Patents by Inventor Hiroki Endo
Hiroki Endo 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: 20240375513Abstract: A MET and a HUD are provided inside a cabin of an host vehicle so as to be capable of being viewed by an occupant. An acquisition section is configured to acquire information regarding surrounding objects around the host vehicle. A control section is configured to suppress display on the HUD of an image of a surrounding object other than a first preceding vehicle traveling ahead in a current traveling lane of the host vehicle from out of images of surrounding objects for which the information has been acquired by the acquisition section. The control section also displays the first preceding vehicle and other surrounding objects on the MET, with display of the other surrounding objects being incrementally toned-down according to their importance level.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroki ENDO
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Patent number: 12140890Abstract: A first rotating member a heating recording medium, a second rotating member forming a nip portion with the first rotating member, a holding member disposed downstream of the nip portion in a conveying direction and holds a conveying member conveying the recording medium, and a guide member facing the conveying member, the fixing apparatus is not exposed to an outside when opening/closing member is in a closed state, the fixing apparatus is exposed to the outside when the opening/closing member is in an opened state. A distance between the holding member being in the closed state and at a first position and the guide member is a first distance. A distance between the holding member being in the opened state and at a second position and the guide member is a second distance, and the second distance is shorter than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yamaguchi, Terutaka Endo
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Publication number: 20240373749Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having an anode, a cathode, and a light-emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains at least a first organic compound, a second organic compound and a third organic compound satisfying the following formula (A), the second organic compound is a delayed fluorescent material, and the third organic compound is a light-emitting material, has a high light emission efficiency. Formula (A): ES1(A)>ES1(B)>ES1(C) wherein ES1(A), ES1(B) and ES1(C) each represent a lowest excited singlet energy level of the first organic compound, the second organic compound and the third organic compound, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Hajime NAKANOTANI, Chihaya ADACHI, Hiroki NODA, Yoshitake SUZUKI, Naoto NOTSUKA, Hiroko NOMURA, Ayataka ENDO, Ping Kuen Daniel TSANG
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Patent number: 12135400Abstract: A contact determination device includes a sensor measuring a contact degree of a body to be detected with an object, a contact determination unit determining whether the body to be detected is in contact with the object, based on a reference value, and a correction unit correcting the reference value, in which a cumulative value is obtained by accumulating a fluctuation amount of the detection value from a contact start time of the body to be detected with the object during a period in which the body to be detected is in contact with the object, and when the detection value increases as the contact degree increases, the correction unit corrects the reference value, based on a maximum value of the cumulative value, or when the detection value decreases as the contact degree increases, the correction unit corrects the reference value, based on a minimum value of the cumulative value.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Endo, Satoshi Hayasaka, Hiroki Nagakusa, Ryo Komatsu, Satoshi Nakajima
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Patent number: 12106948Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber; an apparatus-side controller configured to control plasma processing in the chamber; and a monitoring unit configured to monitor a monitoring target that is disposed within the chamber, or is connected directly or indirectly to the chamber. The apparatus-side controller sets the monitoring target and a timing at which monitoring target information is to be acquired. The monitoring unit acquires the monitoring target information transmitted from the monitoring target to the apparatus-side controller, detects an occurrence of an abnormality in the chamber based on the monitoring target information, and controls the monitoring target for the chamber in which the abnormality occurs.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Ken Hirano, Hiroki Endo
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Patent number: 12092792Abstract: The present invention provides: a highly transparent optical member which is formed from a silicone resin or a silicone rubber, and which has less mass change and excellent heat resistance without causing contact faults, or deterioration or contamination of the surface of other members due to adhesion to an electronic circuit or the surfaces of other members; and a production method for producing said optical member. According to the production method, the content of low-molecular-weight siloxanes D3-D20 in a optical member is reduced to an infinitesimal amount with use of a plurality of different low-molecular-weight siloxane removal steps.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: ASAHI RUBBER INC.Inventors: Takayuki Motoyanagi, Satoshi Endo, Hiroki Hirakuri, Nobuyuki Tomizawa, Masashi Nemoto, Takeru Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 12089494Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having an anode, a cathode, and a light-emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains at least a first organic compound, a second organic compound and a third organic compound satisfying the following formula (A), the second organic compound is a delayed fluorescent material, and the third organic compound is a light-emitting material, has a high light emission efficiency. Formula (A): ES1(A)>ES1(B)>ES1(C) wherein ES1(A), ES1(B) and ES1(C) each represent a lowest excited singlet energy level of the first organic compound, the second organic compound and the third organic compound, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KYULUX, INC.Inventors: Hajime Nakanotani, Chihaya Adachi, Hiroki Noda, Yoshitake Suzuki, Naoto Notsuka, Hiroko Nomura, Ayataka Endo, Ping Kuen Daniel Tsang
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Patent number: 12086663Abstract: The inkjet printing apparatus is configured to be able to execute a batch adjustment process of performing a plurality of times of adjustment processes related to printing in succession based on one instruction from an outside. The conveyance control unit maintains the conveyance speed at a first speed in a period when a chart printing process is performed and a period when a chart imaging process is performed. The conveyance control unit decreases the conveyance speed from the first speed to the second speed after the end of the chart imaging process in an adjustment process except for an adjustment process that is performed last in the batch adjustment process, and increases the conveyance speed from the second speed to the first speed before the start of the chart printing process in an adjustment process that is performed next.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigenori Arizono, Kohei Ueda, Ryoko Sakurai, Yuya Takagi, Hiroki Endo, Kenichi Yokouchi, Tomotaka Kato, Asuka Muramatsu, Kensuke Usui
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Publication number: 20240290529Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes plural conductor layers embedded in the element body, first and second bump conductors, and first and second dummy bump conductors. Each of the conductor layers includes a coil pattern, first and second connection patterns respectively connected to the first and second bump conductors, and first and second dummy connection patterns respectively connected to the first and second dummy bump conductors. The conductor layers include first and second conductor layers. The first dummy connection pattern included in each of the first and second conductor layers has a cutout part. At least a part of the outer peripheral end of the coil pattern included in each of the first and second conductor layers is disposed within the cutout part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Mitsuru MIURA, Tomonaga NISHIKAWA, Masaki ENDO, Kazufumi SHIOIRI, Futa GAKIYA, Hiroki NAKAGOMI
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Publication number: 20240292759Abstract: A magnetic memory element (10) includes a reference layer (11) of which a magnetization direction is fixed, a tunnel barrier layer (12) provided on the reference layer (11), a magnetic storage layer (13) that is provided on the tunnel barrier layer (12) and of which a magnetization direction is changeable, a high Hk application layer (14) that is provided on the magnetic storage layer (13) and improves magnetic anisotropy of the magnetic storage layer (13), and a Cap layer (15) provided on the high Hk application layer (14), and a material of the high Hk application layer (14) is different from a material of the Cap layer (15), and the material of the high Hk application layer (14) is a high melting point metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: YO SATO, EIJI KARIYADA, HIRONOBU TANIGAWA, HIROKI TANABE, HIROYUKI UCHIDA, MASAKI ENDO, YUITO KAGEYAMA
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Publication number: 20240290577Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a power storage part and at least one unit or member that uses a power. Charges stored in the power storage part are supplied, as a power, to the unit or the member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Shinya ISHIKAWA, Shinya TAMONOKI, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Naoki MIHARA, Naoki FUJIWARA, Koichi NAGAMI, Nozomu NAGASHIMA, Hiroki ENDO
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Patent number: 12071010Abstract: A MET and a HUD are provided inside a cabin of an host vehicle so as to be capable of being viewed by an occupant. An acquisition section is configured to acquire information regarding surrounding objects around the host vehicle. A control section is configured to suppress display on the HUD of an image of a surrounding object other than a first preceding vehicle traveling ahead in a current traveling lane of the host vehicle from out of images of surrounding objects for which the information has been acquired by the acquisition section. The control section also displays the first preceding vehicle and other surrounding objects on the MET, with display of the other surrounding objects being incrementally toned-down according to their importance level.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroki Endo
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Publication number: 20240155737Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a stage on which a substrate is placed, a heater configured to heat the substrate by being supplied with power, a power supply part configured to supply power to the heater, a sensor configured to measure a resistance value of the heater, and a controller. The controller is configured to: store a conversion table in which a plurality of resistance values are associated with a plurality of temperatures; and acquire a reference resistance value measured by the sensor when a heater temperature is equal to a reference temperature. The controller is further configured to: acquire a temperature adjustment resistance value measured by the sensor after the substrate is heated by the heater; and control the power supply part based on the conversion table, the reference temperature, the reference resistance value, and the temperature adjustment resistance value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Hiroki ENDO, Kenichiro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240128064Abstract: There is provided a component replacement method comprising: a) connecting a component replacement device to a chamber of a processing device configured to process a substrate; b) inserting an end effector disposed at a tip end of a transfer arm in the component replacement device into the chamber, and measuring a first distance from a predetermined position in the chamber to the end effector using a distance sensor provided on the end effector; c) moving the end effector until a difference between the first distance and a predetermined second distance becomes less than a predetermined third distance; d) capturing a feature disposed at a predetermined position in the chamber by a camera provided on the end effector; e) moving the end effector so that the feature is captured in a predetermined position in an image captured by the camera; and f) replacing a component in the chamber using the end effector with reference to a position of the end effector in a state where the feature is captured in the predeterminType: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Hiroki ENDO, Suguru SATO
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Patent number: 11923211Abstract: A correction data creating method is provided. In the method, a source voltage is sequentially selected among a plurality of source voltages determined in advance and the selected source voltage is supplied to a heater for heating a substrate support. At the source voltage supplied to the heater, a power supplied to the heater is adjusted such that a resistance of the heater becomes a resistance value corresponding to a predetermined first temperature based on temperature conversion data indicating a relationship between the resistance of the heater and a temperature of the heater. A temperature of the substrate support is measured at a position where the heater is disposed as a second temperature. A correction value corresponding to the difference between the predetermined first temperature and the second temperature is calculated, and correction data indicating a corresponding relationship between each of the source voltages and the correction value is created.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Hiroki Endo, Tomohisa Kitayama
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Patent number: 11917729Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a stage on which a substrate is placed, a heater configured to heat the substrate by being supplied with power, a power supply part configured to supply power to the heater, a sensor configured to measure a resistance value of the heater, and a controller. The controller is configured to: store a conversion table in which a plurality of resistance values are associated with a plurality of temperatures; and acquire a reference resistance value measured by the sensor when a heater temperature is equal to a reference temperature. The controller is further configured to: acquire a temperature adjustment resistance value measured by the sensor after the substrate is heated by the heater; and control the power supply part based on the conversion table, the reference temperature, the reference resistance value, and the temperature adjustment resistance value.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Hiroki Endo, Kenichiro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240006165Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma processing chamber; a base; an electrostatic chuck; a plurality of electrode layers disposed in the same plane within the electrostatic chuck; a switch group including a plurality of first switches electrically connected to the electrode layers, respectively; a power supply and a measurement unit that are electrically connected to the switch group; a second switch that selects either the power supply or the measurement unit as a connection destination of the switch group; and a controller. The power supply includes a power source that supplies a power to the electrode layers. The measurement unit includes a resistor and a voltmeter that measures a voltage applied to the resistor. The controller is capable of executing a control operation that includes switching the connection destination of the switch group to the measurement unit and then turning ON the plurality of first switches one by one.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro YANAGI, Hiroki ENDO, Tong WU
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Publication number: 20230419065Abstract: The inkjet printing apparatus is configured to be able to execute a batch adjustment process of performing a plurality of times of adjustment processes related to printing in succession based on one instruction from an outside. The conveyance control unit maintains the conveyance speed at a first speed in a period when a chart printing process is performed and a period when a chart imaging process is performed. The conveyance control unit decreases the conveyance speed from the first speed to the second speed after the end of the chart imaging process in an adjustment process except for an adjustment process that is performed last in the batch adjustment process, and increases the conveyance speed from the second speed to the first speed before the start of the chart printing process in an adjustment process that is performed next.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Shigenori ARIZONO, Kohei Ueda, Ryoko Sakurai, Yuya Takagi, Hiroki Endo, Kenichi Yokouchi, Tomotaka Kato, Asuka Muramatsu, Kensuke Usui
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Patent number: 11778124Abstract: A computer analyzes submitted data to identify insufficient data among data necessary for executing C×F color conversion process. When spectral characteristic data of a patch constituting a C×F chart is insufficient, a computer supplements the spectral characteristic data. When complete printing order data has not been obtained, the computer supplements printing order data. The color conversion process is performed using the data after supplement.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroki Endo
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Patent number: D1042312Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Endo, Noboru Kuwahara