Patents by Inventor Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe 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: 20230395864Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion; and an outer package, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-containing composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure and represented by the following composition formula: LiNixCoyMnzO2, provided that 0.7?x?0.9, 0.05?y?0.2, 0.05?z?0.15, and x+y+z=1 are satisfied, and the battery is formed by using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing methylene methanedisulfonate and having a content thereof of 2.0% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less based on a solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: AESC JAPAN LTD.Inventor: Kenji WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230393085Abstract: Provided is a method of evaluating a deviation of a trajectory of a primary electron beam in a primary optical system in an electron beam observation device including the primary optical system that irradiates a sample with the primary electron beam including a plurality of primary electrons and a secondary optical system that detects, by a detector, a secondary electron beam including a plurality of secondary electrons emitted from the sample irradiated with the primary electron beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Kenji WATANABE, Takeshi MURAKAMI, Yasushi TOMA, Ryo TAJIMA, Tsutomu KARIMATA
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Patent number: 11828613Abstract: Provided is a superimposed-image display device configured such that when there is a guidance divergence point, which is a guidance target, ahead in a traveling direction of a vehicle, a plurality of guidance objects that provide guidance on an entry route that enters the guidance divergence point and an exit route are displayed. When a course including the entry route, the guidance divergence point, and the exit route is displayed using a plurality of guidance objects, the plurality of guidance objects are displayed so as to match the elevation of the line of sight of an occupant and displayed so as to be shifted to locations that are on the opposite side to an exit direction at the guidance divergence point relative to the front of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Kawai
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Patent number: 11809127Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a tray unit to which a cartridge is detachably mounted, and that is configured to be capable of moving between an internal position situated within the apparatus main body and an external position situated outside, includes first and second side plates configured to support the cartridge, and they are each made of metal, and include a supporting portion and an outer side portion, the supporting portions includes positioning portions configured to come into contact with the cartridge to position the cartridge as to an image forming position. The apparatus main body includes first and second pressing members each capable of moving between pressing positions at which the cartridge is pressed, and separated positions separated from the cartridge. The first and second pressing members are disposed each intersecting with imaginary planes that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and intersect the positioning portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeo Kawanami, Kazuaki Nogami, Takehiro Hayashi, Kenji Watanabe, Shunsuke Hijikata
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Patent number: 11770927Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes: a stacked body in which a plurality of conductive layers are separated from each other and are stacked; a pillar which extends in a stacking direction and includes memory cells to be formed at intersections with at least some of the plurality of conductive layers; an upper insulating layer arranged on the stacked body; a plug which extends in the stacking direction inside the upper insulating layer and is connected to the upper end portion of the pillar; and a spacer insulating layer which surrounds the plug and has a lower dielectric constant than a dielectric constant of the upper insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Kenji Watanabe
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Patent number: 11667945Abstract: The present invention provides a method and probe for determining colibactin and a colibactin-producing bacterium. According to the present invention, there is provided a fluorescent probe for detecting myristoyl asparagine using, for example, a tissue sample and a fecal sample and detecting enzyme activity of ClbP.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Shizuoka Prefecture Public University CorporationInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Yuta Tsunematsu, Michio Sato
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Publication number: 20230066647Abstract: A sheet-shaped check valve 23 which opens and closes the injection passage 21 is placed in the check valve chamber 22, an injection discharge passage 21b portion connected to the compression chamber 13 of the injection passage 21 and the check valve chamber 22 open from an outer surface of the fixed scroll 11, a lid body 25 is attached to openings of the injection discharge passage 21b and the check valve chamber 22 such that the check valve 23 is sandwiched between the openings and the lid body 25, and the injection discharge passage 21b and the check valve chamber 22 are hermetically closed, thereby forming the injection passage 21. According to this, it is possible to provide a reliable, efficient and inexpensive compressor with an injection mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Kenji WATANABE, Akinori FUKUDA, Akihiro HAYASHI, Hideto OKA, Keisuke NOBA
