Patents by Inventor Naoki Morimoto

Naoki Morimoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20200205761
    Abstract: A radiation phase contrast imaging device includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector configured to detect radiated X-rays, a plurality of gratings, an image processor configured to generate a reconstructed image from an X-ray image acquired from the X-ray detector, a display, and a controller configured or programmed to perform control to display, on the display, the X-ray image before reconstruction and the reconstructed image generated by the image processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KIMURA, Taro SHIRAI, Takahiro DOKI, Satoshi SANO, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200196969
    Abstract: This X-ray phase difference imaging system (100) includes an X-ray source (1), a plurality of gratings, a detector (4), and an image processor (6), in which the image processor (6) is configured to correct an artifact of a second phase contrast image (10b) that is reconstructed by using a first X-ray image (9a) and a third X-ray image (9c), on the basis of a first phase contrast image (10a) that is reconstructed by using the first X-ray image (9a) and a second X-ray image (9b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Taro SHIRAI, Kenji KIMURA, Takahiro DOKI, Satoshi SANO, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10620140
    Abstract: The X-ray imaging apparatus is provided with an X-ray source, a plurality of gratings including a first grating and a second grating, a detector, a rotation mechanism for relatively rotating a subject including a fiber bundle and an imaging system, and an image processor for generating a dark field image. The image processor is configured to obtain a three-dimensional dark field image of the subject including at least the fiber bundle from a plurality of dark field images captured at a plurality of rotation angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Sano, Taro Shirai, Takahiro Doki, Akira Horiba, Naoki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10598611
    Abstract: This X-ray phase imaging apparatus is provided with a control unit that acquires information on a defect of a material based on a dark field image of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Sano, Taro Shirai, Takahiro Doki, Akira Horiba, Naoki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10588591
    Abstract: The X-ray imaging apparatus is equipped with an image processing unit for performing a position adjustment of a first dark field image and a second dark field image based on a positional difference amount between a first absorption image of an object and a second absorption image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Sano, Taro Shirai, Takahiro Doki, Akira Horiba, Naoki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20200013170
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory, wherein the processor acquires a plurality of images of an installed rebar group that have been captured while an image capturing region is being moved in a direction intersecting the rebar group, detects a tracking target from a first edge portion, and correlates, when the processor has detected the tracking target from the first edge portion, either of a detection image that is an image of the detected tracking target or a captured image captured after the detection or alternative information generated on the basis of the detection image or the captured image with identification information for identifying a rebar belonging to the rebar group and located within a predetermined range from the tracking target, and records the image, or alternative information correlated with the identification information in a recording apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kiiko TAKAMATSU, Yukihito FURUHASHI, Kunio YAMADA, Yasuhiro KOMIYA, Naoki MORIMOTO, Hirohisa HAYAKAWA, Yohei TAIRA, Toshikazu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200013179
    Abstract: An inspection support apparatus according to an aspect includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory, and the processor is configured to obtain three-dimensional data of the structure that includes a plurality of planes formed by the frame; from the three-dimensional data, detect a plurality of first planes that include at least three points of the three-dimensional data; for each of the detected first planes, compute, from the three-dimensional data, a number of three-dimensional points at a distance that is equal to or shorter than a prescribed distance from the first plane; and according to the computed number of three-dimensional points, identify, from the detected plurality of first planes, a second plane positioned on a forefront of the frame of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji INOSE, Naoyuki AKIYAMA, Naoki MORIMOTO, Hirohisa HAYAKAWA, Yohei TAIRA, Toshikazu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190101496
    Abstract: A radiation phase contrast imaging apparatus is provided with an image signal generation system including an X-ray source and an image signal detector, a plurality of gratings including a first grating and a second grating, a holder for holding a plurality of gratings in a suspended manner, and a position switching mechanism for switching the relative position of the plurality of gratings with respect to the image signal generation system between the retracted position and the detection position. Either one of the plurality of gratings and the image signal generation system is held by a single holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro DOKI, Kenji KIMURA, Taro SHIRAI, Satoshi SANO, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO, Hiroshi MIZUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10245944
    Abstract: A tank mounted on a working vehicle is provided with an exterior member including a first plate unit, a second plate unit, a third plate unit, a fourth plate unit, a fifth plate unit, and a sixth plate unit, a first baffle plate joined to a first inner surface of the first plate unit, a second inner surface of the second plate unit, and a third inner surface of the third plate unit, and a second baffle plate joined to a fourth inner surface of the fourth plate unit, a fifth inner surface of the fifth plate unit, and a sixth inner surface of the sixth plate unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Takeda, Naoki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10228327
