Patents by Inventor Hiroki Inoue

Hiroki Inoue 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).

  • Publication number: 20230176602
    Abstract: Provided is a linear power supply including a feedback resistor, an output transistor and a drive target transistor that are configured to be connected in series between an application end of an input voltage and the feedback resistor, an error amplifier configured to drive the output transistor based on an error between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage that is generated by the feedback resistor based on an output voltage, and a drive circuit configured to drive the drive target transistor in an on-state all the time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230167905
    Abstract: A sliding surface of a second sliding component is provided with a plurality of second positive pressure generation grooves communicating with a leakage side space, extending in a relative rotation direction of the second sliding component, and having closed terminating end portions, a sliding surface of a first sliding component is provided with a plurality of first positive pressure generation grooves communicating with the leakage side space, extending in a relative rotation direction of the second sliding component, and having closed terminating end portions, and the sliding surface and the sliding surface slide on each other at least in such a manner that the first positive pressure generation grooves and the second positive pressure generation grooves overlap and intersect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta NEGISHI, Yuki MAETANI, Hiroki INOUE, Ryosuke UCHIYAMA, Minori ONUMA, Gai YAMAGUCHI, So MAKISHIMA, Osamu MATSUMOTO, Yoshiaki TAKIGAHIRA, Koji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230144505
    Abstract: A multifunctional imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes first to fourth light-receiving elements and first and second functional layers. The first to fourth light-receiving elements are photoelectric conversion elements having sensitivity to light of different wavelengths from each other. The first and second functional layers each include first and second transistors. The first functional layer and the fourth to first light-receiving elements are stacked in this order over the second functional layer. In each of the first to fourth light-receiving elements, a first conductive layer, a first buffer layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, a second buffer layer, and a second conductive layer are stacked in this order. The photoelectric conversion layer includes an organic compound, and the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer each include a metal or an organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke NEGORO, Seiichi YONEDA, Hiroki INOUE, Shunsuke SATO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230111821
    Abstract: An anti-reflective film laminate includes a first transparent base material, an antireflective layer, and an adhesion layer. The first transparent base material is a plastic film and has a first surface and a second surface which is a surface on a back side with respect to the first surface. The anti-reflective layer includes a hard coat layer, an inorganic multilayer film layer, and an antifouling layer provided in order on the first surface. The adhesion layer is provided on the second surface. The adhesion layer consists of two adhesive layers and a second transparent base material sandwiched between the two adhesive layers and directly adhering to each of the two adhesive layers. A reflectance of the anti-reflective film laminate is 0.8% or less when light with a wavelength of 380 nm to 780 nm is incident. A breaking force of the anti-reflective film laminate is 5.7 N or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi TAMURA, Tadaaki TOYOSHIMA, Yuji KATO, Hiroki INOUE, Takayuki HISA, Yunosuke FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230109524
    Abstract: An imaging device having a function of processing an image is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, can hold analog data obtained by an image capturing operation in a pixel, and can extract data obtained by multiplying the analog data by a predetermined weight coefficient. Difference data between adjacent light-receiving devices can be obtained in a pixel, and data on luminance gradient can be obtained. When the data is taken in a neural network or the like, inference of distance data or the like can be performed. Since enormous volume of image data in the state of analog data can be held in pixels, processing can be performed efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takeya HIROSE, Seiichi YONEDA, Hiroki INOUE, Takayuki IKEDA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230090488
    Abstract: A small-sized and highly functional imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion device formed on a silicon substrate and a transistor including a channel formation region in a silicon epitaxial growth layer formed on the silicon substrate. The transistor provided in the epitaxial growth layer has favorable electrical characteristics, so that the imaging device with little noise can be formed. Since the transistor can be formed so as to have a region overlapping with the photoelectric conversion device, the imaging device can be downsized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Seiichi YONEDA, Hiroki INOUE, Yusuke NEGORO, Takayuki IKEDA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11610544
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of efficiently recognizing a handwritten character is provided. The electronic device includes a first circuit, a display portion, and a touch sensor. The first circuit includes a neural network. The display portion includes a flexible display. The touch sensor has the function of outputting an input handwritten character as image information to the first circuit. The first circuit has the function of analyzing the image information and converting the image information into character information, and a function of displaying an image including the character information on the display portion. The analysis is performed by inference through the use of the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Harada, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Takeshi Aoki, Yuki Okamoto, Hiroki Inoue, Koji Kusunoki, Yosuke Tsukamoto, Katsuki Yanagawa, Kei Takahashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11603924
    Abstract: A power transmission control device acquires rotation speed information of an idle gear corresponding to a target engagement member and rotation speed information of a sleeve corresponding to an engagement member, sets one rotation speed changeable by a power source as a synchronization side rotation speed, sets the other rotation speed as a target synchronization side rotation speed, allows a differential rotation between the synchronization side rotation speed and the target synchronization side rotation speed to match a predetermined differential rotation by changing the synchronization side rotation speed using the power source after a power transmission releasing state is selected due to a gear changing request, performs an engagement operation, inverts a sign of the predetermined differential rotation, and switches to the power transmission state while allowing the differential rotation to match the predetermined differential rotation of which the sign is inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230075180
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that level-shifts a negative voltage and/or a positive voltage is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a first capacitor, an input terminal, and an output terminal. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second transistor and the output terminal. A second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the third transistor. A first terminal of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor and a first terminal of the first capacitor, and a second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the input terminal. The first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor are of the same polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki INOUE, Seiichi YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20230072882
    Abstract: A management device (10) includes: a management table acquisition unit (132) that acquires at least a first management table in which an MPLS tunnel and a first label for in-network delivery are associated with each other, and a second management table in which an MPLS tunnel, a second label for specifying a CE router that is an output destination from an egress PE router, and identification information of a VPN to which the CE router that is the output destination belongs are associated with each other, the first management table being included in a node that is a copy source in an MPLS network, the second management table being included in an egress PE router as an output destination of a packet; and a VPN identification unit (133) that collates the first label of the copied packet with the first management table to identify an MPLS tunnel through which the packet passes, identifies the egress PE router to which the packed is output based on the MPLS tunnel, and identifies the VPN of the packet by collating
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki INOUE, Hiroshi OSAWA
  • Patent number: 11594662
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element including a first surface provided as a light extraction surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of third surfaces between the first surface and the second surface, and a positive electrode and a negative electrode at the second surface; a light-transmissive member disposed at the first surface; and a bonding member disposed between the light-emitting element and the light-transmissive member and covering from the first surface to the plurality of third surfaces of the light-emitting element to bond the light-emitting element and the light-transmissive member. The bonding member is made of a resin that contains nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 30 nm or less and a content of 10 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Imura, Masafumi Kuramoto, Hiroki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230059680
    Abstract: A first forming apparatus includes a forming drum, a forming unit, a conveyance path, and a conveyance unit that conveys the forming drum along the conveyance path. A tire member is formed with tire components wound on the forming drum by the forming unit. The first forming apparatus also includes a measurement unit that performs, on a downstream side of the forming unit in the conveyance path, measurement on the tire components wound on the forming drum while the forming drum is moving through the measurement unit, in a tire radial direction over a width direction of the forming drum, and an inspection unit that performs inspection on winding states of the tire components based on a measurement result due to the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Inoue, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230054986
    Abstract: An imaging device capable of image processing is provided. The imaging device has an image recognition function. In the imaging device, cells have a function of acquiring imaging data and a function of retaining weight data. Among the cells arranged in a matrix, some of the cells acquire imaging data and the rest of the cells retain weight data. Then, arithmetic operation is performed using the imaging data and the weight data. For example, all the imaging data can be subjected to arithmetic operation where products of the imaging data and the weight data are calculated and the sum of the calculated products is calculated. That is, product-sum operation can be performed. When an arithmetic operation result is captured by a neural network such as a convolutional neural network (CNN) or the like, the additional function can be used because image processing can be performed on the imaging data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Seiichi YONEDA, Takayuki IKEDA, Hiroki INOUE, Yusuke NEGORO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230038630
    Abstract: A conversion device (10) includes a separation unit (11) that separates an inputted encapsulated packet into flow information and sampled headers including outer headers and inner headers, a decapsulation unit (12) that separates the outer headers from the sampled headers, and a conversion unit (13) that obtains statistics about the inner headers on the basis of the sampled headers separated from the outer headers, generates an xFlow packet including at least statistical information indicating the statistics about the inner headers, and outputs the generated xFlow packet to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki MIYOSHI, Hiroshi OSAWA, Yuhei HAYASHI, Chiharu MORIOKA, Hiroki INOUE, Takeaki NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11556771
    Abstract: Novel connection between neurons of a neural network is provided. A perceptron included in the neural network includes a plurality of neurons; the neuron includes a synapse circuit and an activation function circuit; and the synapse circuit includes a plurality of memory cells. A bit line selected by address information for selecting a memory cell is shared by a plurality of perceptrons. The memory cell is supplied with a weight coefficient of an analog signal, and the synapse circuit is supplied with an input signal. The memory cell multiplies the input signal by the weight coefficient and converts the multiplied result into a first current. The synapse circuit generates a second current by adding a plurality of first currents and converts the second current into a first potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Harada, Hiroki Inoue, Takeshi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20220416767
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a small circuit scale is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit includes first to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) transistors and the second circuit includes (n+1)-th to 2n-th transistors. The first to n-th transistors are connected in parallel to each other and the (n+1)-th to 2n-th transistors are connected in series to each other. First to n-th signals are supplied to the first circuit and the second circuit. The first circuit has a function of outputting a first potential when each of potentials of the first to n-th signals is lower than or equal to a first reference potential, and outputting a second potential when at least one of the potentials of the first to n-th signals is higher than the first reference potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki INOUE, Seiichi YONEDA, Yusuke NEGORO
  • Publication number: 20220403232
    Abstract: Fluorescent material composite particles include translucent inorganic particles having a volume average particle diameter in a range of 30 nm or more and 500 nm or less, fluorescent nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range of 5 nm or more and 25 nm or less, and a first resin. At least a part of each of the translucent inorganic particles are embedded in the first resin. The translucent inorganic particles are unevenly distributed to a surface of the fluorescent material composite particles. The fluorescent material composite particles have a volume average particle diameter in a range of 0.5 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma ARIKAWA, Masafumi KURAMOTO, Hiroki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220407794
    Abstract: When receiving packets of a flow from a network device (1), a transmission control device (10) determines, according to processing abilities of flow collectors (20), rates in transmitting information concerning the flow to the collectors 20. The transmission control device (10) selects, based on header information of the received packets, the flow collector (20) to be a transmission destination of the information concerning the flow of the packets. The transmission control device (10) transmits the information concerning the flow at the rate determined for each of the flow collectors (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi OSAWA, Yuhei HAYASHI, Chiharu MORIOKA, Hiroki INOUE, Takeaki NISHIOKA, Yuki MIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11531362
    Abstract: An output gain of a latch circuit is increased. The latch circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and first to fourth transistors. The latch circuit includes a first input/output terminal and a second input/output terminal. The first circuit and the second circuit have a function of a current source. In the case where the third transistor is off and the fourth transistor is on, the latch circuit is supplied with a first input signal supplied to the first input/output terminal and a second input signal supplied to the second input/output terminal. In the case where the third transistor is on and the fourth transistor is off, an inverted signal of the first input signal is output to the first input/output terminal of the latch circuit, and an inverted signal of the second input signal is output to the second input/output terminal of the latch circuit. The first circuit and the second circuit increase the output gain of the latch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Yuto Yakubo, Hiroki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220400079
    Abstract: The sorting unit (10) has a sorting function unit (13) that acquires a frame and a sorting key, embeds the sorting key in a header of the frame, and sorts the frame into a processing thread based on the value of the sorting key in the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yuhei HAYASHI, Hiroshi OSAWA, Chiharu MORIOKA, Hiroki INOUE, Takeaki NISHIOKA, Yuki MIYOSHI