Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kawazoe

Hiroshi Kawazoe 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: 20070200689
    Abstract: A lane departure warning mirror for a vehicle is disclosed that includes a reflecting member and a supporting member that supports the reflecting member on an area of a vehicle within a driver peripheral vision area, wherein the reflecting member is disposed so that an edge mark in a detection area is mirrored to the driver's peripheral vision area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20070181904
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a p-type ZnS based semiconductor material having a low resistance which can easily form an ohmic contact to a metallic material. Moreover, the invention provides a semiconductor device and a semiconductor light emitting device which include an electrode having a low resistance on a substrate other than a single crystal substrate, for example, a glass substrate. The semiconductor material according to the invention is used as a hole injecting electrode layer of a light emitting device and has a transparent property in a visible region which is expressed in a composition formula of Zn(1-?-?-?)Cu?Mg?Cd?S(1-x-y)SexTey (0.004???0.4, ??0.2, ??0.2, 0?x?1, 0?y?0.2, and x+y?1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yanagita, Hiroshi Kawazoe, Masahiro Orita
  • Publication number: 20070183933
    Abstract: The present invention provides a supporting unit of microfluid system having a smaller restriction on the number of the steps and capacity of the reaction and analysis that can be produced easily, and a microfluid-system supporting unit allowing mounting of complicated fluid circuits densely. The present invention relates to a microfluid-system supporting unit, comprising a first supporting plate and at least one hollow filament constituting the channel of the microfluid system, wherein the hollow filament is placed on the first supporting plate in any shape and a particular internal region of the hollow filament has a function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Kiyoshi Yasue, Kunihiko Akai, Yoshinori Inoue
  • Publication number: 20070161228
    Abstract: A wiring substrate (1) comprises an insulating base (10) with connection holes (11), buried conductors (12) provided in the connection holes (11) without reaching a rear surface of the insulating base (10), and wiring layers 14 connected to the buried conductors (12). The buried conductors (12) thicken the wiring layers (14), and can form aligning parts (110) on the rear surface of the connection holes (11) to be used for three-dimensional mounting structure. Each wiring layer (14) includes thin terminals (14A), wirings (14B) and thick electrodes (14C). Not only the terminals (14A) and wirings (14B) but also the buried conductors (12) are raised by the same manufacturing process. A semiconductor element (2) is attached to the electrodes (14C) of the wiring substrate (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAKAMURA, Tetsuya ENOMOTO, Toshio YAMAZAKI, Hiroshi KAWAZOE
  • Patent number: 7219031
    Abstract: There are basically two types of rumble strips: shoulder/center rumble strips and in-lane rumble strips. In an embodiment of the invention, there is a device that automatically identifies the type of rumble strip with which a vehicle tire is in contact with. The device may include a processor adapted to receive input indicative of a state of rotation of a first vehicle tire and input indicative of a state of rotation of a second vehicle tire when one or more of the first vehicle tire and the second vehicle tire is in contact with a rumble strip. The processor includes logic to compare the state of rotation of the first vehicle tire to the state of rotation of the second vehicle tire, and determine from the comparison, the type of rumble strip in contact with at least one of the first vehicle tire and the second vehicle tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7205645
    Abstract: A wiring substrate (1) comprises an insulating base (10) with connection holes (11), buried conductors (12) provided in the connection holes (11) without reaching a rear surface of the insulating base (10), and wiring layers 14 connected to the buried conductors (12). The buried conductors (12) thicken the wiring layers (14), and can form aligning parts (110) on the rear surface of the connection holes (11) to be used for three-dimensional mounting structure. Each wiring layer (14) includes thin terminals (14A), wirings (14B) and thick electrodes (14C). Not only the terminals (14A) and wirings (14B) but also the buried conductors (12) are raised by the same manufacturing process. A semiconductor element (2) is attached to the electrodes (14C) of the wiring substrate (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Nakamura, Tetsuya Enomoto, Toshio Yamazaki, Hiroshi Kawazoe
  • Patent number: 7195699
    Abstract: An electrophoresis member is produced by laying a plurality of capillaries on an adhesive layer born on a support layer to form a capillary layer, laminating thereon a second support layer, and partially removing the first support layer, the first adhesive layer and the second support layer to partially expose the capillaries to form a window portion for irradiation and detection and a sample injection portion for injecting a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Tomoyuki Kamata, Atsushi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Sonehara, Tatemi Ido, Kunio Harada
  • Publication number: 20070050729
    Abstract: There is provided with a display apparatus including: a display apparatus which displays a first window and a second window, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a composite object obtained by composing a first object and a second object, from a server; a display unit configured to display the composite object in the first window; a window overlap detector configured to detect an overlap between the second window and the composite object in the first window, and to obtain a position of the overlap in the first window; a layout determiner configured to determine layouts of the objects in the composite object according to the position of the overlap so as not to place the first object and the second object on the position of the overlap; and a transmitter configured to transmit information of the layouts of the objects determined by the layout determiner, to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takuya Kawamura, Hiroshi Kawazoe
  • Patent number: 7176402
    Abstract: An electronic part processing method for peeling off a resin coating of an electronic part having a terminal section. The method includes a step of irradiating, with plasma, a coated wire having copper as a principal constituent and a surface coated with a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Kenichiro Suetsugu, Hiroshi Kawazoe, Mitsuo Saitoh, Akio Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20060271265
    Abstract: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor. In one embodiment, the processor includes logic to automatically determine whether a first local required speed is greater than a second local required speed, and only if the first local required speed is greater than the second local required speed, automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change vehicle speed to a new set vehicle speed. In another embodiment, the processor includes logic to automatically determine a new set vehicle speed based at least on a change in local required speed and a current set vehicle speed, and only if the current set vehicle speed is greater than the determined new set vehicle speed, automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change vehicle speed to the determined new set vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060261350
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode with high luminous efficiency is provided which is free from deformation or defects of a crystal caused by a dopant. The light-emitting diode emits no light of unnecessary wavelengths and has a wide selection of emission wavelengths. The light-emitting diode comprises a light-emitting layer made of an ambipolar semiconductor containing no dopant, and an electron implanting electrode, that is, an n-electrode and a hole implanting electrode, that is, a p-electrode joined to the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Masahiro Orita, Hiroaki Yanagita, Satoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060261487
    Abstract: As a p-type ohmic contact electrode formation technique in a Group II-VI compound semiconductor, there is provided a material for forming an electrode that is low in resistance, stable, and not toxic, and is excellent in productivity, thereby providing an excellent semiconductor element. A semiconductor electrode material in the form of a material represented by a composition formula AXBYCZ (A: at least one element selected from Group 1B metal elements, B: at least one element selected from Group 8 metal elements, C: at least one element selected from S and Se), where X, Y, and Z are such that X+Y+Z=1, 0.20?X?0.35, 0.17?Y?0.30, and 0.45?Z?0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawazoe
  • Publication number: 20060225936
    Abstract: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor that receives at least (i) a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, (ii) a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, and (iii) a third signal indicative of a value of a current vehicle speed, wherein the processor includes logic to automatically determine a new set vehicle speed based at least on the first local required speed, the second local required speed, and the current vehicle speed and to automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change vehicle speed to a new set vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060229792
    Abstract: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor, wherein the processor includes logic to determine a vehicle acceleration rate value, wherein the processor is configured to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, a third signal indicative of a value of a current vehicle speed, and information that enables the processor to determine the vehicle acceleration rate value, wherein the processor further includes logic to automatically determine a new set vehicle speed based at least on the first local required speed, the second local required speed, the current vehicle speed, and the determined vehicle acceleration rate value, and automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change vehicle speed to the new set vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060229840
    Abstract: There are basically two types of rumble strips: shoulder/center rumble strips and in-lane rumble strips. In an embodiment of the invention, there is a device that automatically identifies the type of rumble strip with which a vehicle tire is in contact with. The device may include a processor adapted to receive input indicative of a state of rotation of a first vehicle tire and input indicative of a state of rotation of a second vehicle tire when one or more of the first vehicle tire and the second vehicle tire is in contact with a rumble strip. The processor includes logic to compare the state of rotation of the first vehicle tire to the state of rotation of the second vehicle tire, and determine from the comparison, the type of rumble strip in contact with at least one of the first vehicle tire and the second vehicle tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060224293
    Abstract: A device adapted to automatically control the effective output of a vehicle control system/component that, for example, automatically applies braking and/or steering control, in response to tire contact with a rumble strip. The device includes a processor configured to receive a first signal indicative of contact of a vehicle tire with a rumble strip. The processor also includes logic to determine that at least one vehicle tire is in contact with a rumble strip based at least on the first signal. If the processor has received the first signal and has determined that the at least one vehicle tire is in contact with the rumble strip, the processor then issues a command to control the effective output of at least one of a vehicle control component or a vehicle control system. For example, an automatically applied braking force may be reduced to ½ its normal applied force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060224294
    Abstract: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor adapted to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, and a third signal indicative of a value of a current set vehicle speed, wherein the processor includes logic to (i) automatically determine a new set vehicle speed based at least on the first local required speed, the second local required speed, and the current set vehicle speed; and (ii) automatically initiate output of a signal to a vehicle speed controller to change the vehicle speed to a new set vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20060214033
    Abstract: A fuel injector 10 may comprise a valve body 14 having a fuel path, a valve seat 23 fixed to a downstream end of the valve body, and a valve 25 that opens and closes a fuel injection hole of the valve seat 23. The valve may be housed within the valve body in a manner allowing sliding. An armature 31 may be attached to an upstream end of the valve 25, and a valve closing element 32 may be attached to a downstream end of the valve 25. A core 21 may be disposed at an upstream side of the armature 31. A downstream end surface of the core 21 faces an upstream end surface of the armature 31. When the valve 25 opens the fuel injection hole, the downstream end surface of the core 21 makes contact with the upstream end surface of the armature 31. A non-magnetic ring 20 may be disposed at an outer circumference side of the armature 31 and the core 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuaki Koyanagi, Hiroshi Kawazoe
  • Patent number: 7109850
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a device to alter transfer characteristics of a road departure warning installation installed on a road to a driver of a vehicle, including a rumble strip sensor to sense input from a rumble strip and an adjustable vehicle component in communication with the rumble strip sensor, the adjustable vehicle component configured to automatically adjust to increase an amount of input from the rumble strip sensed by the driver. Another embodiment of the present invention includes a device to estimate lateral displacement of a vehicle based on the location of a rumble strip installed on a road with respect to the vehicle, the device including a processor configured to receive four signals indicative of contact of a rumble strip with respective associated four tires of the vehicle and to estimate a lateral distance that the vehicle has traveled beyond the detected rumble strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7102539
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a device to alter transfer characteristics of a road departure warning installation installed on a road to a driver of a vehicle, including a rumble strip sensor to sense input from a rumble strip and an adjustable vehicle component in communication with the rumble strip sensor, the adjustable vehicle component configured to automatically adjust to increase an amount of input from the rumble strip sensed by the driver. Another embodiment of the present invention includes a device to estimate lateral displacement of a vehicle based on the location of a rumble strip installed on a road with respect to the vehicle, the device including a processor configured to receive four signals indicative of contact of a rumble strip with respective associated four tires of the vehicle and to estimate a lateral distance that the vehicle has traveled beyond the detected rumble strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroshi Tsuda