Patents by Inventor Kazumi Nagano

Kazumi Nagano 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: 11656370
    Abstract: A radiation imaging panel comprising a substrate in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged, a scintillator containing a plurality of columnar crystals arranged on the substrate, and a protective layer is provided. The protective layer includes a first resin layer arranged so as to cover the scintillator and a second resin layer arranged on the first resin layer, and the first resin layer contains a resin to which particles of a metal compound is added. A light reflectance r1 [%] of the first resin layer satisfies 47%<r1<75%, and a light reflectance r2 [%] of the second resin layer and a light absorptance a2 [%] of the second resin layer satisfy r2<a2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoshiro Saruta, Kazumi Nagano, Keiichi Nomura, Tetsunori Ojima
  • Patent number: 11520062
    Abstract: A radiation imaging panel is provided. The panel comprises a substrate on which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged, a scintillator arranged over the substrate, and a protective layer arranged so as to cover the scintillator. The scintillator includes a plurality of columnar crystals containing an alkali metal halide. The protective layer includes a resin layer containing a resin to which particles of a metal oxide are added. A thickness of the resin layer from an apex of each of the plurality of columnar crystals to an upper surface of the resin layer is not less than 10 ?m and less than 30 ?m, and a concentration of the particles in the resin layer is not less than 0.15 vol % and less than 7.5 vol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoshiro Saruta, Kazumi Nagano, Keiichi Nomura
  • Patent number: 11280919
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a substrate in which conversion elements are arranged and which transmits light beams, a first scintillator arranged on a first surface side of the substrate, and a second scintillator arranged on a second surface side opposite to the first surface. The conversion elements include first conversion elements and second conversion elements. The first conversion elements are arranged so as to receive light beams from the first scintillator and the second scintillator. A light-shielding layer is arranged between the first scintillator and each of the second conversion elements so as to set light amounts of the second conversion elements from the first scintillator smaller than those of the first conversion elements from the first scintillator, and the second conversion elements are arranged to receive a light beam from the second scintillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuro Takenaka, Shoshiro Saruta, Atsushi Iwashita, Kentaro Fujiyoshi, Keiichi Nomura, Kazumi Nagano, Yohei Ishida, Tomoki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11277905
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a sensor unit including two sensor boards stacked together, a base supporting the sensor unit, an electrical component on an opposite side to the sensor unit relative to the base, and a heat insulation member including a portion located between the electrical component and the sensor unit. A heat conductivity of the heat insulation member is lower than a heat conductivity of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumi Nagano, Keiichi Nomura, Shinichi Takeda, Tomoyuki Oike
  • Publication number: 20220026590
    Abstract: A radiation imaging panel comprising a substrate in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged, a scintillator containing a plurality of columnar crystals arranged on the substrate, and a protective layer is provided. The protective layer includes a first resin layer arranged so as to cover the scintillator and a second resin layer arranged on the first resin layer, and the first resin layer contains a resin to which particles of a metal compound is added. A light reflectance r1 [%] of the first resin layer satisfies 47%<r1<75%, and a light reflectance r2 [%] of the second resin layer and a light absorptance a2 [%] of the second resin layer satisfy r2<a2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shoshiro Saruta, Kazumi Nagano, Keiichi Nomura, Tetsunori Ojima
  • Publication number: 20220018975
    Abstract: A radiation imaging panel is provided. The panel comprises a substrate on which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged, a scintillator arranged over the substrate, and a protective layer arranged so as to cover the scintillator. The scintillator includes a plurality of columnar crystals containing an alkali metal halide. The protective layer includes a resin layer containing a resin to which particles of a metal oxide are added. A thickness of the resin layer from an apex of each of the plurality of columnar crystals to an upper surface of the resin layer is not less than 10 ?m and less than 30 ?m, and a concentration of the particles in the resin layer is not less than 0.15 vol % and less than 7.5 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shoshiro Saruta, Kazumi Nagano, Keiichi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20200124749
