Patents by Inventor Kentaro Kimura

Kentaro Kimura 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: 20260181746
    Abstract: There is provided a ceramic heater including: a ceramic plate including a first surface, and a second surface; a first RF/ESC electrode embedded in the ceramic plate; a second RF/ESC electrode electrically connected to the first RF/ESC electrode, and embedded at a depth position farther from the first surface than the first RF/ESC electrode; an RF/ESC rod including one end electrically connected to the second RF/ESC electrode; an RF/ESC terminal hole being a bottomed hole into which a front end part of the RF/ESC rod is inserted; and a heater circuit embedded at a depth position closer to the second surface than the second RF/ESC electrode. A distance between a center line of the first RF/ESC electrode and that of the second RF/ESC electrode is 2 to 7 mm. A distance from the first surface to a hole bottom of the RF/ESC terminal hole is 4 to 9 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka UNNO, Kentaro KIMURA, Yoshinobu GOTO
  • Patent number: 12659686
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately reproducing a sense of distance from a user to a virtual sound source and an apparent size of the virtual sound source in spatial sound representation. The present technology includes a sound source setting unit that sets a first sound source, and a plurality of second sound sources at positions corresponding to a size of a sound image of a first sound that is a sound of the first sound source; and an output control unit that outputs first sound data obtained by convolution processing using HRTF information corresponding to a position of the first sound source and a plurality of pieces of second sound data obtained by convolution processing using HRTF information corresponding to the positions of the second sound sources. The second sound sources are set to be positioned around the first sound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Suzuki, Kentaro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20260068600
    Abstract: A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a ceramic base material and a conductor. The conductor is arranged in the ceramic base material. The ceramic base material contains a ceramic material having a thermal expansion coefficient of from 2.0×10?6/° C. to 10.0×10?6/° C. and spinel. The conductor includes a surface layer containing spinel and a skeleton positioned inside the surface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa MIZOGUCHI, Keita YAMANA, Kazuhiro NOBORI, Kentaro KIMURA, Yoshinobu GOTO
  • Publication number: 20260038474
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object described above, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a controller. The controller controls ambient external sound around a user on the basis of metadata related to the external sound, the metadata being added to content played back according to user information regarding the user. This makes it possible to provide high-quality listening experience. Further, when content, such as narration or notice sound, that is desired to be heard by a user is played back, audio ducking is performed with respect to external sound, and this enables the content to be played back without being affected by the external sound. Further, experience intendedly utilizing external sound can also be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: OSAMU SHIGETA, KAREN MURATA, TSUTOMU FUZAWA, YASUYUKI KOGA, YURI NAKANO, KENTARO YAMAZAKI, KENTARO KIMURA
  • Patent number: 12506028
    Abstract: A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a ceramic base material and a conductor. The conductor is arranged in the ceramic base material. The ceramic base material contains a ceramic material having a thermal expansion coefficient of from 2.0×10?6/° C. to 10.0×10?6/° C. and spinel. The conductor includes a surface layer containing spinel and a skeleton positioned inside the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Mizoguchi, Keita Yamana, Kazuhiro Nobori, Kentaro Kimura, Yoshinobu Goto
  • Publication number: 20250364307
    Abstract: A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a ceramic base material and a conductor. The conductor is arranged in the ceramic base material. The ceramic base material contains a ceramic material having a thermal expansion coefficient of from 2.0×10?6/° C. to 10.0×10?6/° C. and spinel. The conductor includes a surface layer containing spinel and a skeleton positioned inside the surface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa MIZOGUCHI, Keita YAMANA, Kazuhiro NOBORI, Kentaro KIMURA, Yoshinobu GOTO
  • Publication number: 20250285844
    Abstract: There is provided a susceptor including: a ceramic plate including a first surface and a second surface; an internal electrode embedded in the ceramic plate; a metal layer provided as an RF electrode on an entirety or a part of the second surface of the ceramic plate; a cooling plate provided at a predetermined distance from the second surface; a heat transfer space present between the metal layer and the cooling plate, and configured to enable heat transfer through gas; a seal member provided along outer peripheries of the ceramic plate and the cooling plate between the ceramic plate and the cooling plate, to impart airtightness to the heat transfer space; and an RF conduction member provided at a position on an inner peripheral side of the seal member between the ceramic plate and the cooling plate to secure electric connection between the metal layer and the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro KIMURA
  • Patent number: 12330849
    Abstract: A liquid-repellent layer forming resin composition comprises a polypropylene resin (A) and a silylated polyolefin (B), wherein the polypropylene resin (A) comprises a random polypropylene resin (A1) and a block polypropylene resin (A2) with a mass ratio (Mass of random polypropylene resin (A1)/Mass of block polypropylene resin (A2)) in the range of 20/80 to 80/20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aki Nagai, Ryo Tanaka, Kentaro Kimura, Kosuke Kinoshita, Hitomi Fukutake
  • Publication number: 20250159425
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium that enable sharing of attention of users existing in a wide area. The information processing device includes a control unit that performs control of spatial localization of an audio of another user except a target user on the basis of information regarding at least one of a view direction of a first user corresponding to a captured image captured by an imaging device provided for the first user or a view direction of a second user who views a surrounding captured image in which surroundings of a position where the first user exists are captured as the captured image. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, devices constituting a system that shares view information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro KIMURA, Osamu SHIGETA, Yu NISHIMURA, Tsutomu FUZAWA, Yuichi HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 12260290
    Abstract: A two-dimensional code 100 includes a plurality of lines L arranged in a second direction (X direction) at an interval S, and each line L includes a plurality of cells that indicate a plurality of bits and are arranged in series in a first direction (Y direction) orthogonal to the second direction. Each of the plurality of cells is either a first data cell 101 indicating a first value out of two values that the bits indicate, or a second data cell 102 indicating a second value out of the two values that the bits indicate. The first data cell includes a first density region 103 indicating the first value at a first position in the second direction. The second data cell includes a second density region 104 indicating the second value at the first position, and a third density region 105 adjacent to the second density region in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: The Ritsumeikan Trust, Nozaki Insatsu Shigyo Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakuni Douseki, Yohei Fukumizu, Junichi Misawa, Kentaro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240340605
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and method, and a program that allow the voice of a speaker to be easily recognized. The information processing device includes an information processing unit configured to generate, on the basis of orientation information indicating an orientation of a listener, virtual location information indicating a location of the listener in a virtual space, the location being set by the listener, and virtual location information of a speaker, a voice of the speaker localized at a location corresponding to the orientation and location of the listener and the location of the speaker. The present technology can be applied to a tele-communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: KENTARO KIMURA, JUNYA SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12065557
    Abstract: A liquid-repellent layer forming resin composition comprises a polyolefin resin (A), a silylated polyolefin (B), and a compatibilizer (C) having a site compatible with the polyolefin resin (A) and a site compatible with the silylated polyolefin (B), wherein a polyolefin site of the silylated polyolefin (B) is incompatible with the polyolefin resin (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aki Nagai, Ryo Tanaka, Kentaro Kimura, Kosuke Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20240236603
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately reproducing a sense of distance from a user to a virtual sound source and an apparent size of the virtual sound source in spatial sound representation. The present technology includes a sound source setting unit that sets a first sound source, and a plurality of second sound sources at positions corresponding to a size of a sound image of a first sound that is a sound of the first sound source; and an output control unit that outputs first sound data obtained by convolution processing using HRTF information corresponding to a position of the first sound source and a plurality of pieces of second sound data obtained by convolution processing using HRTF information corresponding to the positions of the second sound sources. The second sound sources are set to be positioned around the first sound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Suzuki, Kentaro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240185012
    Abstract: A two-dimensional code 100 includes a plurality of lines L arranged in a second direction (X direction) at an interval S, and each line L includes a plurality of cells that indicate a plurality of bits and are arranged in series in a first direction (Y direction) orthogonal to the second direction. Each of the plurality of cells is either a first data cell 101 indicating a first value out of two values that the bits indicate, or a second data cell 102 indicating a second value out of the two values that the bits indicate. The first data cell includes a first density region 103 indicating the first value at a first position in the second direction. The second data cell includes a second density region 104 indicating the second value at the first position, and a third density region 105 adjacent to the second density region in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: The Ritsumeikan Trust, Nozaki Insatsu Shigyo Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakuni DOUSEKI, Yohei FUKUMIZU, Junichi MISAWA, Kentaro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240137724
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately reproducing a sense of distance from a user to a virtual sound source and an apparent size of the virtual sound source in spatial sound representation. The present technology includes a sound source setting unit that sets a first sound source, and a plurality of second sound sources at positions corresponding to a size of a sound image of a first sound that is a sound of the first sound source; and an output control unit that outputs first sound data obtained by convolution processing using HRTF information corresponding to a position of the first sound source and a plurality of pieces of second sound data obtained by convolution processing using HRTF information corresponding to the positions of the second sound sources. The second sound sources are set to be positioned around the first sound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Suzuki, Kentaro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230419985
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it easy to distinguish between the voice of a real participant and the voice of a remote participant. An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technique includes a sound image localization processing unit that localizes a sound image of a voice of a remote participant, who is participating remotely in a conversation conducted in a predetermined space, to a position different from a position of a real participant who is a participant present in the predetermined space. The present technique can be applied in computers which perform remote conferencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Yasuyuki Koga
  • Publication number: 20230417574
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) according to the present disclosure includes a storage unit (2), a position acquisition unit (32), a state acquisition unit (33), a prediction unit (34), and a distribution unit (35). The storage unit (2) stores destination information (21) in which position information of a destination is associated with content provided from a terminal device (10) of a user to the user at the destination. The position acquisition unit (32) acquires position information of the user from the terminal device (10). The state acquisition unit (33) acquires state information of the user from the terminal device (10). The prediction unit (34) distributes the content to be provided to the user at the destination predicted and causes the terminal device (10) to pre-download the content before the user arrives at the destination predicted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kimura, Yasuyuki Koga
  • Patent number: 11754920
    Abstract: A thermal acid generator having a high acid generation temperature, and a resist composition using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Miyake, Yoshitomo Takeuchi, Naomi Sato, Kentaro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220197136
    Abstract: A thermal acid generator having a high acid generation temperature, and a resist composition using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Yoshitomo TAKEUCHI, Naomi SATO, Kentaro KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11307495
    Abstract: Provided are: a thermal acid generator having a high acid generation temperature; and a resist composition using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Miyake, Yoshitomo Takeuchi, Naomi Sato, Kentaro Kimura