Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Takahashi
Hiroyuki Takahashi 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).
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Publication number: 20240030068Abstract: A processing method of a workpiece includes a protective film coating step of coating a front surface of a wafer with a protective film, and partly removing the protective film along planned dividing lines, a dividing step of supplying a first gas in a plasma state to divide the wafer into multiple chips along the planned dividing lines, a hydrophilization step of supplying a second gas in a plasma state to at least any of front surfaces and side surfaces of the chips, an exposed adhesive tape, and an annular frame that have been hydrophobized due to the dividing step to hydrophilize the at least any of the front surfaces and the side surfaces of the chips, the exposed adhesive tape, and the annular frame, and a cleaning step of removing the protective film and cleaning a frame unit by a cleaning liquid after the hydrophilization step.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Yoshiteru NISHIDA, Susumu YOKOO
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Publication number: 20240015934Abstract: Included are an electronic component, an insulating holding member holding the electronic component, a conductive routing member provided with an electrical connection portion, and a pressing structure pressing the routing member against a cooling member for cooling. The routing member includes a first held portion and a second held portion held by the holding member, a heat transferring portion transferring heat to the cooling member in contact, a first spring portion pressing the heat transferring portion against the cooling member with spring force generated between the first held portion and the heat transferring portion, and a second spring portion pressing the heat transferring portion against the cooling member with spring force generated between the second held portion and the heat transferring portion. The pressing structure is configured by the first held portion, the second held portion, the heat transferring portion, the first spring portion, and the second spring portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Kouzou Kosho, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kazuaki Kitajima
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Patent number: 11867938Abstract: Provided is a polarizing plate having a wire grid structure, comprising a transparent substrate, a first antireflection film laminated on the first surface of the transparent substrate, a plurality of protrusions protruding from the first antireflection film, a second antireflection layer laminated on a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the plurality of protrusions are periodically arranged at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of light in a use band, each of the protrusions extends in in a first direction and includes a reflective layer, a dielectric layer, and an absorption layer in order from the first direction, and both the first antireflection layer and the second antireflection layer have high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers that are alternately laminated.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tomu Takeda
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Publication number: 20230405554Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a granulation adsorbent having high strength and in particular stability in water that ensures certain throughputs at low costs. The granulated adsorbent of the invention comprises a metal-cyano complex as an effective component, a flocculation precipitant for flocculation precipitation of the metal-cyano complex from slurry containing the metal-cyano complex, a binder, and a crosslinking agent. The granulated adsorbent is produced by a step of adding the flocculation precipitant to the metal-cyano complex slurry and then dehydrating the metal-cyano complex slurry to prepare a metal-cyano complex dehydrated cake, a step of heat drying the metal-cyano complex dehydrated cake to prepare a metal-cyano complex dried block, a step of pulverizing the metal-cyano complex dried block into metal-cyano complex powder, and a step of preparing a mixture containing the metal-cyano complex powder, binder and crosslinking agent, and then granulating using the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, FUSO CorporationInventors: Tohru KAWAMOTO, Akira TAKAHASHI, Kimitaka MINAMI, Hisashi TANAKA, Toshio YAMADA, Hiroaki MIKASA, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Takashi SUZAKI
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Patent number: 11845271Abstract: An electronic device inputs a voltage from each of a first and a second constant voltage sources, amplifies the inputted voltage, and converts the inputted voltage or a voltage amplified by an amplifier into a digital value. Using a first and a second digital values based on the inputted voltage, and a third and fourth digital values based on the inputted, amplified and converted voltage, an amplification factor of the amplifier and an offset voltage of the amplifier are calculated, and the amplifier is corrected based on the calculated amplification factor and offset voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki Ueki, Shinya Ishikawa, Hironori Naka, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Yuta Shinsawatsu, Kotaro Kimoto
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Patent number: 11842881Abstract: A measurement device that comprises a photoelectric conversion element and a signal processing part that receives, from the photoelectric conversion element, detected pulses that include dark pulses and signal pulses that are outputted in accordance with inputted photons. The signal processing part performs amplitude discrimination on the detected pulses on the basis of a pre-acquired dark pulse amplitude distribution for the photoelectric conversion element.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Akio Yamamoto, Kazuki Ikeda, Wen Li, Shunsuke Mizutani, Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11835901Abstract: A measuring device a measurement unit configured to measure an image on a sheet, the measurement unit including a light emitting portion configured to illuminate the sheet with light, and a detecting portion configured to detect light reflected by the sheet; a supporting unit supporting the measurement unit; and a driving unit configured to move the measurement unit supported by the supporting unit in a scanning direction. A size, in the scanning direction, of a detectable range of the detecting portion in which the detecting portion is capable of detecting the reflected light from the sheet is larger than a size, in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the scanning direction and a normal direction of a surface of the sheet, of the detectable range of the detecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Naoto Tokuma
