Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Watanabe

Hiroshi Watanabe 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: 20230295497
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a nitride phosphor. The method includes obtaining a first heat-treated product having a crystallite diameter of not less than 150 nm by subjecting a compound containing at least one rare-earth element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Lu, and Gd to heat treatment at a temperature within a range of 800° C. to 1800° C.; and obtaining a second heat-treated product by subjecting a mixture containing the first heat-treated product and a raw material contained as required to heat treatment at a temperature within a range of 1200° C. to 1800° C. The raw material contains an M source containing at least one rare-earth element M selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, and Gd; an La source; an Si source; and a Ce source. The mixture is prepared with the raw materials such that a fed composition is represented by a Formula of LawMxSi6Ny:Cez. In this Formula, w, x, y, and z satisfy 0.5?w?4.5, 0<x?1.5, 0?y?12, 0<z?1.5, 0.15<(x+z)<3.0, and 3.0?(w+x+z)?7.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi OGASA, Shigeki YOSHIDA, Hiroyuki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230299559
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a vertical cavity surface emitting laser element that has excellent producibility and is suitable for high output and a method of producing the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element. [Solving Means] A vertical cavity surface emitting laser element according to the present technology includes: a first DBR; a second BR; an active layer; and a tunnel junction layer. The first DBR reflects light of a specific wavelength. The second DBR reflects light of the wavelength. The active layer is disposed between the first DBR and the second DBR. The tunnel junction layer is disposed between the first DBR and the active layer and forms a tunnel junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOMASA WATANABE, MIKIHIRO YOKOZEKI, HIROSHI NAKAJIMA, DAIJI KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230299700
    Abstract: The present invention achieves highly accurate control characteristics by estimating an induced voltage coefficient of a magnet motor without rotary auto-tuning. A first power Pc is calculated on the basis of the output voltage and output current of the magnet motor, and a second power Pc{circumflex over (?)} is calculated on the basis of the electric circuit constant, current command, output frequency, and induced voltage coefficient of the magnet motor. The induced voltage coefficient is estimated so that the calculated first power follows the second power, and the driving of the magnet motor is controlled in accordance with the induced voltage coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuaki TOBARI, Yusaku ONUMA, Takuya SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi WATANABE, Mutsuo TOKASHIKI
  • Publication number: 20230284839
    Abstract: There is provided a bathtub apparatus capable of satisfactorily detecting an electrocardiographic signal even in a state where water is being discharged into a bathtub by a water discharge device. The present invention is a bathtub apparatus (1) including a bathtub main body (2), a water discharge device (8) that discharges water toward inside of the bathtub main body and is provided above a first inner wall surface (2a) forming a short side of the bathtub main body, and electrodes (4a, 4b, 4c) attached to the bathtub main body to detect an electrocardiographic signal of a bathing person, where the electrodes are arranged on an inner wall surface of the bathtub main body, and are arranged closer to the first inner wall surface than a position (P) where water discharged from the water discharge device hits a water surface of the water stored in the bathtub main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi TSUBOI, Koji SONODA, Kei WATANABE, Yu ICHIKAWA, Masayoshi ENOKI, Kensuke AZUMA, Ryoko UNO, Mao JINDE, Yuwa ISHII, Kenji FURUKAWA, Hiroki KURITA
  • Publication number: 20230287121
    Abstract: A novel antibody that can be used as an anti-tumor agent and an anti-tumor agent that comprises, as an active ingredient, a molecule containing such an antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: MIE UNIVERSITY, DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIKU, Yasushi AKAHORI, Kento TANAKA, Ayaka YATSU, Junya ICHIKAWA, Toshiaki OHTSUKA, Shiho OKZUMA, Ryuji HASHIMOTO, Makiko NAKAYAMA, Naoya SHINOZAKI, Kensuke NAKAMURA, Ichiro WATANABE, Shinji FURUZONO
  • Publication number: 20230273229
    Abstract: Provided is a sample transport device, a sample analysis system, and a sample pretreatment device which have high positional accuracy when stopping a sample and can adjust a minute position when stopping the sample. A sample transport device (1a) according to the present invention includes: a sample provided with a permanent magnet (10); a transport path through which the sample is to be transported via the permanent magnet (10); a plurality of coils provided on a surface of the transport path opposite to a surface on which the sample is to be transported; and a drive circuit that causes a current to flow through the coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki AOYAMA, Satoru KANEKO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi TAMAKOSHI, Ryosuke HOSHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kuniaki ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230269910
