Patents by Inventor Masato Hayashi

Masato Hayashi 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: 20240125697
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a supply channel through which a liquid to be supplied to a substrate flows; and a foreign substance detecting unit configured to detect a foreign substance in the liquid based on a signal obtained when light, which is near-infrared light, is radiated toward a flow path forming unit constituting a part of the supply channel by a light projector so that light is emitted from the flow path forming unit and a light receiver receives the light emitted from the flow path forming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Koudai Higashi, Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11946764
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device includes: a map information acquisition unit that acquires map data around a vehicle; and an item display unit that overlaps a virtual item on a predetermined travel road on the map data and that displays the virtual item in a display area in a vehicle cabin. The item display unit overlaps and displays the virtual item on the map data, thereby guiding a driver of the vehicle toward the travel road on which the virtual item is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11941921
    Abstract: A maintenance information management device includes an information registration unit configured to register vehicle identification information and maintenance information in a memory for each vehicle, an information update unit configured to update the maintenance information after the maintenance of the vehicle by adding maintenance contents to the maintenance information registered in the memory, and an information providing unit configured to provide the maintenance information when a provision request for the maintenance information is accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240094663
    Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt that has an outer peripheral surface to which a toner image is to be transferred, a primary transfer device that has a primary transfer member performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt, and a secondary transfer device that has a secondary transfer belt arranged in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt and performing secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt to a surface of a recording medium, in which the intermediate transfer belt has an indentation modulus A of 5,000 MPa or more, and the secondary transfer belt has an indentation modulus B of 300 MPa or less and a tensile modulus C of 250 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato FURUKAWA, Shogo HAYASHI, Satoya SUGIURA, Makoto OCHIAI, Minoru ROKUTAN, Takuro HOSHIO
  • Patent number: 11927899
    Abstract: In an endless belt, the absolute value of an electrostatic capacitance C and the absolute value of an alternating-current resistance Z when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p is applied in a frequency range of from 10000 Hz to 0.1 mHz from a high frequency side satisfy Formula (1) below, and an alternating-current resistance Z0.63 when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p with a frequency of 0.63 Hz is applied satisfies Formula (2) below. Moreover, an alternating-current resistance Z630 when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p with a frequency of 630 Hz is applied satisfies Formula (3) below: log10 C?3.18×log10 Z?30.27;??Formula (1): 6.3?log10 Z0.63?6.9; and??Formula (2): 9.1?log10 Z630?9.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoya Sugiura, Minoru Rokutan, Makoto Ochiai, Shogo Hayashi, Masato Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11920240
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus configured to process a substrate includes a functional component constituting a part of the substrate processing apparatus; a nozzle, provided on a surface of the functional component, allowing a gas to pass therethrough; a nozzle flow path which is connected to the nozzle of the functional component and through which the gas flows; a flow rate sensor configured to measure a flow rate of the gas flowing through the nozzle flow path; and a controller configured to make a determination upon a state of a distance between an interfering object and the functional component based on a measurement result obtained by the flow rate sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryo Araki, Junnosuke Maki, Mitsuteru Yano, Masato Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11906414
    Abstract: A foreign substance detection device includes a flow path unit through which a fluid is flown; an optical system configured to flatten a laser light from a laser source to be lengthened in a direction intersecting with a flow direction of the fluid; a laser light irradiation unit provided such that an optical path intersects with the flow direction and configured to irradiate the laser light into the flow path unit; a light detection unit which is provided on the optical path having passed through the flow path unit and includes light receiving elements arranged in a lengthwise direction of a transversal cross section of the optical path; a foreign substance detection unit configured to compare a signal level corresponding to intensity of light received by each light receiving element with a threshold value and configured to detect the foreign substances based on a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Daisuke Kajiwara, Koudai Higashi
  • Patent number: 11879839
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a supply channel through which a liquid to be supplied to a substrate flows; and a foreign substance detecting unit configured to detect a foreign substance in the liquid based on a signal obtained when light, which is near-infrared light, is radiated toward a flow path forming unit constituting a part of the supply channel by a light projector so that light is emitted from the flow path forming unit and a light receiver receives the light emitted from the flow path forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Koudai Higashi, Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20230390766
    Abstract: A sample measuring apparatus according to one or more embodiments may include a measuring unit that measures a sample in a container, a power supply that supplies power to the measuring unit, and an apparatus housing that accommodates the measuring unit and the power supply inside. In one or more embodiments, the power supply may be arranged in an area in the apparatus housing, the area that is the power supply is arranged is different from an area that the measuring unit is arranged in a plan view, and the power supply is arranged at a higher position than a position that the measuring unit is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato HAYASHI, Shuhei KANEKO, Fumiaki IWASE
  • Publication number: 20230390767
    Abstract: A sample measuring apparatus according to one or more embodiments is disclosed, which is provided with a reagent container storage, in which a reagent container with a reagent is accommodated, and a measuring unit that measures a sample using a reagent. The reagent container storage has a housing, in which the reagent container is accommodated, and a cooling section that cools the housing. A ventilation passage is provided below a reagent container rack in the housing, and at least a part of the cooling section is provided at a higher part of the housing than the ventilation passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato HAYASHI, Shuhei KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11482003
    Abstract: In an installation position information providing apparatus, specific two parts in a vehicle or in a vicinity of the vehicle and a floor surface on which the vehicle is mounted are recognized from a video that is captured, an installation position of an adjustment facility in the video is calculated based on the two parts and the floor surface that are recognized, and an installation position object indicative of the installation position is displayed at the installation position that is calculated in a superimposed manner, in the video that is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kunitsu, Hiroyasu Suzuki, Masato Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220326133
    Abstract: A foreign substance detection device includes a flow path unit through which a fluid is flown; an optical system configured to flatten a laser light from a laser source to be lengthened in a direction intersecting with a flow direction of the fluid; a laser light irradiation unit provided such that an optical path intersects with the flow direction and configured to irradiate the laser light into the flow path unit; a light detection unit which is provided on the optical path having passed through the flow path unit and includes light receiving elements arranged in a lengthwise direction of a transversal cross section of the optical path; a foreign substance detection unit configured to compare a signal level corresponding to intensity of light received by each light receiving element with a threshold value and configured to detect the foreign substances based on a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Daisuke Kajiwara, Koudai Higashi
  • Patent number: 11469116
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing apparatus, including: a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate with a surface of the substrate on which a concavo-convex pattern is formed oriented upward; a liquid supply unit configured to supply a processing liquid to the substrate held by the substrate holder to form a liquid film at least in a concave portion of the concavo-convex pattern; a heating unit configured to irradiate the substrate held by the substrate holder or the liquid film with a laser beam for heating the liquid film; and a heating controller configured to control the heating unit, wherein the heating controller controls the heating unit to expose the entire concave portion in a depth direction from the processing liquid by irradiating the laser beam onto the substrate or the liquid film from the heating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichiro Hidaka, Boui Ikeda, Eiichi Sekimoto, Kazuya Iwanaga, Masato Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220310438
    Abstract: An apparatus transfers a substrate. The apparatus includes: one substrate holder adsorbing and holding the substrate via an adsorption port; a nozzle being provided on a surface of the one substrate holder and allowing gas to pass therethrough; an adsorption flow path being connected to the adsorption port and allowing gas to flow therethrough; and a nozzle flow path being connected to the nozzle and allowing the gas to flow therethrough. The adsorption flow path of at least one of the one substrate holder and another substrate holder and the nozzle flow path are connected to a common gas suction mechanism. A pressure sensor and flow rate sensor are provided for the nozzle flow path. The flow rate of the nozzle flow path is varied according to a distance between an interferer and the one substrate holder and the pressure of the nozzle flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo ARAKI, Junnosuke MAKI, Mitsuteru YANO, Masato HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11443217
    Abstract: It is possible to perform a stochastic process based on a metropolis algorithm while reducing a physical quantity of a circuit. Provided is an information processing apparatus including one or a plurality of array circuits. In this apparatus, each of the array circuits includes a plurality of units, and each of the plurality of units includes a first memory that stores a value indicating a state of one node of a coupling model, a second memory that stores a coupling coefficient indicating coupling from a node of another unit connected to an unit of the second memory, and a logic circuit that determines a value indicating a subsequent state of the one node based on a value indicating a state of the node of the other unit and the coupling coefficient. Further, the logic circuit sets a first random variable in accordance with an exponential distribution of a parameter ? as an input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Okuyama, Masato Hayashi, Masanao Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 11433420
    Abstract: A solution supply apparatus is for supplying a treatment solution to a treatment solution discharger which discharges the treatment solution to a treatment object. The solution supply apparatus includes: a supply pipe line connected to the treatment solution discharger; a filter provided on the supply pipe line which filters the treatment solution to remove foreign substances; and a controller. The controller performs a determination of a state of the treatment solution to be supplied to a primary side of the filter and, when the state of the treatment solution is determined to be bad, outputs a control signal for restricting supply of the treatment solution to the primary side of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Ryouichirou Naitou, Masato Hayashi, Hideo Shite, Hiroyuki Ide, Yosuke Kameda, Seiya Totsuka, Atsumu Maita, Takami Satoh, Hirofumi Araki, Kentaro Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 11415136
    Abstract: Provided is a screw compressor including a screw rotor configured to compress a gas due to rotation of the screw rotor about an axis of the screw rotor and a casing housing the screw rotor rotatably and provided with a suction port for a gas, the casing being provided with a suction side space through which a gas flowing into the casing from the suction port and not yet sucked by the screw rotor flows. The casing is provided with a heating fluid passage for introducing a heating fluid into the suction side space so as to heat oil staying in the suction side space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Shugo Takaki, Yasushi Amano, Hirofumi Saito, Masato Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11402313
    Abstract: A foreign substance detection device includes a flow path unit through which a fluid is flown; an optical system configured to flatten a laser light from a laser source to be lengthened in a direction intersecting with a flow direction of the fluid; a laser light irradiation unit provided such that an optical path intersects with the flow direction and configured to irradiate the laser light into the flow path unit; a light detection unit which is provided on the optical path having passed through the flow path unit and includes light receiving elements arranged in a lengthwise direction of a transversal cross section of the optical path; a foreign substance detection unit configured to compare a signal level corresponding to intensity of light received by each light receiving element with a threshold value and configured to detect the foreign substance based on a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Daisuke Kajiwara, Koudai Higashi
  • Patent number: 11386612
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a program is provided. The program causes a computer connected to an image capturing apparatus to: specify a virtual space; generate a virtual space image obtained by photographing the virtual space including at least one virtual object; output a synthetic image of the captured image and the virtual space image to a display device with a touch panel; determine a content of a user operation against the touch panel; update a position or a posture of each of the virtual camera and the virtual object when the user operation is a first operation in which a touch position against the touch panel does not move after the touch panel is touched; and rotate the virtual object in a predetermined direction when the user operation is a second operation in which the touch position is slid on the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11340152
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a supply passage through which fluid supplied to a substrate flows; and a foreign substance detector including a channel forming part forming a portion of the supply passage, a light projector irradiating light to the channel forming part, and a light receiver receiving light emitted from the channel forming part as a result of irradiating light to the channel forming part by the light projector, the foreign substance detector being configured to detect a foreign substance in the fluid based on a signal obtained by the light that the light receiver receives, wherein the light projector and the light receiver in the foreign substance detector are disposed in areas that are not opposite to each other in areas in upper, lower, left, right, front and rear directions of the channel forming part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Koudai Higashi, Makoto Ogata