Patents by Inventor Hideki Takiguchi
Hideki Takiguchi 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).
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Patent number: 8611493Abstract: The X-ray fluorescence analyzer (100) includes: an enclosure (10); a door (20) for putting the sample into and out of the enclosure; a height measurement mechanism (7) capable of measuring a height at the irradiation point; a moving mechanism control unit (9) for adjusting a distance between the sample and the radiation source as well as the X-ray detector based on the measured height at the irradiation point; a laser unit (7) for irradiating the irradiation point with a visible light laser beam; a laser start control unit (9) for irradiating the visible light laser beam by the laser unit (7) when the door is open state; and a height measurement mechanism start control unit (9) for starting the height measurement mechanism to measure the height at the irradiation point when the door is opened.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: SII Nanotechnology Inc.Inventors: Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yutaka Ikku, Hideki Takiguchi
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Publication number: 20120051507Abstract: The X-ray fluorescence analyzer (100) includes: an enclosure (10); a door (20) for putting the sample into and out of the enclosure; a height measurement mechanism (7) capable of measuring a height at the irradiation point; a moving mechanism control unit (9) for adjusting a distance between the sample and the radiation source as well as the X-ray detector based on the measured height at the irradiation point; a laser unit (7) for irradiating the irradiation point with a visible light laser beam; a laser start control unit (9) for irradiating the visible light laser beam by the laser unit (7) when the door is open state; and a height measurement mechanism start control unit (9) for starting the height measurement mechanism to measure the height at the irradiation point when the door is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yutaka Ikku, Hideki Takiguchi
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Patent number: 7364841Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material wherein said material has photographic speeds (1) and (2) determined based on the predetermined conditions and the photographic speed (2) is not more than 1/10 of the photographic speed (1), and the coefficient of determination value R2 of the linear regression line is 0.998-1.000, which is obtained from the predetermined density points having a* and b* arranged in two-dimensional coordinates in which a* is used as the abscicca and b* is used as the coordinate of the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) color space, b* of the intersection point of the linear regression line with the ordinate is ?5-5, and gradient (a*/b*) is 0.7-2.5.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Konica Minolta & Medical Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Hideki Takiguchi, Toshiyuki Marui, Kazuhiko Fujikura, Kazuhito Ihara, Yasuo Taima, Kenji Ohnuma, Hiroto Ito
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Publication number: 20070003886Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material wherein said material has photographic speeds (1) and (2) determined based on the predetermined conditions and the photographic speed (2) is not more than 1/10 of the photographic speed (1), and the coefficient of determination value R2 of the linear regression line is 0.998-1.000, which is obtained from the predetermined density points having a* and b* arranged in two-dimensional coordinates in which a* is used as the abscicca and b* is used as the coordinate of the CIE 1976 (L*a*b) color space, b* of the intersection point of the linear regression line with the ordinate is ?5-5, and gradient (a*/b*) is 0.7-2.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Hideki Takiguchi, Toshiyuki Marui, Kazuhiko Fujikura, Kazuhito Ihara, Yasuo Taima, Kenji Ohnuma, Hiroto Ito
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Patent number: 7138225Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material wherein said material has photographic speeds (1) and (2) determined based on the predetermined conditions and the photographic speed (2) is not more than 1/10 of the photographic speed (1), and the coefficient of determination value R2 of the linear regression line is 0.998–1.000, which is obtained from the predetermined density points having a* and b* arranged in two-dimensional coordinates in which a* is used as the abscissa and b* is used as the coordinate of the CIE 1076 (L*a*b*) color space, b* of the intersection point of the linear regression line with the ordinate is ?5–5, and gradient (a*/b*) is 0.7–2.5.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Hideki Takiguchi, Toshiyuki Marui, Kazuhiko Fujikura, Kazuhito Ihara, Yasuo Taima, Kenji Ohnuma, Hiroto Ito
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Patent number: 7097962Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material containing a support having thereon light-insensitive organic silver salt grains, photosensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder, wherein, (i) each of the organic silver salt grains has a structure having different silver ion dissociation constants at a surface portion and at an inner portion of the grain; (ii) each of the silver halide grains produces a larger number of latent images in a surface portion than in an inner portion of the grain by exposure to light; (iii) each of the silver halide grains produces a larger number of latent images in the inner portion than in the surface portion of the grain after being subjected to a thermal development; and (iv) a surface photographic speed of each of the silver halide grains decreases after being subjected to the thermal development.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Konica Minoltn Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Hideki Komatsu, Hideki Takiguchi