    Abstract: A vapor chamber including a container having a cavity portion formed inside, and including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a working fluid sealed in the cavity portion, and a vapor flow path through which the working fluid in a gas phase flows, the vapor flow path being provided in the cavity portion, wherein a container inner surface area increasing unit including a protruding part is formed on an inner surface of the first surface, and a first wick structure is provided on a surface of the protruding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenya KAWABATA, Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Hirofumi AOKI, Hiroshi OKADA, Yosuke WATANABE, Hideaki KAWABATA
  • Publication number: 20230264560
    Abstract: A vehicle-body front structure includes a pair of left and right side frames which extend from a front-side battery frame toward vehicle front to be positioned on vehicle-width-direction outer sides, a contactless charger between the left and right side frames, and a cross member between the left and right side frames. The contactless charger has a cross member housing configured to house the cross member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kota YOSHIDA, Taiki YOTSUYANAGI, Tsuguto WATANABE, Yasuyuki KAWAHARA, Hiroshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230268433
    Abstract: In the present invention, in a FinFET having a channel forming region on a surface of a fin that is a semiconductor layer protruding on an upper surface of a substrate, a channel at a corner of the fin is prevented from becoming an ON state with a low voltage and a steep ON/OFF operation is made possible. As a means thereof, in a MOSFET that has a plurality of trenches, each of which have embedded therein a gate electrode, on an upper surface of an n-type epitaxial substrate provided with a drain region on a bottom surface and that has a channel region formed on a surface of a fin which is a protrusion part between the trenches adjacent to each other, a p-type body layer that constitutes a lateral surface of the fin, and a p+-type semiconductor region that constitutes a corner which is an end of the upper surface of the fin, are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Power Semiconductor Device, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeru Suto, Naoki Watanabe, Tomoka Suematsu, Hiroshi Miki
  • Publication number: 20230254578
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Takeshi KIKKAWA, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Akihiko SATO, Takeshi NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20230247277
    Abstract: An imaging method is provided that includes: taking an image of an object to generate an image signal of the object; generating a taken image of the object on a basis of the image signal; detecting motion information of the object on the basis of the image signal; taking an image of the object on a basis of the motion information multiple times so as to differentiate an exposure amount thereof; and generating an HDR synthetic image of the object on the basis of a plurality of image signals whose exposure amounts are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Akira Ishiyama, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Motoyuki Suzuki, Mitsunobu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230234630
    Abstract: An operation device for a vehicle includes an operation body configured to be displaced by being operated so as to turn the vehicle according to a displacement of the operation body while the vehicle is being manually operated, a detector configured to detect the displacement of the operation body so as to turn the vehicle according to the displacement of the operation body while the vehicle is being manually operated, and a determination section configured to determine a state of the operation body and the detector based on the displacement of the operation body as detected by the detector while the vehicle is in non-manual operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Takehiro WATANABE, Seiji ISHIGAKI, Hiroshi UENO, Tomoya YOSHIDA, Muneyoshi KAKIMI, Seiji KONDO, Yuichi SAHASHI, Toru KOSHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230229107
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer, an intermediate transferor, a primary transferor, a second transferor, and a cleaning blade. The latent image bearer has a surface onto which a lubricant comprising zinc stearate is supplied. The intermediate transferor has a surface onto which the toner image is transferred, the surface including an adhering region to which the lubricant from the latent image bearer adheres. The cleaning blade cleans the surface of the intermediate transferor including the adhering region, after the toner image is secondarily transferred. In a region outside at least a horizontal A4 sheet passing width on the intermediate transferor, a ratio of a peak area derived from zinc stearate to a peak area derived from the intermediate transferor in a difference spectrum between attenuated total reflection (ATR) infrared absorption spectrums of the intermediate transferor in an unused state and after use is 0.892 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko WATANABE, Hiroshi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230231013
    Abstract: A multilayer structure of the present invention is a multilayer structure including a base substrate and a semiconductor film that is made of ?-Ga2O3 or an ?-Ga2O3-based solid solution and has a corundum crystal structure, the semiconductor film being disposed on the base substrate. The semiconductor film has an average film thickness of greater than or equal to 10 ?m. The semiconductor film is convexly or concavely warped. An amount of warpage of the semiconductor film is 20 ?m or greater and 64 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUKUI, Morimichi WATANABE, Jun YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230211964
    Abstract: Provided are a transport device and an analysis system in which a stability of transport at a time of restart is further enhanced while achieving cost reduction by a position-sensorless configuration. A transport device includes: a plurality of coils 25a, 25b configured to generate a thrust to transport a transport container 20; a drive circuit 50 configured to apply a voltage to each of the plurality of coils 25a, 25b; and a calculation unit 40 configured to estimate a position of the transport container 20 based on current information when voltage pulses 80, 81 are applied to the coils 25a, 25b. When a power supply of the device is activated, the calculation unit 40 applies a voltage pulse 80 in a positive direction and a voltage pulse 81 in a negative direction to the target coils 25a, 25b so as to detect the position of the transport container 20 from the current information of current flowing through the coils 25a, 25b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Satoru KANEKO, Takeshi TAMAKOSHI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Ryosuke HOSHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kuniaki ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230190730
    Abstract: An anti-HIV agent containing, as an active ingredient, ex, 4-oxoquinoline compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has HIV integrase inhibitory action and is useful as an anti-HIV agent for the prophylaxis or therapy of AIDS. Moreover, by a combined use with other anti-HIV agents such as protease inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors and the like, the compound can become a more effective anti-HIV agent. Since the compound has high inhibitory activity specific for integrases, it can provide a safe pharmaceutical agent with a fewer side effects for human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Motohide Satoh, Hiroshi Kawakami, Yoshiharu Itoh, Hisashi Shinkai, Takahisa Motomura, Hisateru Aramaki, Yuji Matsuzaki, Wataru Watanabe, Shuichi Wamaki
  • Patent number: 11679777
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle travel control apparatus configured to, when a specific scene has not been detected, start deceleration control after a first set time has elapsed since alert processing is started, the vehicle travel control apparatus being further configured to, when the specific scene has been detected, start the deceleration control before the first set time has elapsed since the alert processing is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroki Yabushita, Masato Takagi
  • Publication number: 20230187892
    Abstract: A line narrowing gas laser device includes a line narrowing device, an output coupling mirror, a laser chamber arranged on an optical path of an optical resonator, a first holder which supports the output coupling mirror, a second holder which supports the first holder to be rotatable about a rotation axis of the first holder, and an adjustment device supported by the second holder and being in contact with the first holder to rotate the first holder about the rotation axis. The line narrowing device has a characteristic of changing, into a first direction, beam pointing of laser light output toward the output coupling mirror when temperature inside the line narrowing device rises. The second holder and the adjustment device rotate the first holder in a direction in which a change in the first direction in the beam pointing of the laser light is suppressed by thermal expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke SAITO, Masanori YASHIRO, Hiroshi FURUSATO, Yosuke WATANABE, Tokinori TERAO
  • Patent number: 11670780
    Abstract: A fuel cell gas supply and diffusion layer includes a sheet-like porous body layer, and a plurality of gas passage grooves formed on one surface of the porous body layer in parallel and formed in a zigzag shape or a wave shape respectively. As viewed in a plan view, a first rectangular region where circumscribes one gas passage groove and a second rectangular region where circumscribes a gas passage groove adjacent to the one gas passage groove overlap along a region in contact each other. An overlapping region where the first rectangular region and the second rectangular region overlap exists at any depth position of the grooves. According to the fuel cell gas supply and diffusion layer, it is possible to increase a power generation efficiency of a fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yanai, Mitsunori Nasu, Masahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11662672
    Abstract: A powder conveying device includes: a conveying nozzle, provided with a powder receiving opening; an open/close member to open/close the powder receiving opening; a flange provided to the open/close member; a biasing member to bias the open/close member; and a container setting section to which a part of a powder container is to be fit. The powder container includes: a conveyor to convey the powder from a second end of the powder container to a first end; a container opening protruding from the first end; a nozzle receiving opening into which the conveying nozzle is to be inserted; and a butting portion provided in the container opening, to butt against the flange. When the powder container is attached to the powder conveying device, the container opening is fitted to the container setting section, and the flange and the biasing member are housed in an inner space of the container opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hosokawa, Shunji Kato, Shinji Tamaki, Hiroshi Ikeguchi, Seiji Terazawa, Junji Yamabe, Kaori Mitsuishi, Toshihide Tomotaka, Tsunehiro Watanabe, Kenji Kikuchi