Patents by Inventor Koji TOBINAGA

Koji TOBINAGA 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: 9308394
    Abstract: A particle beam irradiation system having a multi-energy extraction control operation that controls the extraction beam energy in a synchrotron within a short time, such that when the ion beam irradiation is halted, an operating cycle is updated within a short time and a dose rate is improved. To this end, operating control data for each of the devices constituting the synchrotron is constructed by multi-energy extraction control pattern data for controlling extraction of beams of a plurality of energy levels at one operating cycle, and a plurality of sets of deceleration control data that correspond to the extraction control of the beam of the plurality of energy levels. The devices are controlled by using the operating control data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nishiuchi, Masumi Umezawa, Takuya Nomura, Satoshi Totake, Koji Tobinaga, Tomohisa Imagawa, Seiji Yoshiura, Moemi Takeda
  • Patent number: 8970138
    Abstract: A control data about the devices constituting the synchrotron are formed by an initial acceleration control data item, a plural extraction control data items, a plural energy change control data items connecting the plural extraction control data items, and a plural deceleration control data items corresponding to the plural extraction control data items. An affected part position detection unit and an extraction permission determination unit are provided to determine whether the position of a marker shown in transparent image information is included within a beam irradiation permission range. If the marker position is found included, the extraction permission determination unit outputs to an interlock system an extraction permission determination signal permitting beam extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nishiuchi, Koji Tobinaga, Kunio Moriyama, Takuya Nomura
  • Publication number: 20150031931
    Abstract: A control data about the devices constituting the synchrotron are formed by an initial acceleration control data item, a plural extraction control data items, a plural energy change control data items connecting the plural extraction control data items, and a plural deceleration control data items corresponding to the plural extraction control data items. An affected part position detection unit and an extraction permission determination unit are provided to determine whether the position of a marker shown in transparent image information is included within a beam irradiation permission range. If the marker position is found included, the extraction permission determination unit outputs to an interlock system an extraction permission determination signal permitting beam extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hideaki NISHIUCHI, Koji TOBINAGA, Kunio MORIYAMA, Takuya NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20140021375
    Abstract: A particle beam irradiation system having a multi-energy extraction control operation that controls the extraction beam energy in a synchrotron within a short time, such that when the ion beam irradiation is halted, an operating cycle is updated within a short time and a dose rate is improved. To this end, operating control data for each of the devices constituting the synchrotron is constructed by multi-energy extraction control pattern data for controlling extraction of beams of a plurality of energy levels at one operating cycle, and a plurality of sets of deceleration control data that correspond to the extraction control of the beam of the plurality of energy levels. The devices are controlled by using the operating control data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Hideaki NISHIUCHI, Masumi UMEZAWA, Takuya NOMURA, Satoshi TOTAKE, Koji TOBINAGA, Tomohisa IMAGAWA, Seiji YOSHIURA, Moemi TAKEDA