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).

  • Publication number: 20190340106
    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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Keisuke NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190341339
    Abstract: Reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. In the semiconductor device SA1, a snubber capacitor pad SNP electrically connected to the capacitor electrode of the snubber capacitor is formed on the surface of the semiconductor chip CHP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Naoki FUJITA, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10468338
    Abstract: Performance of a semiconductor device is enhanced. A semiconductor device is a semiconductor device obtained by sealing in a sealing portion first, second, and third semiconductor chips each incorporating a power transistor for high-side switch, fourth, fifth, and sixth semiconductor chips each incorporating a power transistor for low-side switch, and a semiconductor chip incorporating a control circuit controlling these chips. The source pads of the fourth, fifth, and sixth semiconductor chips are electrically coupled to a plurality of leads LD9 and a plurality of leads LD10 via a metal plate. As viewed in a plane, the leads LD9 intersect with a side MRd4 of the sealing portion and the leads LD10 intersect with a side MRd2 of the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroya Shimoyama, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10457199
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kunii, Nobuyuki Kaku, Toshinori Sugiyama, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Hiroshi Chiba, Masahiro Kishigami, Hiroyuki Kajikawa, Chohei Ono, Megumi Kurachi, Noriaki Harada
  • Publication number: 20190326875
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave devices on stacked die. A first die can include first acoustic wave device configured to generate a boundary acoustic wave. A second die can include a second acoustic wave device configured to generate a second boundary acoustic wave, in which the second die is stacked with the first die. The first acoustic wave resonator can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and high acoustic velocity layers on opposing sides of the piezoelectric layer. The high acoustic velocity layers can each have an acoustic velocity that is greater than a velocity of the boundary acoustic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rei Goto, Keiichi Maki
  • Publication number: 20190326874
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave device that includes high velocity layers on opposing sides of a piezoelectric layer. A temperature compensation layer can be positioned between one of the high velocity layers and the piezoelectric layer. The acoustic wave device can be arranged to generate a boundary acoustic wave having a higher velocity than a respective acoustic velocity of each of the high velocity layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rei Goto, Keiichi Maki
  • Publication number: 20190326879
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave device that includes high velocity layers on opposing sides of a piezoelectric layer. A low velocity layer can be positioned between the piezoelectric layer and one of the high velocity layers, in which the low velocity layer has a lower acoustic velocity than the high velocity layers. The acoustic wave device can be configured to generate a boundary acoustic wave such that acoustic energy is concentrated at a boundary of the piezoelectric layer and the low velocity layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rei Goto, Keiichi Maki
  • Patent number: 10449900
    Abstract: A video display system performs a video conversion process on a video of a camera mounted on a vehicle and displays a resulting video, and includes a plurality of cameras, a detecting unit that detects an object of interest around the vehicle based on information or the like acquired through the plurality of cameras, other sensors, or a network, a transforming/synthesizing unit that transforms and synthesizes the videos photographed by the plurality of cameras using a shape of a virtual projection plane, a virtual viewpoint, and a synthesis method which are decided according to position information of the object of interest detected by the detecting unit, and a display unit that displays the video that is transformed and synthesized by the transforming/synthesizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: CLARION, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Higuchi, Kenta Takanohashi, Mitsuo Nakajima, Hidenori Sakaniwa, Yoshitaka Uchida, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Katsuo Onozaki, Takayuki Shioya
  • Publication number: 20190319606
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device is disclosed. The acoustic wave device can include a transmit filter that includes bulk acoustic wave resonators and a series surface acoustic wave resonator that is coupled between the bulk acoustic wave resonators and a transmit output node. The acoustic wave device can also include a loop circuit that is coupled to the transmit filter. The loop circuit can generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190319605
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices are disclosed. An acoustic wave device can include a first filter and a second filter coupled to a common node. The second filter includes acoustic wave resonators of a first type (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of the second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The acoustic wave device can further include a loop circuit coupled to the first filter, in which the loop circuit is configured to generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency. In certain embodiments, the first filter is a receive filter and the second filter is a transmit filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190319772
    Abstract: Multiplexers are disclosed. A multiplexer can include a first filter and a second filter that are coupled to a common node. The second filter can include a first type of acoustic wave resonators (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The first filter can provide a single-ended radio frequency signal. In certain embodiments, the first filter can be a receive filter and the second filter can be a transmit filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10434779
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid; a first tank that stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head; a second tank that receives the liquid that was not ejected from the liquid ejecting head; circulation paths through which the liquid circulates among the first tank, the liquid ejecting head, and the second tank; a pump that feeds the liquid from the second tank to the first tank; a first supply flow path that communicates between the first tank and a first main tank that is located above the first tank and stores the liquid; a second supply flow path that communicates between the first main tank and the second tank; a first opening/closing valve that can open and close the first supply flow path; and a second opening/closing valve that can open and close the second supply flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Izumi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 10439585
