Patents by Inventor Takuya Shimada
Takuya Shimada 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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Publication number: 20150255710Abstract: A magnetic memory includes a magnetic thin line including a plurality of magnetic domains, a reference layer having a magnetization, a nonmagnetic layer, a first fixed magnetization part having a magnetization, a second fixed magnetization part having a magnetization, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Shiho NAKAMURA, Yasuaki OOTERA, Takuya SHIMADA
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Patent number: 9108428Abstract: A generation unit is configured to generate a black color material data and the plurality of pieces of chromatic color material data, for a color positioned at a surface of a dark portion in a color gamut that can be reproduced using a black color material and the plurality of chromatic color materials, in such a way as to arrange dots of the black color material and respective dots of the plurality of chromatic color materials exclusively on a recording medium and set a rate of the arranged dots of the black color material to be greater as the color positioned at the surface is closer to black.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takuya Shimada
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Patent number: 9083925Abstract: Image processing is performed for an image recording apparatus which records an image by arranging, on a recording medium, dots of a plurality of types of dot structures having different arrangements of color materials to be used. A dot arrangement signal which corresponds to an input color signal and represents the arrangement of dots of the plurality of types of dot structures is generated. Image data which arranges dots of the plurality of types of dot structures on a recording medium based on the dot arrangement signal is output.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Shimada, Akira Shibasaki
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Patent number: 8982600Abstract: A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic nanowire; a first electrode and a second electrode provided to different locations of the magnetic nanowire; a third electrode including a magnetic layer, the third electrode being provided to a location of the magnetic nanowire between the first electrode and the second electrode; an intermediate layer provided between the magnetic nanowire and the third electrode, the intermediate layer being in contact with the magnetic nanowire and the third electrode; a fourth electrode of a nonmagnetic material provided onto the magnetic nanowire and being on the opposite side of the magnetic wire from the third electrode; and an insulating layer provided between the magnetic nanowire and the fourth electrode, the insulating layer being in contact with the magnetic nanowire and the fourth electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shiho Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Kondo, Hirofumi Morise, Takuya Shimada
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Patent number: 8956560Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a mold includes: forming a first layer having an affinity to a second polymer on a substrate having an affinity to a first polymer; forming first and second openings in the first layer; filling a resist in the second openings and hardening the resist to obtain a hardened resist; and forming a second layer containing a block copolymer and causing it to self-assemble.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yasuaki Ootera, Yoshiyuki Kamata, Naoko Kihara, Yoshiaki Kawamonzen, Takeshi Okino, Ryosuke Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Maeda, Norikatsu Sasao, Akiko Yuzawa, Takuya Shimada, Hiroyuki Hieda
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Patent number: 8958241Abstract: A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic nanowire; first insulating layers provided on a first surface of the magnetic nanowire, each of the first insulating layers having a first and second end faces, a thickness of the first insulating layer over the first end face being thicker than a thickness of the first insulating layer over the second end face; first electrodes on surfaces of the first insulating layers opposite to the first surface; second insulating layers on the second surface of the magnetic nanowire, each of the second insulating layers having a third and fourth end faces, a thickness of the second insulating layer over the third surface being thicker than a thickness of the second insulating layer over the fourth end face; and second electrodes on surfaces of the second insulating layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi Kondo, Hirofumi Morise, Shiho Nakamura, Takuya Shimada, Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Hideaki Aochi
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Publication number: 20150036422Abstract: A magnetic storage element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic nanowire having a cross-sectional area varying in a first direction, the magnetic nanowire having at least two positions where the cross-sectional area is minimal; first and second electrode groups having the magnetic nanowire interposed in between, the magnetic nanowire including at least one of a first region where the first electrodes overlap the second electrodes with the magnetic nanowire interposed in between and a second region where neither the first electrodes nor the second electrodes exist with the magnetic nanowire interposed in between, the magnetic nanowire including at least one of a third region where the first electrodes exist and the second electrodes do not exist with the magnetic nanowire interposed in between and a fourth region where the first electrodes do not exist and the second electrodes exist with the magnetic nanowire interposed in between.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hirofumi MORISE, Yoshiaki FUKUZUMI, Shiho NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi KONDO, Hideaki AOCHI, Takuya SHIMADA
