Patents by Inventor Yutaka Fujimoto
Yutaka Fujimoto 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: 12070697Abstract: A game medium identification system applied to a game in which each of physical game media, that includes an appearance element characterizing appearance, is used in combination with an additional thing, and identifying the game media, the game medium identification system includes: an information medium provided on the additional thing and holding identification information; a medium image identification device identifying the game medium based on an image of the game medium; an association setting device associating an identification result by the medium image identification device with an identification information of the information medium in accordance with correspondence relationship between one game medium and the additional thing to be used in the game in combination with the one game medium; and a medium identification device detecting the identification information from the information medium and identifying the game medium based on the identification information and association set by the associatiType: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Fujimoto, Naoya Kihara, Masafumi Okuta, Takahiro Yoshida, Michio Horikiri
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Publication number: 20220178471Abstract: A pipe joining method includes a moving of a first transport trolley with a loaded first pipe and a second transport trolley with a loaded second pipe forward, a joining of one end of the first pipe to another end of a rearmost pipe of a pipeline, a lifting of another end of the first pipe, a moving of the first transport trolley and the second transport trolley backward, a drawing of the first transport trolley from beneath of the first pipe to the near side, a removing of a coupler to separate the first transport trolley and the second transport trolley, a moving of the first transport trolley backward, a drawing of the first transport trolley below the second pipe loaded on the second transport trolley, and a moving of the second transport trolley forward with the first transport trolley.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo KISHI, Kazuya ITO, Yuito KOMARU, Ko ISHIMURA, Masataka SHIMOMURA, Yutaka FUJIMOTO, Kento HIGASHI
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Publication number: 20210379483Abstract: At least one memory device of the game system that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: capture a surface on which an item is placed, read information stored in an IC tag provided to the item, and identify a type and a state of the item placed on the surface based on the captured image of the surface and a read result of the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Yutaka FUJIMOTO, Naoya KIHARA, Michio HORIKIRI, Masafumi OKUTA, Takahiro YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20200391100Abstract: A game medium identification system applied to a game in which each of physical game media, that includes an appearance element characterizing appearance, is used in combination with an additional thing, and identifying the game media, the game medium identification system includes: an information medium provided on the additional thing and holding identification information; a medium image identification device identifying the game medium based on an image of the game medium; an association setting device associating an identification result by the medium image identification device with an identification information of the information medium in accordance with correspondence relationship between one game medium and the additional thing to be used in the game in combination with the one game medium; and a medium identification device detecting the identification information from the information medium and identifying the game medium based on the identification information and association set by the associatiType: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka FUJIMOTO, Naoya KIHARA, Masafumi OKUTA, Takahiro YOSHIDA, Michio HORIKIRI
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Patent number: 9388337Abstract: A light emitting element according to one embodiment of the present invention is configured of a metal fluoride crystal which is represented by chemical formula LiM1M2F6 (wherein Li includes 6Li; M1 represents at least one alkaline earth metal element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba; and M2 represents at least one metal element selected from among Al, Ga and Sc), said metal fluoride crystal containing 0.02% by mole or more of Eu and having an Eu2+ concentration of less than 0.01% by mole.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignees: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Sumito Ishizu, Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Patent number: 9068114Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in detection efficiency for neutrons, an S/N ratio, and n/? discrimination ability, and a eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided. [Means to Solve the Problems] A metal fluoride eutectic, in which a lithium fluoride crystal phase and a crystal phase represented by the chemical formula Ca1-xSrxF2 (where x denotes a number greater than 0, but not larger than 1), such as SrF2 or Ca0.5Sr0.5F2, are present in a phase-separated state; a neutron scintillator comprising the eutectic; and a neutron imaging device comprising a combination of the neutron scintillator and a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignees: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20150115168Abstract: A light emitting element according to one embodiment of the present invention is configured of a metal fluoride crystal which is represented by chemical formula LiM1M2F6 (wherein Li includes 6Li; M1 represents at least one alkaline earth metal element selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba; and M2 represents at least one metal element selected from among Al, Ga and Sc), said metal fluoride crystal containing 0.02% by mole or more of Eu and having an Eu2+ concentration of less than 0.01% by mole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Sumito Ishizu, Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8933408Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] A colquiriite-type crystal preferred for a scintillator for neutron detection, which has high sensitivity to neutron and which is reduced in background noise attributed to ? rays; a scintillator for neutron detection which comprises this crystal; and a neutron detector are provided. [Means to Solve the Problems] A colquiriite-type crystal represented by the chemical formula LiM1M2X6, such as LiCaAlF6, containing Na and Ce, for example, the colquiriite-type crystal containing at least one alkali metal element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb and Cs, and a lanthanoid element selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr and Nd, and having an isotopic ratio of 6Li of 20 mol % or more, preferably 50 mol % or more; a scintillator for neutron detection comprising the colquiriite-type crystal; and a neutron detector.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignees: Tokuyama Corporation, Tohoku UniversityInventors: Sumito Ishizu, Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8809797Abstract: Provided is a scintillator for neutrons that allows the detection of neutrons with superb sensitivity and that is little affected by background noise derived from ?-rays, and a neutron detector that uses the neutron scintillator. The scintillator for neutrons comprises borate that contains at least Mg and a divalent transition element.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Tokuyama Corporation, Tohoku UniversityInventors: Hisanori Yamane, Tetsuya Kawano, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto, Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 8795822Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/? discrimination ability, and a metal fluoride eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided. [Means to Solve the Problems] A metal fluoride eutectic having a cerium-containing calcium fluoride crystal phase and a lithium fluoride crystal phase present in a phase-separated state, and a neutron scintillator comprising the metal fluoride eutectic.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignees: Tokuyama Corporation, Tohoku UniversityInventors: Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130327946Abstract: A novel scintillator for neutron detection is capable of increasing the probability of inducing a nuclear reaction using epithermal neutrons having higher energy than thermal neutrons as a result of increasing thickness in the direction of incidence of neutron radiation. A scintillator for neutron detection includes a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal containing europium, containing 0.0025 mol % or more and less than 0.05 mol % europium, containing 0.80 atom/nm3 or more 6Li, and being shaped such that the thickness in the thickest part exceeds 1 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Kawaguchi, Kentaro Fukuda, Toshihisa Suyama, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130320217Abstract: The present invention is a neutron detection device comprising a neutron detection scintillator composed of a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal, and a silicon photodiode, characterized in that the single crystal contains only Eu as a lanthanoid and contains 0.80 atom/nm3 or more of 6Li, the content of Eu is 0.0025 to 0.05 mol %, and the thickness of the scintillator exceeds 1 mm. The present invention provides a neutron detection device which has a sufficiently high neutron detection efficiency, is equipped with a neutron detection unit minimally affected by gamma rays, and is compact as a whole and lightweight.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Kawaguchi, Kentaro Fukuda, Toshihisa Suyama, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130264482Abstract: Provided is a scintillator for neutrons that allows the detection of neutrons with superb sensitivity and that is little affected by background noise derived from ?-rays, and a neutron detector that uses the neutron scintillator. The scintillator for neutrons comprises borate that contains at least Mg and a divalent transition element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Hisanori Yamane, Tetsuya Kawano, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto, Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20130214203Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] To provide a neutron scintillator which shows a large amount of luminescence in response to neutrons and which is excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/? discrimination ability; and a metal fluoride crystal suitable for the neutron scintillator. [Means to Solve the Problems] A metal fluoride crystal, as a parent crystal, represented by the chemical formula LiM1M2F6 (where M1 represents at least one alkaline earth metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, and M2 represents at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and Sc), such as lithium calcium aluminum fluoride, lithium strontium aluminum fluoride, or lithium magnesium aluminum fluoride, the metal fluoride crystal containing at least one alkali metal element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb and Cs, and also containing Eu; and a light-emitting device comprising the crystal, such as a neutron scintillator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Sumito Ishizu, Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130183509Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/? discrimination ability, and a metal fluoride eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided. [Means to Solve the Problems] A metal fluoride eutectic having a cerium-containing calcium fluoride crystal phase and a lithium fluoride crystal phase present in a phase-separated state, and a neutron scintillator comprising the metal fluoride eutectic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130168561Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in detection efficiency for neutrons, an S/N ratio, and n/? discrimination ability, and a eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided. [Means to Solve the Problems] A metal fluoride eutectic, in which a lithium fluoride crystal phase and a crystal phase represented by the chemical formula Ca1-xSrxF2 (where x denotes a number greater than 0, but not larger than 1), such as SrF2 or Ca0.5Sr0.5F2, are present in a phase-separated state; a neutron scintillator comprising the eutectic; and a neutron imaging device comprising a combination of the neutron scintillator and a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130161519Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] A colquiriite-type crystal preferred for a scintillator for neutron detection, which has high sensitivity to neutron and which is reduced in background noise attributed to ? rays; a scintillator for neutron detection which comprises this crystal; and a neutron detector are provided. [Means to Solve the Problems] A colquiriite-type crystal represented by the chemical formula LiM1M2X6, such as LiCaAlF6, containing Na and Ce, for example, the colquiriite-type crystal containing at least one alkali metal element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb and Cs, and a lanthanoid element selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr and Nd, and having an isotopic ratio of 6Li of 20 mol % or more, preferably 50 mol % or more; a scintillator for neutron detection comprising the colquiriite-type crystal; and a neutron detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Sumito Ishizu, Kentaro Fukuda, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130112885Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] A phoswich radiation detector, which can easily discriminate between detection signals on gamma rays and thermal neutrons, and which can selectively acquire signals on thermal neutrons, is provided. [Means to Solve the Problems] In a phoswich radiation detector having two scintillators and discriminating between thermal neutrons and gamma rays, the detector comprises a scintillator for detecting thermal neutrons, such as LiCaAlF6:Eu, which has a light yield of more than 1500 photons/neutron, and a scintillator for detecting gamma rays, which has a permeable end on a shorter wavelength than the light emission wavelength of the thermal neutron scintillator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicants: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromitsu Takahashi, Mitsuo Yonetani, Masayuki Matsuoka, Yasushi Fukazawa, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Kentaro Fukuda, Toshihisa Suyama, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20130105707Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] A radiation detector, which is improved in the detection efficiency of a photodetector for light emitted by a scintillator, which has excellent long-term operational stability, and which is excellent in time resolution and count rate characteristics, is provided with the use of the scintillator with a short fluorescence lifetime. [Means to Solve the Problems] A radiation detector is constructed by installing an optical wavelength conversion layer, which is composed of, for example, an organic fluorescent substance using polyvinyltoluene as a base material, between a scintillator composed of a fluoride single crystal, such as a Ce-containing LiCaAlF6 crystal, and a photodetector having a light entrance window material composed of a transparent glass material such as borosilicate glass. In the radiation detector, the peak wavelength of light emitted by the scintillator is 360 nm or less, and the peak wavelength of light after conversion by the optical conversion layer is 400 nm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicants: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromitsu Takahashi, Mitsuo Yonetani, Masayuki Matsuoka, Yasushi Fukazawa, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Kentaro Fukuda, Toshihisa Suyama, Akira Yoshikawa, Takayuki Yanagida, Yui Yokota, Yutaka Fujimoto
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Patent number: 5638286Abstract: A latch-up verification device including a latch-up verifying portion (3) which automatically performs a latch-up verification upon a layout pattern specified by layout pattern data (D1) by using transistor information (D4) with back gate terminal information given from the layout pattern data (D1) as a function of connection between a source terminal of respective transistors having the same back gate terminal information and a well region including the transistors, whereby the automatic latch-up verification with a constant accuracy is performed upon a layout pattern of CMOS structure with greatly increased efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1993Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yutaka Fujimoto