Patents by Inventor Toru Watanabe

Toru Watanabe 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: 20230194563
    Abstract: An inertial measurement device includes: a first inertial sensor; a first inertial sensor module in which the first inertial sensor is stored in a first package made of resin; a base having a concave portion and made of ceramic; and a lid body. The first inertial sensor module is accommodated in an accommodation space between the base and the lid body and is hermetically sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Toru Watanabe, Masayasu Sakuma, Hiroki Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20230145614
    Abstract: A vapor phase growth method of embodiments includes: forming a first silicon carbide layer having a first doping concentration on a silicon carbide substrate at a first growth rate by supplying a first process gas under a first gas condition; forming a second silicon carbide layer having a second doping concentration at a second growth rate higher than the first growth rate by supplying a second process gas under a second gas condition; and forming a third silicon carbide layer having a third doping concentration lower than the first doping concentration and the second doping concentration at a third growth rate higher than the second growth rate by supplying a third process gas under a third gas condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiaki DAIGO, Yoshikazu MORIYAMA, Toru WATANABE, Masataka IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230147973
    Abstract: An inertial measurement unit includes: a substrate; a sealing member; a first inertial sensor module including a first inertial sensor and a first package accommodating the first inertial sensor; and a second inertial sensor module including a second inertial sensor and a second package accommodating the second inertial sensor. A material of the first package includes a resin. A material of the second package is an inorganic material. The first inertial sensor module is accommodated in a space between the substrate and the sealing member and thus airtightly sealed therein. The second inertial sensor module is provided outside the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Toru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11618427
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle electric brake system includes: a shutdown determination part that determines whether the vehicle control device itself has been previously shut down normally or abnormally; a cranking determination part that determines whether an instruction to perform a cranking at a start-up of the vehicle is based on a manual operation of a driver of the vehicle or automatically; a diagnosis part that performs a plurality of initial diagnoses of the vehicle control device at the start-up of the vehicle; and a diagnosis skip control part configured to provide control such that the diagnosis part skips at least one of the initial diagnoses when the shutdown determination part determines that the vehicle control device has been previously shut down abnormally, and at the same time, when the cranking determination part determines that the cranking has been conducted based on the driver's manual operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Horii, Katsuhito Kanbe, Hiroyuki Hase, Hideharu Murano, Shinji Suto, Keishiro Kikuchi, Katsuya Matsuzaki, Toru Watanabe, Hisanori Yanagida, Yuki Hotani
  • Publication number: 20230099306
    Abstract: Provided is an inertial sensor module having excellent detection accuracy. The inertial sensor module includes: a first sensor having a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis as detection axes; and a second sensor having accuracy higher than that of the first sensor and having the third axis as a detection axis. The first sensor and the second sensor are disposed on an inner bottom surface which is one plane in a package. The first sensor and the second sensor are sealed by the package in an airtight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Toru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11563178
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to organic electroluminescent elements, compounds for use in the elements, and devices using the elements, which include a compound represented by the following General Formula (1): where R1 to R3 and R6 to R8 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, which may be a deuterium atom, or a substituent with a Hammett substituent constant ?p value of ?0.15 or more, R5, R9 and R10 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, L1 represents a divalent linking group, DG1 represents a donor group, and n1 represents 1 or 2, and where R1 to R3, R5 to R10, L1, and DG1 are not bound to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Takaku, Yasunori Yonekuta, Wataru Sotoyama, Katsuyuki Youfu, Yuki Hirai, Tetsu Kitamura, Toru Watanabe, Tianhua Ouyang
  • Publication number: 20220415349
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a rotatable magnetic disk and a magnetic head including a recording head portion that records data on the magnetic disk. The recording head portion includes a main magnetic pole that applies a recording magnetic field to the magnetic disk, a first yoke provided on a first side of the main magnetic pole and a second yoke provided on a second side of the main magnetic pole, which is opposite to the first side. The magnetic head includes a first heater provided to oppose a side of the first yoke, opposite to the main magnetic pole and a second heater provided to oppose a side of the second yoke, opposite from the main magnetic pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Toru WATANABE, Masami YAMANE
  • Patent number: 11523804
    Abstract: In order to estimate a temperature of a transmission-reception wavefront of a probe head, a first computing unit and a second computing unit are provided. The first computing unit estimates a temperature TA of the transmission-reception wavefront according to a basic function based on an internal temperature T1, an ambient temperature T2, power consumption Ptotal (=Pic+Ptd), and any other parameter. The basic function is a linear function. The second computing unit estimates a temperature TB of the transmission-reception wavefront according to an auxiliary function based on a previously estimated temperature Tpre, an internal temperature difference ?T1, and any other, parameter. A selection unit selects any of the temperatures TA and TB depending on situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Motoki, Toru Watanabe, Gen Shiina, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11482252
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, when an inspection of a defect of a recording surface of the magnetic disk is carried out by using the first processing section and the second processing section on the basis of the output of the gap sensor, a magnetic disk device is configured to compare a threshold defined on the basis of outputs of the first processing section at a plurality of tracks excluding a track which is an inspection object and an output of the first processing section at the track which is the inspection object with each other and, when the output of the first processing section at the track which is the inspection object exceeds the threshold, detect that there is a defect on the track concerned of the magnetic disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220297387
    Abstract: Provided is a production method for a freshness-keeping bag capable of reducing the inflow of oxygen from the outside of the bag to a very low level, and thereby keeping the freshness of a content thereof for a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Toru WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220297158
    Abstract: A backing includes a heat-conductive particle assemblage with irregular voids and a filler which fills the voids. A portion of ultrasound that propagates backward from a piezoelectric layer scatters and attenuates in the backing. Heat generated at the piezoelectric layer is conducted to a heat exhaust block via the particle assemblage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Wataru Sawada, Toru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11347126
    Abstract: An optical module that provides a semiconductor modulator, an input lens system and first and second output lens systems, and two monitor photodiodes is disclosed. The semiconductor modulator provides an input port, first and second output ports, and two monitor ports in one side thereof. The input port and the first and second output ports face the input lens system and the first and second lens systems, respectively. The two monitor ports face the two monitor photodiodes, respectively. The first and second output ports are symmetrically disposed with respect to the input port in the one side. The two monitor ports are disposed in respective outer sides of the first and second output ports and symmetrically with respect to the input port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Saeki, Yasushi Fujimura, Toru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11341991
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing, a temperature sensor in the housing, a magnetic disk in the housing, a magnetic head disposed in the housing to be movable in a radial direction of the magnetic disk, the magnetic head including a write head, a read head, a first thermal actuator, and a second thermal actuator, a power supply circuit which supplies first power to the first thermal actuator and supplies second power to the second thermal actuator, and a controller configured to adjust a power ratio between the first power and the second power, based on at least one of a change in temperature inside the housing and a change in a radial position of the magnetic head in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Mio Okada, Toru Watanabe, Masami Yamane
  • Publication number: 20220122636
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, when an inspection of a defect of a recording surface of the magnetic disk is carried out by using the first processing section and the second processing section on the basis of the output of the gap sensor, a magnetic disk device is configured to compare a threshold defined on the basis of outputs of the first processing section at a plurality of tracks excluding a track which is an inspection object and an output of the first processing section at the track which is the inspection object with each other and, when the output of the first processing section at the track which is the inspection object exceeds the threshold, detect that there is a defect on the track concerned of the magnetic disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Toru WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11214809
    Abstract: A vector is provided that includes a nucleotide sequence selected from any one of (a) to (d). The selection of (a) to (d) includes: (a) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, or 21, (b) the nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, or 21, where (a) and (b) hybridize under stringent conditions, (c) the nucleotide sequence having 90% or more sequence identity with the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, or 21, and (d) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, 15, 18, or 21 in which a total of 1 to 50 nucleotides are substituted, deleted, or inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruyuki Nishi, Tozo Nishiyama, Toru Watanabe, Yuji Okubo
  • Publication number: 20210353263
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe has a transduction layer in which a plurality of transducers are placed, a backing layer provided at a rear side of the transduction layer with a wiring layer therebetween, and a plurality of heat dissipation members provided in the backing layer. The plurality of heat dissipation members extend in a line form in the backing layer, and are placed with an aligned direction of extension. An area occupancy percentage of the heat dissipation member at a center region of the backing layer is larger than that at an outer side of the center region. The center region is not positioned at ends of the cross section intersecting the direction of extension of the heat dissipation member, includes a center of gravity of the cross section, and occupies an area less than or equal to a half of an area of the cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru SAWADA, Toru WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11176965
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head including an assist part to assist recording of data into the magnetic disk, a controller configured to control the recording of data by the magnetic head based on a recording condition, and a memory configured to record a first threshold value used to define that an assist element included in the assist part is in a deterioration condition. Furthermore, the controller detects the condition of the assist element, determines whether or not the recording condition is changed based on the detected condition and the first threshold value stored in the memory, and changes the recording condition based on the result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mio Okada, Toru Watanabe, Gaku Koizumi, Yusuke Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20210272597
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head including an assist part to assist recording of data into the magnetic disk, a controller configured to control the recording of data by the magnetic head based on a recording condition, and a memory configured to record a first threshold value used to define that an assist element included in the assist part is in a deterioration condition. Furthermore, the controller detects the condition of the assist element, determines whether or not the recording condition is changed based on the detected condition and the first threshold value stored in the memory, and changes the recording condition based on the result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Mio Okada, Toru Watanabe, Gaku Koizumi, Yusuke Tomoda
  • Patent number: 11074936
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head including a read head to read data from the magnetic disk and a write head to write data to the magnetic disk, and a controller configured to control read/write from/to the magnetic disk by the magnetic head. The magnetic head includes a thermal actuator configured to project a head surface of the magnetic head to a recording surface of the magnetic disk, and a detector configured to detect a gap between the head surface and the recording surface of the magnetic disk. The controller controls a degree of projection of the magnetic head to the recording surface by the thermal actuator corresponding to the gap detected by the detector during the read/write.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Watanabe, Takao Furuhashi, Akihiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210193178
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head including a read head to read data from the magnetic disk and a write head to write data to the magnetic disk, and a controller configured to control read/write from/to the magnetic disk by the magnetic head. The magnetic head includes a thermal actuator configured to project a head surface of the magnetic head to a recording surface of the magnetic disk, and a detector configured to detect a gap between the head surface and the recording surface of the magnetic disk. The controller controls a degree of projection of the magnetic head to the recording surface by the thermal actuator corresponding to the gap detected by the detector during the read/write.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Toru Watanabe, Takao Furuhashi, Akihiro Yamazaki