Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sekiguchi

Hiroshi Sekiguchi 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: 20240372240
    Abstract: One aspect of the embodiments herein provides a distributed constant circuit which can be reduced in size or reduced in height. The distributed constant circuit includes: a dielectric including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface; a transmission line arranged on the first main surface; and a ground electrode arranged on the second main surface. The transmission line includes a first line, a second line, and a third line that are formed to have different widths. The transmission line includes a periodic structure in which the first line, the second line, the third line, the second line, and the first line are arranged in series in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiya NAGASAWA, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12108195
    Abstract: This reflective screen 10 reflects a part of image light beam projected from an image source LS, to display an image. The reflective screen 10 is provided with: a first optical shape layer 12 which has optical transparency and has a plurality of unit optical shapes 121 arranged on a rear surface thereof; and a reflective layer 13 which is formed in at least some of the unit optical shapes 121 and by which a part of incident light is reflected and at least the other part of the incident light is transmitted, wherein a light diffusing action in the direction in which the unit optical shapes 121 are arranged is larger than a light diffusing action in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Goto, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Kumiko Kambara, Tomoya Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20240313246
    Abstract: An assembling method for a fuel cell stack including stacking alternately a unitized electrode assembly having an electrolyte membrane and an electrode, and a separator in a predetermined region to form a cell stacked body. Each of the unitized electrode assembly and the separator is a stack element, and the stacking includes transporting the stack element above the predetermined region while sucking the stack element by a suction portion, descending the stack element while positioning the stack element along a guide member extending upward around the predetermined region, and releasing a suction by the suction portion when a lower surface of the stack element abuts on an upper surface of another stack element having been stacked in the predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Kunihiko Yanagisawa, Toru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12068431
    Abstract: A single-photon source includes a substrate of a wide-bandgap semiconductor provided with a light-emission region including only one target point detect, a cover mask arranged on a main surface of the substrate and having an opening to which the light-emission region in the substrate is exposed, and an excitation system configured to shift an electron in a defect-ground state to an excited state at the point defect in the light-emission region. A single photon released from the point defect in the light-emission region when the electron in the excited state is shifted to the ground state is output through the opening in the cover mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiya Nagasawa, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Yoshinori Miyamae, Koji Taniuchi
  • Publication number: 20230291876
    Abstract: This reflective screen 10 reflects a part of image light beam projected from an image source LS, to display an image. The reflective screen 10 is provided with: a first optical shape layer 12 which has optical transparency and has a plurality of unit optical shapes 121 arranged on a rear surface thereof; and a reflective layer 13 which is formed in at least some of the unit optical shapes 121 and by which a part of incident light is reflected and at least the other part of the incident light is transmitted, wherein a light diffusing action in the direction in which the unit optical shapes 121 are arranged is larger than a light diffusing action in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro GOTO, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI, Kumiko KAMBARA, Tomoya KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11695904
    Abstract: This reflective screen 10 reflects a part of image light beam projected from an image source LS, to display an image. The reflective screen 10 is provided with: a first optical shape layer 12 which has optical transparency and has a plurality of unit optical shapes 121 arranged on a rear surface thereof; and a reflective layer 13 which is formed in at least some of the unit optical shapes 121 and by which a part of incident light is reflected and at least the other part of the incident light is transmitted, wherein a light diffusing action in the direction in which the unit optical shapes 121 are arranged is larger than a light diffusing action in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Goto, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Kumiko Kambara, Tomoya Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11659839
    Abstract: Provided is a component having plant defense activity. A PR1 gene expression activator containing a culture of a unicellular alga containing a green photosynthetic pigment as an active ingredient; A plant defense activator containing a culture of a unicellular alga containing a green photosynthetic pigment as an active ingredient; A plant disease preventive or ameliorating agent containing a culture of a unicellular alga containing a green photosynthetic pigment as an active ingredient; and a method of producing a plant defense activating component containing: cultivating a unicellular alga containing a green photosynthetic pigment under an aerobic condition to produce a culture containing an extracellular polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: PANAC CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION
    Inventors: Gouki Satou, Toshichika Ooki, Masahiro Koide, Hiroshi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11527769
    Abstract: To provide a method for inspecting a gas leak from a fuel cell stack, whereby a leak position can be efficiently identified in a short time. A method for inspecting a gas leak from a fuel cell stack includes a jig installation step of installing a division jig that covers an outer surface, on which stacked end faces of the fuel cell stack are exposed, that divides the outer surface into a plurality of regions, and that includes a plurality of inspection spaces on each divided region. The method further includes a first leak inspection step of identifying a leak region, in which the gas leak occurs, with a gas sensor arranged in each of the inspection spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Okabe, Satoshi Hasegawa, Hiroshi Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20220190549
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor optical signal amplifier for amplifying a light having an energy smaller than a band gap energy. The semiconductor optical signal amplifier includes: a first end surface; a second end surface, arranged apart from the first end surface; a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region, arranged between the first end surface and the second end surface; an active layer, arranged between the first end surface and the second end surface, and sandwiched between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, made of an indirect transition type semiconductor that amplifies a signal intensity of an input light by stimulated emission; a first electrode, connected to the first semiconductor region; and a second electrode, connected to the second semiconductor region and detecting a change in a carrier density in the active layer by a potential difference from the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiya NAGASAWA, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI, Makoto TAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220051097
