Patents by Inventor Shou SHIMIZUKAWA

Shou SHIMIZUKAWA 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: 20150085980
    Abstract: A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of the radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi KITANO, Yasunori OHTA, Kentaro NOMA, Naoto IWAKIRI, Katsumi SHIMADA, Keita WATANABE, Shou SHIMIZUKAWA, Takahiro IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8933413
    Abstract: A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of the radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Kitano, Yasunori Ohta, Kentaro Noma, Naoto Iwakiri, Katsumi Shimada, Keita Watanabe, Shou Shimizukawa, Takahiro Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 8841628
    Abstract: A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of said radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Kitano, Yasunori Ohta, Kentaro Noma, Naoto Iwakiri, Katsumi Shimada, Keita Watanabe, Shou Shimizukawa, Takahiro Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20140241502
    Abstract: A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of the radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi KITANO, Yasunori OHTA, Kentaro NOMA, Naoto IWAKIRI, Katsumi SHIMADA, Keita WATANABE, Shou SHIMIZUKAWA, Takahiro IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8759786
    Abstract: A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of said radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Kitano, Yasunori Ohta, Kentaro Noma, Naoto Iwakiri, Katsumi Shimada, Keita Watanabe, Shou Shimizukawa, Takahiro Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20120211662
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a radiation conversion panel for converting radiation into radiographic images, an A/D converter for performing an A/D conversion process on image signals depending on the radiographic image output from the radiation conversion panel, and a number-of-sampling determiner for determining a number of times of sampling for the A/D conversion process performed by the A/D converter, based on the dose of radiation, which is applied to the radiation conversion panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shou SHIMIZUKAWA, Kiyoshi KONDOU