Patents by Inventor Hiroto Kasai
Hiroto Kasai 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).
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Publication number: 20230063086Abstract: There is provided a microchip. The microchip comprises a substrate including a flow channel configured to convey a fluid therein. The substrate comprises a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer laminated to the first substrate layer to create the flow channel, and a discharge part formed in only one of the first substrate layer or the second substrate layer. The discharge part includes an opening directed toward an end face of the substrate, and being configured to eject the fluid flowing through the flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Hiroto Kasai, Shoji Akiyama, Kazuya Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200070152Abstract: There is provided a microchip. The microchip comprises a substrate including a flow channel configured to convey a fluid therein. The substrate comprises a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer laminated to the first substrate layer to create the flow channel, and a discharge part formed in only one of the first substrate layer or the second substrate layer. The discharge part includes an opening directed toward an end face of the substrate, and being configured to eject the fluid flowing through the flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroto Kasai, Shoji Akiyama, Kazuya Takahashi
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Patent number: 10535497Abstract: An electron microscope for observation by illuminating an electron beam on a specimen, includes: an edge element disposed in a diffraction plane where a direct beam not diffracted by but transmitted through the specimen converges or a plane equivalent to the diffraction plane; and a control unit for controlling the electron beam or the edge element. The edge element includes a blocking portion for blocking the electron beam, and an aperture for allowing the passage of the electron beam. The aperture is defined by an edge of the blocking portion in a manner that the edge surrounds a convergence point of the direct beam in the diffraction plane. The control unit varies contrast of an observation image by shifting, relative to the edge, the convergence point of the direct beam along the edge while maintaining a predetermined distance between the convergence point of the direct beam and the edge.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Tamaki, Ken Harada, Keiji Tamura, Yoshifumi Taniguchi, Hiroto Kasai, Toshie Yaguchi, Takafumi Yotsuji
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Patent number: 10451534Abstract: The present disclosure provides a particle sorting apparatus, a particle sorting method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program that enable sorting object particles to be sorted with high precision, even when the sorting object particles are large. In the particle sorting apparatus, a charging unit that applies charges to at least a part of liquid droplets ejected from an orifice to generate a fluid stream and a charging control unit that adjusts a charge application end time in the charging unit according to sizes of particles included in the liquid droplets are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fumitaka Otsuka, Hiroto Kasai, Takashi Miyata, Takayuki Kato, Kouhei Hatamoto
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Publication number: 20190131107Abstract: An electron microscope for observation by illuminating an electron beam on a specimen, includes: an edge element disposed in a diffraction plane where a direct beam not diffracted by but transmitted through the specimen converges or a plane equivalent to the diffraction plane; and a control unit for controlling the electron beam or the edge element. The edge element includes a blocking portion for blocking the electron beam, and an aperture for allowing the passage of the electron beam. The aperture is defined by an edge of the blocking portion in a manner that the edge surrounds a convergence point of the direct beam in the diffraction plane. The control unit varies contrast of an observation image by shifting, relative to the edge, the convergence point of the direct beam along the edge while maintaining a predetermined distance between the convergence point of the direct beam and the edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Hirokazu TAMAKI, Ken HARADA, Keiji TAMURA, Yoshifumi TANIGUCHI, Hiroto KASAI, Toshie YAGUCHI, Takafumi YOTSUJI
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Publication number: 20180045638Abstract: The present disclosure provides a particle sorting apparatus, a particle sorting method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program that enable sorting object particles to be sorted with high precision, even when the sorting object particles are large. In the particle sorting apparatus, a charging unit that applies charges to at least a part of liquid droplets ejected from an orifice to generate a fluid stream and a charging control unit that adjusts a charge application end time in the charging unit according to sizes of particles included in the liquid droplets are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: FUMITAKA OTSUKA, HIROTO KASAI, TAKASHI MIYATA, TAKAYUKI KATO, KOUHEI HATAMOTO
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Patent number: 9804075Abstract: The present disclosure provides a particle sorting apparatus, a particle sorting method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program that enable sorting object particles to be sorted with high precision, even when the sorting object particles are large. In the particle sorting apparatus, a charging unit that applies charges to at least a part of liquid droplets ejected from an orifice to generate a fluid stream and a charging control unit that adjusts a charge application end time in the charging unit according to sizes of particles included in the liquid droplets are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fumitaka Otsuka, Hiroto Kasai, Takashi Miyata, Takayuki Kato, Kouhei Hatamoto
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Publication number: 20170010203Abstract: The present disclosure provides a particle sorting apparatus, a particle sorting method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program that enable sorting object particles to be sorted with high precision, even when the sorting object particles are large. In the particle sorting apparatus, a charging unit that applies charges to at least a part of liquid droplets ejected from an orifice to generate a fluid stream and a charging control unit that adjusts a charge application end time in the charging unit according to sizes of particles included in the liquid droplets are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: FUMITAKA OTSUKA, HIROTO KASAI, TAKASHI MIYATA, TAKAYUKI KATO, KOUHEI HATAMOTO
