Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yamada

Hiroshi Yamada 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: 11138443
    Abstract: A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Hiroyoshi Miyano, Yusuke Takahashi, Hiroo Ikeda, Yukie Ebiyama, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa, Kazuya Koyama, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210300055
    Abstract: A technique with which deterioration in a function of detecting the remaining amount of liquid can be prevented even in a case where the liquid is thickened or solidified is to be provided. A liquid ejection apparatus is provided with a liquid ejection head configured to eject supplied liquid, a storage unit configured to store the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head, a pivot member configured to be immersed in the liquid stored in the storage unit and be revolvable according to the amount of the liquid, and a detection unit configured to detect the amount of the liquid by use of the pivot member, and the liquid ejection apparatus includes a pivot unit configured to force the pivot member to pivotally move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOSHIKAWA, Hiroki HAYASHI, Hiroshi YAMADA, Yasunori TAKEI
  • Patent number: 11133338
    Abstract: FET IC structures that enable formation of integrated capacitors in a “flipped” SOI IC structure made using a back-side access process, such as a “single layer transfer” (SLT) process, and which eliminate or mitigate unwanted parasitic couplings to a handle wafer. In some embodiments, a conductive interconnect layer may be patterned, pre-SLT, to form an isolated first capacitor plate. In other embodiments, pre-SLT, a conductive region of the active layer of an IC may be patterned to form an isolated first capacitor plate, with one or more interconnect layers being fabricated in position to form an electrical contact to the first capacitor plate. In either case, a post-SLT top-side layer of conductive material may be patterned to form a second capacitor plate. Couplings to the resulting capacitor structures include only external connections, only internal connections, or both internal and external connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: pSemi Corporation
    Inventors: Abhijeet Paul, Hiroshi Yamada, Alain Duvallet
  • Publication number: 20210291814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a parking assistance device, and includes: a surrounding detection part detecting surrounding information of a vehicle which is to be parked to detect a parking space where the vehicle can be parked; a parking route generation part generating a traveling route from a current position of the vehicle to the parking space; a travel controller making the vehicle travel to the parking space along the traveling route; an obstacle detection part detecting an obstacle around the vehicle; and a parking route regeneration part generating a new traveling route to avoid a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle and park the vehicle in the parking space in a case where the travel controller makes the vehicle travel to the parking space along the traveling route, wherein the travel controller makes the vehicle travel along the new traveling route when the new traveling route is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka SHIROZONO, Takahisa AOYAGI, Kenta KATSU, Hiroshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210278455
    Abstract: A wafer inspection device 10 is provided with a chuck top 20 on which a wafer W having semiconductor devices formed thereon is placed, a probe card 18 having multiple contact probes 28 protruding toward the wafer W, a pogo frame 23 for holding the probe card 18, a cylindrical internal bellows 26 configured to suspend from the pogo frame 23 to surround the contact probes 28, and a cylindrical external bellows 27 configured to suspend from the pogo frame 23 to surround the internal bellows 26. When the chuck top 20 approaches the probe card 18 and the contact probes 28 are brought into contact with the devices, the internal bellows 26 and the external bellows 27 come in contact with the chuck top 20, a sealing space P is formed between the internal bellows 26 and the external bellows 27, and the sealing space P is compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11074984
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head having an element board including an element configured to discharge a liquid includes a first storage element and a second storage element. The first storage element is a fuse element or an anti-fuse element. The second storage element is a semiconductor memory capable of holding a larger capacity than the first storage element. The second storage element is provided on an area other than the element board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Kenta Udagawa, Wataru Takahashi, Norihiro Ikebe
  • Publication number: 20210217776
    Abstract: A FET IC structure made using a back-side access process that mitigates or eliminates thermal conductivity problems. In some embodiments, electrically-isolated thermal paths are formed adjacent the FET and configured to conduct heat laterally away from the FET to generally orthogonal thermal pathways, and thence to thermal pads externally accessible at the “top” of the completed IC. In some embodiments having a thermally-conductive handle wafer, electrically-isolated thermal paths are formed adjacent a FET and configured to conduct heat laterally away from the FET. Thermal vias are formed sufficiently so as to be in thermal contact with the handle wafer and with the conventional metallization layers of the device superstructure, at least one of which is in thermal contact with the lateral thermal paths. In some embodiments, the lateral thermal paths may use dummy gates configured to conduct heat laterally away from a FET to generally orthogonal thermal pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Abhijeet Paul, Richard James Dowling, Hiroshi Yamada, Alain Duvallet, Ronald Eugene Reedy
  • Patent number: 11036154
    Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner comprises a colorant, a release agent, and a binder resin. The binder resin comprises a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin. The amorphous polyester resin comprises an amorphous polyester resin A and an amorphous polyester resin B. The amorphous polyester resin A comprises an isocyanurate backbone and at least one of urethane bond and urea bond. The amorphous polyester resin B comprises a trimellitic acid backbone and at least one of urethane bond and urea bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ukigaya, Junichi Awamura, Hiroshi Yamada, Kohsuke Nagata, Hiroyuki Takeda
  • Patent number: 11030443
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a determination unit (2020) and a notification unit (2040). The determination unit (2020) determines whether a field of view of a second camera is correct, on the basis of a first captured image (40), a second captured image (50), and relationship information (information indicating the relationship to be satisfied between a field of view of a first camera and the field of view of the second camera). In a case in which the field of view of the second camera is not correct, the notification unit (2040) notifies that the field of view of the second camera is not correct. The first camera is provided in a head-mounted display worn by a person. The second camera is provided in a part other than the head-mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yuusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210128548
    Abstract: The present invention is intended mainly to provide an external preparation that exerts a therapeutic and/or preventive effect against dermatological infections such as acne involving suppurative inflammation, and superficial infections of the skin upon being administered to a human patient once daily. For example, the present invention is an external preparation that comprises 1-cyclopropyl-8-methyl-7-[5-methyl-6-(methylamino)-3-pyridyl]-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, and that exerts a therapeutic and/or preventive effect against a dermatological infection upon being administered to a human patient once daily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: MARUHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira FUJIKAWA, Hiroshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210111041
    Abstract: A cleaning wafer is provided for cleaning a surface of a chuck top by being mounted on the chuck top, the chuck top having a gas supply port and a gas exhaust port on the surface thereof and being configured to mount a substrate thereon. The cleaning wafer has a plate-shaped main body and an inlet/outlet path which is provided in the main body, and to which gas is supplied from the gas supply port and from which the gas is exhausted to the exhaust port. Dust attached to the surface of the chuck top is removed by the gas being supplied to the inlet/output path and exhausted from the inlet/output path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jun MOCHIZUKI, Hiroshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20210104053
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus (2000) including an index value calculation unit (2020) and a presentation unit (2040). The index value calculation unit (2020) acquires a plurality of images captured by a camera (3000) (captured images), and calculates an index value indicating the degree of change in the state of a monitoring target in the captured image, using the acquired captured image. The presentation unit (2040) presents an indication based on the index value calculated by the index value calculation unit (2020) on the captured image captured by the camera (3000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ryoma OAMI, Hiroyoshi MIYANO, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hiroo IKEDA, Yukie EBIYAMA, Ryo KAWAI, Takuya OGAWA, Kazuya KOYAMA, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10950002
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a determination unit (2020) and a notification unit (2040). The determination unit (2020) determines whether a field of view of a second camera is correct, on the basis of a first captured image (40), a second captured image (50), and relationship information (information indicating the relationship to be satisfied between a field of view of a first camera and the field of view of the second camera). In a case in which the field of view of the second camera is not correct, the notification unit (2040) notifies that the field of view of the second camera is not correct. The first camera is provided in a head-mounted display worn by a person. The second camera is provided in a part other than the head-mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yuusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210065539
