Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu To

Hiromitsu To 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: 11977707
    Abstract: Each of first electrode sections forming a transmission electrode includes a first main line and a plurality of first auxiliary lines. Each of second electrode sections forming a reception electrode includes a second main line and a plurality of second auxiliary lines. With the transmission and reception electrodes and overlapping each other, the first main line and the second main line intersect with each other at one point, and a cell region is unclosed. The cell region is surrounded by two or more types of thin wires selected from a group consisting of the first main line, the first auxiliary lines, the second main line, and the second auxiliary lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Niwa, Kota Araki, Akihiro Yamamura, Hiroaki Nishiono
  • Publication number: 20240147835
    Abstract: To provide a novel organometallic complex and a novel light-emitting device that are useful or reliable. The organometallic complex includes platinum (Pt), a cyano group, and a phenyl group that has two alkyl groups at the ortho-positions. The light-emitting device includes an organic compound layer held between a pair of electrodes; the organic compound layer includes a light-emitting layer; the light-emitting layer contains an organic compound and the organometallic complex; the organometallic complex includes platinum (Pt), a cyano group, and a phenyl group that has two alkyl groups at the ortho-positions; and the difference between the LUMO level of the organic compound and the HOMO level of the organometallic complex is greater than or equal to 2.5 eV and less than or equal to 3.0 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Yui YOSHIYASU, Masatoshi TAKABATAKE, Hiroki MURAKAMI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromitsu KIDO
  • Publication number: 20240136106
    Abstract: A coil component in which stress is relieved and a coil is stably positioned is to be provided. A coil component of the present disclosure includes a base body; and a coil provided in the base body. The base body includes a plurality of laminated magnetic layers. The coil includes a plurality of laminated coil wirings. The magnetic layers and the coil wirings are alternately laminated. A gap portion is provided between each of the magnetic layers and each of the coil wirings. Part of the coil wirings contacts the magnetic layers, and a region containing a metal oxide is present on part of a surface of each of the coil wirings on a side of the gap portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu YAMANAKA, Masayuki OISHI
  • Patent number: 11967914
    Abstract: A vibration actuator control device includes a control unit and a driving unit. The control unit outputs a first control signal for controlling driving of a first vibration actuator including a first vibrating body and a first contact body, and outputs a second control signal for controlling driving of a second vibration actuator and including a second vibrating body. The driving unit (i) outputs a first alternating-current voltage in a first plurality of phases set based on the first control signal, and (ii) outputs a second alternating-current voltage in a second plurality of phases set based on the second control signal. The control unit individually sets a phase difference of the first alternating-current voltage based on the first control signal and sets a phase difference of the second alternating-current voltage based on the second control signal, and commonly sets a first alternating-current voltage frequency and a second alternating-current voltage frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Morita, Shinji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11966190
    Abstract: A channel switching device includes: an accommodation portion in which a unit is detachably accommodated; a first channel; a second channel passing through the accommodation portion; and a switch separating the first channel and the second channel, the switch including: a first communication portion communicating with the first channel and the second channel; and a second communication portion disposed at a different position with the first communication portion, the second communication portion communicating with the first channel and the second channel, and the switch configured to switch to one of the first communication portion or the second communication portion in response to an attachment or detachment of the unit to the accommodation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Fujiya
  • Publication number: 20240123295
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole and have a depth of recession from the adjacent surfaces of the sole. The channel may have a cross-sectional profile that is asymmetric with a front wall and a rear wall where the front wall is longer than the rear wall. The channel may also have a center thickness that is different than a thickness at the heel and toe sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua M. Boggs, Kevin Harper, Eric A. Larson, Michael T. Prichard, Hiromitsu Akiyama, Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Publication number: 20240127496
    Abstract: A HUD apparatus that is an AR display apparatus mounted on an on-vehicle system includes: an image selection unit configured to input an image photographed by a camera, select and extract an area of an object from the image; a visibility judgment unit configured to judge visibility of a user with respect to the area of the object on a basis of an index value; an AR image generator unit configured to generate an AR image regarding the object by subjecting the area to image processing for improving the visibility on a basis of the visibility of the area of the object; and an AR display unit configured to superimpose and display the AR image onto a screen. The visibility judgment unit controls whether the AR image is to be displayed or not and content of the image processing to be changed in accordance with the visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromitsu MORI, Seiji MURATA, Tomoto KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240126257
    Abstract: The vehicle control system, in response to transmission of a command from a remote assistance apparatus to a vehicle, sets a cancellable period during which the command can be cancelled by the remote assistance apparatus. Also, the vehicle control system acquires a communication delay time between the vehicle and the remote assistance apparatus. The vehicle control system adjusts a control amount of the vehicle related to a speed in accordance with the communication delay time on condition that current time is within the cancellable period and the communication delay time is equal to or greater than a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu URANO, Takefumi Goto, Hiromitsu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11958952
    Abstract: Provided are a surface-treated glass cloth capable of enhancing insulation reliability when used to prepare a prepreg, a prepreg and a printed wiring board using the surface-treated glass cloth. The surface-treated glass cloth includes a surface treatment layer on a surface, a glass constituting the glass cloth has a composition containing 52.0 to 60.0 mass % of SiO2, 15.0 to 26.0 mass % of B2O3, 9.0 to 18.0 mass % of Al2O3, 1.0 to 8.0 mass % of MgO, 1.0 to 10.0 mass % of CaO, 0 to 6.0 mass % of SrO, 0 to 6.0 mass % of TiO2, and 0.1 to 3.0 mass % in total of F2 and Cl2, based on the total amount of the glass, the glass cloth has a surface coverage of 75.0 to 100.0% and a thickness of 8 to 95 ?m, and the surface treatment layer contains a silane coupling agent having a methacrylic group and contains no surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Miyagi, Kazutaka Adachi, Atsushi Ouchi, Shohei Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 11963413
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of vertical organic light-emitting transistors; a data line that supplies a voltage to a gate electrode of the vertical organic light-emitting transistor; a thin-film transistor that is connected between the gate electrode of each of the vertical organic light-emitting transistors and the data line and controls supply of the voltage to the gate electrode of the vertical organic light-emitting transistor; a gate line that is connected to the gate electrode of the thin-film transistor and transmits a signal for switching the thin-film transistor; and a plurality of current supply lines that are wired in a first direction outside a formation region of the vertical organic light-emitting transistor, the current supply lines being in contact with a source electrode of the vertical organic light-emitting transistor to supply a current to the vertical organic light-emitting transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: JSR CORPORATION, MATTRIX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Katsui, Bo Liu, Maxime Lemaitre
  • Patent number: 11961990
    Abstract: Embodiments described in this application relate generally to a system, an apparatus and/or methods for manufacturing electrodes by infusion electrolyte into compacted electrode materials. In some embodiments, a working electrode materials can be produced using an infusion mixing and manufacturing process. In some embodiments, a single-sided finished electrode can be produced directly from a dry powder mixture using an infusion mixing and manufacturing process. In some embodiments, a double-sided finished electrode can be produced directly from a dry powder mixture using an infusion mixing and manufacturing process. The electrodes produced by an infusion mixing and manufacturing process generally perform better than those produced by non-infusion processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: 24M Technologies, Inc., Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Ota, Takaaki Fukushima, Yutaka Wakai, Motoi Tamaki, Sean Simon, Nicholas Varamo, Duy Le, Taison Tan, Hiromitsu Mishima
  • Publication number: 20240117178
    Abstract: A resin composition containing: a block copolymer (I) having a polymer block (a1) containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (a2) containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound; a plasticizer (II); and a biomass-derived polyolefin-based resin (III); in which the plasticizer (II) contains a plasticizer (II-1) containing a biomass-derived raw material; and in which the resin composition has a biobased content of 45% by mass or more, and a molded body obtained by using the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke KONISHI, Hiromitsu SASAKI, Takahiro SEKIGUCHI, Yuta TOMISHIMA, Takumi HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240119376
    Abstract: A method for managing a remote service for mobile objects is provided. The method includes the step of assigning, when a start trigger of a service business to an object for which the remote service is provided is output, the service business to at least one operator among a plurality of operators engaged in the remote service. The service business includes a first business which affects travel efficiency of the object of the remote service and a second business which does not affect the travel efficiency. In the step of assigning the service business, in the event that a start trigger of the first business for the object of the remote service is output, when there is an operator already engaged in the second business for the object of the remote service, the first business is assigned to the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Urano
  • Publication number: 20240120225
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus that transfers a substrate inside a substrate transfer chamber by a substrate transfer module using magnetic levitation. The apparatus includes: a substrate transfer chamber having a floor portion provided with a first magnet and connected, through an opening portion, to a substrate processing chamber in which the substrate is processed; and a substrate transfer module including a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate, and a second magnet configured such that a repulsive force acts between the first magnet and the second magnet. The substrate transfer module is movable inside the substrate transfer chamber by the magnetic levitation based on the repulsive force. The substrate transfer module performs loading/unloading of the substrate by directly entering into the substrate transfer chamber via the opening portion, or delivers the substrate to and from a substrate transfer mechanism fixedly provided inside the substrate transfer chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Takehiro SHINDO, Akinori SHIMAMURA, Hiromitsu SAKAUE, Dongwei LI
  • Publication number: 20240118693
    Abstract: A method for managing a remote service for mobile objects is provided. The method includes the step of determining, when a request for close of a business of the remote service is received, whether or not the request for close is to be accepted. The service business includes a first business which affects travel efficiency of an object for which the remote service is provided and a second business which does not affect the travel efficiency. In the step of determining the request for close, when the request for close is a request for close of the second business, a determination is made as to whether or not a start of the first business to the object of the second business is expected. In addition, when it is determined that a start of the first business is expected, acceptance of the request for close of the second business is rejected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromitsu URANO
  • Publication number: 20240119215
    Abstract: For example, an I/O circuit is formed by freely combining a plurality of kinds of standard cells included in a cell library. The plurality of kinds of standard cells include at least first standard cells and a second standard cell. The first standard cells include first protection elements and a first power line formed in a region over the first protection elements to conduct to the first protection elements. The second standard cell includes a second protection element formed in a layout identical with that of the first protection elements, and a second power line formed in a region over the second protection element to conduct to the second protection element while being isolated from the first power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi YOSHIMURA, Hiromitsu KIMURA, Tomokazu OKADA, Yuji KUROTSUCHI
  • Patent number: 11951731
    Abstract: Provided are a multilayer body in which base materials composed of a metal, a resin or the like are firmly bonded to each other even when not subjected to primer treatment or the like, and a method for producing the multilayer body. The multilayer body has a base material (X), an adhesive layer (Y), and a base material (Z) in this order, wherein the adhesive layer (Y) contains a hydrogenated block copolymer (A) obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer (P) containing a polymer block (a) composed of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (b) composed of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene, the mass ratio [(a)/(b)] of the polymer block (a) to the polymer block (b) is 1/99 to 50/50, and the adhesive layer (Y) has a storage modulus G? at 100° C. of 1.2×105 to 4.0×105 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Konishi, Hiromitsu Sasaki, Yuta Tomishima
  • Patent number: D1024189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Tanaka, Robin Riazi, Daiki Okamoto, Yukihiko Sato
  • Patent number: D1026061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Katakura, Hiromitsu Chinen, Yuna Suzuki
  • Patent number: D1026062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Katakura, Hiromitsu Chinen, Yuna Suzuki