Patents by Inventor Yuki Shimizu

Yuki Shimizu 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: 20230154547
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory cells; a first word line connected to the first and second memory cells; a first bit line connected to the first memory cell; a second bit line connected to the second memory cell; a first sense amplifier connected to the first bit line; a second sense amplifier connected to the second bit line; a voltage generation circuit; and a first row decoder which supplies a voltage to the first word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi HIOKA, Tsukasa KOBAYASHI, Koji KATO, Yuki SHIMIZU, Hiroshi MAEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230098333
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to instantaneously acquire quality information indicative of quality of utterer's voice on a listener's side; and instantaneously present improvement information for improving the quality to the utterer in a case where the quality indicated by the acquired quality information does not satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230067133
    Abstract: In an in-vehicle shutdown device, only a pyro-fuse is provided on one line of a positive-side line and a negative-side line as a device that shuts off the one line, and a breaker of a different type from the pyro-fuse, which is operable to be switched by a control signal to shut off and stop shut-off of the other line, is provided on the other line. A controller controls the pyro-fuse to cut the one line in the event of an abnormality that the breaker is stuck closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11594285
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory cells; a first word line connected to the first and second memory cells; a first bit line connected to the first memory cell; a second bit line connected to the second memory cell; a first sense amplifier connected to the first bit line; a second sense amplifier connected to the second bit line; a voltage generation circuit; and a first row decoder which supplies a voltage to the first word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Hioka, Tsukasa Kobayashi, Koji Kato, Yuki Shimizu, Hiroshi Maejima
  • Publication number: 20230049821
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a cell holding body that holds a measurement cell housing a measurement sample and a dispersion medium; a cover attached to the cell holding body so as to cover the measurement cell; a rotation section that rotates the cell holding body and applies centrifugal force to the measurement cell; a light source that is provided on one side of a rotation passage region of the measurement cell and irradiates the cell with light; a photodetector that is provided on another side of the rotation passage region of the measurement cell and detects light transmitted through the cell; and a particle diameter distribution arithmetic section that acquires a light intensity signal from the photodetector and calculates a particle diameter distribution. The rotation passage region of the cover is located inside an optical path of light passing between the light source and the photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuji YAMAGUCHI, Yuki SHIMIZU, Ken ASAKURA
  • Patent number: 11546683
    Abstract: To reduce the effect on the communication performance of an antenna to secure a good communication state with respect to the antenna. An acoustic output device includes a speaker for outputting sound, a cell having one surface facing in a facing direction represented by a predetermined direction, a control board for controlling predetermined parts, and an antenna for sending and receiving signals, the antenna having at least a portion spaced from the control board and the cell. The cell and the control board are positioned side by side with each other in directions different from thicknesswise directions of the control board. The facing direction is different from the directions in which the cell and the control board are side by side with each other. The antenna is positioned side by side with at least one of the control board or the cell in the thicknesswise directions or the facing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Sakane, Yoshihisa Kadosawa, Yuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220382421
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls display of a function selection screen comprising a plurality of sections in which images for selection of functions to be executed by an information apparatus are arranged, in which, in a case in which a selection operation of selecting an empty section in which no image is arranged has been performed in a customization mode in which image arrangement is changeable, the processor causes display of a list of images, each of which is arrangeable in the empty section, and, in a case in which a selection operation of selecting an image from the list has been performed, arranges a selected image in the empty section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yu MISHIMA, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11505079
    Abstract: An ECU performs a process including: when a vehicle establishes a Ready-On state, selecting a CD mode; when discharging power is uncompleted and a scheduled time to return the vehicle is a time within a discharging period, setting a second target SOC as a mode switching value; and when the vehicle's power storage device has an SOC reaching the mode switching value and a surcharge imposed on a rental fee is unaccepted, switching the current control mode from the CD mode to a CS mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tamaki Ozawa, Masaaki Kiyohara, Toshiyuki Nagase, Hajime Kushima, Yuki Shimizu, Akio Uotani
  • Patent number: 11485811
    Abstract: The invention relates to particles with an average particle size of 300 to 1000 ?m, comprising a modified polyvinyl alcohol having vinyl alcohol units and structural units represented by formula (1), wherein a content of the vinyl alcohol units is 60 to 90 mol % based on the total structural units: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. Thus, the present invention provides particles containing a modified polyvinyl alcohol having high water solubility and high affinity for a photosensitive monomer, which are highly photosensitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Amano, Yuki Tachibana, Yuki Shimizu, Kazuhiko Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20220343682
    Abstract: A group to be authenticated in face authentication is efficiently registered in a system. An information processing system includes a face detection unit configured to detect a face from an image in which a plurality of faces of persons are shown, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the face detected by the face detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and a registration information generation unit configured to generate registration information, the registration information being information in which a partial image of each of a plurality of faces that have been determined to satisfy the predetermined condition is associated with an identifier identifying a group to be authenticated in face authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220321714
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor and a memory coupled to or integrated with the processor and controls an information processing apparatus, in which the processor is configured to simultaneously display, in an operation screen, a selection list of tasks for selecting a task to be executed by the information processing apparatus and a slide button as an execution button for instructing execution of the selected task, and once an operation of instructing execution of the task by the slide button is detected, performs control to change the slide button to a cancel button for canceling the task that is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki SHIMIZU, Yu MISHIMA, Yoshihiro SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20220321716
