Patents by Inventor Kaoru Yamamoto

Kaoru Yamamoto 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: 20070116434
    Abstract: An information record medium is provided with: substantial information including video information and audio information which are related to each other; first reproduction control information to simultaneously reproduce the video information and the audio information out of the substantial information; and second reproduction control information to reproduce only the audio information out of the substantial information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Takao Sawabe, Hidehiro Ishii, Shozo Ema, Tokihiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7194196
    Abstract: An information record medium is provided with: substantial information including video information and audio information which are related to each other; first reproduction control information to simultaneously reproduce the video information and the audio information out of the substantial information; and second reproduction control information to reproduce only the audio information out of the substantial information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Takao Sawabe, Hidehiro Ishii, Shozo Ema, Tokihiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20060225655
    Abstract: A plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method and system, the system including a process chamber and a substrate holder provided within the processing chamber and configured to support a substrate on which a predetermined film will be formed. A first process material supply system is configured to supply a first process material to the process chamber, and a second process material supply system configured to supply a second process material to the process chamber in order to provide a reduction reaction with the first process material to form the predetermined film on the substrate. Also included is a power source configured to couple electromagnetic power to the process chamber to generate a plasma within the process chamber to facilitate the reduction reaction, and a chamber component exposed to the plasma and made from a film compatible material that is compatible with the predetermined film deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jacques Faguet, Frank Cerio, Tsukasa Matsuda, Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060213438
    Abstract: A plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) system includes a first chamber component coupled to a second chamber component to provide a processing chamber defining an isolated processing space within the processing chamber. A substrate holder is provided within the processing chamber and configured to support a substrate, a first process material supply system is configured to supply a first process material to the processing chamber and a second process material supply system is configured to supply a second process material to the processing chamber. A power source is configured to couple electromagnetic power to the processing chamber, and a sealing assembly interposed between the first and second chamber components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ishizaka, Tsukasa Matsuda, Frank Cerio, Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060213437
    Abstract: A plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) system includes a processing chamber defining an isolated processing space within the processing chamber, and a substrate holder provided within the processing chamber and configured to support a substrate. A first process material supply system is configured to supply a first process material to the processing chamber, a second process material supply system is configured to supply a second process material to the processing chamber and a power source is configured to couple electromagnetic power to the processing chamber. A contaminant shield is positioned along a periphery of the substrate holder and configured to impede external contaminants that permeate the chamber from traveling to a region of the substrate holder, wherein the film is formed on the substrate by alternatingly introducing the first process material and the second process material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ishizaka, Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060211246
    Abstract: A method for depositing a film on a substrate using a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) process includes disposing the substrate in a process chamber configured to facilitate the PEALD process. A first process material is introduced within the process chamber, and a second process material is introduced within the process chamber. Electromagnetic power of more than 600 W is coupled to the process chamber during introduction of the second process material in order to generate a plasma that accelerates a reduction reaction between the first and second process materials at a surface of the substrate. The film is formed on the substrate by alternatingly introducing the first process material and the second process material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ishizaka, Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7095951
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus (SS1) is provided with: a signal process device (72) for applying a predetermined signal process to record information (R), which is to be recorded onto an information record medium (1: DVD) and is inputted from the external, to output processed record information (Sr), and for dividing control information (Si), which corresponds to the record information and is inputted from the external, into search control information (Sdsi, DSI), which is information to search a record position of the record information to be reproduced at a time of reproducing the record information, and reproduction display control information (Spci, PCI), which is information to control a reproduced display of the record information at the time of reproducing the record information, to output the search control information and the reproduction display control information; a multiplex device (75, 76) for multiplexing the processed record information, the search control information and the reproduction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Moriyama, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Takao Sawabe, Junichi Yoshio, Akihiro Tozaki, Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060133777
    Abstract: An information recording medium on which are recorded substantial data and reproduce control information for reproducing the substantial data, wherein the reproduce control information includes first reproduce control information required for reproducing the substantial data in all available reproduce patterns, and second reproduce control information required for reproducing the substantial data in a portion of the available reproduce patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Takao Sawabe
  • Patent number: 7057944
    Abstract: A semiconductor readout circuit reads out a potential of each of plural data lines by comparing the potential with a potential of a common reference data line, using a sense amplifier provided for each of the data lines. This semiconductor readout circuit has a current control circuit provided for each of the data lines. The current control circuit controls the potential of the corresponding one of the data lines so that a potential difference between the potential of the corresponding data line and the potential of the reference data line can be reduced based on an output as to the potential difference detected by the sense amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Ito, Kaoru Yamamoto, Yoshimitsu Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20060093324
    Abstract: An information record medium (1: DVD) having a record track (1a) recorded with at least video information is to be reproduced by a reproducing apparatus (S2), which has a read device (80) and reproduces at least video information while relatively moving the read device along the record track. In the information record medium, at least video information and control information (41: NAVI-PACK, 50: PCI, 51: DSI) comprising access information to access the video information are recorded on the record track such that the video and control informations are divided into a plurality of first data groups (30: VOBU), each of which is a unit able to be accessed by the reproducing apparatus and each of which comprises the video and control informations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshio, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Takao Sawabe, Yoshiaki Moriyama, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7035529
