Patents by Inventor Kenji Hirota

Kenji Hirota 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: 20200276552
    Abstract: A fluidized-bed reactor (1A) includes a reaction vessel (10A) configured to contain metallurgical grade silicon powder and a hydrogen chloride gas, and a portion of a side wall (w) which portion extends along at least 80% of a height extending from a gas feed opening (21), which is provided in a lower part of the reaction vessel (10A), to a top face of a fluid bed (40) has such a tapered shape that a cross section of the reaction vessel (10A) which cross section is taken perpendicular to a height direction of the reaction vessel (10A) increases in area in an upward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji HIROTA, Katsuya OGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200277197
    Abstract: An object is to prevent corrosion and stress-corrosion cracking that would be caused by hydrochloric acid which would be formed at or near a filter element (80). A trichlorosilane production apparatus (1) includes: a reactor (2) configured to produce trichlorosilane; and a filter device (3) configured to remove a reaction residue, the filter device (3) including a filter element that is comprised of a corrosion-resistant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji HIROTA, Katsuya OGIHARA
  • Patent number: 10387842
    Abstract: [Object] To inspect emails without having to restrict the use of an email encryption function or the attachment of a file for which a password has been set. [Solving Means] An email client includes an operation reception unit 110 for receiving an operation performed by a user and a processing unit 130 for performing a process according to this operation on an email. The email client also includes a detection unit 121 for detecting that the operation reception unit 110 has received a specific operation and an inspection unit 123 for, if a specific operation is detected, inspecting the email and a file to be attached to the email before the processing unit 130 performs a process according to the specific operation. If a password has been set for the file to be attached to the email, a password acquisition unit 122 acquires the password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Hirota, Tomonori Sugiura, Hidekuni Ueda
  • Patent number: 10137570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer robot which has a simple structure and a small occupied area in an operation. A transfer robot of the present invention includes a support member fixed to a side wall or the like, a transfer arm by which a hand member is held capable of linear movement, and first and second link members. One end portions of the first and second link members are rotatably linked to the support member, respectively. Another end portions of the first and second link members are rotatably linked to the transfer arm, respectively. The hand member holds/transfers a work. A rotational driving force applied to a linking portion between the support member and the first link member is transmitted to the transfer arm by a predetermined mechanism and linearly moves the hand member. The transfer arm moves by rotating the first link member or the second link member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kenji Hirota, Shinichi Imai, Shiro Hara, Hitoshi Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20150321347
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer robot which has a simple structure and a small occupied area in an operation. A transfer robot of the present invention includes a support member fixed to a side wall or the like, a transfer arm by which a hand member is held capable of linear movement, and first and second link members. One end portions of the first and second link members are rotatably linked to the support member, respectively. Another end portions of the first and second link members are rotatably linked to the transfer arm, respectively. The hand member holds/transfers a work. A rotational driving force applied to a linking portion between the support member and the first link member is transmitted to the transfer arm by a predetermined mechanism and linearly moves the hand member. The transfer arm moves by rotating the first link member or the second link member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: TAZMO CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kenji HIROTA, Shinichi IMAI, Shiro HARA, Hitoshi MAEKAWA
  • Patent number: 8688261
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transport apparatus that holds and transports an object on a predetermined transport track using a transport portion provided at the leading end of an arm and is capable of acquiring the teaching information of a transport position using a normal transport operation, a position teaching method, and a sensor jig. A transmissive sensor (32) is provided in a sensor jig (30) such that the projection segments of an optical axis (41) and an optical axis (42) on a projection plane intersect with each other and neither the project segment of the optical axis (41) nor the projection segment of the optical axis (42) is aligned with the X-direction and the Y-direction. During a position teaching operation, the sensor jig (30) is provided so as to be held by a wafer transport portion (24), thereby detecting target members (51, 52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Rorze Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Hirota
  • Patent number: 8478832
    Abstract: An email, which includes a header and historical information, is created. The header comprises a destination email address, which comprises a name of an addressed recipient of the email and a domain name of the destination email address. The historical information in the email comprises an approved address for a previously exchanged email with the addressed recipient. The first approved address is compared to a corresponding portion of the first destination email address. In response to the corresponding portion of the first destination email address being different from the first approved address as stored in the storage unit, a warning is outputted. The warning comprises both the approved address, and an unapproved address list that comprises the first destination email address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Hirota, Tomonori Sugiura, Masami Tada, Hidekuni Ueda
  • Patent number: 8380976
    Abstract: A system, a server, a method, and a computer program are described for relaying an electronic mail without a leak of secret information included in a quoted electronic mail to an unintended recipient without impairing the usability of the electronic mail system. The server receives an electronic mail that is newly created by one of the clients with quotation from one or a plurality of electronic mails received in the past. The server determines, for each quoted electronic mail quoted in the received electronic mail, whether a destination designated in the received electronic mail is included in an originator and a destination set in each quoted electronic mail. The server edits the content of each quoted electronic mail that is determined not to include the destination designated in the received electronic mail. The server transfers the electronic mail including the edited quoted electronic mail to the designated destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Hirota, Tomonori Sugiura, Hidekuni Ueda
  • Publication number: 20120222126
    Abstract: An email, which includes a header and historical information, is created. The header comprises a destination email address, which comprises a name of an addressed recipient of the email and a domain name of the destination email address. The historical information in the email comprises an approved address for a previously exchanged email with the addressed recipient. The first approved address is compared to a corresponding portion of the first destination email address. In response to the corresponding portion of the first destination email address being different from the first approved address as stored in the storage unit, a warning is outputted. The warning comprises both the approved address, and an unapproved address list that comprises the first destination email address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENJI HIROTA, TOMONORI SUGIURA, MASAMI TADA, HIDEKUNI UEDA
