Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Isobe

Hiroshi Isobe 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: 20250022897
    Abstract: A light detection device of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a filter including a metal film provided with a plurality of openings each having a size equal to or less than a wavelength of incident light; a barrier metal provided on a corner of the filter, and a photoelectric converter that converts light entering through the filter into an electric charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: HIROSHI ISOBE, ATSUSHI TODA, MASANAGA FUKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20250007236
    Abstract: To prevent peeling of a bonding portion between a first substrate having a light emitting element and a second substrate such as an LDD substrate. A light emitting device includes: a first substrate having a light emitting element; and a second substrate bonded to a surface side opposite to a light emitting surface of the light emitting element, in which the first substrate includes: a first conductive layer laminated on the opposite surface side of the light emitting element; a second conductive layer that is laminated on the first conductive layer and reflects light emitted from the light emitting element to the opposite surface side; a third conductive layer laminated on the second conductive layer and bonded to the second substrate via a bonding member; and an insulating layer laminated on the third conductive layer so as to cover at least end portions of the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: MASAYA NAGATA, HIROSHI ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20240363663
    Abstract: A sensor device according to the present technology includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged for each pixel and a pixel separation portion having a trench formed between pixels to separate the pixels. The pixel separation portion of the semiconductor substrate is formed in directions different from cleavage directions of crystals of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: SHINGO TAKAHASHI, YOSHIYUKI OHBA, SHINJI MIYAZAWA, HIROSHI ISOBE, TAKUYA ITO, YASUFUMI MIYOSHI, MICHIHIRO NAKANO
  • Patent number: 12125860
    Abstract: An image sensor that includes a sensor substrate provided with a sensor surface on which a photodiode is arranged in a planar manner, a sealing resin applied to a side of the sensor surface of the sensor substrate, sealing glass bonded to the sensor substrate via the sealing resin, and a reinforcing resin made of a resin material having higher rigidity than the sealing resin and formed on an outer periphery of the sealing resin to bond the sensor substrate and the sealing glass. The sealing resin is formed to have a smaller area than each of the sensor substrate and the sealing glass, so that the reinforcing resin is formed to fill a gap provided on the outer periphery of the sealing resin, the sensor substrate and the sealing glass facing each other through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isobe
  • Publication number: 20240347572
    Abstract: Provided is a photodetector in which the deterioration of contact characteristics between connection pads is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: HIROSHI ISOBE, TAICHI YAMADA, YOICHI NEGORO, ATSUSHI TODA
  • Publication number: 20240269825
    Abstract: In a parallel link mechanism, a distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three link mechanisms such that a posture of the distal end side link hub can be changed. Each link mechanism includes a proximal side end link member, a distal side end link member, and a center link member, and forms a quadric chain link mechanism composed of four revolute pairs. A singular point occurs when a central axis of the proximal or distal end side link hub and a central axis which is a rotation axis of a revolute pair section of the proximal or distal side end link member and the center link member coincide with each other. An axis angle of the center link member is specified such that a posture in which the singular point occurs is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi ISOBE
  • Patent number: 12042935
    Abstract: A link actuation apparatus includes: a parallel link mechanism including a proximal-side link hub, a distal-side link hub, and three or more link mechanisms each coupling the distal-side link hub to the proximal-side link hub such that a posture of the distal-side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal-side link hub; posture control drive sources; and a control device. The control device includes an abnormality detector including: a measurement section configured to measure a predetermined state value which is affected by abnormality in revolute pair parts of a link actuation apparatus body constituted by the parallel link mechanism and the posture control drive sources; and a determination section configured to determine if any of the revolute pair parts has abnormality in on the basis of a measurement result obtained by the measurement section. For example, the measurement section measures rigidity, or driving torque or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzou Nose, Hiroshi Isobe
  • Patent number: 12033985
    Abstract: A display unit includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other, a plurality of light emitting devices provided on the first surface of the substrate, a mounting member provided in a selective region of the second surface of the substrate, a base that is provided to be opposed to the substrate and has an opening through which the mounting member is inserted with a gap therebetween, and a rigid member that is provided in the gap and is in contact with the base and the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isobe
  • Patent number: 11865718
    Abstract: A working device includes a link actuation device and a control device for the link actuation device. The control device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of the target positions; a calculation unit configured to sequentially read out the respective target positions stored to calculate movement amounts and movement speeds of the respective actuators between the target positions; and a control unit configured to operate the respective actuators by the movement amounts and at the movement speeds of the respective actuators calculated by the calculation unit. The control unit is capable of changing acceleration and deceleration times of the actuators for each of the target positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Marui, Hiroshi Isobe
  • Publication number: 20230286178
    Abstract: An operation device including a combination of a rotation unit and a linear motion unit. The rotation unit includes a link actuation apparatus and a rotation actuator. The link actuation apparatus includes a proximal end side-link hub, and a distal end side-link hub coupled thereto through three or more link mechanisms so as to enable a varying attitude relative thereto. The link actuation apparatus is mounted to an output shaft of the rotation actuator such that a central axis of the proximal end side-link hub forms an angle relative to an axis of rotation of the rotation actuator. The linear motion unit includes a linear actuator serving as an output portion thereof, and the rotation unit is mounted to this linear actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi ISOBE, Jun MIDOUMAE, Masaki KAGAMI
  • Patent number: 11668375
