Patents by Inventor Ken Hayakawa
Ken Hayakawa 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).
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Patent number: 11589817Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens section that is worn on an eyeball; an acquisition section that is provided in the lens section and acquires biological information; and an output section that outputs the biological information acquired by the acquisition section to an external apparatus to be worn on a human body. The output section has one or a plurality of coil antennas extending along a front surface of the lens section, and a capacitor that is coupled to the one or the plurality of coil antennas in series or in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Takayuki Hirabayashi, Naoto Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Fumiko Shiga, Ken Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11395629Abstract: A device for placement in contact with an eye of a user. The device includes at least one detector for measuring at least one property, and a signal processor for determining, based on the at least one property, whether the eye of the user is closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Ken Hayakawa, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Naoto Yamaguchi, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20220121042Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens section that is worn on an eyeball; one or a plurality of functional sections that is provided in the lens section; and one or a plurality of terminals that is physically coupled to the one or plurality of functional sections, and is configured to be physically couplable to an external terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: MASANORI IWASAKI, TSUKASA YOSHIMURA, TAKAYUKI HIRABAYASHI, KEN HAYAKAWA, FUMIKO SHIGA
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Publication number: 20220032455Abstract: An estimation apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires a measurement result of a measurement unit that measures an object to be an estimation target of a contact sense in a contactless manner; a determination section that makes a determination as to an aspect of the object or a measurement condition of the object on a basis of the measurement result of the measurement unit; a selection section that selects, on a basis of a result of the determination, an estimation scheme to be used for estimation of the contact sense of the object from among a plurality of estimation schemes; and an estimation section that estimates the contact sense of the object using the selected estimation scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: SHINICHIRO GOMI, MASANORI IWASAKI, KEN HAYAKAWA, NAOKI FUJIWARA, TSUKASA YOSHIMURA, AKINORI SHINGYOUCHI, JUNICHI TANAKA, AKIRA TANGE
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Publication number: 20200271956Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens unit to be placed on an eyeball; and an optical device that is mainly provided in a circular region opposed to a pupil that becomes small by contraction in a case where the lens unit is placed on the eyeball, and provides an action that is different from an action of the lens unit to light entering the eyeball.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: MASANORI IWASAKI, NAOTO YAMAGUCHI, TSUKASA YOSHIMURA, MASAKAZU YAJIMA, FUMIKO SHIGA, KEN HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20200268247Abstract: A biological information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a generating section and an output section. The generating section generates an analysis result according to a request of a user on a basis of first biological information about a tear, an eyeball, or a line of sight obtained using a contact lens. The output section outputs the analysis result generated by the generating section to an external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: MASANORI IWASAKI, NAOTO YAMAGUCHI, TSUKASA YOSHIMURA, MASAKAZU YAJIMA, FUMIKO SHIGA, KEN HAYAKAWA
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Patent number: 10756060Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment comprises a substrate and a first semiconductor chip provided above the substrate. A second semiconductor chip is provided above the first semiconductor chip. A spacer chip is provided between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip with regard to a direction orthogonal to a mount surface of the substrate, the spacer chip being made of a first resin material. A first adhesive material is provided between the spacer chip and the substrate or the first semiconductor chip. A second adhesive material is provided between the spacer chip and the second semiconductor chip. A second resin material covers the first and second semiconductor chips and the spacer chip.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Uchida, Takeshi Watanabe, Ken Hayakawa, Ayana Amano, Yuki Sugo, Reishuku Ikebe
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Publication number: 20200237308Abstract: A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens section that is worn on an eyeball; an acquisition section that is provided in the lens section and acquires biological information; and an output section that outputs the biological information acquired by the acquisition section to an external apparatus to be worn on a human body. The output section has one or a plurality of coil antennas extending along a front surface of the lens section, and a capacitor that is coupled to the one or the plurality of coil antennas in series or in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Masanori IWASAKI, Takayuki HIRABAYASHI, Naoto YAMAGUCHI, Tsukasa YOSHIMURA, Masakazu YAJIMA, Fumiko SHIGA, Ken Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20200020669Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment comprises a substrate and a first semiconductor chip provided above the substrate. A second semiconductor chip is provided above the first semiconductor chip. A spacer chip is provided between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip with regard to a direction orthogonal to a mount surface of the substrate, the spacer chip being made of a first resin material. A first adhesive material is provided between the spacer chip and the substrate or the first semiconductor chip. A second adhesive material is provided between the spacer chip and the second semiconductor chip. A second resin material covers the first and second semiconductor chips and the spacer chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki UCHIDA, Takeshi Watanabe, Ken Hayakawa, Ayana Amano, Yuki Sugo, Reishuku Ikebe
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Patent number: 10426382Abstract: The present technology relates to a detection device, a detection method, and a program capable of detecting a living body state of a human body easily and accurately. A contact lens type display device is provided with a tear detection unit 26 to collect tears on an eyeball and to analyze a constituent and detect affective information of a user. The detection result is sent from the contact lens type display device 11 to a mobile terminal SP and displayed on the mobile terminal SP. Consequently, the living body state can be detected on the basis of the constituent of the tears of the user, whereby the living body state of the user can be accurately detected. The present technology can be applied to a contact lens type display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Yajima, Ken Hayakawa, Masanori Iwasaki, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Naoto Yamaguchi, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20170196490Abstract: The present technology relates to a detection device, a detection method, and a program capable of detecting a living body state of a human body easily and accurately. A contact lens type display device is provided with a tear detection unit 26 to collect tears on an eyeball and to analyze a constituent and detect affective information of a user. The detection result is sent from the contact lens type display device 11 to a mobile terminal SP and displayed on the mobile terminal SP. Consequently, the living body state can be detected on the basis of the constituent of the tears of the user, whereby the living body state of the user can be accurately detected. The present technology can be applied to a contact lens type display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: MASAKAZU YAJIMA, KEN HAYAKAWA, MASANORI IWASAKI, TSUKASA YOSHIMURA, NAOTO YAMAGUCHI, AKIRA TANGE
