Patents by Inventor Kouji TOBINAGA

Kouji 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: 10556131
    Abstract: A system update method for a particle beam therapy system, includes: a step of providing a new beam transport system in such a manner as to be branched off from an existing beam transport system of the particle beam therapy system; and a step of providing new installation connected to the new beam transport system, in which the branch is provided in a linear section of the existing beam transport system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Hori, Takayoshi Matsushita, Kouji Tobinaga
  • Publication number: 20180064957
    Abstract: A system update method for a particle beam therapy system, includes: a step of providing a new beam transport system in such a manner as to be branched off from an existing beam transport system of the particle beam therapy system; and a step of providing new installation connected to the new beam transport system, in which the branch is provided in a linear section of the existing beam transport system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihito HORI, Takayoshi MATSUSHITA, Kouji TOBINAGA
  • Patent number: 9596746
    Abstract: Provided are a charged particle beam generation apparatus, a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus, a particle beam therapy system, and a charged particle beam generation apparatus operating method capable of implementing injection of a charged particle beam into a circular accelerator at an arbitrary timing by setting a normal operation period of a linear accelerator to be larger than a shortest period and securing a stability of the beam. In timing control of controlling injecting, accelerating, emitting, and decelerating processes of a synchrotron (200), after an end of the emitting process, a linear accelerator (111) is allowed to stop repetition of an operation based on an after-end-of-emitting-process timing signal to be in a stand-by state and is allowed to be start the repetition of the operation in a constant period based on a master signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Tsubuku, Masumi Umezawa, Takashi Iga, Kouji Tobinaga
  • Publication number: 20160150630
    Abstract: Provided are a charged particle beam generation apparatus, a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus, a particle beam therapy system, and a charged particle beam generation apparatus operating method capable of implementing injection of a charged particle beam into a circular accelerator at an arbitrary timing by setting a normal operation period of a linear accelerator to be larger than a shortest period and securing a stability of the beam. In timing control of controlling injecting, accelerating, emitting, and decelerating processes of a synchrotron 200, after an end of the emitting process, a linear accelerator 111 is allowed to stop repetition of an operation based on an after-end-of-emitting-process timing signal to be in a stand-by state and is allowed to be start the repetition of the operation in a constant period based on a master signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Kazunori TSUBUKU, Masumi UMEZAWA, Takashi IGA, Kouji TOBINAGA