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).

  • Publication number: 20240145107
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsushi AZUMA, Makoto SASANO
  • Publication number: 20210181360
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC PLANT ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KAKIUCHI, Hiroshi HAMAMOTO, Keiichi MATSUO, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Hiroshi NISHIZAWA, Makoto SASANO
  • Patent number: 10955565
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Taguchi, Masateru Hayashi, Tetsushi Azuma, Makoto Sasano, Akihide Shiratsuki
  • Publication number: 20210054330
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Keio University
    Inventors: Osamu TAKAHARA, Kazuhide KODEKI, Akira MORIKAWA, Tetsushi AZUMA, Kenjiro TAKEMURA, Yuta KURASHINA, Genichiro FUJII
  • Publication number: 20200225366
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki TAGUCHI, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Makoto SASANO, Akihide SHIRATSUKI
  • Patent number: 10661101
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Masateru Hayashi, Tetsushi Azuma, Kazuo Yamamoto, Yukiko Hirano, Natsuko Maeda, Eri Hattori, Taizo Honda, Yasuto Kishii
  • Publication number: 20180311513
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi NISHIZAWA, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Kazuo YAMAMOTO, Yukiko HIRANO, Natsuko MAEDA, Eri HATTORI, Taizo HONDA, Yasuto KISHII
  • Publication number: 20180164444
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC PLANT ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki KAKIUCHI, Yohei SAKANASHI, Masateru HAYASHI, Tetsushi AZUMA, Hiroshi NISHIZAWA, Makito SEKI
  • Patent number: 9588236
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsushi Azuma, Masateru Hayashi, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Hajime Nakajima, Kenji Inomata, Masakazu Nakanishi, Toshihide Aiba
  • Publication number: 20150212214
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsushi Azuma, Masateru Hayashi, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Hajime Nakajima, Kenji Inomata, Masakazu Nakanishi, Toshihide Aiba