Patents by Inventor Kenji Kono

Kenji Kono 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: 11923461
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drift layer, a channel layer, a source layer being the first conductivity type, a gate layer, a body layer, a shield layer and a drain layer. The channel is disposed on the drift layer. The source layer is disposed on a surface layer portion of the channel layer. The gate layer is arranged to be deeper than the source layer. The body layer is arranged to be deeper than the source layer. The shield layer is disposed at a portion of the channel layer between the gate layer and the drift layer. The shield layer is maintained at a potential different from a potential of the gate layer. The drain layer is disposed at a side opposite to the channel layer. A depth ratio of a depth of the gate layer to a depth of the body layer is equal to or larger than 0.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kono
  • Patent number: 11784244
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a junction field effect transistor, includes: preparing a substrate having a first conductivity type drift layer; forming a first conductivity type channel layer above the drift layer by an epitaxial growth, to thereby produce a semiconductor substrate; forming a second conductivity type gate layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation; forming a second conductivity type body layer at a position separated from the gate layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation; and forming a second conductivity type shield layer at a position that is to be located between the gate layer and the drift layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation. The shield layer is formed to face the gate layer while being separated from the gate layer, and is kept to a potential different from that of the gate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kono
  • Patent number: 11716004
    Abstract: A vibration output apparatus (1) includes a vibration transmission member (20), an acoustic vibration output unit (10), and a cushion (30). The vibration transmission member (20) is formed by integrating a body plate (21) and a support portion (22). The support portion (22) is in contact with a vibration plate (100) and supports the body plate (21). The body plate (21) has an opposite surface (21a) opposite to a vibration surface (100u) of the vibration plate (100) and forms an opposite space (S1) between the vibration surface (100u) and the opposite surface (21a). The acoustic vibration output unit (10) is disposed on a rear surface (21b) of the opposite surface (21a) of the body plate (21) and is configured to output an acoustic vibration. The support portion (22, 23) is not in contact with the cushion (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Kono
  • Patent number: 11710734
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a JFET and a MOSFET cascode-connected to each other such that a source electrode of the JFET is connected to a drain electrode of the MOSFET. The JFET is configured such that a breakdown voltage between a gate layer and a body layer is set lower than a breakdown voltage of the MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kono
  • Patent number: 11703326
    Abstract: A stereo camera apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging optical system provided with a plurality of lens groups, and a first actuator configured to change a focal length by driving at least one of the plurality of lens groups of the first imaging optical system; a second imaging unit including a second imaging optical system provided with a plurality of lens groups, and a second actuator configured to change a focal length by driving at least one of the plurality of lens groups of the second imaging optical system; a focal length controller configured to output synchronized driving signals to the first and second actuators; and an image processing unit configured to calculate a distance to a subject by using images captured by the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ohara, Kenji Kono
  • Publication number: 20220415056
    Abstract: An object detection device is configured to execute a first process, a second process, and an object detection process (third and fourth processes). The first process estimates a shape of a road surface in a real space on the basis of a first disparity map. The first disparity map is generated on the basis of an output of a stereo camera that captures an image including the road surface, and is a map in which a disparity obtained from the output of the stereo camera is associated with two-dimensional coordinates formed by a first direction corresponding to a horizontal direction of the image captured by the stereo camera and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The second process removes from the first disparity map a disparity for which a height from the road surface in the real space corresponds to a predetermined range on the basis of the estimated shape of the road surface to generate a second disparity map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki OTA, Kazumasa AKIMOTO, Kenji KONO, Junya KISHIMOTO, Fuko TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220415057
    Abstract: An object detection device is configured to execute a road surface detection process, an object disparity determination process, and an object detection process. The road surface detection process estimates a position of a road surface on the basis of a first disparity map. The first disparity map is generated on the basis of an output of a stereo camera and is a map in which a disparity is associated with two-dimensional coordinates formed by a first direction corresponding to a horizontal direction of an image captured by the stereo camera and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The object disparity determination process determines disparities as object disparities when the number of occurrences of each of the disparities for respective coordinate ranges in the first direction of the first disparity map exceeds a predetermined threshold corresponding to the disparity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KONO, Fuko TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220347927
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a prosthetic apparatus for dental purpose according to one aspect of the present invention includes: acquiring scan data of a model that is a reproduction of at least a part of an inside of an oral cavity of a patient; creating shape data of a shaped body for dental purpose on a basis of the scan data; producing a shaped body on a basis of the shape data; covering at least a part of the shaped body and at least a part of a model with film, the shaped body attached to the model; releasing air in a part covered with the film to deform the film and bring the shaped body into close contact with the model; and curing the shaped body in a state where the shaped body is in close contact with the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji KONO, Hidefumi FUJIMURA, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Yuushin OKIMOTO, Sayaka ISHIDA, Toshio KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 11490209
    Abstract: A vibration generation apparatus includes a concave frame, a vibrator, and a first damper. The frame has an opening in upper portion thereof. The vibrator is housed in the frame. The first damper is connected to the vibrator and the frame and is configured to hold the vibrator such that the vibrator is able to move in an up-down direction with respect to the frame. The first damper has a predetermined thickness. The first damper is in an N-shape in a side view and includes two bent portions and has an upper end mounted on an edge of the opening and a lower end mounted on a lower edge of the vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousuke Takano, Naoki Takada, Kenji Kono, Akira Mutou
  • Publication number: 20220327844
