With Optically-stimulated Phosphor Patents (Class 250/484.4)
  • Patent number: 11796691
    Abstract: Provided are a scintillator screen manufacturing method, a scintillator screen and an image detector. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: making a crystal column scintillator layer (4) on the predetermined surface of a flexible substrate (1); making a moisture-proof layer on the periphery of the flexible substrate (1) on which the crystal column scintillator layer (4) is formed; making an X-ray absorption layer on the other surface of the moisture-proof layer except the surface for receiving X-rays; and making a protective layer (5) on the outer surface of the X-ray absorbing layer and on the surface of the moisture-proof layer for receiving X-rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NANOVISION TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kai Yang, Chao Zhang, Jie Luo
  • Patent number: 11703603
    Abstract: A radiography apparatus comprising: a first metal-containing layer containing a metal; a scintillator provided in contact with the first metal-containing layer; and a sensor substrate provided with a plurality of pixels that accumulate a charge generated according to light emitted from the scintillator, wherein a stacked body in which the first metal-containing layer, the scintillator, and the sensor substrate are stacked has flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Nomura, Yasunori Narukawa
  • Patent number: 11584885
    Abstract: A method of tailoring the properties of garnet-type scintillators to meet the particular needs of different applications is described. More particularly, codoping scintillators, such as Gd3Ga3Al2O12, Gd3Ga2Al3O12, or other rare earth gallium aluminum garnets, with different ions can modify the scintillation light yield, decay time, rise time, energy resolution, proportionality, and/or sensitivity to light exposure. Also provided are the codoped garnet-type scintillators themselves, radiation detectors and related devices comprising the codoped garnet-type scintillators, and methods of using the radiation detectors to detect gamma rays, X-rays, cosmic rays, and particles having an energy of 1 keV or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mohit Tyagi, Merry Koschan, Charles L. Melcher, Samuel Bradley Donnald
  • Patent number: 11555147
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses, in one arrangement, a scintillator material made of a metal halide with one or more additional group-13 elements. An example of such a compound is Ce:LaBr3 with thallium (Tl) added, either as a codopant or in a stoichiometric admixture and/or solid solution between LaBr3 and TlBr. In another arrangement, the above single crystalline iodide scintillator material can be made by first synthesizing a compound of the above composition and then forming a single crystal from the synthesized compound by, for example, the Vertical Gradient Freeze method. Applications of the scintillator materials include radiation detectors and their use in medical and security imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey, Mark S. Andreaco, Matthias J. Schmand
  • Patent number: 11345123
    Abstract: Perovskite single crystal X-ray radiation detector devices including an X-ray wavelength-responsive active layer including an organolead trihalide perovskite single crystal, a substrate layer comprising an oxide, and a binding layer disposed between the active layer and the substrate layer. The binding layer including a binding molecule having a first functional group that bonds to the organolead trihalide perovskite single crystal and a second functional group that bonds with the oxide. Inclusion of the binding layer advantageously reduces device noise while retaining signal intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Jinsong Huang, Wei Wei
  • Patent number: 11295872
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including a selected blue dye that can be recycled while maintaining sufficient image quality characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Patent number: 11287538
    Abstract: Provided is a scintillator panel including a substrate, grid-like barrier ribs formed on the substrate, and a phosphor layer in a cell separated by the barrier ribs, in which the barrier rib includes on its surface in the following order: a metallic reflective layer, and an inorganic protective layer mainly containing a nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanino, Nobuyasu Fujioka, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Sho Miyao
  • Patent number: 11280476
    Abstract: An optical converter is provided that has both a stable colour even at highest luminous powers and a high luminous efficiency. The optical converter includes a ceramic element that is fluorescent so that light of a first wavelength is absorbed in the ceramic element and fluorescent having longer wavelength light is emitted. The ceramic element includes pores spatially irregularly distributed within the ceramic element. The distribution of the pores within the ceramic element is inhomogeneous so that the radial distribution function of the pore locations deviates from unity and has a maximum at a characteristic distance, the maximum having a value of at least 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Keith Rozenburg, Martin Letz, Ulrike Stoehr, Albrecht Seidl
  • Patent number: 11282988
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a composite structure having a phosphor crystal sheet and phosphor crystal powders on the phosphor crystal sheet. A light-emitting unit of the device is disposed under a side of the phosphor crystal sheet that is opposite to a side of the phosphor crystal powders. A problem of blue-enriched white light may be tackled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: TAIWAN APPLIED CRYSTAL CO., LTD., NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsung-Xian Lee, Chu-An Lee, Wei-Chang Lin, Ming-Chi Chou
  • Patent number: 11254868
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for growing a crystal with a short decay time. According to the method, a new single crystal furnace and a temperature field device are adapted and a process, a ration of reactants, and growth parameters are adjusted and/or optimized, accordingly, a crystal with a short decay time, a high luminous intensity, and a high luminous efficiency can be grown without a co-doping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MEISHAN BOYA ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Weiming Guan, Min Li
  • Patent number: 11200999
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including a selected blue dye that can improve resolution. Certain exemplary storage phosphor panels include inorganic storage phosphor material with specific extrudable blue dye (copper phthalocyanine) for resolution greater than 16 line pairs per mm. Certain exemplary storage phosphor panel embodiments include any non-needle storage phosphor panel with resolution greater than or equal to 19 line pairs per mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Patent number: 11187817
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a substrate having flexibility, a plurality of pixels which are provided on a surface of the substrate and each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element, and a scintillator that is stacked on the substrate and has a plurality of corners. An outer edge of each of the corners of the scintillator is disposed closer to the inside of the substrate than an extension line of each of sides sharing the corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Iwakiri, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11131666
    Abstract: A system comprised of an apparatus and a test device is described. The test device and the apparatus are designed to interact to determine the presence or absence of an analyte of interest in a sample placed on the test device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Quidel Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Egan, Michael Jon Hale, Jhobe Steadman
  • Patent number: 11092700
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a laminate is disposed on a spacer in a bottle. The laminate comprises: a sample layer that includes a sample sheet; an upper scintillator layer (upper member); and a lower scintillator layer (lower member). Each of the upper and lower scintillator layers is made of a plastic scintillator material. The sample sheet is manufactured by laminating a carrier such as filter paper having a radioactive substance adhered thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Kato, Yoshimune Ogata, Haruka Minowa
  • Patent number: 11073626
    Abstract: A scintillator having a columnar crystal structure vapor-deposited on a substrate, wherein each column of the crystal structure contains an alkali halide metal compound as a host material, and further contains, as an additive, a compound of a precious metal as a metal having lower ionization tendency than hydrogen (H), with the additive having a lower melting point than the host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Oike, Shoshiro Saruta
  • Patent number: 11069454
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including reduced noise. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can include inorganic storage phosphor layer including at least one polymer, an inorganic storage phosphor material, and a copper phthalocyanine based blue dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Patent number: 10825790
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a semiconductor protective film capable of suppressing a warpage of a semiconductor chip without impairing productivity and reliability, a semiconductor device including this, and a composite sheet. [Solving Means] A semiconductor protective film 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a protective layer 11 formed of a non-conductive inorganic material and an adhesive layer 12 provided on one surface of the protective layer 11. The protective layer 11 includes at least a vitreous material and is typically formed of plate glass. Accordingly, a warpage of a semiconductor element as a protection target can be suppressed effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Okamoto, Ryohei Ikeda, Katsuhiko Horigome
  • Patent number: 10795032
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising an optionally lanthanide-doped barium mixed halide, useful for detecting nuclear material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Gregory A. Bizarri, Edith D. Bourret-Courchesne, Stephen E. Derenzo, Gautam Gundiah, Stephen M. Hanrahan
  • Patent number: 10539690
    Abstract: An X-ray detector, an X-ray photographing apparatus including the X-ray detector, and a method of manufacturing the X-ray detector are provided. The X-ray detector includes a photoconversion layer configured to convert an X-ray into light having a wavelength range that is different from a wavelength range of the X-ray, a sensing layer arranged on the photoconversion layer and including a plurality of pixels configured to output the light as an electrical signal, a protective layer arranged on the sensing layer and protecting the sensing layer from physical shocks, and an anti-static layer arranged on the protective layer and preventing an electrostatic charge from being introduced into the sensing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-hyuk Kim, Yun-hee Kim, Jea-eun Ryu
  • Patent number: 10480751
    Abstract: The wavelength conversion laminated film includes a laminate which has a wavelength conversion layer containing a phosphor and a gas barrier layer laminated on both the main surfaces of the wavelength conversion layer and an end face sealing layer which covers at least end faces of the wavelength conversion layer among end faces of the laminate, in which the end face sealing layer includes, from the side of the end faces of the laminate, a first metal layer coming into contact with the end faces, a resin layer, and a second metal layer in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuniyasu, Tatsuya Oba, Masayuki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10344209
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a fluorescent material and a manufacturing method and use thereof. The fluorescent material comprises SnO2 doped with Ag, wherein the molar ratio of Ag to SnO2 is 0.0014-0.007:1. The fluorescent material can emit fluorescent lights of two different colors which are complementary colors of each other, and the fluorescent material has a long service life. The fluorescent material is synthesized via a hydrothermal method under air atmosphere by using SnCl4.5H2O as a raw material. The method for manufacturing the fluorescent material is easy and simple, and significant economic and social benefits can be obtained when it is popularized and applied in the fields of illumination and display. The fluorescent material can be employed for manufacturing white-light fluorescent powder used in a white-light LED excitable by an ultraviolet-near ultraviolet LED diode chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Zhanfeng Cao, Qi Yao
  • Patent number: 10280091
    Abstract: An yttrium oxyfluoride is represented by YOF and is stabilized by a fluoride represented by CaF2. Preferably, the number of moles of Ca with respect to 100 mol of yttrium is from 8 to 40 mol. A powder material is made of a first powder mixture including a calcium fluoride powder represented by CaF2 and an yttrium oxyfluoride powder represented by YOF, or a second powder mixture including a calcium fluoride powder represented by CaF2, an yttrium fluoride powder represented by YF3, and an yttrium oxide powder represented by Y2O3. A production method involves firing a molded product of the first or second powder mixture under predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Seto, Shoji Imaura, Masahiro Koide
  • Patent number: 10121833
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode includes at least two segments arranged adjacent to one another, a scattering layer that at least partially scatters the light generated in each of the segments, and at least one separating region located in the scattering layer, wherein the separating region has a transmittance for light generated in the segments of at most 20%, the separating region, when viewed in a plan view, is arranged in a transitional region between adjacent segments such that within the scattering layer propagation of light between the segments is suppressed, the segments include organic layer sequences each located between a first electrode and a second electrode, the segments are distant from one another in a direction parallel to the main directions of extension, and the scattering layer directly adjoins the first electrode which is light-transmitting and directly adjoins a transparent layer on a side remote from the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Riedel, Andreas Rausch, Ulrich Niedermeier
  • Patent number: 10107948
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a radiation emitting device comprises a radiation emitting layer comprising a host material and a luminescent agent; and a radiation source that emits a source radiation; wherein the radiation emitting layer comprises an edge and two broad surfaces, wherein the edge has a height of d and the broad surfaces have a length L, wherein length L is greater than height d, and the ratio of L to d is greater than or equal to 10; and wherein the radiation source is coupled to the edge, wherein the source radiation is transmitted from the radiation source through the edge and excites the luminescent agent, whereafter the luminescent agent emits an emitted radiation, wherein at least a portion of the emitted radiation exits through at least one of the broad surfaces through an escape cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventor: Steven Marc Gasworth
  • Patent number: 9890328
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus that includes a light source and a phosphor composition radiationally coupled to the light source is presented. The phosphor composition includes a first phosphor that includes a phase of general formula (I): L3ZO4(Br2-nXn):Eu2+ wherein 0?n?1; L is Zn, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, or combinations thereof; Z is Si, Ge, or a combination thereof; and X is F, Cl, I, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Camardello, Alok Mani Srivastava, Fangming Du, Holly Ann Comanzo, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen
  • Patent number: 9884990
    Abstract: There are provided a phosphor which is a divalent europium-activated oxynitride phosphor substantially represented by General formula (A): EuaSibAlcOdNe, a divalent europium-activated oxynitride phosphor substantially represented by General formula (B): MIfEugSihAlkOmNn or a divalent europium-activated nitride phosphor substantially represented by General formula (C): (MII1-pEup)MIIISiN3, having a reflectance of light emission in a longer wavelength region of visible light than a peak wavelength of 95% or larger, and a method of producing such phosphor; a nitride phosphor and an oxynitride phosphor which emit light efficiently and stably by the light having a wavelength ranging from 430 to 480 nm from a semiconductor light emitting device by means of a light emitting apparatus using such phosphor, and a producing method of such phosphor; and a light emitting apparatus having stable characteristics and realizing high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: GE PHOSPHORS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Masatsugu Masuda, Kenji Terashima
  • Patent number: 9847366
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an infrared image sensor including: a sensor pixel connected with a data lead-out line and a scan line disposed on a surface of a substrate; a wavelength converter positioned in the sensor pixel and disposed in an internal movement path of infrared rays, including an anti-Stokes material that absorbs infrared rays and converts them into visible rays to emit them; and a photosensor part positioned in the sensor pixel to sense the visible rays converted by the wavelength converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SILICON DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jaemin Kim, Kijoong Kim, Jin Hyeong Yu, Ji Ho Hur
  • Patent number: 9739664
    Abstract: A method of measuring temperature of a part heated during a heating process includes applying a non-reactive coating at a first temperature; heating the part, and thereby the coating thereon, to a second temperature greater than the first temperature; and measuring a temperature distribution of the part by measuring infrared light emitted from the heated coating using a thermal imaging device calibrated to the known emissivity of the coating. The coating is at least partially opaque and having a known emissivity of infrared light and conducts thermal energy from the underlying part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Robert Chlebowski, William Miles, Leo Zalewski
  • Patent number: 9702986
    Abstract: A moisture protection structure (10) used to protect a device (15) against moisture penetration. The device (15) has a first area (A1) at a first side (S1) for emitting or receiving radiation (RE;RR). The device (15) has a second side (S2) opposite to the first side (S1) attached to a supporting means (20). A lateral side (LS) of the device (15) is defined between a first perimeter delimiting the first area (A1) on the first side (S1) and a second perimeter delimiting a second area (A2) on the second side (S2). The moisture protection structure (10) includes at least one moisture-resistant layer (25) deposited on the first area (A1) and the lateral side (LS) of the device (15) and a moisture-resistant cover (30) arranged to cover the at least one moisture-resistant layer (25) at the first side (S1). The moisture-resistant cover (30) and the at least one moisture-resistant layer (25) are transparent for the emitting or receiving radiation (RE;RR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TELEDYNE DALSA B.V.
    Inventors: Inge Peters, Cristian Craus
  • Patent number: 9665752
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image plate readout device, the readout device comprising receiver elements for the reception of an image plate and/or a transfer element intended for an image plate. In connection with the readout device is provided, for detecting an object, at least one sensing element, which is in turn set in data communication with the readout device in such a way that, upon detecting an object, the sensing element delivers a signal to the readout device. In response to being triggered by a signal delivered by the sensing element, the readout device executes some function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: PaloDEx Group Oy
    Inventors: Mika Kyllonen, Jari Taskinen
  • Patent number: 9634198
    Abstract: Quantum dots used to modify the spectral output of an LED exhibit less of a performance decrease (due to increased temperature) when incorporated in a chip on board (COB) as compared to conventional LED packages. A ceramic ring may be used to shield the quantum dots from the heat associated with connecting electrical leads to pads on the COB. The upper surface of the ceramic ring may be sealed with a glass disk or other transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nanoco Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Dale Needham
  • Patent number: 9563061
    Abstract: A device (122) is described having an arrangement of optical elements comprising excitation light sources (101, 115) for generating individual light beams (102, 116) having different wavelengths for exciting a sample in such a way that light scattered back from the sample as a result of the excitation is made available to a Raman spectroscopic analysis. The device (122) has deflection devices (103, 117) associated with the individual light beams (102, 116) for deflecting the individual light beams (102, 116) onto a common light path, wherein the common light path has a same optical system (109) for focusing the light beams (102, 116).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V.
