Patents by Inventor Akio Suzuki

Akio Suzuki 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: 20230108497
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes: a housing containing light-emitting gas in an internal space and formed with an opening on which first light is incident and/or from which second light is emitted, wherein the first light is laser light for maintaining a plasma generated in the light-emitting gas and the second light is light from the plasma; and a window member that transmits the first light and/or the second light at the opening. The window member is joined to the housing by a joining material consisting of a material containing gold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Akio SUZUKI, Toru FUJITA, Shinichi OHBA, Akinori ASAI, Tomoya NAKAZAWA, Taiga MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230083637
    Abstract: It is possible to display a frame that is comfortable for an occupant. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: an image/sound creation unit (142) that: creates a frame belonging to one of a plurality of modes as a frame of an application to be displayed on a screen provided in a vehicle; and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a first direction parallel to or perpendicular to a vehicle travel direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in the same mode for the application is input, and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in a different mode for the application is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Akio SUZUKI, Asami YAMAGISHI, Koji NAGATA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Toru NAGARA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Takashi TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230085310
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, MAHO HAYASHI, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230054104
    Abstract: It is possible to optimize a mode of a screen for watching content. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a shape determination unit (152) that determines a screen shape suitable for displaying content on the basis of an automated driving state of a vehicle and information regarding the content to be displayed on a screen provided in the vehicle; and an image creation unit (153) that creates an image of the content to be displayed on the screen according to the shape determined to be suitable for displaying the content by the shape determination unit (152).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TETSUO IKEDA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220352384
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that is suitable for high integration is provided. A first layer provided with a first transistor including an oxide semiconductor, over a substrate; a second layer over the first layer; a third layer provided with a second transistor including an oxide semiconductor, over the second layer; a fourth layer between the first layer and the second layer; and a fifth layer between the second layer and the third layer are included. The total internal stress of the first layer and the total internal stress of the third layer act in a first direction, the total internal stress of the second layer acts in the direction opposite to the first direction, and the fourth layer and the fifth layer each include a film having a barrier property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi OOTA, Yoshinori ANDO, Shuhei NAGATSUKA, Tatsuki KOSHIDA, Satoru OHSHITA, Ryota HODO, Kazuki TSUDA, Akio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220254932
    Abstract: A semiconductor device for high power consumption is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first conductor over the substrate, a first metal oxide over the first conductor, a first oxide over the first metal oxide, a second oxide over the first oxide, a first insulator over the second oxide, a second conductor over the first insulator, a second insulator over the second conductor, a third insulator in contact with a side surface of the second conductor, a side surface of the first insulator, and a side surface of the second insulator, a second metal oxide over the second oxide, the second insulator, and the third insulator, and a third conductor over the second metal oxide. The second conductor includes a region overlapping with the second oxide. The third conductor includes a region in contact with the second metal oxide. The second metal oxide includes a region in contact with the second oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Akio SUZUKI, Haruyuki BABA
  • Publication number: 20220229096
    Abstract: A power measurement apparatus includes a voltage detector, current detector, and power calculator. The voltage detector contactlessly detects an AC voltage of a conductive path to which power is supplied from an AC power source having a magnitude of AC voltage regulated to be a predetermined value, and outputs a first data signal regarding a voltage waveform of the AC voltage of the conductive path. The current detector contactlessly detects an AC current flowing through the conductive path, and outputs a second data signal regarding a current waveform of the AC current of the conductive path. A power calculator receives the first and second data signals, and calculates active power of the conductive path from a product of a second instantaneous voltage and an instantaneous current of the current waveform indicated by the second data signal. The second instantaneous voltage is generated by converting a first instantaneous voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yuka MIYAKE, Hiroshi DOHMAE, Akio SUZUKI, Jun FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220199372
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes a housing which stores a discharge gas in an internal space and is provided with a first window portion to which first light is incident and a second window portion from which second light is emitted. The housing includes at least one flow path which is partitioned from the internal space and extends toward at least one of the first window portion and the second window portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Toru Fujita, Akinori Asai, Yusei Nagata, Shinichi Ohba, Mathew Partlow, Ron Collins, Stephen F. Horne, Laura Owens
  • Publication number: 20220200225
    Abstract: A light emitting sealed body includes: a housing which stores a discharge gas and is provided with a first opening to which first light is incident along a first optical axis and a second opening from which second light is emitted along a second optical axis; a first window portion which hermetically seals the first opening; a second window portion which hermetically seals the second opening; and a first electrode and a second electrode. The housing is formed of a light shielding material which does not transmit the first light and the second light. An internal space is defined by the housing, the first window portion, and the second window portion and the internal space is filled with the discharge gas. The first opening and the second opening are disposed so that the first optical axis and the second optical axis intersect each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Akio SUZUKI, Toru FUJITA, Akinori ASAI, Yusei NAGATA, Shinichi OHBA, Takayuki OHSHIRO, Matthew PARTLOW, Ron COLLINS, Stephen F. HORNE, Laura OWENS