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Publication number: 20170119311Abstract: A device for placement in contact with an eye of a user. The device includes at least one detector for measuring at least one property, and a signal processor for determining, based on the at least one property, whether the eye of the user is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masanori Iwasaki, Ken Hayakawa, Tsukasa Yoshimura, Masakazu Yajima, Naoto Yamaguchi, Akira Tange
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Publication number: 20140252613Abstract: The present invention reduces the occurrence of fracture in external terminal connecting sections and improves the reliability of secondary packaging of a semiconductor device. Specifically, the present invention provides a semiconductor device including a wiring board, a semiconductor chip mounted on one surface of the wiring board via a bonding member, and external electrodes formed on the other surface of the wiring board and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. In the semiconductor device, a peripheral end of the bonding member is arranged in a position where the peripheral end does not overlap the external electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Yoshinori IWAMOTO, Kouji SATO, Yutaka NAKAJIMA, Ken HAYAKAWA
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Patent number: 8346034Abstract: An optical selector includes: an optical waveguide which includes a first light guide section having a first refractive index, a second light guide section having a second refractive index provided to the side of and along the entire circumference of the first light guide section, and a reflector provided at opposing positions on both surfaces of each of the first and second light guide sections while exposing the outer circumferential surface of the second light guide section; a single or plurality of LDs that are placed on the outer circumference of the optical waveguide, and emit light toward the first light guide section; and a single or plurality of photodetectors that are placed on the outer circumference of the optical waveguide, and receive light emitted from the outer circumference of the optical waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ken Hayakawa, Kazuo Haraoka, Masaaki Hattori, Naoki Kaneko, Tetsujiro Kondo, Hidehiko Sekizawa, Nozomu Ozaki, Seiji Wada, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Shinji Sangawa
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Patent number: 8335408Abstract: In the sending and receiving of a signal through an optical waveguide, an unknown substrate connected to the optical waveguide can be recognized.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Ken Hayakawa, Kazuo Haraoka, Masaaki Hattori, Naoki Kaneko, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20120086111Abstract: The present invention reduces the occurrence of fracture in external terminal connecting sections and improves the reliability of secondary packaging of a semiconductor device. Specifically, the present invention provides a semiconductor device including a wiring board, a semiconductor chip mounted on one surface of the wiring board via a bonding member, and external electrodes formed on the other surface of the wiring board and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. In the semiconductor device, a peripheral end of the bonding member is arranged in a position where the peripheral end does not overlap the external electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventors: Yoshinori IWAMOTO, Kouji Sato, Yutaka Nakajima, Ken Hayakawa
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Patent number: 7894702Abstract: A method of obtaining directivity in an optical waveguide includes the steps of falling incident light on surface of diffuse reflection members arranged at a center portion of the optical waveguide, generating a first table relative to an amount of emitted light that is acquired at a circumference of the optical waveguide by controlling at least one of an image control factor for changing an image of the incident light and a coordinate control factor for changing coordinates of the incident light with them being changed, and generating a second table relative to a pattern of the light which is incident to the diffuse reflection member by seeking for a combination of the image and the coordinates of the light based on the generated first table.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hidehiko Ogasawara, Nozomu Ozaki, Seiji Wada, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Ken Hayakawa, Kazuo Haraoka, Shinji Sangawa, Masaaki Hattori, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Patent number: 7889957Abstract: An optical selector switch contains an optical waveguide that includes a first optical waveguide portion having a first light-transmissivity, a second optical waveguide portion having a second light-transmissivity, reflecting members that reflect light, and a light-dividing device that reflects and transmits light; at least one light-emitting unit that emits the light toward the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide; and at least one light-receiving unit that receives the light which is incident to the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide from the light-emitting unit, based on a directivity due to an angle of the incident light to the first optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide, wherein the incident light to the first optical waveguide portion is emitted radially toward the circumference of the second optical waveguide portion of the optical waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2009Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hidehiko Ogasawara, Nozomu Ozaki, Seiji Wada, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Ken Hayakawa, Kazuo Haraoka, Shinji Sangawa, Masaaki Hattori, Naoki Kaneko, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20100220954Abstract: In the sending and receiving of a signal through an optical waveguide, an unknown substrate connected to the optical waveguide can be recognized.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Ken Hayakawa, Kazuo Haraoka, Masaaki Hattori, Naoki Kaneko, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20100172613Abstract: An optical selector is provided which enables reliable transmission of a signal from a single or plurality of light output sections to a single or plurality of light input sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Ken Hayakawa, Kazuo Haraoka, Masaaki Hattori, Naoki Kaneko, Tetsujiro Kondo, Hidehiko Sekizawa, Nozomu Ozaki, Seiji Wada, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Shinji Sangawa