    Abstract: An information record medium (1: DVD) having a record track (1a) recorded with at least video information is to be reproduced by a reproducing apparatus (S2), which has a read device (80) and reproduces at least video information while relatively moving the read device along the record track. In the information record medium, at least video information and control information (41: NAVI-PACK, 50: PCI, 51: DSI) comprising access information to access the video information are recorded on the record track such that the video and control informations are divided into a plurality of first data groups (30: VOBU), each of which is a unit able to be accessed by the reproducing apparatus and each of which comprises the video and control informations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshio, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Takao Sawabe, Yoshiaki Moriyama, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7008092
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a light chamber defined by a lamp body and a front cover. The apparatus houses a projection-type light source unit which integrates a reflector, a light source disposed in the vicinity of a first focal point of the reflector, a convex lens disposed in front of the reflector, and an extension reflector. The convex lens is disposed such that light external from the lamp chamber enters the lamp chamber and is reflected out through the convex lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Tanaka, Kaoru Yamamoto, Hisaya Kano
  • Patent number: 7006758
    Abstract: An information recording medium on which are recorded substantial data and reproduce control information for reproducing the substantial data, wherein the reproduce control information includes first reproduce control information required for reproducing the substantial data in all available reproduce patterns, and second reproduce control information required for reproducing the substantial data in a portion of the available reproduce patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Takao Sawabe
  • Patent number: 7006427
    Abstract: Preformatted areas in at least the most distal recording layer from an object lens among a plurality of recording layers in an optical disc include guard areas at both ends of the respective recording layer in the tracing direction. No data is recorded on the guard areas. The guard area length GL is determined to satisfy the following formula: GL?YL+T×(NA/n)/[1?(NA/n)2]1/2 where YL is a maximum allowable value of position deviation between the preformatted areas in the most distal recording layer and in another recording layer in the tracing direction; NA is the numerical aperture of the object lens; T is a distance between the most distal and the another recording layer; and “n” is an refraction index of a medium between the most distal and the another recording layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Keiji Suga, Noriyoshi Shida, Tetsuya Iida
  • Publication number: 20060005930
    Abstract: A substrate supporting structure (50) for semiconductor processing, comprising a mounting table (51) for placing a processed substrate (W) disposed in a processing chamber (20), wherein temperature control spaces (507) for storing the fluid used as a heat exchange medium are formed in the mounting table (51), a conductive transmission path (502) is disposed to lead a high frequency power to the mounting table (51), and flow channels (505, 506) feeding or discharging the heat exchange medium fluid to or from the temperature control spaces (507) are formed in the transmission path (502).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Ikeda, Sumi Tanaka, Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20060002175
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device having a virtual ground line type memory array structure includes a readout circuit for selecting a pair of selected bit lines connected to the source and the drain of a memory cell to be read, applying a predetermined voltage to between the paired selected bit lines, and sensing a memory cell current flowing through the memory cell to be read, and a counter potential generation circuit for generating from an intermediate node potential, which is higher than any level of the potential on the selected bit lines and supplied from an intermediate node on a current path for feeding the memory cell current in the readout circuit, a counter potential which varies in the same direction as of the intermediate node potential depending on the memory cell current so that its variation is greater than that of the intermediate node potential, wherein the counter potential is applied to an unselected bit line allocated next to one at a high level of the paired selected bit lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Nobuhiko Ito, Yoshimitsu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6965727
    Abstract: An information record medium (1) is provided with: an audio information recording area on which a plurality of audio information (210) which are different in recording method are recorded; and a control information recording area on which control information (211) required to reproduce the plurality of audio information recorded on the audio information recording area is recorded. The control information recorded on the control information recording area includes a plurality of first division information for identifying first division units (260) respectively so as to divide each of the plurality of audio information recorded on the audio information recording area by the first division units respectively. The first division information, which indicates that the audio information divided by the first division units belongs to a same first division unit, is provided for each of the plurality of audio information same in content and different in recording method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Sawabe, Kaoru Yamamoto, Hidehiro Ishii, Shozo Ema, Tokihiro Takahashi, Yoshinori Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6961290
    Abstract: An optical disk loading apparatus (1) for unloading a case (10) from a case stacking device (3) where a plurality of cases (10) are stacked with each case (10) closed and placed upstandingly, transferring the case (10) via a conveyor (2) and loading optical disks (D1, D2) into the case (10). The optical disk loading apparatus (1) includes a case unloading and inverting device (4) that unloads a case (10) from a case supplying conveyor (30) of the case stacking device (3) and inverts the case (10) 90 degrees upstandingly, a case opening device (5) that opens the inverted case (10) to a flat state at its inverted position, and optical disk loading devices (6, 6?) that load optical disks (D1, D2) into the opened case (10). Since the case opening device (5) can be placed at a position in the vicinity of an upstream end of the conveyor (2), the whole length of the conveyor (2) is shortened, thereby shortening the whole length (L) of the optical disk loading apparatus (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Kyoto Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050237760
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp including a luminescent element module made of a flexible parallel wiring body, which is made of a plurality of flexible wiring conductors that are disposed parallel to each other and sheathed by soft plastic, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes, which are mounted on the flexible parallel wiring body, so that the luminescent element module has a conductive path formed by notching a part of the wiring conductors of the flexible parallel wiring body and/or by connecting a plurality of the wiring conductors together, and the luminescent element module is provided on the lamp body so that the light-emitting diode faces in the direction of radiation of the vehicular lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hironori Tsukamoto, Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: RE39110
    Abstract: An information recording medium includes: record information pieces logically independent of each other and constituting a hierarchical structure of hierarchical layers; layer information pieces for specifying one of the hierarchical layer; kind information pieces for indicating kinds of information relating to the record information pieces; a text group including layer related texts and record information related texts successively arranged in a mixed manner; text arrangement information pieces corresponding to the text group and arranged in pair with one of the layer information piece and the kind information piece corresponding to the text, the text arrangement information piece indicating a position of the text within the text group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Moriyama, Takao Sawabe, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki, Junichi Yoshio, Hirohide Kobori, Takeshi Iwase, Hiroki Yamanashi, Hisayuki Nakayama