Patents by Inventor Atsushi Horiuchi

Atsushi Horiuchi 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: 11586949
    Abstract: A state judgment device includes: a data acquisition unit which acquires data related to an industrial machine; an energy state calculation unit which calculates an energy state related to driving of units of the industrial machine on the basis of the data related to the industrial machine acquired by the data acquisition unit; and an abnormal state estimation unit which estimates, on the basis of the energy state related to driving of the units of the industrial machine calculated by the energy state calculation unit, whether operation of the industrial machine is normal or abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11554525
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes: a first driving device rotating a screw provided inside a heating cylinder; a second driving device moving the screw forward and backward; a metering control section configured to, by controlling the first driving device and the second driving device, to meter resin while melting the resin, and thereafter rotate the screw in reverse to thereby reduce the pressure of the resin; a first sensor unit for detecting the pressure; a second sensor unit for detecting one or more kinds of physical quantities that affect the change of the pressure; and a prediction section predicting decompressing rotation information based on the pressure detected by the first sensor unit and the one or more kinds of physical quantities detected by the second sensor unit. The metering control section controls the first driving device based on the decompressing rotation information predicted by the prediction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Asaoka, Atsushi Horiuchi, Kenjirou Shimizu, Haruhiko Nakao
  • Patent number: 11552119
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and electronic equipment to suppress degradation of Dark characteristics. A photoelectric converting unit configured to perform photoelectric conversion, and a PN junction region including a P-type region and an N-type region on a side of a light incident surface of the photoelectric converting unit are included. Further, on a vertical cross-section, the PN junction region is formed at three sides including a side of the light incident surface among four sides enclosing the photoelectric converting unit. Further, a trench which penetrates through a semiconductor substrate in a depth direction and which is formed between the photoelectric converting units each formed at adjacent pixels is included, and the PN junction region is also provided on a side wall of the trench. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a backside irradiation type CMOS image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Kobayashi, Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20220344386
    Abstract: To realize miniaturization of a pixel, reduction in noise, and high quantum efficiency, and to improve short-wavelength sensitivity while suppressing inter-pixel interference and variations for each pixel. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an imaging device including: a first semiconductor layer formed in a semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor layer of a conductivity type opposite to a conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a pixel separation unit which defines a pixel region including the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode which is connected to the first semiconductor layer from one surface side of the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode which is connected to the second semiconductor layer from a light irradiation surface side that is the other surface of the semiconductor substrate, and is formed to correspond to a position of the pixel separation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun OGI, Yoshiaki TASHIRO, Takahiro TOYOSHIMA, Yorito SAKANO, Yusuke OIKE, Hongbo ZHU, Keiichi NAKAZAWA, Yukari TAKEYA, Atsushi OKUYAMA, Yasufumi MIYOSHI, Ryosuke MATSUMOTO, Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 11424281
    Abstract: To realize miniaturization of a pixel, reduction in noise, and high quantum efficiency, and to improve short-wavelength sensitivity while suppressing inter-pixel interference and variations for each pixel. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an imaging device including: a first semiconductor layer formed in a semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor layer of a conductivity type opposite to a conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a pixel separation unit which defines a pixel region including the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode which is connected to the first semiconductor layer from one surface side of the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode which is connected to the second semiconductor layer from a light irradiation surface side that is the other surface of the semiconductor substrate, and is formed to correspond to a position of the pixel separation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Ogi, Yoshiaki Tashiro, Takahiro Toyoshima, Yorito Sakano, Yusuke Oike, Hongbo Zhu, Keiichi Nakazawa, Yukari Takeya, Atsushi Okuyama, Yasufumi Miyoshi, Ryosuke Matsumoto, Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11150636
    Abstract: A state determination device acquires data related to an injection molding machine, stores a learning model obtained by learning an operation state of the injection molding machine with respect to the data, and performs estimation using the learning model based on the data. Further, the state determination device acquires a correction coefficient, which is associated with a type of the injection molding machine and equipment attached to the injection molding machine and numerically converts and corrects the estimation result with a predetermined correction function to which the acquired correction coefficient is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Horiuchi, Hiroyasu Asaoka, Kenjirou Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210178649
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine including a cylinder into which a resin is supplied, and a screw that moves forward and rearward and rotates inside the cylinder, includes a suck back control unit that sucks back the screw based on a predetermined suck back speed and a suck back distance or a suck back time period, a pressure acquisition unit that acquires a pressure of the resin, a calculation unit which calculates a compensation amount of the suck back speed, based on a difference between the pressure of the resin at a time when sucking back is completed and a predetermined target pressure, and a speed determination unit that newly determines the suck back speed based on the compensation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20210170657
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine including a cylinder into which a resin is supplied, a nozzle disposed at a distal end of the cylinder, and a screw that moves forward and rearward inside the cylinder, the injection molding machine performing metering of the resin while the resin is being melted inside the cylinder, by causing the screw to be moved rearward to a metering position, so as to keep the resin pressure at a metering pressure, includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a suck back distance or a suck back time period that achieves drawing in of a target volume of the resin inside the nozzle toward the cylinder, and a suck back control unit configured to cause the screw to be sucked back, based on the suck back distance or the suck back time period, after the screw has reached the metering position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210132579
    Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a diagnostic operation for driving a belt, a first tension calculation unit configured to perform, based on data obtained from the diagnostic operation, a calculation to estimate a first belt tension value that is a tension value of the belt when the belt is not worn, a second tension calculation unit configured to calculate a second belt tension value in a case where a tension reduction factor of the belt and a wear factor of the belt are included, and a third tension calculation unit configured to calculate the degree of wear of the belt based on the first belt tension value and the second belt tension value. Accordingly, the diagnostic apparatus can support estimation of the degree of wear of a belt or abnormality diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyasu ASAOKA, Atsushi HORIUCHI, Kenjirou SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10981315
    Abstract: A state determination device includes: a primary determination learning model that has learned an outline of a state of a manufacturing device based on a state variable acquired from a manufacturing operation of a product of the manufacturing device; and a secondary determination learning model that has learned a state of the manufacturing device based on a state variable acquired from a predetermined operation pattern set in advance and maintenance information. Then, a primary determination is made on the outline of the state of the manufacturing device using the primary determination learning model based on the state variable acquired from the manufacturing operation of the product, and further, a secondary determination is made on the state of the manufacturing device using the secondary determination learning model based on the state variable acquired from the predetermined operation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Asaoka, Atsushi Horiuchi, Kenjirou Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210094212
    Abstract: A reverse rotation condition estimating apparatus includes: a learning model storage unit for storing a learning model for estimating reverse rotation conditions; an acquisition unit for acquiring a predetermined time series data set supplied from an injection molding machine at least during a pressure reducing step; and an estimation unit for estimating the reverse rotation conditions using the predetermined time series data set acquired by the acquisition unit and the learning model stored in the learning model storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210094213
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine is equipped with a pressure acquisition unit configured to acquire a resin pressure, a pressure reduction control unit configured to, after the screw has reached a predetermined metering position, reduce the resin pressure to a target pressure by performing at least one of reverse rotation and sucking back of the screw, and a standby pressure control unit configured to, after the resin pressure has reached the target pressure, keep the resin pressure within a predetermined range by causing the screw to be rotated in a state in which a position of the screw in an axial direction of the cylinder is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIUCHI, Hiroyasu ASAOKA, Kenjirou Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210094214
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine includes a pressure acquisition unit that acquires a resin pressure, a measurement unit that measures an elapsed time period or a rotation amount of the screw from when the screw has reached a predetermined metering position, a reverse rotation control unit that causes the screw to be rotated in reverse from when the screw has reached the predetermined metering position, and a condition determination unit that determines the reverse rotation time period based on a required time period from when the screw has reached the predetermined metering position until when the resin pressure falls to a target pressure, or determines the reverse rotation amount based on a required reverse rotation amount from when the screw has reached the predetermined metering position until when the resin pressure falls to the target pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20210086421
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine including a cylinder into which a resin is supplied and a screw that moves forward and rearward and rotates inside the cylinder, includes a metering control unit that performs metering of the resin inside the cylinder by controlling forward rotation and rearward movement of the screw until the screw has been moved rearward to a predetermined metering position, based on predetermined metering conditions, a rearward movement speed acquisition unit acquiring a rearward movement speed of the screw, a speed determination unit that determines a suck back speed for causing a resin pressure to reach a target pressure, based on the rearward movement speed acquired during metering by the rearward movement speed acquisition unit, and a suck back control unit causing the screw to move further rearward based on the suck back speed, after the screw has reached the predetermined metering position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIUCHI, Hiroyasu ASAOKA, Kenjirou SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210078231
