Patents by Inventor Yuka Kuribayashi

Yuka Kuribayashi 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).

  • Quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice
    Patent number: 7016043
    Abstract: A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of self-emitted fluorescence obtained by irradiating the non-bran rice with excitation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignees: Satake Corporation, Japan Rice Millers Association
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takamasa Mesaki, Hiroyuki Maehara, Yuka Kuribayashi, Michiko Matsuda, Kazuo Amano
  • Quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice
    Publication number: 20030112440
    Abstract: A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of self-emitted fluorescence obtained by irradiating the non-bran rice with excitation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicants: Satake Corporation, Japan Rice Millers Association
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takamasa Mesaki, Hiroyuki Maehara, Yuka Kuribayashi, Michiko Matsuda, Kazuo Amano