Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Tanabe

Hiroshi Tanabe 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: 20240153203
    Abstract: Generating a three-dimensional image of a vortex vein based on OCT volume data. An image processing method is performed by a processor and includes a step of acquiring OCT volume data including a choroid, and a step of extracting choroidal vessels based on the OCT volume data and generating a three-dimensional image of the choroidal vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANABE, Hiroshi KASAI, Mariko MUKAI, Yuanting JI
  • Patent number: 11961710
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a balun having a first unbalanced terminal, a second unbalanced terminal, a first balanced terminal, and a second balanced terminal, a grounded vacuum container, a first electrode electrically connected to the first balanced terminal, a second electrode electrically connected to the second balanced terminal, an impedance matching circuit, a first power supply connected to the balun via the impedance matching circuit, and configured to supply a high frequency to the first electrode via the impedance matching circuit and the balun, a low-pass filter, and a second power supply configured to supply a voltage to the first electrode via the low-pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Inoue, Masaharu Tanabe, Kazunari Sekiya, Hiroshi Sasamoto, Tatsunori Sato, Nobuaki Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20240117772
    Abstract: A gas turbine system and control method for the gas turbine system that includes: a gas turbine including a compressor for producing compressed air, a combustor for burning fuel with the compressed air, and a turbine driven by combustion gas generated by burning fuel in the combustor; a motor generator drivable by the turbine and capable of providing rotational power to the gas turbine by electric power supplied from outside the gas turbine; a fuel flow determination device for determining a set value of a parameter used to control a flow rate of the fuel supplied to the combustor; and a fuel flow control device for controlling the flow rate of the fuel supplied to the combustor, based on the set value. The fuel flow determination device determines the set value such that the flow rate of the fuel is a lower limit value in a reverse power operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi TANABE, Yasutsugu TAKATA, Kyosuke KAWANO
  • Patent number: 11914283
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank includes a substrate and, on or above the substrate in order, a reflective layer for reflecting EUV light, a protective layer for protecting the reflective layer, and an absorbent layer for absorbing EUV light. The absorbent layer has a reflectance for a wavelength of 13.53 nm of from 2.5% to 10%. A film thickness d of the absorbent layer satisfies a relationship of: d M ? A ? X - ( i × 6 + 1 ) ? nm ? d ? d M ? A ? X - ( i × 6 - 1 ) ? nm where the integer i is 0 or 1, and dMAX is represented by: d MAX ( nm ) = 13.53 2 ? n ? cos ? 6 ? ° { INT ? ( 0.58 1 - n ) + 1 2 ? ? ? ( tan - 1 ( - k 1 - n ) + 0.64 ) } where n is a refractive index of the absorbent layer, k is an absorption coefficient of the absorbent layer, and INT(x) is a function of returning an integer value obtained by truncating a decimal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Tanabe, Hiroshi Hanekawa, Toshiyuki Uno
  • Patent number: 10933438
    Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a transport roll for transporting a base material, a slit die facing a lower surface of the base material, a coating liquid supply controller for switching on and/or off in supply of a coating liquid to the slit die, and a base material height changing device for ejecting compressed gas onto the lower surface of the base material during a specific period from a termination of the supply of the coating liquid to the slit die to a restart of the supply of the coating liquid to the slit die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoi Hatanaka, Michirou Yoshino, Hiroshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10910454
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, regions on the substrate each including a transparent first and a second regions, one or more light-emitting elements disposed in the second region, and a circular polarizing pattern disposed in front of the pixel regions. Each of the one or more light-emitting elements includes a reflective electrode and a transparent electrode layered one above the other, and a light-emitting film provided between the transparent electrode and the reflective electrode. The light-emitting film is configured to emit light in response to electric current supplied between the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode. The circular polarizing pattern covers the entire reflective electrode when seen from the front of the display device. At least a part of the first region is located within a gap in the circular polarizing pattern when seen from the front of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD., Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takechi, Hiroshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10840469
