Patents by Inventor Masahiro Yoshida
Masahiro Yoshida 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: 11262629Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a gate metal layer, a source metal layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a first transparent conductive layer and second transparent conductive layer formed on or above the interlayer insulating layer, and a lower metal layer formed below the gate metal layer. The lower metal layer includes a plurality of CS bus lines each extending in a column direction and not overlapping a plurality of source bus lines. Each of the plurality of pixels has a drain extension section extending from a drain electrode, a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode connected to the drain extension section, and an auxiliary capacitor electrode that includes the lower metal layer and/or the gate metal layer, is electrically connected to at least any one of the plurality of CS bus lines, and overlaps the drain extension section when viewed in a normal direction of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Publication number: 20220057896Abstract: A display device with a position input function includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, position detection electrodes, a position detection line, a pixel connection line, and a shield electrode. The common electrode is overlapped with the pixel electrode on an upper layer side or a lower layer side. The position detection electrodes are formed by dividing the common electrode by a partition opening and form a capacitance with a position input body and detect an input position. The position detection line is arranged on an upper layer side or a lower layer side with the common electrode and connected to the position detection electrode. The pixel connection line extends in parallel with the partition opening and is connected to the pixel electrode. The shield electrode extends overlapping with the partition opening and is on a same layer as the position detection line and connected to the position detection line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventor: MASAHIRO YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20220049535Abstract: Provided is a damper device capable of increasing torque of a coil spring without increasing an outer diameter of a case. The damper device includes the case (2), a shaft (3) that is relatively rotatable with respect to the case (2), fluid filled in a damper chamber (5) formed between the case (2) and the shaft (3), a bearing member (4) that forms a partition wall (5a) that closes one end of the damper chamber (5) in an axial direction and is separate from the shaft (3), and a coil spring (9) having one end connected to a side of the case (2) and the other end connected to the shaft (3) or the bearing member (4) to apply torque to the shaft (3) with respect to the case (2). The bearing member (4) is arranged between a winding portion (9a) of the coil spring (9) and the damper chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Yota MIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20220014931Abstract: When data transmitted from devices is processed by servers in a shared manner, the data is processed in a constantly stable manner when the devices move. Based on information indicating installation positions and processing capabilities of the servers, information on installation positions of base stations, and acquired location information of the devices, the coverage area control apparatus performs, at a certain time interval, a clustering calculation for obtaining an optimum coverage area for the servers that satisfies the requirements that the communication distances between the servers and the respective devices be minimized and the servers not be overloaded. Based on the information indicating the optimum coverage area obtained by the clustering calculation, assignments of the base stations to the servers are updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Koya MORI, Tomohiro INOUE, Hiroyuki TANAKA
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Patent number: 11222688Abstract: The data transfer has room for improvement of reduction in the operating electric current flowing on the signal bus and correct acquisition of the large amount of data. Each of data, a first clock signal and a second clock signal, a phase of which shifts by a predetermined amount from the first clock signal, has an amplitude that is smaller than an amplitude of a power supply voltage, and each of a semiconductor device and a memory device takes input of data in synchronization with rise edges of first and second clock signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Toshihiko Funaki
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Patent number: 11209707Abstract: A display device includes a gate wiring; a source wiring; a pixel electrode; a first transistor that has a first gate electrode having a portion of the gate wiring not overlapping the source wiring, a first source electrode, a first drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode, and a first channel region; a second transistor that has a second gate electrode having a portion of the gate wiring intersecting the source wiring, a second source electrode, a second drain electrode separated from the pixel electrode, and a second channel region; and a connectable portion connectable to the second drain electrode and the pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11209706Abstract: To, while keeping a narrow frame, increase a time constant pertaining to the transmission characteristics of a signal. A substrate 10A for a display device includes a display area AA capable of displaying an image, a signal supply circuit section 15, disposed closer to an end than the display area AA, that has a circuit element including at least a first conducting film 20 and a second conducting film 23 with an insulating layer 21 sandwiched between the first conducting film 20 and the second conducting film 23, a display line 13 disposed in the display area AA, composed of the first conducting film 20, and supplied with a signal by the signal supply circuit section 15, and a connecting line 30 connected to the display line 13 and the signal supply circuit section 15.