Patents by Inventor Koji Hara

Koji Hara 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).

  • Patent number: 11931847
    Abstract: A magnet chuck has a piston assembly including a tube shaped permanent magnet and a core yoke able to move on the interior of a cylinder tube. The permanent magnet is provided on the outer periphery of the core yoke, is magnetized in the radial direction, and a magnetic sensor is attached to the side surface of the cylinder tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Motohiro Sato, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Koji Hara, Kouichirou Kanda
  • Publication number: 20240079103
    Abstract: An information processing device (40) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an analysis unit (41) being a first data generation unit that generates objective score data, which indicates objective scores in time series, based on a plurality of pieces of objective data regarding a patient; a processing unit (42) being a second data generation unit that generates subjective score data, which indicates subjective scores in time series, based on a plurality of pieces of subjective data obtained from the patient; and a generation unit (44) being an image generation unit that generates a score image indicating the objective score data and the subjective score data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: RITSUKO KANO, EIJIRO MORI, SHINSUKE NOGUCHI, KAZUMI HIRANO, TAKAFUMI YANAGIMOTO, KOJI SATO, HIROSHI HARA
  • Patent number: 11913828
    Abstract: A test object includes a sensor housing for vibrating together with a test object in synchronism with vibration of the test object; a piezoelectric substrate for vibrating together with the sensor housing in synchronism with vibration of the sensor housing, where a first interdigital electrode, a first terminal, a second interdigital electrode, and a second terminal are disposed on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and the piezoelectric substrate is disposed inside the sensor housing to be fixed to the sensor housing; an amplifier for receiving a signal output from the second terminal as an input signal, amplifying the received input signal, and transmitting the input signal after the amplification to the first terminal as an output signal; a deformable layer being elastic and having a first surface adhered to a second surface of the piezoelectric substrate; and a heavy object having a first surface adhered to a second surface of the deformable layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Rokuzo Hara, Tomonori Kimura, Koji Ibata, Yasuhiro Nishioka
  • Patent number: 11858279
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a droplet to a medium a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and convey the medium, and a cleaning unit including a scrape unit configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape off a residual at the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit includes a pressing part configured to push the scrape unit against the conveyance belt, and the scrape unit includes a sponge member configured to be pressed against the conveyance belt to scrape off the residual and a contact part of the sponge member that is brought into contact with the conveyance belt is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa Ikagawa, Koji Hara, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20230395622
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first component including a first semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a photoelectric conversion element configured to receive light from the first surface, a first semiconductor region, a transfer gate disposed on the second surface and configured to transfer a charge from the photoelectric conversion element to the first semiconductor region, and a first gate insulator film disposed between the second surface and the transfer gate, and a second component stacked on the first component and including a second semiconductor substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, an amplifier transistor including a gate connected to the first semiconductor region, and a second gate insulator film between the gate and the third surface. The first gate insulator film and the second gate insulator film are different in relative permittivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: DAIKI SHIRAHIGE, SHUHEI HAYASHI, HAJIME IKEDA, KOJI HARA
  • Patent number: 11830902
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus including: a first substrate; a first wiring structure; a second substrate; and a second wiring structure, wherein the first wiring structure has a first wiring layer bonded to wiring of the second wiring structure, a second wiring layer connected to the first wiring layer by a first via, and a third wiring layer connected to the second wiring layer by a second via, at least part of the second via is located at a range distanced, by at least a width of the first via, from an axis of the first via, a thickness of the second wiring layer is less than the width of the first via, a major constituent of the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer and the first via is copper, and a layer that is made from a material different from copper is disposed between the first via and the second wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Hara, Yusuke Onuki, Tsuyoshi Miyagawa, Shinichi Saeki, Shinsuke Kojima
  • Patent number: 11772215
    Abstract: A magnetic chuck has a piston assembly that contains a cylindrical permanent magnet and a core yoke. The piston assembly is movable inside a cylinder tube. The permanent magnet is provided on the outer periphery of the core yoke and is magnetized in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Yajima, Motohiro Sato, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Koji Hara, Kouichirou Kanda
  • Patent number: 11721711
    Abstract: A disclosed photoelectric conversion device includes: a semiconductor layer in which a photoelectric converter is provided; a substrate arranged on one face side of the semiconductor layer; and an interconnection structure arranged between the semiconductor layer and the substrate. The interconnection structure includes a first insulating film made of a first insulating material and a second insulating film provided on the semiconductor layer side of the first insulating film and made of a second insulating material, the first insulating material permeates more hydrogen than the second insulating material, an insulating member made of the first insulating material is located between the first insulating film and the semiconductor layer, and the first insulating film and the insulating member are connected to each other via an opening provided in the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayasu Kanesada, Koji Hara
  • Publication number: 20230107431
    Abstract: A control system includes: a robot controller configured to control a robot to execute a plurality of tasks included in a process for a workpiece in a real space; and circuitry configured to: control a virtual robot to execute the plurality of tasks in a virtual space; collect a real execution record from the real space during execution of each of the plurality of tasks by the robot; collect a virtual execution record from the virtual space during execution of each of the plurality of tasks by the virtual robot; and extract, from the plurality of tasks, one or more inconsistent tasks for which the real execution record and the virtual execution record are inconsistent with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yukio HASHIGUCHI, Yoshifumi ONOYAMA, Koji HARA, Takeshi YAMASHITA, Masahiro GOYA, Ryosuke TSUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 11591118
    Abstract: A layered food packaging system includes: a carrier device configured to convey a sandwich in a horizontal posture in which a layering direction of the sandwich is substantially vertical; a temporary placement table configured to temporarily place the sandwich thereon in a vertical posture in which the layering direction of the sandwich is substantially horizontal; a first robot and a second robot configured to grip the sandwich that is conveyed by the carrier device, lift the sandwich from the carrier device, change the posture of the sandwich from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture, and temporarily place the sandwich on the temporary placement table; and a third robot configured to grip the sandwich that is temporarily placed on the temporary placement table, and insert the sandwich into a bag for packaging the layered food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Haruhiko Koike, Tomoya Hyodo, Koji Hara, Tomohiro Kamishio, Koichi Kirihara, Atsuo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11587969
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion region and a second photoelectric conversion region. A first semiconductor region is disposed between the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region. The first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region contain a first element mainly forming the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region, and the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region contain a second element. The first semiconductor region contains the first element and a third element. A mass number of the third element is twice or more a mass number of the first element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Hara
  • Publication number: 20220314463
    Abstract: An air chuck includes a chuck unit including a pair of fingers that capable of being freely opened and closed, an operation unit that includes an operation mechanism, which opens and closes the pair of fingers, connection mechanisms for attaching the chuck unit to the operation unit such that the chuck unit is freely attachable and detachable to and from the operating unit, and a locking mechanism that locks the pair of fingers such that the pair of fingers are capable of being freely opened and closed when the chuck unit is attached to the operation unit and such that the pair of fingers are not able to be opened or closed when the chuck unit is detached from the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichirou KANDA, Koji HARA, Tsuyoshi SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11459192
    Abstract: A container supply device includes a guide plate that guides stacking of a plurality of lids in a vertical direction, a lower claw capable of advancing/retreating and mounting a first container located at the lowermost position in a plurality of stacked containers, an upper claw capable of advancing/retreating and including a recess into which a flange portion of a second container sequentially stacked on the first container in the plurality of stacked containers is inserted, and a suction pad that adsorbs and separates the first container from the second container in a state where the second container is supported by the upper claw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Koichi Kirihara, Haruhiko Koike, Koji Hara, Tomoya Hyodo
  • Patent number: 11451675
    Abstract: A controller stores, in a server apparatus, at least part of image data acquired by reading a image by a reading unit when a data size of the image data acquired by reading the image from a document exceeds an upper limit data size, and transmits, to the specified transmission destination, an e-mail indicating a storage destination when the image data is stored in the server apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hara, Tadayuki Inaoka, Osamu Koyama, Nobutaka Suzuki, Junpei Kurogi, Hideaki Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20220184983
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a droplet to a medium a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and convey the medium, and a cleaning unit including a scrape unit configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape off a residual at the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit includes a pressing part configured to push the scrape unit against the conveyance belt, and the scrape unit includes a sponge member configured to be pressed against the conveyance belt to scrape off the residual and a contact part of the sponge member that is brought into contact with the conveyance belt is worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Takamasa IKAGAWA, Koji HARA, Hiroyuki MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220184974
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording to a medium, a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and configured to convey the medium, a first blade and a second blade configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape out a residual of the conveyance belt, and a switching mechanism configured to switch the first blade and the second blade. When the first blade is moved to a first position where the first blade makes contact with the conveyance belt, the control unit moves the second blade to a second position where the second blade is separated from the conveyance belt, and when the second blade is moved to the first position where the second blade makes contact with the conveyance belt, the control unit moves the first blade to the second position where the first blade is separated from the conveyance belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya HOSOKAWA, Shintaro KOMURO, Shota SAKAGAMI, Hiroyuki MAEDA, Takamasa IKAGAWA, Koji HARA
  • Patent number: 11332409
    Abstract: A curved surface constituting a convex surface or a concave surface of each of a plurality of lenses includes at least a silicon nitride layer and another silicon nitride layer. An interlayer having a composition different from a composition of the silicon nitride layer and a composition of the other silicon nitride layer is arranged between the silicon nitride layer and the other silicon nitride layer, and a thickness of the interlayer is less than a thickness of the silicon nitride layer and a thickness of the other silicon nitride layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kawamura, Hideki Ina, Ryo Yoshida, Yukinobu Suzuki, Koji Hara, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20220020808
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus including: a first substrate; a first wiring structure; a second substrate; and a second wiring structure, wherein the first wiring structure has a first wiring layer bonded to wiring of the second wiring structure, a second wiring layer connected to the first wiring layer by a first via, and a third wiring layer connected to the second wiring layer by a second via, at least part of the second via is located at a range distanced, by at least a width of the first via, from an axis of the first via, a thickness of the second wiring layer is less than the width of the first via, a major constituent of the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer and the first via is copper, and a layer that is made from a material different from copper is disposed between the first and second wiring layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Hara, Yusuke Onuki, Tsuyoshi Miyagawa, Shinichi Saeki, Shinsuke Kojima
  • Publication number: 20210387114
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a filter cloth of a filter press including a first cleaning nozzle and a second cleaning nozzle which jet cleaning liquid from positions upper right and left of the filter cloth toward respective diagonal corners of the filter cloth, the method including: jetting the cleaning liquid from only the first cleaning nozzle; and jetting the cleaning liquid from only the second cleaning nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: ISHIGAKI COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke YAMAMOTO, Koji HARA, Shoji MOTOYA
  • Publication number: 20210371136
    Abstract: A layered food packaging system includes: a carrier device configured to convey a sandwich in a horizontal posture in which a layering direction of the sandwich is substantially vertical; a temporary placement table configured to temporarily place the sandwich thereon in a vertical posture in which the layering direction of the sandwich is substantially horizontal; a first robot and a second robot configured to grip the sandwich that is conveyed by the carrier device, lift the sandwich from the carrier device, change the posture of the sandwich from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture, and temporarily place the sandwich on the temporary placement table; and a third robot configured to grip the sandwich that is temporarily placed on the temporary placement table, and insert the sandwich into a bag for packaging the layered food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Haruhiko KOIKE, Tomoya HYODO, Koji HARA, Tomohiro KAMISHIO, Koichi KIRIHARA, Atsuo IKEDA