida, Yukihiko Kitano, Shusuke Chino, Tsuyoshi Nagata, Yutaka Karasawa, Shinichiro Seo
  • Patent number: 11771508
    Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device assists robotic surgery with a surgical robot that includes at least one robot arm holding a surgical instrument. The robotically-assisted surgical device includes a processing unit and a display unit. The processing unit is configured to: acquire 3D data of a subject; acquire kinematic information regard to the robot arm; acquire information of an surgical procedure for operating the subject; acquire information regarding a position of at least one port which is to be pierced on a body surface of the subject; derive a 2D range on the body surface where errors are allowed for the piercing of the port based on the 3D data, the kinematic information, the information of the surgical procedure, and the position of the port; and cause the display unit to display the information regarding the position of the port and information indicating the 2D range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: MEDICAROID CORPORATION, ZIOSOFT, INC.
    Inventors: Jota Ida, Yukihiko Kitano, Shusuke Chino, Tsuyoshi Nagata, Yutaka Karasawa, Shinichiro Seo
  • Patent number: 11379976
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: a display unit; and circuitry configured to: acquire volume data including tissues, and set a first mask region and a second mask region which include a voxel to be rendered among a plurality of voxels included in the volume data; set a first plane which intersects both the first mask region and the second mask region; display a first image in which a first region formed by cutting the first mask region by the first plane and the second mask region are rendered; receive through an operation unit a first operation for setting a second plane which is parallel to the first plane and intersects both the first mask region and the second mask region; and display a second image in which a second region formed by cutting the first mask region by the second plane and the second mask region are rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ZIOSOFT, INC.
    Inventors: Shusuke Chino, Tsuyoshi Nagata, Satoshi Shimizu, Yasuhiro Kondo, Yutaka Karasawa, Shinichiro Seo
  • Publication number: 20210315637
    Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical system that assists robotic surgery by a surgical robot having a robot main body includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to plan a position of a port to be perforated on a body surface of a subject which is a target of the robotic surgery, acquire a captured image obtained by capturing the subject including at least a part of the subject by an overview camera included in the robot main body, recognize a planned position of the port in the captured image based on the captured image and the planned position of the port, and show the captured image and port position information indicating the planned position of the port in the subject illustrated in the captured image, on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jota IDA, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
  • Publication number: 20210298981
    Abstract: A surgical bed includes: a table on which a body part of a subject is placed; a leg holder configured to hold a leg part of the subject; a support member configured to connect the table and the leg holder to each other, and configured to adjustably support a positional relationship between the leg holder and the table; and a processor configured to derive the positional relationship between the leg holder and the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jota IDA, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
  • Publication number: 20210298854
    Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device assists endoscopic surgery by a surgical robot. The robotically-assisted surgical device includes a processor. The processor is configured to derive a positional relationship between the surgical robot and an access platform installed on a subject which is a surgery target and capable of inserting at least two surgical instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jota IDA, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
  • Publication number: 20210298848
    Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device assists robotic surgery by a surgical robot. The robotically-assisted surgical device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire 3D data of a subject; acquire a contact position where a surgical instrument provided in the surgical robot is in contact with a soft tissue of the subject; acquire firmness of the contact position of the soft tissue of the subject; and perform registration of a position of the 3D data with a position of the subject recognized by the surgical robot according to deformation of the soft tissue in the 3D data, based on the contact position and the firmness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jota IDA, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
  • Publication number: 20200320696
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: a display unit; and circuitry configured to: acquire volume data including tissues, and set a first mask region and a second mask region which include a voxel to be rendered among a plurality of voxels included in the volume data; set a first plane which intersects both the first mask region and the second mask region; display a first image in which a first region formed by cutting the first mask region by the first plane and the second mask region are rendered; receive through an operation unit a first operation for setting a second plane which is parallel to the first plane and intersects both the first mask region and the second mask region; and display a second image in which a second region formed by cutting the first mask region by the second plane and the second mask region are rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Satoshi SHIMIZU, Yasuhiro KONDO, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
  • Publication number: 20200113637
    Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device assists robotic surgery with a surgical robot that includes at least one robot arm holding a surgical instrument. The robotically-assisted surgical device includes a processing unit and a display unit. The processing unit is configured to: acquire 3D data of a subject; acquire kinematic information regard to the robot arm; acquire information of an surgical procedure for operating the subject; acquire information regarding a position of at least one port which is to be pierced on a body surface of the subject; derive a 2D range on the body surface where errors are allowed for the piercing of the port based on the 3D data, the kinematic information, the information of the surgical procedure, and the position of the port; and cause the display unit to display the information regarding the position of the port and information indicating the 2D range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jota IDA, Yukihiko KITANO, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
  • Publication number: 20200113635
    Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device assists robotic surgery with a surgical robot including a robot arm, and includes a processing unit and a display unit. The processing unit acquires 3D data of a subject; acquires kinematic information of the robot arm; acquires information of a surgical procedure for operating; acquires position planning information for a plurality of ports to be pierced on a body surface of the subject; acquires measurement information obtained by measuring a position of a first port pierced on the body surface among the plurality of ports; determines a position of at least one of remaining ports other than the first port, based on the measurement information of the position of the first port, the information of the surgical procedure, the kinematic information, and the 3D data; and causes the display unit to display information indicating the determined position of the remaining port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jota IDA, Yukihiko KITANO, Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
  • Publication number: 20200113636
    Abstract: A robotically-assisted surgical device that assists minimally invasive robotic surgery with a surgical robot is configured to acquire volume data of a non-pneumoperitoneum state of a subject, perform a pneumoperitoneum simulation on the volume data of the non-pneumoperitoneum state to generate deformation information including movement of at least one point in the volume data of the non-pneumoperitoneum state caused by pneumoperitoneum, generate 3D data of a first virtual pneumoperitoneum state based on the volume data of the non-pneumoperitoneum state and the deformation information, derive a first planned position in the 3D data of the first virtual pneumoperitoneum state, derive a second planned position in the volume data of the non-pneumoperitoneum state based on the first planned position in the first virtual pneumoperitoneum state and the deformation information, and visualize the volume data of the non-pneumoperitoneum state with an annotation of information indicating the second planned position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Shusuke CHINO, Tsuyoshi NAGATA, Yutaka KARASAWA, Shinichiro SEO
  • Patent number: 9454811
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a setting unit, an image derivation unit, a luminance condition derivation unit and a display unit. The image acquisition unit acquires a first diffusion-weighted image of a first b value and a second diffusion-weighted image of a second b value. The setting unit sets a target diffusion coefficient and a third b value. The image derivation unit derives a virtual diffusion-weighted image of the third b value based on the target diffusion coefficient, the first diffusion-weighted image and the second diffusion-weighted image. The luminance condition derivation unit derives a luminance condition for displaying the virtual diffusion-weighted image based on the target diffusion coefficient and the third b value. The display unit displays the virtual diffusion-weighted image according to the luminance condition derived by the luminance condition derivation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: ZIOSOFT, INC.
    Inventors: Taro Takahara, Satoru Yanagihara, Yutaka Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20150294444
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a setting unit, an image derivation unit, a luminance condition derivation unit and a display unit. The image acquisition unit acquires a first diffusion-weighted image of a first b value and a second diffusion-weighted image of a second b value. The setting unit sets a target diffusion coefficient and a third b value. The image derivation unit derives a virtual diffusion-weighted image of the third b value based on the target diffusion coefficient, the first diffusion-weighted image and the second diffusion-weighted image. The luminance condition derivation unit derives a luminance condition for displaying the virtual diffusion-weighted image based on the target diffusion coefficient and the third b value. The display unit displays the virtual diffusion-weighted image according to the luminance condition derived by the luminance condition derivation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Taro TAKAHARA, Satoru YANAGIHARA, Yutaka KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20150015977
    Abstract: A digital camera filter frame reduces the load imposed on an autofocus motor provided in the main body of a camera due to a reduced weight, and prevents a situation in which the optical axis of a lens barrel of a digital camera varies when the digital camera filter frame is fitted to the front side of the lens barrel, and collides with something hard during use. A ring-like filter frame main body is produced by molding a polymer elastic body, and a filter lens having a specific effect is fitted to the ring-like filter frame main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Yutaka Karasawa
  • Patent number: 8670177
    Abstract: A multifunctional polarizing filter is used for a digital camera, and is produced by advanced optical technology to have a very small thickness and an integral structure in order to prevent a vignetting phenomenon in which the captured image is adversely affected by the frame of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Marumi Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20130077156
    Abstract: A multifunctional polarizing filter is used for a digital camera, and is produced by advanced optical technology to have a very small thickness and an integral structure in order to prevent a vignetting phenomenon in which the captured image is adversely affected by the frame of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Yutaka Karasawa
  • Patent number: 5521854
    Abstract: A power-saving control system for an MCU includes a plurality of functional portions, a switch, and a register. The functional portions includes a CPU. The switch ON/OFF-controls supply of electric power from a power supply to the respective functional portions. The register stores data for ON/OFF-controlling the switch. The switch is ON/OFF-controlled in accordance with contents of the register, thereby stopping an operational function of each functional portion in an inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Chikamatsu, Yutaka Karasawa, Masafumi Hozumi, Hidefumi Sugihara
  • Patent number: 4928046
    Abstract: A multiple rotational position sensor includes a stator winding provided to a stator mounted to a casing and a rotor having a rotor winding provided to a rotor shaft mounted for rotation to the casing, in which the rotational position is sensed by the relative rotation between the rotor and the stator. According to the present invention, the sensor also includes a speed reducing unit for coupling the rotor shaft and the casing together and outer bearings for rotatably carrying the casing, which is revolved by rotation of the rotor shaft by an angle less than the angle of rotation of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Tamagawa Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Karasawa