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Patent number: 11821783Abstract: An information processing system comprises: an acquisition means configured to acquire vibration of a device that vibrates during operation, as time-series data of a physical quantity A indicated by a plurality of axis components in a three-dimensional coordinate system; a calculation means configured to calculate a first evaluation value E indicating a degree of bias of the vibration of the device between axes, based on the time-series data of the physical quantity A; and an estimation means configured to estimate a degradation level G of the device based on the first evaluation value E.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: METAWATER Co., Ltd., Extranet Systems Inc.Inventors: Takahiro Karakama, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shigeyuki Okada, Takayoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11810752Abstract: The invention provides a power supply device and a charged particle beam device capable of reducing noise generated between a plurality of voltages. The charged particle beam device includes a charged particle gun configured to emit a charged particle beam, a stage on which a sample is to be placed, and a power supply circuit configured to generate a first voltage and a second voltage that determine energy of the charged particle beam and supply the first voltage to the charged particle gun. The power supply circuit includes a first booster circuit configured to generate the first voltage, a second booster circuit configured to generate the second voltage, and a switching control circuit configured to perform switching control of the first booster circuit and the second booster circuit using common switch signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Wen Li, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Makoto Suzuki, Yuzuru Mizuhara
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Patent number: 11798780Abstract: The scanning charged particle beam microscope according to the present application is characterized in that, in acquiring an image of the FOV (field of view), interspaced beam irradiation points are set, and then, a deflector is controlled so that a charged particle beam scan is performed faster when the charged particle beam irradiates a position on the sample between each of the irradiation points than when the charged particle beam irradiates a position on the sample corresponding to each of the irradiation points (a position on the sample corresponding to each pixel detecting a signal). This allows the effects from a micro-domain electrification occurring within the FOV to be mitigated or controlled.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Yokosuka, Chahn Lee, Hideyuki Kazumi, Hajime Kawano, Shahedul Hoque, Kumiko Shimizu, Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11782200Abstract: Provided is a transparent substrate, a plurality of protrusions protruding from the first surface of the transparent substrate; and an antireflection film laminated on the second surface opposite to the first surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the plurality of protrusions are periodically arranged at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of light in a use band, each of the protrusions extends in in a first direction and includes a reflective layer, a dielectric layer, and an absorption layer in order from the first direction, the antireflection film has high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers that are alternately laminated, and the antireflection film is an ion beam assisted vapor deposition film or an ion beam sputtering film.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomu Takeda, Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230307407Abstract: A member includes a base material and a conductive layer. The conductive layer conducts heat or electricity. The conductive layer includes a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion. The conductive portion conducts heat or electricity. The conductive portion is disposed on at least one of an upper surface or a lower surface of the non-conductive portion and on a side surface of the non-conductive portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Tohru YASHIRO, Shinji MATSUMOTO, Takeshi ENDOH, Yuko KOMAI, Hiroshi KONDO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Muneaki IWATA, Tohru HASEGAWA, Ryuya MASHIKO, Shinichi HATANAKA, Hiroyuki HIRATSUKA
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Patent number: 11766861Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus comprises a controller and a printhead control unit positioned between the controller and the printhead and configured to control the printhead upon an instruction from the controller. The controller comprises a control unit configured to, in a case where transmission of an instruction to the printhead control unit failed, if the instruction is an instruction included in a first communication sequence performed periodically with respect to the printhead control unit in order to control the printhead, not execute a retry of the failed instruction, and in a case where the instruction is an instruction included in a second communication sequence performed aperiodically with respect to the printhead control unit in order to control the printhead, retry the failed instruction.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hironori Naka, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Yuta Shinsawatsu, Shinya Ishikawa, Hideyuki Ueki, Kotaro Kimoto
