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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220112601
    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: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo Araki, Junnosuke Maki, Mitsuteru Yano, Masato Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220034802
    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: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Koudai Higashi, Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11143632
    Abstract: In a rotating machine abnormality detection device, a rotating machine abnormality detection method, and a rotating machine according to the present invention, vibration caused by at least one of first and second rotating bodies is measured, a predetermined feature amount related to a frequency component is obtained based on a frequency spectrum of the measurement data, and determination is made on presence/absence of abnormality based on the obtained predetermined feature amount. On this occasion, when determination is made that abnormality is present, determination whether the determination of abnormality is caused by noise or not is made based on the frequency spectrum, and when determination is made that the determination of abnormality is not caused by the noise, the determined abnormality is ultimately considered as abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaname Araki, Eiji Takahashi, Shugo Takaki, Masato Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210247286
    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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Masato HAYASHI, Kohei NOGUCHI, Koudai HIGASHI, Makoto OGATA
  • Patent number: 11087526
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including an image processing program is provided. The image processing program causes a terminal device to: obtain a photographed image obtained by photographing a real space; display a display frame having one or more display areas in a display area of the photographed image in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied; obtain virtual space information at least containing three-dimensional virtual object information and positional relationship information, the three-dimensional virtual object information regarding one or more three-dimensional virtual objects arranged in a virtual space in advance; and render a certain three-dimensional virtual object viewed behind the display area when the display frame is photographed from the virtual viewpoint in a case where the display frame in the virtual space is virtually photographed from a virtual viewpoint, and display the certain three-dimensional virtual object in the display area of the display frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11048016
    Abstract: An apparatus includes flow path units 15A to 15K configured to form flow paths 17A to 17K through which a fluid supplied to a target object W is flown; a laser light irradiator 51 configured to irradiate a laser light into the flow path units such that an optical path intersects with a flow direction of the fluid in the flow path units; light receiving elements 45A and 45B provided at the optical path having passed through the flow path units; a detector 6 configured to detect the foreign substance in the fluid based on a signal from the light receiving elements; and a filter unit 57 provided at the optical path between the light receiving elements and the flow path units, and configured to block a Raman scattered light and allow a Rayleigh scattered light to be transmitted to the light receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Daisuke Kajiwara, Koudai Higashi
  • Publication number: 20210190661
    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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Daisuke Kajiwara, Koudai Higashi
  • Publication number: 20210157237
    Abstract: A device includes a chemical solution flow path in which a chemical solution containing polymers flows; a laser beam irradiator configured to irradiate a laser beam to the chemical solution flow path such that an optical path is intersected with a flow direction of the chemical solution in the chemical solution flow path; a light receiving element provided in the optical path passing through the chemical solution flow path; a detector configured to detect, based on a signal output from the light receiving element, an abnormality in a state of polymers corresponding to a majority of the polymers contained in the chemical solution or configured to detect a ratio between a chemical solution containing the polymers and another chemical solution in the chemical solution flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Takuya Mori, Hideo Shite, Hirokazu Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210141710
    Abstract: The present invention makes efficient development possible by providing a development support device that automatically establishes a network model, messages to be transmitted and received, etc. for a cooperative simulation that connects a plurality of development support devices. The present invention is characterized in that: a development support device generates a communication definition file in a format that can be read and executed by a development support device; and development support device reads the communication definition file and thereby automatically establishes messages to be transmitted and received by development support device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi KOMORIYA, Yuki HORITA, Yasuhiro ODA, Fumio NARISAWA, Masato HAYASHI, Kohei SAKURAI, Takuya AZUMI, Syota TOKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11002656
    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: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Hayashi, Kohei Noguchi, Koudai Higashi, Makoto Ogata
  • Publication number: 20210035351
