Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Tamura

Kazuhiro Tamura 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: 20240167828
    Abstract: An information display device is provided, which includes at least one processor, the at least one processor being configured to: acquire disaster information corresponding to a current position of a vehicle; generate a first image displaying the current position of the vehicle on a narrow-area map of vehicle surroundings; generate a second image displaying an entirety of a disaster-stricken area identified from the disaster information and the current position of the vehicle on a wide-area map of vehicle surroundings; and effect adjacent display of the first image and the second image at a display unit provided inside a vehicle cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshie SAKAKIBARA, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Hirotaka NOGAMI, Makoto TAMURA, Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Daigo ICHIKAWA, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Patent number: 11987880
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of an interior member of a plasma processing apparatus, which improves processing yield. The interior member is disposed inside a processing chamber of the plasma processing apparatus and includes, on a surface thereof, a film of a material having resistance to plasma. The manufacturing method includes: a step of moving a gun by a predetermined distance along the surface of the interior member to spray the material to form the film, and disposing a test piece having a surface having a shape simulating a surface shape of the interior member within a range of the distance within which the gun is moved and forming the film of the material on the surface of the test piece; and a step of adjusting, based on a result of detecting a crystal size of the film on the surface of the test piece and presence or absence of a residual stress or inclusion of a contaminant element, a condition of forming the film on the surface of the interior member by the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ueda, Masaru Kurihara, Kazuyuki Ikenaga, Tomoyuki Tamura
  • Publication number: 20240159549
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: acquire a satellite image of the ground, which is captured by an artificial satellite, for a target area based on disaster information; based on the satellite image, detect an obstruction on a road which relates to passage of a vehicle; and output a road for which no obstruction is detected as a traversable road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIK KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASHIMA, Kazuhiro NISHIMURA, Yoshie SAKAKIBARA, Hirotaka NOGAMI, Makoto TAMURA, Daigo ICHIKAWA, Shintaro MATSUTANI
  • Patent number: 11971633
    Abstract: An electrode structure includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; and a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a first direction with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes, in which the plurality of dielectric layers includes: a first dielectric layer that spreads over the plurality of pixel electrodes in a direction intersecting with the first direction; and a second dielectric layer that includes dielectric material having a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer, sandwiches the first dielectric layer together with the plurality of pixel electrodes, and has a slit at a position overlapping space between pixel electrodes adjacent when viewed from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sakairi, Tomoaki Honda, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Keiichi Maeda, Chiho Araki, Katsunori Dai, Shunsuke Narui, Kunihiko Hikichi, Kouta Fukumoto, Toshiaki Okada, Takuma Matsuno, Yuu Kawaguchi, Yuuji Adachi, Koichi Amari, Hideki Kawaguchi, Seiya Haraguchi, Takayoshi Masaki, Takuya Fujino, Tadayuki Dofuku, Yosuke Takita, Kazuhiro Tamura, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11941182
    Abstract: A housing of an example of an electronic apparatus has a top surface and a bottom surface and has a flat shape. A power supply section having a flat shape is a power supply section, which is a housing case capable of accommodating a battery or is a battery, and the power supply section is provided at a position inside the housing that intersects with a reference plane perpendicular to the up-down direction. A first substrate is provided parallel to the reference plane on the top surface side relative to the power supply section. A second substrate is provided parallel to the reference plane on the bottom surface side relative to the power supply section. The electronic apparatus includes at least one of a vibrator and a speaker at a position that intersects with the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wakana Ohori, Kazuhiro Maruyama, Yoshitaka Tamura, Masaya Takei, Takahiro Sato, Koji Saito, Mitsuru Katayama
  • Publication number: 20240097028
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type drift region formed in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, an n-type body region formed in the surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, a p-type drain region formed in a surface layer portion of the drift region, a p-type source region formed in a surface layer portion of the body region, a gate insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer, and a polysilicon gate formed on the gate insulating film, wherein a region extending from the source region to a side edge of the drift region is a channel region, and wherein the polysilicon gate includes a p-type first portion facing at least a portion of the channel region, and an n-type second portion facing at least a portion of the drift region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TAMURA, Naoki IZUMI, Yusuke SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240097008
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an n-type semiconductor layer; a p-type drift region formed in a surface layer of the n-type semiconductor layer; an n-type body region formed in the surface layer of the n-type semiconductor layer so as to be spaced apart from or adjacent to the p-type drift region; a p-type drain region formed in a surface layer of the p-type drift region; a p-type source region formed in a surface layer of the n-type body region; a gate insulating film formed over a surface of the n-type semiconductor layer so as to straddle the p-type drift region and the n-type body region; a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film; and an n-type region formed in the surface layer of the p-type drift region and arranged between a side edge of the p-type drift region near the n-type body region and the p-type drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TAMURA, Naoki IZUMI, Hajime OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230363205
    Abstract: [Abstract] [Object] To provide a display device in which the occurrence of a bright spot defect is suppressed. [Solving Means] The display device includes a light-emitting portion and a drive circuit. The drive circuit includes a transistor that drives the light-emitting portion and includes a first diffusion layer and a first contact electrode, the first diffusion layer including no silicide formed in a silicon region, the first contact electrode being electrically connected to the first diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI YAMAZAKI, KAZUHIRO TAMURA
  • Patent number: 11768087
    Abstract: A detection device is for detecting a passage timing of a turbine blade. This detection device is provided with: a sensor including a magnet and a coil that is disposed at a position subject to magnetic flux generated by the magnet and is configured to detect an induced electromotive force based on a change in the magnetic flux accompanying passage of the turbine blade; and an analyzer configured to detect the passage timing of the turbine blade, on the basis of an integrated signal obtained by integrating a signal based on the induced electromotive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeda, Kazuhiro Tamura, Keiichiro Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11744109
