Patents by Inventor Makoto Shibata

Makoto Shibata 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: 11983829
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium including an augmented reality processing program causing a server to implement a controllable object display data output function of outputting display data for displaying, in a superimposed manner on a real space, a controllable object that is a virtual object controllable by a user, and a controllable object control function of controlling at least one of an operation, movement, and a state change of the controllable object in accordance with an operation input provided by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Tsuda, Keita Shibata, Manami Fushiki
  • Publication number: 20200251645
    Abstract: The thermoelectric conversion device includes thermoelectric conversion elements disposed in a row in a first direction and a second direction that intersect each other in a plane on a first surface side of a base material, hot junction portions thermally connected to ends on hot junction sides of the thermoelectric conversion elements, and cold junction portions thermally connected to ends on cold junction sides of the thermoelectric conversion elements. The hot junction portions and the cold junction portions are alternately disposed in a row in the first direction and the second direction. The base material has thin portions provided corresponding to junction portions that are either the hot junction portions or the cold junction portions and thick portions provided corresponding to the other junction portions. The thick portions that are adjacent in a third direction different from the first and second directions are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10629796
    Abstract: A laminate includes, on a substrate, a first buffer layer substantially made of zirconium oxide or stabilized zirconia, a second buffer layer substantially made of yttrium oxide, a metal layer substantially made of at least one among platinum, iridium, palladium, rhodium, vanadium, chromium, iron, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, silver, gold, copper, and nickel, and a magnesium oxide layer substantially made of magnesium oxide, in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Maekawa, Makoto Shibata, Katsuyuki Nakada, Yohei Shiokawa, Kazuumi Inubushi
  • Publication number: 20200052178
    Abstract: The device includes heat transfer portions, each of which is configured to thermally connect: one electrode provided on one side of a hot junction side and a cold junction side of each thermoelectric conversion element; and a heat transfer member. A base material has recesses on a second surface side, the recesses being provided so as to be recessed in a range of a region which overlaps with interspaces between other electrodes provided on other side of the hot junction side and the cold junction side of the each thermoelectric conversion element in a plan view. A low thermal expansion layer is provided on a surface side of each of the thermoelectric conversion element facing the heat transfer member or a high thermal expansion layer is provided on a surface side of each of the thermoelectric conversion elements facing the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBATA, Kazuya MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200028058
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion device includes, thermoelectric conversion element arrays each having thermoelectric conversion elements lined up in a first direction intersecting a second direction, a first electrode provided at one end side of thermoelectric conversion element in the second direction, a second electrode provided at other end side of thermoelectric conversion element in the second direction, a first wiring disposed between one thermoelectric conversion element and other thermoelectric conversion element adjacent in the first direction and electrically connected between the first electrodes or the second electrodes of the one thermoelectric conversion element and the other thermoelectric conversion element, and a second wiring electrically connected between the first electrodes or the second electrodes of the thermoelectric conversion elements located at one-end-most sides or other-end-most sides of one thermoelectric conversion element array and other thermoelectric conversion element array in t
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBATA, Kazuya MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200028055
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion device includes: thermoelectric conversion elements that are disposed on a virtual plane; a plurality of first heat transfer members that are disposed on one side with respect to the thermoelectric conversion elements in a vertical direction perpendicular to the virtual plane and that are configured to transfer heat to/from the thermoelectric conversion elements; and a plurality of heat transfer parts that are disposed on another side with respect to the thermoelectric conversion elements in the vertical direction perpendicular to the virtual plane with a space interposed therebetween in a first direction along an in-plane direction of the virtual plane, and that are configured to transfer heat to/from the thermoelectric conversion elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBATA, Kazuya MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200028054