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Patent number: 9208990Abstract: Provided is a phase plate for use in an electron microscope which lessens the problem of image information loss caused by interruption of an electron beam and ameliorates the problem of anisotropic potential distributions. This phase plate comprises openings (23) connected into a single opening, and multiple electrodes (11) arranged in the opening from the outer portion of the opening towards the center of the opening. The cross sections of the electrodes (11) are configured such that a voltage application layer (24) comprising a conductor or a semiconductor is covered by a shield layer comprising a conductor or a semiconductor with an intermediate insulating layer. By this means, this phase plate is capable of lessening electron beam interruption due to the electrodes (11), and of ameliorating the problem of anisotropic potential distributions.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Tamaki, Yoshio Takahashi, Hiroto Kasai, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8946628Abstract: There is a limit in range and distance in which an electron beam can interfere and electron interference is implemented within a range of a coherence length. Therefore, interference images are consecutively recorded for each interference region width from an interference image of a reference wave and an observation region adjacent to the reference wave by considering that a phase distribution regenerated and observed by an interference microscopy is a differential between phase distributions of two waves used for interference and a differential image between phase distributions of a predetermined observation region and a predetermined reference wave is acquired by acquiring integrating phase distributions acquired by individually regenerating the interference images. This work enables a wide range of interference image which is more than a coherence length by arranging phase distribution images performed and acquired in the respective phase distributions in a predetermined order.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Harada, Hiroto Kasai
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Publication number: 20140332684Abstract: There is a limit in range and distance in which an electron beam can interfere and electron interference is implemented within a range of a coherence length. Therefore, interference images are consecutively recorded for each interference region width from an interference image of a reference wave and an observation region adjacent to the reference wave by considering that a phase distribution regenerated and observed by an interference microscopy is a differential between phase distributions of two waves used for interference and a differential image between phase distributions of a predetermined observation region and a predetermined reference wave is acquired by acquiring integrating phase distributions acquired by individually regenerating the interference images. This work enables a wide range of interference image which is more than a coherence length by arranging phase distribution images performed and acquired in the respective phase distributions in a predetermined order.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Harada, Hiroto Kasai
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Publication number: 20140224988Abstract: Provided is a phase plate for use in an electron microscope which lessens the problem of image information loss caused by interruption of an electron beam and ameliorates the problem of anisotropic potential distributions. This phase plate comprises openings (23) connected into a single opening, and multiple electrodes (11) arranged in the opening from the outer portion of the opening towards the center of the opening. The cross sections of the electrodes (11) are configured such that a voltage application layer (24) comprising a conductor or a semiconductor is covered by a shield layer comprising a conductor or a semiconductor with an intermediate insulating layer. By this means, this phase plate is capable of lessening electron beam interruption due to the electrodes (11), and of ameliorating the problem of anisotropic potential distributions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventors: Hirokazu Tamaki, Yoshio Takahashi, Hiroto Kasai, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20110253345Abstract: [Object] To provide a low-cost production method for a heat transportation device with which efficient production with a small number of steps is possible. [Solving Means] A capillary member (5) having a larger thickness than a frame member (2) is mounted on an inner surface (11) of a lower plate member (1). Subsequently, the frame member (2) is mounted on the inner surface (11) of the lower plate member (1), and an upper plate member (3) is mounted on the capillary member (5). Due to a difference between the thickness of the capillary member (5) and the thickness of the frame member (2), a squashing amount (G) is provided between the frame member (2) and the upper plate member (3). Then, the lower plate member (1) and the upper plate member (3) are diffusion-bonded with the frame member (2). At this time, the capillary member (5) is compressed by an amount corresponding to the squashing amount (G).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicants: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Ryoson, Takashi Yajima, Kazunao Oniki, Hiroto Kasai, Koji Hirata, Mitsuo Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20110157446Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion portion including a light receiving element; and a well region defined by a wall structure that is formed integrally on the photoelectric conversion portion, wherein the well region is positioned to correspond to the light receiving element of the photoelectric conversion portion. An image sensor device and methods of manufacture are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroto Kasai, Tatsuya Minakawa, Yuichi Aki, Makoto Hashimoto, Ayumu Taguchi, Takeshi Yamasaki, Isao Ichimura, Keiichi Maeda
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Patent number: 7939801Abstract: An electron beam observation device includes a mechanism which disposes a specimen at an upstream side in an electron beam traveling direction outside an objective lens, from which an image is transferred under a magnification of ? to 1/30, in addition to an inside of the objective lens in which a specimen is disposed at a time of ordinary observation.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: HItachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroto Kasai, Ken Harada
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Patent number: D757580Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuji Akiyama, Shoji Akiyama, Gakuji Hashimoto, Hiroto Kasai, Masaya Kakuta, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tatsumi Ito, Masataka Shinoda
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Patent number: D795724Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Akiyama, Shoji Akiyama, Gakuji Hashimoto, Hiroto Kasai, Masaya Kakuta, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tatsumi Ito, Masataka Shinoda
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Patent number: D869308Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Akiyama, Shoji Akiyama, Gakuji Hashimoto, Hiroto Kasai, Masaya Kakuta, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tatsumi Ito, Masataka Shinoda
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Patent number: D907242Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masataka Shinoda, Shoji Akiyama, Masaya Kakuta, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tatsumi Ito, Yuji Akiyama, Gakuji Hashimoto, Hiroto Kasai
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Patent number: D960740Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Akiyama, Shoji Akiyama, Gakuji Hashimoto, Hiroto Kasai, Masaya Kakuta, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tatsumi Ito, Masataka Shinoda