  • Publication number: 20220200226
    Abstract: A light emitting unit includes a light emitting sealed body and a voltage application circuit. The light emitting sealed body includes a container to which laser light for maintaining plasma is incident and from which light from the plasma is emitted, a first electrode which includes a first discharge portion, and a second electrode which includes a second discharge portion. An end portion of the first discharge portion has a shape in which a thickness is thinned as it goes toward the second discharge portion and an end surface of the second discharge portion extends along a plane perpendicular to an extending direction of the first discharge portion. The voltage application circuit controls a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode by adjusting a voltage applied to at least the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Akio SUZUKI, Toru FUJITA, Akinori ASAI, Yusei Nagata, Shinichi OHBA, Matthew PARTLOW, Ron COLLINS, Stephen F. HORNE, Laura OWENS
  • Patent number: 11367989
    Abstract: A light emitting unit includes a light emitting sealed body and a voltage application circuit. The light emitting sealed body includes a container to which laser light for maintaining plasma is incident and from which light from the plasma is emitted, a first electrode which includes a first discharge portion, and a second electrode which includes a second discharge portion. An end portion of the first discharge portion has a shape in which a thickness is thinned as it goes toward the second discharge portion and an end surface of the second discharge portion extends along a plane perpendicular to an extending direction of the first discharge portion. The voltage application circuit controls a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode by adjusting a voltage applied to at least the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Energetiq Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Toru Fujita, Akinori Asai, Yusei Nagata, Shinichi Ohba, Matthew Partlow, Ron Collins, Stephen F. Horne, Laura Owens
  • Publication number: 20220052535
    Abstract: A battery protection circuit with a novel configuration and a power storage device including the battery protection circuit are provided. The battery protection circuit includes a switch circuit for controlling charge and discharge of a battery cell; the switch circuit includes a mechanical relay, a first transistor, and a second transistor; the switch circuit has a function of controlling electrical connection between a first terminal and a second terminal; the mechanical relay has a function of breaking electrical connection between the first terminal and the second terminal; the first transistor has a function of supplying first current between the first terminal and the second terminal; the second transistor has a function of supplying second current between the first terminal and the second terminal; and the first current is higher than the second current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Takayuki IKEDA, Munehiro KOZUMA, Takanori MATSUZAKI, Akio SUZUKI, Seiya SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220020683
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate and a device provided above the silicon substrate. The device includes a transistor and a conductor. The transistor includes a metal oxide in a channel formation region. Conductivity is imparted to the silicon substrate. The conductor is electrically connected to each of a drain of the transistor and the silicon substrate through an opening provided in the device. Heat of the drain of the transistor can be efficiently released through the silicon substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Akio SUZUKI, Atsushi MIYAGUCHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210273068
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Akio SUZUKI, Shinpei MATSUDA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11049946
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Shinpei Matsuda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20200013865
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Akio SUZUKI, Shinpei MATSUDA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10483365
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Shinpei Matsuda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10477192
    Abstract: A display system which enables a stereoscopic image to be perceived by the naked eye is provided. The display system includes a display panel which can display a first image, a second image, a third image, and a fourth image. The first image has a region overlapping with the third image. The second image has a region overlapping with the fourth image. The first image and the third image are perceived by one of the right and left eyes and the second image and the fourth image are perceived by the other of the right and left eyes, so that a composite image of the first to fourth images is stereoscopically perceivable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Naoto Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10084096
    Abstract: After a sputtering gas is supplied to a deposition chamber, plasma including an ion of the sputtering gas is generated in the vicinity of a target. The ion of the sputtering gas is accelerated and collides with the target, so that flat-plate particles and atoms of the target are separated from the target. The flat-plate particles are deposited with a gap therebetween so that the flat plane faces a substrate. The atom and the aggregate of the atoms separated from the target enter the gap between the deposited flat-plate particles and grow in the plane direction of the substrate to fill the gap. A film is formed over the substrate. After the deposition, heat treatment is performed at high temperature in an oxygen atmosphere, which forms an oxide with a few oxygen vacancies and high crystallinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Haruyuki Baba, Akio Suzuki, Hiromi Sawai, Masahiko Hayakawa, Noritaka Ishihara, Masashi Oota
  • Patent number: 9942636
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted speaker system achieves improvement in the weather resistance against a vehicle exterior environment and enables degradation in sound quality to be prevented. In the vehicle-mounted speaker system, a supporting member separating a vehicle interior space from a vehicle exterior space is provided with an opening. The supporting member supports a speaker, and a rear cover covering the back of the speaker closes the opening. The rear cover includes an annular flexible member supported by the supporting member, and a non-flexible vibrating plate supported by an inner portion of the annular flexible member. An enclosed space is defined between the rear cover having such a configuration and a diaphragm of the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kei Tanabe, Ryo Ito, Akio Suzuki