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Publication number: 20050089807Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material containing a support having thereon light-insensitive organic silver salt grains, photosensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder, wherein, (i) each of the organic silver salt grains has a structure having different silver ion dissociation constants at a surface portion and at an inner portion of the grain; (ii) each of the silver halide grains produces a larger number of latent images in a surface portion than in an inner portion of the grain by exposure to light; (iii) each of the silver halide grains produces a larger number of latent images in the inner portion than in the surface portion of the grain after being subjected to a thermal development; and (iv) a surface photographic speed of each of the silver halide grains decreases after being subjected to the thermal development.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2005Inventors: Hideki Komatsu, Hideki Takiguchi
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Publication number: 20050064352Abstract: A silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material wherein said material has photographic speeds (1) and (2) determined based on the predetermined conditions and the photographic speed (2) is not more than {fraction (1/10)} of the photographic speed (1), and the coefficient of determination value R2 of the linear regression line is 0.998-1.000, which is obtained from the predetermined density points having a* and b* arranged in two-dimensional coordinates in which a* is used as the abscissa and b* is used as the coordinate of the CIE 1076 (L*a*b*) color space, b* of the intersection point of the linear regression line with the ordinate is ?5-5, and gradient (a*/b*) is 0.7-2.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Hideki Takiguchi, Toshiyuki Marui, Kazuhiko Fujikura, Kazuhito Ihara, Yasuo Taima, Kenji Ohnuma, Hiroto Ito
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Publication number: 20040053177Abstract: A photothermographic material is disclosed, comprising a light-insensitive silver salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and light-sensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder, wherein the photothermographic material further comprises a compound represented by the following formula, and the photothermographic material meets the following requirement:Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Applicant: Konica CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Hideki Takiguchi, Soc Man Ho Kimura
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Publication number: 20030203323Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material comprising a support having thereon a photosensitive layer comprising photosensitive silver halide grains, light-insensitive organic silver salt grains, a binder, and a reducing agent for silver ions, wherein the silver halide grains are capable of: (a) forming surface latent images when exposed prior to heating development; and (b) forming internal latent images when exposed after heating development.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventors: Hideki Takiguchi, Soc Man Ho Kimura
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Patent number: 6489091Abstract: A photothermographic material disclosed, comprising on a support a light sensitive layer containing an organic silver salt, light sensitive silver halide grains and a solvent, wherein the organic silver salt comprises tabular organic silver salt grains exhibiting an average needle ratio of not less than 1.1 and less than 10.0, the light sensitive silver halide grains having been subjected to chemical sensitization.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Konica CorporationInventor: Hideki Takiguchi
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Patent number: 6458525Abstract: A method for preparing a photothermographic material comprising an organic silver salt is disclosed, comprising a step of treating the organic silver salt under a gas atmosphere containing an inert gas having a volume fraction of not less than 85% or under a gas atmosphere containing oxygen gas having a volume fraction of not more than 15%. Packaging the photothermographic material under the inert gas atmosphere is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hideki Takiguchi, Hitoshi Adachi, Hideki Hoshino, Shu Nishiwaki
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Publication number: 20010041313Abstract: A photothermographic material disclosed, comprising on a support a light sensitive layer containing an organic silver salt, light sensitive silver halide grains and a solvent, wherein the organic silver salt comprises tabular organic silver salt grains exhibiting an average needle ratio of not less than 1.1 and less than 10.0, the light sensitive silver halide grains having been subjected to chemical sensitization.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Inventor: Hideki Takiguchi
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Patent number: 6297001Abstract: A photothermographic material is disclosed, comprising a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent a binder and a cross-linking agent; the photothermographic material further comprising a compound capable of generating a labile species other than a halogen atom upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation or visible radiation to deactivate the reducing agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2000Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hideki Takiguchi, Katsura Hirai
