Patents by Inventor Yoshiki Okamoto

Yoshiki Okamoto 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: 9746656
    Abstract: There is provided a measurement apparatus including a control unit configured to control an on/off state of illumination that does not contribute to acquisition of measurement data on the basis of an acquisition time period of the measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Okamoto, Masaaki Hara, Terumasa Ito
  • Patent number: 9724646
    Abstract: A separation membrane element includes a water collecting pipe, a separation membrane main body having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face, a feed-side channel material and permeate-side channel materials. The separation membrane main body, the feed-side channel material and the permeate-side channel materials are spirally wound around the water collecting tube. A plurality of the permeate-side channel materials are discontinuously provided on the permeate-side face of the separation membrane main body, along a first direction that is a longitudinal direction of the water collecting pipe. The feed-side channel material has a thickness of from 0.15 to 0.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Okamoto, Masakazu Koiwa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kentaro Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 9616390
    Abstract: A separation membrane includes a separation membrane main body having at least a substrate and a separation function layer; and a channel material having a composition different from that of the separation membrane main body and affixed to a substrate-side surface of the separation membrane main body, wherein the channel material is discontinuous in a first direction and continuous in a second direction from one end to another end of the separation membrane main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Yasuo Seike, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 9597640
    Abstract: A spiral separation membrane element includes a water collection tube; a separation membrane wound around the water collection tube, having a feed-side surface and a permeate-side surface, and including a band-shaped region on at least one end of the feed-side surface in an axial direction of the water collection tube; and a channel material fused to the band-shaped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Yoshiki Okamoto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170001154
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane and a separation membrane element capable of exhibiting a good water production performance even at a high temperature and also excellent handleability and quality. The separation membrane of the present invention includes a separation membrane main body having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face; and a permeate-side channel member fixed onto the permeate-side face of the separation membrane main body, and the permeate-side channel member includes polypropylene as a main component and satisfies the following requirements (a) to (c): (a) a softening point temperature is 60° C. or higher; (b) a tensile elongation in a standard state is 10% or more; and (c) a yield point stress under a wet condition at 50° C. is 2 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshie MARUTANI, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Hiroho HIROZAWA, Kentaro TAKAGI, Yoshiki OKAMOTO, Shunsuke TABAYASHI, Hiroshi UMETANI, Akira KATAYAMA, Takao SASAKI, Masahiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160349493
    Abstract: There is provided a scanning unit including a first base provided with a scanning mechanism at least having a laser light source that emits laser light of a predetermined wavelength and a scanner that scans a scanned body by using the laser light, a second base that is located at a surface of the first base opposite a surface thereof provided with the scanning mechanism and that is thermally separated from the first base; and a temperature adjustment mechanism that is provided between the first base and the second base and that adjusts a temperature of the scanning mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUI, Masaaki HARA, Yoshiki OKAMOTO, Kenji TANAKA, Fumisada MAEDA, Koichiro KISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160303514
    Abstract: A separation membrane element of the present invention includes: a water collection tube; and a plurality of separation membrane leaves stacked on each other and wound around the water collection tube, each of the separation membrane leaves includes one or more separation membranes each having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face and is configured so that the feed-side faces face each other, and a sheet having a plurality of projections fixed thereto is provided between the permeate-side faces of the separation membrane leaves stacked on each other. Regarding a height of the projections, a ratio of the maximum height to the minimum height is from 1.10 to 1.50, and a variation coefficient of the height is from 0.02 to 0.15, and an impregnation ratio of the projections into the sheet is from 10% to 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tabayashi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshie Marutani, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Shuji Furuno, Takao Sasaki, Masahiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 9470979
    Abstract: The present invention is a developing treatment apparatus for performing development by supplying a developing solution to a substrate having a front surface coated with a positive resist or a negative resist and then subjected to exposure wherein a movable cup is raised to introduce one of scattering developing solutions for the positive and negative resists into an inner peripheral flow path of a cup and the movable cup is lowered to introduce the other of scattering developing solutions for the positive and negative resists into an outer peripheral flow path of the cup, and the developing solution introduced into the inner peripheral flow path and the developing solution introduced into the outer peripheral flow path are separately drained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yasushi Takiguchi, Taro Yamamoto, Yoshinori Ikeda, Koki Yoshimura, Yoshiki Okamoto, Masahiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 9466146
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a sensor output data acquisition unit acquires data of layered image information from a sensor group. A slice image generation unit generates data of a two-dimensional image for each slice plane surfaces in which distribution is acquired. An image axis conversion unit generates similar data of a two-dimensional image for a plurality of plane surfaces that are perpendicular to an axis different from a sensor axis. A slice image management unit of a display processing unit manages a slice image that is used for drawing according to the position of a viewpoint or the like. Memory for drawing sequentially stores data of an image necessary for drawing. An additional object image storage unit stores image data of an object that is additionally displayed such as a cursor or the like. An image drawing unit draws a three-dimensional object using data of the slice image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Oka, Satoru Seko, Yoshiki Okamoto, Masaaki Hara
  • Publication number: 20160271564
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane and a separation membrane element which are capable of exhibiting good water production performance and excellent in handleability and process passage. A separation membrane of the present invention is a separation membrane including: a separation membrane main body having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face; and a permeate-side channel member adhered to the permeate-side face of the separation membrane main body, in which the permeate-side channel member includes a composition containing at least a high-crystalline polypropylene (A) and satisfies the following requirements (a) and (b): (a) a content of the high-crystalline polypropylene (A) in the composition is from 40 to 95% by weight; and (b) the permeate-side channel member has a melting endothermic energy amount (?H) of from 20 to 70 J/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Hiroho HIROZAWA, Kentaro TAKAGI, Yoshiki OKAMOTO, Yoshie MARUTANI, Shunsuke TABAYASHI, Takao SASAKI, Masahiro KIMURA, Yuji TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160202609
    Abstract: The present invention is a developing treatment apparatus for performing development by supplying a developing solution to a substrate having a front surface coated with a positive resist or a negative resist and then subjected to exposure wherein a movable cup is raised to introduce one of scattering developing solutions for the positive and negative resists into an inner peripheral flow path of a cup and the movable cup is lowered to introduce the other of scattering developing solutions for the positive and negative resists into an outer peripheral flow path of the cup, and the developing solution introduced into the inner peripheral flow path and the developing solution introduced into the outer peripheral flow path are separately drained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yasushi TAKIGUCHI, Taro YAMAMOTO, Yoshinori IKEDA, Koki YOSHIMURA, Yoshiki OKAMOTO, Masahiro FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20160129401
    Abstract: In order to provide a composite semipermeable membrane which combines strength and water permeability, the present invention provides a composite semipermeable membrane including: a supporting membrane including a substrate and a porous support; and a separation functional layer disposed on the porous support, in which the substrate has a weight A per unit area, a portion of the porous support which is located within the substrate has a weight B per unit area, and a sum of the weight A and the weight B, (A+B), is 30 to 100 g/m2, and a ratio between the weight A and the weight B, B/A, is 0.10 to 0.60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shuji FURUNO, Yoshiki OKAMOTO, Hiroho HIROZAWA, Masahiro KIMURA, Takao SASAKI
  • Patent number: 9304398
    Abstract: The present invention is a developing treatment apparatus for performing development by supplying a developing solution to a substrate having a front surface coated with a positive resist or a negative resist and then subjected to exposure wherein a movable cup is raised to introduce one of scattering developing solutions for the positive and negative resists into an inner peripheral flow path of a cup and the movable cup is lowered to introduce the other of scattering developing solutions for the positive and negative resists into an outer peripheral flow path of the cup, and the developing solution introduced into the inner peripheral flow path and the developing solution introduced into the outer peripheral flow path are separately drained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yasushi Takiguchi, Taro Yamamoto, Yoshinori Ikeda, Koki Yoshimura, Yoshiki Okamoto, Masahiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20150321148
    Abstract: A separation membrane including: a separation membrane main body having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face; and a plurality of channel members adhered to the permeate-side face of the separation membrane main body, in which a weight W (g) of the plurality of channel members and a volume V (cm3) of the plurality of channel members, exclusive of portions impregnated into the permeate-side face, satisfy the following relational expression: 1.0?W/V?2.5, and the channel members have a melting temperature of 200° C. or lower as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20150253558
    Abstract: There is provided a measurement apparatus including a control unit configured to control an on/off state of illumination that does not contribute to acquisition of measurement data on the basis of an acquisition time period of the measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Okamoto, Masaaki Hara, Terumasa Ito
  • Publication number: 20150226949
    Abstract: There is provided a laser scanning microscope apparatus including a first moving part equipped with an objective lens and configured to move the objective lens in a first direction, and a second moving part configured to be movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first moving part and equipped with the first moving part and a reflecting mirror that guides laser light radiated to an observation object and returning light of the observation object in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukumoto, Masaaki Hara, Yoshiki Okamoto, Koichiro Kishima
  • Patent number: 9086377
    Abstract: An optical system for fluorescence detection includes two parabolic mirrors, a first parabolic mirror and a second parabolic mirror, and fluorescent light beams that are incident from different directions are reflected by the first parabolic mirror as parallel light beams to the second parabolic mirror and are converged at one point by the second parabolic mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20150144550
    Abstract: A separation membrane element includes a water collecting pipe, a separation membrane main body having a feed-side face and a permeate-side face, a feed-side channel material and permeate-side channel materials. The separation membrane main body, the feed-side channel material and the permeate-side channel materials are spirally wound around the water collecting tube. A plurality of the permeate-side channel materials are discontinuously provided on the permeate-side face of the separation membrane main body, along a first direction that is a longitudinal direction of the water collecting pipe. The feed-side channel material has a thickness of from 0.15 to 0.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Okamoto, Masakazu Koiwa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kentaro Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20150068971
    Abstract: A spiral separation membrane element includes a water collection tube; a separation membrane wound around the water collection tube, having a feed-side surface and a permeate-side surface, and including a band-shaped region on at least one end of the feed-side surface in an axial direction of the water collection tube; and a channel material fused to the band-shaped region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Koiwa, Kentaro Takagi, Hiroho Hirozawa, Yoshiki Okamoto, Masahiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20150041388
    Abstract: A separation membrane includes a separation membrane main body that includes a supply-side surface and a filtrate-side surface; and a supply-side channel member disposed on the supply-side surface of the separation membrane main body, wherein when a thickness of the supply-side channel member in a direction perpendicular to a flowing direction of a supplied water that flows on the supply-side surface is a width d of the supply-side channel member, a ratio of height/width (h/d) of the supply-side channel member is 0.7 or greater and 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroho Hirozawa, Masakazu Koiwa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kentaro Takagi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsufumi Oto, Masahiro Kimura