Patents by Inventor Hiroki Yamazaki

Hiroki Yamazaki 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: 20240404884
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device with less variations, a first insulator is deposited; a stack of first and second oxides and a first conductor is formed over the first insulator; a second insulator is formed over the first insulator and the stack; an opening is formed in the second insulator; a top surface of the second oxide is exposed by removing a region of the first conductor, second and third conductors are formed over the second oxide, and then cleaning is performed; a first oxide film is deposited in contact with a side surface of the first oxide and top and side surfaces of the second oxide; heat treatment is performed on an interface between the second oxide and the first oxide film through the first oxide film; and the second insulator is exposed and a fourth conductor, a third insulator, and a third oxide are formed in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tsutomu MURAKAWA, Shinya SASAGAWA, Naoto YAMADE, Takashi HAMADA, Hiroki KOMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20240396923
    Abstract: A computer system holds: function information for managing functions of modules which form a product; resource information for managing a resource which implements a function of components that forms each of the modules; and product configuration system information for managing a system of the modules and relationships between the modules and the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Momoka KASUYA, Hiroki YAMAZAKI, Makoto KAYASHIMA, Yasuhiko NAGAI
  • Patent number: 12154827
    Abstract: A semiconductor device which has favorable electrical characteristics and can be highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator; an oxide over the first insulator; a second insulator over the oxide; a first conductor over the second insulator; a third insulator in contact with a top surface of the first insulator, a side surface of the oxide, a top surface of the oxide, a side surface of the second insulator, and a side surface of the first conductor; and a fourth insulator over the third insulator. The third insulator includes an opening exposing the first insulator, and the fourth insulator is in contact with the first insulator through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toshihiko Takeuchi, Tsutomu Murakawa, Hiroki Komagata, Daisuke Matsubayashi, Noritaka Ishihara, Yusuke Nonaka
  • Patent number: 12149503
    Abstract: Provided is a gateway device capable of reducing influence on intra-vehicle network communication from a cyber security attack that infringes availability represented by a DoS attack from an extra-vehicle network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Kaneko, Hiroki Yamazaki, Teruaki Nomura
  • Patent number: 12132334
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with reduced power consumption is provided. The semiconductor device includes a node ND1, a node ND2, a resistor, a capacitor, and a comparison circuit. The resistor is electrically connected in series between one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a secondary battery and a first terminal. The resistor has a function of converting current flowing between the one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the secondary battery and the first terminal into a first voltage. The first voltage is added to a voltage of the node ND2 through the capacitor. The comparison circuit has a function of comparing a voltage of the node ND1 and the voltage of the node ND2. The comparison circuit outputs a signal that notifies detection of overcurrent when the voltage of the node ND2 is higher than the voltage of the node ND1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Yuki Okamoto, Minato Ito, Takahiko Ishizu, Hiroki Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240346920
    Abstract: A passage information providing device acquires information regarding movement of people on a road as people flow information. The passage information providing device estimates whether the road is passable by using the people flow information that has been acquired. The passage information providing device outputs passage availability information indicating the estimated state of whether the road is passable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Shinoda, Norifumi Yamazaki, Hiroki Naoshima, Satoshi Kusaka, Shigenori Beppu, Keita Suzuki
  • 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: 20240308574
    Abstract: In a motor control device for a steer-by-wire steering device, the motor control device having a redundant system consisting of two systems, a first turning current command value is calculated in a first system, and a second turning current command value is calculated in a second system. A third processor outputs the first turning current command value when the two current command values are not divergent and outputs the second turning current command value when the two current command values are divergent. When a determination of a rapid steering operation is made, the third processor outputs the first turning current command value regardless of whether or not the two current command values are divergent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JTEKT CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Shibata, Koichi Nishimura, Takahito Ishino, Ryo Yamazaki, Hiroyasu Inoue, Isao Namikawa, Nobuyori Nakajima, Hiroki Tomizawa, Takuya Maegawa
  • Tap
    Publication number: 20240307987
    Abstract: A tap including an incomplete thread having a plurality of thread ridges that threads a workpiece, a complete thread including a cutting edge formed continuously from the incomplete thread, and a groove part that is disposed in each of the incomplete thread and the complete thread to discharge chips of the workpiece, wherein relationships respectively expressed by Equation (1): D1?D0?P and Equation (2): h?P/2 are simultaneously satisfied in a relationship among a nominal diameter D0 of the tap 100, a root diameter D1, a pitch P, and a thread ridge height h.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuuki KURITA, Hiroki OGUME, Itaru YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240305909
    Abstract: An imaging device having a function of processing an image is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, can hold analog data obtained by an image capturing operation in a pixel, and can extract data obtained by multiplying the analog data by a predetermined weight coefficient. Difference data between adjacent light-receiving devices can be obtained in a pixel, and data on luminance gradient can be obtained. When the data is taken in a neural network or the like, inference of distance data or the like can be performed. Since enormous volume of image data in the state of analog data can be held in pixels, processing can be performed efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Takeya HIROSE, Seiichi YONEDA, Hiroki INOUE, Takayuki IKEDA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • 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: 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: 12068198
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device with less variations, a first insulator is deposited; a stack of first and a second oxides and a first conductor is formed over the first insulator; a second insulator is formed over the first insulator and the stack; an opening is formed in the second insulator; a top surface of the second oxide is exposed by removing a region of the first conductor, second and third conductors are formed over the second oxide, and then cleaning treatment is performed; a first oxide film is deposited in contact with a side surface of the first oxide and top and side surfaces of the second oxide; heat treatment is performed on an interface between the second oxide and the first oxide film through the first oxide film; and the second insulator is exposed and a fourth conductor, a third insulator, and a third oxide are formed in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tsutomu Murakawa, Shinya Sasagawa, Naoto Yamade, Takashi Hamada, Hiroki Komagata
  • Publication number: 20240266222
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the forming a first oxide over a substrate; depositing a first insulator over the first oxide; forming an opening reaching the first oxide in the first insulator; depositing a first oxide film in contact with the first oxide and the first insulator in the opening; depositing a first insulating film over the first oxide film by a PEALD method; depositing a first conductive film over the first insulating film; and removing part of the first oxide film, part of the first insulating film, and part of the first conductive film until a top surface of the first insulator is exposed to form a second oxide, a second insulator, and a first conductor. The deposition of the first insulating film is performed while the substrate is heated to higher than or equal to 300°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Naoki OKUNO, Tetsuya KAKEHATA, Hiroki KOMAGATA, Yuji EGI
  • Publication number: 20240258119
    Abstract: A semiconductor device for high power application in which a novel semiconductor material having high mass productivity is provided. An oxide semiconductor film is formed, and then, first heat treatment is performed on the exposed oxide semiconductor film in order to reduce impurities such as moisture or hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film. Next, in order to further reduce impurities such as moisture or hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film, oxygen is added to the oxide semiconductor film by an ion implantation method, an ion doping method, or the like, and after that, second heat treatment is performed on the exposed oxide semiconductor film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Junichiro SAKATA, Hiroki OHARA
  • Publication number: 20240257671
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a novel display apparatus that is highly convenient or reliable. The display apparatus includes a plurality of flexible substrates over each of which a plurality of light-emitting diode chips are mounted, a substrate provided with a nitride film, and a resin between the flexible substrates and the substrate provided with a nitride film. Light emitted from the light-emitting diode chips passes through the substrate provided with a nitride film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Satoru IDOJIRI, Hiroki ADACHI
  • Patent number: 12050691
    Abstract: A security processing device which manages a device related to operation control of a vehicle includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions executable by one or more processors. The non-transitory computer readable medium includes a non-secure area in which a mounted program is capable of being changed from an outside and a secure area in which a mounted program is incapable of being changed from the outside. The instructions cause a code of an operation program in the non-secure area to perform the operation control of the vehicle, and a diagnosis program in the secure area to diagnose an abnormality of the code of the operation program. When the abnormality of the operation program in the non-secure area is diagnosed, the instructions cause the diagnosis program in the secure area to determine a type of the abnormality and execute processing on a basis of the determined type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yamamoto, Hiroki Yamazaki, Hitoshi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240246312
    Abstract: A dimensionally adjustable plastic bag feeder includes a main box whose top surface is open, including a front face having a recess, and first and second side faces, the main box having upper face; a heat sealer formed within the recess; a handle formed on the first side face; a moveable top cover for covering the top surface of the main box, the cover including an elongated convex at its one end and a cutter, which is located near the convex, and the cover being connected to the main box at its another end; and a printer formed on the second side face, the printer including a lever, a printhead and a dial having a plurality of reels, each of which has multiple digits, respectively, wherein the printhead is moved down by pulling down the lever for printing information shown by the dial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yiqing ZHENG, Miho TAKAHASHI, Ayaka ISHIDA, Kanako UEMATSU, Yuna SHIOTANI, Hiroki MIYAGAWA, Naoto MORI, Iori YAMAZAKI, Ren WATANABE, Tomohiro UONO
  • Publication number: 20240246435
    Abstract: The server device communicates with a plurality of power supply vehicles that dispatch from a power supply base to the power supply destination and return to the power supply base through the communication unit through the communication unit, and performs a first power supply during returning. a control unit that instructs the vehicle and a second power supply vehicle on the move to merge at a junction and provide the remaining power of the first power supply vehicle to the second power supply vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 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: 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