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Patent number: 5851753Abstract: A silver halide photographic laight-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support and a silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer provided on the support, wherein at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer and the non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer contains a compound represented by the following Formula 1, and the silver halide emulsion layer contains tabular silver halide grains having an average aspect ratio of not less than 2.0 account for at least 50 % of total grain projected area of the emulsion, and the tabular grains have an average silver iodide content is not more than 1 mole-%;Formula 1R.sub.11 --(S).sub.n --R.sub.12wherein R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 are each independently represent an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, the groups represented by R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 may be the same or different and they may be bonded with together to form a ring; and n is an integer of from 2 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1996Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Taketoshi Yamada, Norio Miura, Naoyo Suzuki, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Hideki Takiguchi
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Patent number: 5678369Abstract: Disclosed is a refractory/heat insulating panel used in buildings and structures which must have a refractory performance. In the refractory/heat insulating panel (801), the mechanical strength and the fireproofing performance at the joint portions, which are weak portions in the panel, are increased by integrally forming inorganic boards (831) in the male and female joint portions (832, 836), filling a light-weight aggregate in the core material located at the male and female joint portions at a high density, or making the density of the core material at the joint portions higher than that at the center of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1994Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: IG-Technical Research Inc.Inventors: Takashi Ishikawa, Hideki Takiguchi, Fumio Takahashi, Minoru Saitoh, Hiroaki Konta, Takanobu Niizeki, Masahiko Suzuki, Hiroyuki Umetsu, Yoshihiko Kanno, Toshihide Kokubun
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Patent number: 5591570Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, wherein at least 70% of the total projected area of silver halide grains are tabular grains having an average aspect ratio of a diameter to a thickness of 2 or more, an average value of the longest distances between two or more parallel twin planes contained in the respective tabular grains is 0.008 .mu.m or more, and a variation coefficient of the longest distances between parallel twin planes is 35% or less, and wherein the silver halide emulsion is spectrally sensitized with a substantially slightly water-soluble sensitizing dye by adding the dye to the emulsion in the form of a dispersion of solid particles dispersed in an aqueous solution substantially free from an organic solvent or surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1995Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hideki Takiguchi, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Nobuaki Tsuji, H o Socman, Katsuhiko Heki
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Patent number: 5580637Abstract: A sandwich panel which is formed by sandwiching a core member of synthetic resin foam (plastic foam) between a front surface member and a back surface member into an unified body, is provided with plural gas-permeable members in the core member or/and at the boundary between the core member and the front and/or back surface member of the sandwich panel, whereby internal gas produced in the core member is discharged through the gas-permeable members to the outside of the sandwich panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1995Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Assignee: IG-Technical Research Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Konta, Fumitaka Yoshida, Masahiko Suzuki, Hiroyuki Umetsu, Hideki Takiguchi
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Patent number: 5541047Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising tabular grains having an average aspect ratio of diameter to thickness of 2 or more, having an average overall iodide content of 2 mol % or less, and having a surface phase containing 3 to 20 mol % iodide on the average.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1994Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Hideki Takiguchi
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Patent number: 5376522Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having photographic constituent layers on a support, which photographic material is characterized in that at least one of said photographic constituent layers is a silver halide emulsion layer, at least 50% in number of the light-sensitive silver halide grains in said silver halide emulsion layer being grains that contain at least 60 mol % of silver bromide, and at least one of said photographic constituent layers containing at least one of the compounds represented by the following general formula (I):[HlAu.sub.m (L).sub.n (X).sub.p ].sub.q (I)where L is a 1igand in a 5- or 6-membered hetero ring; X is an anionic group; l is an integer of 0-2; m is an integer of 1 or 2; n is an integer of 1-3; p is an integer of 0-3; and q is an integer of 1-4.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1993Date of Patent: December 27, 1994Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hideki Takiguchi, Tomoyuki Nakayama, Nobuaki Kagawa, Hakubun Ohashi