Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Yasukochi

Hiroyuki Yasukochi 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: 11267168
    Abstract: A structure forming apparatus includes a rotary body, an irradiation unit, and a holding member. On the rotary body, a mask that is subjected to patterning is capable of being disposed. The irradiation unit is capable of irradiating an area along an axis direction of a rotation of the rotary body with an energy line with the mask intervened therebetween. The holding member is disposed to be opposed to the rotary body so that a holding area that holds a material cured with the energy line is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 11203149
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including a stage, a constraining body, a supply nozzle, an irradiation unit, and a movement mechanism. The constraining body includes a surface including a linear region along a first direction, and is opposed to the stage so that the linear region is the closest to the stage. The supply nozzle supplies a material curable by energy of an energy ray into a slit region between the stage and the linear region. The irradiation unit irradiates the supplied material with the energy ray through the constraining body. The movement mechanism moves the stage relative to the constraining body along a second direction for forming a cured layer of the material for one layer, and moves the constraining body and the stage relative to each other along a stacking direction for stacking the cured layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 10703085
    Abstract: A modeling apparatus includes a stage, an irradiation unit, a moving mechanism, and a stage-rotating mechanism. The irradiation unit selectively irradiates a region of a material supplied onto the stage, with an energy ray. The moving mechanism relatively moves, at least in a stacking direction of the material, the stage and the irradiation unit. The stage-rotating mechanism rotates the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Publication number: 20190346825
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which can generate photo-fabrication data for irradiation with suitable light intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Publication number: 20180290379
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including a stage, a constraining body, a supply nozzle, an irradiation unit, and a movement mechanism. The constraining body includes a surface including a linear region along a first direction, and is opposed to the stage so that the linear region is the closest to the stage. The supply nozzle supplies a material curable by energy of an energy ray into a slit region between the stage and the linear region. The irradiation unit irradiates the supplied material with the energy ray through the constraining body. The movement mechanism moves the stage relative to the constraining body along a second direction for forming a cured layer of the material for one layer, and moves the constraining body and the stage relative to each other along a stacking direction for stacking the cured layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 10022911
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including a stage, a constraining body, a supply nozzle, an irradiation unit, and a movement mechanism. The constraining body includes a surface including a linear region along a first direction, and is opposed to the stage so that the linear region is the closest to the stage. The supply nozzle supplies a material curable by energy of an energy ray into a slit region between the stage and the linear region. The irradiation unit irradiates the supplied material with the energy ray through the constraining body. The movement mechanism moves the stage relative to the constraining body along a second direction for forming a cured layer of the material for one layer, and moves the constraining body and the stage relative to each other along a stacking direction for stacking the cured layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 9862138
    Abstract: A structure including a substrate and a coating material. The substrate includes a plurality of voids and a surface on which at least the plurality of voids are formed, and is formed such that a void ratio of the plurality of voids decreases one of 2-dimensionally and 3-dimensionally from an inner side of the substrate toward an outer side thereof. The coating material is formed on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 9851614
    Abstract: An electrophoretic device includes a fiber layer, an electrophoretic particle configured to migrate through a gap in the fiber layer, and a partition wall extended in a thickness direction of the fiber layer to separate the fiber layer into a plurality of migration cells. The partition wall includes a cured body of a curable resin, and the cured body includes a constriction part between both end portions of the fiber layer in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuhito Yasui, Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 9776344
    Abstract: Provided is a structure forming apparatus, including: a roller provided to be rotatable, having a length in an axial direction of the rotation, and capable of transmitting an energy beam; a retaining member arranged to face the roller such that a slit region having a length in the axial direction is formed between the retaining member and the roller, and capable of retaining a material to be cured by energy of the energy beam at least in the slit region; an irradiation unit configured to selectively radiate the energy beam to the slit region through the roller to cure the material so that a sheet-like structure is formed; and a take-up reel configured to take up the sheet-like structure thus formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 9597835
    Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes: a stage; a regulating body having a surface including a linear region along a first direction and being arranged to face the stage so that the linear region of the surface comes closest to the stage; a supply nozzle configured to supply a material to be cured by energy of an energy beam to a slit region which is a region between the stage and the linear region; a movement mechanism configured to move the regulating body and the stage relative to each other along a second direction other than the first direction to form a cured layer of the material for at least one layer; and an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the material supplied from the supply nozzle to the slit region with the energy beam under a state in which the stage and the regulating body rest relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Publication number: 20160311163
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A modeling apparatus includes a stage, an irradiation unit, a moving mechanism, and a stage-rotating mechanism. The irradiation unit selectively irradiates a region of a material supplied onto the stage, with an energy ray. The moving mechanism relatively moves, at least in a stacking direction of the material, the stage and the irradiation unit. The stage-rotating mechanism rotates the stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: HIROYUKI YASUKOCHI
  • Publication number: 20150328832
    Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes: a stage; a regulating body having a surface including a linear region along a first direction and being arranged to face the stage so that the linear region of the surface comes closest to the stage; a supply nozzle configured to supply a material to be cured by energy of an energy beam to a slit region which is a region between the stage and the linear region; a movement mechanism configured to move the regulating body and the stage relative to each other along a second direction other than the first direction to form a cured layer of the material for at least one layer; and an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the material supplied from the supply nozzle to the slit region with the energy beam under a state in which the stage and the regulating body rest relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 9138939
    Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes: a stage; a regulating body having a surface including a linear region along a first direction and being arranged to face the stage so that the linear region of the surface comes closest to the stage; a supply nozzle configured to supply a material to be cured by energy of an energy beam to a slit region which is a region between the stage and the linear region; a movement mechanism configured to move the regulating body and the stage relative to each other along a second direction other than the first direction to form a cured layer of the material for at least one layer; and an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the material supplied from the supply nozzle to the slit region with the energy beam under a state in which the stage and the regulating body rest relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 8880209
    Abstract: A 3D modeling apparatus includes: a support body which supports a modeled object formed by laminating a resin material that is cured by energy of an energy ray; an illumination mechanism which illuminates the resin material with the energy ray, on the basis of image data of laminated cross-sections which constitutes 3D data of an object to be modeled which is an object of modeling, in order to form the modeled object; and a supply mechanism which supplies a material that constitutes a part of the modeled object and is different from the resin material, to the resin material that is cured as being illuminated by the illumination mechanism, on the basis of the cross-section image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 8845050
    Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a stage, a head, an adjustment mechanism, an ejection command means, and a control means. On the stage, a powder material is accumulated. The head ejects ink to the powder material on the stage. The adjustment mechanism adjusts a relative height of the stage and the head for each predetermined layer thickness so that a three-dimensional object is formed on the stage by the predetermined layer thickness. The ejection command means causes the ink to be ejected from the head so that the powder material is colored a plurality of colors corresponding to multilevel luminance information items in a multivalued image obtained by performing a multivalued processing of luminance with respect to a two-dimensional cross-sectional image data of a modeling target object. The control means controls the adjustment mechanism and the ejection command means so that the multivalued image is drawn for each layer thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsui, Junichi Kuzusako, Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Publication number: 20140113105
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a structure of a novel shape and a method of producing it. [Solving Means] A structure according to the present disclosure includes a wall portion, a first opening region, and a plurality of second opening regions. The plurality of second opening regions is provided so as to be aligned in a regular manner in the wall portion. Each of the second opening regions has a second aperture area smaller than the first aperture area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 8616872
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including a supply mechanism, a deposition area, a variable mechanism, a discharge mechanism, and a control means. The supply mechanism supplies a powder material. In the deposition area, the supplied powder material is deposited. The variable mechanism varies a volume of the deposition area per a predetermined layer thickness, and thus the powder material is deposited per the predetermined layer thickness in the deposition area. The discharge mechanism discharges liquid for forming a three-dimensional object to the deposited powder material, the liquid being capable of hardening the powder material. The control means causes the discharge mechanism to discharge the liquid to the powder material, to thereby form a main body being an object being as a target to be modeled and a frame body being an object to be formed in a periphery of the main body, of the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsui, Junichi Kuzusako, Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Publication number: 20130308175
    Abstract: An electrophoretic device includes a fiber layer, an electrophoretic particle configured to migrate through a gap in the fiber layer, and a partition wall extended in a thickness direction of the fiber layer to separate the fiber layer into a plurality of migration cells. The partition wall includes a cured body of a curable resin, and the cured body includes a constriction part between both end portions of the fiber layer in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuhito Yasui, Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Patent number: 8553317
    Abstract: An electrophoresis device, includes: a migrating particle; a porous layer including a fibrous structure holding a non-migrating particle having optical reflection characteristics different from optical reflection characteristics of the migrating particle; and a light-transmissive dividing wall including part of the porous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuhito Yasui, Hiroyuki Yasukochi
  • Publication number: 20130260110
    Abstract: A structure forming apparatus includes a rotary body, an irradiation unit, and a holding member. On the rotary body, a mask that is subjected to patterning is capable of being disposed. The irradiation unit is capable of irradiating an area along an axis direction of a rotation of the rotary body with an energy line with the mask intervened therebetween. The holding member is disposed to be opposed to the rotary body so that a holding area that holds a material cured with the energy line is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yasukochi