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11201175Abstract: An array substrate includes at least one electrode, at least one first capacitance forming portion, at least one electrode connecting portion, and at least one second capacitance forming portion. The first capacitance forming portion is disposed to overlap the electrode via an insulator. The electrode connecting portion is connected to the electrode and disposed between the electrode and the first capacitance forming portion to overlap the electrode and the first capacitance forming portion via insulators, respectively. The second capacitance forming portion is connected to the first capacitance forming portion and disposed between the electrode and the electrode connecting portion to overlap the electrode and the electrode connecting portion via insulators, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11199934Abstract: A display device with a position input function includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, position detection electrodes, a position detection line, a pixel connection line, and a shield electrode. The common electrode is overlapped with the pixel electrode on an upper layer side or a lower layer side. The position detection electrodes are formed by dividing the common electrode by a partition opening and form a capacitance with a position input body and detect an input position. The position detection line is arranged on an upper layer side or a lower layer side with the common electrode and connected to the position detection electrode. The pixel connection line extends in parallel with the partition opening and is connected to the pixel electrode. The shield electrode extends overlapping with the partition opening and is on a same layer as the position detection line and connected to the position detection line.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11199124Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a pump, a radiator, a flow rate adjustment valve, a bypass passage, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a valve member biasing component that biases the valve member in a valve-closing direction in which the open degree decreases. The valve member rotates in a valve-opening direction in which the open degree increases when a pressure difference increases between positions upstream and downstream of the valve member in a flow direction of coolant in the circulation circuit and rotate in the valve-closing direction when the pressure difference decreases. The controller increases the pump discharge amount as a target radiator flow rate that is a target of an amount of coolant passing through the radiator increases.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Naoto Hisaminato, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Watanabe, Masahiro Yoshida, Koji Nunami, Naoto Yumisashi, Masafumi Yoshida, Takahiko Aoyagi
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Patent number: 11198106Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a capsule or microbead having high encapsulation efficiency of an encapsulated substance, high production efficiency, and high versatility. The invention relates to a method for producing a microcapsule or microbead, comprising: a step of disposing a monomer droplet or polymer droplet containing a substance to be encapsulated, which has a surface coated with a plurality of solid fine particles, on a flat surface; and a step of solidifying the monomer droplet or polymer droplet disposed on the flat surface in a gas phase so as to form an outer shell of a capsule or microbead, thereby forming a region enclosed by the outer shell, wherein the substance is encapsulated in the region.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Takayuki Takei, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshihiro Ohzuno, Gen Hayase
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Patent number: 11185981Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a section setter to set, on a straight line connecting a start point to an end point, an acceleration section until reaching a predetermined angular velocity, a constant velocity section in which the predetermined angular velocity is maintained, and a deceleration section in which the predetermined angular velocity is decreased, a segment setter to divide each of the acceleration section, the constant velocity section, and the deceleration section into a plurality of segments and to set segment distances of each of the acceleration section, the constant velocity section, and the deceleration section so as to equalize or substantially equalize moving times of the segments of the reference point to each other, and when the reference point is moved in each of the segments according to point to point control, an angular velocity setter to set an angular velocity of each of the segments based on a variance in an angle of a joint which becomes maximum with respect to each of the sType: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Thanh Nhat Doan, Masahiro Yoshida, Haruhiro Tsuneta
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Publication number: 20210356830Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed so that the numbers of pixel electrodes arranged in a column-wise direction vary according to locations in a row-wise direction, a plurality of image lines having lengths corresponding to the numbers of pixel electrodes arranged in the column-wise direction, a common electrode partially disposed in an area outside the display area, a common wire supplies a common potential signal to the common electrode, a plurality of image lead wires drawn from the plurality of image lines into the area outside the display area and disposed to intersect the common wire, and a plurality of capacitance forming sections connected to the plurality of image lead wires in the area outside the display area and disposed to overlap at least either the common electrode or the common wire via at least either of insulating films.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventor: Masahiro YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20210357095Abstract: A position input device includes a position detecting electrode, a position detecting wire, a first spare position detecting wire, a plurality of second spare position detecting wires, and a plurality of connectable portions. The position detecting electrode detects an input position. The position detecting wire transmits at least a position detection signal. The plurality of second spare position detecting wires are connectable to the first spare position detecting wire. The plurality of connectable portions are provided separately at each of sites of intersection of the position detecting wire and the plurality of second spare position detecting wires and are disposed to overlap each other via an insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventor: Masahiro YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 11169424Abstract: A display device includes a pixel electrode, a switching element connected to the pixel electrode, a pixel line connected to the switching element and disposed adjacent to the pixel electrode, and a light-transmitting shielding portion made of a conductive film having light-transmitting and disposed adjacent to both the pixel electrode and the pixel line.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11170725Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes having a long shape and arranged at least in a long side direction of the plurality of pixel electrodes; a common electrode overlapping the plurality of pixel electrodes with an insulating film interposed therebetween; an image wiring line extending in a short side direction of the plurality of pixel electrodes, arranged such that two of the image wiring lines are sandwiched between two pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixel electrodes, and supplying an image signal to each of the two pixel electrodes; and a common wiring line extending in the short side direction, arranged to sandwich one of the plurality of pixel electrodes together with the image wiring line in the long side direction, connected to the common electrode, and including a portion formed of a portion of the same conductive film as the image wiring line.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Publication number: 20210318582Abstract: A display device includes: a capacitance wire; a first pixel electrode disposed so as to be adjacent to the capacitance wire; a second pixel electrode disposed so that the capacitance wire is located between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode; a first capacitance forming electrode connected to the first pixel electrode and disposed so as to overlap the capacitance wire via an insulating film; and a shield electrode disposed so as to be located between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and so as to at least partially overlap the first capacitance forming electrode via an insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Junichi MORINAGA, Masahiro YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 11143327Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a circulation circuit, a pump, a flow rate adjustment valve, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a stopper that moves between a restriction position and a retraction position. The controller is configured to execute, when maintaining the open degree of the flow rate adjustment, a preparatory process of moving the stopper to the restriction position after arranging the stopper at the retraction position and arranging the valve member further in the valve-closing direction than the stopper through control of the pump discharge amount.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Naoto Hisaminato, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahiko Aoyagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Koji Nunami, Naoto Yumisashi, Masafumi Yoshida
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Patent number: 11142033Abstract: A front suspension structure of a vehicle where an appropriate locus of a front wheel when going over undulating ground, an arm span, and an arm length can be secured. Left and right first arms are rotatable about a rotation axis extending forward and obliquely toward a center in a left-right direction in a plan view and passing through two proximal parts. A frame front section has left and right front coupling parts to which proximal parts of front rods of left and right upper arms are coupled respectively. A distance between the left and right front coupling parts is smaller than a width in a left-right direction of a housing of a differential gear.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Kenta Higashiyama, Seiji Sawai, Masahide Shimbori
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Patent number: 11137860Abstract: A display device having position input function includes: a pixel electrode; a common electrode at least partially overlapping with the pixel electrode via an insulating film; position detection electrodes obtained by dividing the common electrode, forming capacitance between a positon input body performing position input and the position detection electrodes, and detecting an input position by the position input body; a position detection line supplying a position detection signal and a common signal for bringing the position detection electrode into a reference potential in a time-divisional manner; a first line through which a drive signal is transmitted; a second line crossing the first line; and a switching element connected to the first line, the second line and the position detection electrode, the switching element connecting the second line to the position detection electrode when driven by the drive signal transmitted to the first line.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida