Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Matsubara

Hiroshi Matsubara 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: 20240351713
    Abstract: A power feeding system 1 includes a floating body 11 having power and a control function and an unmanned aerial vehicle 21 that observes environmental information using the floating body 11 as a base, in which the floating body 11 includes a power feeding device 12 that moves in a space below a top surface of the floating body 11 with reference to one of a plurality of planes arranged in a lattice shape on the floating body 11, roughly specifies a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle 21 in two dimensions based on a reflectance of an emitted radio wave, estimates and calculates a power feeding position of the unmanned aerial vehicle 21 based on a reflectance of an output light beam reflected on a reflector attached to a back surface corresponding to a power receiving position of the unmanned aerial vehicle 21, and feeds the unmanned aerial vehicle 21 with power at the power feeding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Go ITAMI, Tsuneko KURA, Hiroshi MATSUBARA, Jun KATO
  • Patent number: 12107433
    Abstract: A synchronization system for synchronizing phases of alternating currents supplied from a plurality of power supply devices includes a master unit that outputs a synchronization signal having a predetermined period. Each power supply device includes: a power supply circuit that supplies an alternating current to a power feeding line; and a power supply control unit that receives the synchronization signal and controls the power supply circuit. The power supply control unit calculates an adjusted phase by delaying a phase of the received synchronization signal by an amount corresponding to a prescribed delay time and advancing the delayed phase by an amount corresponding to a time required to transmit the synchronization signal from the master unit to the power supply control unit, and controls the power supply circuit in such as manner as to synchronize the phase of the alternating current with the adjusted phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20240302769
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method including: developing, with an electrostatic charge image developing toner, a latent image formed on a photoreceptor in which a photosensitive layer is formed on a support containing aluminum as a main component; transferring a toner image on the photoreceptor onto a transfer target; and rubbing and removing the electrostatic charge image developing toner remaining on the photoreceptor after the transferring. The support contains silicon in a range of more than 0.6% by mass and 12.6% by mass or less, a shape factor of toner particles included in the electrostatic charge image developing toner is in a range of 0.800 to 0.970, and a content of the toner particles having a particle diameter of 2 ?m or less is in a range of 5% by number to 30% by number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kazumi OURA, Hiroshi NAGASAWA, Masaharu MATSUBARA, Koji SHIBATA, Akihiko ITAMI, Makoto NOMIYA, Natsuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20240284121
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes an acoustic MEMS device. An acoustic path communicates with the acoustic MEMS device. Ultrasound generated by vibration of the acoustic MEMS device can resonate in the acoustic path. An ultrasonic transducer has sound pressure frequency characteristics such that sound pressure peaks occur as a result of a combination of resonance of the acoustic MEMS device and resonance in the acoustic path. A relationship of about 5?(f0?fl)/f0×100?about 33 is satisfied, where f0 represents a resonance frequency of the acoustic MEMS device and fl represents a frequency lower than the resonance frequency and closest to the resonance frequency among frequencies at which the sound pressure peaks occur in the sound pressure frequency characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Shinsuke IKEUCHI, Hiroshi MATSUBARA, Ryosuke NIWA
  • Publication number: 20240270567
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface facing a side opposite to the first surface, an opening, an acoustic MEMS element fixed to the first surface to cover the opening, an annular electrode surrounding the opening on the second surface, and a solder resist layer covering the second surface adjacently to the annular electrode on an outer side and an inner side of the annular electrode The solder resist layer includes a first cutaway portion to connect a first portion and a second portion to each other, the first portion being any portion in an edge of the annular electrode the second portion being any portion in an edge of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUBARA, Shinsuke IKEUCHI, Ryosuke NIWA, Takahiro ASADA
  • Publication number: 20240265800
    Abstract: A past disaster information storage section (28) that stores disaster information related to a disaster that has occurred in the past and a disaster information acquisition section (32) that acquires current disaster information related to a disaster that has occurred this time are included. A disaster prediction section (35) that predicts future disaster information caused by a disaster that has occurred this time on the basis of current disaster information acquired by the disaster information acquisition section (32) and past disaster information stored in the past disaster information storage section (28), and a display control section (37) that displays an image in which the current disaster information and the future disaster information are superimposed are further included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuneko Kura, Naoko KOSAKA, Akira KOYAMA, Hiroshi MATSUBARA, Jun KATO
  • Publication number: 20230411985
    Abstract: A charger includes a power regulator that regulates power supplied from a power supply and outputs the power to a power storage device, a current detector that detects a battery current supplied to the power storage device, a voltage detector that detects a battery voltage, a controller that performs feedback control over the power regulator based on the battery current and the battery voltage, a feedback signal generator that generates, based on the battery current and the battery voltage, a power feedback signal usable for constant current control and constant voltage control, and a feedback calculator that generates, based on a difference between a command value and the power feedback signal, a control signal to control the power regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Daizo Ninomiya, Atsushi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Matsubara, Hiroshi Onishi
  • Patent number: 11831299
    Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a filter, and a common inductor. The mounting substrate includes a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other. The filter includes series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators, and is disposed on the first main surface. The mounting substrate includes a ground terminal on the second main surface. A first end of the common inductor is connected to all of the parallel arm resonators. A second end of the common inductor is connected to the ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiteru Sugaya, Syunsuke Kido, Masanori Kato, Hiroshi Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20230318558
    Abstract: A radio-frequency circuit includes a first switch, a first filter, a second filter, a third filter, and a fourth filter. The first switch is capable of selectively connecting a first selection terminal or a second selection terminal to a first common terminal. The first filter and the second filter are connected to the first selection terminal. The third filter and the fourth filter are connected to the second selection terminal. The first filter and the third filter are band pass filters. The second filter is a band elimination filter. A pass band of the first filter and a rejection band of the second filter overlap each other. The pass band of the first filter and a pass band of the third filter overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Masanori KATO, Syunsuke KIDO, Atsushi ONO, Hiroshi MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20230253826
    Abstract: A synchronization system for synchronizing phases of alternating currents supplied from a plurality of power supply devices includes a master unit that outputs a synchronization signal having a predetermined period. Each power supply device includes: a power supply circuit that supplies an alternating current to a power feeding line; and a power supply control unit that receives the synchronization signal and controls the power supply circuit. The power supply control unit calculates an adjusted phase by delaying a phase of the received synchronization signal by an amount corresponding to a prescribed delay time and advancing the delayed phase by an amount corresponding to a time required to transmit the synchronization signal from the master unit to the power supply control unit, and controls the power supply circuit in such as manner as to synchronize the phase of the alternating current with the adjusted phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11689187
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a first matching circuit having one end connected to a common terminal; a first filter that has one end connected to the other end of the first matching circuit and the other end connected to a first terminal; a second matching circuit having one end connected to the common terminal; a second filter that has one end connected to the other end of the second matching circuit and the other end connected to a second terminal; and a third filter that has one end connected to the common terminal and the other end connected to a third terminal. The first matching circuit includes a first inductor connected on a first signal path in the first matching circuit. The second matching circuit includes a second inductor connected between a second signal path in the second matching circuit and ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20230112175
    Abstract: In a radio-frequency module, a hybrid filter includes an acoustic wave filter including at least one acoustic wave resonator, an inductor having a winding portion, and a capacitor. A plurality of outer electrodes of the acoustic wave filter includes a first input and output electrode connected to a first signal terminal, a second input and output electrode connected to a second signal terminal, and a ground electrode connected to a ground terminal. The inductor is disposed on a first major surface of a mounting substrate and is adjacent to the acoustic wave filter in plan view in a thickness direction of the mounting substrate. When viewed in a direction of a winding axis of the winding portion of the inductor, an inner part of the winding portion in the inductor does not overlap any of the first input and output electrode, the second input and output electrode, and ground electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke NISHIO, Yukiteru SUGAYA, Masaki TADA, Masanori KATO, Syunsuke KIDO, Hiroshi MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20230060305
    Abstract: A first filter is a hybrid filter including an acoustic wave filter, a plurality of first inductors, and a plurality of first capacitors. A high frequency module further includes a metal electrode layer covering at least part of a resin layer and at least part of an outer peripheral surface of a mounting substrate. Among a plurality of inductors including the plurality of first inductors of the first filter and a plurality of second inductors of a second filter, at least one inductor (the second inductor) is a circuit element including a conductor pattern portion formed in the mounting substrate. The shortest distance between the outer peripheral surface of the mounting substrate and a signal terminal (a third signal terminal) connected to the circuit element is longer than the shortest distance between the outer peripheral surface of the mounting substrate and the circuit element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUBARA, Hidemori AKAGI
  • Patent number: 11595014
    Abstract: A filter circuit that secures the steepness from a pass range to an attenuation range while maintaining a wide-band transmission characteristic and a filter device including this filter circuit are formed. A filter circuit includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter is a filter including an LC circuit in which a first frequency band is a pass band and a frequency band not higher than the first frequency band is an attenuation band. The second filter is a filter that attenuates a second frequency band within the first frequency band by using an attenuation pole produced by a resonance or an antiresonance of an acoustic wave resonator. Further, the first filter is placed closer to an antenna terminal than the second filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsubara, Masanori Kato, Syunsuke Kido
  • Patent number: 11587738
    Abstract: A capacitor that includes a substrate, a lower electrode on the substrate, a dielectric film on the lower electrode, an upper electrode on a part of the dielectric film, a protective layer that covers the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and an external electrode that penetrates the protective layer. The external electrode is formed only in a region defined by a periphery of the upper electrode in a plan view of the capacitor viewed from an upper surface thereof towards the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatomi Harada, Junko Izumitani, Takeshi Kagawa, Hiroshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11545304
    Abstract: A plurality of capacitors and a holding body constructed to hold the plurality of capacitors. Each of the plurality of capacitors includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer, a second electrode layer, and an outer electrode. Among a first capacitor and a second capacitor of the plurality of capacitors, the second capacitor has a shape different from a shape of the first capacitor in at least one of the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer, and the outer electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatomi Harada, Masaki Takeuchi, Takeshi Kagawa, Hiroshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11533806
    Abstract: A filter includes a first input/output electrode and the second input/output electrode, and is arranged on a first main surface of a mounting substrate. The mounting substrate includes a first land electrode, a second land electrode, a ground terminal, and a plurality of via conductors. The first land electrode is connected to the first input/output electrode. The second land electrode is connected to the second input/output electrode. The ground terminal is located closer to a second main surface side than the first main surface in a thickness direction of the mounting substrate. The plurality of via conductors is arranged between the first main surface and the second main surface, and is connected to the ground terminal. The plurality of via conductors is located between the first land electrode and the second land electrode in a plan view from the thickness direction of the mounting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsubara, Masanori Kato, Yukiteru Sugaya, Syunsuke Kido
  • Publication number: 20220376036
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided that includes a substrate 10 with first and second opposing main surfaces, a circuit layer disposed on the first main surface, and a first resin body on a surface of the circuit layer opposite from the substrate. The circuit layer includes first and second electrode layers on a side of the semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer disposed between the electrode layers, a first outer electrode electrically connected to the first electrode layer and extended to the surface of the circuit layer, and a second outer electrode electrically connected to the second electrode layer and extended to the surface of the circuit layer. The first resin body is between the first and second outer electrodes in a plan view, and in sectional view, a tip end of the first resin body is positioned higher than tip ends of the first and second outer electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUBARA, Masatomi HARADA, Takeshi KAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220345158
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes filters and low pass filters. A second frequency band and a third frequency band are partially different. A first frequency band does not overlap the second frequency band and the third frequency band. One end of the filter is connected to a common terminal and the other end is connected to an input/output terminal. The low pass filter is connected in one end to the common terminal and in the other end to one end of the filter. The other end of the filter is connected to one end of the low pass filter. The other end of the low pass filter is connected to the input/output terminal. One end of the filter is connected to a node between the other end of the low pass filter and one end of the filter and the other end of the filter is connected to the input/output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Masanori KATO, Syunsuke KIDO, Yukiteru SUGAYA, Hiroshi MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20220336155
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second main surfaces that oppose each other in a thickness direction, and a circuit layer disposed on the first main surface. The circuit layer includes a first electrode layer on a side of the semiconductor substrate, a second electrode layer that faces the first electrode layer, a dielectric layer disposed between the electrode layers, and a first outer electrode electrically connected to the first electrode layer through an opening in the dielectric layer. An end portion of the dielectric layer on a side of the first region is in contact with the first electrode layer, and in the dielectric layer, a size of the end portion in the thickness direction is smaller than a size of an inter-electrode portion between the first and second electrode layers in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi KAGAWA, Masatomi HARADA, Hiroshi MATSUBARA