Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Ina

Nobuhiko Ina 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: 9873003
    Abstract: An X-ray positioning apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an X-ray video device that generates second X-ray image data in which a respiratory signal of a patient and first X-ray image data are related to each other, a positioning computer that generates patient platform control data for controlling a patient platform, and a photographing trigger generation apparatus that outputs a photographing trigger signal to an X-ray tube; the X-ray positioning apparatus is characterized in that the photographing trigger generation apparatus generates the photographing trigger signal, in accordance with a first frame rate and a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate, and in that the positioning computer generates the patient platform control data, based on a reference image and one X-ray image selected from consecutively photographed images that are photographed at the second frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Tsunoo, Nobuhiko Ina
  • Patent number: 9839793
    Abstract: An irradiation apparatus radiates a particle beam after forming the beam for plural layers. A dose monitor measures a dose in real time. A dose evaluation unit evaluates an irradiation dose for each layer on the basis of a value measured by the dose monitor and a dose calibration factor set for each layer. An irradiation control section performs radiation control for each layer on the basis of an evaluation result of the dose evaluation unit. An interpolation value generation unit uses actual-measurement dose-calibration factors obtained by radiating a particle beam to a simulated phantom provided with a calibration dosimeter, to generate an interpolation estimation value of the dose calibration factor. For each layer subject to the interpolation value, and based on an irradiation condition of that layer, the interpolation value generation unit performs weighting on each of the actual-measurement dose-calibration factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Harada, Masahiro Ikeda, Osamu Takahashi, Nobuhiko Ina, Yuehu Pu, Takaaki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20160008631
    Abstract: An irradiation apparatus radiates a particle beam after forming the beam for plural layers. A dose monitor measures a dose in real time. A dose evaluation unit evaluates an irradiation dose for each layer on the basis of a value measured by the dose monitor and a dose calibration factor set for each layer. An irradiation control section performs radiation control for each layer on the basis of an evaluation result of the dose evaluation unit. An interpolation value generation unit uses actual-measurement dose-calibration factors obtained by radiating a particle beam to a simulated phantom provided with a calibration dosimeter, to generate an interpolation estimation value of the dose calibration factor. For each layer subject to the interpolation value, and based on an irradiation condition of that layer, the interpolation value generation unit performs weighting on each of the actual-measurement dose-calibration factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi HARADA, Masahiro IKEDA, Osamu TAKAHASHI, Nobuhiko INA, Yuehu PU, Takaaki IWATA
  • Publication number: 20150131780
    Abstract: An X-ray positioning apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an X-ray video device that generates second X-ray image data in which a respiratory signal of a patient and first X-ray image data are related to each other, a positioning computer that generates patient platform control data for controlling a patient platform, and a photographing trigger generation apparatus that outputs a photographing trigger signal to an X-ray tube; the X-ray positioning apparatus is characterized in that the photographing trigger generation apparatus generates the photographing trigger signal, in accordance with a first frame rate and a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate, and in that the positioning computer generates the patient platform control data, based on a reference image and one X-ray image selected from consecutively photographed images that are photographed at the second frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Tsunoo, Nobuhiko Ina
  • Patent number: 7332880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a particle beam accelerator for accelerating charged particles along a traveling direction of the charged particles. The invention provides a particle beam accelerator, in which the charged particle beam deflected by spiral-shaped-deflecting electromagnet 3, is accelerated by an accelerating unit 5, the charged particle beam circulating in an annular vacuum passageway of a vacuum duct 1 a plurality of times differing in orbit. And gap 9 is formed in the accelerating unit 5 of the vacuum duct 1, and gap-constituting face of the vacuum duct 1 is formed to be perpendicular to each of the traveling directions of the charged particle beam orbiting on a first orbit and on a second orbit. In the above accelerator, vibrations of the charged particle beam can be brought under control and loss of the charged particle beam can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Ina, Yuichi Yamamoto, Takahisa Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20060250097
    Abstract: The present invention provides a particle beam accelerator for accelerating charged particles along a traveling direction of the charged particles. The invention provides a particle beam accelerator, in which the charged particle beam deflected by spiral-shaped-deflecting electromagnet 3, is accelerated by an accelerating unit 5, the charged particle beam circulating in an annular vacuum passageway of a vacuum duct 1 a plurality of times differing in orbit. And gap 9 is formed in the accelerating unit 5 of the vacuum duct 1, and gap-constituting face of the vacuum duct 1 is formed to be perpendicular to each of the traveling directions of the charged particle beam orbiting on a first orbit and on a second orbit. In the above accelerator, vibrations of the charged particle beam can be brought under control and loss of the charged particle beam can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Ina, Yuichi Yamamoto, Takahisa Nagayama
  • Patent number: D786910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohiko Higuchi, Tomohiro Yatagawa, Nobuhiko Ina
  • Patent number: D801372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohiko Higuchi, Tomohiro Yatagawa, Nobuhiko Ina