Patents by Inventor Mika Sakai
Mika Sakai 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: 8988316Abstract: A display device, including a scanning device, displays an image on a display region using a light ray which scans. The display device includes a light source unit, a scanning control unit, and an emission control unit. The scanning device includes an auxiliary scanning unit which changes an inclination angle of a reflective mirror unit including a reflective mirror and a main scanning unit. The display region includes a plurality of elemental regions coupled to one another. The scanning control unit provides control so that the light ray scans over one of the plurality of elemental regions by changing the inclination angle of the reflective mirror while maintaining the inclination angle of the reflective mirror unit, and control so that the plurality of elemental regions are changed over by changing the inclination angle of the reflective mirror unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Uenaka, Mika Sakai, Shinichi Sato, Naoyuki Tsuboi
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Patent number: 8735854Abstract: A scintillator panel exhibiting enhanced moisture resistance is disclosed, comprising a scintillator sheet provided on a substrate with a scintillator layer, and the whole of the scintillator sheet is covered with a protective layer and a space in which gas is capable of flowing is provided between the protective layer and the scintillator sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Mika Sakai, Takehiko Shoji, Yasushi Nagata
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Publication number: 20130307767Abstract: A display device in which continuity of content displayed on a screen is maintained between before and after a rotation of the screen, including: a display screen which is fixed to the display device and displays a partial region of an image; an operation detecting unit which specifies a position in the partial region of the image displayed on the display screen; a rotation detecting unit which detects rotation information which indicates a rotation of the display device in a plane including the display screen; and a display image determining unit which updates display content on the display screen to display the partial region of the image after the rotation on the display screen by rotating, based on the rotation information detected by the detecting unit, the partial region of the image around the position specified by the specifying unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari FUJIWARA, Atsushi NARITA, Mika SAKAI, Shinichi SATO, Naoyuki TSUBOI, Naoko KUREBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20130257693Abstract: A display device, including a scanning device, displays an image on a display region using a light ray which scans. The display device includes a light source unit, a scanning control unit, and an emission control unit. The scanning device includes an auxiliary scanning unit which changes an inclination angle of a reflective mirror unit including a reflective mirror and a main scanning unit. The display region includes a plurality of elemental regions coupled to one another. The scanning control unit provides control so that the light ray scans over one of the plurality of elemental regions by changing the inclination angle of the reflective mirror while maintaining the inclination angle of the reflective mirror unit, and control so that the plurality of elemental regions are changed over by changing the inclination angle of the reflective mirror unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Hiroyuki UENAKA, Mika SAKAI, Shinichi SATO, Naoyuki TSUBOI
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Patent number: 8525132Abstract: Provided is a flat panel detector which prevents aging deterioration of characteristics of a phosphor layer, protects the phosphor layer from chemical alteration or physical impact, and maintains a stable contact state between a scintillator panel and a flat light receiving element. Disclosed is a flat panel detector comprising a scintillator panel comprising a scintillator provided with a phosphor layer on a substrate and a protective layer covering the phosphor surface of the scintillator, and the scintillator panel being placed on the surface of a flat light receiving element comprising plural picture elements which are two-dimensionally arranged, wherein a releasable adhesive layer is provided on the protective layer surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Mika Sakai
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Patent number: 8124945Abstract: A scintillator plate which is excellent in sharpness and luminance is disclosed, comprising sequentially on a substrate a reflection layer and a scintillator layer containing cesium iodide and an activator and having a thickness of L, wherein the following requirement (1) is met: 2?B/A??Requirement (1) wherein A is an average activator concentration of the scintillator layer and B is an activator concentration in a region of the scintillator layer from the reflection layer side to the position of L/5.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Mika Sakai, Takehiko Shoji
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Publication number: 20120009375Abstract: A scintillator panel exhibiting enhanced moisture resistance is disclosed, comprising a scintillator sheet provided on a substrate with a scintillator layer, and the whole of the scintillator sheet is covered with a protective layer and a space in which gas is capable of flowing is provided between the protective layer and the scintillator sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Mika Sakai, Takehiko Shoji, Yasushi Nagata
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Publication number: 20100243908Abstract: Provided is a flat panel detector which prevents aging deterioration of characteristics of a phosphor layer, protects the phosphor layer from chemical alteration or physical impact, and maintains a stable contact state between a scintillator panel and a flat light receiving element. Disclosed is a flat panel detector comprising a scintillator panel comprising a scintillator provided with a phosphor layer on a substrate and a protective layer covering the phosphor surface of the scintillator, and the scintillator panel being placed on the surface of a flat light receiving element comprising plural picture elements which are two-dimensionally arranged, wherein a re-releasable adhesive layer is provided on the protective layer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Mika Sakai
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Publication number: 20100108912Abstract: A scintillator plate which is excellent in sharpness and luminance is disclosed, comprising sequentially on a substrate a reflection layer and a scintillator layer containing cesium iodide and an activator and having a thickness of L, wherein the following requirement (1) is met: 2?B/A??Requirement (1) wherein A is an average activator concentration of the scintillator layer and B is an activator concentration in a region of the scintillator layer from the reflection layer side to the position of L/5.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Mika Sakai, Takehiko Shoji
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Patent number: 7633072Abstract: Disclosed is a scintillator plate comprising on a substrate a phosphor layer formed by a process of vapor deposition, wherein a thallium compound having a melting point within ±70° C. of that of CsI and CsI are deposited on a substrate to form a thallium-activated phosphor layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Mika Sakai, Takehiko Shoji
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Patent number: 7482602Abstract: A scintillator plate for radiation comprising a substrate having thereon a phosphor layer comprising CsI and two or more activators ach having a melting point different from a melting point of CsI, wherein each content of the two or more activators is 0.01% or more based on CsI; and the scintillator plate is produced by forming the phosphor layer on the substrate via a vacuum evaporation method using a source material comprising CsI and two or more activators.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Yasushi Nakano, Mika Sakai
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Patent number: 7435975Abstract: A scintillator plate for radiation containing a substrate having thereon a fluorescent layer, wherein the fluorescent layer contains CsF crystals.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Yasushi Nakano, Mika Sakai
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Publication number: 20080054222Abstract: Provided are a scintillator and a scintillator plate fitted with the scintillator exhibiting high emission luminance even though a heat treatment temperature of CsI columnar crystals is high, and also capable of exhibiting high emission luminance since these crystals can be formed on each of various kinds of evaporation substrates. Also disclosed is a scintillator comprising columnar crystals formed via vapor deposition of cesium iodide and an additive comprising a thallium compound, wherein the thallium compound has a melting point of 400-700° C., and has a molecular weight of 206-300.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Mika SAKAI, Takehiko Shoji
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Publication number: 20080023648Abstract: Disclosed is a scintillator plate comprising on a substrate a phosphor layer formed by a process of vapor deposition, wherein a thallium compound having a melting point within ±70° C. of that of CsI and CsI are deposited on a substrate to form a thallium-activated phosphor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: Mika Sakai, Takehiko Shoji
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Publication number: 20070108393Abstract: A scintillator plate for radiation comprising a substrate having thereon a phosphor layer comprising CsI and two or more activators ach having a melting point different from a melting point of CsI, wherein each content of the two or more activators is 0.01% or more based on CsI; and the scintillator plate is produced by forming the phosphor layer on the substrate via a vacum evaporation method using a source material comprising CsI and two or more activators.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Takehiko Shoji, Yasushi Nakano, Mika Sakai
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Publication number: 20070075254Abstract: A scintillator plate for radiation containing a substrate having thereon a fluorescent layer, wherein the fluorescent layer contains CsF crystals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.Inventors: Takehiko SHOJI, Yasushi NAKANO, Mika SAKAI