    Abstract: A control device that controls an output voltage of a converter includes: a neural network configured to generate a control signal for controlling a power supply block based on a detection signal from an output stage of the power supply block that supplies power to a load of the converter; a model generator configured to generate a model of a nonlinear dynamic system by machine-learning from the detection signal; a model storage configured to store the model generated by the model generator; and a model switch configured to switch to a model, which is selected from models stored in the model storage and is optimal for a latest detection signal, and provide the switched model to the neural network, wherein the neural network generates the control signal based on a future output voltage predicted by using the model provided by the model switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220013686
    Abstract: A single-photon source includes a substrate of a wide-bandgap semiconductor provided with a light-emission region including only one target point detect, a cover mask arranged on a main surface of the substrate and having an opening to which the light-emission region in the substrate is exposed, and an excitation system configured to shift an electron in a defect-ground state to an excited state at the point defect in the light-emission region. A single photon released from the point defect in the light-emission region when the electron in the excited state is shifted to the ground state is output through the opening in the cover mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Fumiya NAGASAWA, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI, Yoshinori MIYAMAE, Koji TANIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210360935
    Abstract: Provided is a component having plant defense activity. A PR1 gene expression activator containing a culture of a unicellular alga containing a green photosynthetic pigment as an active ingredient; A plant defense activator containing a culture of a unicellular alga containing a green photosynthetic pigment as an active ingredient; A plant disease preventive or ameliorating agent containing a culture of a unicellular alga containing a green photosynthetic pigment as an active ingredient; and a method of producing a plant defense activating component containing: cultivating a unicellular alga containing a green photosynthetic pigment under an aerobic condition to produce a culture containing an extracellular polysaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: PANAC Co., Ltd., National Institute of Technology and Evaluation
    Inventors: Gouki SATOU, Toshichika OOKI, Masahiro KOIDE, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210305602
    Abstract: To provide a method for inspecting a gas leak from a fuel cell stack, whereby a leak position can be easily identified in a short time. A method for inspecting a gas leak from a fuel cell stack includes a preparation step of arranging stacked end faces of the fuel cell stack so as to be exposed on a side surface, a jig installation step of installing an inspection jig including a space for detecting the gas leak from the side surface so as to cover the side surface, a gas leak measurement step of detecting the gas leak with a gas sensor arranged in an upper part in the space, and a position identification step of identifying a leak position in a height direction from a detection start time of the gas sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke OKABE, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI, Toru IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20210305603
    Abstract: To provide a method for inspecting a gas leak from a fuel cell stack, whereby a leak position can be efficiently identified in a short time. A method for inspecting a gas leak from a fuel cell stack includes a jig installation step of installing a division jig that covers an outer surface, on which stacked end faces of the fuel cell stack are exposed, that divides the outer surface into a plurality of regions, and that includes a plurality of inspection spaces on each divided region. The method further includes a first leak inspection step of identifying a leak region, in which the gas leak occurs, with a gas sensor arranged in each of the inspection spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke OKABE, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210274137
    Abstract: This reflective screen 10 reflects a part of image light beam projected from an image source LS, to display an image. The reflective screen 10 is provided with: a first optical shape layer 12 which has optical transparency and has a plurality of unit optical shapes 121 arranged on a rear surface thereof; and a reflective layer 13 which is formed in at least some of the unit optical shapes 121 and by which a part of incident light is reflected and at least the other part of the incident light is transmitted, wherein a light diffusing action in the direction in which the unit optical shapes 121 are arranged is larger than a light diffusing action in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro GOTO, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI, Kumiko KAMBARA, Tomoya KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11076472
    Abstract: A signaling lamp monitor is configured to add a communication function to a signaling lamp such as a stack signaling lamp easily and at a low cost. The signaling lamp monitor includes a detector that detects light emitted from the signaling lamp, a controller that generates a detection signal at least based on the detection, and a transmitter that transmits the detection signal by wireless communication. The transmitter is provided with an antenna disposed above the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sasahara, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Ikuma Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200178378
    Abstract: A signaling lamp monitor is configured to add a communication function to a signaling lamp such as a stack signaling lamp easily and at a low cost. The signaling lamp monitor includes a detector that detects light emitted from the signaling lamp, a controller that generates a detection signal at least based on the detection, and a transmitter that transmits the detection signal by wireless communication. The transmitter is provided with an antenna disposed above the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SASAHARA, Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI, Ikuma SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10466393
    Abstract: A display device comprised by being provided with: an image source for emitting image light; a lens for enlarging the image light and emitting the image light to the viewer side; and an optical sheet disposed between the image source and the lens or on the viewer side of the lens, wherein the optical sheet comprises at least two or more layers, a plurality of convex shapes are formed at interfaces between the layers, a difference ?n in refractive index between the layers adjacent to each other satisfies 0.005??n?0.1, a half-value angle ? of the optical sheet satisfies 0.05°???0.2°, and a diffusion angle ? of the optical sheet at which a maximum brightness becomes 1/20 satisfies ??5×?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Goto, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Yu Morioka
  • Patent number: 10365489
    Abstract: A semi-transmissive reflection sheet is provided, including a first optical shape layer including unit optical shapes, and a second optical shape layer laminated on the first optical shape layer from a side of a surface formed by the unit optical shapes. The unit optical shape has a first surface that is inclined with respect to a light emergent side surface of the second optical shape layer. The light emergent side surface is opposed to the first optical shape layer. The unit optical shape also has a second surface that is not parallel to the light emergent side surface. A reflection layer that reflects at least a part of image light traveling in the semi-transmissive reflection sheet is provided on the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Masahiro Goto, Kazunobu Ogawa
  • Patent number: D882162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sasahara, Hiroshi Sekiguchi