Patents by Inventor Kenichi Ishii
Kenichi Ishii 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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Patent number: 11953308Abstract: A light emitting element array includes: a light emitting element group that includes plural light emitting elements; and plural lenses that are provided, corresponding to the plural light emitting elements, on a light emitting surface side of the plural light emitting elements, and that deflects light emitted from the plural light emitting elements according to a positional relation with the plural light emitting elements. Distances between central axes of light emission of the plural light emitting elements and central axes of the plural lenses corresponding to the plural light emitting elements increase from a center side of the light emitting element group toward an end side of the light emitting element group, and a degree of change in the distances decreases from the center side of the light emitting element group toward the end side of the light emitting element group.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Shigetoshi Nakamura, Kenichi Ohno, Michiaki Murata, Tsutomu Ishii, Jiro Minabe
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Patent number: 11913416Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle that is provided with (i) an engine, (ii) a first starting device including an electric motor and a high-voltage power supply device, such that the first starting device cranks the engine by using the electric motor, (iii) a second starting device including a starter motor and a low-voltage power supply device, such that the second starting device cranks the engine by using the starter motor, and (iv) various kinds of electrical equipment operable by an electric power supplied from the low-voltage power supply device. In a case in which start of the engine by cranking the engine by using the first starting device has failed and then the start of the engine by cranking the engine by using the second starting device has failed, the control apparatus cranks the engine by using the second starting device again.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichi Ishii
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Publication number: 20240020837Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) includes an image processing unit (110) and a risk information generation unit (120). The image processing unit (110) acquires and processes an image generated by an image capture apparatus (20), that is, an image including a plurality of persons. As an example, the image processing unit (110) sets a person being at least part of the plurality of persons as a reference person and computes a distance (first distance) between the reference person and the closest person to the reference person. By using the first distance, the risk information generation unit (120) generates infection risk information in a target region being an image capture target of the image capture apparatus (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Gaku NAKANO, Shoji NISHIMURA, Yoshitaka HIGETA, Youtarou NODA, Shigeki SHINODA, Yuzo SENDA, Shin TOMINAGA, Masumi ISHIKAWA, Daisuke IKEFUJI, Kana TAKIZAWA, Kenichi ISHII, Yoshiyuki SATOU, Eishi ARITA, Shota YAMAMOTO, Shinya YAMASAKI, Narumitsu NOTOMI, Aki NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11821400Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle allows execution of an idle-stop control for temporarily stopping an engine, in a case in which a plurality of conditions are satisfied. The plurality of conditions include (i) a first condition is that it is determined upon power ON of the vehicle that the execution of the idle-stop control is allowed in a result of a determination stored upon power OFF of the vehicle last time and (ii) a second condition that it is determined that a smoothed value of an output voltage of a power storage device is at least a predetermined voltage value that guarantees the start of the engine. The smoothed value is obtained by a smoothing processing for smoothing the output voltage during a preparation period from the power ON until elapse of a predetermined time for which an initialization processing of the control apparatus is executed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichi Ishii
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Publication number: 20230349350Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle that is provided with (i) an engine, (ii) a first starting device including an electric motor and a high-voltage power supply device, such that the first starting device cranks the engine by using the electric motor, (iii) a second starting device including a starter motor and a low-voltage power supply device, such that the second starting device cranks the engine by using the starter motor, and (iv) various kinds of electrical equipment operable by an electric power supplied from the low-voltage power supply device. In a case in which start of the engine by cranking the engine by using the first starting device has failed and then the start of the engine by cranking the engine by using the second starting device has failed, the control apparatus cranks the engine by using the second starting device again.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichi ISHII
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Patent number: 11791406Abstract: A first gate wiring layer is a 2-layered structure in which a polysilicon wiring layer and a metal wiring layer containing aluminum are sequentially stacked. The polysilicon wiring layer and the metal wiring layer surround a periphery of an active region. In a portion of a periphery of the first gate wiring layer, the polysilicon wiring layer and the metal wiring layer contact each other via a contact hole of an interlayer insulating film and in remaining portions thereof, are electrically insulated from each other by the interlayer insulating film. The first gate wiring layer, in portion separate from a gate pad, is configured having relatively more of the metal wiring layer with a resistance value lower than that of the polysilicon wiring layer. The resistance value of the first gate wiring layer is adjusted to be relatively high in a portion near the gate pad, as compared to the portion separate from the gate pad.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Ishii
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Publication number: 20230323846Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle allows execution of an idle-stop control for temporarily stopping an engine, in a case in which a plurality of conditions are satisfied. The plurality of conditions include (i) a first condition is that it is determined upon power ON of the vehicle that the execution of the idle-stop control is allowed in a result of a determination stored upon power OFF of the vehicle last time and (ii) a second condition that it is determined that a smoothed value of an output voltage of a power storage device is at least a predetermined voltage value that guarantees the start of the engine. The smoothed value is obtained by a smoothing processing for smoothing the output voltage during a preparation period from the power ON until elapse of a predetermined time for which an initialization processing of the control apparatus is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenichi ISHII
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Publication number: 20230303075Abstract: A controller for a vehicle executes, when an ignition switch is turned off before an engine speed increases to an autonomous speed that is a speed allowing for autonomous operation of an engine, an increase process that increases the engine speed to greater than or equal to the autonomous speed, and a stop position control that stops a piston at a predetermined position in a cylinder through regenerative braking that converts rotational energy of a crankshaft of the engine into electric power with a motor generator after the increase process is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventor: Kenichi ISHII
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Publication number: 20230307138Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to process an image of a target region, and thereby compute a proximity index being an index relating to a proximity state of a plurality of persons captured in the image, and cause a predetermined apparatus to execute predetermined control, when the proximity index satisfies a criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230298166Abstract: An image processing apparatus (10) includes an image processing unit (110) and a risk information generation unit (120). The image processing unit (110) acquires and processes an image generated by an image capture apparatus (20), that is, an image including a plurality of persons. As an example, the image processing unit (110) sets a person being at least part of the plurality of persons as a reference person and computes a distance (first distance) between the reference person and the closest person to the reference person. By using the first distance, the risk information generation unit (120) generates infection risk information in a target region being an image capture target of the image capture apparatus (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230274553Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus (10) that includes: a feature value extraction unit (11) that, by processing an image including a plurality of persons, extracts an external appearance feature value of each of the persons; and a determination unit (12) that, by processing the image, determines another of the persons who satisfies an infection condition between him/her and each of the persons, and registers relevant information relating to the determined another person in association with the external appearance feature value of each of the persons.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230230380Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit and a risk information generation unit. By processing at least one image, the image processing unit identifies a caution-requiring location being a location where a proximity indicator being an indicator related to a proximity state between a plurality of persons satisfies a criterion. The risk information generation unit outputs information indicating the caution-requiring location. For example, the information is displayed on a display unit through a display control unit. For each person, the image processing unit computes a first distance being the distance to the closest person to the person. Then, for each of a plurality of locations, the image processing unit counts the number of times the first distance has a reference value or less. Then, the proximity indicator is set by using the number of times the first distance has the reference value or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230113109Abstract: Provided is a test method comprising: preparing a plurality of groups for setting, each of which has a plurality of semiconductor devices for setting, and assigning an inspection voltage to each of the respective plurality of groups for setting; performing first testing by applying the assigned inspection voltage to the semiconductor devices for setting, and testing, at a first temperature, the plurality of semiconductor devices for setting included in each of the plurality of groups for setting; performing second testing by testing, at a second temperature different from the first temperature, a semiconductor device for setting having been determined as being non-defective and by detecting a breakdown voltage at which the semiconductor device for setting is broken; acquiring a relationship between the inspection voltage and the breakdown voltage; and setting an applied voltage used when testing a semiconductor device under test at the first temperature, based on the acquired relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Shuhei TATEMICHI, Kenichi ISHII