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface that face each other in a thickness direction; at least one thermoelectric conversion element which is provided in a surface on a side of at least one of the first surface and the second surface; a heat transfer member disposed on the side of the substrate, on which the at least one thermoelectric conversion element is provided, with an interval from at least a part of the at least one thermoelectric conversion element; and at least one heat transfer portion configured to thermally connect the at least one thermoelectric conversion element and the heat transfer member, wherein an interspace between the substrate and the heat transfer member is sealed outside a perimeter of the at least one thermoelectric conversion element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi ASATANI, Makoto SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20200006614
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion device includes: a substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a thickness direction; thermoelectric conversion elements that are disposed on a side of the first surface of the substrate; and a plurality of heat transfer parts that are formed with spaces interposed therebetween in a first direction along an in-plane direction of the substrate, and that are configured to transfer heat from/to the thermoelectric conversion elements, wherein a low heat conduction part having a lower thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of the heat transfer parts is disposed between the heat transfer parts adjacent to each other in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBATA, Kazuya MAEKAWA, Takashi ASATANI
  • Publication number: 20190267531
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoelectric conversion device comprising a substrate including a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other in a thickness direction, at least one thermoelectric conversion film disposed on the first surface, and a first heat transfer part disposed on a second surface side. The substrate is joined to the first heat transfer part in a movable state with respect to the first heat transfer part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBATA, Kazuya MAEKAWA, Takashi ASATANI
  • Publication number: 20190252593
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion device includes: at least one thermoelectric conversion element which is provided on a specific plane, and a heat transfer part which is thermally connected to the at least one thermoelectric conversion element, wherein the heat transfer part includes a separation portion which is disposed with a gap between the heat transfer part and at least a portion of the at least one thermoelectric conversion element, and a heat transfer portion which protrudes toward a side facing the at least one thermoelectric conversion element in a state where a portion thereof on a side opposite to the side facing the at least one thermoelectric conversion element is recessed, and is thermally connected to the at least one thermoelectric conversion element via the heat transfer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBATA, Takashi ASATANI
  • Publication number: 20180287038
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion device includes: a base material; a thermoelectric conversion element in which an N-type semiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer are stacked on a first surface side of the base material with insulating layers therebetween; and a heat transfer part thermally joined to the base material and passing through the thermoelectric conversion element in a thickness direction of the thermoelectric conversion element, wherein first end sides of the N-type semiconductor layers and the P-type semiconductor layers are thermally joined to the heat transfer part on a side of the thermoelectric conversion element facing the heat transfer part in a state where the N-type semiconductor layer and the P-type semiconductor layer are electrically insulated from the heat transfer part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya MAEKAWA, Makoto SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20180287037
    Abstract: A laminate includes, on a substrate, a first buffer layer substantially made of zirconium oxide or stabilized zirconia, a second buffer layer substantially made of yttrium oxide, a metal layer substantially made of at least one among platinum, iridium, palladium, rhodium, vanadium, chromium, iron, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, silver, gold, copper, and nickel, and a magnesium oxide layer substantially made of magnesium oxide, in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya MAEKAWA, Makoto SHIBATA, Katsuyuki NAKADA, Yohei SHIOKAWA, Kazuumi INUBUSHI
  • Publication number: 20180226559
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion device includes a first wiring and a second wiring that are arranged between one thermoelectric conversion element array and the other thermoelectric conversion element array adjacent to each other in a second direction, and electrically connect any two of first electrodes and second electrodes of each thermoelectric conversion element so that the thermoelectric conversion elements constituting one thermoelectric conversion element array and the thermoelectric conversion elements constituting the other thermoelectric conversion element array are alternately connected in series, and the first wiring and the second wiring are arranged so that the wirings at least partially intersect each other via an insulating layer as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBATA, Kazuya MAEKAWA
  • Patent number: 9906524
    Abstract: Realized is a low-cost provision system capable of providing a provision item or a provision system that requires a smaller number of operation steps to be made by a user. A server includes a first receiving unit receiving transaction information transmitted by a communication terminal requesting a provision device having a provision item stored thereon to make a transaction of the provision item, a second receiving unit receiving a communication result including authentication information input to the communication terminal before the communication, the communication result being generated by a communication between the provision device and the communication terminal, and a transmission unit transmitting an instruction to execute the transaction to the provision device based on the transaction information or the communication result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Shibata, Shinji Kurokawa, Yuji Kitada, Atsuo Ikeya, Takeshi Iketani
