Patents by Inventor Tetsushi Azuma
Tetsushi Azuma 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).
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Publication number: 20240145107Abstract: A neutron flux measurement apparatus includes: a storage which records, as record data, a measured value indicating change in a neutron flux in a nuclear reactor corresponding to adjustment control for output of the nuclear reactor during a first set period; and a calculation circuitry which, on the basis of the record data, performs correction for a detector sensitivity to a neutron of a self-powered detector at a time point in accordance with the adjustment control during a second set period after the first set period, the time point being a time point when the second set period has elapsed, and derives the neutron flux at the time point using the corrected detector sensitivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsushi AZUMA, Makoto SASANO
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Publication number: 20210181360Abstract: Provided is a radioactive contamination inspection device, including: a detection unit having a sensitive surface that has a shape conforming to a shape of an object surface, which is a measurement target and a radioactive contamination amount of which is to be measured; a mechanism unit for holding the detection unit in a state in which a distance from the sensitive surface to the object surface falls within a desired range set in advance; and a measurement unit for calculating the radioactive contamination amount of the object surface on the basis of a measurement result from the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC PLANT ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki KAKIUCHI, Hiroshi HAMAMOTO, Keiichi MATSUO, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Hiroshi NISHIZAWA, Makoto SASANO
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Patent number: 10955565Abstract: Provided are a radiation measurement device and method that allow stable radiation measurement as compared with the prior art. The radiation measurement device includes a radiation detection unit 1 having a scintillator, an optical transmission member 21 for transmitting an optical signal generated in the radiation detection unit, and a signal processing unit 3 for calculating a radiation dose from the optical signal transmitted. The signal processing unit includes a compensation unit 7 for obtaining an optical transmission loss amount from a change in wavelength spectrum in the optical signal caused by radiation acting on the optical transmission member and performs compensation-control on the optical transmission loss amount, and outputs a compensated signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Taguchi, Masateru Hayashi, Tetsushi Azuma, Makoto Sasano, Akihide Shiratsuki
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Publication number: 20210054330Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer (10) emits ultrasonic waves toward a culture solution (3) stored with cells (2) in a culture vessel (1). An acquirer acquires information indicating a settling state of the cells (2) in the culture solution (3). A controller controls an operation of the ultrasonic transducer (10) based on the information indicating the settling state of the cells (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Keio UniversityInventors: Osamu TAKAHARA, Kazuhide KODEKI, Akira MORIKAWA, Tetsushi AZUMA, Kenjiro TAKEMURA, Yuta KURASHINA, Genichiro FUJII
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Publication number: 20200225366Abstract: Provided are a radiation measurement device and method that allow stable radiation measurement as compared with the prior art. The radiation measurement device includes a radiation detection unit 1 having a scintillator, an optical transmission member 21 for transmitting an optical signal generated in the radiation detection unit, and a signal processing unit 3 for calculating a radiation dose from the optical signal transmitted. The signal processing unit includes a compensation unit 7 for obtaining an optical transmission loss amount from a change in wavelength spectrum in the optical signal caused by radiation acting on the optical transmission member and performs compensation-control on the optical transmission loss amount, and outputs a compensated signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki TAGUCHI, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Makoto SASANO, Akihide SHIRATSUKI
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Patent number: 10661101Abstract: A dose distribution calculation device of the invention is characterized by including: a beam information storing unit (a measured energy storing unit, a measured electric-charge storing unit, a measured beam-central axis storing unit), in which, when particle beam information of a particle beam generated by a particle beam therapy system is measured by a measuring device in confirmative radiation in which the particle beam is radiated to a phantom as a substitute for a treatment target, the thus-measured particle beam information is stored; and a total dose calculation unit for calculating a radiation dose distribution (a total dose distribution) on the basis of the measured particle beam information (a measured energy, a measured beam quantity (a measured number of electric charges), a measured position of beam central axis).Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Masateru Hayashi, Tetsushi Azuma, Kazuo Yamamoto, Yukiko Hirano, Natsuko Maeda, Eri Hattori, Taizo Honda, Yasuto Kishii
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Publication number: 20180311513Abstract: A dose distribution calculation device of the invention is characterized by including: a beam information storing unit (a measured energy storing unit, a measured electric-charge storing unit, a measured beam-central axis storing unit), in which, when particle beam information of a particle beam generated by a particle beam therapy system is measured by a measuring device in confirmative radiation in which the particle beam is radiated to a phantom as a substitute for a treatment target, the thus-measured particle beam information is stored; and a total dose calculation unit for calculating a radiation dose distribution (a total dose distribution) on the basis of the measured particle beam information (a measured energy, a measured beam quantity (a measured number of electric charges), a measured position of beam central axis).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yusuke SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi NISHIZAWA, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Yukiko HIRANO, Natsuko MAEDA, Eri HATTORI, Taizo HONDA, Yasuto KISHII
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Publication number: 20180164444Abstract: Provided is a radioactive contamination inspection apparatus including a plastic scintillator, a light receiving element, a light guide configured to allow scintillation light emitted from the plastic scintillator to reach the light receiving element, a light shielding housing including an incidence window, and a thin film layer structure provided between the incidence window provided in the light shielding housing and the plastic scintillator, and including a protective film, a light shielding film, and a reflective film in the stated order from the incidence window side. A side surface of the light guide is made up of a diffused reflection surface. The reflective film is disposed with an air layer placed between the reflective film and the plastic scintillator. A surface of the reflective film, which faces the plastic scintillator, is made up of a specular reflection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC PLANT ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki KAKIUCHI, Yohei SAKANASHI, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Hiroshi NISHIZAWA, Makito SEKI
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Patent number: 9588236Abstract: A radioactivity analyzing apparatus for analyzing a radionuclide contained in a sample material. The apparatus includes a radiation detector that detects a radiation to be detected emitted from the sample material and a radiation analyzer configured to analyze the radiation based on an output from the radiation detector. The radiation analyzer includes a pulse-height analyzer configured to extract a pulse-height distribution from a pulse signal being output from the radiation detector and depending on the radiation, an inverse-problem operator configured to perform an inverse-problem solution of the pulse-height distribution to extract an energy spectrum of the radiation, and a deterioration detector configured to determine a deterioration state of the radiation detector based on the extracted energy spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsushi Azuma, Masateru Hayashi, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Hajime Nakajima, Kenji Inomata, Masakazu Nakanishi, Toshihide Aiba
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Publication number: 20150212214Abstract: A radioactivity analyzing apparatus for analyzing a radionuclide contained in a sample material. The apparatus includes a radiation detector that detects a radiation to be detected emitted from the sample material and a radiation analyzer configured to analyze the radiation based on an output from the radiation detector. The radiation analyzer includes a pulse-height analyzer configured to extract a pulse-height distribution from a pulse signal being output from the radiation detector and depending on the radiation, an inverse-problem operator configured to perform an inverse-problem solution of the pulse-height distribution to extract an energy spectrum of the radiation, and a deterioration detector configured to determine a deterioration state of the radiation detector based on the extracted energy spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsushi Azuma, Masateru Hayashi, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Hajime Nakajima, Kenji Inomata, Masakazu Nakanishi, Toshihide Aiba