    Abstract: In a travel status recording apparatus, a data acquisition unit acquires first travel status data and second travel status data indicating a travel status in relation to a vehicle. An event detection unit detects a predetermined event that occurs in relation to the vehicle based on the first travel status data acquired. In response to the predetermined event being detected, a data analysis unit analyzes the second travel status data using artificial intelligence. A recording control unit records, in a storage unit, an analysis result of the second travel status data in association with event detection information in relation to the predetermined event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yoshikuni MIKI, Hiroshi YAMADA, Hiroyuki WATABE, Kimitaka MURASHITA, Yasutaka OKADA, Ryusuke SEKI
  • Publication number: 20210067742
    Abstract: A travel status recording apparatus records an image captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle, identifies personal information included in the captured image, and masks the personal information in the captured image. A server acquires a masked image corresponding to the captured image in which the personal information is masked from the travel status recording apparatus. The server determines, in response to a request from a third party, whether to restore the personal information included in the acquired masked image based on a preset restoration level. In a case where the server determines to restore the personal information, the server restores the personal information. In a case where the server determines not to restore the personal information, the server conceals the personal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yoshikuni MIKI, Hiroshi YAMADA, Hiroyuki WATABE, Yasuhiko NAKANO, Yuuji UNO
  • Patent number: 10909697
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus (2000) including an index value calculation unit (2020) and a presentation unit (2040). The index value calculation unit (2020) acquires a plurality of images captured by a camera (3000) (captured images), and calculates an index value indicating the degree of change in the state of a monitoring target in the captured image, using the acquired captured image. The presentation unit (2040) presents an indication based on the index value calculated by the index value calculation unit (2020) on the captured image captured by the camera (3000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Hiroyoshi Miyano, Yusuke Takahashi, Hiroo Ikeda, Yukie Ebiyama, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa, Kazuya Koyama, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10901028
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate inspection method capable of accurately performing inspection. A wafer inspection device includes a chuck top on which a wafer having a semiconductor device formed thereon is mounted and a probe card disposed above the chuck top so as to face the chuck top. The probe card includes a plurality of contact probes protruding toward the wafer. When bringing the chuck top close to the probe card, a tubular expandable/contractible bellows extending downward from the probe card side so as to surround the contact probes is attracted to the chuck top via a lip seal before the contact probes come into contact with the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Jun Fujihara
  • Patent number: 10878252
    Abstract: A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Hiroyoshi Miyano, Yusuke Takahashi, Hiroo Ikeda, Yukie Ebiyama, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa, Kazuya Koyama, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10859963
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image bearer and a cleaning blade is provided. The cleaning blade comprises an elastic member configured to contact a surface of the image bearer to remove toner particles remaining thereon. The elastic member comprises a substrate and a surface layer comprising a cured product of a curable composition and a siloxane compound. The surface layer is disposed on at least a part of a lower surface of the substrate. The surface layer has a hardness gradient in which a Martens hardness HM measured using a nanoindenter decreases from a surface of the surface layer toward the lower surface of the substrate in a thickness direction, and the Martens hardness HM measured in a region extending from a vicinity of the surface (with a load of 1 ?N) to a deepest part in the thickness direction (with a load of 1,000 ?N) ranges from 2.5 to 32.5 N/mm2. The toner has a tensile breaking force F of from 200 to 450 gf (from 1.96 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Nakayama, Keiichiro Juri, Yuka Aoyama, Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10859932
    Abstract: A toner, including: a polyester resin, wherein the polyester resin has a structure represented by any one of formulas 1) to 3) below: 1) R1-(NHCONH-R2)n-, 2) R1-(NHCOO-R2)n-, and 3) R1-(OCONH-R2)n-, where n is 3 or more, R1 represents an aromatic organic group or an aliphatic organic group, and R2 represents a group derived from a resin that is polyester formed of polycarboxylic acid, polyol, or both thereof; or that is a modified polyester obtained by modifying polyester with isocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Shinya Nakayama, Hiroshi Yamada, Hideyuki Santo, Ryuta Chiba, Suzuka Amemori, Kohsuke Nagata