Patents by Inventor Nobuo Kumano

Nobuo Kumano 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: 4476389
    Abstract: An emission type computed tomography apparatus comprises a mechanism for rotating a detector along a circle centered at a human body to whom radioisotope is previously given, and a circuit for reconstructing a tomogram in accordance with an output signal from said detector. The rotating mechanism further has a member for slanting the detector with respect to a tangential line of the circle, a member for slanting said detector with respect to the body axis, and a member for changing the radius of the rotating circle of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihide Ueyama, Nobuo Kumano, Hidetomo Takase
  • Patent number: 4186307
    Abstract: A scintillation type radiation-measuring apparatus comprising a radiation-detecting scintillator, wherein a scintillation given off from the scintillator is converted into current by a photomultiplier tube; a current amplifier generates a plurality of pulses each proportional to the intensity of said converted current; the pulses have the width clipped by a clipped pulse generating circuit; the clipped form of the pulses is delayed by a delay circuit and integrated by an integrator; the wave height value of the outputs from the integrator is sampled by a sampling circuit to provide a sampled output; and means are provided to supply instructions to start and reset the operation of the integrator and to commence the operation of the sampling circuit in accordance with the interval between successively detected current pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Tanaka, Norimasa Nohara, Takehiro Tomitani, Makoto Kakegawa, Nobuo Kumano