Patents by Inventor Toyohisa KONGOUJI

Toyohisa KONGOUJI 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: 10782426
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes detection parts detecting radiation directly or in cooperation with a scintillator, a controller reading out a signal charge from each detection part, a memory part storing an upper limit and a lower limit of a normal pixel value in a dark image preliminarily obtained and data about a temperature dependence of the upper and lower limits, and a temperature sensor measuring a temperature of the radiation detector. The controller reads out the signal charge from each detection part in a state of no intended radiation irradiation and images the dark image, acquires a temperature when the dark image measured by the temperature sensor is imaged, extracts the upper and lower limits corresponding to the acquired temperature from the memory part, and inspects a pixel value in the imaged dark image by using the extracted upper limit and the lower limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: CANON ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toyohisa Kongouji
  • Publication number: 20190277980
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes detection parts detecting radiation directly or in cooperation with a scintillator, a controller reading out a signal charge from each detection part, a memory part storing an upper limit and a lower limit of a normal pixel value in a dark image preliminarily obtained and data about a temperature dependence of the upper and lower limits, and a temperature sensor measuring a temperature of the radiation detector. The controller reads out the signal charge from each detection part in a state of no intended radiation irradiation and images the dark image, acquires a temperature when the dark image measured by the temperature sensor is imaged, extracts the upper and lower limits corresponding to the acquired temperature from the memory part, and inspects a pixel value in the imaged dark image by using the extracted upper limit and the lower limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: CANON ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toyohisa KONGOUJI