Patents by Inventor Jun Aoki

Jun Aoki 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: 20180166492
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of first connectors, and a plurality of second connectors. The plurality of first connectors are configured to transmit a first signal. The plurality of second connectors are configured to transmit a second signal. The first signal has at least two levels, and the levels of the first signal discretely vary between the at least two levels. The second signal is a continuous time signal. A first area of a first region is smaller than a second area of a second region. The first region is a projection region of each of the plurality of first connectors in a principal surface of the first substrate. The second region is a projection region of each of the plurality of second connectors in the principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Publication number: 20180125341
    Abstract: The solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor layer, an electrode, a wiring layer, a plurality of filters, an input terminal, and a voltage generation circuit. The voltage generation circuit generates a first voltage and a second voltage. The plurality of filters include a first filter and a second filter. The light transmittance of the first filter has a peak in a wavelength range corresponding to blue. The light transmittance of the second filter has a peak at a wavelength of 450 nm or more, and in the second filter, the transmittance of light having a wavelength of 450 nm or less is greater than the minimum value of the transmission of light having a wavelength longer than 450 nm. The first voltage and the second voltage are selectively applied to the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Patent number: 9954023
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a first substrate and a second substrate electrically connected to the first substrate. The first substrate includes a first semiconductor layer and one or more first wiring layers. The second substrate includes a second semiconductor layer and one or more second wiring layers. The first photoelectric conversion element overlaps any of the one or more first wiring layers at all positions on the first photoelectric conversion element in a planar view of the first substrate. The second photoelectric conversion element does not overlap any of the one or more first wiring layers at some positions on the second photoelectric conversion element in the planar view of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Publication number: 20180061001
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display control device includes an image acquirer that acquires captured image data output from an imager that captures an image of a surrounding of a vehicle, and a display processor that displays an image of the captured image data, the image being transformed so that a corner image is moved to outside of a display region at a ratio greater than that of an image of another part, on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun AOKI, Masanori TORII, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170365634
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: light receiving units disposed two-dimensionally on a substrate; color filters disposed on the light receiving units and including at least one of: a blue color filter for passing both of blue light and blue-violet light; a cyan color filter for passing both of green light and the blue-violet light; and a magenta color filter for passing both of red light and the blue-violet light; a first film arranged on a light receiving unit on which the cyan color filter is disposed, among the light receiving units, the first film having a peak of reflectivity near 450 nm; and a second film arranged on a light receiving unit on which the magenta color filter is disposed, among the light receiving units, the second film having a peak of reflectivity between 450 nm and 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun AOKI, Satoru ADACHI
  • Patent number: 9807330
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements different from the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of storage units, and a control unit. The plurality of storage units store signal charges output only from the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements. The control unit controls operations of a first mode of outputting first signals based on signal charges output only from the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements and stored in the plurality of storage units and a second mode of outputting second signals based on signal charges output from the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements and the plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements without passing through the plurality of storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Publication number: 20170305345
    Abstract: An image display control apparatus includes an image generating portion generating a display image to be displayed on a display apparatus, the display image including a mirror image of a vehicle outside image based on at least a part of a captured image in which at least a rear side of a vehicle is captured, a reference image setting portion being capable of setting a reference image corresponding to a position that is away towards the rear side of the vehicle, the reference image being set as an image to be included in the display image while the vehicle is moving forward, and a display control portion controlling the display apparatus so that the display image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikuni HASHIMOTO, Susumu FUJITAKA, Jun AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170132538
