Patents by Inventor Hiroki Okada

Hiroki Okada 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).

  • Publication number: 20240356542
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To reduce a loss according to an operating condition of high-frequency use or low-frequency use. [Solution] A trench gate type IGBT includes: a gate trench 120G, which extends from the front surface toward the back surface side of a semiconductor substrate, and causes a current to flow through a channel region formed in the periphery by an applied voltage; a switch trench 120SW, which extends from the front surface toward the back surface side of the semiconductor substrate and has no channel region formed therearound; and a setting terminal for externally controlling the voltage of the switch trench 120SW. A switching between a first state, in which a voltage drop at on-time is relatively small and an energy loss at turn-off time is relatively large, and a second state, in which the voltage drop at on-time is relatively large and the energy loss at turn-off time is relatively small, can be performed, according to a voltage applied to the setting terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuya OKADA, Hiroki ARAI
  • Publication number: 20240349659
    Abstract: A building includes at least one structural member. The structural member includes a light-receiving surface that is formed by extrusion or casting of a metal and is irradiated with sunlight, a structural member main body in which a hollow portion extending from a first end portion toward a second end portion is formed, a pair of lid portions that are respectively disposed at the first end portion and the second end portion, and close the hollow portion, an inlet that is provided in any one of the pair of lid portions and through which a heating medium flows into the hollow portion, and an outlet that is provided in any one of the pair of lid portions and through which the heating medium flows out from the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Koji UEMATSU, Akio SUGIMOTO, Hiroki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240347584
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To reduce recovery loss. [Solution] A semiconductor device 10 includes: an anode electrode 20, formed on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate 12; a cathode electrode 22, formed on a back surface; a P layer 16, formed on the anode electrode 20 side; an N layer 14, formed on the cathode electrode 22 side; an N+ layer 26, arranged between the P layer 16 and the N layer 14 and having a higher carrier concentration than the N layer 14; and an anode trench 30, which extends from the front surface of the semiconductor substrate 12 toward the back surface side thereof and extends to the N+ layer 26 through the P layer 16, and in which an insulating film 32 is formed between the peripheral N+ layer 26, and a conductive material 34 arranged inside is connected to the anode electrode 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuya OKADA, Kikuo OKADA, Hiroki ARAI
  • Publication number: 20240347033
    Abstract: A signal processing device determines whether a relationship between a first signal and a second signal satisfies a first condition, the first signal being based on an output of a first microphone inserted into an ear canal of a user, the second signal being based on an output of a second microphone positioned outside the ear canal. The signal processing device starts processing relating to transmission of a sound signal when it is determined that the first condition is satisfied, and that continues the processing, even after the first condition is not satisfied, during a period in which a second condition that differs from the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouji OOSUGI, Hiroki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240336225
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a terminal device and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a first verification unit that verifies whether the terminal devices matches the vehicle through wireless communication when the terminal device enters an area in which wireless communication between the terminal device and the vehicle is available, and an operation instruction unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined operation of the vehicle from the user and the first verification unit has verified that the terminal device matches the vehicle, and transmits a signal according to the instruction to the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a second verification unit that communicates with the first identification unit and verify whether with the vehicle matches the terminal device, and an operation controller that receives the signal from the operation instruction unit and executes the predetermined operation according to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Okada, Ryuta Atsumi, Satoshi Fujisaki, Daisuke Hiroki, Shinpei Asai
  • Publication number: 20240326635
    Abstract: The server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that performs communication using the communication unit, and the control unit is configured to provide power when power is supplied to the power-supplied vehicle from a terminal device within a predetermined range including the power-supplied vehicle. When information requesting a possible service is received, a power supply vehicle that can provide the service and can supply power to the power supplied vehicle is instructed to move for power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro AOKI, Yuta TAKATA, Haruki OGURI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiroki ASAO
  • Publication number: 20240331946
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component, may include: a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes; and an external electrode disposed on the body, in which a lattice-type groove shape having a plurality of grooves arranged in a lattice form may be formed in at least a portion of a surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung Yeol LEE, Jun Il KANG, Hee Jung JUNG, Jong Rock LEE, Cheong KIM, Hiroki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240318870
    Abstract: A heat collector includes a body including a hollow portion extending from a first end to a second end of the body and being a metal-extruded body having a light-receiving surface to receive sunlight, a pair of lids adjacent to the first end and the second end and covering the hollow portion, an inlet located in one of the pair of lids to allow a heating medium to enter the hollow portion, and an outlet located in one of the pair of lids to allow the heating medium to exit the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL LTD.)
    Inventors: Koji UEMATSU, Akio SUGIMOTO, Hiroki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240312714
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode including a base electrode layer disposed on the body and including a first metal element, and an alloy layer and a plating layer, sequentially disposed on the base electrode layer. The alloy layer includes a first alloy layer disposed to contact the base electrode layer and including an alloy of the first metal element and Sn, and a second alloy layer disposed to contact the first alloy layer and including an alloy of Ni and Sn, and the plating layer includes an Ni plating layer disposed to contact the second alloy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung Yeol Lee, Cheong Kim, Jong Rock Lee, Jun Il Kang, Hiroki Okada, Hee Jung Jung
  • Patent number: 12088155
    Abstract: A driving circuit drives a stepping motor in synchronization with an input clock using a 2-phase excitation method. A constant current chopper circuit generates a pulse modulation signal such that the detection value of the coil current approaches a current setting value. A detection window generation circuit generates a detection window. The detection window becomes an open state at a timing at which the coil current IOUT becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value. A logic circuit sets a full-bridge circuit to a high-impedance state when the detection window is in the open state and controls the full-bridge circuit according to the pulse modulation signal when the detection window is in the closed state. In the open state of the detection window, a back electromotive force (BEMF) detection circuit detects the BEMF of the coil. A current value setting circuit controls a current setting value based on the BEMF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hashimoto, Masanori Tsuchihashi, Mitsuo Okada
  • Publication number: 20240293750
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: determining a reward based on a reached game stage when a game is started in a first mode in which game stages proceed based on an operation input by a player while a game screen is displayed; and determining a reward based on an elapsed time or a reached game stage when the game is started in a second mode in which the player operation input and the game screen display are not required and the game stages proceed in association with the passage of time. The types of the rewards determined in the first and second modes are the same. In the second mode, the amount of time required to reach a first game stage is greater than the shortest time by which the first game stage can be reached in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: CYGAMES, INC.
    Inventors: Ryohei Ishizuka, Shinichiro Hirano, Reiji Suzumaru, Hiroki Tsuda, Eri Tatsuzawa, Yuji Okada, Asahi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240294090
    Abstract: The server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that performs communication using the communication unit, and the control unit determines the remaining battery level based on information about the user's travel schedule and the remaining battery capacity of the user's vehicle. A point and time at which a predetermined state will occur is predicted, and information proposing dispatch of a power supply vehicle to the point is sent to the user's terminal device at the time, prompting the user to decide on the dispatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro AOKI, Yuta TAKATA, Haruki OGURI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiroki ASAO
  • Publication number: 20240298411
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board includes: forming a resist layer; exposing first areas of the resist layer spaced apart from each other; after exposing the first areas, exposing second areas of the resist layer, the second areas being spaces between the first areas; forming first and second openings spaced apart from each other in the first and second areas by developing the resist layer; and forming a plurality of conductor patterns by filling the first and second openings with conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Jin Park, Jong Eun Park, Hyun Seok Yang, Sangik Cho, Hiroki Okada, Young Ook Cho, Mi Jeong Jeon, In Jae Chung
  • Publication number: 20240294083
    Abstract: The server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that performs communication using the communication unit. The control unit sends a movement instruction to the first power supply vehicle to the position of the power supply vehicle when the traffic situation around the power supply vehicle that requires power supply is a first situation. When the traffic situation is a second situation where the degree of congestion is higher than the first situation, the control unit causes a second power supply vehicle having a higher power generation capacity than the first power supply vehicle to move to the position of the power supplied vehicle. Send movement instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro AOKI, Yuta TAKATA, Haruki OGURI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiroki ASAO
  • Patent number: 12076776
    Abstract: There is provided a press brake that can improve forming accuracy in partial bending. A press brake includes: a conveying mechanism that intermittently conveys a workpiece; a die including a pair of shoulder portions and a groove portion located between the pair of shoulder portions, the pair of shoulder portions being arranged away from each other in a conveying direction of the workpiece and supporting a rear surface of the workpiece; a backup plate that extends on the pair of shoulder portions, covers the groove portion, and is interposed between the die and the workpiece; and a punch that moves relative to the die so as to approach the die each time the conveying mechanism stops conveying the workpiece and presses the workpiece so as to bend the workpiece within an elastic deformation region of the backup plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, LVD COMPANY NV
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Hiroki Oribe, Hitoshi Yano, Kristof Tyvaert, Alexander Cornelus
  • Publication number: 20240291407
    Abstract: A driver device (1) includes a pulse generation circuit (5) that generates, within one period, a pulse waveform (Spl) with a first voltage level in a first period (T1) and a pulse waveform with a second voltage level in a second period (T2). A control circuit (2) makes the first period equal to a minimum on period (Tminon) to perform a supply mode for the minimum on period and, if at the end of the minimum on period the output current (Iout) has reached the set current value (Iset), the control circuit makes a switch to a decay mode and performs a skip of a switch to the supply mode at the end of the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki HASHIMOTO, Mitsuo OKADA
  • Publication number: 20240287469
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a virus recovery method including reducing viability of cells in a culture solution and filtering, through a hollow fiber membrane, the culture solution containing a virus produced by the cells to recover the virus. The hollow fiber membrane has a gradient structure in which an average pore size becomes smaller from an upstream side to a downstream side in a membrane thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rimi MIYAOKA, Hiroki TANIGUCHI, Takashi OKADA
  • Patent number: 12062306
    Abstract: One form of a displaying unit combines a first screen, a second screen, and a third screen generated by a rendering unit so as to be arranged in a horizontal direction, and displays the combined screens on a display unit. A timer counter circuit causes the abnormality monitoring unit to set the black screen layer ON of the screen in which normality of each part related to the screen cannot be detected at a time interval shorter than a predetermined time, and the displaying unit displays the screen in a black screen by superimposing and displaying a black screen layer on the screen in which the black screen layer of being ON has been set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Okada
  • Publication number: 20240246443
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire information on a first power purchase price from a charging point and a second power purchase price from a facility, and when the second power purchase price is lower than the first power purchase price, send to a power supply vehicle configured to supply power to another vehicle an instruction to move along a travel route that passes through the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro AOKI, Yuta TAKATA, Haruki OGURI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Tsuyoshi OKADA, Hiroki ASAO
  • Publication number: 20240249627
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to communicate with vehicles using the communication interface, acquire information on a required charge amount and a position of a vehicle that needs to be charged, and provide instructions that a power supply vehicle that does not have the required charge amount is to travel a route where road surface power supply is available to the position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro AOKI, Yuta Takata, Haruki Oguri, Takashi Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Okada, Hiroki Asao