Patents by Inventor Takahiro Igarashi

Takahiro Igarashi 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: 20180003830
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a substrate, a plurality of device sections each disposed separately from the substrate and each including a photoelectric conversion device, a buried layer formed in a region between the device sections, and a wavelength conversion layer that is formed on the plurality of device sections and converts entered radiation into light. Any of the device sections includes a first surface that faces the wavelength conversion layer, and a second surface that faces the substrate, and an upper end of the buried layer is disposed at a position higher than the second surface of the any of the device sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO IGARASHI, YUSUKE OYAMA, SHUSAKU YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170306225
    Abstract: A compound is provided containing silicon, aluminum, strontium, europium, nitrogen, and oxygen is used that enables a red phosphor having strong luminous intensity and high luminance to be obtained, and that enables the color gamut of a white LED to be increased with the use of red phosphor. The red phosphor contains element A, europium, silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen at the atom number ratio of the following formula: [Am?x)Eux]Si9AlyOnN [12+y?2(n?m)/3]. The element A in the formula is at least one of magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium, and m, x, y, and n in the formula satisfy the relations 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<2, and 0<n<10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiraku AKIHO, Tsuneo KUSUNOKI, Takahiro IGARASHI, Takamasa IZAWA
  • Patent number: 9766353
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator that includes: first phosphors each including an inorganic fluorescent compound; and a second phosphor including a fluorescent resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kawanishi, Takahiro Igarashi, Shinichi Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20170235216
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes a base material having a rough surface and a phosphor layer which is directly or indirectly formed on the rough surface of the base material and includes a plurality of phosphor particles which are bonded to each other by a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Maeda, Takahiro Igarashi, Yutaka Imai
  • Patent number: 9695358
    Abstract: A compound is provided containing silicon, aluminum, strontium, europium, nitrogen, and oxygen is used that enables a red phosphor having strong luminous intensity and high luminance to be obtained, and that enables the color gamut of a white LED to be increased with the use of the red phosphor. The red phosphor contains an element A, europium, silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen at the atom number ratio of the following formula: [A(m-x)Eux]Si9AlyOnN[12+y?2(n?m)/3]. The element A in the formula is at least one of magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium, and m, x, y, and n in the formula satisfy the relations 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<2, and 0<n<10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiraku Akiho, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Takahiro Igarashi, Takamasa Izawa
  • Patent number: 9663714
    Abstract: A phosphor includes (Sr1?x, Bax)3SiO5 with 1>x?0.1 as a base material and europium (Eu) as an activator. The emission center wavelength of the phosphor is controlled to be 600 nm or more on the basis of the composition ratio of Sr, Ba, and Eu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Igarashi, Tsuneo Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 9645479
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes a base material having a rough surface and a phosphor layer which is directly or indirectly formed on the rough surface of the base material and includes a plurality of phosphor particles which are bonded to each other by a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Maeda, Takahiro Igarashi, Yutaka Imai
  • Patent number: 9493701
    Abstract: A red phosphor of high efficiency and a method for producing it are provided. A white light source and an illumination device that allow illumination with the pure white color using the red phosphor are also provided. In addition, a liquid crystal display device using the red phosphor and exhibiting good color reproducing performance is provided. The red phosphor contains an element A, europium (Eu), silicon (Si), carbon (C), oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N) in the ratios of the numbers of atoms of the following compositional formula (1): [Chemical Formula 1] [A(m-x)Eux][Si(9-y)Cy]OnN[12-2(n-m)/3]?? compositional formula (1) where the element A is at least one of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba), and where m, x and n in the compositional formula (1) satisfy the relationships of 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<2 and 0<n<10 (FIG. 5A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa Izawa, Hiraku Akiho, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Takahiro Igarashi, Masaki Kanno
  • Publication number: 20160163754
    Abstract: There is provided a radiation detector including: a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, each photoelectric conversion device formed at least partially within an embedding layer and having a light receiving surface situated at least partially outside of the embedding layer, and a plurality of scintillator crystals, at least a first scintillator crystal of the plurality of scintillator crystals in contact with at least one light receiving surface at a proximal end, wherein a cross-section of the first scintillator crystal at the proximal end is smaller than a cross-section of the first scintillator crystal at a distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro Igarashi, Izuho Hatada, Takeshi Kodama, Kiwamu Adachi, Shuichi Oka, Shun Mitarai, Hiizu Ootoril, Shusaku Yanagawa, Katsuji Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20160096990
    Abstract: A compound is provided containing silicon, aluminum, strontium, europium, nitrogen, and oxygen is used that enables a red phosphor having strong luminous intensity and high luminance to be obtained, and that enables the color gamut of a white LED to be increased with the use of the red phosphor. The red phosphor contains an element A, europium, silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen at the atom number ratio of the following formula: [A(m-x)Eux]Si9AlyOnN[12+y?2(n?m)/3]. The element A in the formula is at least one of magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium, and m, x, y, and n in the formula satisfy the relations 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<2, and 0<n<10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiraku AKIHO, Tsuneo KUSUNOKI, Takahiro IGARASHI, Takamasa IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160061418
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing green-emitting phosphor particles including the steps of producing a powder containing europium and strontium from a solution containing a europium compound and a strontium compound, mixing the resulting powder and a powdered gallium compound, and performing firing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Takamasa IZAWA, Tsuneo KUSUNOKI, Takahiro IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 9250806
    Abstract: An information processing device causes a computer to count the number of data having a predetermined relation on data included in a first data group. Further, when the counted number is N (N is a natural number) or more, the information processing device outputs a plurality of data having a predetermined relation to an output destination. Further, the information processing device counts the number of data having a predetermined relation on data included in the first data group and a second data group different from the first data group. Further, when the number of data having a predetermined relation which is counted on the data included in the first data group and the second data group is N or more, the information processing device output the data included in the second data group among a plurality of data having a predetermined relation to the output destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masanao Arakawa, Takahiro Igarashi, Hayato Okada, Yoshihide Tomiyama, Yasushi Yoneda
  • Patent number: 9243184
    Abstract: A compound is provided containing silicon, aluminum, strontium, europium, nitrogen, and oxygen is used that enables a red phosphor having strong luminous intensity and high luminance to be obtained, and that enables the color gamut of a white LED to be increased with the use of the red phosphor. The red phosphor contains an element A, curopium, silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen at the atom number ratio of the following formula: [A(m-x)Eux]Si9AlyOnN[12+y-2(n-m)/3]. The element A in the formula is at least one of magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium, and m, x, y, and n in the formula satisfy the relations 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<2, and 0<n<10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiraku Akiho, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Takahiro Igarashi, Takamasa Izawa
  • Patent number: 9181476
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing green-emitting phosphor particles including the steps of producing a powder containing europium and strontium from a solution containing a europium compound and a strontium compound, mixing the resulting powder and a powdered gallium compound, and performing firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamasa Izawa, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Takahiro Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20150276177
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes a base material having a rough surface and a phosphor layer which is directly or indirectly formed on the rough surface of the base material and includes a plurality of phosphor particles which are bonded to each other by a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Maeda, Takahiro Igarashi, Yutaka Imai
  • Publication number: 20150185337
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator that includes: first phosphors each including an inorganic fluorescent compound; and a second phosphor including a fluorescent resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kawanishi, Takahiro Igarashi, Shinichi Oguchi
  • Patent number: 8962370
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a sensor substrate and a scintillator layer. The sensor substrate is configured to be capable of performing photoelectric conversion. The scintillator layer includes a first area and a second area, the first area including an activator, the second area including the activator with a concentration lower than the concentration of the activator in the first area, the scintillator layer being provided on the sensor substrate so that the first area and the second area are arranged in a thickness direction of the scintillator layer and the first area is arranged from an end portion on a side of the sensor substrate in the scintillator layer in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kawanishi, Ikumi Kusayama, Takahiro Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20140320787
    Abstract: A red phosphor of high efficiency and a method for producing it are provided. A white light source and an illumination device that allow illumination with the pure white color using the red phosphor are also provided. In addition, a liquid crystal display device using the red phosphor and exhibiting good color reproducing performance is provided. The red phosphor contains an element A, europium (Eu), silicon (Si), carbon (C), oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N) in the ratios of the numbers of atoms of the following compositional formula (1): [Chemical Formula 1] [A(m-x)EUx][Si(9-y)Cy]OnN[12-2(n-m)/3]??compositional formula (1) where the element A is at least one of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba), and where m, x and n in the compositional formula (1) satisfy the relationships of 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<2 and 0<n<10 (FIG. 5A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Takamasa Izawa, Hiraku Akiho, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Takahiro Igarashi, Masaki Kanno
  • Patent number: 8808578
    Abstract: A red phosphor of high efficiency and a method for producing it are provided. A white light source and an illumination device that allow illumination with the pure white color using the red phosphor are also provided. In addition, a liquid crystal display device using the red phosphor and exhibiting good color reproducing performance is provided. The red phosphor contains an element A, europium (Eu), silicon (Si), carbon (C), oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N) in the ratios of the numbers of atoms of the following compositional formula (1): [Chemical Formula 1] [A(m-x)Eux][Si(9-y)Cy]OnN[12-2(n-m)/3]??compositional formula (1) where the element A is at least one of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba), and where m, x and n in the compositional formula (1) satisfy the relationships of 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<2 and 0<n<10 (FIG. 5A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa Izawa, Hiraku Akiho, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Takahiro Igarashi, Masaki Kanno
  • Publication number: 20140183411
    Abstract: A compound is provided containing silicon, aluminum, strontium, europium, nitrogen, and oxygen is used that enables a red phosphor having strong luminous intensity and high luminance to be obtained, and that enables the color gamut of a white LED to be increased with the use of the red phosphor. The red phosphor contains an element A, curopium, silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen at the atom number ratio of the following formula: [A(m-x)Eux]Si9AlyOnN[12+y-2(n-m)/3]. The element A in the formula is at least one of magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium, and m, x, y, and n in the formula satisfy the relations 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<2, and 0<n<10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Hiraku AKIHO, Tsuneo Kusunoki, Takahiro Igarashi, Takamasa Izawa