    Abstract: There is provided a data processing apparatus including: a data determination portion that specifies, in each of first and second light intensity distribution data, an analysis range corresponding to a storage area for storing a detection target, the first and second light intensity distribution data being acquired on the basis of light emitted from first and light sources to a detection area; and a mode selection portion that selects an operation mode of the data determination portion. The mode selection portion selects one of a first mode in which the data determination portion specifies the analysis range in each of the first light intensity distribution data and the second light intensity distribution data, and a second mode in which the data determination portion specifies the analysis range in the second light intensity distribution data on the basis of information on the analysis range of the first light intensity distribution data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Morimoto, Shinichi Kai
  • Publication number: 20190072503
    Abstract: The X-ray imaging apparatus is provided with a plurality of gratings including an X-ray source and a first grating, a detector, a grating rotation mechanism for rotating a plurality of gratings respectively, and an image processor for generating at least a dark field image. The image processor is configured to generate a dark field image captured by arranging the grating at a plurality of angles in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi SANO, Taro SHIRAI, Takahiro DOKI, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO, Kenji KIMURA, Hiroshi MIZUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190072502
    Abstract: The X-ray imaging apparatus is provided with an X-ray source, a plurality of gratings including a first grating and a second grating, a detector, a rotation mechanism for relatively rotating a subject including a fiber bundle and an imaging system, and an image processor for generating a dark field image. The image processor is configured to obtain a three-dimensional dark field image of the subject including at least the fiber bundle from a plurality of dark field images captured at a plurality of rotation angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi SANO, Taro SHIRAI, Takahiro DOKI, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190072501
    Abstract: The radiation phase contrast imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source, a first grating, a second grating arranged between the X-ray source and the first grating, and a moving mechanism for moving an object stage for holding an object. The moving mechanism is configured to more the object stage to an X-ray source side of the first grating and a second grating side of the first grating opposite to the source side of the first grating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro DOKI, Kenji KIMURA, Taro SHIRAI, Satoshi SANO, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190025232
    Abstract: This X-ray phase imaging apparatus is provided with a control unit that acquires information on a defect of a material based on a dark field image of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi SANO, Taro SHIRAI, Takahiro DOKI, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180368795
    Abstract: This X-ray phase-contrast imaging apparatus is equipped with a plurality of gratings and grating holders for holding the plurality of gratings. The plurality of gratings is arranged such that the extending direction of grating components of the plurality of gratings is oriented in a direction in which the positional displacement due to the grating holder becomes maximum in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the X-ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Akira HORIBA, Taro SHIRAI, Takahiro DOKI, Satoshi SANO, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180368799
    Abstract: The X-ray imaging apparatus is equipped with an image processing unit for performing a position adjustment of a first dark field image and a second dark field image based on a positional difference amount between a first absorption image of an object and a second absorption image of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi SANO, Taro SHIRAI, Takahiro DOKI, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180306734
    Abstract: An X-ray phase contrast imaging system includes an X-ray source, a detector, a plurality of gratings including a first grating and a second grating, and a grating positional displacement acquisition section configured to obtain a positional displacement of the grating based on a Fourier transform image obtained by Fourier transforming an interference fringe image detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Naoki MORIMOTO, Taro SHIRAI, Takahiro DOKI, Satoshi SANO, Akira HORIBA
  • Publication number: 20180306735
    Abstract: The X-ray phase imaging apparatus includes a position switching mechanism for switching a relative position of one or more gratings between a retreated position which is an outside of a detection range on a detection surface of an image signal detector and a detection positon which is an inside of the detection range on the detection surface of the image signal detector and a focal diameter changing unit configured to change a focal diameter of the X-ray source in conjunction with switching of the relative position of the one or more gratings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Koichi TANABE, Kenji KIMURA, Toshinori YOSHIMUTA, Taro SHIRAI, Takahiro DOKI, Satoshi SANO, Akira HORIBA, Naoki MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180275154
    Abstract: A technology capable of easily preventing erroneous reuse of a used cartridge is provided. Provided is a cartridge at least including a sample holding unit for holding a sample containing a detection target substance to be detected by a detecting device, and an irreversible variable portion capable of irreversibly physically changing arranged in a position corresponding to a distinguishing unit of the detecting device when being installed in the detecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: NAOKI MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180229602
    Abstract: A tank mounted on a working vehicle is provided with an exterior member including a first plate unit, a second plate unit, a third plate unit, a fourth plate unit, a fifth plate unit, and a sixth plate unit, a first baffle plate joined to a first inner surface of the first plate unit, a second inner surface of the second plate unit, and a third inner surface of the third plate unit, and a second baffle plate joined to a fourth inner surface of the fourth plate unit, a fifth inner surface of the fifth plate unit, and a sixth inner surface of the sixth plate unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Takuya Takeda, Naoki Morimoto