Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Masuda

Hiroshi Masuda 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: 20170345865
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a first electrode formed above a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion film formed on the first electrode and for converting light into signal charges; a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion film; a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the first electrode and for accumulating the signal charges converted from the light by the photoelectric conversion film; a reset gate electrode for resetting the charge accumulation region; an amplification transistor for amplifying the signal charges accumulated in the charge accumulation region; and a contact plug in direct contact with the charge accumulation region, comprising a semiconductor material, and for electrically connecting to each other the first electrode and the charge accumulation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke SAKATA, Mitsuyoshi MORI, Yutaka HIROSE, Hiroshi MASUDA, Hitoshi KURIYAMA, Ryohei MIYAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9802485
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus for use in a vehicle that prevents reduction in driver visibility and adds no constrains to vehicle interior design. The display apparatus includes an indicator unit and a reflection receiving surface. The indicator unit includes a housing, an indicator accommodated in the housing, and a face glass sheet attached to the housing in such a manner that the indicator is visible. The reflection receiving surface receives light traveling from an eye range and reflecting off the face glass sheet. the face glass sheet is formed into a cross-sectional concavity depressed toward the indicator. The concavity provides a curved surface that reflects the light from the eye range to the reflection receiving surface. The reflection receiving surface is a back surface of a vehicle structure placed at a position at which there is space between the reflection receiving surface and the face glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masuda, Yoshiyuki Furuya
  • Patent number: 9787276
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a device body and first through n-th LC parallel resonators connected in series with each other. The first through n-th LC parallel resonators respectively include first through n-th inductors and first through n-th capacitors. The first through n-th inductors are disposed in a first direction in the device body in this order. The first and n-th inductors are provided with a spiral shape or a helical shape such that they turn around respective winding axes extending along a second direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular or substantially perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction. At least one of the second through (n?1)-th inductors is provided with a helical shape such that it turns around a winding axis extending along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masuda, Tomoshiro Isoshima
  • Publication number: 20170288633
    Abstract: A high pass filter includes a first LC series resonator including a first end connected to a signal path, and a second end connected to at least one ground terminal, a second LC series resonator including a third end electrically connected to the signal path, and a fourth end connected to the at least one ground terminal, and a third capacitor between a first portion extending from a first capacitor to a first inductor and a second portion extending from a second capacitor to a second inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi ASADA, Hiroshi MASUDA
  • Patent number: 9768226
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a first electrode formed above a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion film formed on the first electrode and for converting light into signal charges; a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion film; a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the first electrode and for accumulating the signal charges converted from the light by the photoelectric conversion film; a reset gate electrode for resetting the charge accumulation region; an amplification transistor for amplifying the signal charges accumulated in the charge accumulation region; and a contact plug in direct contact with the charge accumulation region, comprising a semiconductor material, and for electrically connecting to each other the first electrode and the charge accumulation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakata, Mitsuyoshi Mori, Yutaka Hirose, Hiroshi Masuda, Hitoshi Kuriyama, Ryohei Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20170170798
    Abstract: A low pass filter includes a first via-hole conductor connected to a first end portion of a first inductor and a third end portion of a second inductor and extending to another side in a lamination direction with respect to a second end portion of the first inductor and a fourth end portion of the second inductor, and a first capacitor electrically connected in parallel with at least a portion of the first inductor and a portion of the second inductor and defined by a first capacitor conductor layer. The low pass filter allows the interval between attenuation poles to be easily adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi MASUDA
  • Patent number: 9673498
    Abstract: In a high frequency filter, a multilayer structure includes a plurality of insulator layers, a first transmission line transmits an input signal, and a second transmission line is electromagnetic coupled with the first transmission line on the same insulator layer and transmits an output signal. A conductor layer defines capacitors with the first transmission line and the second transmission line with the insulator layer in between. A dielectric constant of the insulator layer that comes in contact with the first transmission line and the second transmission line is higher than a dielectric constant of an insulator layer other than the insulator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 9673772
    Abstract: A filter includes a multilayer body including a plurality of insulator layers stacked on top of one another. Outer electrodes are provided on surfaces of the multilayer body. A first resonator is connected to a first one of the outer electrodes and includes a first coil. A second resonator is connected to a second one of the outer electrodes and includes a second coil. A third resonator includes a third coil that is magnetically coupled with the first and second coils. The first and second coils are respectively defined by coil conductor layers provided on an insulator layer. The third coil is defined by via hole conductors that penetrate through the insulator layer in a z-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masuda, Takahiro Mori
  • Patent number: 9634633
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a device body and first through n-th LC parallel resonators connected in series with each other. The first through n-th LC parallel resonators respectively include first through n-th inductors and first through n-th capacitors. The first through n-th inductors are disposed in the device body such that they are arranged in a first direction in this order. The first and n-th inductors are provided with a spiral shape such that they turn around respective winding axes extending along the first direction. At least one of the second through (n?1)-th inductors is provided with a helical shape such that it turns around a winding axis extending along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 9545241
    Abstract: It is provided a blood vessel function inspecting apparatus including: a blood vessel diameter measuring portion configured to measure a diameter of a blood vessel; a blood vessel wall thickness measuring portion configured to measure a wall thickness of the blood vessel; and a blood vessel function index value calculating portion configured to calculate a function index value for diagnosing the blood vessel of its function, after releasing of the blood vessel from blood flow obstruction, by dividing an amount of dilatation of said diameter of the blood vessel continuously measured by said blood vessel diameter measuring portion, by the wall thickness measured by said blood vessel wall thickness measuring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: UNEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masuda, Chikao Harada, Hidenori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9479136
    Abstract: In an electronic component, first through n-th LC parallel resonators respectively include first through n-th inductors disposed in a device body such that they are sequentially arranged in a first direction in an order from the first inductor to the n-th inductor. The first and the n-th inductors are wound around respective winding axes extending along the first direction. At least one predetermined inductor among the second through the (n?1)-th inductors is wound around a winding axis extending in a second direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction. A center of the predetermined inductor in the second direction is positioned toward one side of the second direction with respect to the winding axes of the first and the n-th inductors, as viewed from a plane of the device body in a third direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20160233844
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a device body and first through n-th LC parallel resonators connected in series with each other. The first through n-th LC parallel resonators respectively include first through n-th inductors and first through n-th capacitors. The first through n-th inductors are disposed in the device body such that they are arranged in a first direction in this order. The first and n-th inductors are provided with a spiral shape such that they turn around respective winding axes extending along the first direction. At least one of the second through (n-1)-th inductors is provided with a helical shape such that it turns around a winding axis extending along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20160233845
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a device body and first through n-th LC parallel resonators connected in series with each other. The first through n-th LC parallel resonators respectively include first through n-th inductors and first through n-th capacitors. The first through n-th inductors are disposed in a first direction in the device body in this order. The first and n-th inductors are provided with a spiral shape or a helical shape such that they turn around respective winding axes extending along a second direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular or substantially perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction. At least one of the second through (n?1)-th inductors is provided with a helical shape such that it turns around a winding axis extending along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi MASUDA, Tomoshiro ISOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9324757
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: pixels arranged in a matrix, a semiconductor substrate; a first electrode formed above the semiconductor substrate for each of the pixels; a photoelectric conversion film formed on the first electrode, for photoelectric conversion of light into signal charge; a charge accumulation region formed in the semiconductor substrate for accumulating the signal charge generated through the photoelectric conversion in the photoelectric conversion film; a contact plug for electrically connecting the first electrode and the charge accumulation region in a corresponding pixel; a high-concentration impurity region formed on a surface of the charge accumulation region, in a region in contact with the contact plug; a surface impurity region formed on the surface of the charge accumulation region, in a region not in contact with the contact plug; and a low-concentration impurity region formed between the high-concentration impurity region and the surface impurity region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Mori, Yutaka Hirose, Yoshihisa Kato, Yusuke Sakata, Hiroshi Masuda, Ryohei Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20160039287
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus for use in a vehicle that prevents reduction in driver visibility and adds no constrains to vehicle interior design. The display apparatus includes an indicator unit and a reflection receiving surface. The indicator unit includes a housing, an indicator accommodated in the housing, and a face glass sheet attached to the housing in such a manner that the indicator is visible. The reflection receiving surface receives light traveling from an eye range and reflecting off the face glass sheet. the face glass sheet is formed into a cross-sectional concavity depressed toward the indicator. The concavity provides a curved surface that reflects the light from the eye range to the reflection receiving surface. The reflection receiving surface is a back surface of a vehicle structure placed at a position at which there is space between the reflection receiving surface and the face glass sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi MASUDA, Yoshiyuki FURUYA
  • Publication number: 20160028997
    Abstract: An information-processing device is provided which includes a control unit, a viewing angle change processing unit, an unfold method change processing unit, a memory unit, and a re-video data generation processing unit. The control unit displays an omnidirectional image data by an unfold image, which is unfolded with one of at least two unfold methods. The viewing angle change processing unit changes the viewing-angle position of the unfold image. The unfold method change processing unit changes the unfold method of the unfold image. The memory unit stores the viewing-angle position information changed by the viewing-angle position-changing operation, the unfold-method information changed by the unfold-method changing operation, and either the video time information or information relating to a video time which has been changed. The re-video data generation processing unit generates the re-video data from the omnidirectional data based on the information stored in the memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kanai, Kazunori Gomi, Hiroshi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20150326815
    Abstract: An audiovisual apparatus includes: a display section configured to display a picture; and one or a plurality of main speakers and a plurality of sub-speakers each having a sound output surface generating sound corresponding to the picture. The sound output surfaces of one or more of the plurality of sub-speakers are arranged to be inclined toward outside of the display section as compared with the sound output surfaces of the main speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masuda, Tamotsu Saito
  • Patent number: 9122026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical waveguide comprising a lower cladding layer, a patternized core layer and an upper cladding layer, wherein a striking part for positioning is provided in one end part thereof, and an optical path turning mirror face is formed in a position different from a striking part-forming end part in the above core layer. Capable of being provided are an optical waveguide and an optoelectronic circuit board each having a simple configuration in which an optical device is not mounted on an optical wiring part or an optoelectronic composite wiring part and capable of connecting an optical device with a core of an optical waveguide in an optical wiring part (optical waveguide) or an optoelectronic composite wiring part (optoelectronic circuit board) at a high position accuracy and an optical module comprising an optical waveguide or an optoelectronic circuit board and a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masuda, Toshihiro Kuroda, Tomoaki Shibata
  • Patent number: 9089306
    Abstract: A blood vessel ultrasonic image measuring method capable of facilitating the positioning of an ultrasonic probe and acquiring sufficient positioning accuracy. Because of inclusion of an around-X-axis positioning step of causing a multiaxis driving device to position an ultrasonic probe such that distances from respective ultrasonic array probes to the center of a blood vessel are equalized, and an X-axis direction positioning step and an around-Z-axis positioning step of causing the multiaxis driving device to position the ultrasonic probe such that the image of the blood vessel is positioned at the center portion in the width direction of the first short axis image display area and the second short axis image display area, the positioning may be performed by using the positions in the longitudinal direction of the ultrasonic array probes relative to the blood vessel or the distances of the ultrasonic array probes to the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: UNEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikao Harada, Hiroshi Masuda, Hidenori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9083070
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a laminated body including a plurality of insulator layers laminated on each other in a lamination direction. A first strip line resonator is provided within a first region in the laminated body. A second strip line resonator is provided within a second region in the laminated body. A third strip line resonator is provided within the first region in the laminated body, and in a planar view in a lamination direction, the third strip line resonator and the first strip line resonator sandwich therebetween the second strip line resonator. A coupling conductor capacitively couples the first strip line resonator and the third strip line resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Masuda