Patents by Inventor Hideo Toraya

Hideo Toraya 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: 12405235
    Abstract: Provided is a degree-of-crystallinity measurement apparatus including: an X-ray scattering pattern acquisition module which acquires an X-ray scattering pattern of a sample including a crystalline portion and an amorphous portion of a target substance; a pattern decomposition module which acquires a diffraction pattern of the crystalline portion and a continuous pattern from the X-ray scattering pattern; a target substance intensity calculation module which calculates an integrated intensity of the target substance based on the X-ray scattering pattern and chemical formula information of the target substance; a target substance pattern calculation module which calculates, from the continuous pattern, a scattering pattern of the target substance including the crystalline portion and the amorphous portion; a structural disorder parameter determination module which determines a structural disorder parameter of the crystalline portion based on the diffraction pattern of the crystalline portion and the scattering
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Toraya
  • Patent number: 12287300
    Abstract: A device for analyzing a diffraction pattern of a mixture uses a fitting pattern including a term related to a known target pattern, which indicates a target component and which is changeable in shape with use of a shape parameter, and a term related to an unknown pattern, which indicates a residual group. The fitting pattern is fitted to an observed pattern with a given value assigned to the shape parameter and with the unknown pattern set to an initial pattern. The unknown pattern is then changed, to thereby fit the fitting pattern to the observed pattern. The fitting described above is executed with use of a plurality of shape parameters each of which is the shape parameter, and a calculation result related to one of the plurality of shape parameters is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Toraya
  • Patent number: 12031927
    Abstract: Provided is a method of analyzing a diffraction pattern of a mixture, the method including: a first step of fitting, through use of a fitting pattern including a term obtained by multiplying a known target pattern indicating a target component by a first intensity ratio, and a term obtained by multiplying an unknown pattern indicating a residual group consisting of one or more residual components by a second intensity ratio, and having the first intensity ratio, the second intensity ratio, and the unknown pattern as fitting parameters, the fitting pattern to the observed pattern by changing the first and the second intensity ratio in a state where the unknown pattern is set to an initial pattern; and a second step of fitting the fitting pattern to the observed pattern by changing the unknown pattern while restricting the changes of the first and the second intensity ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Toraya
  • Publication number: 20240167969
    Abstract: Provided is a degree-of-crystallinity measurement apparatus including: an X-ray scattering pattern acquisition module which acquires an X-ray scattering pattern of a sample including a crystalline portion and an amorphous portion of a target substance; a pattern decomposition module which acquires a diffraction pattern of the crystalline portion and a continuous pattern from the X-ray scattering pattern; a target substance intensity calculation module which calculates an integrated intensity of the target substance based on the X-ray scattering pattern and chemical formula information of the target substance; a target substance pattern calculation module which calculates, from the continuous pattern, a scattering pattern of the target substance including the crystalline portion and the amorphous portion; a structural disorder parameter determination module which determines a structural disorder parameter of the crystalline portion based on the diffraction pattern of the crystalline portion and the scattering
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Rigaku Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo TORAYA
  • Patent number: 11852597
    Abstract: A measured pattern acquisition unit acquires a measured X-ray scattering pattern of a sample containing a target substance and another known mixed substance. A known pattern acquisition unit acquires a known X-ray scattering pattern of the other known mixed substance. A crystalline pattern acquisition unit at least partially acquires an X-ray diffraction pattern of a crystalline portion included in the target substance. A crystalline integrated intensity calculation unit calculates an integrated intensity for the acquired X-ray diffraction pattern of the crystalline portion. A target substance integrated intensity calculation unit calculates an integrated intensity for an X-ray scattering pattern of the target substance. A degree-of-crystallinity calculation unit calculates a degree of crystallinity of the target substance based on the integrated intensity for the X-ray diffraction pattern of the crystalline portion and the integrated intensity for the X-ray scattering pattern of the target substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Toraya