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Patent number: 8916053Abstract: A pattern forming method according to an embodiment includes: forming a pattern film on a first substrate, the pattern film having a concave-convex pattern, the pattern film being made of a material containing a first to-be-imprinted agent; forming a material film on a second substrate, the material film containing a second to-be-imprinted agent having a higher etching rate than an etching rate of the first to-be-imprinted agent; transferring the concave-convex pattern of the pattern film onto the material film by applying pressure between the first substrate and the second substrate, with the pattern film being positioned to face the material film, and by curing the second to-be-imprinted agent; detaching the first substrate from the pattern film; and removing the material film by etching, to leave the pattern film on the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshiaki Kawamonzen, Yasuaki Ootera, Akiko Yuzawa, Naoko Kihara, Yoshiyuki Kamata, Hiroyuki Hieda, Norikatsu Sasao, Ryosuke Yamamoto, Takeshi Okino, Tomoyuki Maeda, Takuya Shimada
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Publication number: 20140362391Abstract: A tincture adjustment value used to adjust a monochrome signal to a tincture desired by a user is set, and a tincture conversion table and chromaticity line table are generated based on that tincture adjustment value and the profile of an image output apparatus. Using the generated tables, a lightness signal L* corresponding to an input monochrome signal is converted into a distance signal l on a chromaticity line, and the distance signal l is converted into a chromaticity signal (a*, b*). The lightness signal L* and chromaticity signal (a*, b*) are converted into a color signal of the image output apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventor: Takuya Shimada
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Patent number: 8842349Abstract: A tincture adjustment value used to adjust a monochrome signal to a tincture desired by a user is set, and a tincture conversion table and chromaticity line table are generated based on that tincture adjustment value and the profile of an image output apparatus. Using the generated tables, a lightness signal L* corresponding to an input monochrome signal is converted into a distance signal l on a chromaticity line, and the distance signal l is converted into a chromaticity signal (a*, b*). The lightness signal L* and chromaticity signal (a*, b*) are converted into a color signal of the image output apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takuya Shimada
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Publication number: 20140223954Abstract: Provided is an oil separator in which a filter member is arranged between inner and outer punching plates and that includes a filter element configured so that a refrigerant gas that has flowed in from an inlet pipe flows into the filter member through inner through-holes provided in the inner punching plate, and flows outside through outer through-holes provided in the outer punching plate, and a shell that houses the filter element therein and has a bottom portion that collects leak oil that has flowed out of the outer through-holes. An auxiliary flow channel plate for the leak oil is provided in the surface of the outer punching plate, and is configured so that the leak oil is discharged to the bottom portion of the shell through the auxiliary flow channel plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Takuya Shimada
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Patent number: 8778162Abstract: According to one embodiment, a stamper manufacturing method comprises electroless plating by using a master includes a substrate, a conductive underlayer formed on the substrate and having catalytic activity, projecting patterns having no catalytic activity and partially formed on a surface of the conductive underlayer having catalytic activity, and regions in which the conductive underlayer having catalytic activity is exposed between the projecting patterns to deposit selectively an amorphous conductive layer between the projecting patterns and in the regions in which the conductive underlayer is exposed, and forming stamper projections, electroplating on the stamper projections includes the projecting patterns and the amorphous conductive layer by using the amorphous conductive layer and the conductive underlayer as electrodes to form a stamper main body made of a crystalline metal, and releasing a stamper includes the stamper projections and the stamper main body from the master.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masatoshi Sakurai, Takuya Shimada, Shinobu Sugimura, Satoshi Shirotori
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Publication number: 20140119111Abstract: A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic nanowire; a first electrode and a second electrode provided to different locations of the magnetic nanowire; a third electrode including a magnetic layer, the third electrode being provided to a location of the magnetic nanowire between the first electrode and the second electrode; an intermediate layer provided between the magnetic nanowire and the third electrode, the intermediate layer being in contact with the magnetic nanowire and the third electrode; a fourth electrode of a nonmagnetic material provided onto the magnetic nanowire and being on the opposite side of the magnetic wire from the third electrode; and an insulating layer provided between the magnetic nanowire and the fourth electrode, the insulating layer being in contact with the magnetic nanowire and the fourth electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shiho Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Kondo, Hirofumi Morise, Takuya Shimada
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Publication number: 20140104941Abstract: A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic nanowire; first insulating layers provided on a first surface of the magnetic nanowire, each of the first insulating layers having a first and second end faces, a thickness of the first insulating layer over the first end face being thicker than a thickness of the first insulating layer over the second end face; first electrodes on surfaces of the first insulating layers opposite to the first surface; second insulating layers on the second surface of the magnetic nanowire, each of the second insulating layers having a third and fourth end faces, a thickness of the second insulating layer over the third surface being thicker than a thickness of the second insulating layer over the fourth end face; and second electrodes on surfaces of the second insulating layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tsuyoshi KONDO, Hirofumi MORISE, Shiho NAKAMURA, Takuya SHIMADA, Yoshiaki FUKUZUMI, Hideaki AOCHI
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Publication number: 20130321872Abstract: Image processing is performed for an image recording apparatus which records an image by arranging, on a recording medium, dots of a plurality of types of dot structures having different arrangements of color materials to be used. A dot arrangement signal which corresponds to an input color signal and represents the arrangement of dots of the plurality of types of dot structures is generated. Image data which arranges dots of the plurality of types of dot structures on a recording medium based on the dot arrangement signal is output.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Shimada, Akira Shibasaki
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Publication number: 20130258523Abstract: A magnetic recording medium of an embodiment includes: a substrate; a nonmagnetic base layer disposed on the substrate; a perpendicular magnetic recording layer disposed on the nonmagnetic base layer, having a hard magnetic recording layer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a soft magnetic recording layer, and divided into mutually separated plural regions; and a protective layer disposed on the perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The hard magnetic recording layer has an easy magnetization axis directed to a stack direction of the hard magnetic recording layer. The nonmagnetic intermediate layer contains one of C, ZnO, a carbide of Si, Ti, Ta or W, and a nitride of Si, Ti, Ta or W.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoyuki MAEDA, Hiroyuki HIEDA, Yousuke ISOWAKI, Takuya SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20130075361Abstract: A pattern forming method according to an embodiment includes: forming a pattern film on a first substrate, the pattern film having a concave-convex pattern, the pattern film being made of a material containing a first to-be-imprinted agent; forming a material film on a second substrate, the material film containing a second to-be-imprinted agent having a higher etching rate than an etching rate of the first to-be-imprinted agent; transferring the concave-convex pattern of the pattern film onto the material film by applying pressure between the first substrate and the second substrate, with the pattern film being positioned to face the material film, and by curing the second to-be-imprinted agent; detaching the first substrate from the pattern film; and removing the material film by etching, to leave the pattern film on the second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yoshiaki KAWAMONZEN, Yasuaki OOTERA, Akiko YUZAWA, Naoko KIHARA, Yoshiyuki KAMATA, Hiroyuki HIEDA, Norikatsu SASAO, Ryosuke YAMAMOTO, Takeshi OKINO, Tomoyuki MAEDA, Takuya SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20130069272Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a mold includes: forming a first layer having an affinity to a second polymer on a substrate having an affinity to a first polymer; forming first and second openings in the first layer; filling a resist in the second openings and hardening the resist to obtain a hardened resist; and forming a second layer containing a block copolymer and causing it to self-assemble.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Yasuaki OOTERA, Yoshiyuki KAMATA, Naoko KIHARA, Yoshiaki KAWAMONZEN, Takeshi OKINO, Ryosuke YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki MAEDA, Norikatsu SASAO, Akiko YUZAWA, Takuya SHIMADA, Hiroyuki Hieda
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Patent number: 8376502Abstract: The relationship between the applying amounts of colored inks and the thickness of the layer of a color material formed on a recording medium, and the relationship between the applying amount of uncolored ink and the thickness of the layer of the color material formed on the recording medium are acquired. Based on the relationships between the applying amounts and the thickness of the layer of the color material, the applying amounts of colored inks and the applying amount of uncolored ink are determined to substantially uniform the thickness of the layer of the color material when forming an image on a recording medium. A color separation table for color-separating image data is generated based on the applying amounts of colored inks and the applying amount of uncolored ink.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ochiai, Takuya Shimada, Hiromitsu Nishikawa, Takayuki Jinno
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Patent number: 8372253Abstract: According to one embodiment, patterns of protrusions and recesses includes a substrate including a conductive region on at least one major surface, and a projecting pattern layer formed on the conductive region on the major surface, and made of a microcrystalline material, a polycrystalline material, an amorphous material, or an oxide of the microcrystalline, polycrystalline, or amorphous material.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Satoshi Shirotori, Yoshiyuki Kamata, Takuya Shimada, Masatoshi Sakurai