Plural Signalling Means Patents (Class 250/394)
  • Patent number: 11885919
    Abstract: A calorimetric detector (1) for measuring energy of electrons and photons comprises a light energy absorber and scintillating fibers (2). The absorber is formed of a tungsten matrix (3), comprising a first assembly (4) and a second assembly (5) of parallel tungsten plates. The first assembly (4) is perpendicular to the second assembly (5) forming a grid, while each plate is in one half formed by alternating teeth (6) and gaps (7). The first assembly's (4) plates fit detachably with their teeth (6) into the gaps (7) of the second assembly (5) and vice versa. Spaces between the plates of the first assembly (4) and the second assembly (5) form longitudinal sections (8) with inner cross-section size of one pixel. The scintillating fibers (2) are longitudinally arranged, made of a single crystal material. The tungsten matrix (3) is in a protective metal frame (9) having tungsten inner walls (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CRYTUR, spol. s r.o.
    Inventors: Jindrich Houzvicka, Silvia Sykorova, Patrik Hradecky
  • Patent number: 11855117
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology which realizes a reliable semiconductor device including a photosensor device by preventing pent roofs of edges of a P+ layer from being generated and a metal wiring installed over the P+ layer from coming down while securing the electrical conductivity of the P+ layer. The semiconductor device includes a photosensor including a photodiode formed on a substrate. The photodiode includes: a cathode electrode; a laminated structure that is formed on the cathode electrode and in which an N+ layer, an I layer, and a P+ layer are laminated in this order; an anode electrode formed on the P+ layer; a first insulating film formed so as to cover a portion of the anode electrode and edges of the laminated structure; and a metal wiring connected to the anode electrode. The edges of the laminated structure are formed in forward tapered shapes in a cross-sectional view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Hajime Watakabe, Akihiro Hanada, Marina Mochizuki, Ryo Onodera, Fumiya Kimura, Isao Suzumura
  • Patent number: 11848171
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device and a charged particle beam device calibration method capable of correcting an influence of characteristic variation and noise with high accuracy. Control units execute a first calibration of correcting a characteristic variation between a plurality of channels in detectors and signal processing circuits by using a setting value of a control parameter for each of the plurality of channels in a state in which a primary electron beam is not emitted. The control units further execute a second calibration of correcting a characteristic variation between the plurality of channels in scintillators or the like by using the setting value of the control parameter for each of the plurality of channels in a state in which the primary electron beam is emitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Yamamoto, Wen Li, Hiroshi Oinuma, Shunsuke Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11835664
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus executes a correction value determination operation of reading out a signal from a pixel once or more in a state where radiation is not emitted onto the apparatus, and determining a correction value that is based on the signal read out from the pixel, and a radiation dose determination operation of reading out a signal from the pixel while radiation is emitted, and determining a dose of radiation that is being emitted, using a value of the signal read out from the pixel and the correction value. The apparatus executes the correction value determination operation and executes the radiation dose determination operation using the correction value in a case where it is determined that the correction value determination operation is to be executed, and otherwise executes the radiation dose determination operation without executing the correction value determination operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Miura, Tomoyuki Yagi
  • Patent number: 11828893
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes a support table, a sensor panel, a fixing member, and a contact member. An attachment surface having an arc surface shape is formed in the support table. The sensor panel has an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels detecting radiation are two-dimensionally arranged. A first surface of the sensor panel is attached to the attachment surface following the arc surface shape. The fixing member partially fixes the first surface to the attachment surface. The contact member comes into contact with a second surface of the sensor panel which is opposite to the first surface to suppress the lifting of the sensor panel from the support table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Takashi Tajima, Masakazu Fukuyo, Naoyuki Nishino, Takeyasu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11831813
