Patents by Inventor Hajime Inoue
Hajime Inoue 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).
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Publication number: 20240412689Abstract: A display apparatus with high display quality is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a display apparatus including a pixel and a circuit. The pixel includes a light-emitting device, a driving transistor, first to fourth switches, and a first capacitor. The circuit includes a fifth switch, a sixth switch, and a second capacitor. A gate of the driving transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the first switch, a first terminal of the second switch, and a first terminal of the first capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the driving transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor, a first terminal of the fourth switch, and an anode of the light-emitting device. The other of the source and the drain of the driving transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the second switch and a first terminal of the third switch. A second terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Hajime KIMURA, Tatsunori INOUE
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Patent number: 12161675Abstract: To provide a culture supernatant preparation which has excellent biocompatibility and contains a large quantity of specific genes or proteins. A method for producing the culture supernatant preparation including: a first culturing step of culturing cells to a confluent state using a first medium; a second culturing step of culturing the cells using a second medium that is different from the first medium after the first culturing step; and a culture supernatant preparation obtaining step of obtaining the culture supernatant preparation including the second medium after the second culturing step, the second medium including a calcium ion and a buffering agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Laboratory of Cell Applied Technologies, CoInventors: Hajime Inoue, Chiharu Fujita
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Patent number: 12165685Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a memory region at each level of a memory device can be changed is provided. The semiconductor device includes a memory device including a first and a second memory circuit and a control circuit. The first memory circuit includes a first capacitor and a first transistor which has a function of holding charges held in the first capacitor. The second memory circuit includes a second transistor, a second capacitor which is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, and a third transistor which has a function of holding charges held in the second capacitor. The first and the third transistors each have a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor, a gate, and a back gate. The voltage applied to the back gate of the first or the third transistor is adjusted, whereby the memory region of each of the first and the second memory circuit is changed.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kiyoshi Kato, Hajime Kimura, Atsushi Miyaguchi, Tatsunori Inoue
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Patent number: 12138774Abstract: A robot includes heat-generating members such as an actuator in spaces surrounded by exterior members. A heat-transfer section transfers heat of the heat-generating members to the exterior members. A heat-transfer control section adjusts the amount of heat transfer between the heat-generating members and the exterior members by operating the heat-transfer section. The heat-transfer section has a thermally conductive member that can shift between a coupling position for thermally coupling the heat-generating members and the exterior members, and an interrupting position for interrupting thermal conduction between the heat-generating members and the exterior members.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Kissei Matsumoto, Hajime Inoue
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Publication number: 20240298448Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with large memory capacity. The semiconductor device includes first to seventh insulators, a first conductor, and a first semiconductor. The first conductor is positioned on a first top surface of the first insulator and a first bottom surface of the second insulator. The third insulator is positioned in a region including a side surface and a second top surface of the first insulator, a side surface of the first conductor, and a second bottom surface and a side surface of the second insulator. The fourth insulator, the fifth insulator, and the first semiconductor are sequentially stacked on the third insulator. The sixth insulator is in contact with the fifth insulator in a region overlapping the first conductor. The seventh insulator is positioned in a region including the first semiconductor and the sixth insulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Hajime KIMURA, Tatsunori INOUE
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Publication number: 20240263061Abstract: An absorption cycle (110) according to the present invention is configured to operate using: a refrigerant having a global warming potential of less than 1000, and including at least one of an HFO-based refrigerant, an HFC-based refrigerant, and an HCFO-based refrigerant; and an absorbing liquid including at least one compound represented by Formulas (1), (2), and (3): R1—(OCH2CH2)n—OR2 (1) R1—(OCH2CH(CH3))n—OR2 (2) R1COO—(OCH2CH2)n—OR2 (3) where R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 or more and 6 or less, and n is an integer of 1 or more and 6 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Tsutomu Wakabayashi, Saori Hattori, Hajime Yabase, Naoyuki Inoue, Yonezo Ikumi, Kiyoshi Saito