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Publication number: 20230297013Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer portion, a fixing unit, a conveyance belt configured to convey a sheet from the transfer portion toward the fixing unit, a driving portion configured to drive the conveyance belt, and a controller configured to control the driving portion. The controller is configured to, in a case of switching the image forming apparatus to a standby state in which the image forming apparatus is ready to start an image forming operation and stands by for input of an image forming job, execute preheating in which the fixing unit is preliminarily heated, and cause the driving portion to rotate the conveyance belt while the preheating is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: HIROYUKI TAKAHASHI, SHO MATSUI, AYANO OGATA
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Patent number: 11758065Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image onto a sheet; a conveyance roller configured to convey the sheet through a conveyance path, the conveyance path including a curved path being bent; a sensor configured to read the image formed on the sheet conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance roller, the sensor being configured to read the image formed on the sheet when a part of the sheet is conveyed through the curved path; and a controller configured to obtain information related to a type of the sheet, and to control, based on the information, a conveying speed of the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller when the sensor reads the image.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230279278Abstract: An adhesive resin composition for bonding two adherends of different materials together, the composition comprising a phenoxy resin and a polyester elastomer at a weight ratio (phenoxy resin:polyester elastomer) ranging from 20:80 to 80:20, wherein the area of portions where solid matter forms a phase separation structure attributed to both of the phenoxy resin and the polyester elastomer is at most 1 area % of an entire observation area in an elastic modulus phase image of a plurality of arbitrarily defined 10-?m square regions observed by an atomic force microscope (AFM) to which a probe having a tip radius of curvature of 10 nm at 25° C. is attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro YOSHIOKA, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230275297Abstract: The power supply device including, in a battery stack, a spacer interposed between adjacent battery cells, end plates that press end surfaces of the battery stack, a plurality of fastening members each formed into a plate shape extending in a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells, the fastening members being disposed on opposite side surfaces of the battery stack and fastening end plates to each other, an output terminal that connects the plurality of battery cells in series or in parallel and outputs electric power, and a lower plate that is made of metal and covers a lower surface of the battery stack, wherein the output terminal is disposed near an upper surface side of the battery stack, and one or more wide regions expanded to be intervals at which a capillary phenomenon does not occur are formed in a path of a gap from the lower plate or the plurality of fastening members to the output terminalType: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: HIROYUKI TAKAHASHI, GO YAMASHIRO
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Patent number: 11710511Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a memory mat having: a plurality of memory cells; a sense amplifier connected to a memory cell selected from the plurality of memory cells; a first power supply wiring; a first switch connected between the sense amplifier and the first power supply wiring and made an ON state in operating the sense amplifier; and a second switch connected to the sense amplifier and made an ON state in operating the sense amplifier, a second power supply wiring arranged outside the memory mat and connected to the first power supply wiring, a third power supply wiring arranged outside the memory mat and connected to the sense amplifier via the second switch, and a short switch arranged outside the memory mat and connected between the second and third power supply wirings. Here, in operating the sense amplifier, the short switch is made an ON state.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Fukushi, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Muneaki Matsushige
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Patent number: 11707678Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a processor incorporated in a main body apparatus, and the processor makes a player character hit a ball according to an operation of a player. A movement gauge is displayed in a parameter determination screen, and the movement gauge includes a belt-shaped basic area and a risk area outside the basic area. A first index image is moved inside the basic area, and a hitting power is determined at a position that the movement is stopped by an operation of the player. The hitting power affects a flight distance of a ball. After the hitting power is determined, a position of a deviation indication image displayed along the first index image is determined at random. A deviation amount is made larger as the deviation indication image is moved away from the center of the first index image. The risk area is enlarged toward an upper end of the movement gauge. That is, if the flight distance of the ball is made longer, the deviation amount may become larger.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Yamamura, Kodai Matsumoto, Shinya Saito, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230184565Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a magnetic source for generating a magnetic field; a lever or stick, which can be manually tilted about a reference orientation; a magnetic sensor device for measuring the magnetic field. The magnetic source forms a central opening. The stick includes a ferromagnetic object mounted such that a potential energy of the magnetic field is minimal when the stick is oriented in the reference orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Takumi YOSHIYA, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI