Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Tanaka
Yoshiaki Tanaka 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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Patent number: 11973091Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reducing the size of a solid-state imaging apparatus. The solid-state imaging apparatus is configured by laminating a first structure body, comprising a pixel array unit in which pixels for performing photoelectric conversion are two-dimensionally aligned, and a second structure body, comprising an output circuit unit for outputting a pixel signal. The output circuit unit, including a through via which penetrates a semiconductor substrate constituting a part of the second structure body, and a signal output external terminal connected to the outside of the apparatus are arranged under the first structure body, the output circuit unit is connected to the signal output external terminal via the through via, and the outermost surface of the apparatus is a resin layer formed on an upper layer of an on-chip lens of the pixel array unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Harumi Tanaka, Yoshiaki Masuda, Shinji Miyazawa, Minoru Ishida
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Publication number: 20240138150Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that have a new structure are provided, in which memory cells are laminated in a three dimensional state so that the chip area may be reduced. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of the present invention is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that has a plurality of the memory strings, in which a plurality of electrically programmable memory cells is connected in series. The memory strings comprise a pillar shaped semiconductor; a first insulation film formed around the pillar shaped semiconductor; a charge storage layer formed around the first insulation film; the second insulation film formed around the charge storage layer; and first or nth electrodes formed around the second insulation film (n is natural number more than 1). The first or nth electrodes of the memory strings and the other first or nth electrodes of the memory strings are respectively the first or nth conductor layers that are spread in a two dimensional state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Masaru KITO, Hideaki AOCHI, Ryota KATSUMATA, Akihiro NITAYAMA, Masaru KIDOH, Hiroyasu TANAKA, Yoshiaki FUKUZUMI, Yasuyuki MATSUOKA, Mitsuru SATO
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Publication number: 20240133944Abstract: A semiconductor device making it easy to detect disconnection in source wires and achieving a reduction in resistance and an inspection method for the semiconductor device are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes: a lead frame; a semiconductor chip on the lead frame; a source pad provided in the semiconductor chip; a plurality of source wires connected to the source pad; a disconnection detection wire connected to the source pad; source terminals connected to the plurality of source wires; and a disconnection detection terminal connected to the disconnection detection wire. One end of the disconnection detection wire is positioned in vicinity of a corner of the source pad closer to the disconnection detection terminal side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Yoshiaki TANAKA, Kouji NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 11962184Abstract: In the production of a non-oriented electrical steel sheet by subjecting a steel slab having a certain component composition to a hot rolling, a hot-band annealing, a cold rolling and a finish annealing, the conditions of the finish annealing are controlled such that a yield stress of the steel sheet after the finish annealing is not less than 480 MPa. Also, when a motor core is produced by using the above steel sheet, there can be provided a non-oriented electrical steel sheet capable of producing a rotor core and a stator core as the same raw material where the stator core is subjected to a stress relief annealing at a soaking temperature of 780 to 950° C. in an atmosphere having a nitrogen content of not more than 30 vol % and a dew point of not higher than ?20° C., while a motor core is produced with such a steel sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Zaizen, Yoshihiko Oda, Tomoyuki Okubo, Takaaki Tanaka, Yukino Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11959851Abstract: An absolute thickness distribution cannot be accurately calculated with a conventional technique. A sensor device is provided that includes a plurality of magnetic sensors arranged to face an outer circumference surface of a pipeline and ultrasonic sensors arranged to face the outer circumference surface and measure a thickness of the pipeline in a measurement region in which the plurality of magnetic sensors measure a magnetic field, the ultrasonic sensors being less than the plurality of magnetic sensors.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Nobuo Okabe, Satoshi Yoshitake, Kazuma Takenaka, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Shumpei Ito
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Publication number: 20240096531Abstract: There is provided a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, in which an area fraction of a crystal structure A composed of crystal grains having a grain size of 100 ?m or more is 1% to 30% in a cross section parallel to a rolled plane of the non-oriented electrical steel sheet, an average grain size of a crystal structure B which is a crystal structure other than the crystal structure A is 40 ?m or less, and a Vickers hardness HvA of the crystal structure A and a Vickers hardness HvB of the crystal structure B satisfy Equation 1 ((HvA2+HvB2)/2?(HvA+HvB)2/4?7.0).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ichiro TANAKA, Takeaki WAKISAKA, Tesshu MURAKAWA, Yoshiaki NATORI, Hiroshi FUJIMURA
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Publication number: 20240099007Abstract: A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure comprising a stack structure comprising a vertically alternating sequence of conductive structures and insulative structures arranged in tiers, the stack structure divided into block structures separated from one another by slot structures, strings of memory cells vertically extending through the block structures of the stack structure, the strings of memory cells individually comprising a channel material vertically extending through the stack structure, an additional stack structure vertically overlying the stack structure and comprising a vertical sequence of additional conductive structures and additional insulative structures arranged in additional tiers, first pillars extending through the additional stack structure and vertically overlying the strings of memory cells, each of the first pillars horizontally offset from a center of a corresponding string of memory cells, second pillars extending through the additional stack structure and vertically oveType: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Jun Fujiki, Matthew J. King, Sidhartha Gupta, Paolo Tessariol, Kunal Shrotri, Kye Hyun Baek, Kyle A. Ritter, Shuji Tanaka, Umberto Maria Meotto, Richard J. Hill, Matthew Holland
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Patent number: 11932022Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Ishizawa, Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Koichi Toba, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Publication number: 20240084415Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base material having a chemical composition including Si: 3.7 to 4.8%, wherein a recrystallization rate is less than 100% in terms of an area fraction, the following Formula (i) and Formula (ii) are satisfied, and the tensile strength is more than 700 MPa. 4.3?Si+sol. Al+0.5×Mn?4.9??(i) (B50(0°)+2×B50(45°)+B50(90°))/4?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Ichiro TANAKA, Yoshihiro ARITA, Hiroki HORI, Wataru OHASHI
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Patent number: 11929721Abstract: A power amplifier module includes a first amplifier, a power splitter, a second amplifier, a third amplifier, a phase shifter, a combining unit, and a controller. The first amplifier amplifies a first signal and outputs a second signal. The power splitter splits the second signal into a third signal and a fourth signal. The second amplifier amplifies the third signal and outputs a fifth signal. The third amplifier amplifies the fourth signal and outputs a sixth signal. The phase shifter receives the fifth signal and shifts a phase of the fifth signal. The combining unit combines the fifth signal having the phase shifted by the phase shifter and the sixth signal and outputs an amplified signal of the second signal. The controller outputs a first control signal for controlling a power level of the sixth signal output from the third amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Yoshiaki Sukemori, Takeshi Kogure, Shohei Imai
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Patent number: 11921082Abstract: A measuring device 1 according to the present disclosure measures a state of a solution L. The measuring device 1 includes a measuring unit 10 that outputs a measurement signal associated with the state of the solution L, a protection unit 20 attached to the measuring unit 10, and a controller 40 that obtains the information on the state of the solution L on the basis of a measurement signal output from the measuring unit 10. The measuring unit 10 has a first part P1 in a usable state that contributes to output of the measurement signal by coming into contact with the solution L, and a second part that is isolated from the solution L by the protection unit 20 and is in a standby state for measurement.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kodai Murayama, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Kenji Oishi, Masahiro Hirase, Yuzuho Iga
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Patent number: 11915496Abstract: A body information acquisition device includes: a skeleton point detection unit configured to detect a skeleton point of a person included in a captured image; a body information acquisition unit configured to acquire body information of the person based on detection of the skeleton point; and an imaging state determination unit configured to determine whether an imaging state of the person reflected in the captured image corresponds to a specific imaging state specified based on a predetermined evaluation index value, in which the body information acquisition unit does not acquire the body information based on the detection of the skeleton point when the imaging state corresponds to the specific imaging state.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Godai Tanaka, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahisa Hayakawa, Kazumichi Hara
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Publication number: 20240051841Abstract: A solid electrolyte composition of the present disclosure includes: a solid electrolyte including Li, Ml, O, and X1, a halide including M2 and X2; and an organic solvent. The M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta. The M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta. The X1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The X2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Takashi KUBO, Kazufumi MIYATAKE, Ryuhei KATAYAMA, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Akinobu MIYAZAKI
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Publication number: 20240039044Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure includes: Li; M; O; X; and S. The M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, and Hf. The X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A molar ratio of the O to the X is more than 0 and 0.3 or less. A battery of the present disclosure includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer includes the solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Yoshiaki TANAKA, Tetsuya ASANO, Akihiro SAKAI
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Publication number: 20230408605Abstract: A magnetic field detection device includes a base, a first yoke, and a magneto-resistive effect element. The first yoke is provided on the base, and includes first and second principal surfaces each extending along a first plane, and a first end surface coupling the first and second principal surfaces. The magneto-resistive effect element is provided on the base, and includes a magnetization free layer disposed at a position overlapped with the first yoke in a first direction along the first plane. The first end surface includes an inverted tapered surface inclined relative to the first plane and extending closer to a center point of the magnetization free layer as being away from the base in a second direction orthogonal to the first plane. A distance from the center point to a first edge is shorter than a distance from the center point to a second edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki TANAKA, Tetsuya HIRAKI, Kazuya WATANABE, Suguru WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230387458Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure contains Li, Yb, and X. X is at least two selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer contains the solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: KEITA MIZUNO, YOSHIAKI TANAKA, TETSUYA ASANO, AKIHIRO SAKAI
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Patent number: 11782104Abstract: A magnetic field detection device includes a base, a first yoke, and a magneto-resistive effect element. The first yoke is provided on the base, and includes first and second principal surfaces each extending along a first plane, and a first end surface coupling the first and second principal surfaces. The magneto-resistive effect element is provided on the base, and includes a magnetization free layer disposed at a position overlapped with the first yoke in a first direction along the first plane. The first end surface includes an inverted tapered surface inclined relative to the first plane and extending closer to a center point of the magnetization free layer as being away from the base in a second direction orthogonal to the first plane. A distance from the center point to a first edge is shorter than a distance from the center point to a second edge.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Tetsuya Hiraki, Kazuya Watanabe, Suguru Watanabe
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Publication number: 20230307703Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure includes: Li; M; O; X; and A. The M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, and Hf. The X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The A is at least one selected from the group consisting of P and B. A molar ratio of the Li to the M is 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less. A molar ratio of the O to the X is 0.2 or more and 0.7 or less. A molar ratio of the A to the M is 0.02 or more and 0.80 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Yoshiaki TANAKA, Tetsuya ASANO, Akihiro SAKAI
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Publication number: 20230307704Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure includes: Li; M; O; and X. The M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta. The X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure has, in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement using a Cu-K? ray, a first peak positioned within a range of a diffraction angle 2? from 13.49° to 13.59° and a second peak positioned within a range of the diffraction angle 2? from 14.82° to 14.92°. An intensity ratio of the first peak to the second peak is 0.50 or more and 4.50 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Yoshiaki TANAKA, Tetsuya ASANO, Akihiro SAKAI
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Publication number: 20230291730Abstract: In a display system according to the present disclosure, a server device includes an authentication processor that authenticates a user for use of a file, based on authentication information of the user input at a user terminal and an access information generator that generates first access information for accessing the file if the user is authenticated by the authentication processor for use of the file, and a display device includes a file acquirer that acquires the file from the server device, based on the first access information generated by the access information generator, and a display processor that displays the file acquired by the file acquirer, on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: SHINSUKE MURATA, YOSHIAKI TANAKA, AKINORI OHNISHI