    Abstract: A plant model creating device includes a cluster analyzer configured to divide operating data into clusters, a principal component list generator configured to calculate a principal component and a contribution rate for every cluster and generate a principal component list, a cumulative contribution rate calculator configured to calculate a cumulative contribution rate based on the principal component list, a principal component remover configured to remove, from the principal component list, a principal component corresponding to a contribution rate added to the cumulative contribution rate, if the cumulative contribution rate is less than a first threshold value, a characteristic formula calculator configured to calculate a characteristic formula whose normal vector is the principal component included in the principal component list, and a model creator configured to create a model of the plant based on the characteristic formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi OHARA, Ken'ichi KAMADA, Jun AOKI
  • Patent number: 9473721
    Abstract: A solid-state image capture device includes a plurality of pixels and a first substrate and a second substrate in which circuit elements constitutes the pixels are disposed and which are electrically connected by a connection unit. The pixels includes: photoelectric conversion elements disposed in the first substrate and generating signals corresponding to amounts of incident light; sample hold capacities disposed in the second substrate and holding output signals corresponding to the signals generated by the photoelectric conversion elements; and a clamp capacitor disposed in the second substrate, shared by the plurality of pixels, and clamping voltages of the output signals held in the plurality of sample hold capacities. The sample hold capacities and the clamp capacitor are capacities having a structure in which two sheets of metal electrodes having a quadrangular flat plate shape are opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Publication number: 20160234452
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements different from the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of storage units, and a control unit. The plurality of storage units store signal charges output only from the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements. The control unit controls operations of a first mode of outputting first signals based on signal charges output only from the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements and stored in the plurality of storage units and a second mode of outputting second signals based on signal charges output from the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements and the plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements without passing through the plurality of storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Patent number: 9373474
    Abstract: An ion source is provided with a push-out electrode, a pull-out electrode, and a pull-in electrode all for ionizing a sample and accelerating generated ions in a pulsed manner, wherein the push-out electrode and/or the pull-in electrode has a curved surface shape having a depression curved in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the ions. As a result, a compact ion source capable of temporally and spatially focusing ions and outputting the ions, and a compact time-of-flight mass spectroscope with good detection resolution and detection sensitivity which is provided with the compact ion source can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Osaka University, MSI. Tokyo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michisato Toyoda, Jun Aoki, Shinichi Miki
  • Patent number: 9358990
    Abstract: A railcar damping device includes: a tank storing a liquid; a first opening/closing valve provided in a first passage connecting a rod side chamber to a piston side chamber, which are defined by a piston, to be capable of opening and closing the first passage; a second opening/closing valve provided in a second passage connecting the piston side chamber to the tank to be capable of opening and closing the second passage; and a pump that is driven to rotate at a predetermined normal rotation speed in order to supply the liquid from the tank to the rod side chamber, wherein a rotation speed of the pump is reduced when a thrust command value is smaller than a normal lower limit value, which is a lower limit value of a thrust that can be generated by the actuator when the pump is rotated at the normal rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ogawa, Jun Aoki, Masaru Uchida
  • Publication number: 20160133664
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a first substrate and a second substrate electrically connected to the first substrate. The first substrate includes a first semiconductor layer and one or more first wiring layers. The second substrate includes a second semiconductor layer and one or more second wiring layers. The first photoelectric conversion element overlaps any of the one or more first wiring layers at all positions on the first photoelectric conversion element in a planar view of the first substrate. The second photoelectric conversion element does not overlap any of the one or more first wiring layers at some positions on the second photoelectric conversion element in the planar view of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Patent number: 9328789
    Abstract: A vibration damping device for railway vehicle includes an actuator and a damper circuit that causes the actuator to function as a damper. The actuator includes a cylinder coupled to a truck of a railway vehicle, a piston, a rod coupled to the piston and a body, a rod-side chamber and a piston-side chamber inside the cylinder, a first on-off valve for a first passage that communicates between a rod-side chamber and a piston-side chamber, a second on-off valve for a second passage that communicates between the piston-side chamber and a tank, and a pump that supplies a hydraulic fluid into the rod-side chamber. The hydraulic fluid has such kinematic viscosity-temperature characteristics that a kinematic viscosity of the hydraulic fluid ranges from 7 mm2/s to 50 mm2/s in a temperature range of from 20° C. to 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ogawa, Jun Aoki, Tsutomu Suzuki, Masaru Uchida, Chie Yabuki
