Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Sakai

Kazuhiro Sakai 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: 20230253219
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a rotary holder configured to hold and rotate a substrate; a cup arranged so as to surround the substrate held by the rotary holder; a coating liquid nozzle configured to inject a coating liquid onto the substrate; a removal liquid nozzle configured to inject, onto the substrate, a removal liquid for removing a film from a peripheral portion of the substrate; a nozzle tracking camera attached to a nozzle arm that holds the coating liquid nozzle so as to track the coating liquid nozzle and configured to capture an image of the coating liquid nozzle; and a processing space camera configured to capture an image of a processing space above the rotary holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro KUNUGIMOTO, Hideki KAJIWARA, Kazuhiro MATSUURA, Shinichi MIZUSHINO, Hokuto SHIGEMOTO, Akihiro TOYOZAWA, Yuji SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230219162
    Abstract: A pattern forming apparatus for a base material includes a holding unit and a pattern forming unit. The holding unit is configured to hold a base material on which one of a protrusion shape portion and a recess shape portion is formed. The pattern forming unit is configured to form a pattern on the base material. The pattern is formed on at least one of the protrusion shape portion, the recess shape portion, a periphery of the recess shape portion, a periphery of the protrusion shape portion, a portion along the protrusion shape portion, and a portion along the recess shape portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro AKATSU, Rie HIRAYAMA, Kazuhiro FUJITA, Shoichiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230202703
    Abstract: A label is attached to a base material in a container. The container includes patterns formed in a plurality of stages on the base material by laser irradiation. The patterns may include an aggregation of dots formed by the laser irradiation. The container may further include a first information region and a second information region. Information including a numeral, a symbol, or an image is made visible by the patterns in the first information region. The second information region is formed on the label. Information including a numeral, a symbol, or an image is made visible in the second information region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Masaaki ITOH, Rie HIRAYAMA, Kazuhiro FUJITA, Shoichiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230071410
    Abstract: A biological information measurement apparatus includes a processor configured to: if a predetermined number of plural measurements of an oxygen circulation time are to be performed, before a predetermined oxygen-circulation-time measurement period ends during a first measurement of the oxygen circulation time, notify a test subject of a breath-hold instruction as a preparation for a second measurement of the oxygen circulation time, the test subject being a person for whom the oxygen circulation time is measured, the second measurement being a subsequent measurement to the first measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideyuki UMEKAWA, Kazuhiro SAKAI, Hideaki OZAWA, Manabu AKAMATSU
  • Patent number: 11585903
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device including: a base material mounted on a wiring substrate; a light emitting element array provided on the base material; a first conductive pattern provided on the surface of the base material, the first conductive pattern including a first facing region connected to the light emitting element array, the first facing region being along a side surface of the light emitting element array and facing to the light emitting element array, and a first extending region extended beyond the first facing region; and penetrating members penetrating the base material from the first conductive pattern to a back surface side of the base material, each penetrating member being connected to the first facing region or the first extending region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Sakita, Satoshi Inada, Takeshi Minamiru, Daisuke Iguchi, Kazuhiro Sakai, Yoshinori Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 11534088
    Abstract: An optical measuring apparatus includes first and second light-emitting elements that emit light and a controller. Upon detection of the presence of a body by light emitted from the first light-emitting element, the controller performs control so that the second light-emitting element will emit light with an amount for measuring the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Otsuka, Manabu Akamatsu, Kazuhiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 11539184
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a laser unit; and a first capacitive element and a second capacitive element that supply a driving electric current to the laser unit; wherein the first capacitive element has smaller equivalent series inductance than the second capacitive element, and the second capacitive element has a larger capacity and a smaller mount area than the first capacitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Iguchi, Kazuhiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220407290
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitter includes a substrate, a semiconductor multilayer structure including a light emission unit that emits light in an oblique direction with respect to the substrate, a base on which the substrate is disposed, a holding member that holds the substrate at an angle set in advance with respect to the base, a temperature control unit disposed parallel to the substrate to adjust a temperature of the substrate, and a shaping optical system held against the substrate to shape a luminous flux emitted from the semiconductor multilayer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Junichiro HAYAKAWA, Akemi MURAKAMI, Kazuhiro SAKAI, Tsutomu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220385206
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an inverter device, including: an inverter circuit including a plurality of switching elements and a capacitor; an active discharge circuit including a first discharge resistor and a discharge switch connected in series, and connected between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the capacitor; and a control circuit including a controller respectively connected to the switching elements and the discharge switch. The controller controls the switching elements and the discharge switch. The controller turns on the discharge switch to discharge the capacitor when the controller receives a discharge command from outside the inverter device and an electric motor is rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC ELESYS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAKAI, Satoshi Shimazu, Yuhi Nakada
  • Patent number: 11495940
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring board having a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer adjacent to the first wiring layer via an insulating layer, and a laser having a cathode electrode and an anode electrode, mounted on the wiring board, and driven through low-side driving. The first wiring layer includes a cathode wire connected to the cathode electrode, an anode wire connected to the anode electrode, and a first reference potential wire connected to a reference potential. The second wiring layer includes a second reference potential wire connected to the reference potential. An area of an overlap between the second reference potential wire and the anode wire is larger than an area of an overlap between the second reference potential wire and the first reference potential wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Iguchi, Kazuhiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 11433692
    Abstract: A detection sensor includes: a single light-emitting element that radiates light onto a conveyed material; and multiple light-receiving elements that receive interference light including the light that is scattered at a surface of the conveyed material and the light that is scattered inside the conveyed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Akira Mihara, Kazuhiro Sakai, Masaya Kumei
  • Patent number: 11303097
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit includes an array of multiple light-emitting element groups, each including multiple light-emitting elements. In the light-emitting unit, the multiple light-emitting element groups are sequentially driven along the array such that, for each of the multiple light-emitting element groups, the multiple light-emitting elements included in the light-emitting element group are concurrently set to a state of emitting light or a state of not emitting light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Kondo, Tsutomu Otsuka, Takeshi Minamiru, Kazuhiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220077659
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element array that includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface connecting the first side surface and the second side surface to each other and facing each other, the light emitting element array being provided on the wiring substrate, a driving element that is provided on the wiring substrate on the first side surface side and drives the light emitting element array, a first circuit element and a second circuit element that are provided on the wiring substrate on the second side surface side to be arranged in a direction along the second side surface, and a wiring member that is provided on the third side surface side and the fourth side surface side and extends from a top electrode of the light emitting element array toward an outside of the light emitting element array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAKAI, Daisuke IGUCHI, Takeshi MINAMIRU, Yoshinori SHIRAKAWA, Tomoaki SAKITA, Tsutomu OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220032758
    Abstract: In a vehicle body structure configured to place a battery in a lower part of a cabin, the loading of a frontal crash and a rear end crash that may be applied to the battery is minimized. The vehicle body structure (1), comprises a pair of side sills (3) extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of a vehicle (2), a pair of front side frames (4) extending in the fore and aft direction along either side of a front part of the vehicle, and connected to front ends of the side sills at rear ends thereof, respectively, a pair of rear side frames (71) extending in the fore and aft direction along either side of a rear part of the vehicle, and connected to rear ends of the side sills at front ends thereof, respectively, a front subframe (6) attached to the front side frames, a rear subframe (72) attached to the rear side frames, and a battery (140) positioned in a region surrounded by the side sills, the front subframe and the rear subframe in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kanji KANEKO, Kazuhiro SAKAI, Takehiko KOSHIISHI, Satoru NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220003874
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first light source that oscillates in a single lateral mode; a second light source that oscillates in a multiple lateral mode, the second light source having a light output larger than a light output of the first light source and being configured to be driven independently from the first light source; and a light diffusion member that is provided on an emission path of the second light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Takashi KONDO, Satoshi INADA, Takeshi MINAMIRU, Kazuhiro SAKAI, Yoshinori SHIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11211774
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element array that includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface connecting the first side surface and the second side surface to each other and facing each other, the light emitting element array being provided on the wiring substrate, a driving element that is provided on the wiring substrate on the first side surface side and drives the light emitting element array, a first circuit element and a second circuit element that are provided on the wiring substrate on the second side surface side to be arranged in a direction along the second side surface, and a wiring member that is provided on the third side surface side and the fourth side surface side and extends from a top electrode of the light emitting element array toward an outside of the light emitting element array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakai, Daisuke Iguchi, Takeshi Minamiru, Yoshinori Shirakawa, Tomoaki Sakita, Tsutomu Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11161549
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear structure includes: left and right rear side frames extending in a fore-and-aft direction in a rear part of a vehicle; a rear subframe attached to the rear side frames; left and right rear wheels supported by the rear subframe via respective suspensions; and a driving source mounted to the rear subframe. The driving source is arranged such that a center of gravity thereof is positioned more rearward than a rotation axis of the rear wheels. The rear subframe includes left and right rear subframe longitudinal members extending in the fore-and-aft direction and a rear subframe cross member extending laterally and joined to the rear subframe longitudinal members. The rear subframe cross member includes a protrusion that protrudes rearward at a laterally central part thereof. A rear end of the protrusion is positioned more rearward than a rear end of the driving source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakai, Kanji Kaneko, Takashi Yamada, Tadashi Hirakawa, Seiichi Kato
  • Patent number: 11160473
    Abstract: A biological information measurement device includes a correction unit that receives a first signal expressing a change in an amount of light of a first wavelength detected from a living body and a second signal expressing a change in an amount of light of a second wavelength detected from the living body, and corrects at least one of the first signal and the second signal to reduce a difference between an amount of change in the first signal and an amount of change in the second signal associated with a change in an amount of arterial blood of the living body, and a computing unit that computes a change in a blood oxygen concentration in the living body on a basis of the first signal and the second signal of which at least one is corrected by the correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakai, Manabu Akamatsu, Tomoaki Kojima, Hideaki Ozawa, Hideyuki Umekawa
  • Publication number: 20210325034
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a base member provided on the wiring substrate, a light-emitting element array that has a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other, that has a third side surface and a fourth side surface facing each other and connecting the first side surface and the second side surface, and that is provided on the base member, a drive unit that is provided on the wiring substrate at a side of the first side surface and drives the light-emitting element array, a first circuit element that is provided on the base member at the side of the first side surface, a second circuit element that is provided on the base member at a side of the second side surface and has a larger occupation area on the base member than the first circuit element, and wiring members that are provided at a side of the third side surface and at a side of the fourth side surface and extend from an upper surface electrode of the light-emitting element array toward an outer side of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAKAI, Daisuke IGUCHI, Takeshi MINAMIRU, Yoshinori SHIRAKAWA, Tomoaki SAKITA, Tsutomu OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20210320479
    Abstract: A light-emitting element array chip includes: a first light-emitting element array that includes a first light-emitting element including a first substrate, a light-emitting element layer formed on the first substrate, and a first cathode electrode electrically connected to the light-emitting element layer; and a second light-emitting element array that includes a second light-emitting element including a second substrate, a non-p-type lower reflector formed on the second substrate, and a second cathode electrode electrically connected to the non-p-type lower reflector, in which the first light-emitting element array is provided on an emission surface side of the second light-emitting element array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Takashi KONDO, Satoshi INADA, Takeshi MINAMIRU, Daisuke IGUCHI, Kazuhiro SAKAI, Tomoaki SAKITA, Michiaki MURATA