Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kubota
Hiroshi Kubota 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: 12131910Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a substrate processor configured to process a substrate with a gas of a first substance and a gas of a second substance, and discharge a first gas including the first substance and/or the second substance. The apparatus further includes a disposer configured to discard the first gas discharged from the substrate processor. The apparatus further includes a recoverer configured to generate a second gas including the second substance by using the first substance in the first gas discharged from the substrate processor, and supply the second gas to the substrate processor.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Motoki Fujii, Hiroshi Kubota, Fumiki Aiso
-
Publication number: 20240327140Abstract: A luggage stowing device includes a second hand luggage detection unit detecting information of pieces of hand luggage transported by a main conveyor, a stowing robot stowing pieces of the hand luggage transported by the main conveyor with respect to two containers, and a stowing computation unit and a stowing control unit controlling the stowing robot such that at least one of the order of priority of the containers for stowing pieces of the hand luggage and the order of stowing pieces of the hand luggage in the containers with respect to the order of transporting pieces of the hand luggage is adjusted on the basis of the information of pieces of the hand luggage detected by the second hand luggage detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Hiroshi KUBOTA, Masanori FURUHASHI, Wataru NAGAI
-
Patent number: 12045775Abstract: A part management apparatus may include an acquisition unit configured to acquire part information indicating a part having a symptom of a failure among a plurality of parts configuring a drive mechanism mounted to a vehicle. The part management apparatus may include an identification unit configured to refer to a storage unit that is configured to store a material configuring each of the plurality of parts to identify a material of the part indicated by the part information. The part management apparatus may include a notification unit configured to notify a material management apparatus configured to manage an inventory of a material of a part, of information related to the material of the part.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhito Takei, Atsushi Fujikawa, Tsutomu Kamiyamaguchi, Fumihiro Yoshino, Hiroshi Kimura, Ryosuke Itoyama, Ryuzo Sakamoto, Atsushi Kubota
-
Patent number: 12041385Abstract: An image recording system includes a processor. The processor acquires a time series RAW image group including a plurality of time series RAW images in a first time section. The processor extracts, from the time series RAW image group, a recording candidate RAW image group included in a second time section as a part of the first time section. The processor records at least one RAW image included in the recording candidate RAW image group as a recording target RAW image which is a RAW image to be recorded. The processor selects the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group. The processor converts the RAW image which is not selected as the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group or the time series RAW image group to compressed data, and records the compressed data.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Yamato Kanda, Makoto Kitamura, Akihiro Kubota, Takao Tsuruoka
-
Patent number: 12025705Abstract: A distance measuring device is a distance measuring device that performs processing on a time-series luminance signal generated on the basis of a sensor output corresponding to reflected light of laser light. The distance measuring device includes a storage circuit and a determination circuit. The storage circuit stores a first time-series luminance signal based on reflected light from a first measurement target of laser light and a second time-series luminance signal based on reflected light from a second measurement target of laser light. The determination circuit determines, on the basis of correlation between the first time-series luminance signal and the second time-series luminance signal, whether the first measurement target and the second measurement target are the same measurement target.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Kubota, Nobu Matsumoto
-
Patent number: 12007481Abstract: A sensor includes an avalanche photodiode (APD), a first resistor, a second resistor, and a rectification element. The first resistor is connected between a current output terminal of the APD and a first output terminal. The second resistor and the rectification element are connected in series between the current output terminal and a second output terminal. The rectification element is connected between the second resistor and the second output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kubota, Nobu Matsumoto
-
Patent number: 12007479Abstract: A distance measuring device according to this embodiment includes a plurality of sensors, a switching circuit, and a distance measurement circuit. The plurality of sensors that convert reflected light of laser light received via a light-receiving optical system into an electric signal. The plurality of sensors respectively have different light receiving positions with respect to the light-receiving optical system. The switching circuit switches and outputs an output signal output from a first sensor used for measurement and an output signal output from a second sensor used for measurement after the measurement by the first sensor among the plurality of sensors. The distance measurement circuit measures the distance to a measurement target object on the basis of a time difference between light emission timing of the laser light and timing of a peak position of a time-series luminance signal based on the output signal of the switching circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Kubota, Nobu Matsumoto
-
Patent number: 11994624Abstract: A photodetector includes a plurality of cells each configured to detect light and including: a light receiving element configured to output an electrical signal upon receipt of the light, a resistor connected to the light receiving element, and first and second switches connected to the resister. Either the first switch or the second switch is turned on according to a selection signal. The photodetector further includes a first output terminal connected to the first switch of each of the cells and through which a first output signal is output based on the electrical signal that has been output from the first switch, and a second output terminal connected to the second switch of each of the cells and through which a second output signal is output based on the electrical signal that has been output from the second switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Kubota, Nobu Matsumoto, Tomonori Fukushima
-
Patent number: 11988745Abstract: According to an embodiment, a distance measuring device measures a distance to the measured object base on light scattered on the measured object is detected. The distance measuring device includes an optical detector and a measurer. The optical detector detects the scattered light. The measurer has a sampler to sample a signal corresponding to an output signal of the optical detector every time when the light is emitted at a plurality of sampling time points and a storage to accumulate sampling values and store an accumulation value at each sampling time point. The measurer measures the distance based on a plurality of accumulation values at the sampling time points.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Kubota, Tomonori Fukushima, Nobu Matsumoto
-
Patent number: 11960004Abstract: A light detector according to an embodiment includes a light receiver and a controller. The light receiver includes sensors and pixels. The sensors are arranged two-dimensionally on a substrate. The controller is configured to set a light-receiving region in which the sensors are selectively turned on in the light receiver. The controller sets first and second light-receiving regions. The first and second light-receiving regions include first and second pixel, respectively. The second light-receiving region is arranged away from an optical axis of laser light received by the light receiver. The controller, after turning on each of the first pixel and the second pixel, is further configured to turn off the second pixel in a state in which the first pixel is turned on.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kubota, Nobu Matsumoto
-
Publication number: 20240045036Abstract: A signal processing device according to an embodiment includes input ends, first to Nth output ends, and a control circuit. The input ends respectively input signals. The first to Nth output ends are respectively associated with first to Nth groups (N is an integer of not less than two). Each of the first to Nth groups includes M (M is an integer of not less than two) consecutive input ends. The control circuit output, to the kth output end, a signal based on a signal obtained by adding signals respectively input to the M consecutive input ends of the kth group (k an integer of not less than 1 and not more than N). The control circuit switches combinations of input ends as the M input ends to set different combinations at the first setting to the Mth setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Hiroshi KUBOTA, Nobu MATSUMOTO, Katsuyuki KIMURA
-
Patent number: 11859286Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a first gas feeder, a first gas processor and a second gas feeder. The first gas feeder is provided above a stage on which a substrate is to be placed and feeds a first gas to the substrate. The first gas processor supplies high frequency power to the stage and renders the first gas fed from the first gas feeder into plasma. The second gas feeder is provided above the stage and feeds a second gas more difficult to render into plasma than the first gas to an outer periphery of the first gas having been rendered into plasma.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Yuya Matsubara, Hiroshi Kubota
-
Publication number: 20230420635Abstract: A roll press device is provided and includes a pair of press rolls; and an auxiliary roll that is disposed on at least one of upstream and downstream of the pair of press rolls, wherein the roll press device is configured to press a laminate structure by allowing the laminate structure to pass between the pair of press rolls, and wherein a laminate structure contact surface of the auxiliary roll is positioned above or below a virtual plane that the laminate structure includes when the laminate structure passes between the pair of press rolls.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Makiko OIKAWA, Kazuhiko MORIZAWA, Hiroshi KUBOTA
-
Patent number: 11828522Abstract: A cryogenic refrigerator includes a cooling unit and a magnetic shielding unit. The cooling unit is configured to cool a refrigerant. The magnetic shielding unit covers around the cooling unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Jun Kondo, Kunio Kazami, Hiroshi Kubota, Shunichi Matsumoto, Takahiro Umeno, Syoji Takami, Takuji Ito
-
Patent number: 11774562Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light detector includes: a first set of light detection elements and a second set of light detection elements each being disposed in a first region on a substrate; and a first selection and integration circuit and a second selection and integration circuit each being disposed in a second region outside of the first region on the substrate. The first selection and integration circuit is configured to select a first subset of light detection elements in the first set, and integrate outputs from the light detection elements in the first subset. The second selection and integration circuit is configured to select a second subset of light detection elements in the second set, and integrate outputs from the light detection elements in the second subset.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kubota, Nobu Matsumoto
-
Publication number: 20230293075Abstract: A biomagnetic measuring apparatus includes a biomagnetic detector, a first marker configured to be detectable by the biomagnetic detector, a radiation source, a radiation detector provided to face the radiation source, and a second marker configured such that an image of the second marker can be captured by the radiation source and the radiation detector. Positional information about the first marker and the second marker is known or obtainable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Haruka KURIHARA, Yoshinori OKADA, Hiroshi KUBOTA, Makoto INAMOTO, Nobuhiro SHIMA
-
Publication number: 20230296733Abstract: A LiDAR device according to an embodiment includes a rotating mirror having reflective surfaces, first/second light emitters each emitting light toward the rotating mirror, and first/second light receivers each receiving light reflected by the rotating mirror and converting the received light into an electrical signal. The first light emitter emits light in an orientation where an upper section of a distance measurement range is scanned. The second light emitter emits light in an orientation where a lower section of the distance measurement range is scanned. The first light receiver is provided at a position where light emitted by the first light emitter and reflected at the distance measurement range is received via the rotating mirror. The second light receiver is provided at a position where light emitted by the second light emitter and reflected at the distance measurement range is received via the rotating mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Masatoshi HIRONO, Hiroshi KUBOTA, Nobu MATSUMOTO, Katsuyuki KIMURA
-
Publication number: 20230288543Abstract: According to the present embodiment, a light receiving device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a photoelectric conversion element configured to be able to detect incidence of a photon and a power supply portion configured to change an applied voltage applied across both ends of the photoelectric conversion element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroshi KUBOTA, Nobu MATSUMOTO, Katsuyuki KIMURA
-
Patent number: 11757083Abstract: A laminate structure includes a substrate; a first layer provided on a first surface of the substrate; and a second layer provided on a second surface of the substrate. The first layer includes a first end portion and a second end portion along a width direction of the substrate, the second layer includes a third end portion and a fourth end portion along the width direction of the substrate, the first end portion is opposite to the third end portion, the second end portion is opposite to the fourth end portion. An end surface of the third end portion includes an inclined surface or a stair shape or a combined shape of the inclined surface and the stair shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makiko Oikawa, Kazuhiko Morizawa, Hiroshi Kubota
-
Publication number: 20230243969Abstract: A sensor includes an avalanche photodiode (APD), a first resistor, a second resistor, and a rectification element. The first resistor is connected between a current output terminal of the APD and a first output terminal. The second resistor and the rectification element are connected in series between the current output terminal and a second output terminal. The rectification element is connected between the second resistor and the second output terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi KUBOTA, Nobu MATSUMOTO