    Inventors: Martin Maiwald, Bernd Sumpf
  • Patent number: 9551797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a corresponding method for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor layer (1) comprising a light source (2) for generating a stimulation light beam (3) which can stimulate the storage phosphor layer (1) to emit emission light, and a deflection element (4) for deflecting the stimulation light beam (3) in such a way that the deflected stimulation light beam (3?) is moved over the storage phosphor layer (1). In order to achieve the highest possible quality of the X-ray image obtained in the simplest and most cost-effective way possible, a drive device (5) is provided for driving the deflection element (4) by delivering drive energy to the deflection element (4) dependently upon a location of the deflected stimulation light beam (3?) and/or dependently upon a position, in particular an angular position, of the deflection element (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventors: Georg Reiser, Stephan Mair
  • Patent number: 9537061
    Abstract: A phosphor composition is disclosed. A phosphor composition, comprises at least 10 atomic % bromine; silicon, germanium or combination thereof; oxygen; a metal M, wherein M comprises zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), or combinations thereof; and an activator comprising europium. The phosphor composition is formed from combining carbonate or oxides of metal M, silicon oxide, and europium oxide; and then firing the combination. A lighting apparatus including the phosphor composition is also provided. The phosphor composition may be combined with an additional phosphor to generate white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alok Mani Srivastava, Holly Ann Comanzo, William Winder Beers, Samuel Joseph Camardello, Fangming Du, William Erwin Cohen
  • Patent number: 9523035
    Abstract: A silicon-containing phosphor for LED and its preparation method, and the devices incorporating the same. The phosphor in the present invention can be represented as AO.aSiO2.bAX2:mEu2+,nR3+, wherein A is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Sr, Ba, Ca, Mg, and Zn; X is at least one halogen element selected from a group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I; R is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Bi, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Gd, Tb, and Dy; 0.1<a<2, 0.005<b<0.08, 0.005<m<0.5, 0.005<n<0.5, and m+n<1. The phosphor has excellent luminescent performance and good stability, wide excitation band, and adjustable emission wavelength. White or color LED can be obtained by combining the phosphor of the present invention with UV, purple or blue light LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: GRIREM ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weidong Zhuang, Yunsheng Hu, Ying Fang, Xiaowei Huang, Huaqiang He
  • Patent number: 9514346
    Abstract: A multi-layer optical barcode with security features is described herein. An example method includes illuminating a first phosphor layer on a substrate with light having a first wavelength, wherein the first phosphor layer has luminescent properties such that when it is illuminated by light having the first wavelength, it emits light having a second wavelength, the first phosphor layer is divided into a first two-dimensional grid of cells arranged in a first spatial pattern, wherein each cell of the first phosphor layer corresponds to one bit of an identification code, a first portion of the first phosphor layer is removed from a first number of cells of the first two-dimensional grid of cells to expose the substrate for the first number of cells, capturing a first image of the light emitted by the first phosphor layer having the second wavelength, determining whether the first phosphor layer is authentic based on the first image, and determining the identification code based on the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Inventors: Vitaly Talyansky, Edward Talyansky, Jose Gasque, Jason Moore, Justin Foster
  • Patent number: 9515231
    Abstract: A phosphor for absorbing light in a region from ultraviolet to visible light and emitting light whose emission peak wavelength being in a range of 600 nm to 650 nm, represented by general formula shown below, and having a difference between the emission peak wavelength and a half width being larger than 543 nm. SrtCavEuwAlxSiyNz (in which, 0.5?t<1, 0<v?0.5, 0.01<w?0.03, t+v+w<1, 0.90?x?1.1, 0.90?y?1.1, 2.5?z?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shoji Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 9486787
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to methods and apparatus for simultaneous generation and separation processes. The apparatus provides a membrane module including a substrate, a catalytic layer and a membrane layer. The catalytic layer includes nano-sized sulfur-tolerant catalysts and/or particles. As a result, the apparatus can operate in sulfur-free and sulfur-laden (sour gas) environments for water gas shift (WGS) reactions while maintaining high reaction conversion. Methods for forming catalytic films are also disclosed herein. In one embodiment, methods of forming lanthanide containing oxysulfate nanocatalysts are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
    Inventors: Dongmei Li, Shuai Tan
  • Patent number: 9475984
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a quantum dot phosphor for light emitting diodes, which includes quantum dots and a solid substrate on which the quantum dots are supported. Also, a method of preparing the quantum dot phosphor is provided. Since the quantum dot phosphor of the current invention is composed of the quantum dots supported on the solid substrate, the quantum dots do not aggregate when dispensing a paste obtained by mixing the quantum dots with a paste resin for use in packaging of a light emitting diode. Thereby, a light emitting diode able to maintain excellent light emitting efficiency can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Joo Jang, Mi Yang Kim, Hyung Kun Kim, Shin Ae Jun, Yong Wan Jin, Seong Jae Choi
  • Patent number: 9423358
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for identifying an anomaly in a structure are disclosed. The method involves applying a quantity of a liquid onto the structure, and removing an excess of the liquid from the structure. The method further involves propagating, with at least one source, at least one transmit signal onto a location on the structure. At least one transmit signal comprises at least one terahertz frequency. Also, the method involves receiving, with at least one detector, at least one receive signal reflected from the location on the structure. Further, the method involves determining, with at least one processor, whether the location exhibits an anomaly by analyzing the intensity of at least one receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Hunt, Christine A. Currie
  • Patent number: 9417336
    Abstract: A radiation image converting panel includes a flexible support, a photostimulable phosphor layer provided on the main surface of the support and made of a plurality of columnar crystals, a first protective film provided on the photostimulable phosphor layer, and a second protective film provided on the first protective film, the photostimulable phosphor layer is composed of a photostimulable phosphor including Eu-doped CsBr, the first protective film is provided so as to cover the upper surface and side surface of the photostimulable phosphor layer and fill a gap of the plurality of columnar crystals in the photostimulable phosphor layer, the pencil hardness of the second protective film is not more than the pencil hardness of the first protective film, and the radiation image converting panel has a flexibility of up to a bending radius of 15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Jun Sakurai, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Ichinobu Shimizu, Gouji Kamimura
  • Patent number: 9377406
    Abstract: For spatial high resolution imaging of a structure of a sample, the structure comprising a luminophore, the sample, in a measurement area, is subjected to an intensity distribution of luminescence inhibiting light comprising a local minimum. Then, the sample, in the measurement area, is subjected to luminescence excitation light which excites the luminophore out of an electronic ground state into a luminescent state, and luminescence light emitted out of the measurement area is registered. This registered luminescence light is assigned to the position of the local minimum within the sample. The luminescence inhibiting light disturbs the electronic ground state of the luminophore such that the luminophore, in the disturbed electronic ground state, has an absorption cross-section for the luminescence excitation light which is reduced by at least 50% as compared to the undisturbed electronic ground state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventor: Stefan W. Hell
  • Patent number: 9322934
    Abstract: A chamfered portion configured to have a surface which is tilted to a side surface and a rear surface is formed between the side surface and the rear surface of a housing of an electronic cassette. The chamfered portion has a boundary portion having a predetermined range in the vicinity of a boundary including the boundary with the side surface; a boundary portion having a predetermined range in the vicinity of a boundary including the boundary with the rear surface, and the other portion which does not belong to these boundary portions. The chamfered portion needs to be smoothly inserted into a gap between a patient and an installation surface on which the patient lies on one's back. Therefore, an entire surface of these boundary portions is formed in a curved surface which protrudes outward from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ogura, Shinsuke Noguchi, Takeyasu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9291722
    Abstract: A scintillator plate includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a scintillator layer arranged on the buffer layer, and a protective layer. The buffer layer and/or the protective layer is colored. A method for the production of the scintillator plate is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Jürgen Korinth
  • Patent number: 9211565
    Abstract: There is described a digital radiography panel that includes a scintillator screen, an adhesive layer and a flat panel detector. The scintillator screen includes a supporting layer; a phosphor dispersed in a polymeric binder disposed on the supporting layer and an antistatic layer disposed on the polymeric binder, wherein the antistatic layer has a transparency of greater than 95 percent at a wavelength of from about 400 nm to 600 nm and a surface resistivity of less than 105 ohms per square. The adhesive layer is disposed on the scintillator screen and includes a material selected from the group consisting of acrylic polymers and urethane polymers. The adhesive layer has a thickness of from about 5 ?m to about 15 ?m. The adhesive layer has a transmittance of greater than 95 percent at a wavelength of from about 400 nm to 600 nm. The flat panel detector is disposed on the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, David Gruszczynski, Charles M. Rankin, Kevin L. Bishop, Brian P. Aylward
  • Patent number: 9193903
    Abstract: A solid scintillator in an embodiment includes a polycrystal body of an oxide having a garnet structure. In the solid scintillator, a linear transmittance at a wavelength of 680 nm is 10% or more. The oxide constituting the solid scintillator has a composition represented by, for Example, General formula: (Gd1??????Tb?Lu?Ce?)3(Al1?xGax)aOb, wherein 0<??0.55, 0<??0.55, 0.0001???0.1, ?+?+?<1, 0<x<1, 4.8?a?5.2, 11.6?b?12.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Hayashi, Yukihiro Fukuta, Takao Sawa
  • Patent number: 9196800
    Abstract: The light-radiating semiconductor component has a radiation-emitting semiconductor body and a luminescence conversion element. The semiconductor body emits radiation in the ultraviolet, blue and/or green spectral region and the luminescence conversion element converts a portion of the radiation into radiation of a longer wavelength. This makes it possible to produce light-emitting diodes which radiate polychromatic light, in particular white light, with only a single light-emitting semiconductor body. A particularly preferred luminescence conversion dye is YAG:Ce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Reeh, Klaus Höhn, Norbert Stath, Günter Waitl, Peter Schlotter, Jürgen Schneider, Ralf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9182504
    Abstract: A radiation detector and a radiological image radiographing apparatus capable of improving the quality of an obtained radiological image without causing an additional cost are provided. A first scintillator configured to include columnar crystals generating first light corresponding to a radiation emitted through a TFT substrate is laminated on the other surface of the TFT substrate that has a first photoelectric conversion element, which has one surface from which a radiation is emitted and the other surface from which at least one of the first light and the second light is emitted and which generates electric charges corresponding to the light, and a first switching element. A second scintillator which generates second light corresponding to a radiation emitted through the first scintillator and has different energy characteristics of absorbed radiations from the first scintillator is laminated on a surface of the first scintillator not facing the TFT substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nishino, Naoto Iwakiri, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa, Keiichiro Sato, Yasunori Ohta
  • Patent number: 9049437
    Abstract: A solid state illuminator for a stereoscopic display includes a first solid state light source, a wavelength conversion color wheel, an actuator, a multi-band filter, and an optical module. The first solid state light source provides a first light beam with a first wavelength. The wavelength conversion color wheel includes a first transmission segment and a reflection segment. The first light beam passes through the first transmission segment and is converted into a second light beam with a second wavelength, and is reflected by the first reflection segment and is converted into a third light beam with the second wavelength. The multi-band filter transmits a portion of each of the second light beam and the third light beam, and reflects another portion thereof. The wavelength ranges of these two portions are not overlapped. The optical module guides light beams to the multi-band filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: June-Jei Huang
  • Patent number: 8969790
    Abstract: A method comprising the following steps: (a) adjusting a radiation dose measurement for a fluorescent nuclear track detector based on a plurality of fluorescence contrast images for the fluorescent nuclear track detector to thereby produce a calibrated radiation dose measurement, and (b) displaying the calibrated radiation dose measurement to a user and/or saving the calibrated radiation dose measurement to a storage medium, wherein the fluorescent nuclear track detector comprises a luminescent material, wherein the radiation dose measurement is based on one or more fluorescent light measurements produced by fluorescent imaging of the fluorescent nuclear track detector using excitation light from a laser having a first wavelength, and wherein the plurality of fluorescence contrast images are produced by illuminating the fluorescent nuclear track detector with excitation light having a second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Landauer, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Akselrod, James Bartz, Fujian Ding, Vasiliy V. Fomenko