Patents by Inventor Katsuya Yachi

Katsuya Yachi 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: 10736597
    Abstract: A radiographic system comprises: an irradiation control apparatus including a first timer configured to provide a time value for an irradiation timing; and a radiographic apparatus that is communicably connected to the irradiation control apparatus and includes a second timer configured to provide a time value for an imaging timing. The system measures a time difference between a time value of the first timer and a time value of the second timer; corrects at least one timer out of the first timer and the second timer so as to eliminate the time difference using one of a plurality of types of correction processing having different correction periods. The correction processing to be used is selected from the plurality of types of correction processing, based on an operating state of the radiographic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuya Yachi
  • Publication number: 20190250109
    Abstract: A radiographic system comprises: an irradiation control apparatus including a first timer configured to provide a time value for an irradiation timing; and a radiographic apparatus that is communicably connected to the irradiation control apparatus and includes a second timer configured to provide a time value for an imaging timing. The system measures a time difference between a time value of the first timer and a time value of the second timer; corrects at least one timer out of the first timer and the second timer so as to eliminate the time difference using one of a plurality of types of correction processing having different correction periods. The correction processing to be used is selected from the plurality of types of correction processing, based on an operating state of the radiographic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Katsuya Yachi
  • Patent number: 10139499
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus has a sensor that converts irradiated radiation into a charge in accordance with a radiation dose, a switching power supply for supplying power to at least the sensor, and a readout unit that reads out a signal corresponding to the charge from the sensor. The radiation imaging apparatus synchronizes the imaging synchronization signal and a control clock for a switching operation of the switching power supply, causes a readout of signal from the sensor by the readout unit to be executed, and adjusts the phase of the control clock in each cycle of the imaging synchronization signal so that a timing of the imaging synchronization signal that occurs cyclically is at the same phase of the control clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuya Yachi
  • Patent number: 9961761
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a sensor panel in which a plurality of sensors configured to detect radiation are arrayed, a first circuit board that is arranged on the sensor panel and includes a circuit configured to read out a signal from each sensor, and a second circuit board that is arranged on the first circuit board and includes a circuit configured to read out a signal from each sensor, and whose radiant noise generation amount at a driving time of the circuit is larger than a radiant noise generation amount at a driving time of the circuit of the first circuit board, wherein the first circuit board is arranged between the sensor panel and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuya Yachi
  • Publication number: 20170350994
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus has a sensor that converts irradiated radiation into a charge in accordance with a radiation dose, a switching power supply for supplying power to at least the sensor, and a readout unit that reads out a signal corresponding to the charge from the sensor. The radiation imaging apparatus synchronizes the imaging synchronization signal and a control clock for a switching operation of the switching power supply, causes a readout of signal from the sensor by the readout unit to be executed, and adjusts the phase of the control clock in each cycle of the imaging synchronization signal so that a timing of the imaging synchronization signal that occurs cyclically is at the same phase of the control clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Katsuya Yachi
  • Publication number: 20160302302
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a sensor panel in which a plurality of sensors configured to detect radiation are arrayed, a first circuit board that is arranged on the sensor panel and includes a circuit configured to read out a signal from each sensor, and a second circuit board that is arranged on the first circuit board and includes a circuit configured to read out a signal from each sensor, and whose radiant noise generation amount at a driving time of the circuit is larger than a radiant noise generation amount at a driving time of the circuit of the first circuit board, wherein the first circuit board is arranged between the sensor panel and the second circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventor: Katsuya Yachi