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including an image processing program is provided. The image processing program causes a terminal device to: obtain a photographed image obtained by photographing a real space; display a display frame having one or more display areas in a display area of the photographed image in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied; obtain virtual space information at least containing three-dimensional virtual object information and positional relationship information, the three-dimensional virtual object information regarding one or more three-dimensional virtual objects arranged in a virtual space in advance; and render a certain three-dimensional virtual object viewed behind the display area when the display frame is photographed from the virtual viewpoint in a case where the display frame in the virtual space is virtually photographed from a virtual viewpoint, and display the certain three-dimensional virtual object in the display area of the display frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10896241
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manufactured at low cost and with ease and that is capable of making a search for a ground state of an arbitrary Ising model. An information processing unit containing a plurality of semiconductor chips, each retains a value of one spin or values of a plurality of spins and simulates interactions among the spins, inter-chip wiring between the necessary semiconductor chips, and a control unit that cause each semiconductor chip to perform interaction computation. The control unit converts data of a problem into data of a lattice-shaped Ising model, which is possibly expressed by the plurality of semiconductor chips, without causing a spin arrangement, in a ground state of an Ising model for the problem, to be changed. The data of the lattice-shaped Ising model is divided for allocation to the plurality of semiconductor chips, and causes each semiconductor chip to perform the interaction computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Okuyama, Masanao Yamaoka, Chihiro Yoshimura, Masato Hayashi, Akihito Akai
  • Publication number: 20210005014
    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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10822067
    Abstract: A power system of a ship includes a first power storage device, a second power storage device, and a control system. The first power storage device has an energy density higher than that of the second power storage device. The second power storage device has a power density higher than that of the first power storage device. The control system is configured to: as a power generator application, prioritize discharging the first power storage device over discharging the second power storage device, such that base power is continuously supplied to an onboard electrical load connected to an onboard bus; and as a grid stabilization application, prioritize charging/discharging the second power storage device over charging/discharging the first power storage device to compensate for frequency variation or voltage variation of an onboard power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Ezaki, Masato Hayashi, Masanori Hamamatsu, Soichiro Bando, Kazuma Tokuyama, Tatsuya Ohno, Kazuya Takeda, Yasunori Kujime
  • Publication number: 20200327333
    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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Akira KUNITSU, Hiroyasu SUZUKI, Masato HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10795404
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention for solving the above problem is a system including a first computer, a control module controlled by the first computer, and a second computer configured to be associated with the control module. The second computer includes a plurality of units, and each of the plurality of units includes a first memory that stores a value indicating a state of a node, a second memory that stores a coefficient, and an arithmetic circuit. The arithmetic circuit performs an arithmetic process of determining a value indicating a state of a node of its own unit, based on a value indicating a state of a node of a different unit and the coefficient of its own unit, and storing the determined value in the first memory. The control module supplies a control signal for controlling the arithmetic process to the second computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanao Yamaoka, Takeshi Kato, Chihiro Yoshimura, Masato Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200290080
    Abstract: A solution supply apparatus for supplying a treatment solution to a treatment solution discharger configured to discharge 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 and configured to filter the treatment solution to remove foreign substances; and a controller configured to perform 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, to output a control signal for restricting supply of the treatment solution to the primary side of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ryouichirou NAITOU, Masato HAYASHI, Hideo SHITE, Hiroyuki IDE, Yosuke KAMEDA, Seiya TOTSUKA, Atsumu MAITA, Takami SATOH, Hirofumi ARAKI, Kentaro YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200265510
    Abstract: In the case of financing across countries, a credit application will be circulated across a plurality of countries, a plurality of branches, and a plurality of departments. Therefore, while a credit application is being circulated, the credit data of a financing related party may be updated. Therefore, there is a need for a method and system capable of decision on a credit application and in turn executing a loan on the basis of the latest credit data. There are provided a method and system capable of reflecting the credit data of a financing related party when updated even before decision, on a credit application, and capable of decision on a credit application and in turn executing a loan on the basis of the latest credit data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kiyonori UGAJIN, Kazuya IKEDA, Fumitaka KATO, Yoshiaki YODA, Masato HAYASHI, Takuya MIZUGUCHI, Sho MATSUO, Masato KANO