Patents by Inventor Ken Kitamura
Ken Kitamura 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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Publication number: 20260059322Abstract: In an access control system, a tag management device acquires tag identification information and first unique information from an electronic tag via a reader, acquires second unique information from a one-time ID determination device when a parameter determination device determines that the first unique information is acquired for the first time, and accesses an access destination device of the second URL corresponding to the tag identification information by adding the second unique information to the second URL. The tag management device and the reader are permitted to access the access destination device when the one-time ID determination device determines that the second unique information transmitted by the access destination device is acquired for the first time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: February 26, 2026Applicant: MEET CO., LTD.Inventor: Ken KITAMURA
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Patent number: 12547852Abstract: An information management system includes: a tag information acquisition unit that acquires tag-contained information including a tag identifier for identifying an NFC tag from an end user terminal which reads information from the NFC tag; a storage unit that stores redirection information which is associated with the tag-contained information; a tag information management unit that is capable of referring to the storage unit and of transmitting the redirection information, which is associated with the tag-contained information acquired by the tag information acquisition unit, to the end user terminal; and a page creation unit that is capable of creating a page content of a redirection destination included in the redirection information from a contractor terminal which is authenticated as a contractor.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: MEET CO., LTD.Inventor: Ken Kitamura
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Publication number: 20250387053Abstract: A medical light source device includes a visible light source that emits normal light in a visible wavelength band, and a plurality of excitation light sources that emits a plurality of kinds of excitation light corresponding to a plurality of kinds of drugs each emitting fluorescence upon irradiation with the excitation light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: December 25, 2025Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.Inventor: Ken KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20250205907Abstract: A lifting head comprises a base member that has a suctioned surface, a raising/lowering shaft supported by the base member and having a raising/lowering axial channel, a contact member fixed to one end of the raising/lowering shaft and contacting with a raising/lowering drive mechanism of a lifting device, a needle support member fixed to the other end of the raising/lowering shaft and supporting a needle, and a needle cap having a stage at one end thereof and fixed to the base member. The suctioned surface of the base member is gripped by a suction force of a first negative pressure passage of an attachment member of the lifting device. While the contact member contacts with the raising/lowering drive mechanism, an inside of the needle cap is suctioned by a suction force of a second negative pressure passage of the raising/lowering drive mechanism via the raising/lowering axial channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Ken KITAMURA, Masafumi SENDA, Tomonori KAWAMURA
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Publication number: 20250096016Abstract: A positioning device is provided for determining a relative position between a substrate and a processing unit that is configured to perform an attachment process, when performing the attachment process at a prescribed position of the substrate. The positioning device comprises a substrate table configured to hold the substrate, a processing position movement mechanism including a driving unit configured to move the substrate table and the processing unit relative to each other, and a braking unit configured to restrict movement, caused by the driving unit, of at least one of the substrate table and the processing unit, and a control unit connected to the driving unit and the braking unit. The control unit is configured to restrict, by using the braking unit, the movement of the at least one of the substrate table and the processing unit during the attachment process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Kenji HAMAKAWA, Takashi HARE, Kensuke TASHIMA, Shigeru TOHNO, Ken KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20250053758Abstract: An information management system includes: a tag information acquisition unit that acquires tag-contained information including a tag identifier for identifying an NFC tag from an end user terminal which reads information from the NFC tag; a storage unit that stores redirection information which is associated with the tag-contained information; a tag information management unit that is capable of referring to the storage unit and of transmitting the redirection information, which is associated with the tag-contained information acquired by the tag information acquisition unit, to the end user terminal; and a page creation unit that is capable of creating a page content of a redirection destination included in the redirection information from a contractor terminal which is authenticated as a contractor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: MEET CO., LTD.Inventor: Ken KITAMURA
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Patent number: 11942569Abstract: In various embodiments, degradation of epoxy within packages for ultraviolet light-emitting devices is reduced or substantially eliminated via package venting, prevention of transmission of ultraviolet light to one or more regions of epoxy utilized in the package, and/or utilization of packaging schemes that reduce or avoid utilization of epoxy and/or specific metals.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: CRYSTAL IS, INC.Inventors: Masato Toita, Satoshi Yamada, Ken Kitamura, Craig Moe, Amy Miller
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Patent number: 11656582Abstract: A radio wave watch includes: an exterior case; a dial plate disposed within the exterior case; a substrate disposed on a rear side of the dial plate within the exterior case; a first ground layer disposed on the substrate; an antenna that has a planar emitting electrode disposed between a center of the exterior case and an inner wall surface of the exterior case and opposed to the first ground layer, a planar short-circuit part electrically connecting an end part of the emitting electrode to the first ground layer, and a connecting part connecting the emitting electrode to a receiving circuit of the substrate; and a second ground layer disposed on an opposite side to the emission electrode side across the short-circuit part on the substrate and having a width equal to or greater than a width of the short-circuit part.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyasu Watanabe, Ken Kitamura, Shuji Naka, Akira Kato
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Patent number: 11515455Abstract: In various embodiments, a layer of organic encapsulant is provided over a surface of an ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting semiconductor die, and at least a portion of the encapsulant is exposed to UV light to convert at least some of said portion of the encapsulant into non-stoichiometric silica material. The non-stoichiometric silica material includes silicon, oxygen, and carbon, and a carbon content of the non-stoichiometric silica material is greater than 1 ppm and less than 40 atomic percent.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: CRYSTAL IS, INC.Inventors: Ken Kitamura, Masato Toita, Hironori Ishii, Yuting Wang, Leo J. Schowalter, Jianfeng Chen, James R. Grandusky
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Publication number: 20220364952Abstract: A medical lighting device according to the present invention includes a light source unit that emits light, an optical fiber that guides and emits the light having emitted from the light source unit and having entered inside the optical fiber, first and second detection units that are provided in the vicinity of an emission end including an emission end for the light of the optical fiber and detect the light in the optical fiber, and a control unit that determines, based on detection values of the light detected by the first and second detection units, normality/abnormality in the detection values of the respective detection units and outputs determined results.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.Inventor: Ken KITAMURA
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Patent number: 11262061Abstract: A storage case includes: a casing having an opening bottom and configured to internally store a functional unit electrically connected to perform a function; a power supply configured to supply power to the functional unit; a drive module including a drive board arranged on an upper surface or side surface of the casing and configured to drive the functional unit; a connector configured to electrically connect the power supply and the drive module; and a restriction member configured to restrict movement of the casing, wherein the drive board is arranged on a surface in a removal direction of the casing, and a connection/disconnection direction of the connector is different from the removal direction of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Ken Kitamura
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Patent number: 11150612Abstract: A portable radio-controlled watch includes a watch glass, an antenna that is formed on a backside of a circumference of the watch glass so as to be along the circumference, a feeder electrode adjacent to the antenna, a receiving circuit, an antenna connecting line that is at least a part of a connection circuit connecting the feeder electrode with the receiving circuit, where the antenna connecting line is directly connected to a back surface of the feeder electrode and extends in a direction away from the watch glass, and a dielectric that is disposed below the antenna and covers at least a part of the antenna in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuji Naka, Ken Kitamura, Akira Kato, Yohsuke Noma
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Publication number: 20210278070Abstract: A storage case includes: a casing having an opening bottom and configured to internally store a functional unit electrically connected to perform a function; a power supply configured to supply power to the functional unit; a drive module including a drive board arranged on an upper surface or side surface of the casing and configured to drive the functional unit; a connector configured to electrically connect the power supply and the drive module; and a restriction member configured to restrict movement of the casing, wherein the drive board is arranged on a surface in a removal direction of the casing, and a connection/disconnection direction of the connector is different from the removal direction of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.Inventor: Ken KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20210111317Abstract: In various embodiments, a layer of organic encapsulant is provided over a surface of an ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting semiconductor die, and at least a portion of the encapsulant is exposed to UV light to convert at least some of said portion of the encapsulant into non-stoichiometric silica material. The non-stoichiometric silica material includes silicon, oxygen, and carbon, and a carbon content of the non-stoichiometric silica material is greater than 1 ppm and less than 40 atomic percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Ken KITAMURA, Masato TOITA, Hironori ISHII, Yuting WANG, Leo J. SCHOWALTER, Jianfeng CHEN, James R. GRANDUSKY
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Patent number: 10854797Abstract: In various embodiments, a layer of organic encapsulant is provided over a surface of an ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting semiconductor die, and at least a portion of the encapsulant is exposed to UV light to convert at least some of said portion of the encapsulant into non-stoichiometric silica material. The non-stoichiometric silica material includes silicon, oxygen, and carbon, and a carbon content of the non-stoichiometric silica material is greater than 1 ppm and less than 40 atomic percent.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: CRYSTALIS, INC.Inventors: Ken Kitamura, Masato Toita, Hironori Ishii, Yuting Wang, Leo J. Schowalter, Jianfeng Chen, James R. Grandusky
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Publication number: 20200319605Abstract: A radio wave watch includes: an exterior case; a dial plate disposed within the exterior case; a substrate disposed on a rear side of the dial plate within the exterior case; a first ground layer disposed on the substrate; an antenna that has a planar emitting electrode disposed between a center of the exterior case and an inner wall surface of the exterior case and opposed to the first ground layer, a planar short-circuit part electrically connecting an end part of the emitting electrode to the first ground layer, and a connecting part connecting the emitting electrode to a receiving circuit of the substrate; and a second ground layer disposed on an opposite side to the emission electrode side across the short-circuit part on the substrate and having a width equal to or greater than a width of the short-circuit part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyasu WATANABE, Ken KITAMURA, Shuji NAKA, Akira KATO
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Publication number: 20200301371Abstract: Provided is a portable radio-controlled watch including: an antenna electrode; a receiving circuit arranged on a circuit board; a pair of connection pins, each of which has one end contacting the antenna electrode, and which are arranged in parallel to each other; intermediate wiring, which is connected to another end of each of the pair of connection pins, and extends in a direction separating from a case body; and RF connection wiring, which connects the intermediate wiring and the receiving circuit to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Ken KITAMURA, Akira KATO, Shuji NAKA, Yohsuke NOMA
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Patent number: 10777706Abstract: In various embodiments, an electrochemical process is utilized to remove at least a portion of a substrate from multiple singulated or unsingulated electronic-device or optoelectronic-device dies. The dies may be attached to a submount for the removal process, and the dies may be immersed in or non-immersively contact an electrolyte during the removal process.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CRYSTAL IS, INC.Inventors: Ken Kitamura, Jianfeng Chen, Leo J. Schowalter
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Patent number: 10615786Abstract: A comparator circuit according to the present disclosure includes a first switch section that selectively takes in a signal voltage, a second switch section that selectively takes in a control waveform, a differential amplifier including a non-inverted input end connected to each of output ends of the first switch section and the second switch section, a capacity section including one end connected to an inverted input end of the differential amplifier and the other end supplied with a reference voltage, and a third switch section that selectively short-circuits the inverted input end and an output end of the differential amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Sugiyama, Masaki Yoshioka, Ken Kikuchi, Masaru Chibashi, Ken Kitamura
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Patent number: D1050091Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: MEET CO., LTD.Inventor: Ken Kitamura