Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shibata

Hiroshi Shibata 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: 11567714
    Abstract: A first communication device may execute an output control process of externally outputting output information, the output information obtained using a public key of the first communication device, receive an authentication request from a second communication device that has obtained the public key, send a first authentication response to the second communication device via a wireless interface in a case where it is determined that a wireless connection has been established between the first communication device and a first access point, the first authentication response including first role information indicating that the first communication device is to serve a first role which is a role of sending first wireless setting information to the second communication device, and send the first wireless setting information to the second communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11564091
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; display a first instruction screen; in a case where it is instructed that the target process is to be executed in a situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, send a public key to the first external device, wherein in a case where it is not instructed that the target process is to be executed in the situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, the public key is not sent; after the public key has been sent to the first external device, receive an authentication request from the first external device; send an authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11502206
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer manufacturing method including: forming a plurality of trench capacitors at a main surface of a semiconductor wafer, wherein each of the plurality of trench capacitors is configured as unit cells that internally include unit trench capacitors, and wherein a length component in a predetermined direction of a layout pattern of trenches of the plurality of trench capacitors is made equivalent, within a fixed tolerance range, to a length component in a direction that intersects the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11494132
    Abstract: A communication device may establish a first wireless connection with a first external device, and receive target wireless setting information from the first external device by using the first wireless connection, the target wireless setting information being for participating as a child station in a target wireless network formed by a target access point different from the first external device. The communication device may control a display unit to display a predetermined screen for accepting a trigger operation, the trigger operation being a trigger of participation in the target wireless network, and establish a target wireless connection with the target access point by using the target wireless setting information so as to participate as the child station in the target wireless network, in a case where the trigger operation is accepted after the predetermined screen has been displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Shimada, Hirotaka Asakura, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11491610
    Abstract: A wafer grinding method includes grinding a central portion of a wafer by using a plurality of abrasive members annularly arranged so as to form a circular ring, thereby forming a circular recess at the central portion of the wafer and simultaneously forming an annular projection around the circular recess, recognizing a height of a grinding unit after grinding the center by using a height recognizing unit and next storing the height recognized above, and grinding an upper surface of the annular projection to a predetermined value for a height of the annular projection previously set by a setting section as a grinding end height where the grinding of the annular projection by the grinding unit is ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: DISCO CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shibata, Souichi Matsubara, Jun Koide
  • Publication number: 20220338004
    Abstract: A communication device may include: a communication interface; an operation unit; and a controller configured to: change a state of the communication device from a first state to a second state different from the first state when the operation unit receives instruction for establishing first connection with a first external device via the interface while the communication device's state is the first state, in which the first state is a state in which both use of the first connection and use of a second connection with a second external device via the interface are permitted, the second state is a state in which the use of the first connection is permitted and the use of the second connection is not permitted, the first connection is connection conforming to a first communication standard, and the second connection is connection conforming to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11469900
    Abstract: A communication device may cause an output unit to output first specific information obtained by using a first public key in a case where a first specific signal is received from a first external device, receive a first authentication request in which the first public key is used from the first external device which has obtained the first public key, send a first authentication response to the first external device in a case where the first authentication request is received from the first external device, and establish a first wireless connection with the first external device in a case where the first authentication response is sent to the first external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Shibata, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220322084
    Abstract: A communication device may display an instruction screen in a case where a first wireless connection is established between the communication device and a first external device; in a case where it is instructed that a target process is to be executed in a situation where the instruction screen is displayed, supply, to the first wireless interface, first instruction information; after the public key has been sent to the first external device, receive an authentication request from the first external device; send an authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and in a case where the connection information is received from the first external device, establish, by using the connection information, the second wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220283756
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; after the specific signal has been received from the first external device, cause an output unit of the communication device to output specific information obtained by using a public key; after the specific information has been outputted, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from the first external device; in a case where the authentication request is received from the first external device, send an authentication response to the first external device; after the authentication response has been sent to the first external device, receive connection information from the first external device; and in a case where the connection information is received from the first external device, establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220272625
    Abstract: A communication device may execute an output control process for externally outputting output information obtained by using a public key, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from a terminal device, send an authentication response to the terminal device, receive N pieces of wireless setting information from the terminal device, send, by using each of the N pieces of wireless setting information, a confirm signal to an access point corresponding to each of the N pieces of wireless setting information, receive a response signal in response to sending the confirm signal from each of M access points among N access points, select a target access point from among the M access points, and establish a wireless connection with the target access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11395137
    Abstract: A communication device may display an instruction screen in a case where a first wireless connection is established between the communication device and a first external device; in a case where it is instructed that a target process is to be executed in a situation where the instruction screen is displayed, supply, to the first wireless interface, first instruction information; after the public key has been sent to the first external device, receive an authentication request from the first external device; send an authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and in a case where the connection information is received from the first external device, establish, by using the connection information, the second wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11357065
