Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Tomita

Hiroshi Tomita 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: 20220198981
    Abstract: A display device for displaying information about substrate processing executed in a substrate processing apparatus, includes: a display control part configured to, in response to a first instruction from a user, allow the display screen to display a first image based on first capturing data obtained by capturing an image of a display target substrate among the substrates in the substrate processing apparatus, and configured to, in response to a second instruction from the user, allow the display screen to display a second image based on second capturing data obtained by capturing the image of the display target substrate in the substrate processing apparatus, wherein the first capturing data is obtained by capturing the image of the display target substrate at a different timing from the second capturing data, or by capturing the image of the display target substrate in a different capturing region from the second capturing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Megumi JOHSAKA, Hiroshi TOMITA, Takuya MORI, Hideki UCHIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220166369
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power generation element includes a first conductive region including a first surface, a plurality of second conductive regions, and a plurality of insulating structure regions. The second conductive regions are arranged along the first surface. A gap is provided between the second conductive regions and the first surface. One of the structure regions is provided between one of the second conductive regions and the first surface. An other one of the structure regions is provided between an other one of the second conductive regions and the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeya KIMURA, Hisashi YOSHIDA, Hisao MIYAZAKI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Souichi UENO, Takeshi HOSHI, Tatsuo SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220149257
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power generation element, includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a crystal member. A direction from the second conductive layer toward the first conductive layer is along a first direction. The crystal member is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive member. The crystal member includes a crystal pair. The crystal pair includes a first crystal part and a second crystal part. A second direction from the first crystal part toward the second crystal part crosses the first direction. A gap is provided between the first crystal part and the second crystal part. The first conductive layer is electrically connected to the first crystal part. The second conductive layer is electrically connected to the second crystal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi YOSHIDA, Hisao MIYAZAKI, Shigeya KIMURA, Hiroshi TOMITA, Souichi UENO, Takeshi HOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220139660
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electron emitting element includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region includes a semiconductor including a first element of an n-type impurity. The second region includes diamond. The diamond includes a second element including at least one selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth. The third region is provided between the first region and the second region. The third region includes Alx1Ga1-x1N (0<x1?1) including a third element including at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Te and Sn. A +c-axis direction of the third region includes a component in a direction from the first region toward the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeya KIMURA, Hisashi YOSHIDA, Hisao MIYAZAKI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Souichi UENO, Takeshi HOSHI
  • Patent number: 11307356
    Abstract: An optical module that has a structure ensuring reduction in size. The optical module has a structure where a part of a fiber block is protruded from a housing. By including a thin plate, this optical module can avoid entering of dust in the housing, allows a position shift of the fiber block due to a mounting position error of an optical component in the housing, a position shift of an opening portion due to a dimensional error of the housing, or a displacement due to a temperature change, and can reduce the coupling loss due to the optical axis misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: NTT ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Suzuki, Tomohiro Nakanishi, Motoki Minami, Hiroshi Tomita, Motohaya Ishii, Shuichiro Asakawa, Shunichi Soma
  • Publication number: 20220052216
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element having a photoelectric conversion layer formed between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, in which the photoelectric conversion layer contains Cu and Ag, which are Group I elements, In and Ga, which are Group III elements, and Se and S, which are Group VI elements. A portion at which a minimum value of a band gap appears in a thickness direction of the photoelectric conversion layer is included in the intermediate region. When a ratio of a mole amount of Ag to a sum of mole amounts of the Group I elements other than Ag, the Group III elements, and the Group VI elements is defined as an Ag concentration, a portion at which a maximum value of the Ag concentration appears in the thickness direction of the photoelectric conversion layer is included in the intermediate region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Hiroki SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210348999
    Abstract: For an easy calibration using calibration particles, provided is a measuring device to capture images of target objects. An image analyzer acquires multiple images obtained at a predetermined time interval, (a) specifies the mean-square displacement of a bright point of a calibration particle based on the displacement of the bright point of the calibration particle in the multiple images in a calibration mode, and (b) specifies the mean-square displacement of a bright point of the target particle based on the displacement of the bright point of the target particle in the multiple images in a measurement mode. A particle size analyzer (c) derives the particle size of the target particle from the mean-square displacement of the bright point of the target particle based on the mean-square displacement of the bright point of the calibration particle and the particle size of the calibration particle in an analysis mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Haruhisa KATO, Yusuke MATSUURA, Ayako NAKAMURA, Kaoru KONDO, Takuya TABUCHI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Hidekazu HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210347831
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modified channel rhodopsin capable of opening and closing an ion channel by irradiation with light at different wavelengths, and/or having high ion permeability (photoreactivity). The solution is to substitute a C-terminal region of a channel rhodopsin obtained by substituting an N-terminal region of a Volvox carteri-derived channel rhodopsin by an N-terminal region of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-1, by a C-terminal region of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-2 or a C-terminal region of a Tetraselmis striata-derived channel rhodopsin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, IWATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Eriko SUGANO, Kitako TABATA, Yoshito WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11130459
    Abstract: A sensor protector configured including a mount, a plate shaped cover, and an electromagnetic wave shield is provided. The mount is mounted at a bracket configured to fix a sensor, provided at an inner side of a bumper cover, to a body of a vehicle. The plate shaped cover that extends from a lower portion of the mount toward the bumper cover with an end portion of the cover, at an outer side in a vehicle front-rear direction, separated from the bumper cover, and covers a lower portion of the sensor as viewed from a lower side of the vehicle. The electromagnetic wave shield is provided to at least a portion of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuto Kumashiro, Kenji Furumoto, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Patent number: 11112344
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a particle measuring method is disclosed. The method includes irradiating a detection liquid with light. The detection liquid contains methyl salicylate. The method further includes converting scattered light from the detection liquid into an electric signal by using photoelectric conversion after irradiating the detection liquid with the light. The method further includes performing a particle measurement on the detection liquid by using the electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Kioxia Corporation, Rion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Hidekazu Hayashi, Eishi Shiobara, Kaoru Kondo, Takuya Tabuchi, Kazuna Bando, Sota Kondo
  • Patent number: 10924719
    Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted video presentation device which has a visible light wavelength conversion and is designed for a user having degraded sensitivity to a first wavelength band as a part of a visible light wavelength band as compared with a second wavelength band as the remaining part of the visible light wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomita, Eriko Sugano, Tsuyoshi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20210003781
    Abstract: An optical module that has a structure ensuring reduction in size. The optical module has a structure where a part of a fiber block is protruded from a housing. By including a thin plate, this optical module can avoid entering of dust in the housing, allows a position shift of the fiber block due to a mounting position error of an optical component in the housing, a position shift of an opening portion due to a dimensional error of the housing, or a displacement due to a temperature change, and can reduce the coupling loss due to the optical axis misalignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yuichi SUZUKI, Tomohiro NAKANISHI, Motoki MINAMI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Motohaya ISHII, Shuichiro ASAKAWA, Shunichi SOMA
  • Publication number: 20200393803
    Abstract: This method includes: a step of imaging, by an imaging apparatus in a substrate treatment system, a reference substrate which is a reference for condition setting and acquiring a captured image of the reference substrate; a step of imaging, by the imaging apparatus, a treated substrate on which the predetermined treatment has been performed under a current treatment condition and acquiring a captured image of the treated substrate; a step of calculating a deviation amount in color information between the captured image of the treated substrate and the captured image of the reference substrate; a step of calculating a correction amount of the treatment condition based on a correlation model acquired in advance and on the deviation amount in the color information; and a step of setting the treatment condition based on the correction amount, wherein steps other than the step of acquiring a captured image of the reference substrate are performed for each of the treatment apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya MORI, Tadashi NISHIYAMA, Akiko KIYOTOMI, Hiroshi TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20200388025
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a substrate, includes: creating a model indicating a relation between a pixel value in a captured image of the substrate and a feature amount of a film on the substrate, based on a measured feature amount of a film on a creating substrate and a captured image generated by imaging the creating substrate by an apparatus in a first system; imaging an object substrate by an apparatus in a second system to generate a captured image, and calculating an estimated feature amount of a film on the object substrate, based on the captured image and the model; calculating a statistical value of the estimated feature amounts of the object substrates; and calculating an offset amount for the estimated feature amount from a measured feature amount of a film formed by performing a same treatment on an offset substrate in the second system and the statistical value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Toyohisa TSURUDA, Hiroshi TOMITA
  • Patent number: 10799917
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: EBARA CORPORATION, Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Ishii, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Kenichi Nagaoka, Kenya Ito, Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20200284714
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a particle measuring method is disclosed. The method includes irradiating a detection liquid with light. The detection liquid contains methyl salicylate. The method further includes converting scattered light from the detection liquid into an electric signal by using photoelectric conversion after irradiating the detection liquid with the light. The method further includes performing a particle measurement on the detection liquid by using the electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicants: Kioxia Corporation, RION Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Hidekazu HAYASHI, Eishi SHIOBARA, Kaoru KONDO, Takuya TABUCHI, Kazuna BANDO, Sota KONDO
  • Patent number: 10607763
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil body, an exterior case, and a filler. The coil body includes a core and a coil wound around the core. The exterior case includes a metal structure and a resin frame. The metal structure has a bottom surface and a side wall provided to stand upright from the bottom surface. The bottom surface and the side wall of the metal structure are unitarily formed with each other. The frame is disposed at an opposite side to the bottom surface of the metal structure. The exterior case houses the core and the coil. The filler is filled between the exterior case and the coil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuya Matsutani, Toshiyuki Asahi, Junichi Kotani, Hiroshi Tomita, Hidenori Uematsu
  • Patent number: 10586694
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes performing a back surface processing to remove at least one of a scratch and a foreign material formed on a back surface of a substrate to be processed, a front surface of the substrate being retained in a non-contact state, contacting the back surface of the substrate to a stage to be retained, and providing a pattern on the front surface of the substrate by using lithography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Masako Kodera, Hiroshi Tomita, Takeshi Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10573508
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a surface treatment apparatus for a semiconductor substrate includes a holding unit, a first supply unit, a second supply unit, a third supply unit, a drying treatment unit, and a removal unit. The holding unit holds a semiconductor substrate with a surface having a convex pattern formed thereon. The first supply unit supplies a chemical solution to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, to perform cleaning and oxidation. The second supply unit supplies pure water to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, to rinse the semiconductor substrate. The third supply unit supplies a water repelling agent to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, to form a water repellent protective film on the surface of the convex pattern. The drying treatment unit dries the semiconductor substrate. The removal unit removes the water repellent protective film while making the convex pattern remain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Koide, Shinsuke Kimura, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Hisashi Okuchi, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Patent number: D932125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI-KAISHA TOMITAHAMONO
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tomita