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Publication number: 20240214541Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is attachable to, detachable from, and communicable with a stereoscopic lens apparatus that includes two optical systems arranged in parallel, a focusing unit configured to perform focusing that integrally moves the two optical systems, and a focus difference adjustment unit configured to perform focus difference adjustment for adjusting a focus difference between the two optical systems by independently moving one optical system of the two optical systems. The image pickup apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect an attachment of the stereoscopic lens apparatus to the image pickup apparatus, and provide a notification prompting a user to perform the focus difference adjustment with the stereoscopic lens apparatus attached to the image pickup apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventor: HAJIME INOUE
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Publication number: 20240096925Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor section including a first wiring layer at one side thereof, the first semiconductor section further including a photodiode, a second semiconductor section including a second wiring layer at one side thereof, the first and second semiconductor sections being secured together, a third semiconductor section including a third wiring layer at one side thereof, the second and the third semiconductor sections being secured together such the first semiconductor section, second semiconductor section, and the third semiconductor section are stacked together, and a first conductive material electrically connecting at least two of (i) the first wiring layer, (ii) the second wiring layer, and (iii) the third wiring layer such that the electrically connected wiring layers are in electrical communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Taku UMEBAYASHI, Keiji TATANI, Hajime INOUE, Ryuichi KANAMURA
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Patent number: 11875989Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor section including a first wiring layer at one side thereof, the first semiconductor section further including a photodiode, a second semiconductor section including a second wiring layer at one side thereof, the first and second semiconductor sections being secured together, a third semiconductor section including a third wiring layer at one side thereof, the second and the third semiconductor sections being secured together such the first semiconductor section, second semiconductor section, and the third semiconductor section are stacked together, and a first conductive material electrically connecting at least two of (i) the first wiring layer, (ii) the second wiring layer, and (iii) the third wiring layer such that the electrically connected wiring layers are in electrical communication.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Umebayashi, Keiji Tatani, Hajime Inoue, Ryuichi Kanamura
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Patent number: 11792375Abstract: A lens apparatus is detachably attachable to an image pickup apparatus. The lens apparatus includes a notification unit configured to notify the image pickup apparatus of a type of the lens apparatus, and at least one processor or circuit configured to execute a plurality of tasks including a communication task configured to communicate with the image pickup apparatus. Via communication with the image pickup apparatus, the communication task transmits setting information for setting a white detection area to a white detection area different from a white detection area that corresponds to the type of the lens apparatus and is stored in the image pickup apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Inoue
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Patent number: 11719906Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a movable portion, a fixed portion configured to hold the movable portion, and a controller configured to control a position of the movable portion relative to the fixed portion. At least part of the outer surface of the movable portion is a spherical surface. The fixed portion includes a plurality of vibrators configured to press and contact the spherical surface of the movable portion and to rotate the movable portion, and a pressure receiver configured to hold pressure contact states of the plurality of vibrators against the movable portion. The movable portion is held by the plurality of vibrators and the pressure receiver, and a spherical center of the spherical surface of the movable portion is located between a plane passing through the plurality of vibrators and the pressure receiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ayumu Nemoto, Toshio Ibi, Hajime Inoue
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Patent number: 11662396Abstract: A power receiving apparatus includes a determination unit and a display unit. The determination unit determines whether or not each of a power transmitting apparatus and a cable connected to the power receiving apparatus meets a predetermined condition relating to safety of power transmission. The display unit displays first information indicating that the power transmitting apparatus does not meet the predetermined condition in a case where the power transmitting apparatus does not meet the predetermined condition. The display unit displays second information indicating that the cable does not meet the predetermined condition in a case where the cable does not meet the predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Inoue
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Publication number: 20230077645Abstract: An interchangeable lens attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus that includes a single image sensor includes a plurality of lens units that include a first lens unit and a second lens unit, and a communication unit configured to transmit to the image pickup apparatus information for setting an imaging area acquired by the first lens unit that is used in monaurally displaying image to a photometric area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventor: Hajime Inoue
