Patents Examined by Hugh Maupin
  • Patent number: 12265187
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus includes a housing that includes an incidence surface and a back surface located on the opposite side of the incidence surface, a sensor panel that is housed in the housing and configured to convert radiation incident from the incidence surface into an electrical signal, a conductive plate that is housed in the housing and extends in a direction intersecting with a normal to the incidence surface, and an antenna element housed in the housing. The conductive plate is located between the sensor panel and the back surface. The antenna element is located between the conductive plate and the back surface. The antenna element includes a portion that extends in the direction intersecting with the normal to the incidence surface. The conductive plate is configured to function as a ground for the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime Shimura, Tomoyasu Soma, Makoto Aoki, Motoki Tagawa, Hiroto Kondo, Yutaka Ishinari
  • Patent number: 12265022
    Abstract: The invention relates to a THz measuring device (2) for measuring a test object (8), in particular a pipe (8), including a first THz transceiver (3) which outputs a first THz beam (10) with a first polarization plane along an optical axis (A) through a measuring chamber (7), a first polarization mirror (4) designed to reflect the first THz beam (10) passing through the measuring chamber (7) back to the first THz transceiver (3) along the optical axis (A), a second THz transceiver (5), designed to output a second THz beam (11) which is polarized in a second polarization plane that is different, in particular orthogonal, from the first polarization plane, a second polarization mirror (6), designed to reflect the second THz beam (11) passing through the measuring chamber (7) along the optical axis (A) through the measuring chamber (7) back to the second Transceiver (5), wherein the THz beams pass through the respective other polarization mirrors without being substantially influenced, and the measuring signal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: CiTEX Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Klose, Jörg Klever
  • Patent number: 12266733
    Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting incident radiation are provided. The methods and devices use high quality single-crystals of photoactive semiconductor compounds in combination with metal anodes and metal cathodes that provide for enhanced photodetector performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Yihui He
  • Patent number: 12259505
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a device and a method for x-ray and/or gamma ray detection. a detector comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel in the plurality of pixels being switchable between a floating mode and a detection mode, wherein each pixel in the plurality of pixels is configured to detect incident x-ray and/or gamma ray radiation when in the detection mode; a control unit coupled to the detector, configured to: during a first temporal frame, configure a first subset of pixels in the plurality of pixels to the floating mode and a second subset of pixels in the plurality of pixels to the detection mode; and during a second temporal frame, configure a third subset of pixels in the plurality of pixels to the floating mode and a fourth subset of pixels in the plurality of pixels to the detection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: DETECTION TECHNOLOGY OYJ
    Inventors: Matti Kauppinen, Mikko Matikkala
  • Patent number: 12259506
    Abstract: A mechanical collimator receives particles from a gamma radiation emission source and/or neutron emission source, a material that absorbs neutrons and is virtually transparent to gamma radiation A first detector includes a scintillator crystal with neutron-gamma discrimination capability and a position-sensitive photosensor, coupled to the mechanical collimator. One or more detector blocks have scintillator crystals of gamma or neutron-gamma radiation and position-sensitive photosensors, after the first detector, on a face opposite the mechanical collimator. A processing and acquisition module is connected to the detectors The device is suitable for use in inspections relating to nuclear safety, port safety, nuclear threats and accidents, and hadron-therapy treatments and nuclear medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC), UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA
    Inventors: Jorge Lerendegui Marco, Javier Balibrea Correa, Cesar Domingo Pardo, Luis Caballero Ontanaya, Victor Babiano Suarez, Ion Ladarescu Palivan
  • Patent number: 12253637
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator panel including: a support; a scintillator layer provided on the support, the scintillator layer being composed of a columnar crystal; and a protective film covering at least the scintillator layer. The scintillator layer contains cesium iodide as a base material and cerium as an activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Yusuke Minami, Hirotake Osawa
  • Patent number: 12247433
    Abstract: An infrared (IR) sensor for use in a door sensor. The IR sensor may include a plurality of emitters arranged in multiple rows. Each emitter of the plurality of emitters may be configured to emit an emission beam comprising IR light. A plurality of receptors may be arranged in multiple rows. Each receptor of the plurality of receptors may be configured to receive a reception beam comprising the IR light reflected off of a surface. One or more lenses comprising refractive elements may be configured to duplicate and direct one or more of the emission beams and one or more of the reception beams onto the surface to form an IR pattern. The IR pattern may include multiple IR curtains. One or more of the receptors and/or emitters may be deactivated to change a width of the IR pattern and/or number of IR curtains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: BEA Inc.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Eubelen, Joseph M. Mulcahy, Adrien Van Damme, Tom Yantek, Andrew P. Bauer
  • Patent number: 12235399
    Abstract: A target that is irradiated with a charged particle to emit a neutron, an output circuit such as a DC/DC converter that includes a semiconductor element and that outputs voltage during normal operation, and a counter that measures elapsed time with a point in time when the neutron is emitted from the target defined as a starting point are included. Furthermore, a measurement unit that measures the voltage output from the output circuit, and a calculation unit that calculates time of flight of the neutron based on a time when a measurement voltage value measured by the measurement unit falls below a predetermined threshold value and the elapsed time measured by the counter and that calculates energy of the neutron based on the calculated time of flight are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hiroshima, Hidenori Iwashita, Yuichiro Okugawa
  • Patent number: 12234147
    Abstract: Inorganic compounds having the formula LiMP2Q6, where M is Ga, In, Bi, Sb, As, Al, or a combination thereof, and Q is S and/or Se, are provided. Methods and devices for detecting incident neutrons and alpha-particles using the compounds are also provided. For thermal neutron detection applications, the compounds can be enriched with lithium-6 isotope (6Li) to enhance their neutron detecting capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Northwestern University, UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Daniel G. Chica, Yihui He, Duck Young Chung
  • Patent number: 12232894
    Abstract: A medical imaging system that includes a gantry having an inner bore surface that defines a bore for receiving a patient, wherein a digital display is attached to the inner bore surface of the bore. The system also includes a patient bed for moving the patient into the bore. Further, visual content is displayed on the display that has a calming effect on the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Corbeil
  • Patent number: 12232899
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable three-dimensional DR system. The portable three-dimensional DR system includes a support mechanism, an X-ray generator, a stand and a flat panel detector. The support mechanism includes a support tube, a transmission component, a drive component and a support pole slidingly provided in the support tube. The X-ray generator is detachably provided on the support pole, the transmission component is used for driving the X-ray generator to move in the direction of closing to or far from the support tube, the drive component is used for driving the X-ray generator to rotate, the flat panel detector is provided on the stand, and the stand is placed on a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen Browiner Tech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shufeng Li, Anshan Wang, Xiaolei Li
  • Patent number: 12216236
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses for detecting radiation and methods of making them. The method comprises forming a recess into a semiconductor substrate, wherein a portion of the semiconductor substrate extends into the recess and is surrounded by the recess; depositing semiconductor nanocrystals into the recess, the semiconductor nanocrystals having a different composition from the semiconductor substrate; forming a first doped semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate; forming a second doped semiconductor region in the semiconductor substrate; wherein the first doped semiconductor region and the second doped semiconductor region form a p-n junction that separates the portion from the rest of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN XPECTVISIONTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yurun Liu, Peiyan Cao
  • Patent number: 12215872
    Abstract: There is provided an auto detection system including a thermal detection device and a host. The host controls an indication device to indicate a prompt message or detection results according to a slope variation of voltage values or 2D distribution of temperature values detected by the thermal detection device, wherein the voltage values include the detected voltage of a single pixel or the sum of detected voltages of multiple pixels of a thermal sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Sun, Ming-Han Tsai, Chiung-Wen Lin, Po-Wei Yu, Wei-Ming Wang, Sen-Huang Huang
  • Patent number: 12208282
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cavity of a medical device. The cavity may include a bore and an accommodating cavity configured to provide an accommodating space for at least a portion of a couch in a radial direction of the bore. The accommodating cavity may be disposed on an inner wall of the bore and extend along an axial direction of the bore, and the accommodating cavity may be configured to form, with the bore, a connected space in which the at least a portion of the couch is allowed to move along an axial direction of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobin Li, Jianning Zhang, Yifeng Wang, Jian Zhang, Wei Qi
  • Patent number: 12193861
    Abstract: Provided is a radiographic image display device that includes a display on which a first focus highlight to focus on one imaging condition among multiple imaging conditions and a second focus highlight to focus on a button for displaying a taken image are displayed; and a hardware processor. After completion of an imaging session in the one imaging condition, the hardware processor transitions the first focus highlight to an imaging condition for a next imaging session and transitions the second focus highlight to the button for displaying an image taken in the one imaging condition. The hardware processor controls a transition destination of at least one of the first focus highlight and the second focus highlight according to a type of the next imaging session performed after the imaging session in the one imaging condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Kosuke Fukazu
  • Patent number: 12198375
    Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented method of controlling movement of an object, comprising: accessing a current image of a surface relative to an object at a current location, wherein an imaging sensor is set to capture the current image depicting an overlap with a previously captured image of the surface when the object was at a previous location, registering the current image to the overlap of the previously captured image, computing the current location of the object relative to a reference location according to an analysis of the registration, and feeding the current location into a controller for controlling movement of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Corporation Of America
    Inventors: Tsvi Lev, Hagai Har-Gil
  • Patent number: 12196718
    Abstract: Provided is an evaluation method capable of evaluating stress on a bond which is difficult to detect by Raman spectroscopy. The present disclosure relates to an evaluation method including using infrared absorption spectra measured on a rubber specimen under application of no tensile force and under application of a tensile force to calculate an amount of peak shift caused by application of the tensile force, and evaluating stress in the rubber specimen from the amount of peak shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Shibata
  • Patent number: 12193868
    Abstract: A radiographic phantom comprises: a body comprising a wax material or a wax-like material, wherein the body has an x-ray attenuation value that is approximately the same as that of a human tissue; and a plurality of crystalline test objects positioned on or within the body. A method comprises: obtaining a radiographic phantom comprising a body and a plurality of crystalline test objects positioned on or within the body, wherein the body comprises a wax material or a wax-like material, and wherein the body has an x-ray attenuation value that is approximately the same as that of a human breast tissue; performing an operation of the radiographic phantom and using a device; and assessing a performance of the device based on the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Dee H. Wu, Elizabeth A. Jett, Natalie Stratemeier, Hong Liu, Caroline J. Preskitt, Weiyuan Wang, Min Yang
  • Patent number: 12196895
    Abstract: A radiation detecting device includes a radiation detector and a supporter. The radiation detector includes a substrate that has flexibility and a semiconductor element formed on an imaging surface of the substrate. The supporter is formed of foam and supports the radiation detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Junichiro Otaki, Takafumi Matsuo, Makoto Sumi, Hajime Ishimoto, Masaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12189067
    Abstract: A radiation detector may include an active structure having an input face and an output face for incident ionizing radiation. The active structure may include: a first organic scintillator including at least one neutron-absorbing material and enabling discrimination between fast neutrons, thermal neutrons, and photons; at least one second scintillator arranged in front of the first scintillator and capable of preferentially detecting the alpha and/or beta radiation, the two scintillators having, due to the choice of their constituents, different mean pulse decay constants, and the second scintillator having a thickness smaller than the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Camille Frangville, Matthieu Hamel, Guillaume Bertrand