Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Shibutani

Yoshinori Shibutani 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: 10156640
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus including a scintillator layer configured to convert radiation into light; a light sensor layer including a plurality of light sensors configured to detect light emitted from the scintillator layer; and a reflection layer configured to reflect light emitted from the scintillator layer. The scintillator layer is arranged between the light sensor layer and the reflection layer. The following condition is satisfied: 0.375?(100?x)/(100?y(%))<3.75 where the average conversion efficiency in a region of 25% of the thickness of the scintillator layer from a reflection layer side is set to 100 as a reference, x is the average conversion efficiency in a region of 25% of the thickness of the scintillator layer from a light sensor layer side, and y (%) is the reflectance of the reflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Den, Yoshinori Shibutani
  • Patent number: 9885791
    Abstract: In a related-art composite scintillator in which pores in a porous scintillator are filled with an absorbing member or the like, as the ratio between the structural period of the composite and the thickness in an optical waveguide direction becomes smaller, almost all light is absorbed, and, in some cases, it is difficult to obtain a sufficient light amount for forming an adequate image. Provided is a scintillator including multiple first phases having directionality in a direction connecting two surfaces thereof which are not located on same surface and a second phase positioned around the first phases, in which each of the multiple first phases is in the shape of a column, and an absorbing portion is provided in part of one of the two kinds of phases, which has a lower refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yasui, Yoshinori Shibutani, Yoshihiro Ohashi, Toru Den
  • Publication number: 20170205514
    Abstract: In a related-art composite scintillator in which pores in a porous scintillator are filled with an absorbing member or the like, as the ratio between the structural period of the composite and the thickness in an optical waveguide direction becomes smaller, almost all light is absorbed, and, in some cases, it is difficult to obtain a sufficient light amount for forming an adequate image. Provided is a scintillator including multiple first phases having directionality in a direction connecting two surfaces thereof which are not located on a same surface and a second phase positioned around the first phases, in which each of the multiple first phases is in the shape of a column, and an absorbing portion is provided in part of one of the two kinds of phases, which has a lower refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yasui, Yoshinori Shibutani, Yoshihiro Ohashi, Toru Den
  • Patent number: 9530530
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a scintillator panel including a substrate and a scintillator layer containing a plurality of crystals formed by depositing a scintillator material on a deposition surface of the substrate. The method includes depositing the scintillator material on the deposition surface of the substrate such that the scintillator material incidents on the deposition surface obliquely with respect to the normal to the deposition surface, and varying the angle between a reference direction on the deposition surface and a projected incident direction that is obtained by projecting the direction of the scintillator material incident onto the deposition surface. In the vapor deposition, the amount of the scintillator material deposited on the deposition surface changes according to the angle between the projected incident direction and the reference direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Oike, Yoshinori Shibutani, Nobuhiro Yasui, Toru Den
  • Publication number: 20160217879
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a scintillator panel including a substrate and a scintillator layer containing a plurality of crystals formed by depositing a scintillator material on a deposition surface of the substrate. The method includes depositing the scintillator material on the deposition surface of the substrate such that the scintillator material incidents on the deposition surface obliquely with respect to the normal to the deposition surface, and varying the angle between a reference direction on the deposition surface and a projected incident direction that is obtained by projecting the direction of the scintillator material incident onto the deposition surface. In the vapor deposition, the amount of the scintillator material deposited on the deposition surface changes according to the angle between the projected incident direction and the reference direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Oike, Yoshinori Shibutani, Nobuhiro Yasui, Toru Den
  • Publication number: 20160170042
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus including a scintillator layer configured to convert radiation into light; a light sensor layer including a plurality of light sensors configured to detect light emitted from the scintillator layer; and a reflection layer configured to reflect light emitted from the scintillator layer. The scintillator layer is arranged between the light sensor layer and the reflection layer. The following condition is satisfied: 0.375?(100?x)/(100?y (%))<3.75 where the average conversion efficiency in a region of 25% of the thickness of the scintillator layer from a reflection layer side is set to 100 as a reference, x is the average conversion efficiency in a region of 25% of the thickness of the scintillator layer from a light sensor layer side, and y (%) is the reflectance of the reflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Toru Den, Yoshinori Shibutani
  • Patent number: 9315919
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator plate including a crystalline body formed of a compound having a crystal structure of a Cs3Cu2I5 crystal and a substrate, in which an orientation of the crystalline body is an a-axis group orientation with respect to a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shibutani, Tamaki Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Oike, Ryoko Ueyama, Toru Den
  • Publication number: 20150034841
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator plate including a crystalline body formed of a compound having a crystal structure of a Cs3Cu2I5 crystal and a substrate, in which an orientation of the crystalline body is an a-axis group orientation with respect to a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shibutani, Tamaki Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Oike, Ryoko Ueyama, Toru Den
  • Patent number: 8803099
    Abstract: There is provided a compound represented by the general formula Cs3Cu2[I1-xClx]5, wherein x is 0.71 or more and 0.79 or less. Also, there is provided a method for producing a compound, comprising mixing cesium iodide, cesium chloride, and copper chloride together in such a manner that the molar ratio of cesium to copper to iodine to chlorine is 3:2:5(1-x):5x (wherein 0.71?x?0.79), melting the resulting mixture, and solidifying the resulting molten material to give a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shibutani, Ryoko Ueyama, Nobuhiro Yasui, Toru Den
  • Publication number: 20130327945
    Abstract: There is provided a compound represented by the general formula Cs3Cu2[I1-xClx]5, wherein x is 0.71 or more and 0.79 or less. Also, there is provided a method for producing a compound, comprising mixing cesium iodide, cesium chloride, and copper chloride together in such a manner that the molar ratio of cesium to copper to iodine to chlorine is 3:2:5(1-x):5x (wherein 0.71?x?0.79), melting the resulting mixture, and solidifying the resulting molten material to give a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shibutani, Ryoko Ueyama, Nobuhiro Yasui, Toru Den