    Abstract: A parallel link mechanism includes a proximal end member and three or more link mechanisms. Three or more link mechanisms connect the proximal end member to a distal end member. In three or more link mechanisms, a first center axis of a first revolute pair unit and a second center axis of a second revolute pair unit intersect at a spherical link center point. Fifth center axes of respective fifth revolute pair units of three or more link mechanisms overlap each other and intersect with the spherical link center point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Hayashi, Hirofumi Fukumaru, Taiga Okamoto, Kenzou Nose, Hideki Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Isobe, Seigo Sakata
  • Patent number: 11581301
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an electrostatic protective element that enables protective performance with respect to static electricity to be improved and to an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Takaaki Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 11454587
    Abstract: In a measurement apparatus or a measurement method, an information processing apparatus executes: a process of specifying a bunch of grapes to be measured on the basis of detection of grasping of the bunch of grapes by a gripper; and a process of starting to measure the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Ichiro Ujiie, Tomonori Masuno
  • Patent number: 11420322
    Abstract: A working device has a configuration with seven degrees of freedom, and is configured to perform work using an end effector. The working device includes: a linear motion unit having three degrees of freedom; a rotary unit having three degrees of freedom; and a rotary drive mechanism having one degree of freedom. The rotary drive mechanism is configured to rotate the rotary unit relative to the linear motion unit. The linear motion unit is mounted on a mount such that a base portion thereof is fixed to the mount. The rotary drive mechanism is mounted on an output portion of the linear motion unit. The rotary unit is mounted on an output portion of the rotary drive mechanism. The end effector is mounted on an output portion of the rotary unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzou Nose, Hiroshi Isobe, Naoki Marui
  • Patent number: 11407101
    Abstract: In a link actuating device, a distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms. A posture control drive source configured to arbitrarily change the posture of the distal end side link hub is provided to each of two or more link mechanisms. The link actuating device includes a storage unit configured to store therein an operating position of the posture control drive source when the distal end side link hub is in a defined posture. In each of the two or more link mechanisms, a positioning portion is provided to at least one of the proximal side end link member, the distal side end link member, and the intermediate link member. A positioning member configured to position the distal end side link hub in the defined posture is dismountably mounted between a plurality of the positioning portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzou Nose, Hiroshi Isobe
  • Patent number: 11298814
    Abstract: A link actuation device includes a proximal-end-side link hub, a distal-end-side link hub, three or more link mechanisms each coupling the link hubs such that a posture of the distal-end-side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal-end-side link hub. Each link mechanism includes a proximal-side end link member, a proximal-side intermediate link member, a distal-side intermediate link member, and a distal-side end link member. Actuators for arbitrarily changing the posture and a distance from the distal-end-side link hub to the proximal-end-side link hub are provided to three or more link mechanisms of the three or more link mechanisms. A control unit calculates a rotation angle of the proximal-side end link member according to a targeted posture of the distal-end-side link hub and a targeted distance between the centers of the spherical links, and controls the respective actuators so as to attain the calculated rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Naoki Marui, Seigo Sakata, Kenzou Nose
  • Patent number: 11247329
    Abstract: A work device includes a work device body and a contact preventer. The work device body includes a linear motion unit having three degrees of freedom and a rotary unit having three degrees of freedom. An end effector is mounted on an output portion of the rotary unit. The contact preventer separates a working region in which the work device body is installed, from a non-working region outside the working region. The contact preventer includes: an entry allowing portion allowing an object to enter the working region therethrough; and an entry allowing portion entry detection sensor configured to detect entry of an object into the working region through the entry allowing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORTION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Seigo Sakata, Yuuki Shimura
  • Patent number: 11247333
    Abstract: The parallel link mechanism is applied to a work device in which a link actuation device and a combined-side actuator are combined. A control device includes a storage that stores a plurality of work coordinates as well as a work-point movement velocity as a target velocity of an end effector and a posture change velocity as a target angular velocity to be set for changing the posture of the end effector. A controller includes a switching function unit that switches the target velocity used for calculating movement velocities of the respective posture control actuators and a movement velocity of the combined-side actuator, to the work-point movement velocity and to the posture change velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Marui, Hiroshi Isobe
  • Publication number: 20210388887
    Abstract: A parallel link mechanism includes a proximal end member and three or more link mechanisms. Three or more link mechanisms connect the proximal end member to a distal end member. In three or more link mechanisms, a first center axis of a first revolute pair unit and a second center axis of a second revolute pair unit intersect at a spherical link center point. Fifth center axes of respective fifth revolute pair units of three or more link mechanisms overlap each other and intersect with the spherical link center point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiro HAYASHI, Hirofumi FUKUMARU, Taiga OKAMOTO, Kenzou NOSE, Hideki MATSUZAWA, Hiroshi ISOBE, Seigo SAKATA
  • Patent number: 11154983
    Abstract: In a link actuation device, a distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms such that a posture of the distal end side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal end side link hub, and a posture of the distal end side link hub relative to the proximal end side link hub is arbitrarily changed by actuators provided to two or more link mechanisms. The manipulating device includes a posture acquirer for acquiring a distal end posture represented by a bending angle and a turning angle, from a coordinate position at which a distal end side spherical link center is projected onto a two-dimensional rectangular coordinate system that has an origin located on an extension of an axis of the proximal end side link hub and is orthogonal to the extension of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Marui, Hiroshi Isobe, Seigo Sakata