  • Patent number: 8250160
    Abstract: An email is created that includes one or more destination email addresses, plus historical information regarding previously exchanged emails. Before sending this email, each of the destination email addresses is checked against the email addresses in the historical information and, if a destination email address (or the domain name of that destination address) is not found in the historical information, then a warning is displayed to alert the user to the fact that this historical information may be sent to an unintended recipient. In response to this warning, which may include a list of unapproved destination email address, the user may approve a previously unapproved destination email address, change the unapproved destination email address to one that has been previously approved, or enter a new distribution email to be substituted for the unapproved one. When creating the email, the user may also specify other approved email addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Hirota, Tomonori Sugiura, Masami Tada, Hidekuni Ueda
  • Publication number: 20110130864
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transport apparatus that holds and transports an object on a predetermined transport track using a transport portion provided at the leading end of an arm and is capable of acquiring the teaching information of a transport position using a normal transport operation, a position teaching method, and a sensor jig. A transmissive sensor (32) is provided in a sensor jig (30) such that the projection segments of an optical axis (41) and an optical axis (42) on a projection plane intersect with each other and neither the project segment of the optical axis (41) nor the projection segment of the optical axis (42) is aligned with the X-direction and the Y-direction. During a position teaching operation, the sensor jig (30) is provided so as to be held by a wafer transport portion (24), thereby detecting target members (51, 52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: RORZE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Hirota
  • Publication number: 20110113233
    Abstract: A system, a server, a method, and a computer program are described for relaying an electronic mail without a leak of secret information included in a quoted electronic mail to an unintended recipient without impairing the usability of the electronic mail system. The server receives an electronic mail that is newly created by one of the clients with quotation from one or a plurality of electronic mails received in the past. The server determines, for each quoted electronic mail quoted in the received electronic mail, whether a destination designated in the received electronic mail is included in an originator and a destination set in each quoted electronic mail. The server edits the content of each quoted electronic mail that is determined not to include the destination designated in the received electronic mail. The server transfers the electronic mail including the edited quoted electronic mail to the designated destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
    Inventors: Kenji Hirota, Tomonori Sugiura, Hidekuni Ueda
  • Publication number: 20100274860
    Abstract: An email is created that includes one or more destination email addresses, plus historical information regarding previously exchanged emails. Before sending this email, each of the destination email addresses is checked against the email addresses in the historical information and, if a destination email address (or the domain name of that destination address) is not found in the historical information, then a warning is displayed to alert the user to the fact that this historical information may be sent to an unintended recipient. In response to this warning, which may include a list of unapproved destination email address, the user may approve a previously unapproved destination email address, change the unapproved destination email address to one that has been previously approved, or enter a new distribution email to be substituted for the unapproved one. When creating the email, the user may also specify other approved email addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENJI HIROTA, TOMONORI SUGIURA, MASAMI TADA, HIDEKUNI UEDA
  • Publication number: 20090265441
    Abstract: [Object] To inspect emails without having to restrict the use of an email encryption function or the attachment of a file for which a password has been set. [Solving Means] An email client includes an operation reception unit 110 for receiving an operation performed by a user and a processing unit 130 for performing a process according to this operation on an email. The email client also includes a detection unit 121 for detecting that the operation reception unit 110 has received a specific operation and an inspection unit 123 for, if a specific operation is detected, inspecting the email and a file to be attached to the email before the processing unit 130 performs a process according to the specific operation. If a password has been set for the file to be attached to the email, a password acquisition unit 122 acquires the password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Hirota, Tomonori Sugiura, Hidekuni Ueda
  • Patent number: 6948005
    Abstract: A storage unit stores ranges of devices allocated for each sequence program. A device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit. The device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishimaki, Makoto Nonomura, Tomoyuki Suga, Kenji Hirota, Yoshiaki Gotou
  • Publication number: 20050033873
    Abstract: A storage unit stores ranges of devices allocated for each sequence program. A device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit. The device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishimaki, Makoto Nonomura, Tomoyuki Suga, Kenji Hirota, Yoshiaki Gotou
  • Patent number: 6850993
    Abstract: A storage unit stores ranges of devices allocated for each sequence program. A device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit. The device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishimaki, Makoto Nonomura, Tomoyuki Suga, Kenji Hirota, Yoshiaki Gotou
  • Patent number: 6810433
    Abstract: A storage unit stores ranges of devices allocated for each sequence program. A device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit. The device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishimaki, Makoto Nonomura, Tomoyuki Suga, Kenji Hirota, Yoshiaki Gotou
  • Publication number: 20040199679
    Abstract: A storage unit stores ranges of devices allocated for each sequence program. A device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit. The device range checking unit sequentially extracts device notations indicating consecutive areas and commands specifying consecutive devices present in a sequence program, expands devices of the corresponding consecutive areas, and checks whether or not devices of consecutive areas are within a range of devices stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishimaki, Makoto Nonomura, Tomoyuki Suga, Kenji Hirota, Yoshiaki Gotou
  • Patent number: 5922989
    Abstract: An electronic part capable of preventing a flux from intruding thereinto without using a sealing material can be provided. In the electronic part 1, terminals 3 to be inserted through electrode holes of a circuit board are projected from a casing 1a. In the terminals 3, there are provided cut-in portions 8 extending to a space formed between the casing 1a and the circuit board when the terminals 3 are inserted through the electrode holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsuba Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akimasa Tsunoda, Yuichi Nagase, Seiichi Katagiri, Shigeo Suzuki, Kiyohumi Nakayama, Kenji Hirota, Noboru Sato, Tatsuya Tsukagoshi