Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Yamamoto

Tetsuo Yamamoto 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: 11935688
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a substrate body; a winding part formed by a conductive wire wound around a part of the substrate body; and terminal electrodes, each having a foundation part constituted by a metal plate provided to the substrate body, and a welded part formed on the foundation part wherein a part of the metal plate is welded to the conductive wire at a lead part led out from the winding part; wherein, based on a vertical line which passes through the peak point of the welded part where its height becomes the highest and which also intersects at right angles the foundation part, the distance from the vertical line to the surface of the welded part as viewed in a direction parallel with the foundation part is longer at a point closer to the foundation part when viewed at least in one direction from the vertical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asa Yamamoto, Tetsuo Kumahora, Tsutomu Kojima
  • Publication number: 20230253222
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes a first opening and a second opening which supply gases to a process chamber in which a substrate is arranged, and is configured such that: the first opening and the second opening are arranged in a direction parallel to a surface of the substrate, a gas supplied from the first opening is supplied toward a center of the substrate, a gas supplied from the second opening is supplied toward a peripheral edge of the substrate, and a direction of the gas supplied from the second opening forms a predetermined angle with respect to a direction of the gas supplied from the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Kasamatsu, Atsushi Hirano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Takafumi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230104882
    Abstract: There is provided technique that includes (a) adsorbing a first adsorption inhibitor to a first portion of a substrate by supplying the first adsorption inhibitor to the substrate at a first temperature; (b) after (a), forming a film on a second portion of the substrate by supplying a processing gas to the substrate at a second temperature; (c) after (b), removing at least a part of the first adsorption inhibitor, which is adsorbed to the substrate, at a third temperature higher than the second temperature; (d) after (c), supplying a second adsorption inhibitor to the substrate at a fourth temperature; (e) after (d), supplying the processing gas to the substrate at the second temperature higher than the fourth temperature; and (f) after (e), removing at least a part of the second adsorption inhibitor, which is adsorbed to the substrate, at the third temperature higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori ABURATANI, Naofumi OHASHI, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11521848
    Abstract: There is provided technique that includes (a) adsorbing a first adsorption inhibitor to a first portion of a substrate in a first process chamber by heating the substrate to a first temperature and supplying the first adsorption inhibitor; (b) after (a), forming a film on a second portion of the substrate, where the first adsorption inhibitor is not adsorbed, by heating the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature and supplying a processing gas; and (c) after (b), removing the first adsorption inhibitor adsorbed to the substrate by heating the substrate to a third temperature higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinori Aburatani, Naofumi Ohashi, Tetsuo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220307137
    Abstract: There is provided a technique capable of uniformizing a flow of a gas discharged from a discharger by reducing a pressure difference in a substrate arrangement region of a process chamber. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a reaction tube in which a process chamber is provided and including an adjusting structure configured to suppress a flow of a gas discharged from a discharger, wherein a gas supplier is provided at one end of the process chamber and the discharger is provided at the other end of the process chamber, and a flow of the gas from the gas supplier to the discharger in the process chamber is adjusted by the adjusting structure such that the flow of the gas discharged from the discharger is uniformized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta KASAMATSU, Atsushi HIRANO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Takafumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220301864
    Abstract: There is provided technique that includes (a) adsorbing a first adsorption inhibitor to a first portion of a substrate in a first process chamber by heating the substrate to a first temperature and supplying the first adsorption inhibitor; (b) after (a), forming a film on a second portion of the substrate, where the first adsorption inhibitor is not adsorbed, by heating the substrate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature and supplying a processing gas; and (c) after (b), removing the first adsorption inhibitor adsorbed to the substrate by heating the substrate to a third temperature higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori ABURATANI, Naofumi OHASHI, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11385254
    Abstract: A movement distance calculation device includes: a first movement distance calculation unit which calculates a first movement distance of a movable body based on plural rotation speeds of plural wheels of the movable body and a steering angle of the movable body; a vector detection unit which detects a movement vector of an object included in the acquired images as defined herein; a second movement distance calculation unit which calculates a second movement distance of the movable body based on the movement vector; a first reliability determining unit which determines reliability of the calculated first movement distance as defined herein; a second reliability determining unit which determines reliability of the calculated second movement distance as defined herein; and a movement distance determining unit which determines a movement distance using at least one of the calculated first movement distance and the calculated second movement distance as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ebihara, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Hiroki Morinaga
  • Patent number: 11373327
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first generation unit which generates first target parking frame information based on an image taken by a first shooting unit that is provided at a side position of a vehicle; a second generation unit which generates second target parking frame information based on an image taken by a second shooting unit that is provided at a front or rear position of the vehicle; and a determination unit which determines a stop position in a parking frame by generating third target parking frame information to serve as a stop target based on the first target parking frame information generated by the first generation unit and the second target parking frame information generated by the second generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Morinaga, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Hiroaki Sano, Akihiko Shiotani
  • Patent number: 11373416
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a detection unit which detects a target object based on edge information acquired from image data; and a judging unit which judges whether a certain region in the image data is an improper region that is not suitable for detection of the target object based on an edge pattern of edge information in the certain region and a feature pattern indicating a feature of the target object, and the detection unit detects the target object excluding a region that has been judged to be the improper region by the judging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Publication number: 20220093435
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of uniformly processing a substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber in which a substrate is processed; a microwave generator configured to supply a microwave to the process chamber to perform a heat treatment on the substrate; a substrate retainer configured to accommodate the substrate and a heat retainer provided above the substrate and retaining a temperature of the substrate heated by the microwave; and a first ring plate provided on an outer circumference of the heat retainer and whose outer diameter is greater than that of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji SHINOZAKI, Yoshihiko YANAGISAWA, Noriaki MICHITA, Shinya SASAKI, Shuhei SAIDO, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11256933
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a delimiting line detection unit configured to detect a delimiting line candidate based on image data obtained by capturing a surrounding of a vehicle; an exclusion determination unit configured to determine whether there is a parking-unavailable area in which parking of the vehicle is not permitted; and a parking space detection unit configured to detect the parking space based on the delimiting line candidate. In a case where plural parallel lines that are adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that have a predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is detected, the exclusion determination unit regards an area in which the plural parallel lines are provided as the parking-unavailable area, and prohibits the parking space detection unit from detecting the parking space across the delimiting line candidate adjacent to the parking-unavailable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Patent number: 11250290
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts, from image data taken by shooting a neighborhood of a vehicle, edge points that are to be used for detecting partition lines of a parking frame and whose edge intensity values are larger than an edge threshold value; and a correction unit which corrects the edge threshold value based on a density of the edge points extracted by the extraction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Publication number: 20210407865
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) heating a heat insulating plate in a substrate retainer to a processing temperature by an electromagnetic wave, and measuring a temperature change of the heat insulating plate by a non-contact type thermometer until the processing temperature; (b) heating a test object provided with a chip that does not transmit a detection light of the thermometer and accommodated in the substrate retainer to the processing temperature, and measuring a temperature change of the chip by the thermometer until the processing temperature; (c) acquiring a correlation between the temperature change of the heat insulating plate and that of the chip based on measurement results; and (d) controlling a heater to heat the substrate based on the correlation and the temperature of the heat insulating plate measured by the thermometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji SHINOZAKI, Tetsuo YAMAMOTO, Yukitomo HIROCHI, Yoshihiko YANAGISAWA, Naoki HARA, Masaaki UENO, Hideto YAMAGUCHI, Hitoshi MURATA, Shuhei SAIDO, Kazuhiro KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11195032
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a delimiting line detection unit configured to detect a delimiting line candidate based on image data obtained by capturing a surrounding of a vehicle, the delimiting line candidate being a candidate of a delimiting line that delimits a parking space; and an exclusion determination unit configured to determine whether or not to exclude the delimiting line candidate detected by the delimiting line detection unit from the candidate of the delimiting line. In a case where a plurality of the delimiting line candidates is detected within a predetermined range in the image data, the exclusion determination unit determines whether or not to exclude the delimiting line candidate from the candidate of the delimiting line by comparing edge strength of the plurality of delimiting line candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Patent number: 11182627
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a detection unit which detects partition line candidates that are candidates for a partition line for partitioning a parking frame, based on edge lines that are detected based on luminance of each pixel of image data taken by shooting a neighborhood of a vehicle; and a generation unit which generates an integrated partition line candidate by integrating the partition line candidates detected by the detection unit, according to a prescribed integration condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Patent number: 11170235
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts edge lines based on image data taken by an imaging device by shooting a neighborhood of a vehicle; a selection unit which selects, as a pair of edge lines, edge lines that satisfy a prescribed condition from the extracted edge lines; an exclusion unit which, in a case where a non-paint-out region exists between the pair of edge lines, excludes quasi-edge lines that form the non-paint-out region from the pair of edge lines; and a detection unit which detects a partition line that partitions a parking frame based on the pair of edge lines from which the quasi-edge lines are excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Patent number: 11157757
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts a horizontal edge line in which edge points are arranged consecutively in a horizontal direction from an image taken that contains an image of a parking frame; a detection unit which detects a three-dimensional indication body to serve as a stop position indication body in the parking frame based on the horizontal edge line extracted by the extraction unit; and a determining unit which, in a case where a plurality of the horizontal edge lines are arranged in a vertical direction in an image of the three-dimensional indication body detected by the detection unit, determines the stop position regarding one of the plurality of the horizontal edge lines other than a highest horizontal edge line in the vertical direction as corresponding to a top end line of the three-dimensional indication body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Patent number: 11145041
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a setting unit configured to set an area, as a first area, in which at least one delimiting line for delimiting a parking space is detected in a first image of plural images continuously captured while moving; and a prediction unit configured to predict, based on the first area, a second area in which the at least one delimiting line is to be detected in at least one second image of the plural images, the at least one second image being captured later in time than the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Patent number: 11138450
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an extraction unit configured to extract at least one edge line based on image data obtained by an imaging device configured to capture a surrounding of a vehicle; a giving unit configured to give a priority to each of the at least one edge line; a registration unit configured to register the at least one edge line in descending order of the priority while limiting a number of registration of the at least one edge line to an upper limit or smaller of the number of registration; and a detection unit configured to detect a parking space, based on the at least one edge line registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori
  • Patent number: 11100342
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a calculation unit which calculates chroma values of pixels of image data taken by a shooting device based on differences between R values or G values and B values, respectively; a correction unit which corrects luminance values of pixels that satisfy a prescribed condition for being a yellow pixel using the calculated chroma values as emphasis amounts, respectively; and a detection unit which detects a line drawn on a road surface based on the corrected luminance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Okada, Hiroaki Sano, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Atsushi Yoshihara, Jun Kanetake, Ryo Yoshimura, Tomoki Shidori