Patents Assigned to Japan Rice Millers Association
  • Patent number: 7016043
    Abstract: A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of self-emitted fluorescence obtained by irradiating the non-bran rice with excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignees: Satake Corporation, Japan Rice Millers Association
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takamasa Mesaki, Hiroyuki Maehara, Yuka Kuribayashi, Michiko Matsuda, Kazuo Amano
  • Publication number: 20030112440
    Abstract: A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of self-emitted fluorescence obtained by irradiating the non-bran rice with excitation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicants: Satake Corporation, Japan Rice Millers Association
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takamasa Mesaki, Hiroyuki Maehara, Yuka Kuribayashi, Michiko Matsuda, Kazuo Amano