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Publication number: 20230059386Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a tray unit to which a cartridge is detachably mounted, and that is configured to be capable of moving between an internal position situated within the apparatus main body and an external position situated outside, includes first and second side plates configured to support the cartridge, and they are each made of metal, and include a supporting portion and an outer side portion, the supporting portions includes positioning portions configured to come into contact with the cartridge to position the cartridge as to an image forming position. The apparatus main body includes first and second pressing members each capable of moving between pressing positions at which the cartridge is pressed, and separated positions separated from the cartridge. The first and second pressing members are disposed each intersecting with imaginary planes that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and intersect the positioning portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Takeo Kawanami, Kazuaki Nogami, Takehiro Hayashi, Kenji Watanabe, Shunsuke Hijikata
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Patent number: 11572682Abstract: A flush toilet apparatus includes a toilet body that includes a rim water spout port, a tank that stores washing water, a rim side water supply channel that supplies washing water to the rim water spout port, a tank side water supply channel that supplies washing water to the tank, a flow channel switching part that adjusts an amount of washing water that is supplied to one or both of the rim side water supply channel and the tank side water supply channel, and an electrical power failure detection part that detects electrical power failure, wherein, in a case where electrical power failure is caused when washing water is supplied to the tank side water supply channel, the flow channel switching part decreases washing water that is supplied to the tank side water supply channel and increases washing water that is supplied to the rim side water supply channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Kashimura, Hiroki Tanaka, Kenji Watanabe, Satoshi Takano, Yoshikatsu Adachi, Koichi Motooka, Yuki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230013965Abstract: Provided is a superimposed-image display device configured such that when there is a guidance divergence point, which is a guidance target, ahead in a traveling direction of a vehicle, a plurality of guidance objects that provide guidance on an entry route that enters the guidance divergence point and an exit route are displayed. When a course including the entry route, the guidance divergence point, and the exit route is displayed using a plurality of guidance objects, the plurality of guidance objects are displayed so as to match the elevation of the line of sight of an occupant and displayed so as to be shifted to locations that are on the opposite side to an exit direction at the guidance divergence point relative to the front of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Kawai
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Patent number: 11535155Abstract: Superimposed-image display devices and programs display a guide image providing a guidance of information to a driver of a vehicle such that the guide image is superimposed on a view ahead of the vehicle and is visually recognized. The systems and programs obtain three-dimensional map information that specifies a three-dimensional shape of a road and a structure nearby the road and arrange the guide image in the three-dimensional map information, based on the three-dimensional shape of the road and the structure nearby the road. The systems and programs obtain a shape of the guide image that is visually recognized from a position of the driver in the three-dimensional map information and display the guide image having the obtained shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyake, Yuusuke Morita
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Publication number: 20220408623Abstract: A control device configured to control a component pickup and mounting operation of a component mounting machine; and multiple devices configured to execute the component pickup and mounting operation are provided. A device out of the multiple devices is attachably and detachably attached to the component mounting machine and includes a field programmable gate array that operates each function of the device by communicating with the control device. The field programmable gate array has a clock gating function of reducing an electric current flowing into the attachable and detachable device by stopping processing on a function that is not used, out of individual functions of the attachable and detachable device, when the attachable and detachable device is in a state capable of being removed by an operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo FUJIMURA, Kenji WATANABE
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Patent number: 11525694Abstract: Superimposed-image display devices and programs superimpose an image on a surrounding environment in front of a vehicle so that the image can be visually identified. The image includes at least one of a first guidance image that prompts a driver to change driving operation and a second guidance image that does not prompt a driver to change driving operation. The second guidance image is displayed in a display mode in which the second guidance image more harmonizes in at least one of a location, brightness, and color with the surrounding environment than the first guidance image, the surrounding environment being a superimposition target.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11526124Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a tray unit to which a cartridge is detachably mounted, and that is configured to be capable of moving between an internal position situated within the apparatus main body and an external position situated outside, includes first and second side plates configured to support the cartridge, and they are each made of metal, and include a supporting portion and an outer side portion, the supporting portions includes positioning portions configured to come into contact with the cartridge to position the cartridge as to an image forming position. The apparatus main body includes first and second pressing members each capable of moving between pressing positions at which the cartridge is pressed, and separated positions separated from the cartridge. The first and second pressing members are disposed each intersecting with imaginary planes that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and intersect the positioning portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeo Kawanami, Kazuaki Nogami, Takehiro Hayashi, Kenji Watanabe, Shunsuke Hijikata
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Patent number: 11515118Abstract: Provided is an electron beam irradiation apparatus including: an aligner configured to perform an alignment of an electron beam by deflecting the electron beam; a deflector having a plurality of electrodes and configured to deflect the electron beam after passing through the aligner; and an adjuster configured to adjust deflection caused by the aligner, wherein the adjuster is configured to perform, on each of the plurality of electrodes, detecting an image of the electron beam by applying a test voltage to one of the plurality of electrodes and applying a reference voltage to the other electrodes, determine a position shift of the electron beam based on each position of the image of the electron beam corresponding to each electrode, and adjust deflection of the aligner so as to cancel the position shift of the electron beam.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Shinichi Okada, Ryo Tajima, Tsutomu Karimata
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Patent number: 11511627Abstract: Display devices and programs display a guide image on a display mounted on a vehicle so as to be visually recognized such that the guide image is superimposed on a view ahead of the vehicle. The guide image provides guidance about a travel direction of the vehicle that travels on a travel path after leaving a guide branch point. The devices and programs display the guide image in a manner such that a region overlapping a nearby object present on a near side of the travel path on which the vehicle travels is removed from the guide image.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyake, Josaku Nakanishi
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Patent number: 11493357Abstract: A guide object for proposing a guide target point is displayed when there is a guide target point that is to be proposed, ahead of a vehicle in a traveling direction. In contrast, when displaying the guide object, the guide object is displayed in a form in which an occupant visually recognizes the guide object with a relative position of the guide object with respect to the vehicle fixed, when a distance from the vehicle to the guide target point is equal to or more than a threshold. Further, the guide object is displayed in a form in which the occupant visually recognizes the guide object as being superimposed with a relative position of the guide object with respect to the guide target point fixed, when the distance from the vehicle to the guide target point is less than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Kawai, Toshinori Takeuchi, Kenji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11465295Abstract: A multiplex device including a multiplex connecting section connected to a movable side multiplex device, the multiplex connecting section being configured to transmit a position signal outputted from a position signal output section connected to the movable side multiplex device by multiplexing communication with the movable side multiplex device; an amplifier connecting section connected to a position signal output section amplifier, the amplifier being configured to transmit the position signal to the position signal output section amplifier; a measuring device connecting section connected to a position signal measuring device; and a switching section configured to switch from a connection between the multiplex connecting section and the position signal output section amplifier, and a connection between the multiplex connecting section and the position signal measuring device in accordance with detection of a connection between the measuring device connecting section and the position signal measuring devicType: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuo Nagasaka, Hidekazu Kanai, Kenji Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220302141Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked layer body in which a plurality of conductive layers are stacked to be apart from each other in a first direction, a plurality of pillar structures each including a semiconductor layer extending in the first direction through the stacked layer body, a plurality of partition structures each of which extends in the first direction and a second direction in the stacked layer body, and which divide the stacked layer body into a plurality of portions in a third direction, and a covering layer which covers the stacked layer body and the partition structures, and in which a height in each of regions covering top surfaces of the partition structures is positioned higher than a height in each of regions covering the portions of the stacked layer body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Kenji WATANABE
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Patent number: 11447354Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Minoru Kawanishi, Motohiro Furusawa, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Shigeo Murayama