    Abstract: Each of subpixels includes: an upper electrode; a lower electrode; an organic light-emitting layer sandwiched between the upper electrode and the lower electrode; and a lower carrier supply layer sandwiched between the lower electrode and the organic light-emitting layer. The lower carrier supply layer is configured to: make contact with the lower electrode and the organic light-emitting layer, respectively; supply carriers from the lower electrode to the organic light-emitting layer; cover the lower electrode entirely in an opening of the pixel defining layer; and have an edge at a top surface of the pixel defining layer surrounding the lower electrode. The organic light-emitting layer covers an entire surface of the lower carrier supply layer including the edge of the lower carrier supply layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Hamada, Hiroshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10612783
    Abstract: A combustor replacement method and a gas turbine plant capable of efficiently replacing a combustor using an existing facility. The combustor replacement method includes a step of separating, from a plurality of fuel supply systems, a first combustor that includes a plurality of nozzle systems connected to any of the plurality of fuel supply systems and supplied with fuel from the connected fuel supply systems, and removing the first combustor from a gas turbine plant. The method includes a step of attaching a second combustor that includes fewer nozzle systems than the first combustor to the gas turbine plant, and a step of providing communication between the fuel supply systems connected to the same nozzle system of the second combustor by a coupling pipe, and coupling the fuel supply systems and the second combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Fujii, Shin Akazawa, Nobukazu Ishii, Masahiro Matsubara, Masayuki Murakami, Fuminori Fujii, Hiroshi Tanabe, Masaru Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20200013838
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, regions on the substrate each including a transparent first and a second regions, one or more light-emitting elements disposed in the second region, and a circular polarizing pattern disposed in front of the pixel regions. Each of the one or more light-emitting elements includes a reflective electrode and a transparent electrode layered one above the other, and a light-emitting film provided between the transparent electrode and the reflective electrode. The light-emitting film is configured to emit light in response to electric current supplied between the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode. The circular polarizing pattern covers the entire reflective electrode when seen from the front of the display device. At least a part of the first region is located within a gap in the circular polarizing pattern when seen from the front of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige TAKECHI, Hiroshi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190232328
    Abstract: A coating method of repeatedly forming a lower surface coated portion obtained by forming a coating film on a lower surface of a base material and a lower surface uncoated portion obtained by exposing the lower surface of the base material between a terminal end of a lower surface coated portion and a starting end of the lower surface coated portion, by switching on/off in supply of a coating liquid to a slit die facing the lower surface of the base material through a discharge port while the base material is transferred, in which a distance between the lower surface of the base material and the discharge port of the slit die is temporarily expanded beyond a distance so far by a base material height changing device during a specific period from termination of the supply of the coating liquid to the slit die to restarting of the supply is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: MOTOI HATANAKA, MICHIROU YOSHINO, HIROSHI TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190103573
    Abstract: Each of subpixels includes: an upper electrode; a lower electrode; an organic light-emitting layer sandwiched between the upper electrode and the lower electrode; and a lower carrier supply layer sandwiched between the lower electrode and the organic light-emitting layer. The lower carrier supply layer is configured to: make contact with the lower electrode and the organic light-emitting layer, respectively; supply carriers from the lower electrode to the organic light-emitting layer; cover the lower electrode entirely in an opening of the pixel defining layer; and have an edge at a top surface of the pixel defining layer surrounding the lower electrode. The organic light-emitting layer covers an entire surface of the lower carrier supply layer including the edge of the lower carrier supply layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Keita HAMADA, Hiroshi TANABE
  • Patent number: 9971268
    Abstract: A curable liquid developer that contains a toner particle, a polymerization initiator, and a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer, wherein the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer contains a compound given by the following formula (A): (R—CH?CH—O—)n—CmH(2m+2?n)??formula (A) [in formula (A), m represents an integer that is at least 12 and not more than 50; n represents an integer that is at least 2; and R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having at least 1 and not more than 3 carbons].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20180059566
