Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Miyata

Hiromasa Miyata 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: 20250056765
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a container, a heat receiver to receive heat from a cooling target and evaporate a refrigerant inside the container, a condenser disposed away from the heat receiver, and to condense the gas-phase refrigerant, a liquid transporter to couple the condenser and the heat receiver, and transport the liquid-phase refrigerant to the heat receiver from the condenser, a first transporter to couple the heat receiver and the condenser, and include a first transport-space inside the first transporter, in which the gas-phase refrigerant is transported to the condenser from the heat receiver, and a second transporter provided in pairs over two sides in a direction orthogonal to a moving-direction of the refrigerant in the first transporter, and to couple the heat receiver and the condenser, and include a second transport-space inside the second transporter, in which the gas-phase refrigerant is transported to the condenser from the heat receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Kubo, Toru Kobayashi, Nobumitsu Aoki, Kenji Sasabe, Keita Hirai, Hiromasa Miyata, Hideto Fukushima, Masahide Kodama, Atsushi Endo, Takashi Urai
  • Publication number: 20240032251
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a container in which refrigerant is sealed. The container includes; a heat reception plate that forms part of the container and that receives heat from a heat generating element; an evaporator that causes the refrigerant in a liquid phase to evaporate with heat reception in the container; a condenser that causes the refrigerant in a gas phase to condense with heat dissipation in the container; and a plurality of recessed portions formed in a surface of the heat reception plate inside the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hideo Kubo, Atsushi Endo, Masahide Kodama, Nobumitsu Aoki, Kenji Sasabe, Keita Hirai, Yuki Kanai, Toru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Satou, Takashi Urai, Hiromasa Miyata
  • Publication number: 20230290320
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a voltage detection unit configured to monitor a voltage value of a signal output at a predetermined timing, and a signal control unit configured to stop output of the signal if the voltage value after a predetermined time elapses from when the voltage value detected by the voltage detection unit exceeds a first value does not exceed a second value greater than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide SHIMUZU, Hiromasa MIYATA, Junji OHAMA
  • Patent number: 11682363
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a voltage detection unit configured to monitor a voltage value of a signal output at a predetermined timing, and a signal control unit configured to stop output of the signal if the voltage value after a predetermined time elapses from when the voltage value detected by the voltage detection unit exceeds a first value does not exceed a second value greater than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Shimuzu, Hiromasa Miyata, Junji Ohama
  • Publication number: 20230029843
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a voltage detection unit configured to monitor a voltage value of a signal output at a predetermined timing, and a signal control unit configured to stop output of the signal if the voltage value after a predetermined time elapses from when the voltage value detected by the voltage detection unit exceeds a first value does not exceed a second value greater than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide SHIMUZU, Hiromasa MIYATA, Junji OHAMA
  • Publication number: 20230017834
    Abstract: A sub-fab area installation apparatus capable of reducing a power consumption used in manufacturing of semiconductors is disclosed. The sub-fab area installation apparatus includes: a vacuum pump configured to evacuate a processing gas from a processing chamber of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment; a cooling unit configured to cool a first circulation liquid used in the processing chamber; a heating unit configured to heat a second circulation liquid used in the processing chamber; an abatement device configured to detoxify the processing gas discharged from the vacuum pump; and a cooling-liquid line configured to pass a cooling liquid therethrough. The cooling liquid is supplied from a cooling source. The cooling-liquid line includes: a first downstream line, a second downstream line, and a third downstream line configured to supply the cooling liquid that has passed through the abatement device, the vacuum pump, and the cooling unit to the heating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoshi KOHAKU, Yukihiro FUKUSUMI, Nobutaka BANNAI, Hiromasa MIYATA, Naoya HANAFUSA, Ken TAOKA, Kazutomo MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220375771
    Abstract: A sub-fab area installation apparatus includes: a vacuum pump configured to evacuate a processing gas from a processing chamber of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment; a cooling unit configured to cool a first circulation liquid used in the processing chamber; a heating unit configured to heat a second circulation liquid used in the processing chamber; and a cooling-liquid line configured to pass a cooling liquid therethrough. The cooling liquid is supplied from a cooling source. The cooling-liquid line includes: a distribution line configured to supply the cooling liquid to the vacuum pump and the cooling unit; and a merging return line configured to merge the cooling liquid that has passed through the vacuum pump and the cooling unit and return the cooling liquid to the cooling source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoshi KOHAKU, Yukihiro FUKUSUMI, Nobutaka BANNAI, Hiromasa MIYATA, Naoya HANAFUSA, Ken TAOKA, Kazutomo MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220364770
    Abstract: A multi-refrigeration-cycle apparatus capable of reducing an installation area for equipment installed in a sub-fab and capable of shortening a pipe for delivering a cooling medium to a semiconductor-device manufacturing equipment is disclosed. The multi-refrigeration-cycle apparatus includes: a first refrigeration cycle having a first refrigerant for performing heat exchange with a cooling medium for cooling the semiconductor-device manufacturing equipment, the first refrigerant circulating in the first refrigeration cycle; and a second refrigeration cycle having a second refrigerant for performing heat exchange with the first refrigerant, the second refrigerant circulating in the second refrigeration cycle. At least a part of the first refrigeration cycle is arranged in a clean room where the semiconductor-device manufacturing equipment is installed, and the second refrigeration cycle is arranged in a sub-fab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: EBARA CORPORATION, EBARA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoshi KOHAKU, Yukihiro FUKUSUMI, Nobutaka BANNAI, Hiromasa MIYATA
  • Patent number: 11482188
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a voltage detection unit configured to monitor a voltage value of a signal output at a predetermined timing, and a signal control unit configured to stop output of the signal if the voltage value after a predetermined time elapses from when the voltage value detected by the voltage detection unit exceeds a first value does not exceed a second value greater than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Shimuzu, Hiromasa Miyata, Junji Ohama
  • Publication number: 20210407458
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device which is capable of suppressing corrosion of a terminal to which a cable or the like is connected, and which is novel and improved. There is provided an information processing device including a voltage detection unit configured to monitor a voltage value of a signal output at a predetermined timing, and a signal control unit configured to stop output of the signal if the voltage value after a predetermined time elapses from when the voltage value detected by the voltage detection unit exceeds a first value does not exceed a second value greater than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide SHIMUZU, Hiromasa MIYATA, Junji OHAMA
  • Patent number: 10762278
