Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Tanaka

Hirofumi Tanaka 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: 11965109
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a film for semiconductor devices, including: a compound (A) including a Si—O bond and a cationic functional group containing at least one of a primary nitrogen atom or a secondary nitrogen atom; a crosslinking agent (B) which includes three or more —C(?O)OX groups (X is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms) in the molecule, in which from one to six of three or more —C(?O)OX groups are —C(?O)OH groups, and which has a weight average molecular weight of from 200 to 600; and a polar solvent (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Kayaba, Hirofumi Tanaka, Koji Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240121529
    Abstract: To provide a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus capable of achieving both of a high dynamic range operation and an auto focus operation in a pixel configuration in which a plurality of unit pixels includes two or more subpixels. There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a first pixel separation region that separates a plurality of unit pixels including two or more subpixels; a second pixel separation region that separates each of the plurality of unit pixels separated by the first pixel separation region; and an overflow region that causes signal charges accumulated in the subpixels to overflow to at least one of adjacent subpixels, in which the overflow region is formed between a first subpixel and a second subpixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: HIROFUMI YAMASHITA, SHOHEI SHIMADA, YUSUKE OTAKE, YUSUKE TANAKA, TOSHIFUMI WAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240113577
    Abstract: A rotor includes stacked core plates, a hole, and a magnet inserted into the hole. A holding core plate has a through hole as part of the hole, a protrusion protruding inwardly from an inner surface of the through hole and being in contact with the magnet, and a displacement permission portion located in an opposite direction to a protrusion direction of the protrusion and permitting displacement of the protrusion in the opposite direction. The rotor includes at least one of a magnet-side chamfered portion in which the front side edge portion of the magnet is chamfered or a protrusion-side chamfered portion in which the tip end edge portion of the protrusion is chamfered. A sum of lengths of the magnet-side and protrusion-side chamfered portions is equal to or longer than a length of the protrusion in the protrusion direction as the rotor is viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke TANAKA, Takeshi HONDA, Hirofumi MUTO, Hideki TSUJI, Yuya DANJO
  • Publication number: 20240113576
    Abstract: A rotor includes core plates, a hole, and a magnet in the hole. The core plates include a first core plate and a second core plate frontward of the first core plate. The first core plate includes a first hole, a first protrusion protruding inward of the first hole, and a first portion located in an opposite direction to a protrusion direction of the first protrusion as viewed from the axial direction and permitting deformation of the first protrusion in the opposite direction. The second core plate includes a second hole, and at least one of a recess recessed in the opposite direction and overlapping the first protrusion as viewed in the axial direction, or a second portion located in the opposite direction with respect to the first protrusion as viewed in the axial direction and permitting deformation of an inner surface of the second hole in the opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke TANAKA, Takeshi HONDA, Hirofumi MUTO, Hideki TSUJI, Yuya DANJO
  • Patent number: 11937002
    Abstract: Provided is a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus capable of achieving both of a high dynamic range operation and an auto focus operation in a pixel configuration in which a plurality of unit pixels includes two or more subpixels. The solid-state imaging device includes a first pixel separation region that separates a plurality of unit pixels including two or more subpixels, a second pixel separation region that separates each of the plurality of unit pixels separated by the first pixel separation region and an overflow region that causes signal charges accumulated in the subpixels to overflow to at least one of adjacent subpixels, in which the overflow region is formed between a first subpixel and a second subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Yamashita, Shohei Shimada, Yusuke Otake, Yusuke Tanaka, Toshifumi Wakano
  • Publication number: 20230376737
    Abstract: A three-dimensional electric element 10 comprises four or more nonlinear units 11 each having nonlinear current-voltage characteristics and an electric conductor 12 connecting the nonlinear units 11, and the nonlinear units 11 are arranged in a three-dimensional manner. A machine learning system 20 comprises a three-dimensional electric element 10 that includes four or more nonlinear units 11 each having nonlinear current-voltage characteristics and an electric conductor 12 connecting the nonlinear units 11 being arranged in a three-dimensional manner, and an input electrode 13 and an output electrode 14, the input electrode 13 and the output electrode 14 are connected to the three-dimensional electric element 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Kyushu Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tanaka, Yuki Usami, Azhari Saman
  • Patent number: 11658093
    Abstract: A semiconductor element includes a main body and an obverse face electrode. The main body includes an obverse face that faces in a thickness direction. The obverse face electrode is electrically connected to the main body. The obverse face electrode includes a first section and a plurality of second sections. The first section is provided on the obverse face. The plurality of second sections are in contact with the first section, and spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. A total area of the plurality of second sections is smaller than an area of the first section including portions overlapping with the plurality of second sections, in a view along the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tanaka, Yuto Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11487205
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor element intermediate including: a substrate and a multilayer resist layer, in which the multilayer resist layer includes a metal-containing film, and in which the metal-containing film has a content of germanium element of 20 atm % or more, or a total content of tin element, indium element, and gallium element of 1 atm % or more, as measured by X-ray photoelectric spectroscopy, and an application of the semiconductor intermediate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroko Wachi, Yasuhisa Kayaba, Hirofumi Tanaka, Kenichi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220283339
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for producing an optical thin film having a low refractive index, a thin film forming material, an optical thin film, and an optical member. The method for producing an optical thin film includes forming a vapor deposition film by depositing a thin film forming material on an object in a non-oxidizing atmosphere by a physical vapor deposition method; and bringing the vapor deposition film into contact with a first acidic solution comprising an acidic substance in a range of pH 2.5 or more and pH 3.5 or less to obtain a first thin film having voids, wherein the thin film forming material is a mixture comprising indium oxide and silicon oxide, in which the indium oxide is in a range of 0.230 mol or more and 0.270 mol or less with respect to 1 mol of the silicon oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gentaro TANAKA, Hirofumi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220246259
    Abstract: A lifestyle improvement specific measure presenting device includes a formulating unit which formulates a lifestyle improvement strategy, which is a behavioral strategy for a user for improving a predetermined lifestyle habit of the user, on the basis of information indicating the predetermined lifestyle habit, included in a predicted result of the future health condition of the user if the predetermined lifestyle habit is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TANAKA, Toshikazu TAJIRI, Tohru MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11372136
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for producing an optical thin film having a low refractive index, a thin film forming material, an optical thin film, and an optical member. The method for producing an optical thin film includes forming a vapor deposition film by depositing a thin film forming material on an object in a non-oxidizing atmosphere by a physical vapor deposition method; and bringing the vapor deposition film into contact with a first acidic solution comprising an acidic substance in a range of pH 2.5 or more and pH 3.5 or less to obtain a first thin film having voids, wherein the thin film forming material is a mixture comprising indium oxide and silicon oxide, in which the indium oxide is in a range of 0.230 mol or more and 0.270 mol or less with respect to 1 mol of the silicon oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gentaro Tanaka, Hirofumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220171280
    Abstract: Task of the present invention is to provide a tackifier solution having high solution stability and also provide, by using such a tackifier solution, a pellicle having only few tackifier residues and exhibiting reduced outgas generation. Present invention is a pellicle comprising a pellicle frame, a pellicle membrane stretched over an end surface of one opening of the pellicle frame, and a tackifier layer provided on an end surface of the other opening of the pellicle frame, wherein the tackifier layer contains a (meth)acrylic tackifier which is a solidified resin composition comprising a polymer (A) and a radical polymerization initiator (B), the polymer (A) having a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylate and a side chain consisting of a carbon-carbon multiple bond-containing group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi SATOH, Takashi UNEZAKI, Hirofumi TANAKA, Ken ITO
  • Patent number: 11209735
    Abstract: A composition for forming a metal-containing film, the composition including: a compound (A) which is at least one selected from the group consisting of: a compound (a1) containing a cationic functional group containing at least one of a primary nitrogen atom or a secondary nitrogen atom, and a compound (a2) which is a compound other than the compound (a1) and which contains a nitrogen atom; and a compound (B) which is at least one selected from the group consisting of: a compound (b1) containing a carboxy group and at least one of a germanium atom, a tin atom, a selenium atom or a zirconium atom, and an ester of the compound (b1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Kayaba, Shoko Ono, Hirofumi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210375710
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor element intermediate includes: a preparing step of preparing a substrate having a recessed part on a surface thereof; and a filling step of filling tin oxide into the recessed part by an atomic layer deposition method at a substrate temperature of 250° C. or higher, using a tin oxide precursor including a compound represented by the following Formula (1). In Formula (1), each of R1 to R4 independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroko WACHI, Hirofumi TANAKA, Yasuhisa KAYABA, Kenichi FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210257072
    Abstract: A health assistance system 60 includes: an examination value prediction means 61 that predicts a future examination value for a prediction subject who is a designated person or a predetermined person using a prediction model specifying the relationship between a plurality of variables corresponding to one or more items relating to the current or past lifestyle habits of a certain person and a future examination value of the person; and a sheet output means 62 that generates and outputs, on the basis of the result of prediction, an information providing sheet for each subject being assisted who is considered the subject of assistance among prediction subjects, the information providing sheet including information for improving the lifestyle habits, preventing disorders, or promoting health of the subject being assisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TANAKA, Toshikazu TAJIRI
  • Publication number: 20210257274
    Abstract: A semiconductor element includes a main body and an obverse face electrode. The main body includes an obverse face that faces in a thickness direction. The obverse face electrode is electrically connected to the main body. The obverse face electrode includes a first section and a plurality of second sections. The first section is provided on the obverse face. The plurality of second sections are in contact with the first section, and spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. A total area of the plurality of second sections is smaller than an area of the first section including portions overlapping with the plurality of second sections, in a view along the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hirofumi TANAKA, Yuto NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210191269
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor element intermediate including: a substrate and a multilayer resist layer, in which the multilayer resist layer includes a metal-containing film, and in which the metal-containing film has a content of germanium element of 20 atm % or more, or a total content of tin element, indium element, and gallium element of 1 atm % or more, as measured by X-ray photoelectric spectroscopy, and an application of the semiconductor intermediate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroko WACHI, Yasuhisa KAYABA, Hirofumi TANAKA, Kenichi FUJII
  • Patent number: 10950532
    Abstract: A substrate intermediary body includes: a substrate having a hole in a thickness direction, and a conductor being disposed in the hole; and an adhesion layer formed on a wall surface of the hole. The adhesion layer contains a reaction product of a polymer (A) having a cationic functional group and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 1,000,000 and a polyvalent carboxylic acid compound (B) having two or more carboxyl groups per molecule or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Kayaba, Shoko Ono, Hirofumi Tanaka, Koji Inoue, Hiroko Wachi
  • Publication number: 20210042700
    Abstract: To automatically determine the invalidity of series data including the predicted value obtained based on assumed conditions. The index computation device 60 includes invalidity score output means 61 that outputs, when series data of a predetermined prediction target item is input, the series data including three or more pieces of data which indicate the value of the prediction target item in association with time, and at least one of which is data indicating a predicted value, an invalidity score that is an index indicating the invalidity of the series data and is based on an error between a curve model obtained by fitting the series data to a predetermined function form and the series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAMANO, Atsushi TANIGUCHI, Katsuyo SEIKE, Hirofumi TANAKA, Toshikazu TAJIRI
  • Patent number: D920355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tanaka, Toshikazu Tajiri