Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kataoka
Yoshiyuki Kataoka 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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Patent number: 11832981Abstract: By regarding total precision of an X-ray intensity as counting precision due to statistical fluctuation and counting loss and by regarding the counting precision as a product of precision of an uncorrected intensity, which is an intensity before counting loss correction is performed, and a gradient of a corrected intensity with respect to the uncorrected intensity, a counting time calculation unit (13) included in an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of the present invention calculates a counting time from specified total precision of the X-ray intensity, a given counting loss correction coefficient, and a given corrected intensity for each measurement line (5).Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Yasuhiko Nagoshi, Eiichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 11782000Abstract: Provided are a quantitative analysis method, a quantitative analysis program, and an X-ray fluorescence. The quantitative analysis method includes: a step of acquiring a representative composition set to represent contents of analysis components; a step of acquiring a plurality of comparative compositions, in each of which the content of one of the analysis components of the representative composition is changed by a predetermined content; a detection intensity calculation step of calculating a detection intensity indicating an intensity of fluorescent X-rays detected under the influence of the geometry effect through use of an FP method with respect to a virtual sample having a thickness set in advance and being indicated by each of the representative composition and the comparative compositions; and a step of calculating a matrix correction coefficient for each of the analysis components based on the detection intensity.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Yasushi Kusakabe
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Publication number: 20230293129Abstract: By regarding total precision of an X-ray intensity as counting precision due to statistical fluctuation and counting loss and by regarding the counting precision as a product of precision of an uncorrected intensity, which is an intensity before counting loss correction is performed, and a gradient of a corrected intensity with respect to the uncorrected intensity, a counting time calculation unit (13) included in an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of the present invention calculates a counting time from specified total precision of the X-ray intensity, a given counting loss correction coefficient, and a given corrected intensity for each measurement line (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Yasuhiko Nagoshi, Eiichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 11698353Abstract: Provided are a quantitative analysis method, a quantitative analysis program, and an X-ray fluorescence. The quantitative analysis method includes: a step of acquiring a representative composition set to represent contents of analysis components; a step of acquiring a plurality of comparative compositions, in each of which the content of one of the analysis components of the representative composition is changed by a predetermined content; a detection intensity calculation step of calculating a detection intensity indicating an intensity of fluorescent X-rays detected under the influence of the geometry effect through use of an FP method with respect to a virtual sample having a thickness set in advance and being indicated by each of the representative composition and the comparative compositions; and a step of calculating a matrix correction coefficient for each of the analysis components based on the detection intensity.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Yasushi Kusakabe
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Publication number: 20230060446Abstract: Provided are a quantitative analysis method, a quantitative analysis program, and an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. The quantitative analysis method includes: a step of acquiring a representative composition set to represent contents of analysis components; a step of acquiring a plurality of comparative compositions, in each of which the content of one of the analysis components of the representative composition is changed by a predetermined content; a detection intensity calculation step of calculating a detection intensity indicating an intensity of fluorescent X-rays detected under the influence of the geometry effect through use of an FP method with respect to a virtual sample having a thickness set in advance and being indicated by each of the representative composition and the comparative compositions; and a step of calculating a matrix correction coefficient for each of the analysis components based on the detection intensity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Yoshiyuki KATAOKA, Yasushi KUSAKABE
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Patent number: 11513086Abstract: A sequential X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention includes a total analysis time display unit configured to measure, for each kind of analytical sample, a standard sample which contains a component at a known content as a standard value to determine a measured intensity of each measurement line corresponding to the component. The total analysis time display unit is further configured to calculate, for each component, a counting time which gives a specified analytical precision by using the standard value and the measured intensity and to calculate a total counting time as a sum of the counting times of respective components. The total analysis time display unit is configured to calculate a total analysis time as a sum of the total counting time and a total non-counting time and to output the calculated total analysis time and the calculated counting times of the respective components.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Yasuhiko Nagoshi
