Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Nakamura

Hiroyuki Nakamura 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: 10848923
    Abstract: A user location information detection and tracking system includes an IC tag that a user can carry, a user terminal configured to receive identification information outputted from the IC tag, a magnetic field device configured to form a magnetic field in a predetermined area, and a managing device communicably connected to the user terminal. The IC tag outputs at a predetermined timing, as the identification information, tag ID for identifying the IC tag, in response to detection of the magnetic field formed by the magnetic field device, the IC tag outputs, as the identification information, magnetic field identification information for identifying the magnetic field, and in response to the identification information received from the IC tag, the user terminal sends the identification information to the managing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Motoki Suzuki, Taro Morioka, Akira Arai, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10847489
    Abstract: A first wire has a first contact connected to a first semiconductor element, and a second contact connected to a second semiconductor element. A second wire has a third contact connected to the first semiconductor element and a fourth contact connected to the second semiconductor element. A first linear portion between the first contact and the second contact of the first wire has an undulation. A second linear portion between the third contact and the fourth contact of the second wire has an undulation. A first top portion of the first linear portion is adjacent to a second top portion of the second linear portion. An interval between the first top portion and the second top portion is narrower than an interval between the first contact and the third contact. The interval between the first top portion and the second top portion is narrower than an interval between the second contact and the fourth contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200361883
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel crystalline forms of sulfonamide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the crystalline form compounds and methods of preparing and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Jing Teng, Nathan Gignac
  • Patent number: 10794719
    Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: a sensor unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information acquired by the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kunii, Takuya Shimizu, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Publication number: 20200314596
    Abstract: A user location information detection and tracking system includes an IC tag that a user can carry, a user terminal configured to receive identification information outputted from the IC tag, a magnetic field device configured to form a magnetic field in a predetermined area, and a managing device communicably connected to the user terminal. The IC tag outputs at a predetermined timing, as the identification information, tag ID for identifying the IC tag, in response to detection of the magnetic field formed by the magnetic field device, the IC tag outputs, as the identification information, magnetic field identification information for identifying the magnetic field, and in response to the identification information received from the IC tag, the user terminal sends the identification information to the managing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Motoki SUZUKI, Taro MORIOKA, Akira ARAI, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10778181
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an elastic wave device. The elastic wave device includes a sub-wavelength thick piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a high velocity layer configured to inhibit an elastic wave from leaking from the piezoelectric layer at anti-resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Rei Goto, Jie Zou, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Chun Sing Lam
  • Patent number: 10778183
    Abstract: Aspects and examples provide electronic elements and filter devices configured to prevent deterioration of the propagation characteristics caused by input and output signals being electromagnetically coupled to an electric conductor side wall. In one example an electronic filter includes an element substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, and piezoelectric body. A circuit including a plurality of SAW resonators is formed on the top surface of the element substrate. The electronic filter further includes a sealing substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a side wall including an electric conductor and formed to define a cavity between the top surface of the element substrate and the bottom surface of the sealing substrate, the side wall enclosing a periphery of the circuit and being connected to a ground potential of the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SKYWORKS FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Satoshi Niwa, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10769049
    Abstract: A debugging support apparatus supports debugging of a sequence program executed by a control apparatus. The debugging support apparatus includes a recording unit and a graph display processing unit which is a presentation processing unit. The recording unit records step numbers which are order information indicating the execution order of arithmetic processing for components constituting the sequence program, and operation data handled in step-by-step arithmetic processing. The graph display processing unit presents a relationship between the order information and the operation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keisuke Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20200279843
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a first region having a freewheeling diode arranged therein, second regions having an IGBT arranged therein, and a withstand-voltage retention region surrounding the first region and the second regions in plan view are defined. The semiconductor substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface. The semiconductor substrate includes an anode layer having a first conductivity type, which is arranged in the first main surface of the first region, and a diffusion layer having the first conductivity type, which is arranged in the first main surface of the withstand-voltage retention region adjacently to the anode layer. A first trench is arranged in the first main surface on a side of the anode layer with respect to a boundary between the anode layer and the diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Shinya SONEDA
  • Publication number: 20200262209
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium along a transport path, a liquid ejecting head that performs recording on the transported medium by ejecting liquid from a nozzle formed at a nozzle surface, a mounting portion on which a liquid storage portion for storing the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted, and a first discharge port that delivers the medium on which the recording is performed toward a media processing apparatus that performs processing on the medium, in which the mounting portion is disposed at a position higher than the nozzle surface, and a first transport path which is a portion of the transport path from a position corresponding to the liquid ejecting head to the first discharge port passes above the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Izumi NOZAWA
