Patents by Inventor Kenji Ono

Kenji Ono 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: 20250093237
    Abstract: A sound diagnostic system includes one or more hardware processors, and one or more memories storing instructions that cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations. The operations include: calculating, from sound information on a sound produced by an apparatus, a sound pressure of each of a plurality of frequencies at each timing; calculating an autocorrelation function for a change, with time, of a representative value of the sound pressures of respective frequencies included in a target frequency band; detecting a period of each of one or more abnormal sounds, based on the one or more peak timings; and identifying, based on the period, a causative component for each of the one or more abnormal sounds, among a plurality of components included in the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventor: Kenji ONO
  • Publication number: 20240376274
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a liquid crystal polymer particle, which can allow for control of a particle size distribution in a small particle size region. The method for producing a liquid crystal polymer particle according to the present invention comprises a step of pulversizing a liquid crystal polymer with a jet mill to thereby obtain a liquid crystal polymer particle in which cumulative distribution 50% size D50 is 7.0 ?m or less and 95% size D95 is 15.0 ?m or less in a particle size distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji ONO, Kunihiko IBAYASHI, Hiroto FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20240255387
    Abstract: A sound diagnosis system includes: a sound collector acquiring a sound emitted by a device; a total sound pressure calculator that analyzes a sampling result of the sound and calculates a total sound pressure of a sound of each frequency included in each timing of the sampling result; a peak detector that detects a plurality of peak timings from the total sound pressure; a peak classifier that clusters the plurality of peak timings; a cycle calculator that calculates a cycle of a sound included in each cluster based on the frequency and/or each total sound pressure; a region identifier that identifies at least one component that emits a sound having a cycle close to any of cycles of sounds included in each cluster; and a display that displays the at least one identified component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: KENJI ONO
  • Publication number: 20240186156
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus, together with related techniques, is provided that includes: a reaction tube provided with a protrusion, wherein a substrate is processed in the reaction tube; a first heater configured to heat the reaction tube; a second heater configured to heat the protrusion; and a heat insulator provided at the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji ONO, Yusaku OKAJIMA, Takatomo YAMAGUCHI, Hideto TATENO, Yuji TAKEBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11990359
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) heating a substrate retainer in a reaction chamber, wherein the substrate retainer is provided with a plurality of slots capable of accommodating a plurality of substrates in a multistage manner; (b) repeatedly performing a set including: (b-1) moving the substrate retainer so as to locate one or more of the slots outside the reaction chamber; and (b-2) charging one or more of the substrates into the one or more of the slots; and (c) moving the substrate retainer such that the plurality of substrates charged in the plurality of slots are accommodated in the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takatomo Yamaguchi, Hidenari Yoshida, Kenji Ono
  • Patent number: 11961715
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of efficiently removing a foreign substance in a reaction tube. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a reaction tube in which a substrate is processed; and a substrate retainer including a plurality of support columns configured to support the substrate, wherein at least one among the plurality of the support columns includes: a hollow portion through which an inert gas is supplied; and a gas supply port through which the inert gas is supplied toward an inner wall of the reaction tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Hara, Takashi Yahata, Tsuyoshi Takeda, Kenji Ono, Kazuhiko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20230197327
    Abstract: A coil component includes at least one outer electrode, an element body and a conductor. The element body includes a first surface on which at least a portion of each of the outer electrode(s) is provided, a second surface immediately adjacent to the first surface, a core portion extending from the second surface in axial direction of the core portion, and a recess having a curved concave surface replacing at a portion of a ridge line between the first surface and the second surface. The conductor includes a winding portion that extends around a periphery of the core portion of the element body, a junction portion that is electrically joined to the outer electrode at the first surface, and a lead portion that passes through the recess and connects one end of the winding portion to the junction portion via the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Kenji ONO
  • Patent number: 11510581
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement method includes wrapping a cuff around a site. The cuff includes: a first bladder that swells due to receiving fluid and is arranged at an outer surface of the site that corresponds to a first half surface where an artery is; and a second bladder that swells due to receiving fluid and is arranged at the outer circumferential surface of the measurement site that corresponds to a second half surface opposite to the first half surface. During inflation, the pressure of the second bladder is made larger than the first bladder by supplying more fluid such that the stroke amount by which the second fluid bladder swells is larger in the thickness direction. Then, the two bladders are inflated at equal rates. In the process of inflating, or in the process of deflating at rates equal to each other after inflating, blood pressure is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Tokko, Ryosuke Doi, Hiroshi Koshimizu, Kenji Ono
  • Publication number: 20220346718
    Abstract: A first, second and third electrode, an electrode contact detection means configured to detect and output a state in which all of the electrodes are in contact with a surface of a measurement target, and control means configured to execute a measurement process of biological information, wherein the electrode contact detection means includes a bias power source configured to apply a voltage to each of the first electrode and the second electrode, a first comparator and a second comparator, and a contact state determination unit configured to determine whether all of the electrodes are in contact with the surface of the measurement target based on outputs of the first comparator and the second comparator, and the control means is configured to execute a process for opening the bias power source and executes the measurement process only when all electrodes are in contact with the surface of the measurement target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Kenji ONO
  • Publication number: 20220175222
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a balloon-equipped treatment tool for an endoscope includes a balloon, and a sheath connected to a proximal end side of the balloon and configured to introduce fluid to the balloon. The balloon includes a body portion having a first wall thickness, a cylindrical tail portion arranged on a proximal end side of the body portion and connected to the sheath, a cone portion located between the body portion and the tail portion, and a thick portion forming a second wall thickness larger than the first wall thickness. The thick portion whose distal end is arranged in the cone portion and whose proximal end is arranged in the tail portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAGATA, Kenji ONO, Norichika FUKUSHIMA, Yasunori OKI, Daijiro KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20220145465
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: a process container in which a substrate is processed; a support configured to support the substrate in the process container; a gas flow controller configured to form a gas flow capable of making contact with the substrate in the process container; a first actuator configured to allow the support to reciprocate in the process container; and a second actuator configured to allow the gas flow controller to reciprocate in the process container in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji TAKEBAYASHI, Kenji ONO
  • Publication number: 20220005717
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) heating a substrate retainer in a reaction chamber, wherein the substrate retainer is provided with a plurality of slots capable of accommodating a plurality of substrates in a multistage manner; (b) repeatedly performing a set including: (b-1) moving the substrate retainer so as to locate one or more of the slots outside the reaction chamber; and (b-2) charging one or more of the substrates into the one or more of the slots; and (c) moving the substrate retainer such that the plurality of substrates charged in the plurality of slots are accommodated in the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Takatomo YAMAGUCHI, Hidenari YOSHIDA, Kenji ONO
  • Publication number: 20210183670
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of efficiently removing a foreign substance in a reaction tube. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a reaction tube in which a substrate is processed; and a substrate retainer including a plurality of support columns configured to support the substrate, wherein at least one among the plurality of the support columns includes: a hollow portion through which an inert gas is supplied; and a gas supply port through which the inert gas is supplied toward an inner wall of the reaction tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke HARA, Takashi YAHATA, Tsuyoshi TAKEDA, Kenji ONO, Kazuhiko YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200312632
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: a reaction tube configured to process a plurality of substrates; a substrate support configured to support the plurality of substrates stacked in multiple stages; a buffer chamber that is at least located at a position of height from a lowermost substrate to an uppermost substrate supported by the substrate support, and is installed along an inner wall of the reaction tube; and an electrode for plasma generation that is inserted from a lower portion of the buffer chamber into an upper portion of the buffer chamber through a side surface of the reaction tube, the electrode being configured to activate the processing gas by plasma inside the buffer chamber thereby applying high-frequency power to the electrode by a power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke HARA, Takashi YAHATA, Tsuyoshi TAKEDA, Kenji ONO, Kazuhiko YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10765366
