Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sato

Hiroshi Sato 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: 20240363307
    Abstract: A mark-position-measurement-apparatus includes a stage with an object having plural marks thereon, a sensor including an irradiator irradiating beams to the object, and a photoreceiver receiving a reflected light from the object and outputting a height-position distribution of the object surface, a position-calculation-circuit to calculate, for each mark, a position of a mark-candidate-signal acquired in a scanned region, by using the height-position distribution, for each mark, obtained by scanning the beam over the plural marks to be intersected with one of the plural marks, a combination-generation-circuit to generate plural combinations by combining mark-candidate-signals selected from the plural marks when plural mark-candidate-signals are acquired, in a scanning direction, for at least one mark, and a selection-circuit to select a combination of mark-candidate-signals, being mark signals of the plural marks, from the plural combinations, by comparing, with a predetermined reference value, relative posit
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20240361670
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a fixed member including a fixed base; a movable member that is movable relative to the fixed member, the movable member including a lens holder configured to hold a lens body so as to face an imaging element; a first shape memory alloy wire; a second shape memory alloy wire; a first conductive path; a second conductive path; a common conductive path; and a driver configured to be electrically connected to the first conductive path, the second conductive path, and the common conductive path, and supply a current to the first shape memory alloy wire and the second shape memory alloy wire and drive the first shape memory alloy wire and the second shape memory alloy wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Touichi OKUNO, Kiyoto SATO, Hiroshi OSADA
  • Patent number: 12130437
    Abstract: Provided are: an image display apparatus that can display augmented reality in a virtual image is superimposed on a bright real scene; and AR glasses including the image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes: a display element; and a reflective polarization diffraction element that reflects an image displayed by the display element, in which the polarization diffraction element has a region where a period of a diffraction structure decreases in a direction away from the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Katsumi Sasata, Yukito Saitoh
  • Patent number: 12130435
    Abstract: Provided are a light guide element and an image display apparatus capable of suppressing the occurrence of multiple images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Katsumi Sasata, Yukito Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20240355665
    Abstract: A production method for an adhesive sheet for semiconductor device production including: preparing a backing material-attached laminated body including a laminated body and a backing material; a laminated body cutting step of making an incision in the laminated body along any cut-out shape; and a backing material peeling step of peeling the backing material from the laminated body, wherein in the backing material peeling step, a portion of the laminated body existing in a region surrounded by the incision is attached to the backing material and removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta KIKUCHI, Hiroyuki IZAWA, Takashi TATSUZAWA, Mayumi SATO, Yasuo MAEHARA, Hiroshi TAKAIRA, Takahiro FUKUI, Katsuhiko TOMISAKA, Toshiaki MATSUZAKI
  • Patent number: 12125650
    Abstract: A switch to be attached to a panel having an opening in a surface includes: a stationary member to be attached to the panel; a movable member to be placed at a distance from the panel, the movable member having a manipulation surface separated from the panel in the opening with a gap intervening between the manipulation surface and the panel, the manipulation surface being exposed from the opening; and a vibration element disposed between the stationary member and the movable member, the vibration element vibrating the movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Suzuki, Hiroshi Wakuda, Ko Owada, Tetsu Numata, Kunio Sato
  • Patent number: 12124061
    Abstract: Provided are a method of forming a photo-alignment film having a large size that can appropriately align a liquid crystal compound can be formed and a method of forming a liquid crystal layer having a large size in which alignment defects of a liquid crystal compound can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitake Mitobe, Yukito Saitoh, Hiroshi Sato, Katsumi Sasata, Akiko Watano
  • Patent number: 12122628
    Abstract: A sheet sorting apparatus includes a second tray arranged below a first tray detachable from a main body having a first discharge port corresponding to the first tray and a second discharge port corresponding to the second tray, a discharge unit, a tray detecting unit, and a control unit. The discharge unit discharges a sheet toward the first or second discharge port. In a state that the first tray is detached from the main body and the discharge unit discharges sheets from the first discharge port to the second tray and then the first tray is detected as attached to the main body, the control unit selects a discharge destination of a second sheet, subsequent to a first sheet discharged and stacked first after the first tray is attached to the main body, such that the second sheet is stacked on a tray having the first sheet thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Chihara, Genki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Sato