    Abstract: An object detection device includes a processor. The processor acquires or generates a first disparity image generated on the basis of an output of a stereo camera mounted in a mobile object. In the first disparity image, pixels representing disparities are arranged on a two-dimensional plane formed by a first direction corresponding to a base-length direction of the stereo camera and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The processor approximates a relationship between a coordinate, in the second direction, of a road surface in a direction of travel of the mobile object and a disparity representing the road surface with two straight lines, the relationship being included in the first disparity image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Junya KISHIMOTO, Kenji KONO
  • Publication number: 20220252443
    Abstract: A volume measurement apparatus comprises: a point group conversion part converting depth information from a depth sensor into point group data; a raw material heap detection part detecting a point group related to a raw material heap from the point group data, using repose angle information; and a raw material heap volume calculation part that calculates a volume of the raw material heap non-occlusion part based on the point group related to the raw material heap; estimates a volume of the raw material heap occlusion part in the raw material heap, using at least the point group related to the raw material heap; and calculates a volume of the raw material heap, which is a sum of the calculated volume of the raw material heap non-occlusion part and the estimated volume of the raw material heap occlusion part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki YOKOTA, Masanori TAKAOKA, Noriyuki AOKI, Kenji KONO
  • Patent number: 11400029
    Abstract: To provide a dental porcelain paste which can maintain maintaining the paste state and have excellent application property for a long period of time and hardly causes carbonization or bubbles due to the influence of an organic component or a polymer component during firing. The present invention provides a dental porcelain paste for preparing a dental prosthesis device, comprising: 50.0 to 80.0 wt. % of a glass powder (a) having a maximum particle diameter of 100 ?m or less and an average particle diameter of 1 to 20 ?m, 0.5 to 10.0 wt. % of a hydrophobized fine particle silica (b) having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, and 10.0 to 49.5 wt. % of an organic solvent (c) having a boiling point it is within (bp) of 100 to 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Keita Kawata, Kenji Kono
  • Patent number: 11355589
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a junction type FET includes: a drift layer; a channel layer on the drift layer; a source layer in a surface portion of the channel layer; a gate layer in the channel layer; a body layer in the channel layer; a drain layer disposed on an opposite side of the source layer with respect to the drift layer; a gate wiring electrically connected to the gate layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the source layer and the body layer; and a second electrode electrically connected to the drain layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kono
  • Publication number: 20220103051
    Abstract: A vibration generator that allows the user to feel sufficient vibration and that has excellent heat-releasing performance is provided. A vibration generator (100a) has a case (110), a shaft member (130) provided inside the case (110), a moving part (140) configured to move back and forth inside the case (110) along the shaft member (130), and a vibration transmission member (150) configured to have one end fixed to the case (110). The vibration transmission member (150) has an inner space S1 formed inside and an opening part (151) to connect between the inner space (S1) and the outside. An end part (133) of the shaft member (130) penetrates out from the inside of the case (110) and extends to the inner space (S1) of the vibration transmission member (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji KONO
  • Publication number: 20220069192
    Abstract: Exposure to sunlight is minimized. A vibration generation device 1 includes a vibration generator that generates a vibration, and a vibration transmission member 4 that has a vehicle-side fixed part 30 to be fixed to a vehicle 50 and transmits to the vehicle 50 the vibration generated by the vibration generator, wherein the vehicle-side fixed part 30 is provided within a range R of the vibration generator, as viewed from the vibration direction of the vibration generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji KONO, Akira MUTOU
  • Publication number: 20210409870
    Abstract: A vibration generation apparatus includes a concave frame, a vibrator, and a first damper. The frame has an opening in upper portion thereof. The vibrator is housed in the frame. The first damper is connected to the vibrator and the frame and is configured to hold the vibrator such that the vibrator is able to move in an up-down direction with respect to the frame. The first damper has a predetermined thickness. The first damper is in an N-shape in a side view and includes two bent portions and has an upper end mounted on an edge of the opening and a lower end mounted on a lower edge of the vibrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousuke TAKANO, Naoki TAKADA, Kenji KONO, Akira MUTOU
  • Publication number: 20210328048
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a junction field effect transistor, includes: preparing a substrate having a first conductivity type drift layer; forming a first conductivity type channel layer above the drift layer by an epitaxial growth, to thereby produce a semiconductor substrate; forming a second conductivity type gate layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation; forming a second conductivity type body layer at a position separated from the gate layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation; and forming a second conductivity type shield layer at a position that is to be located between the gate layer and the drift layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation. The shield layer is formed to face the gate layer while being separated from the gate layer, and is kept to a potential different from that of the gate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: KENJI KONO
  • Patent number: 11144150
    Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus and method facilitate avoidance of the feeling of strangeness and includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit configured to provide a click sensation and a release sensation to the touch face, and a control unit configured to control that the tactile sensation providing unit. The click sensation is provided when detecting the pressure load satisfying a pressure load provided within a button object for providing the click sensation in a button object. The release sensation is provided when detecting the pressure load satisfying a pressure load provided within a button object for providing the release sensation in a button object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Kono
  • Publication number: 20210313475
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drift layer, a channel layer, a source layer being the first conductivity type, a gate layer, a body layer, a shield layer and a drain layer. The channel is disposed on the drift layer. The source layer is disposed on a surface layer portion of the channel layer. The gate layer is arranged to be deeper than the source layer. The body layer is arranged to be deeper than the source layer. The shield layer is disposed at a portion of the channel layer between the gate layer and the drift layer. The shield layer is maintained at a potential different from a potential of the gate layer. The drain layer is disposed at a side opposite to the channel layer. A depth ratio of a depth of the gate layer to a depth of the body layer is equal to or larger than 0.45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: KENJI KONO
  • Patent number: 11101259
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip including a junction-type FET; a second semiconductor chip including a MOSFET; and a junction-type FET adjustment resistor disposed between a gate electrode of the junction-type FET and a source electrode of the MOSFET. The junction type FET and the MOSFET are cascode-connected. The junction-type FET adjustment resistor includes a first resistance circuit for a switching on operation and a second resistance circuit for a switching off operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Kono