    Abstract: In a period between an operation for acquiring signals for an image via an amplification unit and an operation for acquiring offset signals for correcting the image via the amplification unit, a current supply capability of the amplification unit is made equal to a current supply capability in a period immediately before the image is acquired, thereby the potential state of a signal line when the signals for the image are acquired and the potential state when the offset signals for correcting the image are acquired are matched, and an artifact when the correction is made is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Kawanabe, Ryosuke Miura
  • Patent number: 11683612
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid state imaging device and an electronic device from which a holding unit for holding information in a pixel can be eliminated. When a charge distribution unit distributes a pixel signal SIG to a first ADC, a pixel signal representing only reflection light is divided for allocation. When the charge distribution unit distributes a pixel signal SIG to a second ADC, a pixel signal representing background light and reflection light (partial) is divided for allocation. When the charge distribution unit distributes a pixel signal SIG to a third ADC, a pixel signal representing background light and reflection light (the rest) is divided for allocation. During a period in which no signal is acquired, a discharge transistor functions as an overflow portion for releasing electrical charge. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid state imaging device used for an imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 11600385
    Abstract: There are provided a medical image processing device, and endoscope system, a diagnosis support method, and a program which can support diagnosis by avoiding an inappropriate report in a case where any of site information of an observation target and lesion type information detected from a medical image is incorrect. The medical image processing device includes at least one processor. The at least one processor acquires the medical image, acquires the site information indicating a site of an observation target included in the medical image, in a human body, detects a lesion from the medical image to acquire the lesion type information indicating a lesion type, determines presence or absence of a contradiction between the site information and the lesion type information, and decides a report mode of the site information and the lesion type information on the basis of a determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Misaki Meguro
  • Patent number: 11528415
    Abstract: In a case where an imaging apparatus is standing by for a series of image-capturing processes, when a predetermined period of time elapses while the imaging apparatus operates in a fast-return enabled state where image-capturing can be performed immediately, the imaging apparatus shifts from the fast-return enabled state to a power saving state where power consumption is reduced as compared with the fast-return enabled state. An adjustment item is set to auto in the fast-return enabled state, and operation for adjusting the adjustment item is stopped in the power saving state. When returning to a state where the series of image-capturing processes is enabled, the adjustment item is maintained as auto if the imaging apparatus is in the fast-return enabled state, and the adjustment item is returned to a setting value before shifting to the standby state if the imaging apparatus is in the power saving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yusuke Fujita
  • Patent number: 11487027
    Abstract: An imaging region including a plurality of detection elements each including a conversion element configured to convert radiation into an electric signal, a first signal line, and a signal processing circuit configured to process a signal output via the first signal line, wherein the plurality of detection elements include a first detection element and a second detection element which are connected to the first signal line, a sensitivity of the first detection element to radiation is set to be different from a sensitivity of the second detection element to radiation, and the signal processing circuit generates information related to irradiation of radiation to the imaging region based on signals from the first detection element and the second detection element which are connected to the first signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Watanabe, Kentaro Fujiyoshi, Ryosuke Miura
  • Patent number: 11446521
    Abstract: A radiation therapy system comprises a beam delivery system located in a treatment room. The beam delivery system comprises a particle accelerator for generating a radiation beam, and a positioning apparatus for moving the particle accelerator to any one of a plurality of treatment locations in said treatment room. The system includes a plurality of waiting rooms each having a patient support apparatus that is movable between a waiting state in which it is located in the respective waiting room, and a treatment state in which it is located in a respective one of the treatment locations in the treatment room. The positioning apparatus comprises a counterbalanced lever which carries the particle accelerator. The particle accelerator is preferably a proton accelerator producing a proton beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Muir IP Ltd
    Inventor: Kevin Paul
  • Patent number: 11415714
    Abstract: A radiation detection device includes a driving device used to generate an output signal according to a source signal. The source signal includes a rising duration corresponding to a first pulse and a second pulse of the output signal. The first pulse has a pulse width greater than the second pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11375963
    Abstract: A medical imaging system includes a collimator configured to filter radiation emitted from a subject; and a detector configured to detector radiation that has passed through the collimator, wherein the detector includes a plurality of detector tiles and at least one detector tile is moveable with respect to other detector tiles, wherein top surfaces of the plurality of detector tiles are capable to be configured as being coplanar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ARGOSPECT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Zhiping Mu
  • Patent number: 11340378
    Abstract: Embodiment disclosed herein include systems and methods for azimuthally imaging a borehole, A logging tool having one or more gamma radiation sensors is disposed at a depth position within a borehole, with the one or more gamma radiation sensors positioned to measure gamma radiation within multiple azimuthally offset sectors. The gamma radiation sensors measure gamma radiation at one or more positions within each of the azimuthally offset sectors. A spectral gamma radiation profile is determined for three radioelements at the one or more positions within each of the azimuthally offset sectors based on the gamma radiation measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Galford
  • Patent number: 11320546
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a radiation detection unit configured to convert received radiation into an electrical signal, a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device, and an exterior at least partially formed by a non-conductive member and configured to contain the radiation detection unit and the communication unit, wherein a conductor is formed so as to cover the radiation detection unit, and the communication unit is arranged between the exterior and the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto Kondo, Masataka Suzuki, Katsushi Kato, Shichihei Sakuragi
  • Patent number: 11175226
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a device and method for detecting fluid transparency. The detection device comprises: a detection pipeline, which allows a beam to be incident on and emergent from a fluid therein; a laser tube, used for outputting the incident beam; and a photoelectric detector, used for detecting the emergent beam from the fluid, wherein the photoelectric detector comprises a scatter detector and a transmission detector; and the detection method comprises obtaining a scattered background noise value and a transmission background noise value of a device, obtaining the scattered light intensity Iscatter obtained by the scatter detector and the transmission light intensity Itransmission obtained by the transmission detector, and calculating the particle-absorbed light intensity Iabsorb; obtaining the total light intensity Itotal of a laser; and obtaining a fluid transparency T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: FATRI UNITED TESTING & CONTROL (QUANZHOU) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongzhong Nie, Zhongping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11071198
    Abstract: A highly integrated miniature radiometer chip includes a base board with opposing top and bottom etched metal layers to form interconnect and ground pads, and a cavity to provide space for surface mounted parts that are attached to the bottom of a middle board which mounts directly over the top of the base board. The middle board has radio frequency circuits and semiconductor chips at a top metal layer, and surface mounted parts, and ground and signal pads at a bottom metal layer. Metalized vias extending through the dielectric material connect the top and bottom layers. A top cover includes a feedhorn, a waveguide section, and isolation compartments and channels that overlie the RF circuits on the middle board. A dielectric insert is located inside the feedhorn to enhance the feedhorn performance and seal the radiometer chip from external air, humidity and contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Vu Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Danny Ammar
  • Patent number: 11002861
    Abstract: There is provided a photon-counting x-ray detector system (200) comprising a plurality of photon-counting channels (220), and at least one anti-coincidence circuit (230), each of which is connected to least two of the channels and configured to detect coincident events in the connected channels. The x-ray detector system (200) further comprises an anti-coincidence controller (240) configured to control the operation of said at least one anti-coincidence circuit based on photon count information by gradually adapting the operation of said at least one anti-coincidence circuit with increasing count rates, starting from a threshold count rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PRISMATIC SENSORS AB
    Inventors: Mats Persson, Mats Danielsson, Cheng Xu
  • Patent number: 10969483
    Abstract: A method of imaging within an absorptive object comprising: placing transmit and receive antennas in close proximity to a surface of said object; transmitting electromagnetic pulses from the transmit antenna into the object; and receiving a receive signal at the receive antenna simultaneously with the transmit antenna transmitting said pulses; wherein the transmitting and receiving comprises the following steps: a) setting a threshold level for the receive signal strength; b) transmitting one or more pulses; c) comparing the receive signal for said one or more pulses with the threshold level; d) changing the threshold level; e) repeating steps b), c) and optionally d) one or more times. This arrangement can operate at extremely high speed due to the absence of any slow multi-bit ADCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Novelda ASA
    Inventor: Tor Sverre Lande
  • Patent number: 10863114
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing apparatus includes scan lines of 1st to nth lines, scan driving units, a controller, an OE signal line and a CPV signal line. The OE signal line is to input OE signal by which an ON voltage is applied to a scan line. The CPV signal line is to input CPV signal by which the scan line, to which the ON voltage is applied by the input of the OE signal, is shifted to a next scan line. To the scan driving units, the controller inputs the CPV signal to sequentially shift the scan line from the 1st line to the nth line, and inputs the OE signal to apply the ON voltage only when the scan line is a scan line of an effective pixel region from which image data is read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yuuichi Maruta
  • Patent number: 10802161
    Abstract: Disclosed is a directional gamma ray or neutron detector that locates a source both horizontally and vertically. In some embodiments, the detector comprises four “rod” scintillators around a shield, and an orthogonal “panel” scintillator mounted frontward of the rod scintillators. The azimuthal angle of the source may be calculated according to the detection rates of the rod scintillators, while the polar angle of the source may be calculated from the panel scintillator rate using a predetermined angular correlation function. Thus, the exact location of the source can be found from a single data set without iterative rotations. Embodiments of the detector enable rapid detection and precise localization of clandestine nuclear and radiological weapons in applications ranging from hand-held survey meters and walk-through portals, to vehicle cargo inspection stations and mobile area scanners. Such detectors are needed to detect clandestine nuclear weapons worldwide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: David Edward Newman
  • Patent number: 10772580
    Abstract: Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is performed with multiple emission energies. For quantitative or qualitative SPECT, the image formation process for emissions at different energy ranges is modeled (44, 46, 48, 50) separately. Different scatter, different attenuation, and/or different collimator-detector response models corresponding to different energy ranges are used in the reconstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Xing Rong, Jun Ma, Alexander Hans Vija
  • Patent number: 10761225
    Abstract: An X-ray detection panel and a gate driver circuit driving gate lines disposed on the X-ray detection panel are discussed. A high-level scanning signal is output to the gate lines before X-rays are input to the X-ray detection panel, and a low-level scanning signal is input to the gate lines during an X-ray incidence period in which electrical charges are generated in pixels. Gate driving for accurate X-ray reading is enabled. The gate driver circuit is provided as a gate-in-panel (GIP) using transistors operating in response to an X-ray incidence signal. An X-ray detection panel that is able to accurately read X-rays can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ChanYong Jung, MoonSoo Kang, ChangMin Woo
  • Patent number: 10690783
    Abstract: A radon measurement device includes a housing, a diffusion chamber, a diffusion chamber sensor, a diffusion pathway, a clock circuit, measurement circuitry, and a triggering mechanism. The diffusion chamber is disposed in an internal cavity of the housing. The housing includes a vent. The diffusion chamber sensor detects radioactive decay of radon and generates an electrical signal. The diffusion pathway enables introduction of ambient air into the diffusion chamber. The clock circuit outputs time data. The measurement circuitry receives the electrical signal and associates therewith a particular time datum. The triggering mechanism selectively isolates the vent from an environment and selectively triggers the measurement circuitry. Responsive to a triggering action on the triggering mechanism, the diffusion pathway is fluidly connected with the environment and functionality of the measurement circuitry is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: FORMATIVE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Travis Allen Jewell, Jay Cranney
  • Patent number: 10670738