    Abstract: An appliance includes a belt that is worn by being wound around a wrist. The appliance includes: at least a first display region that is positioned in an area of the belt that corresponds to a volar-side surface or a radius-side surface of the wrist; and a second display region that is positioned in an area of the belt that corresponds to a back-side surface of the wrist. During a blood pressure measurement period, first control for displaying ongoing blood pressure measurement information only on the first display region is performed, and during a period other than the blood pressure measurement period, second control for displaying information that needs to be displayed on the first or second display region is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuma Adachi, Kengo Nishiyama, Hiroshi Koshimizu, Yoshihide Tokko, Yuka Tanabe, Kenji Ono, Ryosuke Doi, Hiroaki Aoyama, Eisuke Yamazaki, Minoru Taniguchi, Chisato Tawara, Shusuke Eshita, Masayuki Fukutsuka
  • Publication number: 20200237239
    Abstract: In a main body of an upper-arm type sphygmomanometer that measures blood pressure of a subject by using a bag-shaped arm cuff to be wound around an arm of the subject, a main body housing includes an upper surface, and a first side surface and a second side surface on left and right sides. The first side surface includes a first side surface electrode region, the second side surface includes a second side surface electrode region, the upper surface includes a first upper surface electrode region, a first electrocardiogram waveform measurement electrode is provided in the first side surface electrode region, a second electrocardiogram waveform measurement electrode is provided in the second side surface electrode region, and a first reference electrode is provided in the first upper surface electrode region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIDA, Takehiro HAMAGUCHI, Hiroko YOSHINO, Kengo NISHIYAMA, Asa HIRASAWA, Shinya TANAKA, Motofumi NAKANISHI, Kazuya MURASE, Mika EZOE, Kenji ONO
  • Patent number: 10478077
    Abstract: A blood pressure meter includes a pump and a first fluid path provided inside a main body. The first fluid path feeds a fluid from the pump to a fluid bladder or discharges the fluid from the fluid bladder. A pressure sensor is mounted on a first substrate disposed inside the main body. A second fluid path that introduces the fluid from the fluid bladder to the pressure sensor is provided. The second fluid path includes an inlet pipe that is integrally formed with a sensor package that incorporates the pressure sensor, and extends straight between the fluid bladder and the pressure sensor. A second substrate on which a blood pressure measurement element is mounted is disposed in a space that is located between the first substrate and the fluid bladder in a thickness direction and is adjacent to the second fluid path in a planar direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ono, Yuma Adachi, Yoshihide Tokko, Eisuke Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20190320917
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement method includes wrapping a cuff around a site. The cuff includes: a first bladder that swells due to receiving fluid and is arranged at an outer surface of the site that corresponds to a first half surface where an artery is; and a second bladder that swells due to receiving fluid and is arranged at the outer circumferential surface of the measurement site that corresponds to a second half surface opposite to the first half surface. During inflation, the pressure of the second bladder is made larger than the first bladder by supplying more fluid such that the stroke amount by which the second fluid bladder swells is larger in the thickness direction. Then, the two bladders are inflated at equal rates. In the process of inflating, or in the process of deflating at rates equal to each other after inflating, blood pressure is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Tokko, Ryosuke Doi, Hiroshi Koshimizu, Kenji Ono
  • Patent number: 10383529
    Abstract: A fluid bladder has a first fluid bladder region that inflates due to receiving a supply of fluid and is contained in a portion of an outer circumferential surface of a measurement site in a lengthwise direction of a cuff, the portion corresponding to a first half surface, where an artery is. Also, the fluid bladder has an expansion region that is expanded due to an action from outside, and is contained at a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the measurement site that corresponds to a second half surface, in the lengthwise direction of the cuff. During inflation for blood pressure measurement, a stroke amount by which the expansion region expands is larger in the thickness direction than a stroke amount by which the first fluid bladder region swells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Tokko, Ryosuke Doi, Hiroshi Koshimizu, Kenji Ono
  • Patent number: 10254518
    Abstract: A zoom lens with a bent optical path includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit including the reflecting member and having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the second lens unit moves closer to the first lens unit only toward the object side, the third lens unit moves in such a way that it becomes closest to the second lens unit at an intermediate focal length position in the course of zooming as compared to the state at the wide angle end and the state at the telephoto end, and the fourth lens unit moves. The zoom lens satisfies a certain condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ono, Tetsuya Yanai, Masato Katayose