    Abstract: A communication device may output information according to a first scheme in a case where a first instruction is obtained in a first state, shift to a second state in a case where the first instruction is obtained in the first state, and shift to a third state in a case where a second instruction is obtained in the second state. In the first state, an authentication request according to the first scheme is not responded to and a search signal according to a second scheme is not responded to. In the second state, the authentication request using only a target channel can responded to and the search signal is not responded to. In the third state, the authentication request using only the target channel can be responded and the search signal using only the target channel can be responded to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11350358
    Abstract: A communication device may execute an output control process for externally outputting output information obtained by using a public key, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from a terminal device, send an authentication response to the terminal device, receive N pieces of wireless setting information from the terminal device, send, by using each of the N pieces of wireless setting information, a confirm signal to an access point corresponding to each of the N pieces of wireless setting information, receive a response signal in response to sending the confirm signal from each of M access points among N access points, select a target access point from among the M access points, and establish a wireless connection with the target access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11347448
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; after the specific signal has been received from the first external device, cause an output unit of the communication device to output specific information obtained by using a public key; after the specific information has been outputted, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from the first external device; in a case where the authentication request is received from the first external device, send an authentication response to the first external device; after the authentication response has been sent to the first external device, receive connection information from the first external device; and in a case where the connection information is received from the first external device, establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220145986
    Abstract: A shift-by-wire system configured to switch shift positions includes a detent plate, a detent spring, a rotating electrical machine, a gear device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit provided in the shift-by-wire system is configured to control a rotating electrical machine torque. The electronic control unit is configured to reverse the rotating electrical machine torque after the electronic control unit makes the rotating electrical machine output the rotating electrical machine torque for turning the detent plate in a turning direction to switch the shift position, then the detent torque generated in the detent plate by a push of the engagement portion is reversed in the turning direction from a counter-turning direction opposite to the turning direction, and before backlash elimination in a backlash portion of the gear device by the reversed detent torque is finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki ISHIURA, Takeshi KITAHATA, Hiroshi SHIBATA, Eiji ICHIOKA, Atsuto OGINO, Yutaka UCHIDA, Kota ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220113920
    Abstract: A first communication device may execute an output control process of externally outputting output information, the output information obtained using a public key of the first communication device, receive an authentication request from a second communication device that has obtained the public key, send a first authentication response to the second communication device via a wireless interface in a case where it is determined that a wireless connection has been established between the first communication device and a first access point, the first authentication response including first role information indicating that the first communication device is to serve a first role which is a role of sending first wireless setting information to the second communication device, and send the first wireless setting information to the second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20220069140
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor film doped with impurities that is formed so as to cover an inner wall surface of a trench formed so as to extend from a first surface of the semiconductor substrate towards an interior thereof. The semiconductor film is formed so as to extend continuously from the inner wall surface to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further has an opposite electrode having a first portion that is provided at a position opposing the semiconductor substrate while sandwiching the semiconductor film therebetween, and that extends on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second portion that is continuous with the first portion and extends so as to fill the trench. The semiconductor device further has an insulating film that insulates the semiconductor film from the opposite electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11252549
    Abstract: A communication device may, in response to a wireless link via a first wireless interface being established with a terminal device while the communication device is a first parent station state, receive predetermined information from the terminal device via a second wireless interface, if the predetermined information is received, shift the communication device from the first parent station state to a second parent station state, wherein the communication device is maintained in the first parent station state if the predetermined information is not received even if the wireless link via the first wireless interface has been established with the terminal device and after the communication device has been shifted to the second parent station state, establish a first wireless connection via the second wireless interface with the terminal device so as to cause the terminal device to participate in the second wireless network as a child station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Yusuke Shimada, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11231892
    Abstract: A communication device may, in a specific situation where the communication device is in a parent station state in which the communication device operates as a parent station of a first wireless network and N pieces of first external devices participate in the first wireless network as child stations, receive a belonging request from a second external device. The communication device may shift from the parent station state to a first state, in a case where the belonging request is received in the specific situation, execute a wireless communication of target data with the second external device, shift from the first state to the parent station state, and cause M pieces of the first external devices among the N pieces of the first external devices to participate in the first wireless network again as child stations after the communication device has been shifted to the parent station state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoya Tsuji, Hirotaka Asakura, Yusuke Shimada, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11216225
    Abstract: A first communication device may execute an output control process of externally outputting output information, the output information obtained using a public key of the first communication device, receive an authentication request from a second communication device that has obtained the public key, send a first authentication response to the second communication device via a wireless interface in a case where it is determined that a wireless connection has been established between the first communication device and a first access point, the first authentication response including first role information indicating that the first communication device is to serve a first role which is a role of sending first wireless setting information to the second communication device, and send the first wireless setting information to the second communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata