Patents by Inventor Masumi Ebine

Masumi Ebine 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: 8822943
    Abstract: A neutron detector without 3He gas, provided with a translucent type plate neutron scintillator having the structure capable to emit fluorescence from double-sides; the neutron scintillator is composed of ZnS fluorescent substance and a neutron converter which contains 6Li or 10B, and arranged at an angle of 45 degrees from the neutrons which are incident in parallel all together, inside of a cylindrical detector housing with the circular or square section where the specular reflector with the reflectance of 90% or more is arranged internally, and the fluorescence emitted when the neutron enters the scintillator is detected by two photo multipliers arranged on both sides, and signals output from these two photo multipliers are processed to be taken out as a neutron signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Horshin Electronics Co., Ltd., Chichibu Fuji Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Masaki Katagiri, Masumi Ebine, Atsushi Birumachi, Akira Ohzu, Yutaka Yoribayashi, Noriaki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20140021359
    Abstract: A neutron detector without 3He gas, provided with a translucent type plate neutron scintillator having the structure capable to emit fluorescence from double-sides; the neutron scintillator is composed of ZnS fluorescent substance and a neutron converter which contains 6Li or 10B, and arranged at an angle of 45 degrees from the neutrons which are incident in parallel all together, inside of a cylindrical detector housing with the circular or square section where the specular reflector with the reflectance of 90% or more is arranged internally, and the fluorescence emitted when the neutron enters the scintillator is detected by two photo multipliers arranged on both sides, and signals output from these two photo multipliers are processed to be taken out as a neutron signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Masaki KATAGIRI, Masumi EBINE, Atsushi BIRUMACHI, Akira OHZU, Yutaka YORIBAYASHI, Noriaki TSUTSUI
  • Patent number: 8253107
    Abstract: A neutron image detection method is disclosed, which collects a fluorescent light generated by a neutron incident at a designated position interval in one-dimensional geometry and determines an incident position of the neutron by detecting the collected fluorescent light, in which the fluorescent light is detected by a photon counting method; a pulse signal generated by an individual output photon is extracted on the basis of a clock signal generated with the same time interval as the time width of the pulse signal generated by a single photon; a count-value distribution is obtained in terms of incident position as variable determined by a single neutron incident by counting the pulse signal output; and a neutron incident position is determined by calculating a median point on the basis of the obtained count-value distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Hoshin Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Masaki Katagiri, Masumi Ebine, Atsushi Birumachi, Yutaka Yoribayashi
  • Publication number: 20110284750
    Abstract: A neutron image detection method is disclosed, which collects a fluorescent light generated by a neutron incident at a designated position interval in one-dimensional geometry and determines an incident position of the neutron by detecting the collected fluorescent light, in which the fluorescent light is detected by a photon counting method; a pulse signal generated by an individual output photon is extracted on the basis of a clock signal generated with the same time interval as the time width of the pulse signal generated by a single photon; a count-value distribution is obtained in terms of incident position as variable determined by a single neutron incident by counting the pulse signal output; and a neutron incident position is determined by calculating a median point on the basis of the obtained count-value distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: HOSHIN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Masaki KATAGIRI, Masumi EBINE, Atsushi BIRUMACHI, Yutaka YORIBAYASHI