  • Patent number: 12126137
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a laminated structure body 20 which is formed from a GaN-based compound semiconductor and in which a first compound semiconductor layer 21 including a first surface 21a and a second surface 21b that is opposed to the first surface 21a, an active layer 23 that faces the second surface 21b of the first compound semiconductor layer 21, and a second compound semiconductor layer 22 including a first surface 22a that faces the active layer 23 and a second surface 22b that is opposed to the first surface 22a are laminated; a first light reflection layer 41 that is provided on the first surface 21a side of the first compound semiconductor layer 21; and a second light reflection layer 42 that is provided on the second surface 22b side of the second compound semiconductor layer 22. The first light reflection layer 41 includes a concave mirror portion 43, and the second light reflection layer 42 has a flat shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Sato, Tatsushi Hamaguchi, Shoichiro Izumi, Noriyuki Futagawa, Masamichi Ito, Jugo Mitomo, Hiroshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20240345672
    Abstract: A switch simulation device attachable to a touch panel includes a volume switch including a main body having first and second contact points, a head rotatable around a central axis of the main body and movable in the central axis direction, and an internal opening-and-closing unit electrically coupling and uncoupling the first and second contact points in response to movement of the head in the central axis direction, an operation member including a conductive material and coupled to the head to be rotatable and movable integrally with the head, a contact terminal that includes a conductive material, and is electrically coupled to the first contact point and in continuous contact with the operation member regardless of rotation and movement of the operation member, and a first coupler that electrically couples a first region of the touch panel to the second contact point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJISAWA, Yasunori SATO
  • Patent number: 12117711
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a light deflection device having a simple structure suitable for reducing the size and weight where a deflection angle can be increased. The object can be achieved with a light deflection device including: a light deflection element that deflects incident light in one direct to be emitted; a driving unit that drives the light deflection element; and a diffraction element that is disposed on a light emission side of the light deflection element in which a periodic structure pitch gradually changes from a center of deflection from the light deflection element toward an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukito Saitoh, Hiroshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20240340532
    Abstract: A focusing adjustment method of a camera module predicts, before completion of securing of a camera board to an optical system, a shrinkage deviation amount by which the optical system and the camera board will approach one another. The focusing adjustment method adjusts a position and an angle of the camera board to separate, by the predicted shrinkage deviation amount, the camera board from the optical system as compared with a focusing attitude of the image sensor with respect to the optical system where the optical system is in focus on the image sensor to accordingly offset the predicted shrinkage deviation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Ryohei OKAMOTO, Noboru KAWASAKI, Toshiki YASUE, Yasuki FURUTAKE, Hiroshi NAKAGAWA, Shunta SATO
  • Publication number: 20240337293
    Abstract: A flexible boot for a constant velocity universal joint includes: attachment portions to a mating member at both ends; and a bent portion provided between the attachment portions and absorbing deformation caused by operation of a constant velocity universal joint. The flexible boot is made of a rubber material obtained by blending 50 to 80 parts by weight of HNBR having an acrylonitrile content of 15 to 21 wt % and 20 to 50 parts by weight of EPDM, the rubber material having an elastic recovery rate of 18% or more at ?40° C. in a TR test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Mika KOHARA, Sho TAKESHITA, Hiroshi MURAKAMI, Shuichi SATO, Rina OZAWA, Kouji MASUJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240340516
    Abstract: A focus adjustment method for a camera module equipped with an optical system, an image sensor, and a camera substrate to which said image sensor is mounted. The focus adjustment method includes a measurement step of measuring an installation position and an installation angle of the image sensor on the camera substrate, an adjustment step of adjusting a position and an angle of the camera substrate relative to the optical system, and an assembly step of assembling the camera substrate to the optical system after adjusting the position and angle of the camera substrate. The adjustment step includes adjusting the position and angle of the camera substrate based on the installation position and angle of the image sensor as measured so that a position and an angle of the image sensor relative to the optical system become a set position and a set angle predefined according to the optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Ryohei OKAMOTO, Noboru KAWASAKI, Toshiki YASUE, Yasuki FURUTAKE, Hiroshi NAKAGAWA, Shunta SATO
  • Publication number: 20240337966
    Abstract: A toner container includes a toner storage unit, a container base portion including a discharge port provided on an outer surface of the container base portion, the outer surface extending in a first direction, the discharge port communicating with the toner storage unit, and a container shutter configured to be rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a direction along the first direction between a shielding position and an open position. The container base portion includes an engaging portion configured to be engaged with an engaged portion of the image forming apparatus so that rotation of the container base portion with respect to the image forming apparatus about the rotation axis is restricted. At least a part of the engaging portion of the container base portion is exposed from the container shutter in a case where the container shutter is in the shielding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Isao Koishi, Hiroshi Takarada, Shohei Katsuya, Shunsuke Hijikata, Goshi Ozaki, Mitsuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 12111504
    Abstract: An optical waveguide alignment method includes a step of covering an end portion of an optical fiber, an end portion of a PLC, and a microlens with an adhesive before curing in a state in which at least one microlens is disposed between incidence and emission end faces of end portions of the optical fiber and the PLC, a step of causing light for alignment to be incident on at least one of the optical fiber or the PLC so that light enters a portion covered with the adhesive between the optical fiber and the PLC, and a step of curing the adhesive after the microlens moves onto an optical path between the optical fiber and the PLC due to radiation pressure of light. The optical fiber and the PLC are optically connected via the adhesive and the microlens, and the optical fiber, the PLC, and the microlens are mechanically connected by the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Makoto Abe, Norio Sato, Atsushi Aratake
  • Patent number: 12111601
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Takarada, Kenji Matsuzaka, Takao Sameshima, Tomio Noguchi, Yuichiro Inaba, Kenichi Iida, Masaaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20240329418
    Abstract: Provided are a beam combiner that can form a fine and clear interference pattern, a method of forming an alignment film in which a fine and clear alignment pattern can be obtained, and a method of manufacturing an optical element including a fine and clear liquid crystal alignment pattern. The beam combiner element includes: a beam combiner element that emits light where right/left circularly polarized light components are combined; a polarization separating element that separates incidence light into two right or left circularly polarized light components; and a light control element that focuses or diffuses light and is provided on at least one optical path of circularly polarized light incident into the beam combiner element, in which an absolute value of an ellipticity of circularly polarized light emitted from the beam combiner element is 0.8 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji IIJIMA, Takashi YONEMOTO, Hiroshi SATO, Masaaki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240332903
    Abstract: A light emitting element according to the present disclosure includes a first light reflecting layer 41, a laminated structure 20, and a second light reflecting layer 42 laminated to each other. The laminated structure 20 includes a first compound semiconductor layer 21, a light emitting layer 23, and a second compound semiconductor layer 22 laminated to each other from a side of the first light reflecting layer. Light from the laminated structure 20 is emitted to an outside via the first light reflecting layer 41 or the second light reflecting layer 42. The first light reflecting layer 41 has a structure in which at least two types of thin films 41A and 41B are alternately laminated to each other in plural numbers. A film thickness modulating layer 80 is provided between the laminated structure 20 and the first light reflecting layer 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsushi HAMAGUCHI, Jugo MITOMO, Hiroshi NAKAJIMA, Masamichi ITO, Susumu SATO
  • Patent number: 12103040
    Abstract: A vibration generating device includes a housing; a diaphragm supported by the housing, and configured to generate sound by vibrating in a first direction; and a vibration providing part attached to the housing, and configured to vibrate the housing. The vibration providing part vibrates the housing in the first direction at a first frequency, and vibrates the housing in a second direction at a second frequency lower than the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Sato, Hiroshi Wakuda, Tadamitsu Sato