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Publication number: 20220246668Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor section including a first wiring layer at one side thereof, the first semiconductor section further including a photodiode, a second semiconductor section including a second wiring layer at one side thereof, the first and second semiconductor sections being secured together, a third semiconductor section including a third wiring layer at one side thereof, the second and the third semiconductor sections being secured together such the first semiconductor section, second semiconductor section, and the third semiconductor section are stacked together, and a first conductive material electrically connecting at least two of (i) the first wiring layer, (ii) the second wiring layer, and (iii) the third wiring layer such that the electrically connected wiring layers are in electrical communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Taku UMEBAYASHI, Keiji TATANI, Hajime INOUE, Ryuichi KANAMURA
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Patent number: 11374049Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor section including a first wiring layer at one side thereof, the first semiconductor section further including a photodiode, a second semiconductor section including a second wiring layer at one side thereof, the first and second semiconductor sections being secured together, a third semiconductor section including a third wiring layer at one side thereof, the second and the third semiconductor sections being secured together such the first semiconductor section, second semiconductor section, and the third semiconductor section are stacked together, and a first conductive material electrically connecting at least two of (i) the first wiring layer, (ii) the second wiring layer, and (iii) the third wiring layer such that the electrically connected wiring layers are in electrical communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Umebayashi, Keiji Tatani, Hajime Inoue, Ryuichi Kanamura
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Publication number: 20220159225Abstract: A lens apparatus is detachably attachable to an image pickup apparatus. The lens apparatus includes a notification unit configured to notify the image pickup apparatus of a type of the lens apparatus, and at least one processor or circuit configured to execute a plurality of tasks including a communication task configured to communicate with the image pickup apparatus. Via communication with the image pickup apparatus, the communication task transmits setting information for setting a white detection area to a white detection area different from a white detection area that corresponds to the type of the lens apparatus and is stored in the image pickup apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: Hajime Inoue
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Publication number: 20220043074Abstract: A power receiving apparatus includes a determination unit and a display unit. The determination unit determines whether or not each of a power transmitting apparatus and a cable connected to the power receiving apparatus meets a predetermined condition relating to safety of power transmission. The display unit displays first information indicating that the power transmitting apparatus does not meet the predetermined condition in a case where the power transmitting apparatus does not meet the predetermined condition. The display unit displays second information indicating that the cable does not meet the predetermined condition in a case where the cable does not meet the predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventor: Hajime INOUE
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Patent number: 11210385Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a first battery authentication unit that performs a battery authentication process for authenticating a battery pack connected to the electronic apparatus, a second battery authentication unit that performs the battery authentication process, a first control unit that performs an activation process and controls the first battery authentication unit to perform the battery authentication process after the activation process ends, and a second control unit that controls the second battery authentication unit to perform the battery authentication process while the first control unit is performing the activation process.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Inoue
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Patent number: 11178330Abstract: An image stabilizing apparatus comprises: a shake detector that detects shake; an image stabilizer that corrects the shake by moving a position on the basis of the shake detected by the shake detector; a position detector that detects and outputs the position of the image stabilizer; a determinator that determines an extraction timing at which to extract the position of the image stabilizer on the basis of a timing at which an image sensor which shoots an image is exposed; and an extractor that extracts the position of the image stabilizer, from the output of the position detector, at the extraction timing determined by the determinator.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Ota, Nobuhiko Tanaka, Hajime Inoue
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Publication number: 20210260135Abstract: To provide a culture supernatant preparation which has excellent biocompatibility and contains a large quantity of specific genes or proteins. A method for producing the culture supernatant preparation including: a first culturing step of culturing cells to a confluent state using a first medium; a second culturing step of culturing the cells using a second medium that is different from the first medium after the first culturing step; and a culture supernatant preparation obtaining step of obtaining the culture supernatant preparation including the second medium after the second culturing step, the second medium including a calcium ion and a buffering agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Hajime INOUE, Chiharu FUJITA