  • Patent number: 10744779
    Abstract: A bottle set includes a bottle and a lid member. The bottle has an ink container, a nozzle and a joint portion integrally formed with the nozzle and having a thread configured to engage the nozzle with the ink container. The lid member is attachable to and detachable from the bottle. An outflow port is formed in the nozzle. The outflow port is configured such that the ink in the ink container flows out from the outflow port. The lid member has a tubular barrel, a top plate that closes a barrel end of the tubular barrel, and a plug projecting from the top plate toward the nozzle. A distance from the barrel end of the tubular barrel to a distal end of the plug being shorter than a distance from a nozzle end of the nozzle to the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Nagashima, Tetsuya Takamoto, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tadahiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10749497
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device that includes a spinel layer, a piezoelectric layer, a temperature compensating layer between the spinel layer and the piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer is disclosed. The piezoelectric layer is disposed between the interdigital transducer electrode and the spinel layer. The acoustic wave device is configured to generate an acoustic wave having a wavelength of ?. The piezoelectric layer can have a thickness that is less than ?. In some embodiments, the spinel layer can be a polycrystalline spinel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gong Bin Tang, Rei Goto, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiichi Maki
  • Publication number: 20200231085
    Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information to be displayed; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information to be displayed acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiko KUNII, Nobuyuki KAKU, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Hiroshi CHIBA, Masahiro KISHIGAMI, Hiroyuki KAJIKAWA, Chohei ONO, Megumi KURACHI, Noriaki HARADA
  • Patent number: 10703104
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an ejection portion that ejects liquid onto a medium; a waste liquid container having a container that is configured to store a waste liquid discharged from the ejection portion; a housing that houses the ejection portion; and a humidity adjustment portion that adjusts humidity inside the housing. The waste liquid container is configured to store moisture discharged from the humidity adjustment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Hiroki Chino, Izumi Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20200212878
    Abstract: An acoustic wave component is disclosed. The acoustic wave component can include a bulk acoustic wave resonator and a surface acoustic wave device. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include a first portion of a ceramic substrate, a first piezoelectric layer positioned on the ceramic substrate, and electrodes positioned on opposing sides of the first piezoelectric layer. The surface acoustic wave device can include a second portion of the ceramic substrate, a second piezoelectric layer positioned on the ceramic substrate, and an interdigital transducer electrode on the second piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kwang Jae Shin, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200212884
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator is disclosed. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include a ceramic substrate, and a piezoelectric layer on the ceramic substrate. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can also include first and second electrodes positioned on opposing sides of the piezoelectric layer. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can also include passivation layers that includes a first passivation layer and a second passivation layer. The first passivation layer can be positioned between the ceramic substrate and the first electrode. The second electrode can be positioned between the piezoelectric layer and the second passivation layer. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can further include a frame structure along an edge of an active region of the bulk acoustic wave resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kwang Jae Shin, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200212882
    Abstract: An acoustic wave component is disclosed. The acoustic wave component can include a bulk acoustic wave resonator and a surface acoustic wave device. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include a first portion of a glass substrate, a first piezoelectric layer positioned on the glass substrate, and electrodes positioned on opposing sides of the first piezoelectric layer. The surface acoustic wave device can include a second portion of the glass substrate, a second piezoelectric layer positioned on the glass substrate, and an interdigital transducer electrode on the second piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kwang Jae Shin, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200207110
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid, a liquid supply flow path configured to supply the liquid from a liquid container containing the liquid to the liquid ejecting head, a pressurizing portion pressurizing an inside of the liquid supply flow path, and an solenoid valve which is provided in the liquid supply flow path and which opens the liquid supply flow path during energization and closes the liquid supply flow path during de-energization, in which open and closed states of the solenoid valve are forcibly switched in accordance with a pressure change by the pressurizing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Ayumi YOKOO, Kazuhiko SATO
  • Patent number: 10696510
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor including a first pair of conveyance rollers and a second pair of conveyance rollers each configured to nip and convey a sheet; a first jam releaser configured to separate rollers of the first pair of conveyance rollers from each other; a second jam releaser configured to separate rollers of the second pair of conveyance rollers from each other; and a controller configured to control the conveyor. In stopping sheet conveyance by the conveyor upon occurrence of a failure, the controller controls the conveyor to prevent a sheet from being nipped only by the first pair of conveyance rollers prior to separation of the rollers of the first pair of conveyance rollers from each other by the first jam releaser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10700050
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a power semiconductor module according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) forming a 6-in-1 chip 1 that is a power semiconductor chip incorporating a plurality of lateral power transistors; (b) forming control chips configured to control the 6-in-1 chip 1 according to a process rule different from a process rule of the 6-in-1 chip 1; and (c) forming one power semiconductor module with the 6-in-1 chip 1 and the control chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakamura