Patents by Inventor Kentaro Horibe

Kentaro Horibe 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: 11939504
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a scintillator which has a short fluorescence decay time, whose fluorescence intensity after a period of time following radiation irradiation is low, and which shows largely improved light-transmittance. A scintillator represented by the following General Formula (1), the scintillator including Zr, having a Zr content of not less than 1500 ppm by mass therein, and being a block of a sintered body. QxMyO3z:A . . . (1) (wherein in General Formula (1), Q includes at least one or more kinds of divalent metallic elements; M includes at least Hf; and x, y, and z independently satisfy 0.5?x?1.5, 0.5?y?1.5, and 0.7?z?1.5, respectively).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Tetsuya Kawano, Keiji Yamahara, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20230218249
    Abstract: The signal processing system generates image data, based on an electric signal group output from a radiation detector, and recognizes the electric signal group as a processing target, and the electric signal group includes at least part of an electric signal group meeting the following requirements: the electric signal group is an electric signal group with a signal value within a predetermined range, the electric signal group corresponding to a gamma ray with energy equal to or less than 375 keV; the predetermined range is equal to or greater than 50% and equal to or less than 80% relative to a 100% signal value; and the 100% signal value is a signal value detected when a gamma ray with energy of 511 keV enters a radiation detection element in the radiation detector and is totally absorbed by the radiation detection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Keiji Yamahara, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20220363987
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a scintillator having a high radiation stopping power, and having a shorter fluorescence decay time compared to conventional scintillators. The above object is achieved by setting the composition of a scintillator to a composition represented by General Formula (1). QxMyO3z??(1) (wherein in General Formula (1), Q includes at least two or more divalent metallic elements; M includes at least Hf; and x, y, and z independently satisfy 0.5?x?1.5, 0.5?y?1.5, and 0.7?z?1.5, respectively).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Keiji Yamahara, Sunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20220326400
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a scintillator which has a short fluorescence decay time, whose fluorescence intensity after a period of time following radiation irradiation is low, and which shows largely improved light-transmittance. A scintillator represented by the following General Formula (1), the scintillator including Zr, having a Zr content of not less than 1500 ppm by mass therein, and being a block of a sintered body. QxMyO3z:A . . . (1) (wherein in General Formula (1), Q includes at least one or more kinds of divalent metallic elements; M includes at least Hf; and x, y, and z independently satisfy 0.5?x?1.5, 0.5?y?1.5, and 0.7?z?1.5, respectively).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Koji Hazu, Kentaro Horibe, Tetsuya Kawano, Keiji Yamahara, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Akira Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 7833436
    Abstract: To provide a green phosphor with high conversion efficiency of blue of near-ultraviolet light and excellent color purity, a multinary oxynitride phosphor represented by the general formula [I] is proposed. M1xBayM2zLuOvNw??[I] In the formula [I], M1 represents Cr, Mn, Fe, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb, M2 represents Sr, Ca, Mg and Zn, L represents metal elements belonging to the fourth group or the fourteenth group of the periodic table, and x, y, z, u, v and w are the numeric values in the following ranges: 0.00001?x?3 0?y?2.99999 2.6?x+y+z?3 0<u?11 6<v?25 0<w?17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimooka, Kyota Ueda, Masayoshi Mikami, Naoto Kijima, Hiroyuki Imura, Kentaro Horibe
  • Publication number: 20090166584
    Abstract: To provide a green phosphor with high conversion efficiency of blue of near-ultraviolet light and excellent color purity, a multinary oxynitride phosphor represented by the general formula [I] is proposed. M1xBayM2zLuOvNw??[I] In the formula [I], M1 represents Cr, Mn, Fe, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb, M2 represents Sr, Ca, Mg and Zn, L represents metal elements belonging to the fourth group or the fourteenth group of the periodic table, and x, y, z, u, v and w are the numeric values in the following ranges: 0.00001?x?3 0?y?2.99999 2.6?x+y+z?3 0<u?11 6<v?25 0<w?17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIMOOKA, Kyota Ueda, Masayoshi Mikami, Naoto Kijima, Hiroyuki Imura, Kentaro Horibe
  • Publication number: 20090033201
    Abstract: To provide a green phosphor with high conversion efficiency of blue of near-ultraviolet light and excellent color purity, a multinary oxynitride phosphor represented by the general formula [I] is proposed. M1xBayM2zLuOvNw??[I] In the formula [I], M1 represents Cr, Mn, Fe, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb, M2 represents Sr, Ca, Mg and Zn, L represents metal elements belonging to the fourth group or the fourteenth group of the periodic table, and x, y, z, u, v and w are the numeric values in the following ranges: 0.00001?x?3 0?y?2.99999 2.6?x+y+z?3 0<u?11 6<v?25 0<w?17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimooka, Kyota Ueda, Masayoshi Mikami, Naoto Kijima, Hiroyuki Imura, Kentaro Horibe