Patents by Inventor Akira Soga

Akira Soga 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: 10853538
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a model generation system includes a NCLM processor, a filter part, a model generator, a variable narrow-down part, a determiner, and a soundness calculator. The NCLM processor and the filter part narrows down a first input variable group to a third input variable group selected using NCLM. The model generator generates a model of a relationship between the third input variable group and an output variable. The variable narrow-down part narrows down the first input variable group to one or more of the input variables not used in the generation of the model. When the number of the models has not reached the specified number, the determiner outputting to the NCLM processor the first input variable group narrowed down by the variable narrow-down part. The soundness calculator calculates an overall soundness of the models and calculating a soundness of each of the models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yukihito Nishida, Akira Soga
  • Patent number: 10387532
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing control system includes a reference data creating unit, first, second and third data storing units, first, second and third data extracting units. The reference data creating unit creates reference data including a reference time related to a product. The first data storing unit stores data related to parts acceptance inspection and related to assembly of the product. The second data storing unit stores data related to inspection in manufacturing. The third data storing unit stores data related to quality assurance inspection and of acceptance inspection at a customer site. The first data extracting unit extracts data related to latest parts acceptance inspection and related to latest assembly of the product. The second data extracting unit extracts data related to inspection in latest manufacturing. The third data extracting unit extracts data related to latest quality assurance inspection and of latest acceptance inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Akira Soga
  • Publication number: 20180285495
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a model generation system includes a NCLM processor, a filter part, a model generator, a variable narrow-down part, a determiner, and a soundness calculator. The NCLM processor and the filter part narrows down a first input variable group to a third input variable group selected using NCLM. The model generator generates a model of a relationship between the third input variable group and an output variable. The variable narrow-down part narrows down the first input variable group to one or more of the input variables not used in the generation of the model. When the number of the models has not reached the specified number, the determiner outputting to the NCLM processor the first input variable group narrowed down by the variable narrow-down part. The soundness calculator calculates an overall soundness of the models and calculating a soundness of each of the models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yukihito NISHIDA, Akira SOGA
  • Patent number: 10001774
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing supporting system for an electronic device including an inspection-data acquiring unit, a fluctuation-by-classification calculating unit, a data-by-factor acquiring unit, and a fluctuation-by-factor calculating unit is provided. The inspection-data acquiring unit acquires an inspection data of a target electronic device. The fluctuation-by-classification calculating unit is configured to calculate, on the basis of the inspection data, by classification including at least any one of positions among lots, among substrates, and in a substrate plane of the electronic device, fluctuation in dimensions of the target electronic device. The data-by-factor acquiring unit acquires an improvement history data of the target electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Muneyoshi Yamada, Akira Soga
  • Patent number: 9760085
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a production support system includes: a production information storage unit; a manufacturing apparatus information storage unit; an inspection/measurement apparatus information storage unit; a planned lot number calculation unit; a first control mode calculation unit. The first control mode calculation unit is configured to calculate an appropriate control mode from the number of products to be subjected to the control of the final quality, a relationship between fluctuation of the final quality and a number of products when performing a predetermined feedback type/feedforward type combined APC, fluctuation of the final quality when performing a feedforward type APC, and fluctuation of the final quality when not performing the feedback type/feedforward type combined APC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Muneyoshi Yamada, Akira Soga, Atsushi Itoh, Yuuji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20160011589
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing supporting system for an electronic device including an inspection-data acquiring unit, a fluctuation-by-classification calculating unit, a data-by-factor acquiring unit, and a fluctuation-by-factor calculating unit is provided. The inspection-data acquiring unit acquires an inspection data of a target electronic device. The fluctuation-by-classification calculating unit is configured to calculate, on the basis of the inspection data, by classification including at least any one of positions among lots, among substrates, and in a substrate plane of the electronic device, fluctuation in dimensions of the target electronic device. The data-by-factor acquiring unit acquires an improvement history data of the target electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Muneyoshi YAMADA, Akira SOGA
  • Publication number: 20150081241
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a production support system includes: a production information storage unit; a manufacturing apparatus information storage unit; an inspection/measurement apparatus information storage unit; a planned lot number calculation unit; a first control mode calculation unit. The first control mode calculation unit is configured to calculate an appropriate control mode from the number of products to be subjected to the control of the final quality, a relationship between fluctuation of the final quality and a number of products when performing a predetermined feedback type/feedforward type combined APC, fluctuation of the final quality when performing a feedforward type APC, and fluctuation of the final quality when not performing the feedback type/feedforward type combined APC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Muneyoshi YAMADA, Akira SOGA, Atsushi ITOH, Yuuji FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20140088903
