Patents by Inventor Eiji Hirata

Eiji Hirata 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).

  • Patent number: 11975450
    Abstract: A transfer robot transfers workpieces while sucking upper surfaces of the workpieces. The transfer robot includes a first hand body attached to a first robotic arm, a second hand body attached to a second robotic arm, a first suction part attached to the first hand body, and a second suction part attached to the second hand body. The first suction part has a pair of suction bodies, the pair of suction bodies extending in a horizontal first direction and separated from each other in a horizontal second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second suction part has at least one suction body extending in the first direction, and the one suction body is changeable in an entering amount into an area between the pair of suction parts of the first suction part according to a relative movement of the second hand body in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshikuwa, Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Kazunori Hirata, Takeshi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11974529
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to propose cultivation equipment that can curb complication and upsizing of the equipment even when the number of cultivation stages is increased. Cultivation equipment includes a storage shelf (1) and a plurality of cultivation tanks (3) that are stored in the storage shelf (1) and hold plants (P1) and a cultivation liquid (L1). The cultivation equipment further includes a discharge device (50) and a supply device (51). The discharge device (50) is movable among a plurality of cultivation tanks (3), and discharges the cultivation liquid (L1) from each of the plurality of cultivation tanks (3). The supply device (51) is movable among the plurality of cultivation tanks (3), and supplies the cultivation liquid (L1) to each of the plurality of cultivation tanks (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Fujisawa Kenki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisafumi Fujisawa, Eiji Higuchi, Osamu Hirata
  • Publication number: 20240115432
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a nonwoven fabric which gives a sufficiently soft touch when touched by a human hand, while being suppressed in slipperiness between nonwoven fabrics during the production process of a product such as a sanitary material; and a method for producing a nonwoven fabric. One embodiment of the present invention provides a nonwoven fabric which is formed of fibers containing a thermoplastic resin, wherein: the average single fiber fineness of the fibers is 0.7 dtex to 4.0 dtex; the fibers contain 0.01% by mass to 1.5% by mass of a fatty acid amide relative to the total mass of the fibers; and the coverage of the surfaces of the fibers by the fatty acid amide is from 20% to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiki Hirata, Hidesato Shibata, Nobuhiro Inokuma, Eiji Shiota
  • Publication number: 20240103351
    Abstract: An information display system having acute-angled diffusion characteristics configured to display an image to inside or outside of a space via a transparent projected member, the information display system including an image projection apparatus, a transparent sheet provided on an inner surface of a display region set on a part of the projected member; and a light direction changing unit that directs a direction of image light toward the transparent sheet of the display region, the image projection apparatus including an image light characteristic converting unit, and an image light control film that restricts an emission direction of the image light being provided on an upper surface of the image projection apparatus, so that the image light is not directly delivered to an observer and the image light reflected by the transparent sheet is recognized by the observer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Koji FUJITA, Eiji TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20240092172
    Abstract: An information display apparatus and a spatial sensing apparatus for the information display apparatus are provided, the information display apparatus enabling the selection/change of the lot of display images in small point-of-view motion so that an interactive function for a driver is achieved. An information display apparatus displaying information onto a vehicle includes: an information display apparatus displaying image information onto an image display region on a forward part of a driver seat of the vehicle; and a spatial sensing means detecting positional information of instruction made by a driver in a spatial region between the driver seat and the displayed image display region, and the information display apparatus includes a means displaying the instruction made by the driver onto the image display region on the forward part in response to the positional information of the instruction made by the driver, detected by the spatial sensing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Koji FUJITA, Eiji TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 11911962
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped article production member is a member used in a three-dimensionally shaped article production apparatus for producing a three-dimensionally shaped article by stacking a layer formed using a composition containing particles. The member is placed on a stage and comes in contact with the layer, and has a portion provided with pores in a contact surface with the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Okamoto, Shinichi Nakamura, Koki Hirata
  • Publication number: 20230283926
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
  • Patent number: 11743603
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device adapted to encrypt data is described. The solid-state imaging device may include a sensor die comprising an array of imaging pixels formed on a first side of the sensor die and first wiring layers formed on a second side of the sensor die, wherein at least one of the imaging pixels is configured to generate specific signals; a logic die comprising second wiring layers formed on a first side of the logic die; and an encryption processor on the logic die configured to generate encrypted data using the specific signals. The first side of the logic die may be mounted adjacent to the second side of the sensor die and the first wiring layers electrically connect to the second wiring layers, wherein the at least one of the imaging pixels, the encryption processor, and a connecting conductor in which the specific signals pass through from the at least one of the imaging pixels to the encryption processor are located interior to the solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Minagawa, Taishin Yoshida, Marie Toyoshima, Toru Akishita, Tomohiro Morimoto, Masafumi Kusakawa, Ikuhiro Tamura, Takahiro Akahane, Eiji Hirata, Yoshinobu Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20230262193
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first generator and a second generator. The first generator generates projection images correspondingly to respective monochromatic projectors of a plurality of monochromatic projectors using respective correction parameters, each projection image including a first pixel region that includes a content image, and a second pixel region that is a region other than the first pixel region, the second pixel region including a feature-point image in at least a portion of the second pixel region. The second generator detects the feature-point image in a captured image obtained by capturing the projection image projected by each of the plurality of monochromatic projectors, and generates the correction parameter on the basis of a result of the detection of the feature-point image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji HIRATA, Shun KAIZU
  • Patent number: 11696053
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Yosuke Ueno, Shimon Teshima, Daijiro Anai, Yoshinobu Furusawa, Taishin Yoshida, Takahiro Uchimura, Eiji Hirata
  • Publication number: 20230104085
    Abstract: The range-finding apparatus (1) includes a light source (200), an optical receiver (1103), a setting unit (100), a detector (1100), and a calculation unit (300). The light source (200) projects light with a first irradiation pattern in a first period and projects light with a second irradiation pattern in a second period. The optical receiver (1103) receives light to output a pixel signal. The setting unit (100) sets a reference signal on the basis of the pixel signal in the first period. The detector (1100) detects whether or not the pixel signal varies from the reference signal by a first value or more in the second period and outputs a first detection signal indicative of a result obtained by the detection. The calculation unit (300) calculates a distance to a to-be-measured object using the first detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO AKAHANE, SHUN KAIZU, YUSUKE IKEDA, YASUTAKA KIMURA, SHINICHIROU ETOU, TAKESHI OYAKAWA, NAOTO NAGAKI, EIJI HIRATA, HIROSHI YUASA
  • Publication number: 20230074464
    Abstract: The range-finding apparatus (1) includes an optical receiver (110), a light source unit (200), a converter (134), and a calculation unit (300). The optical receiver (110) receives light to output a pixel signal. The light source unit (200) projects light with a first irradiation pattern in a first period and projects light with a second irradiation pattern in a second period. The converter (134) sequentially converts the pixel signal bit by bit using binary search to output a first digital signal and a second digital signal, the first digital signal being output by performing the conversion with a first bit width in the first period, the second digital signal being output by performing the conversion with a second bit width in the second period, the second bit width being less than the first bit width. The calculation unit (300) calculates a distance on the basis of the first digital signal and the second digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO AKAHANE, YUSUKE IKEDA, SHUN KAIZU, EIJI HIRATA, HIROSHI YUASA, SHINICHIROU ETOU, YASUTAKA KIMURA, TAKESHI OYAKAWA, NAOKI YOSHIMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20230013673
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
  • Patent number: 11483509
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Yosuke Ueno, Shimon Teshima, Daijiro Anai, Yoshinobu Furusawa, Taishin Yoshida, Takahiro Uchimura, Eiji Hirata
  • Patent number: 11394913
    Abstract: The present technology is provided to accurately correct uneven luminance while suppressing an increase in the size of the solid-state imaging element. A pixel array unit includes a plurality of lines each including a predetermined number of pixels each being arrayed in a predetermined direction. An analog-to-digital conversion unit includes more than the predetermined number of analog-to-digital converters that convert analog signals into digital signals. A scanning circuit controls to sequentially select the plurality of lines and output more than the predetermined number of analog signals to the analog-to-digital conversion unit every time the line is selected. A correction unit performs black level correction processing on the digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Shizunori Matsumoto, Eiji Hirata
  • Patent number: 10992892
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device that includes a pixel, the pixel comprising: a photodetector; a control transistor; a capacitor coupled to the photodetector; a reset transistor coupled between the control transistor and the capacitor; an amplifier transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the capacitor; and a select transistor coupled to the amplifier transistor; a first signal line coupled to the select transistor; and a first amplifying circuit including a first input terminal coupled to the first signal line and a second input terminal configured to receive a first reference signal and an output terminal coupled to the control transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Ikeda, Eiji Hirata, Kazunori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210099660
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20210075990
    Abstract: The present technology is provided to accurately correct uneven luminance while suppressing an increase in the size of the solid-state imaging element. A pixel array unit includes a plurality of lines each including a predetermined number of pixels each being arrayed in a predetermined direction. An analog-to-digital conversion unit includes more than the predetermined number of analog-to-digital converters that convert analog signals into digital signals. A scanning circuit controls to sequentially select the plurality of lines and output more than the predetermined number of analog signals to the analog-to-digital conversion unit every time the line is selected. A correction unit performs black level correction processing on the digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUMI NIWA, SHIZUNORI MATSUMOTO, EIJI HIRATA
  • Patent number: 10911707
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Yosuke Ueno, Shimon Teshima, Daijiro Anai, Yoshinobu Furusawa, Taishin Yoshida, Takahiro Uchimura, Eiji Hirata
  • Patent number: 10880509
    Abstract: The present technology is provided to accurately correct uneven luminance while suppressing an increase in the size of the solid-state imaging element. A pixel array unit includes a plurality of lines each including a predetermined number of pixels each being arrayed in a predetermined direction. An analog-to-digital conversion unit includes more than the predetermined number of analog-to-digital converters that convert analog signals into digital signals. A scanning circuit controls to sequentially select the plurality of lines and output more than the predetermined number of analog signals to the analog-to-digital conversion unit every time the line is selected. A correction unit performs black level correction processing on the digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Shizunori Matsumoto, Eiji Hirata