Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shibata

Hiroshi Shibata 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: 12323794
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; display a first instruction screen; in a case where it is instructed that the target process is to be executed in a situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, send a public key to the first external device, wherein in a case where it is not instructed that the target process is to be executed in the situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, the public key is not sent; after the public key has been sent to the first external device, receive an authentication request from the first external device; send an authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20250108626
    Abstract: A deaeration apparatus includes: an external reflux type deaeration module that includes a gas permeable membrane capable of removing a gas dissolved in ink; and a hardware processor that performs discharging control of discharging ink having soaked in the gas permeable membrane. The hardware processor performs the discharging control for multiple colors simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20250083451
    Abstract: Provided is a deaeration device that includes an external reflux-type deaeration module including a gas permeable membrane capable of removing dissolved gas in liquid, and a hardware processor. The deaeration module includes a first vacuum chamber that communicates with a first end of the gas permeable membrane, a second vacuum chamber that communicates with a second end of the gas permeable membrane, and an atmospheric vent valve that opens or closes an inside of the deaeration module to atmosphere. The hardware processor determines a deterioration in deaeration performance of the deaeration module based on a pressure difference between the first vacuum chamber and the second vacuum chamber when the atmospheric vent valve is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroshi AKITA, Akihiro OKUNO, Hiroshi SHIBATA, Eiji TABATA
  • Patent number: 12167326
    Abstract: A communication device may execute an output control process for externally outputting output information obtained by using a public key, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from a terminal device, send an authentication response to the terminal device, receive N pieces of wireless setting information from the terminal device, send, by using each of the N pieces of wireless setting information, a confirm signal to an access point corresponding to each of the N pieces of wireless setting information, receive a response signal in response to sending the confirm signal from each of M access points among N access points, select a target access point from among the M access points, and establish a wireless connection with the target access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20240334502
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a display and a controller. The controller is configured to perform obtaining identification information of a target product before installing a setting program, installing the setting program in the terminal device, starting the setting program, and providing the identification information to the setting program. The setting program further causes the display to display a setting screen presenting a setting operation to set the target product. The setting operation indicates one or both of an operation of the target product and an operation of the terminal device. Then, the setting program sets the target product based on the setting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20240323682
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; display a first instruction screen; in a case where it is instructed that the target process is to be executed in a situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, send a public key to the first external device, wherein in a case where it is not instructed that the target process is to be executed in the situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, the public key is not sent; after the public key has been sent to the first external device, receive an authentication request from the first external device; send an authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 12067309
    Abstract: A communication device may: comprise an output unit configured to output first information obtained by using a first public key in a memory in a case where a predetermined instruction is inputted to the communication device; after the first information has been outputted, receive an authentication request in which the first public key is used from a terminal device; send an authentication response to the terminal device; establish a wireless connection between the communication device and an external device; and in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied after the first information has been outputted, create a second public key different from the first public key and store the second public key in the memory. In a case where the predetermined instruction is inputted to the communication device again, the output unit may be configured to output second information obtained by using the second public key in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 12067312
    Abstract: A first communication device may execute an output control process of externally outputting output information, the output information obtained using a public key of the first communication device, receive an authentication request from a second communication device that has obtained the public key, send a first authentication response to the second communication device via a wireless interface in a case where it is determined that a wireless connection has been established between the first communication device and a first access point, the first authentication response including first role information indicating that the first communication device is to serve a first role which is a role of sending first wireless setting information to the second communication device, and send the first wireless setting information to the second communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20240245927
    Abstract: An ultraviolet therapy apparatus is provided and includes a light source unit that emits ultraviolet light, the light source unit comprising at least one LED, the LED being configured to, in a case in which an integral intensity of an emission spectrum in a wavelength range of 250 nm to 400 nm is 1, have a ratio of an integral intensity in wavelengths of 250 nm to 298 nm to an integral intensity in the wavelength range is less than or equal to 0.088, and emit an emission spectrum such that a ratio of an integral intensity of wavelengths of 308 nm to 313 nm to an integral intensity of wavelengths of 250 nm to 298 nm is greater than or equal to 5.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 12028910
    Abstract: A first terminal device may send address information which is an IP address of the first terminal device to the first communication device by using a communication network, and send a public key of the first terminal device to the first communication device by using the communication network. The first terminal device may receive a first authentication request in which the first public key is used from the first communication device by using the communication network. The first authentication request may be sent with the address information as a destination. The terminal device may send a first authentication response to the first communication device by using the communication network and send connection information to the first communication device by using the communication network. The connection information may be used by the first communication device to establish a first wireless connection between the first communication device and an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 12025217
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: (a) a shift control portion for controlling switching of a power transmission apparatus between a parking position and a non-parking position; (b) a fail-safe portion for executing a fail-safe operation for inhibiting an electric actuator from being re-driven, when detecting an abnormality of the electric actuator; (c) a power-supply control portion for switching a supplier of an electric power to the electric actuator, from a first power supply to a second power supply, in case of determining a power supply failure of the first power supply; and (d) an abnormality-detection stop portion configured, in case of occurrence of a power-supply failure state of the first power supply during the switching from the non-parking position to the parking position, to stop the fail-safe portion from detecting the abnormality of the electric actuator, until the electric power supplier has been switched to the second power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamauchi, Takashi Yuma, Hiroshi Shibata, Kenyu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12022285
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; display a first instruction screen; in a case where it is instructed that the target process is to be executed in a situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, send a public key to the first external device, wherein in a case where it is not instructed that the target process is to be executed in the situation where the first instruction screen is displayed, the public key is not sent; after the public key has been sent to the first external device, receive an authentication request from the first external device; send an authentication response to the first external device; receive connection information from the first external device; and establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20240183441
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: (a) a shift control portion for controlling switching of a power transmission apparatus between a parking position and a non-parking position; (b) a fail-safe portion for executing a fail-safe operation for inhibiting an electric actuator from being re-driven, when detecting an abnormality of the electric actuator; (c) a power-supply control portion for switching a supplier of an electric power to the electric actuator, from a first power supply to a second power supply, in case of determining a power supply failure of the first power supply; and (d) an abnormality-detection stop portion configured, in case of occurrence of a power-supply failure state of the first power supply during the switching from the non-parking position to the parking position, to stop the fail-safe portion from detecting the abnormality of the electric actuator, until the electric power supplier has been switched to the second power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAUCHI, Takashi YUMA, Hiroshi SHIBATA, Kenyu SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11961921
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor film doped with impurities that is formed so as to cover an inner wall surface of a trench formed so as to extend from a first surface of the semiconductor substrate towards an interior thereof. The semiconductor film is formed so as to extend continuously from the inner wall surface to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further has an opposite electrode having a first portion that is provided at a position opposing the semiconductor substrate while sandwiching the semiconductor film therebetween, and that extends on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second portion that is continuous with the first portion and extends so as to fill the trench. The semiconductor device further has an insulating film that insulates the semiconductor film from the opposite electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11960780
    Abstract: A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; after the specific signal has been received from the first external device, cause an output unit of the communication device to output specific information obtained by using a public key; after the specific information has been outputted, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from the first external device; in a case where the authentication request is received from the first external device, send an authentication response to the first external device; after the authentication response has been sent to the first external device, receive connection information from the first external device; and in a case where the connection information is received from the first external device, establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20240115873
    Abstract: The ultraviolet therapy apparatus includes a light source part having an LED light source, a controller that controls lighting of the LED light source, an input unit that inputs a set irradiation dose of a therapeutic light to be applied to a patient on the assumption that a reference light is used for the therapeutic light, a storage unit that stores at least one parameter for modifying the set irradiation dose. The controller includes a modifier that modifies the set irradiation dose on the basis of the parameter stored in the storage unit, and a lighting controller that causes the LED light source to provide the modified irradiation dose. The modified irradiation dose is derived from a degree of effect of the reference light on a human body and a degree of effect on the human body caused by the ultraviolet light output from the light source part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY, USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akimichi MORITA, Takashi HORIO, Tomohiko KIO, Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20240114344
    Abstract: A communication device may output a code image representing code information including a public key of the communication device and specific network identification information. In a first case where the public key included in the code information is used by a terminal device, the communication device may receive first connection information from the terminal device by executing a predetermined communication in which the public key is used with the terminal device, and establish a Wi-Fi connection with a target access point by using the first connection information. In a second case where the specific network identification information included in the code information is used, the communication device may establish a Wi-Fi connection with the terminal device; receive second connection information from the terminal device by using the Wi-Fi connection with the terminal device, and establish a Wi-Fi connection with the target access point by using the second connection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20240058618
    Abstract: An ultraviolet therapy apparatus having an LED light source can achieve a stable therapeutic effect regardless of the temperature of the LED light source. The ultraviolet therapy apparatus includes an LED light source configured to emit light including ultraviolet light; a controller configured to control lighting of the LED light source; and a measurement unit configured to detect change in a temperature of the LED light source from a reference temperature. The controller includes a calculator configured to calculate a modifying value for modifying an irradiation dose of the ultraviolet light on the basis of change in a degree of effect on a human body caused by change in spectral spectrum of the light due to change in the temperature detected by the measurement unit, and a lighting controller configured to cause the LED light source to emit the light on the basis of the modifying value calculated by the calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY, USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akimichi MORITA, Hiroshi SHIBATA, Tomohiko KIO, Takashi HORIO
  • Publication number: 20230401020
    Abstract: A first communication device may execute an output control process of externally outputting output information, the output information obtained using a public key of the first communication device, receive an authentication request from a second communication device that has obtained the public key, send a first authentication response to the second communication device via a wireless interface in a case where it is determined that a wireless connection has been established between the first communication device and a first access point, the first authentication response including first role information indicating that the first communication device is to serve a first role which is a role of sending first wireless setting information to the second communication device, and send the first wireless setting information to the second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20230378252
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has: a semiconductor substrate; a trench that extends from a first surface of the semiconductor substrate towards an interior of the semiconductor substrate, and that has a recess/protrusion structure on a side wall surface thereof; a semiconductor film that is formed so as to cover the side wall surface of the trench, be continuous with the side wall surface, and extend onto the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; an opposite electrode having a first portion that is provided at a position opposing the semiconductor substrate while sandwiching the semiconductor film therebetween, and that extends on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second portion that is continuous with the first portion and extends so as to fill the trench; and an insulating film that insulates the semiconductor film from the opposite electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIBATA