Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu KITAYAMA

Yoshiharu KITAYAMA 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: 20240248219
    Abstract: A radiation detection device is provided that is wide in visual field, wide in application range of radiation energy, and which is smaller and lighter in weight as compared to other devices. The device includes a detecting element group has a plurality of detecting elements that detect radiation are three-dimensionally arranged. The detecting element group has a structure with a depletion formed by removing the detecting element at any position from a virtual detecting element group in which the detecting elements are laid out on any virtual surface. The depletion is provided at a position at which a difference of detected values between one detecting element and another detecting element arranged along any direction exhibits different values in a case where the radiation having the direction as an incident direction enters and a case where the radiation having an opposite direction of the direction as an incident direction enters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshiharu KITAYAMA, Keitaro HITOMI, Mitsuhiro NOGAMI