Patents by Inventor Takao Shoji

Takao Shoji 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: 5027378
    Abstract: An industrial CT apparatus capable of obtaining a good image quality by a simple configuration. The apparatus is the second generating type incorporating the rotational motions as well as the traverse motions, in which the detector is positioned nearby a center of rotation of the object to be examined. When the object to be examined is a ring shaped object, the detector is positioned inside the center bore of the object. Also, the X-ray is emitted in a form of fan shaped beam whose symmetrical axis is deviated from an axial direction perpendicular to the traverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masashi Fujii, Kiichiro Uyama, Takao Shoji, Kenji Arai