  • Patent number: 9233695
    Abstract: A railcar damping device includes: a tank storing a liquid; a first opening/closing valve provided in a first passage connecting a rod side chamber and a piston side chamber, which are defined by a piston, to be capable of opening and closing the first passage; a second opening/closing valve provided in a second passage connecting the piston side chamber and the tank to be capable of opening and closing the second passage; a pump that is driven to rotate at a predetermined normal rotation speed in order to supply the liquid from the tank to the rod side chamber; and a temperature determination unit that determines a temperature of the liquid supplied to the actuator, wherein a rotation speed of the pump is reduced below a normal rotation speed when the temperature determination unit determines that the temperature of the liquid is lower than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ogawa, Jun Aoki, Masaru Uchida, Chie Yabuki
  • Patent number: 9193365
    Abstract: A railcar damping device includes: a tank storing a liquid; a first opening/closing valve provided in a first passage connecting a rod side chamber to a piston side chamber, which are defined by a piston, to be capable of opening and closing the first passage; a second opening/closing valve provided in a second passage connecting the piston side chamber to the tank to be capable of opening and closing the second passage; a pump that supplies the liquid from the tank to the rod side chamber; a motor that rotates at a fixed rotation speed in order to drive the pump to rotate; and a section determination unit that determines whether a section type of a current travel section of the railcar is an open section or a tunnel section on the basis of a speed deviation between a target rotation speed and an actual rotation speed of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ogawa, Jun Aoki, Masaru Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150334330
    Abstract: A solid-state image capture device includes a plurality of pixels and a first substrate and a second substrate in which circuit elements constitutes the pixels are disposed and which are electrically connected by a connection unit. The pixels includes: photoelectric conversion elements disposed in the first substrate and generating signals corresponding to amounts of incident light; sample hold capacities disposed in the second substrate and holding output signals corresponding to the signals generated by the photoelectric conversion elements; and a clamp capacitor disposed in the second substrate, shared by the plurality of pixels, and clamping voltages of the output signals held in the plurality of sample hold capacities. The sample hold capacities and the clamp capacitor are capacities having a structure in which two sheets of metal electrodes having a quadrangular flat plate shape are opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Patent number: 9025064
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are arrayed in a matrix form; a column circuit unit that includes a plurality of column processing circuits which are disposed in correspondence with columns of the pixels in the pixel unit; and an output unit that outputs a signal processed by the column processing circuit to the outside of the solid-state imaging device. The pixel unit is disposed in the 1st substrate. The column circuit unit is disposed in each of at least two or more different substrates of the 1st to nth substrates. The signal processing corresponding to the pixel of each column in the pixel unit is performed in a distributive manner by the column circuit units disposed in at least the two or more different substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Aoki
  • Patent number: 8997950
    Abstract: A vibration control device for railroad vehicle includes an actuator with a cylinder coupled to a truck of a railroad vehicle, a piston, a rod coupled to the piston and a vehicle body, a rod-side chamber and a piston-side chamber in the cylinder, a tank, a first on-off valve disposed at an intermediate position of a first passage communicating between the rod-side chamber and the piston-side chamber, a second on-off valve disposed at an intermediate position of a second passage communicating between the piston-side chamber and the tank, and a pump for supplying fluid to the rod-side chamber. A warm-up operation of the actuator is performed by opening the first and second on-off valves and driving the pump after the vibration control device is started and before a transition is made to a normal control mode for suppressing the vibration of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ogawa, Jun Aoki, Masaru Uchida, Chie Yabuki
  • Patent number: 8987795
    Abstract: A first substrate has a plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged in two dimensions. A second substrate has a plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged in two dimensions. A plurality of photoelectric conversion units are arranged in a region of the second substrate corresponding to a region of the first substrate where one photoelectric conversion unit is arranged. The imaging signals based on signal charges stored in the photoelectric conversion units and the light field signals based on signal charges stored in the photoelectric conversion units are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Aoki