  • Patent number: 11841334
    Abstract: A quantitative phase analysis device includes: a unit for acquiring a powder diffraction pattern of the sample; a unit for acquiring information on a plurality of crystalline phases; a unit for acquiring a fitting function for each of the plurality of crystalline phases; a unit for executing whole-powder pattern fitting for the powder diffraction pattern by using the acquired fitting functions, to thereby acquire a fitting result; and a unit for calculating a weight ratio of the plurality of crystalline phases based on the fitting result. Each fitting function is selected from the group consisting of a first fitting function using an integrated intensity obtained by whole-powder pattern decomposition, a second fitting function using an integrated intensity obtained by observation or calculation, and a third fitting function using a profile intensity obtained by observation or calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Norihiro Muroyama
  • Publication number: 20230280290
    Abstract: A device for analyzing a diffraction pattern of a mixture uses a fitting pattern including a term related to a known target pattern, which indicates a target component and which is changeable in shape with use of a shape parameter, and a term related to an unknown pattern, which indicates a residual group. The fitting pattern is fitted to an observed pattern with a given value assigned to the shape parameter and with the unknown pattern set to an initial pattern. The unknown pattern is then changed, to thereby fit the fitting pattern to the observed pattern. The fitting described above is executed with use of a plurality of shape parameters each of which is the shape parameter, and a calculation result related to one of the plurality of shape parameters is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Rigaku Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo TORAYA
  • Publication number: 20220390392
    Abstract: A measured pattern acquisition unit acquires a measured X-ray scattering pattern of a sample containing a target substance and another known mixed substance. A known pattern acquisition unit acquires a known X-ray scattering pattern of the other known mixed substance. A crystalline pattern acquisition unit at least partially acquires an X-ray diffraction pattern of a crystalline portion included in the target substance. A crystalline integrated intensity calculation unit calculates an integrated intensity for the acquired X-ray diffraction pattern of the crystalline portion. A target substance integrated intensity calculation unit calculates an integrated intensity for an X-ray scattering pattern of the target substance. A degree-of-crystallinity calculation unit calculates a degree of crystallinity of the target substance based on the integrated intensity for the X-ray diffraction pattern of the crystalline portion and the integrated intensity for the X-ray scattering pattern of the target substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Hideo TORAYA
  • Patent number: 11402341
    Abstract: A quantitative phase analysis device for analyzing non-crystalline phases comprising at least one microprocessor configured to: acquire the powder diffraction pattern of the sample; acquire information on one non-crystalline phase and one or more crystalline phases contained in the sample; acquire a fitting function; execute whole-powder pattern fitting, acquire a fitting result; and calculate a weight ratio of the one non-crystalline phase and the one or more crystalline phases. The fitting function for each of the one or more crystalline phases is one fitting function selected from the group consisting of a first fitting function that uses an integrated intensity obtained by whole-powder pattern decomposition, a second fitting function that uses an integrated intensity obtained by observation or calculation, and a third fitting function that uses a profile intensity obtained by observation or calculation. The fitting function for the one non-crystalline phase is the third fitting function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Norihiro Muroyama
  • Publication number: 20220187225
    Abstract: Provided is a method of analyzing a diffraction pattern of a mixture, the method including: a first step of fitting, through use of a fitting pattern including a term obtained by multiplying a known target pattern indicating a target component by a first intensity ratio, and a term obtained by multiplying an unknown pattern indicating a residual group consisting of one or more residual components by a second intensity ratio, and having the first intensity ratio, the second intensity ratio, and the unknown pattern as fitting parameters, the fitting pattern to the observed pattern by changing the first and the second intensity ratio in a state where the unknown pattern is set to an initial pattern; and a second step of fitting the fitting pattern to the observed pattern by changing the unknown pattern while restricting the changes of the first and the second intensity ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Hideo TORAYA
  • Patent number: 10962489
    Abstract: Provided are an operation guide system, an operation guide method, and an operation guide program, which are capable of allowing a user to easily understand measurement of an X-ray optical system to be selected. A quantitative phase analysis device includes qualitative phase analysis result acquisition means for acquiring information on a plurality of crystalline phases contained in a sample, and weight ratio calculation means for calculating a weight ratio of the plurality of crystalline phases based on a sum of diffracted intensities corrected with respect to a Lorentz-polarization factor, a chemical formula weight, and a sum of squares of numbers of electrons belonging to each of atoms contained in a chemical formula unit, in the plurality of crystalline phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Akihiro Himeda
  • Publication number: 20210018452
    Abstract: A quantitative phase analysis device for analyzing non-crystalline phases comprising at least one microprocessor configured to: acquire the powder diffraction pattern of the sample; acquire information on one non-crystalline phase and one or more crystalline phases contained in the sample; acquire a fitting function; execute whole-powder pattern fitting, acquire a fitting result; and calculate a weight ratio of the one non-crystalline phase and the one or more crystalline phases. The fitting function for each of the one or more crystalline phases is one fitting function selected from the group consisting of a first fitting function that uses an integrated intensity obtained by whole-powder pattern decomposition, a second fitting function that uses an integrated intensity obtained by observation or calculation, and a third fitting function that uses a profile intensity obtained by observation or calculation. The fitting function for the one non-crystalline phase is the third fitting function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Norihiro Muroyama
  • Publication number: 20200173938
    Abstract: A quantitative phase analysis device includes: a unit for acquiring a powder diffraction pattern of the sample; a unit for acquiring information on a plurality of crystalline phases; a unit for acquiring a fitting function for each of the plurality of crystalline phases; a unit for executing whole-powder pattern fitting for the powder diffraction pattern by using the acquired fitting functions, to thereby acquire a fitting result; and a unit for calculating a weight ratio of the plurality of crystalline phases based on the fitting result. Each fitting function is selected from the group consisting of a first fitting function using an integrated intensity obtained by whole-powder pattern decomposition, a second fitting function using an integrated intensity obtained by observation or calculation, and a third fitting function using a profile intensity obtained by observation or calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hideo TORAYA, Norihiro MUROYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180364183
    Abstract: Provided are an operation guide system, an operation guide method, and an operation guide program, which are capable of allowing a user to easily understand measurement of an X-ray optical system to be selected. A crystalline quantitative phase analysis device includes qualitative phase analysis result acquisition means for acquiring information on a plurality of crystalline phases contained in a sample, and weight ratio calculation means for calculating a weight ratio of the plurality of crystalline phases based on a sum of diffracted intensities corrected with respect to a Lorentz-polarization factor, a chemical formula weight, and a sum of squares of numbers of electrons belonging to each of atoms contained in a chemical formula unit, in the plurality of crystalline phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Akihiro Himeda
  • Patent number: 9417195
    Abstract: In order to realize a compact and lightweight X-ray diffraction apparatus not requiring a goniometer, an apparatus for X-ray diffraction includes a first X-ray irradiating unit and a second X-ray irradiating unit that irradiate shaped X-rays on a same region of the surface of the sample from respective directions; an X-ray detecting unit that detects a first diffracted X-ray emanated from the region of the sample where the X-ray is irradiated by the first X-ray irradiating unit and a second diffracted X-ray emanated from the region of the sample where the X-ray is irradiated from the second X-ray irradiating unit; and an X-ray diffraction signal processing unit that processes a signal acquired by detecting the first diffracted X-ray and the second diffracted X-ray emanated from the same region of the sample with the X-ray detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Shigeru Munekawa
  • Patent number: 9146203
    Abstract: An X-ray stress measuring apparatus, for measuring stress on a sample, comprises: a pair of X-ray generating means (10, 11, 10?, 11?) for irradiating X-ray beams, determining an angle defined between the X-ray beams, mutually, at an arbitrary fixed angle, on a plane inclining by an angle desired with respect to a surface of the sample to be measured stress thereon; an X-ray sensor portion (29) for detecting plural numbers of Debye rings (C, C?), which are generated by incident X-ray beams from said pair of X-ray generating means; and a battery (410) for supplying necessary electricity to each of parts of the apparatus, wherein said X-ray sensor portion is made up with only one (1) piece of a 2-dimensional X-ray detector (20) or a 1-dimensional X-ray detector (20?), and is disposed in a position where the plural numbers of Debye rings generated by the incident X-ray beams from the at least one pair of X-ray generating means are adjacent to each other, or intersect with each other, thereby detecting the plural
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Shigeru Munekawa
  • Publication number: 20130129052
    Abstract: In order to realize a compact and lightweight X-ray diffraction apparatus not requiring a goniometer, an apparatus for X-ray diffraction includes a first X-ray irradiating unit and a second X-ray irradiating unit that irradiate shaped X-rays on a same region of the surface of the sample from respective directions; an X-ray detecting unit that detects a first diffracted X-ray emanated from the region of the sample where the X-ray is irradiated by the first X-ray irradiating unit and a second diffracted X-ray emanated from the region of the sample where the X-ray is irradiated from the second X-ray irradiating unit; and an X-ray diffraction signal processing unit that processes a signal acquired by detecting the first diffracted X-ray and the second diffracted X-ray emanated from the same region of the sample with the X-ray detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Shigeru Munekawa
  • Publication number: 20130121470
    Abstract: An X-ray stress measuring apparatus, for measuring stress on a sample, comprises: a pair of X-ray generating means (10, 11, 10?, 11?) for irradiating X-ray beams, determining an angle defined between the X-ray beams, mutually, at an arbitrary fixed angle, on a plane inclining by an angle desired with respect to a surface of the sample to be measured stress thereon; an X-ray sensor portion (29) for detecting plural numbers of Debye rings (C, C?), which are generated by incident X-ray beams from said pair of X-ray generating means; and a battery (410) for supplying necessary electricity to each of parts of the apparatus, wherein said X-ray sensor portion is made up with only one (1) piece of a 2-dimensional X-ray detector (20) or a 1-dimensional X-ray detector (20?), and is disposed in a position where the plural numbers of Debye rings generated by the incident X-ray beams from the at least one pair of X-ray generating means are adjacent to each other, or intersect with each other, thereby detecting the plural
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Shigeru Munekawa
  • Patent number: 8340248
    Abstract: In an X-ray diffraction method, an X-ray parallel beam is incident on a sample, and diffracted X-rays from the sample are reflected at a mirror and thereafter detected by an X-ray detector. The reflective surface of the mirror is a combination of plural flat reflective surfaces, the respective centers of which are located on an equiangular spiral having a center that is located on a surface of the sample. The X-ray detector is one-dimensional position-sensitive in a plane parallel to the diffraction plane. X-rays that have been reflected at different flat reflective surfaces reach different points on the X-ray detector respectively. A correction is performed for separately recognizing different reflected X-rays that may have been reflected at the different flat reflective surfaces, and might be mixed with each other on the same detecting region of the X-ray detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Rigaku Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Toraya, Hisashi Konaka
  • Publication number: 20100246768
    Abstract: In an X-ray diffraction method using the parallel beam method, an X-ray parallel beam is incident on a sample, and diffracted X-rays from the sample are reflected at a mirror and thereafter detected by an X-ray detector. The reflective surface of the mirror consists of a combination of plural flat reflective surfaces. The respective centers of the flat reflective surfaces are located on an equiangular spiral having a center that is located on a surface of the sample. The X-ray detector is one-dimensional position-sensitive in a plane parallel to the diffraction plane. X-rays that have been reflected at different flat reflective surfaces reach different points on the X-ray detector respectively. A corrective operation is performed for separately recognizing the different reflected X-rays on the assumption that the different reflected X-rays that have been reflected at the different flat reflective surfaces might be unfortunately mixed each other on the same detecting region of the X-ray detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Rigaku Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo TORAYA, Hisashi Konaka