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting portion and a drive circuit. The drive circuit includes a transistor that drives the light-emitting portion and includes a first diffusion layer and a first contact electrode, the first diffusion layer including no silicide formed in a silicon region, the first contact electrode being electrically connected to the first diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Tamura
  • Publication number: 20220326578
    Abstract: An electrode structure includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; and a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a first direction with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes, in which the plurality of dielectric layers includes: a first dielectric layer that spreads over the plurality of pixel electrodes in a direction intersecting with the first direction; and a second dielectric layer that includes dielectric material having a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer, sandwiches the first dielectric layer together with the plurality of pixel electrodes, and has a slit at a position overlapping space between pixel electrodes adjacent when viewed from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: TAKASHI SAKAIRI, TOMOAKI HONDA, TSUYOSHI OKAZAKI, KEIICHI MAEDA, CHIHO ARAKI, KATSUNORI DAI, SHUNSUKE NARUI, KUNIHIKO HIKICHI, KOUTA FUKUMOTO, TOSHIAKI OKADA, TAKUMA MATSUNO, YUU KAWAGUCHI, YUUJI ADACHI, KOICHI AMARI, HIDEKI KAWAGUCHI, SEIYA HARAGUCHI, TAKAYOSHI MASAKI, TAKUYA FUJINO, TADAYUKI DOFUKU, YOSUKE TAKITA, KAZUHIRO TAMURA, ATSUSHI TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220288144
    Abstract: Provided is the composition capable of effectively exerting an effect on a change in a hormone balance. A composition for inhibiting the decrease in endogenous testosterone and/or dihydrotestosterone, the composition comprising Cordyceps militaris derived from Samia cynthia ricini and/or its extract is prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Toyokazu NAKASONE, Shigemi OKAMATSU, Hiroaki MIYAOKA, Kazuhiro TAMURA, Koichiro OTA, Mikihiro YOSHIE
  • Publication number: 20220252429
    Abstract: A detection device is for detecting a passage timing of a turbine blade. This detection device is provided with: a sensor including a magnet and a coil that is disposed at a position subject to magnetic flux generated by the magnet and is configured to detect an induced electromotive force based on a change in the magnetic flux accompanying passage of the turbine blade; and an analyzer configured to detect the passage timing of the turbine blade, on the basis of an integrated signal obtained by integrating a signal based on the induced electromotive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKEDA, Kazuhiro TAMURA, Keiichiro MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220181461
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a chip including a main surface; and a first transistor formed in the chip, wherein the first transistor includes: a first drain region of a first conductive type that is formed on a surface layer portion of the main surface; a first source region of the first conductive type that is formed on the surface layer portion of the main surface at an interval from the first drain region and partitions a first channel region having a first channel length L1 in a region between the first source region and the first drain region; a first gate insulating film that covers the first channel region; and a first gate electrode that contains polysilicon and is formed on the first gate insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TAMURA, Yusuke NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11248489
    Abstract: A monitoring sensor for a state of a blade of a rotating machine includes a sensor for monitoring a state of the blade of the rotating machine, a first section configured to be fixed to a casing of the rotating machine, and a second section holding the sensor and supported by the first section so as to be able to adjust a position of the sensor in an axial direction of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tamura, Takeo Baba
  • Publication number: 20210327985
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a display device in which the occurrence of a bright spot defect is suppressed. [Solving Means] The display device includes a light-emitting portion and a drive circuit. The drive circuit includes a transistor that drives the light-emitting portion and includes a first diffusion layer and a first contact electrode, the first diffusion layer including no silicide formed in a silicon region, the first contact electrode being electrically connected to the first diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI YAMAZAKI, KAZUHIRO TAMURA
  • Patent number: 11024698
    Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure includes: a circuit unit including a semiconductor substrate and a capacitative element, in which the capacitative element includes, a dielectric layer which is formed in the semiconductor substrate, and extends in a substrate depth direction, a first electrode formed on one surface side of the dielectric layer to face the dielectric layer, and a second electrode formed on the other surface side of the dielectric layer to face the dielectric layer. An electronic device of the present disclosure includes the display device having the configuration described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Tamura
  • Publication number: 20210131861
    Abstract: A blade vibration monitoring device includes: a rotary machine including a rotating shaft that extends along an axis, and a plurality of moving blades having moving blade bodies that extend radially outward in a radial direction from the rotating shaft, and shrouds that are provided at tips of the moving blade bodies and are in contact with each other in a circumferential direction; and a sensor that is provided on the outside of the shroud in the radial direction to face the shroud, and is configured to detect a change in an outer circumferential surface of the shroud, in which the outer circumferential surface of the shroud includes a first surface, and a second surface which is disposed to be interposed between the first surfaces from both sides in the circumferential direction, and in which a detection signal from the sensor is different from that of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMASHITA, Kazuhiro TAMURA, Keiichiro MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200347747
    Abstract: A monitoring sensor for a state of a blade of a rotating machine includes a sensor for monitoring a state of the blade of the rotating machine, a first section configured to be fixed to a casing of the rotating machine, and a second section holding the sensor and supported by the first section so as to be able to adjust a position of the sensor in an axial direction of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tamura, Takeo Baba
  • Publication number: 20200203464
    Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure includes: a circuit unit including a semiconductor substrate and a capacitative element, in which the capacitative element includes, a dielectric layer which is formed in the semiconductor substrate, and extends in a substrate depth direction, a first electrode formed on one surface side of the dielectric layer to face the dielectric layer, and a second electrode formed on the other surface side of the dielectric layer to face the dielectric layer. An electronic device of the present disclosure includes the display device having the configuration described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Tamura