    Abstract: An information communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory coupled to or integrated with the processor and is configured to designate a communication destination by selecting a desired recipient from plural recipients displayed in a list form in an operation screen, in which the processor displays, for the recipients, recipient names, which are names of the recipients, displays, in front of each of the recipient names, a letter icon including a combination of an initial letter of each recipient name in a case in which the recipient names are written with phonetic characters, and a figure, sorts the recipients in a predetermined display order based on the initial letter included in the letter icon, and displays the sorted recipients in the operation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yu MISHIMA, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220321719
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls display of a task selection screen which is a task selection screen for selecting one task item from a plurality of task items and in which a priority list, which is a list of preset task items, and a history list, which includes histories of task items executed in the past, are displayed in parallel, in which the processor is configured to integrally scroll through the priority list and the history list in a case in which a scrolling operation has been performed for the priority list or the history list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yu MISHIMA, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220321717
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls display of an item selection screen at which an item list including a plurality of items is displayed, in which at least one of a list selection button for selecting the item list displayed at the item selection screen or a function selection button for selecting a function to be performed by an information apparatus is displayed at the item selection screen in addition to the item list, and at least one of the list selection button or the function selection button is arranged at an end side of the item list in a scrolling direction at the item selection screen, and the processor reduces a size of a display region of at least one of the list selection button or the function selection button at the item selection screen in a case in which the item list is scrolled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yu MISHIMA, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220321715
    Abstract: A display control device includes a processor and a memory coupled to or integrated with the processor and controls display of an operation screen of an information apparatus, in a case in which a selected setting item is arbitrarily selected from plural setting items displayed in a list form in the operation screen, the processor hides a setting item other than the selected setting item, displays the selected setting item on an upper side of a display region in which the plural setting items were displayed in a list form, and additionally displays a relevant setting item related to the selected setting item below the selected setting item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yu MISHIMA, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Yuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11423980
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a first plane storing user data and system information, a second plane storing the user data and the system information, a first latch circuit storing even-numbered bit data of the system information read from the first plane, a second latch circuit storing odd-numbered bit data of the system information read from the second plane, and a sequencer. The sequencer executes in parallel a first process of reading out the even-numbered bit data of the system information from the first plane and storing the read data in the first latch circuit and a second process of reading out the odd-numbered bit data of the system information from the second plane and storing the read data in the second latch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Shimizu, Kosuke Yanagidaira
  • Patent number: 11410461
    Abstract: A group to be authenticated in face authentication is efficiently registered in a system. An information processing system includes a face detection unit configured to detect a face from an image in which a plurality of faces of persons are shown, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the face detected by the face detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and a registration information generation unit configured to generate registration information, the registration information being information in which a partial image of each of a plurality of faces that have been determined to satisfy the predetermined condition is associated with an identifier identifying a group to be authenticated in face authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220147296
    Abstract: A screen data generating system (100) includes: a generation device (10) to generate screen data for displaying a monitoring screen (101) used for monitoring an operating state of a control device (30) that controls an apparatus (40); and a server (20) to acquire, from the control device (30), device identification information for identifying the control device (30) and unit configuration information about a unit included in the control device (30) to provide the acquired device identification information and the acquired unit configuration information. The generation device (10) includes a template storage to store multiple templates of the screen data, and generates, from a template including the unit configuration information provided by the server (20), the screen data relating to the control device indicated by the device identification information provided by the server (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki SHIMIZU, Yasuaki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20220144977
    Abstract: A method of producing modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles, includes mixing vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles with a mixed medium containing unsaturated carboxylic acid, an acid catalyst, and water, wherein, by mixing the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles with the mixed medium, the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles are reacted with the unsaturated carboxylic acid to obtain modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles containing a vinyl ester unit represented by a formula (2) below, having a vinyl alcohol unit content based on the total constitutional units from 95 to 99.99 mol %, and having an average particle diameter from 50 to 2000 ?m. The production method does not cause the problem of the residual sulfur content derived from a liquid medium used for reaction and is also capable of modifying the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles while maintaining the particle shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki TACHIBANA, Yusuke AMANO, Yuki SHIMIZU, Kazuhiko MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220089793
    Abstract: A method of producing modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles, includes mixing vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles with a mixed medium containing unsaturated carboxylic acid, an acid catalyst, and water, wherein, by mixing the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles with the mixed medium, the vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles are reacted with the unsaturated carboxylic acid to obtain modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer particles containing a vinyl ester unit represented by a formula (2) below, having a vinyl alcohol unit content based on the total constitutional units of 60 mol % or more and less than 95 mol %, and having an average particle diameter from 50 to 2000 ?m. The production method is capable of controlling the particle shape and does not cause the problem of the residual sulfur content, and is further convenient and economically advantageous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki TACHIBANA, Yusuke AMANO, Yuki SHIMIZU, Kazuhiko MAEKAWA