Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kano

Shinichi Kano 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: 11510640
    Abstract: The radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit having an irradiation opening through which radiation is emitted; an image receiving unit that has an image receiving surface receiving the radiation emitted from the irradiation unit; an arm that has one end at which the irradiation unit is rotatably supported and the other end at which the image receiving unit is supported in a posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; a solenoid that locks the rotation of the irradiation unit with respect to the arm in a facing posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; and a control unit that permits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation of the irradiation unit is locked and prohibits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Ikeda, Ryo Imamura, Shinichi Kano
  • Patent number: 11202608
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit that emits radiation; an arm to which the irradiation unit and an image receiving unit that receives the radiation are capable of being attached at a position where the irradiation unit and the image receiving unit face each other with a subject interposed therebetween and which is rotated to reverse a positional relationship between the irradiation unit and the image receiving unit with respect to the subject; a first light source that is provided in the irradiation unit and emits visible light indicating an irradiation field of the radiation; and a second light source that is provided in the image receiving unit and emits visible light indicating a center position of the irradiation field of the radiation emitted by the irradiation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Kano
  • Patent number: 10983228
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: a radiation detector in which a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges corresponding to emitted radiation are arranged in a two-dimensional manner; a control unit that controls the radiation detector; a radiation emission unit that emits radiation; a changing unit that integrally changes angles of the radiation detector and the control unit with respect to a predetermined direction; a heat sink in which a guiding unit for guiding an air flow in a predetermined guiding direction is provided and which dissipates heat of the control unit; and a housing unit in which the radiation detector, the control unit, and the heat sink are housed and which has a radiation detection surface irradiated with the radiation emitted from the radiation emission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Shinichi Kano
  • Publication number: 20210093269
    Abstract: The radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit having an irradiation opening through which radiation is emitted; an image receiving unit that has an image receiving surface receiving the radiation emitted from the irradiation unit; an arm that has one end at which the irradiation unit is rotatably supported and the other end at which the image receiving unit is supported in a posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; a solenoid that locks the rotation of the irradiation unit with respect to the arm in a facing posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; and a control unit that permits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation of the irradiation unit is locked and prohibits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation is unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji IKEDA, Ryo IMAMURA, Shinichi KANO
  • Publication number: 20210093263
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit that emits radiation; an arm to which the irradiation unit and an image receiving unit that receives the radiation are capable of being attached at a position where the irradiation unit and the image receiving unit face each other with a subject interposed therebetween and which is rotated to reverse a positional relationship between the irradiation unit and the image receiving unit with respect to the subject; a first light source that is provided in the irradiation unit and emits visible light indicating an irradiation field of the radiation; and a second light source that is provided in the image receiving unit and emits visible light indicating a center position of the irradiation field of the radiation emitted by the irradiation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi KANO
  • Patent number: 10802162
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: a radiation detector in which a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges corresponding to emitted radiation are arranged; a control unit that controls the radiation detector; a radiation emission unit that emits radiation; a housing unit in which the radiation detector and the control unit are housed and which has a heat dissipation port and a radiation detection surface irradiated with the radiation emitted from the radiation emission unit; and a support unit that supports the radiation emission unit at a position facing the radiation detection surface and has a hollow portion forming a space continuing from an inside of the housing unit through the heat dissipation port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Shinichi Kano
  • Patent number: 10631802
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detection cassette that can suppress an artifact resulting from scattered radiation generated within a housing and can further achieve weight reduction and improvement in corrosion resistance. The radiation detection cassette includes a radiation detector that detects radiation, and a housing that houses the radiation detector. A back housing part of the housing opposite to a radiation exposure side is formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li and containing 0.1 mass % or more of Li. A protective film is provided in a portion or all of an outer surface of the back housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Shinichi Kano
  • Patent number: 10325460
    Abstract: A cassette having a transmission plate disposed on radiation exposure side and transmitting radiation, and a housing part disposed on opposite to the radiation exposure side, the cassette comprises a radiation detector that is disposed between the transmission plate and the housing part, in which material of the housing part contains 5 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less of lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kano, Hisatsugu Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20180218581
    Abstract: A cassette having a transmission plate disposed on radiation exposure side and transmitting radiation, and a housing part disposed on opposite to the radiation exposure side, the cassette comprises a radiation detector that is disposed between the transmission plate and the housing part, in which material of the housing part contains 5 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less of lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi KANO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 9978234
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a housing of a radiation detection cassette that can appropriately form a recess without a housing material depositing on an end mill or the like, in a case where a recess is formed by working the housing material formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li. A method for manufacturing a housing of a radiation detection cassette that houses a radiation detector in the housing includes preparing a housing material that is formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li and contains 0.1 mass % or more of Li, forming a recess using a working method other than cutting work on a surface of the housing material, and performing cutting work on the formed recess to shape the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kano, Hisatsugu Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20180136345
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: a radiation detector in which a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges corresponding to emitted radiation are arranged in a two-dimensional manner; a control unit that controls the radiation detector; a radiation emission unit that emits radiation; a changing unit that integrally changes angles of the radiation detector and the control unit with respect to a predetermined direction; a heat sink in which a guiding unit for guiding an air flow in a predetermined guiding direction is provided and which dissipates heat of the control unit; and a housing unit in which the radiation detector, the control unit, and the heat sink are housed and which has a radiation detection surface irradiated with the radiation emitted from the radiation emission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Shinichi KANO
  • Publication number: 20180136346
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: a radiation detector in which a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges corresponding to emitted radiation are arranged; a control unit that controls the radiation detector; a radiation emission unit that emits radiation; a housing unit in which the radiation detector and the control unit are housed and which has a heat dissipation port and a radiation detection surface irradiated with the radiation emitted from the radiation emission unit; and a support unit that supports the radiation emission unit at a position facing the radiation detection surface and has a hollow portion forming a space continuing from an inside of the housing unit through the heat dissipation port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Shinichi KANO
  • Publication number: 20170367666
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation detection cassette that can suppress an artifact resulting from scattered radiation generated within a housing and can further achieve weight reduction and improvement in corrosion resistance. The radiation detection cassette includes a radiation detector that detects radiation, and a housing that houses the radiation detector. A back housing part of the housing opposite to a radiation exposure side is formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li and containing 0.1 mass % or more of Li. A protective film is provided in a portion or all of an outer surface of the back housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Shinichi KANO
  • Publication number: 20170372572
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a housing of a radiation detection cassette that can appropriately form a recess without a housing material depositing on an end mill or the like, in a case where a recess is formed by working the housing material formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li. A method for manufacturing a housing of a radiation detection cassette that houses a radiation detector in the housing includes preparing a housing material that is formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li and contains 0.1 mass % or more of Li, forming a recess using a working method other than cutting work on a surface of the housing material, and performing cutting work on the formed recess to shape the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi KANO, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 7616260
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including: an enclosure constituting an outer case of the apparatus; a receiving recess, formed of a bottom wall and a side wall uprising from a circumference of the bottom wall, disposed on the enclosure as opened outward; a holding member, formed of a vibration relaxing material capable of relaxing vibrations, received in the receiving recess; a supporting piece for supporting the holding member within the receiving recess such that a space is secured between the holding member and the bottom wall; a recess for microphone formed on a face, facing outward, of the holding member as opened outward, in a condition of the holding member being supported by the supporting piece within the receiving recess; a microphone inserted into the recess for microphone; and a grill disposed to cover a side of the holding member facing outward, in a condition of the holding member being supported by the supporting piece within the receiving recess, the grill being provided with a plurality of through h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kano, Tokusuke Tsujimoto, Koichi Sadatsuki
  • Patent number: 7372498
    Abstract: In an image pickup apparatus having an openable and closable shutter mechanism to protect an image pickup lens portion of a ultra-small and light-weight video camera, the shutter mechanism is composed of a drive mechanism 34 including an output shaft rotated by a motor 36 through a deceleration mechanism, a cam plate 24 engaged with the output shaft of the drive mechanism 34 to be rotated through a shaft mechanism coaxial with the output shaft, a shutter plate 23 engaged with a cam groove 27 of the cam plate 24 to be slidably lowered and elevated in the longitudinal direction of a video camera body portion to open and close the front surface of the image pickup lens portion and a clutch mechanism provided in the drive mechanism 34 to isolate a drive transmission system of the output shaft and the motor 36 when external force stronger than predetermined external force is applied to the shutter plate 23 which is being opened and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kano, Syougo Kato
  • Publication number: 20060109997
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus including: an enclosure constituting an outer case of the apparatus; a receiving recess, formed of a bottom wall and a side wall uprising from a circumference of the bottom wall, disposed on the enclosure as opened outward; a holding member, formed of a vibration relaxing material capable of relaxing vibrations, received in the receiving recess; a supporting piece for supporting the holding member within the receiving recess such that a space is secured between the holding member and the bottom wall; a recess for microphone formed on a face, facing outward, of the holding member as opened outward, in a condition of the holding member being supported by the supporting piece within the receiving recess; a microphone inserted into the recess for microphone; and a grill disposed to cover a side of the holding member facing outward, in a condition of the holding member being supported by the supporting piece within the receiving recess, the grill being provided with a plurality
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Shinichi Kano, Tokusuke Tsujimoto, Koichi Sadatsuki
  • Publication number: 20050094027
    Abstract: In an image pickup apparatus having an openable and closable shutter mechanism to protect an image pickup lens portion of a ultra-small and light-weight video camera, the shutter mechanism is composed of a drive mechanism 34 including an output shaft rotated by a motor 36 through a deceleration mechanism, a cam plate 24 engaged with the output shaft of the drive mechanism 34 to be rotated through a shaft mechanism coaxial with the output shaft, a shutter plate 23 engaged with a cam groove 27 of the cam plate 24 to be slidably lowered and elevated in the longitudinal direction of a video camera body portion to open and close the front surface of the image pickup lens portion and a clutch mechanism provided in the drive mechanism 34 to isolate a drive transmission system of the output shaft and the motor 36 when external force stronger than predetermined external force is applied to the shutter plate 23 which is being opened and closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kano, Syougo Kato