    Abstract: A portable detection apparatus can include a housing, a first detector for detecting ionizing radiation from a first subject and a second detector within the housing for the detecting the background radiation. A shield within the housing can surround the first and second detectors and define a shield aperture around the first and second detectors for radiation from the subject to enter the housing. A radiation blocking member can substantially block at least a portion of the ionizing radiation from reaching the second detector, whereby radiation detected by the second detector comprises substantially only the background radiation. A processor module can be connected to the first and second detectors for determining the amount of ionizing radiation detected by the first detector attributable to secondary radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited / Energie Atomique Du Canada Limitee
    Inventors: Xiongxin Dai, Liqian Li, Guy Jonkmans, Aaron Ho
  • Patent number: 10602934
    Abstract: A probe device for detecting atherosclerotic plaque may include: an elongate shaft having a proximal end for coupling with a catheter and a distal end; an opening in a side of the shaft; a scintillating window disposed over the opening to form a water tight seal and thus form an imaging window compartment; a 45-degree rotating mirror disposed at least partially within the imaging window compartment; and an ultrasound transducer disposed at least partially within the imaging window compartment. The probe is a dual-modality, catheter radionuclide imaging and photoacoustic tomography (CRI-PAT) probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Raiyan Zaman
  • Patent number: 10310105
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of radiation detecting elements; a switch element; a scanning line; a signal line; a bias line; a hardware processor; and a reader which reads image data based on detection of irradiation, the image data based on an amount of charge accumulated in the plurality of radiation detecting elements. The hardware processor samples a signal a plurality of times, the signal based on a current of at least one of the currents flowing in the signal line, the bias line, the scanning line, and the detector line within a predetermined term and the hardware processor obtains a digital signal. The hardware processor calculates the obtained digital signal. The hardware processor determines whether the radiation image capturing apparatus is under a disturbance environment based on a result of calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Ryouhei Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10302777
    Abstract: Disclosed is a directional gamma ray or neutron detector that locates a source both horizontally and vertically. In some embodiments, the detector comprises four “rod” scintillators around a shield, and an orthogonal “panel” scintillator mounted frontward of the rod scintillators. The azimuthal angle of the source may be calculated according to the detection rates of the rod scintillators, while the polar angle of the source may be calculated from the panel scintillator rate using a predetermined angular correlation function. Thus, the exact location of the source can be found from a single data set without iterative rotations. Embodiments of the detector enable rapid detection and precise localization of clandestine nuclear and radiological weapons in applications ranging from hand-held survey meters and walk-through portals, to vehicle cargo inspection stations and mobile area scanners. Such detectors are needed to detect clandestine nuclear weapons worldwide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: David Edward Newman
  • Patent number: 10168438
    Abstract: The invention relates to signals representing energy of photons or particles of ionizing radiation incident on pixels of a semiconductor detector. Cross talk between the signals from different pixels is compensated using cross talk compensation signatures in the form of time domain series or functions which are aligned and applied to the cross talk signal in accordance with timing of the event which gave rise to the cross talk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Diamond Light Source Limited
    Inventors: Graham John Dennis, William Helsby
  • Patent number: 10013219
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: an acceptance section; a prediction section which predicts, based on margin information contained in an instruction for execution of an accepted job, an arrangement pattern of a plurality of sheets to be obtained by the execution; a determination section which determines, based on the margin information, whether or not a sum of respective areas of margin regions of the plurality of sheets is greater than a threshold associated with the predicted arrangement pattern; and an adjusted printing section which downscales, in response to a determination that the sum is greater than the threshold, an overall image consisting of a set of partial images intended to be formed and arranged in the predicted arrangement pattern, in such a manner as to fall within one or more sheets arranged in an altered arrangement pattern, and forms the downscaled image on the one or more sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 9961761
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a sensor panel in which a plurality of sensors configured to detect radiation are arrayed, a first circuit board that is arranged on the sensor panel and includes a circuit configured to read out a signal from each sensor, and a second circuit board that is arranged on the first circuit board and includes a circuit configured to read out a signal from each sensor, and whose radiant noise generation amount at a driving time of the circuit is larger than a radiant noise generation amount at a driving time of the circuit of the first circuit board, wherein the first circuit board is arranged between the sensor panel and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuya Yachi
  • Patent number: 9851299
    Abstract: A method for monitoring air particulates, including positioning a particulate capture medium, flowing a predetermined volume of air over a particulate capture medium to yield a test sample, measuring the temperature and humidity of the air to generate environmental information, generating optical interrogation data from the test sample, storing the optical interrogation data, and analyzing the optical interrogation data to identify and quantify particulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory Bertaux
  • Patent number: 9841513
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an X-ray detector which includes a pixel unit configured to include a photodiode and to output a voltage corresponding to an incident amount of X-rays, a comparator configured to compare the output voltage of the pixel unit with a preset threshold voltage to output a logic signal, and a counter configured to count the output signal of the comparator to convert to a digital output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: VIEWORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Ram Lee
  • Patent number: 9817131
    Abstract: An apparatus is described herein. The apparatus comprises a first modality unit and a second modality unit. The first modality unit is located within a gantry. The second modality unit within the gantry is moveable along an examination axis to be concentric about with the first modality unit such that a field of view of the first modality unit and a field of view of the second modality unit are centered about a single point of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Adam Clark Nathan
  • Patent number: 9632117
    Abstract: An electron beam detecting device detects a state of an electron beam radiated by an electron beam radiation device. A plurality of wire electrodes, which are conductors, are disposed corresponding to a plurality of filaments, the wire electrodes being electrically insulated from each other, in the area in which the electron beams are radiated. The electrical current flowing through each of the wire electrodes is measured by an electric current measuring instrument (measuring unit). A CPU (determining unit) determines the radiation level of the electron beams by receiving a signal output by the electric current measuring instrument. The CPU judges that when the measuring instrument measures a decrease of the current value, an abnormal condition exists in the filament corresponding to the conductor with the lower current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SHIBUYA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nishino, Yuichi Takenaka, Youhei Sakamoto, Ryo Abe
  • Patent number: 9599730
    Abstract: A counting digital x-ray detector for recording x-ray images of an object irradiated by x-ray radiation includes a direct x-ray converter for converting x-ray radiation into an electric signal and a matrix with a plurality of counting pixel elements. At least one part of the counting pixel elements has a signal input and two circuits for converting the signal into a count signal. A first circuit of the two circuits is configured to convert the signal entering the respective pixel element directly into a count signal and to count the count signal. A second circuit of the two circuits is configured to convert the signal entering directly into the respective pixel element together with coincident occurring signals of at least one neighboring pixel element into a count signal and to count the count signal. The first circuit and/or the second circuit are able to be activated individually and both together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Martin Spahn
  • Patent number: 9595101
    Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes acquiring circuitry and processing circuitry. The acquiring circuitry is configured to count photons derived from X-rays that have passed through a subject and to acquire a result obtained by discriminating energy levels of the counted photons as a counting result. The processing circuitry is configured to notify the acquiring circuitry of an energy dividing set that is set in accordance with an X-ray absorption characteristic of a substance designated by an operator, to receive the counting result acquired by the acquiring circuitry by allocating a counted value to each of a plurality of energy discrimination regions that are set in the energy dividing set, and to reconstruct image data by using the received counting result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Kato, Daizo Oikawa, Hiroaki Nakai
  • Patent number: 9480440
    Abstract: A cone beam computed tomography system with a horizontally disposed, cylindrical gantry and a method for its use are provided. The cylindrical gantry includes a rotatable cylindrical frame fixed to a support frame. A cone beam X-ray source and X-ray detector are mounted to the circumference of the cylindrical frame at diametrically opposed positions. The cylindrical frame is actuated to revolve the X-ray source-detector arrangement around a horizontal axis, thereby scanning a recumbent subject positioned in the aperture of the cylindrical frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: QR SRL
    Inventor: Martino Fasoli
  • Patent number: 9449889
    Abstract: A method comprises placing a wafer and a ring-shaped beam profiler on a wafer holder, wherein the ring-shaped beam profiler is adjacent to the wafer, moving a first sensor and a second sensor simultaneously with the wafer holder, receiving a first sensed signal and a second sensed signal from the first sensor and the second sensor respectively and adjusting an ion beam generated by an ion beam generator based upon the first sensed signal and the second sensed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Lin Chang, Chih-Hong Hwang, Nai-Han Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Chin-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 9423512
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel array having pixels, a bias line applying a bias potential to converters of the pixels, a detection circuit which detects a current flowing to the bias line, and a control unit which detects a start of radiation irradiation to the pixel array based on an output from the detection circuit and controls a charge accumulation operation of the pixels in accordance with the detection. The detection circuit includes a differential amplifier circuit and a feedback path, and applies a potential corresponding to a reference bias potential to the bias line. The differential amplifier circuit includes a first input terminal receiving the reference bias potential, a second input terminal connected to the bias line, and an output terminal, and the feedback path connects the output terminal and the second input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eriko Sato, Toshio Kameshima, Tomoyuki Yagi, Katsuro Takenaka, Hideyuki Okada, Sho Sato, Atsushi Iwashita, Takuya Ryu
  • Patent number: 9389322
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a radiation source includes a collimator configured to have an optical path for converging radiation formed therein, a radiation sensor provided at the end of the optical path and configured to measure the intensity of radiation incident on the optical path, a rotation driving unit connected to the collimator and configured to rotate the collimator up and down and left and right, movement means configured to move the collimator and the rotation driving unit along the surface of land, a position tracking unit provided within the collimator and configured to track a current position and to measure a distance moved by the movement means, and a radiation position information processing unit configured to obtain direction information and information about the distance to the radiation source based on a maximum intensity of radiation, measured by the radiation sensor, and the movement distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventors: Pil Jae Oh, Sae Won Yoon, Kook Jin Chun
  • Patent number: 9297913
    Abstract: Imaging systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided. Image detectors are installed in a gantry to detect image information related to a subject. If obstructions are detected related to the field of view of an image detector, a system matrix can be updated accordingly. Thus, upon image reconstruction, artifacts related to obstructions can be minimized or altogether eliminated. This system can be a Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging system to acquire Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Yariv Grobshtein, Jean-Paul Bouhnik
  • Patent number: 9213110
    Abstract: A customizable and upgradable imaging system is provided. Imaging detector columns are installed in a gantry to receive imaging information about a subject. Imaging detector columns can extend and retract radially as well as be rotated orbitally around the gantry. The gantry can be partially populated with detector columns and the detector columns can be partially populated with detector elements. The system can automatically adjust an imaging operation based on installation information related to partial population or other factors such as scan type or subject specific information. This system can be a Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging system to acquire Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Gil Kovalski, Jean-Paul Bouhnik, Jonathan Sachs, Yariv Grobshtein, Yulim Zingerman, Arie Eshco, Yaron Hefetz
  • Patent number: 9158012
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for the detection and positioning of a radioactive source. In an exemplary embodiment, a detector array is placed in a four-quadrant formation to allow for self-shielding of the individual detectors from the radiation emitted by a radiation source. A further embodiment utilizes a fuzzy logic system and method to analyze the gross count response of each individual detector with respect to the other three to thereby determine a generalized location and direction of a radioactive source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Willis, Steven E. Skutnik, Howard L. Hall
  • Patent number: 9086498
    Abstract: A two-dimensional radiation display device includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires two-dimensional radiation data detected a plurality of times from a plurality of radiation detectors; a data division processing unit that divides the two-dimensional radiation data into data regions of each section of specified direction; an integration processing unit that integrates the two-dimensional radiation data that is detected a plurality of times, for each section of specified direction; a data synthesis processing unit that synthesizes the integration values integrated for each section of specified direction into two-dimensional data including radiation distribution; and an image output unit that outputs two-dimensional data indicating radiation distribution as display data in accordance with a prescribed display format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoto Kume, Toru Onodera, Yoshinori Satoh, Shunichiro Makino, Tatsuyuki Maekawa, Tsukasa Teramura
  • Publication number: 20150146852
    Abstract: An X-ray detector capable of independently controlling a read-out rate for each region, an X-ray imaging apparatus having the same, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The X-ray detector includes a plurality of pixels which are two-dimensionally arranged and configured to output an electrical signal corresponding to incident X-rays, a plurality of gate lines configured to connect the plurality of pixels in a row direction, a plurality of data lines configured to connect the plurality of pixels in a column direction, a read-out circuit configured to read out the electrical signal generated by the plurality of pixels through the plurality of data lines, and a switcher configured to independently turn connections between the respective data lines in the plurality of data lines and the read-out circuit on and off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hun SUNG, Jae Hak LEE, Dong Goo KANG, Jae Mock YI
  • Patent number: 9035266
    Abstract: The invention concerns a dosimeter for the determination of an absorbed dose (D) of a radiation field (26), the dosimeter having a dosimeter probe (12), which has (a) a sensor (14), which has a sensor volume that emits electrical charges (Q) when exposed to ionizing radiation, (b) a cable (18) for the transmission of the charges (Q) and (c) an evaluation unit (20), which is designed for the capture of a physical quantity (U), which corresponds to the emitted electrical charge (Q), which is characterized by the fact that the evaluation unit (20) is arranged for (d) the detection of a interval cycle of the radiation field (26), (e) the recording of a measurement number of measurements of a physical quantity (U) corresponding to the electrical charge, which is always read at the same time relative to the interval cycle, so that an initial raw measured value (U1) and at least one second raw measured value (U2) are obtained per interval, and (f) the calculation of a measured value (D) from the at-least two raw mea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, VERTRETEN DURCH DAS BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUR WIRTSCHAFT UND TECHNOLOGIE, DIESES VERTRETEN DURCH DEN PRASIDENTEN DER PHYSIKALISCH-TECHNISCHEN BUNDESANSTALT
    Inventors: Jens Illemann, Christoph Makowski
  • Publication number: 20150131783
    Abstract: A radiation detection system comprises at least one detector in which a plurality of detection elements are arranged, wherein each detection element includes a converting portion that converts energy of incident radiations directly into electrical signals and a signal reading portion that reads the electrical signal from the converting portion and outputs the electrical signal, the converting portion including a plurality of protruded portions arranged at intervals, and the plurality of protruded portions are electrically connected to one signal reading portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Genta Sato
  • Patent number: 9030327
    Abstract: A method includes receiving radiation sensor data from two radiation sensors that are positioned separately from each other about a path. Position information identifying a source of radiation as it passes by the two radiation sensors is received. The sensor data from the two radiation sensors is time shifted to correlate the sensor data to the identified source of radiation. The time shifted sensor signals are summed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Cochran, Kwong Wing Au
  • Patent number: 9012853
    Abstract: A highly scalable platform for radiation measurement data collection with high precision time stamping and time measurements between the elements in the detection array uses IEEE 1588 with or without Synchronous Ethernet (timing over Ethernet) to synchronize the measurements. At a minimum, the system includes at least two radiation detector units, an IEEE 1588 and SyncE enabled Ethernet switch, and a computer for processing. The addition of timing over Ethernet and power over Ethernet (PoE) allows a radiation measurement system to operate with a single Ethernet cable, simplifying deployment of detectors using standardized technology with a multitude of configuration possibilities. This eliminates the need for an additional hardware for the timing measurements which simplifies the detection system, reduces the cost of the deployment, reduces the power consumption of the detection system and reduces the overall size of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: FLIR Detection, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrey K. Gueorguiev, Martin F. Ohmes, Jeffrey R. Preston, Leslie D. Hoy, Hartmut Brands