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine is equipped with a pressure acquisition unit that acquires a pressure of a resin, a reverse rotation control unit that causes a screw to be rotated in reverse, after the screw has reached a predetermined metering position, a measurement unit that measures an elapsed time or a rotation amount of the screw from when the screw has reached the predetermined metering position, and a rearward movement control unit that initiates sucking back of the screw in an overlapping manner with the reverse rotation of the screw, in the case that a predetermined rearward movement initiation time has elapsed, or in the case that the screw has been rotated by a predetermined rearward movement initiation rotation amount, from when the screw has reached the predetermined metering position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20210078227
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine that performs a metering of a resin while the resin is being melted inside a cylinder, includes a pressure acquisition unit that acquires a pressure of the resin, a reverse rotation control unit that causes a screw to be rotated in reverse so as to reduce the pressure of the resin, after the screw has been moved rearward to a predetermined metering position, a judgment unit that judges whether or not the pressure of the resin has reached a predetermined rearward movement initiation pressure, after the reverse rotation of the screw is started, and a rearward movement control unit which causes the screw to be moved rearward, in the case it is judged that the pressure of the resin has reached the rearward movement initiation pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20210069957
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine is equipped with a pressure acquisition unit that acquires a pressure of a resin inside a cylinder, a reverse rotation control unit that causes a screw to be rotated in reverse based on a predetermined reverse rotation condition so as to reduce the resin pressure after having moved the screw rearward to a metering position, a compensation amount calculation unit that calculates a compensation amount to be made with respect to the reverse rotation condition, based on the resin pressure inside the cylinder acquired by the pressure acquisition unit when the reverse rotation of the screw is stopped, and a predetermined compensation function, and a compensation processing unit configured to compensate the reverse rotation condition based on the compensation amount calculated by the compensation amount calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210001527
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes: a first driving device rotating a screw provided inside a heating cylinder; a second driving device moving the screw forward and backward; a metering control section configured to, by controlling the first driving device and the second driving device, to meter resin while melting the resin, and thereafter rotate the screw in reverse to thereby reduce the pressure of the resin; a first sensor unit for detecting the pressure; a second sensor unit for detecting one or more kinds of physical quantities that affect the change of the pressure; and a prediction section predicting decompressing rotation information based on the pressure detected by the first sensor unit and the one or more kinds of physical quantities detected by the second sensor unit. The metering control section controls the first driving device based on the decompressing rotation information predicted by the prediction section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyasu ASAOKA, Atsushi HORIUCHI, Kenjirou SHIMIZU, Haruhiko NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20200365629
    Abstract: To realize miniaturization of a pixel, reduction in noise, and high quantum efficiency, and to improve short-wavelength sensitivity while suppressing inter-pixel interference and variations for each pixel. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an imaging device including: a first semiconductor layer formed in a semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor layer of a conductivity type opposite to a conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a pixel separation unit which defines a pixel region including the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode which is connected to the first semiconductor layer from one surface side of the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode which is connected to the second semiconductor layer from a light irradiation surface side that is the other surface of the semiconductor substrate, and is formed to correspond to a position of the pixel separation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun OGI, Yoshiaki TASHIRO, Takahiro TOYOSHIMA, Yorito SAKANO, Yusuke OIKE, Hongbo ZHU, Keiichi NAKAZAWA, Yukari TAKEYA, Atsushi OKUYAMA, Yasufumi MIYOSHI, Ryosuke MATSUMOTO, Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10799136
    Abstract: A bioelectrode includes a fitting member (1106) formed by an electrically insulating member fixed on a surface of a garment (1100) that comes in contact with a living body (1000), an electrode part (1101a) formed by a conductive member fixed on a surface of the fitting member (1106) that comes in contact with the living body (1000), a connector (1102a) fixed to the fitting member (1106) and configured to connect a bioelectric signal measurement device, a wiring line (1103a) fixed to the fitting member (1106) and configured to electrically connect the connector (1102a) and the electrode part (1101a), and an electrically-insulating insulating member (1105) configured to cover a portion within the surface of the wiring line (1103a) that comes in contact with the living body (1000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Takagahara, Ryusuke Kawano, Takako Ishihara, Michiko Seyama, Ryoichi Kasahara, Yasuhiro Sato, Atsushi Horiuchi, Masanobu Sato, Emiko Ishikawa, Keiji Takeda, Noriko Nagai