Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, And Program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019147563-A1
Application number	US-201916249280-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 16, 2019
Priority date	Sep 6, 2012
Publication date	May 16, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image supply unit that supplies a plurality of input images showing corresponding objects to an image processing unit and obtains a plurality of object images as an image processed result from the image processing unit, and a display control unit that synchronously displays the plurality of object images that have been obtained. The object images are regions including the corresponding objects extracted from the plurality of input images, and orientations, positions, and sizes of the corresponding objects of the plurality of object images are unified.

First claim

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
an image supply unit that supplies a plurality of input images showing corresponding objects to an image processing unit and obtains a plurality of object images as an image processed result from the image processing unit; and a display control unit that synchronously displays the plurality of object images that have been obtained, wherein the object images are regions including the corresponding objects extracted from the plurality of input images, and orientations, positions, and sizes of the corresponding objects of the plurality of object images are unified.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display control unit executes at least one of a guide scroll display, an automatic vertical/horizontal division selection display, an instantaneous switch display, a cut and placement display, a leaf-through display, and a multiple staining color combining display.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the plurality of images are medical images.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the objects are biopsies cut from a tissue, and wherein the plurality of medical images are pathological images that are scanned from prepared specimens of which the biopsies adjacently cut from a same tissue and placed on slide glasses and stained by different staining methods.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the image processing unit is a server located on Internet.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
the image processing unit.

7 . An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, comprising:
supplying a plurality of input images showing corresponding objects to an image processing unit; obtaining a plurality of object images as an image processed result from the image processing unit; and synchronously displaying the plurality of object images that have been obtained, wherein the object images are regions including the corresponding objects extracted from the plurality of input images, and orientations, positions, and sizes of the corresponding objects of the plurality of object images are unified.

8 . A program for causing a computer to function as:
an image supply unit that supplies a plurality of input images showing corresponding objects to an image processing unit and obtains a plurality of object images as an image processed result from the image processing unit; and a display control unit that synchronously displays the plurality of object images that have been obtained, wherein the object images are regions including the corresponding objects extracted from the plurality of input images, and orientations, positions, and sizes of the corresponding objects of the plurality of object images are unified.

Assignees

• Sony Corp
• Japanese Found For Cancer Res

Inventors

• Ohashi Takeshi

Classifications

• A61B6/5217

  extracting a diagnostic or physiological parameter from medical diagnostic data · CPC title

• G06T2207/20212

  Image combination · CPC title

• G06T11/00

  Two-dimensional [2D] image generation · CPC title

• G06T5/50

  using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction · CPC title

• A61B6/5294

  involving using additional data, e.g. patient information, image labeling, acquisition parameters · CPC title