Patents by Inventor Makoto SASANO

Makoto SASANO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240145107
    Abstract: A neutron flux measurement apparatus includes: a storage which records, as record data, a measured value indicating change in a neutron flux in a nuclear reactor corresponding to adjustment control for output of the nuclear reactor during a first set period; and a calculation circuitry which, on the basis of the record data, performs correction for a detector sensitivity to a neutron of a self-powered detector at a time point in accordance with the adjustment control during a second set period after the first set period, the time point being a time point when the second set period has elapsed, and derives the neutron flux at the time point using the corrected detector sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsushi AZUMA, Makoto SASANO
  • Publication number: 20210181360
    Abstract: Provided is a radioactive contamination inspection device, including: a detection unit having a sensitive surface that has a shape conforming to a shape of an object surface, which is a measurement target and a radioactive contamination amount of which is to be measured; a mechanism unit for holding the detection unit in a state in which a distance from the sensitive surface to the object surface falls within a desired range set in advance; and a measurement unit for calculating the radioactive contamination amount of the object surface on the basis of a measurement result from the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC PLANT ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KAKIUCHI, Hiroshi HAMAMOTO, Keiichi MATSUO, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Hiroshi NISHIZAWA, Makoto SASANO
  • Patent number: 10955565
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation measurement device and method that allow stable radiation measurement as compared with the prior art. The radiation measurement device includes a radiation detection unit 1 having a scintillator, an optical transmission member 21 for transmitting an optical signal generated in the radiation detection unit, and a signal processing unit 3 for calculating a radiation dose from the optical signal transmitted. The signal processing unit includes a compensation unit 7 for obtaining an optical transmission loss amount from a change in wavelength spectrum in the optical signal caused by radiation acting on the optical transmission member and performs compensation-control on the optical transmission loss amount, and outputs a compensated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Taguchi, Masateru Hayashi, Tetsushi Azuma, Makoto Sasano, Akihide Shiratsuki
  • Publication number: 20200225366
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation measurement device and method that allow stable radiation measurement as compared with the prior art. The radiation measurement device includes a radiation detection unit 1 having a scintillator, an optical transmission member 21 for transmitting an optical signal generated in the radiation detection unit, and a signal processing unit 3 for calculating a radiation dose from the optical signal transmitted. The signal processing unit includes a compensation unit 7 for obtaining an optical transmission loss amount from a change in wavelength spectrum in the optical signal caused by radiation acting on the optical transmission member and performs compensation-control on the optical transmission loss amount, and outputs a compensated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki TAGUCHI, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Makoto SASANO, Akihide SHIRATSUKI