  • Publication number: 20160373435
    Abstract: Realized is a low-cost provision system capable of providing a provision item or a provision system that requires a smaller number of operation steps to be made by a user. A server includes a first receiving unit receiving transaction information transmitted by a communication terminal requesting a provision device having a provision item stored thereon to make a transaction of the provision item, a second receiving unit receiving a communication result including authentication information input to the communication terminal before the communication, the communication result being generated by a communication between the provision device and the communication terminal, and a transmission unit transmitting an instruction to execute the transaction to the provision device based on the transaction information or the communication result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBATA, Shinji KUROKAWA, Yuji KITADA, Atsuo IKEYA, Takeshi IKETANI
  • Patent number: 8821298
    Abstract: A game system capable of determining, and reflecting in games contents, nervousness of a player due to fear or the like is provided. A game device main body 110 performs the game processing based on an operation of the player on the first controller 121, and calculates, in a scene of a game, a nervousness parameter indicating the degree of nervousness of the player in the scene based on an operation of the player on the first controller 121. Specifically, the game device main body 110 calculates the nervousness parameter in such a way that the degree of nervousness increases according to the number of operations of the player on the first controller 121 that are irrelevant to the progress of the game, or the like, and causes the nervousness parameter to be reflected in the game processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Osawa, Keisuke Kikuchi, Makoto Shibata
  • Publication number: 20130288805
    Abstract: A game system capable of determining, and reflecting in games contents, nervousness of a player due to fear or the like is provided. A game device main body 110 performs the game processing based on an operation of the player on the first controller 121, and calculates, in a scene of a game, a nervousness parameter indicating the degree of nervousness of the player in the scene based on an operation of the player on the first controller 121. Specifically, the game device main body 110 calculates the nervousness parameter in such a way that the degree of nervousness increases according to the number of operations of the player on the first controller 121 that are irrelevant to the progress of the game, or the like, and causes the nervousness parameter to be reflected in the game processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru OSAWA, Keisuke KIKUCHI, Makoto SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 8545102
    Abstract: A cylindrical sliding bearing 1 can rotatably support a rotational shaft by a sliding surface 4 (inner circumferential surface). A crowning 5 having a sloped surface is formed at both ends of the sliding surface 4 in the axial direction. The crowning 5 includes a first crowning 3A formed of a sloped surface of a lining layer 3 and a second crowning 2A formed of a sloped surface of a back metal 2 positioned on the lower side of the first crowning. Unlike a conventional sliding bearing, the back metal 2 where the crowning 5 is positioned is provided as a sloped surface (2A). As compared with conventional bearings, the crowning 5 can be prevented from being unevenly brought into contact with the rotational shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoshi Hayashi, Masahiro Kawahara, Ken-ichirou Futamura, Toshiaki Inaguma, Makoto Shibata
  • Patent number: 8014244
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reproduction apparatus includes an execution unit configured to execute an advanced application, a detection unit configured to detect a series of keys which are operated by a user while the advanced application is executed, a recording unit configured to record key macro information formed of the detected series of keys and operation timings of the series of keys, and a key event generating unit configured to read the key macro information recorded by the recording unit and to generate a series of key events corresponding to the series of keys at the operation timings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto Shibata
  • Publication number: 20110164840
    Abstract: A cylindrical sliding bearing 1 can rotatably support a rotational shaft by a sliding surface 4 (inner circumferential surface). A crowning 5 having a sloped surface is formed at both ends of the sliding surface 4 in the axial direction. The crowning 5 includes a first crowning 3A formed of a sloped surface of a lining layer 3 and a second crowning 2A formed of a sloped surface of a back metal 2 positioned on the lower side of the first crowning. Unlike a conventional sliding bearing, the back metal 2 where the crowning 5 is positioned is provided as a sloped surface (2A). As compared with conventional bearings, the crowning 5 can be prevented from being unevenly brought into contact with the rotational shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Motoshi Hayashi, Masahiro Kawahara, Ken-ichirou Futamura, Toshiaki Inaguma, Makoto Shibata