    Abstract: A Web page display apparatus includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring a Web page; a generation unit for generating a reduced Web page by reducing the Web page so that the particular element has a width smaller than that of the display size when a user-specified particular element in a plurality of elements constituting the Web page has a width greater than that of display size of a display unit; and a display control unit for controlling the display unit to display a particular reduced element of the reduced Web page corresponding to the particular element when the particular element has a width greater than that of the display size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata
  • Patent number: 10378913
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes: a current-position information acquisition section obtaining measured current-position information; a camera section obtaining a captured image of a subject; a direction detection section detecting a direction when obtaining the captured image by the camera section; from characteristic-point information related to multiple predetermined characteristic points stored in a storage section, a characteristic-point information extraction section extracting the characteristic-point information related to the characteristic points located in the vicinity of the current position and in a range shown in the direction; and a control section displaying the captured image on a display section, wherein the control section displays a predetermined direction line indicating a distance from the current position on the captured image, obtains a distance and a direction from the current position to the characteristic point, and displays the characteristic-point information at a position correspo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata
  • Patent number: 9945685
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a positioning unit configured to measure a current position, a route guidance screen generation unit configured to generate a route guidance screen used for route guidance for a retrieved route from the current position to a destination and display the route guidance screen on a display unit, and a guidance image generation unit configured to, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the route guidance screen, generate a guidance image in which a display subject representing the destination is highlighted such that the display subject is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject and display the guidance image on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata
  • Publication number: 20160298981
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes: a current-position information acquisition section obtaining measured current-position information; a camera section obtaining a captured image of a subject; a direction detection section detecting a direction when obtaining the captured image by the camera section; from characteristic-point information related to multiple predetermined characteristic points stored in a storage section, a characteristic-point information extraction section extracting the characteristic-point information related to the characteristic points located in the vicinity of the current position and in a range shown in the direction; and a control section displaying the captured image on a display section, wherein the control section displays a predetermined direction line indicating a distance from the current position on the captured image, obtains a distance and a direction from the current position to the characteristic point, and displays the characteristic-point information at a position correspo
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata
  • Patent number: 9404762
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes: a current-position information acquisition section obtaining measured current-position information; a camera section obtaining a captured image of a subject; a direction detection section detecting a direction when obtaining the captured image by the camera section; from characteristic-point information related to multiple predetermined characteristic points stored in a storage section, a characteristic-point information extraction section extracting the characteristic-point information related to the characteristic points located in the vicinity of the current position and in a range shown in the direction; and a control section displaying the captured image on a display section, wherein the control section displays a predetermined direction line indicating a distance from the current position on the captured image, obtains a distance and a direction from the current position to the characteristic point, and displays the characteristic-point information at a position correspo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata
  • Patent number: 9360329
    Abstract: The present invention provides a navigation device which includes an obtaining unit that, when updating contents introduction data which introduces the latest updating contents of an arbitrary home page is sent from the outside, obtains the updating contents introduction data, a position information generation unit that generates position information according to the latitude and longitude information included in the updating contents introduction data, and a position registration unit that registers the position information in a predetermined storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata
  • Publication number: 20150120179
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a positioning unit configured to measure a current position, a route guidance screen generation unit configured to generate a route guidance screen used for route guidance for a retrieved route from the current position to a destination and display the route guidance screen on a display unit, and a guidance image generation unit configured to, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the route guidance screen, generate a guidance image in which a display subject representing the destination is highlighted such that the display subject is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject and display the guidance image on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata
  • Publication number: 20150067481
    Abstract: A Web page display apparatus includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring a Web page; a generation unit for generating a reduced Web page by reducing the Web page so that the particular element has a width smaller than that of the display size when a user-specified particular element in a plurality of elements constituting the Web page has a width greater than that of display size of a display unit; and a display control unit for controlling the display unit to display a particular reduced element of the reduced Web page corresponding to the particular element when the particular element has a width greater than that of the display size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa MIYATA
  • Patent number: 8914753
    Abstract: A Web page display apparatus includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring a Web page; a generation unit for generating a reduced Web page by reducing the Web page so that the particular element has a width smaller than that of the display size when a user-specified particular element in a plurality of elements constituting the Web page has a width greater than that of display size of a display unit; and a display control unit for controlling the display unit to display a particular reduced element of the reduced Web page corresponding to the particular element when the particular element has a width greater than that of the display size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata
  • Patent number: 8898006
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a positioning unit configured to measure a current position, a route guidance screen generation unit configured to generate a route guidance screen used for route guidance for a retrieved route from the current position to a destination and display the route guidance screen on a display unit, and a guidance image generation unit configured to, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the route guidance screen, generate a guidance image in which a display subject representing the destination is highlighted such that the display subject is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject and display the guidance image on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromasa Miyata