Patents by Inventor Kouki Inoue

Kouki Inoue 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: 10789523
    Abstract: There is provided a program to make it possible to check whether operation of the RFID tag is a desired operation assumed by a user. The program causes a computer to function as: a means for acquiring information regarding motion of an RFID tag that performs near-field wireless communication; a means for recognizing preliminary operation of the RFID tag on a basis of the information regarding the motion; and a means for performing processing of displaying the recognized preliminary operation of the RFID tag. This configuration makes it possible to check whether operation of the RFID tag is a desired operation assumed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Honjo, Daisuke Shiigi, Kayoko Nagatani, Tadafumi Oyama, Takashi Abeno, Ryuzo Nakata, Kouki Inoue, Akio Yoshioka, Maki Nakamichi
  • Publication number: 20190294944
    Abstract: There is provided a program to make it possible to check whether operation of the RFID tag is a desired operation assumed by a user. The program causes a computer to function as: a means for acquiring information regarding motion of an RFID tag that performs near-field wireless communication; a means for recognizing preliminary operation of the RFID tag on a basis of the information regarding the motion; and a means for performing processing of displaying the recognized preliminary operation of the RFID tag. This configuration makes it possible to check whether operation of the RFID tag is a desired operation assumed by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira HONJO, Daisuke SHIIGI, Kayoko NAGATANI, Tadafumi OYAMA, Takashi ABENO, Ryuzo NAKATA, Kouki INOUE, Akio YOSHIOKA, Maki NAKAMICHI
  • Patent number: 7704631
    Abstract: In a secondary battery (1) comprising a battery case (2) for accommodating an electrode plate group (3) and an electrolyte, with one open end of the battery case (2) being sealed with an assembled sealing plate (11) that accommodates a safety mechanism (17) for exhausting pressure in the event of pressure build-up in the battery case (2) exceeding a predetermined level, at least one part (13a) of vent holes (13a, 13b, 13c) in the assembled sealing plate (11) facing the inside of the battery case (2) is constituted of an aperture that results from formation of a turned-out portion (23), the distal end of the turned-out portion (23) being allowed to abut on an insulating plate (4a) that makes contact with one end of the electrode plate group (3) so as to restrict movement of the electrode plate group (3). This can prevent malfunctioning due to displacement of the electrode plate group (3) when an impact or vibration is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hashimoto, Kouki Inoue, Kiyomi Kouzuki, Yasushi Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 7572544
    Abstract: In a closure assembly for sealed rechargeable batteries, upon a metallic foil is placed a spacer having an aperture that is larger than an upwardly protruding portion of the foil but smaller than the outside diameter of the foil, and upon a metallic safety vent is placed either a spacer and a metallic cap, or a metallic cap only, the spacer and/or metallic cap having an aperture that is larger than a downwardly protruding portion of the safety vent but smaller than the outside diameter of the safety vent, so as to control and suppress deformation of the metallic foil and safety vent in the event of abnormal battery pressure increasing due to overcharging or the like and to ensure that rupture occurs at a predetermined pressure level, whereby a sealed rechargeable battery suitable for high-output applications and having high safety features is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi Kozuki, Kouki Inoue, Yasushi Hirakawa, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7534705
    Abstract: An impurity of one conductivity type is ionized and accelerated by electric field before being implanted into a semiconductor layer to form a high concentration impurity region near its surface. Then the semiconductor layer is irradiated with continuous wave laser light for melting and crystallization or recrystallization, through which a region where the concentration of the impurity is constant is formed in the semiconductor layer. The continuous wave laser light irradiation may bring the semiconductor layer to the crystalline phase from the amorphous phase as long as the impurity element is re-distributed. The impurity is segregated through this process to newly create a high concentration region. However, this region is removed and no problem arises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Shimomura, Osamu Nakamura, Tatsuya Arao, Hidekazu Miyairi, Atsuo Isobe, Tamae Takano, Kouki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20090081530
    Abstract: In a secondary battery (1) comprising a battery case (2) for accommodating an electrode plate group (3) and an electrolyte, with one open end of the battery case (2) being sealed with an assembled sealing plate (11) that accommodates a safety mechanism (17) for exhausting pressure in the event of pressure build-up in the battery case (2) exceeding a predetermined level, at least one part (13a) of vent holes (13a, 13b, 13c) in the assembled sealing plate (11) facing the inside of the battery case (2) is constituted of an aperture that results from formation of a turned-out portion (23), the distal end of the turned-out portion (23) being allowed to abut on an insulating plate (4a) that makes contact with one end of the electrode plate group (3) so as to restrict movement of the electrode plate group (3). This can prevent malfunctioning due to displacement of the electrode plate group (3) when an impact or vibration is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hashimoto, Kouki Inoue, Kiyomi Kouzuki, Yasushi Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 7507617
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which, after crystallizing by using an element that promotes crystallization, holes are prevented from being generated in a crystalline semiconductor film with a concentration of the element in the crystalline semiconductor film decreased by performing gettering. To solve the problem, as a feature of the structure of the invention, in the case of removing a silicon oxide film formed over the semiconductor film, an etchant made of a solution containing fluorine and a substance having surface activity is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Ohnuma, Kouki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080070352
    Abstract: An impurity of one conductivity type is ionized and accelerated by electric field before being implanted into a semiconductor layer to form a high concentration impurity region near its surface. Then the semiconductor layer is irradiated with continuous wave laser light for melting and crystallization or recrystallization, through which a region where the concentration of the impurity is constant is formed in the semiconductor layer. The continuous wave laser light irradiation may bring the semiconductor layer to the crystalline phase from the amorphous phase as long as the impurity element is re-distributed. The impurity is segregated through this process to newly create a high concentration region. However, this region is removed and no problem arises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Shimomura, Osamu Nakamura, Tatsuya Arao, Hidekazu Miyairi, Atsuo Isobe, Tamae Takano, Kouki Inoue
  • Patent number: 7329594
    Abstract: An impurity of one conductivity type is ionized and accelerated by electric field before being implanted into a semiconductor layer to form a high concentration impurity region near its surface. Then the semiconductor layer is irradiated with continuous wave laser light for melting and crystallization or recrystallization, through which a region where the concentration of the impurity is constant is formed in the semiconductor layer. The continuous wave laser light irradiation may bring the semiconductor layer to the crystalline phase from the amorphous phase as long as the impurity element is re-distributed. The impurity is segregated through this process to newly create a high concentration region. However, this region is removed and no problem arises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Shimomura, Osamu Nakamura, Tatsuya Arao, Hidekazu Miyairi, Atsuo Isobe, Tamae Takano, Kouki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20070009785
    Abstract: In a closure assembly for sealed rechargeable batteries, upon a metallic foil is placed a spacer having an aperture that is larger than an upwardly protruding portion of the foil but smaller than the outside diameter of the foil, and upon a metallic safety vent is placed either a spacer and a metallic cap, or a metallic cap only, the spacer and/or metallic cap having an aperture that is larger than a downwardly protruding portion of the safety vent but smaller than the outside diameter of the safety vent, so as to control and suppress deformation of the metallic foil and safety vent in the event of abnormal battery pressure increasing due to overcharging or the like and to ensure that rupture occurs at a predetermined pressure level, whereby a sealed rechargeable battery suitable for high-output applications and having high safety features is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Kiyomi Kozuki, Kouki Inoue, Yasushi Hirakawa, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20060134891
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which, after crystallizing by using an element that promotes crystallization, holes are prevented from being generated in a crystalline semiconductor film with a concentration of the element in the crystalline semiconductor film decreased by performing gettering. To solve the problem, as a feature of the structure of the invention, in the case of removing a silicon oxide film formed over the semiconductor film, an etchant made of a solution containing fluorine and a substance having surface activity is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ld.
    Inventors: Hideto Ohnuma, Kouki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20040038465
    Abstract: An impurity of one conductivity type is ionized and accelerated by electric field before being implanted into a semiconductor layer to form a high concentration impurity region near its surface. Then the semiconductor layer is irradiated with continuous wave laser light for melting and crystallization or recrystallization, through which a region where the concentration of the impurity is constant is formed in the semiconductor layer. The continuous wave laser light irradiation may bring the semiconductor layer to the crystalline phase from the amorphous phase as long as the impurity element is re-distributed. The impurity is segregated through this process to newly create a high concentration region. However, this region is removed and no problem arises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Akihisa Shimomura, Osamu Nakamura, Tatsuya Arao, Hidekazu Miyairi, Atsuo Isobe, Tamae Takano, Kouki Inoue