Patents by Inventor Yuko Aoki
Yuko Aoki 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: 12458305Abstract: X-ray equipment that can protect an operator moving around in an imaging room from X rays. The X-ray equipment includes: an X-ray source that irradiates a subject with X rays; a detector that acquires projection data of the subject; and an image generator that generates an X-ray image of the subject using the projection data. The equipment further includes: a position calculating section that calculates the position of the operator in the imaging room; and a control section that moves a protective plate for shielding against X rays to between the X-ray source and the operator according to the position of the operator.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Kudo, Yuko Aoki, Shigeharu Hirose
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Publication number: 20230404511Abstract: X-ray equipment that can protect an operator moving around in an imaging room from X rays. The X-ray equipment includes: an X-ray source that irradiates a subject with X rays; a detector that acquires projection data of the subject; and an image generator that generates an X-ray image of the subject using the projection data. The equipment further includes: a position calculating section that calculates the position of the operator in the imaging room; and a control section that moves a protective plate for shielding against X rays to between the X-ray source and the operator according to the position of the operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Masatoshi Kudo, Yuko Aoki, Shigeharu Hirose
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Patent number: 10398392Abstract: In order to provide an X-ray CT apparatus which can reconstruct a tomographic image with less unevenness in image quality at a high speed on the basis of projection data which is obtained by irradiating an object with X-rays, the X-ray CT apparatus of the invention includes an inverse projection phase width setting unit that sets an inverse projection phase width which is an angular width of projection data used for reconstruction, for each tomographic image, and a view weight calculation unit that calculates a view weight which is a weight coefficient multiplied by projection data within the inverse projection phase width and is a function of a view angle, for each position of a pixel of a tomographic image.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Fuyuhiko Teramoto, Yuko Aoki, Taiga Goto
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Publication number: 20180110480Abstract: In order to provide an X-ray CT apparatus which can reconstruct a tomographic image with less unevenness in image quality at a high speed on the basis of projection data which is obtained by irradiating an object with X-rays, the X-ray CT apparatus of the invention includes an inverse projection phase width setting unit that sets an inverse projection phase width which is an angular width of projection data used for reconstruction, for each tomographic image, and a view weight calculation unit that calculates a view weight which is a weight coefficient multiplied by projection data within the inverse projection phase width and is a function of a view angle, for each position of a pixel of a tomographic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Tsuyoshi SUZUKI, Fuyuhiko TERAMOTO, Yuko AOKI, Taiga GOTO
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Patent number: 9815750Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, used for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, the molar ratio between silicon and aluminum (Si/Al ratio) in the crystalline aluminosilicate is not more than 100, the molar ratio between the phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate and the aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate (P/Al ratio) is not less than 0.01 and not more than 1.0, and the amount of gallium and/or zinc is not more than 1.2% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Patent number: 9809507Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, and the amount of phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate is within a range from 0.1 to 1.9% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate; and a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the method involving bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Patent number: 9243192Abstract: A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons by bringing a feedstock derived from a fraction containing a light cycle oil produced in a fluid catalytic cracking into contact with a catalyst containing a crystalline aluminosilicate, wherein the proportion of the naphthene content within the feedstock is adjusted so as to be greater than the proportion of the naphthene content in the fraction containing the light cycle oil, and the contact between the feedstock and the catalyst is performed under a pressure within a range from 0.1 MPaG to 1.0 MPaG.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20140364667Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, and the amount of phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate is within a range from 0.1 to 1.9% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate; and a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the method involving bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20140364666Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, used for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, the molar ratio between silicon and aluminum (Si/Al ratio) in the crystalline aluminosilicate is not more than 100, the molar ratio between the phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate and the aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate (P/Al ratio) is not less than 0.01 and not more than 1.0, and the amount of gallium and/or zinc is not more than 1.2% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20110270004Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, and the amount of phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate is within a range from 0.1 to 1.9% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate; and a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the method involving bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20110270005Abstract: A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons by bringing a feedstock derived from a fraction containing a light cycle oil produced in a fluid catalytic cracking into contact with a catalyst containing a crystalline aluminosilicate, wherein the proportion of the naphthene content within the feedstock is adjusted so as to be greater than the proportion of the naphthene content in the fraction containing the light cycle oil, and the contact between the feedstock and the catalyst is performed under a pressure within a range from 0.1 MPaG to 1.0 MPaG.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20110270002Abstract: A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, used for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, the molar ratio between silicon and aluminum (Si/Al ratio) in the crystalline aluminosilicate is not more than 100, the molar ratio between the phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate and the aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate (P/Al ratio) is not less than 0.01 and not more than 1.0, and the amount of gallium and/or zinc is not more than 1.2% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Masahide Kobayashi, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20100201683Abstract: A medical image display apparatus that obtains medical image information of a real space coordinate system containing a luminal organ of an examinee and develops the thus-obtained medical image information of the real space coordinate system to display a developed image of the luminal organ on a display device is equipped with a developed image creator for rearranging the obtained medical image information of the luminal organ of the real space coordinate system to medical image information of the luminal organ of a developed image crating coordinate system by adding information about the radial direction of the luminal organ of the real space coordinate system to create a developed image, and a developed image display unit for displaying the created developed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Takashi Shirahata, Yuko Aoki, Takashi Murase
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Patent number: 7480456Abstract: An image pickup apparatus and recording method that can further improve ease-of-use for the user creates directories according to shooting situations selected from multiple predetermined types of shooting situations, assigns image data produced as a result of photographing a subject to the directories according to the selected shooting situations, attaches identification information to the image data according to the selected shooting situations, and stores the image data to which the identification information is attached, together with an application program of one or more specified applications, so as to associate the image data with the applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiharu Yanagida, Kuniya Hayashi, Yuko Aoki
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Patent number: 7445354Abstract: A light emitting apparatus comprises a light emitting element which has one of main surfaces thereof being used as a light emitting surface and a plurality of side faces having different areas, and a support member which has a recess with metallic members provided on the side wall surfaces thereof for reflecting the light emitted by the light emitting element. The light emitting element is placed in the recess so that the distance between the metallic member and a side face having the largest surface area among the plurality of side faces of the light emitting element is larger than the distance between the metallic member and the other side face.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Yuko Aoki, Hiroki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20070096114Abstract: A light emitting apparatus which has a high output power and does not experience a decrease in the emission output power is provided. The light emitting apparatus comprises a light emitting element which has one of main surfaces thereof being used as a light emitting surface and a plurality of side faces having different areas, and a support member which has a recess with metallic members provided on the side wall surfaces thereof for reflecting the light emitted by the light emitting element. The light emitting element is placed in the recess so that the distance between the metallic member and a side face having the largest surface area among the plurality of side faces of the light emitting element is larger than the distance between the metallic member and the other side face.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuko Aoki, Hiroki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20060292158Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for the treatment of cancer via the administration of a pharmaceutical composition, comprising at least one compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of compound (I), in combination with capecitabine, trastuzumab, pertuzumab, cisplatin or irinotecan, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for simultaneous, sequential or separated administration in the treatment of cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: Yuko Aoki, Masanori Miwa, Fumie Sawamura, Hiromi Tanimura, Toshikazu Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20060177921Abstract: The present invention provides a method for removing unsaturated uronic acid contained in chemical pulp for papermaking, characterized by adding glucuronidase. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in an ECF or TCF bleaching method using no molecular chlorine, unsaturated uronic acid can be reduced while controlling a bleaching cost, and a brightness reversion property of pulp can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2006Publication date: August 10, 2006Inventors: Hiroshi Ohi, Shigeki Yoshida, Yuko Aoki, Yasuyuki Kawabata, Tomoya Yokoyama, Tsutomu Ikeda
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Patent number: D630751Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Medical CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Yanase, Mitsuaki Ogata, Yuko Aoki, Takashi Murase, Atsushi Ninomiya, Masaru Yokoyama, Yoshimi Kasai
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Patent number: D647102Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Medical CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Tokunaga, Masaki Takano, Maiko Kawase, Mitsuaki Ogata, Keishi Okamoto, Yuko Aoki, Takashi Murase