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a substrate in which conversion elements are arranged and which transmits light beams, a first scintillator arranged on a first surface side of the substrate, and a second scintillator arranged on a second surface side opposite to the first surface. The conversion elements include first conversion elements and second conversion elements. The first conversion elements are arranged so as to receive light beams from the first scintillator and the second scintillator. A light-shielding layer is arranged between the first scintillator and each of the second conversion elements so as to set light amounts of the second conversion elements from the first scintillator smaller than those of the first conversion elements from the first scintillator, and the second conversion elements are arranged to receive a light beam from the second scintillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Katsuro Takenaka, Shoshiro Saruta, Atsushi Iwashita, Kentaro Fujiyoshi, Keiichi Nomura, Kazumi Nagano, Yohei Ishida, Tomoki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20190343468
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a first imaging panel including a first sensor substrate including a center region and a peripheral region, and a first scintillator arranged in the center region, a second imaging panel including a second sensor substrate including a center region and a peripheral region, and a second scintillator arranged at the center region, the second imaging panel being arranged above the first imaging panel, a supporting base configured to support the first imaging panel upward, and a supporting member arranged below the peripheral region of the second sensor substrate so that a load acting on the peripheral region of the second sensor substrate downward is received by the supporting base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichi Nomura, Kazumi Nagano, Tomoyuki Oike, Shinichi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190313525
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a sensor unit including two sensor boards stacked together, a base supporting the sensor unit, an electrical component on an opposite side to the sensor unit relative to the base, and a heat insulation member including a portion located between the electrical component and the sensor unit. A heat conductivity of the heat insulation member is lower than a heat conductivity of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Kazumi Nagano, Keiichi Nomura, Shinichi Takeda, Tomoyuki Oike
  • Patent number: 10283555
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus employs a sensor panel having first and second opposing surfaces with a pixel array and electrical contacts arranged on the first surface side. A first supporting portion is secured to the panel with an adhesive layer, and supports the pixel array from the second surface side of the panel. A second supporting portion is fixed to the panel so as to inhibit the second supporting portion from being removed from the panel. The second supporting portion supports the electrical contacts from the second surface side of the panel. The elastic modulus of the second supporting portion is higher than that of the adhesive layer, and a number of wiring members are pressure-bonded to the electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ichimura, Satoshi Okada, Kazumi Nagano
  • Patent number: 10012741
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing, a first radiation imaging panel and a second radiation imaging panel arranged to overlap each other in the housing, and a radiation absorbing portion arranged between the first radiation imaging panel and the second radiation imaging panel. The radiation absorbing portion comprises a first member with energy at a K-absorption edge being not less than 38 keV and not more than 60 keV. The first member comprises a resin added with particles containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, and thulium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoshiro Saruta, Keiichi Nomura, Kazumi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20170276805
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing, a first radiation imaging panel and a second radiation imaging panel arranged to overlap each other in the housing, and a radiation absorbing portion arranged between the first radiation imaging panel and the second radiation imaging panel. The radiation absorbing portion comprises a first member with energy at a K-absorption edge being not less than 38 keV and not more than 60 keV. The first member comprises a resin added with particles containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, and thulium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Shoshiro Saruta, Keiichi Nomura, Kazumi Nagano
  • Patent number: 9568614
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus comprises a sensor panel including a plurality of sensor units which detect radiation and are arrayed, each of the plurality of sensor units comprising a pixel array including a plurality of pixels which detect light and are two-dimensionally arranged, a scintillator layer which converts radiation into light, and a first scintillator protective layer disposed to cover the scintillator layer, and the radiation detection apparatus further comprising a second scintillator protective layer disposed to cover the plurality of sensor units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Ishida, Satoshi Okada, Kazumi Nagano, Shoshiro Saruta, Keiichi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20160181308
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a radiation detection apparatus is provided. The method includes preparing a sensor panel having first and second opposing surfaces with a pixel array and electrical contacts being arranged on the first surface side, and adhering a first supporting portion to the panel with an adhesive layer. The first supporting portion supports the pixel array from the second surface side of the panel. The method further includes fixing a second supporting portion to the panel so as to inhibit the second supporting portion from being removed from the panel. The second supporting portion supports the electrical contacts from the second surface side of the panel. The method further includes pressure-bonding wiring members to the electrical contacts. In the pressure-bonding, the elastic modulus of the second supporting portion is higher than that of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ichimura, Satoshi Okada, Kazumi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20160172414
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a plurality of sensor units each including a plurality of sensors, a support portion having a lattice shape which partitions a region under the plurality of sensor units into a plurality of spaces and configured to support the plurality of sensor units from a side of lower surfaces of the plurality of sensor units, and bonding members respectively arranged in the plurality of spaces and configured to bond the plurality of sensor units and the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Shoshiro Saruta, Yoshito Sasaki, Satoshi Okada, Kazumi Nagano, Yohei Ishida
  • Patent number: 9054012
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a radiation detection apparatus is provided. On a sensor substrate on which a pixel array is formed, a scintillator layer that covers the pixel array, a sealing layer that covers a side face of the scintillator layer, and a protection layer that covers an upper face of the scintillator layer and an upper face of the sealing layer are formed. The sensor substrate, the sealing layer, and the protection layer along a side of the pixel array are cut such that a cut surface of the sensor substrate, a cut surface of the sealing layer, and a cut surface of the protection layer are arranged on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Nomura, Kazumi Nagano, Satoshi Okada, Yohei Ishida, Shoshiro Saruta, Yoshito Sasaki, Tomoaki Ichimura
  • Patent number: 9006665
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus including a sensor unit having photoelectric conversion units two-dimensionally arranged and a scintillator layer which converts radiation into light, comprising a first member disposed on the sensor unit, and a second member disposed on the first member, wherein the scintillator layer is disposed on the second member, and letting n1 be a refractive index of the first member, n2 be a refractive index of the second member, and n3 be a refractive index of the scintillator layer, a relationship of n1<n2<n3 holds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazumi Nagano, Satoshi Okada, Keiichi Nomura, Yohei Ishida, Tomoaki Ichimura, Yoshito Sasaki, Satoru Sawada
  • Publication number: 20150014546
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a radiation detection apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a first scintillator layer, a second scintillator layer, and a sensor panel that detects light emitted by the first scintillator layer and the second scintillator layer. The method comprises preparing a sensor unit having the sensor panel and the first scintillator layer which includes a set of columnar crystals formed on the sensor panel, and a scintillator panel having a scintillator substrate and the second scintillator layer which includes a set of columnar crystals formed on the scintillator substrate, and fixing the scintillator panel to the sensor panel such that the first scintillator layer and the second scintillator layer face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ichimura, Satoshi Okada, Kazumi Nagano, Keiichi Nomura, Yohei Ishida, Yoshito Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20140374608
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a radiation detection apparatus, includes a bonding step of bonding, on a support substrate, a sensor substrate including a photoelectric converter in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, by using a bonding layer including a passage which exhausts a gas between the support substrate and the sensor substrate, and a formation step of forming a scintillator layer on the photoelectric converter after the bonding step. The bonding layer has a heat resistance by which bonding between the support substrate and the sensor substrate by the bonding layer is maintained in the formation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshito Sasaki, Satoshi Okada, Shoshiro Saruta, Kazumi Nagano, Yohei Ishida
  • Publication number: 20140284485
    Abstract: A radiation detecting device of a cassette type having flexibility includes a deformation maintaining mechanism configured to maintain a state of the radiation detecting device that is deformed to match an arbitrary surface profile of a subject. The deformation maintaining mechanism is arranged on at least one of a surface of a sensor panel on a sensor substrate side and a surface of the sensor panel on a scintillator side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumi Nagano, Satoshi Okada, Keiichi Nomura