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing control system includes a reference data creating unit, first, second and third data storing units, first, second and third data extracting units. The reference data creating unit creates reference data including a reference time related to a product. The first data storing unit stores data related to parts acceptance inspection and related to assembly of the product. The second data storing unit stores data related to inspection in manufacturing. The third data storing unit stores data related to quality assurance inspection and of acceptance inspection at a customer site. The first data extracting unit extracts data related to latest parts acceptance inspection and related to latest assembly of the product. The second data extracting unit extracts data related to inspection in latest manufacturing. The third data extracting unit extracts data related to latest quality assurance inspection and of latest acceptance inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Akira SOGA
  • Patent number: 8019456
    Abstract: A product repair support system is configured to support repair of a product rejected in an inspection based on a prescribed inspection standard. The product repair support system includes: repair information storage part; reference information storage part; and repair condition optimization part. The repair information storage part is configured to store a result of the inspection of the repaired product as repair information. The reference information storage part is configured to store reference information related to the product. The repair condition optimization part is configured to determine appropriateness of a repair condition or selection of the repair condition on basis of the repair information and, in response to a determination of being inappropriate, to optimize data of the repair condition or the selection on basis of at least one of the repair information and the reference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Akira Soga
  • Publication number: 20080208381
    Abstract: A product repair support system is configured to support repair of a product rejected in an inspection based on a prescribed inspection standard. The product repair support system includes: repair information storage part; reference information storage part; and repair condition optimization part. The repair information storage part is configured to store a result of the inspection of the repaired product as repair information. The reference information storage part is configured to store reference information related to the product. The repair condition optimization part is configured to determine appropriateness of a repair condition or selection of the repair condition on basis of the repair information and, in response to a determination of being inappropriate, to optimize data of the repair condition or the selection on basis of at least one of the repair information and the reference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Akira SOGA
  • Patent number: 6780657
    Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus, comprises a light splitting section for splitting the light radiated from a substrate into plural light components having wavelengths over a predetermined wavelength region, a detection section for detecting the intensities of the light components obtained by the light splitting section, an integrated value calculating section for calculating an integrated value of radiation intensity by cumulatively adding the intensities of the light components detected by the detecting section, and a surface temperature calculating section for calculating the surface temperature of the substrate from the integrated value, on the basis of reference data representing the relation between the temperature and the integrated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomomi Ino, Akira Soga, Yoshiaki Akama
  • Patent number: 6541287
    Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus, comprises a light splitting section for splitting the light radiated from a substrate into plural light components having wavelengths over a predetermined wavelength region, a detection section for detecting the intensities of the light components obtained by the light splitting section, an integrated value calculating section for calculating an integrated value of radiation intensity by cumulatively adding the intensities of the light components detected by the detecting section, and a surface temperature calculating section for calculating the surface temperature of the substrate from the integrated value, on the basis of reference data representing the relation between the temperature and the integrated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomomi Ino, Akira Soga, Yoshiaki Akama
  • Publication number: 20020192847
    Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus, comprises a light splitting section for splitting the light radiated from a substrate into plural light components having wavelengths over a predetermined wavelength region, a detection section for detecting the intensities of the light components obtained by the light splitting section, an integrated value calculating section for calculating an integrated value of radiation intensity by cumulatively adding the intensities of the light components detected by the detecting section, and a surface temperature calculating section for calculating the surface temperature of the substrate from the integrated value, on the basis of reference data representing the relation between the temperature and the integrated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomomi Ino, Akira Soga, Yoshiaki Akama
  • Publication number: 20020066859
    Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus, comprises a light splitting section for splitting the light radiated from a substrate into plural light components having wavelengths over a predetermined wavelength region, a detection section for detecting the intensities of the light components obtained by the light splitting section, an integrated value calculating section for calculating an integrated value of radiation intensity by cumulatively adding the intensities of the light components detected by the detecting section, and a surface temperature calculating section for calculating the surface temperature of the substrate from the integrated value, on the basis of reference data representing the relation between the temperature and the integrated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: TOMOMI INO, AKIRA SOGA, YOSHIAKI AKAMA