    Abstract: Provided is a UV-curable liquid developer remaining in an apparatus hardly cures with visible light even when the apparatus is opened for the purpose of, for example, its maintenance, and the UV-curable liquid developer shows sufficient fixability by irradiation of the UV light. The UV-curable liquid developer includes: toner particles; a polymerization initiator; a sensitizer; and a polymerizable monomer, in which the sensitizer contains a compound represented by X—Y, where X represents a triphenylenyl group or the like and Y represents a triphenylenyl group or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa, Koichi Nakata
  • Publication number: 20180046105
    Abstract: Provided is a curable liquid developer having sufficient fixability while being a curable liquid developer containing a polymer material. The curable liquid developer includes: a cationic polymerizable liquid monomer including a vinyl ether monomer; and toner particles insoluble in the cationic polymerizable liquid monomer, in which the curable liquid developer further includes a polymerizable polyolefin including a polyolefin in a main chain thereof, the polymerizable polyolefin having a vinyl ether group at at least one terminal of the polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 9891546
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable liquid developer containing a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer, a photoinitiator according to formula (1), and a toner particle. In the developer the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer contains a vinyl ether compound, the molar average SP value of the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer is not more than 9.0, the molar average number of functional groups for the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer is at least 1.8, the photoinitiator contains a specified compound, and the content of the specified compound is at least 0.01 mass parts and not more than 5.00 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Naotake Sato, Hiroshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9891547
    Abstract: Provided is a ultraviolet-curable liquid developer containing a toner particle, a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer, and a photoinitiator that contains a compound according to formula (1): The cationically polymerizable liquid monomer contains a vinyl ether compound satisfying A/B×1,000?8.5, wherein A is the molar average number of functional groups for the vinyl ether compound and B is the molar average molecular weight of the vinyl ether compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Naotake Sato
  • Publication number: 20170090325
    Abstract: A curable liquid developer that contains a toner particle, a polymerization initiator, and a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer, wherein the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer contains a compound given by the following formula (A): (R—CH?CH—O—)n—CmH(2m+2-n) ??formula (A) [in formula (A), m represents an integer that is at least 12 and not more than 50; n represents an integer that is at least 2; and R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having at least 1 and not more than 3 carbons].
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20170030583
    Abstract: A combustor replacement method and a gas turbine plant capable of efficiently replacing a combustor using an existing facility. The combustor replacement method includes a step of separating, from a plurality of fuel supply systems, a first combustor that includes a plurality of nozzle systems connected to any of the plurality of fuel supply systems and supplied with fuel from the connected fuel supply systems, and removing the first combustor from a gas turbine plant. The method includes a step of attaching a second combustor that includes fewer nozzle systems than the first combustor to the gas turbine plant, and a step of providing communication between the fuel supply systems connected to the same nozzle system of the second combustor by a coupling pipe, and coupling the fuel supply systems and the second combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Keita FUJII, Shin AKAZAWA, Nobukazu ISHII, Masahiro MATSUBARA, Masayuki MURAKAMI, Fuminori FUJII, Hiroshi TANABE, Masaru TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20160349653
    Abstract: Provided is a ultraviolet-curable liquid developer containing a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer, a photoinitiator, and a toner particle, wherein the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer contains a vinyl ether compound; defining A as the molar average number of functional groups for the vinyl ether compound and B as the molar average molecular weight of the vinyl ether compound, A and B satisfy the relationship A/B×1,000?8.5; and the photoinitiator contains a specific compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Naotake Sato
  • Publication number: 20160349651
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable liquid developer containing a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer, a photoinitiator, and a toner particle, wherein the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer contains a vinyl ether compound, the molar average SP value of the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer is not more than 9.0, the molar average number of functional groups for the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer is at least 1.8, the photoinitiator contains a specified compound, and the content of the specified compound is at least 0.01 mass parts and not more than 5.00 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Naotake Sato, Hiroshi Tanabe