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Publication number: 20220260506Abstract: A sequential X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention includes a total analysis time display unit configured to measure, for each kind of analytical sample, a standard sample which contains a component at a known content as a standard value to determine a measured intensity of each measurement line corresponding to the component. The total analysis time display unit is further configured to calculate, for each component, a counting time which gives a specified analytical precision by using the standard value and the measured intensity and to calculate a total counting time as a sum of the counting times of respective components. The total analysis time display unit is configured to calculate a total analysis time as a sum of the total counting time and a total non-counting time and to output the calculated total analysis time and the calculated counting times of the respective components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: RIGAKU CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki KATAOKA, Yasuhiko NAGOSHI
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Patent number: 11402343Abstract: An X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of the present invention includes a counting time calculation unit (13) configured to: by a predetermined quantitative calculation method, determine each of quantitative values by using reference intensities of one standard sample and repeatedly perform a procedure of determining each of the quantitative values in a case where only a measured intensity of one of measurement lines is changed by a predetermined value, to calculate a ratio of a change in each of the quantitative values to the predetermined value as a quantitative-value-to-intensity change ratio, the one of the measurement lines having the measured intensity to be changed being different on each repetition of the procedure; and use quantitative-value-to-intensity change ratios calculated thereby for all the measurement lines to calculate a counting time for each of the measurement lines from a quantification precision specified for each of the quantitative values.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: RIGAKU CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Takao Moriyama
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Publication number: 20220178853Abstract: An X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of the present invention includes a counting time calculation unit (13) configured to: by a predetermined quantitative calculation method, determine each of quantitative values by using reference intensities of one standard sample and repeatedly perform a procedure of determining each of the quantitative values in a case where only a measured intensity of one of measurement lines is changed by a predetermined value, to calculate a ratio of a change in each of the quantitative values to the predetermined value as a quantitative-value-to-intensity change ratio, the one of the measurement lines having the measured intensity to be changed being different on each repetition of the procedure; and use quantitative-value-to-intensity change ratios calculated thereby for all the measurement lines to calculate a counting time for each of the measurement lines from a quantification precision specified for each of the quantitative values.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: RIGAKU CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki KATAOKA, Takao MORIYAMA
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Patent number: 10948436Abstract: A wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer includes a single one-dimensional detector (10) having detection elements (7) arranged linearly, and includes a detector position change mechanism (11) for setting a position of the one-dimensional detector (10) to either a parallel position at which an arrangement direction of the detection elements (7) is parallel to a spectral angle direction of a spectroscopic device (6) or an intersection position at which the arrangement direction intersects the spectral angle direction. At the parallel position, a receiving surface of the one-dimensional detector (10) is located at a focal point of focused secondary X-rays (42). At the intersection position, a receiving slit (9) is disposed at the focal point of the focused secondary X-rays (42), and the receiving surface is located at a traveling direction side of the focused secondary X-rays (42) farther from the spectroscopic device (6) than the receiving slit (9).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Shuichi Kato, Takashi Yamada, Yoshiyuki Kataoka
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Patent number: 10921267Abstract: An X-ray fluorescence analysis method according to an FP method uses a predefined theoretical intensity formula in a standard sample theoretical intensity calculation step for obtaining a sensitivity constant and in an unknown sample theoretical intensity calculation step during iterative calculation. In the formula, only in an absorption term relating to absorption of X-rays, a mass fraction of each component is normalized so that a sum of the mass fractions of all components becomes 1.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Kosuke Kawakyu
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Patent number: 10768125Abstract: A wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of the present invention includes: a position sensitive detector (10) configured to detect intensities of secondary X-rays (41) at different spectral angles, by using detection elements (7) corresponding to the secondary X-rays (41) at different spectral angles; a measured spectrum display unit (14) configured to display a relationship between a position, in an arrangement direction, of each detection element (7), and a detected intensity by the detection element (7), as a measured spectrum, on a display (15); a detection area setting unit (16) configured to be set a peak area and a background area; and a quantification unit (17) configured to calculate, as a net intensity, an intensity of the fluorescent X-rays to be measured, based on a peak intensity in the peak area, a background intensity in the background area, and a background correction coefficient, and to perform quantitative analysis.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Shuichi Kato, Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Hajime Fujimura, Takashi Yamada
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Publication number: 20200003712Abstract: An X-ray fluorescence analysis method according to an FP method uses a predefined theoretical intensity formula in a standard sample theoretical intensity calculation step for obtaining a sensitivity constant and in an unknown sample theoretical intensity calculation step during iterative calculation. In the formula, only in an absorption term relating to absorption of X-rays, a mass fraction of each component is normalized so that a sum of the mass fractions of all components becomes 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: RIGAKU CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki KATAOKA, Kosuke KAWAKYU
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Publication number: 20190227008Abstract: A wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer includes a single one-dimensional detector (10) having detection elements (7) arranged linearly, and includes a detector position change mechanism (11) for setting a position of the one-dimensional detector (10) to either a parallel position at which an arrangement direction of the detection elements (7) is parallel to a spectral angle direction of a spectroscopic device (6) or an intersection position at which the arrangement direction intersects the spectral angle direction. At the parallel position, a receiving surface of the one-dimensional detector (10) is located at a focal point of focused secondary X-rays (42). At the intersection position, a receiving slit (9) is disposed at the focal point of the focused secondary X-rays (42), and the receiving surface is located at a traveling direction side of the focused secondary X-rays (42) farther from the spectroscopic device (6) than the receiving slit (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Shuichi KATO, Takashi YAMADA, Yoshiyuki KATAOKA
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Publication number: 20190072504Abstract: A wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of the present invention includes: a position sensitive detector (10) configured to detect intensities of secondary X-rays (41) at different spectral angles, by using detection elements (7) corresponding to the secondary X-rays (41) at different spectral angles; a measured spectrum display unit (14) configured to display a relationship between a position, in an arrangement direction, of each detection element (7), and a detected intensity by the detection element (7), as a measured spectrum, on a display (15); a detection area setting unit (16) configured to be set a peak area and a background area; and a quantification unit (17) configured to calculate, as a net intensity, an intensity of the fluorescent X-rays to be measured, based on a peak intensity in the peak area, a background intensity in the background area, and a background correction coefficient, and to perform quantitative analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Shuichi KATO, Yoshiyuki KATAOKA, Hajime FUJIMURA, Takashi YAMADA
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Patent number: 10161889Abstract: A quantitative analysis condition setting unit (13) included in a sequential X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention: performs qualitative analyses of a plurality of standard samples (14); sets, on the basis of the qualitative analysis results, a peak measurement angle of each measurement line for analytical samples (1) in quantitative analysis conditions; and obtains a single virtual profile by synthesizing peak profiles of the plurality of standard samples (14) subjected to the qualitative analyses and sets, on the basis of the virtual profile and a preset half value width of the peak profile, background measurement angles of each measurement line for the analytical samples (1) in the quantitative analysis conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Shinya Hara, Takashi Matsuo, Yasujiro Yamada, Hisashi Honma, Yoshiyuki Kataoka
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Patent number: 10082475Abstract: A scanning-type X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention includes a quantitative analysis condition setting unit configured to determine whether or not to add, as an analytical element, a new detected element other than preset sample constituting elements, from an absorption-enhancement effect degree of fluorescent X-rays on an analytical value of an analytical element and an overlapping effect degree by an interfering line on an analytical line of the analytical element, on the basis of qualitative analysis results and semi-quantitative analysis results of standard samples.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Shinya Hara, Takashi Matsuo, Yasujiro Yamada, Hisashi Honma, Yoshiyuki Kataoka
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Publication number: 20180180563Abstract: A quantitative analysis condition setting unit (13) included in a sequential X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention: performs qualitative analyses of a plurality of standard samples (14); sets, on the basis of the qualitative analysis results, a peak measurement angle of each measurement line for analytical samples (1) in quantitative analysis conditions; and obtains a single virtual profile by synthesizing peak profiles of the plurality of standard samples (14) subjected to the qualitative analyses and sets, on the basis of the virtual profile and a preset half value width of the peak profile, background measurement angles of each measurement line for the analytical samples (1) in the quantitative analysis conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Shinya HARA, Takashi MATSUO, Yasujiro YAMADA, Hisashi HONMA, Yoshiyuki KATAOKA
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Publication number: 20180106736Abstract: A scanning-type X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention includes a quantitative analysis condition setting unit (13) configured to determine whether or not to add, as an analytical element, a new detected element other than preset sample constituting elements, from an absorption-enhancement effect degree of fluorescent X-rays on an analytical value of an analytical element and an overlapping effect degree by an interfering line on an analytical line of the analytical element, on the basis of qualitative analysis results and semi-quantitative analysis results of standard samples (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Shinya HARA, Takashi MATSUO, Yasujiro YAMADA, Hisashi HONMA, Yoshiyuki KATAOKA
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Patent number: 8774356Abstract: In the wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of the present invention, a counting loss correcting unit (11), when correcting a counting rate of pulses determined by a counting unit (10) on the basis of a dead time of a detector (7), stores beforehand a correlation between a predetermined pulse height range, within which pulses are selected by a pulse height analyzer (9), and the dead time and determines the dead time so as to correspond to the predetermined pulse height range during a measurement on the basis of the stored correlation.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Rigaku CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Hisashi Inoue, Kosuke Kawakyu