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Publication number: 20230067428Abstract: Provided is a test method of a semiconductor device under test, the test method comprising: controlling the semiconductor device under test to an on state by inputting a control signal to the semiconductor device under test; and observing the semiconductor device under test at a time of controlling the semiconductor device under test in the on state to an off state and evaluating the semiconductor device under test, wherein the semiconductor device under test includes one semiconductor device under test or a plurality of semiconductor devices under test, and in the controlling to the on state, a length of an on-time for which the one semiconductor device under test or the plurality of semiconductor devices under test are set to the on state is adjusted based on a magnitude of a variation in a delay time of the control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Kenichi ISHII, Atsushi YOSHIDA, Tomonori MORI, Takashi SHIIGI
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Publication number: 20230063471Abstract: Provided is a test method of a semiconductor apparatus comprising: first testing the semiconductor apparatus by bringing one or more probe pins into contact with a pad of the semiconductor apparatus; and second testing the semiconductor apparatus in a state where contact positions of the one or more probe pins with respect to the pad are different from those of the first testing. In the first testing, the one or more probe pins may be brought into contact with first positions and second positions on the pad, and in the second testing, the one or more probe pins may be brought into contact between the first positions and the second positions on the pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventor: Kenichi ISHII
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Publication number: 20220020869Abstract: A first gate wiring layer is a 2-layered structure in which a polysilicon wiring layer and a metal wiring layer containing aluminum are sequentially stacked. The polysilicon wiring layer and the metal wiring layer surround a periphery of an active region. In a portion of a periphery of the first gate wiring layer, the polysilicon wiring layer and the metal wiring layer contact each other via a contact hole of an interlayer insulating film and in remaining portions thereof, are electrically insulated from each other by the interlayer insulating film. The first gate wiring layer, in portion separate from a gate pad, is configured having relatively more of the metal wiring layer with a resistance value lower than that of the polysilicon wiring layer. The resistance value of the first gate wiring layer is adjusted to be relatively high in a portion near the gate pad, as compared to the portion separate from the gate pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichi ISHII
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Patent number: 10547302Abstract: An internal combustion engine igniter of the present invention includes a current limiting circuit that limits current flowing to the IGBT by controlling a gate voltage of the IGBT in accordance with the current flowing to the IGBT, a waveform-shaping circuit that suppresses an oscillation of the current flowing to the IGBT by applying to the gate voltage of the IGBT an auxiliary voltage generated from a collector voltage of the IGBT when current is being limited by the current limiting circuit, and, in addition, a heat-generation suppressing circuit that obtains an intermediate voltage by resistively dividing the auxiliary voltage generated by the waveform-shaping circuit when current is being limited by the current limiting circuit, and that suppresses IGBT heat generation by increasing the current flowing to the IGBT in accordance with the intermediate voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Ishii
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Patent number: 10428936Abstract: A hydraulic control device that includes a source pressure generating valve that generates a source pressure; a solenoid valve that can supply the engagement pressure based on the source pressure; and a supply pressure switching valve that can be switched between a first state where the supply pressure switching valve can supply the engagement pressure to the second engagement element and a second state where the supply pressure switching valve can supply the source pressure to the second engagement element, the supply pressure switching valve being in the first state when the solenoid valve is operating normally, and being switched to the second state in case of abnormality in the solenoid valve.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi Tsuchida, Toshiaki Hayashi, Yuta Seriguchi, Masafumi Takasu, Yoichiro Kimura, Kenichi Ishii, Syuji Moriyama, Yoshinobu Soga, Hiromitsu Nitani, Takafumi Inagaki
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Patent number: 10060405Abstract: Provided is a switch apparatus including a conductor; a switching device that contacts the conductor on a first surface and switches between a first terminal on the first surface side and a second terminal on a second surface side that is opposite to the first surface; and a control device that contacts the conductor on a third surface and includes a control circuit of the switching device provided on a fourth surface side opposite to the third surface and a first withstand voltage structure that protects the control circuit from excessive voltage added to the conductor. By providing the withstand voltage structure in the control device, it is possible to protect the control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Ishii, Noriyuki Hemmi
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Patent number: 10030599Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is provided that can maintain an automatic engine stop function when an abnormality occurs in a preceding vehicle following control function. The vehicle control apparatus includes a first control unit configured to include a preceding vehicle following control function to control vehicle speed, based on a traveling state of a preceding vehicle, and to output a prohibition request to an automatic engine stop function; and a second control unit configured to include the automatic engine stop function, and to maintain the automatic engine stop function, contrary to the prohibition request output from the first control unit, when an abnormality occurs in the preceding vehicle following control function.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenichi Ishii, Hiroto Miura