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device comprises an IDT electrode disposed above an upper surface of a piezoelectric substrate and includes a plurality of electrode fingers configured to excite a main acoustic wave. A first dielectric film made of an oxide is disposed above the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate and covers the plurality of electrode fingers. A second dielectric film made of non-oxide is disposed between the first dielectric film and each of the plurality of electrode fingers. A third dielectric film is disposed between the piezoelectric substrate and the plurality of electrode fingers. A speed of a transverse wave propagating through the third dielectric film is greater than a speed of the main acoustic wave propagating through the piezoelectric substrate. The third dielectric film contacts the first dielectric film between adjacent electrode fingers of the plurality of electrode fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SKYWORKS FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Yamaji, Mitsunori Miyanari, Masahiro Yasumi, Shoji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10414164
    Abstract: A cartridge comprises a liquid container that is at least partly made of a flexible material and is configured to contain a liquid therein; a recess that is configured to be open toward a mounting direction of the cartridge to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a fluid receiving portion that is placed inside of the recess and is configured to receive supply of a pressurized fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Koizumi, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Ayumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10384454
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a refilled cartridge is provided for performing refilling of printing material after use of a cartridge comprising a chamber of variable capacity, a detection section that optically detects the printing material inside the chamber, an air introduction port that introduces outside air into the chamber, a valve section that opens and closes the air introduction port according to the negative pressure inside the chamber, and a supply port that supplies the printing material within the chamber to the outside. With this manufacturing method, the printing material is refilled into the chamber so that a designated volume of air exists after refilling of the printing material is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Atsushi Kobayashi, Izumi Nozawa, Hidetoshi Kodama
  • Patent number: 10389326
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reducing electric loss in an elastic wave element. In one example such a method includes forming an IDT electrode on a piezoelectric body, and forming the connection wiring on the piezoelectric body and electrically connecting the connection wiring to the IDT electrode. Forming the connection wiring includes sequentially forming a lower connection wiring on an upper surface of the piezoelectric body and forming an upper connection wiring over the lower connection wiring. The method further includes forming a reinforcement electrode over the connection wiring that divides the upper connection wiring into first and second upper connection wirings electrically connected to one another by the reinforcement electrode. The reinforcement electrode is formed abutting an upper surface of the lower connection wiring between the first and second upper connection wirings and electrically connected to the lower connection wiring and to the first and second upper connection wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SKYWORKS FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Hamaoka, Mitsunori Miyanari, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Hidekazu Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20190248277
    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 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko KUNII, Nobuyuki KAKU, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Hiroshi CHIBA, Masahiro KISHIGAMI, Hiroyuki KAJIKAWA, Chohei ONO, Megumi KURACHI, Noriaki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20190243245
    Abstract: A film resist is a member for being bonded to a main surface of a substrate, which main surface is provided with a mark. The film resist includes a cutout for the mark to be checked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Shinya SONEDA, Shoichi KUGA
  • Publication number: 20190240986
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion configured to eject a liquid, a liquid supply flow path of which a downstream end portion is attachably/detachably connected to the liquid ejecting portion and through which the liquid is supplied from a liquid accommodating portion that accommodates the liquid to the liquid ejecting portion, an opening/closing valve capable of opening and closing the liquid supply flow path, an atmosphere communication path connected to the liquid supply flow path on a downstream side of the opening/closing valve, an atmosphere release valve capable of opening and closing the atmosphere communication path, a suction mechanism capable of sucking the liquid in the liquid ejecting portion, and a control device configured to control operations of the opening/closing valve, the atmosphere release valve, and the suction mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Izumi NOZAWA
  • Patent number: 10374570
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an acoustic wave element includes simultaneously forming a plurality of electrodes on a piezoelectric substrate, the plurality of electrodes including first and second IDT electrodes and a connection electrode, forming an insulation over the plurality of electrodes and the piezoelectric substrate, the insulation having a first thickness in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the piezoelectric substrate over the second IDT electrode, processing a first portion of the insulation over the first IDT electrode and a second portion of the insulation over the connection electrode to reduce a thickness of the first and second portions of the insulation to a second thickness, and processing a third portion of the insulation over the surface of the second IDT electrode to reduce the first thickness of the third portion to a third thickness, the third thickness being greater than the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SKYWORKS FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Nakamura