Patents by Inventor Makoto Hayashi
Makoto Hayashi 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: 20240103406Abstract: A recording medium transport and transfer belt includes at least a base material layer and a surface layer, in which a ratio (?s500/?v500) between surface resistivity ?s500 and volume resistivity ?v500 at an applied voltage of 500 V is 1.0 or more, and a difference (?s100??s500) between surface resistivity ?s100 at an applied voltage of 100 V and surface resistivity ?s500 at an applied voltage of 500 V is 0.3 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Makoto OCHIAI, Minoru ROKUTAN, Satoya SUGIURA, Shogo HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11938945Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more vehicles, and a server communicable with the one or more vehicles. The vehicle acquires an image obtained by imaging a road on which a host vehicle is located. The vehicle or the server determines a degree of difficulty in traveling on the road due to snow cover from the image. The server stores the degree of difficulty in traveling for each of one or more roads, and provides information to a client by using the stored degree of difficulty in traveling for each of one or more roads.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiichi Kusama, Masatoshi Hayashi, Hisanori Mitsumoto, Kuniaki Jinnai, Makoto Akahane, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Daisuke Kato
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Publication number: 20240094663Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt that has an outer peripheral surface to which a toner image is to be transferred, a primary transfer device that has a primary transfer member performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt, and a secondary transfer device that has a secondary transfer belt arranged in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt and performing secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt to a surface of a recording medium, in which the intermediate transfer belt has an indentation modulus A of 5,000 MPa or more, and the secondary transfer belt has an indentation modulus B of 300 MPa or less and a tensile modulus C of 250 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masato FURUKAWA, Shogo HAYASHI, Satoya SUGIURA, Makoto OCHIAI, Minoru ROKUTAN, Takuro HOSHIO
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Patent number: 11927899Abstract: In an endless belt, the absolute value of an electrostatic capacitance C and the absolute value of an alternating-current resistance Z when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p is applied in a frequency range of from 10000 Hz to 0.1 mHz from a high frequency side satisfy Formula (1) below, and an alternating-current resistance Z0.63 when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p with a frequency of 0.63 Hz is applied satisfies Formula (2) below. Moreover, an alternating-current resistance Z630 when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p with a frequency of 630 Hz is applied satisfies Formula (3) below: log10 C?3.18×log10 Z?30.27;??Formula (1): 6.3?log10 Z0.63?6.9; and??Formula (2): 9.1?log10 Z630?9.9.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Satoya Sugiura, Minoru Rokutan, Makoto Ochiai, Shogo Hayashi, Masato Furukawa
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Patent number: 11925975Abstract: A die casting machine of an embodiment includes: a holding furnace holding molten metal; a sleeve located outside the holding furnace and having a molten metal supply port passing through a mold; a plunger sliding through the sleeve and including a plunger rod and a plunger tip fixed to a tip of the plunger rod; a molten metal supply pipe pushed against the sleeve to cover the molten metal supply port and supplying the molten metal into the sleeve; and a pushing force variable mechanism reducing a pushing force for the sleeve in the molten metal supply pipe when the plunger is sliding.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Tsuji, Yuto Hayashi, Saburo Noda
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Patent number: 11907489Abstract: A sensor module includes: a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of terminals respectively corresponding to the plurality of sensor electrodes; and a plurality of sensor wirings respectively corresponding to the plurality of sensor electrodes. Each of the plurality of sensor wirings electrically connects the respective sensor electrode to the respective terminal without passing through any other sensor electrode. Each of the plurality of sensor electrodes does not overlap at least the plurality of sensor wirings other than the corresponding sensor wiring.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Makoto Hayashi
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Publication number: 20240045083Abstract: To provide an X-ray ceramic scintillator array as well as a radiation detector and a radiation inspection apparatus using the same, which prevents a resin used for a reflective layer of the scintillator array from being colored due to X-ray irradiation so as to realize a significant improvement against the output drop of the scintillator array. The resin used for the reflective layer of the X-ray ceramic scintillator array has a feature wherein a ratio of absorption intensity in a wavenumber range of 1490 cm?1 to 1750 cm?1 to absorption intensity in a wavenumber range of 2500 cm?1 to 2990 cm?1 has a value that falls within a specific range in an absorption spectrum based on Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyasu KONDO, Makoto HAYASHI, Kazumitsu MORIMOTO
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Patent number: 11880531Abstract: A display device with a touch sensor having a display function and a touch sensor function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode; a first electrode along a first direction; and a second substrate including a second electrode that includes patterns of electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction and that faces the first electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein upon the display function being activated, the pixel electrode is supplied with a pixel signal, and the second electrode is supplied with common voltage, and upon the touch sensor function being activated, the first electrode is applied with a first signal and the second electrode is configured to receive the first signal to be a second signal as a touch detecting signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Naosuke Furutani, Hayato Kurasawa, Makoto Hayashi
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Patent number: 11868550Abstract: An input detection system includes a detection device including a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and an input support device including a first electrode, a second electrode provided so as to be movable on a concentric circle about a rotating axis overlapping with the first electrode, and a coupling portion that electrically couples the first electrode and the second electrode. A position of the rotating axis of the input support device is fixed to the detection region of the detection device, and a reference potential is supplied to the detection electrode corresponding to the first electrode and a drive signal is supplied to the detection electrode corresponding to the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takaaki Kono, Makoto Hayashi, Yuto Kakinoki
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Publication number: 20230417933Abstract: A scintillator array includes: a structure having scintillator segments and a first reflective layer, the first reflective layer being provided between the scintillator segments and being configured to reflect light, and the scintillator segments having a sintered compact containing a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor; and a layer having a second reflective layer provided above the structure, the second reflective layer being configured to reflect light. The first reflective layer has a portion extending into the layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyasu KONDO, Yukihiro FUKUTA, Kazumitsu MORIMOTO, Makoto HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11803257Abstract: An input support device arranged above a detection device including a plurality of electrodes, the input support device comprising: an LC circuit; a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit; a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, and an adjustment circuit coupled to the LC circuit and configured to adjust circuit characteristics of the LC circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto Hayashi, Yuto Kakinoki, Takaaki Kono
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Patent number: 11782172Abstract: A scintillator array includes: a structure having scintillator segments and a first reflective layer, the first reflective layer being provided between the scintillator segments and being configured to reflect light, and the scintillator segments having a sintered compact containing a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor; and a layer having a second reflective layer provided above the structure, the second reflective layer being configured to reflect light. The first reflective layer has a portion extending into the layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyasu Kondo, Yukihiro Fukuta, Kazumitsu Morimoto, Makoto Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230301125Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a light source configured to emit light to an object to be detected; a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a detection area; one or more detection circuits; and a coupling switching circuit configured to switch coupling of one or more of the photodiodes to one or more of the detection circuits. The coupling switching circuit is configured to change the number of the detection circuits coupled to one or more of the photodiodes based on an output value from one or more of the photodiodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Makoto HAYASHI, Hirofumi KATO, Yoshitaka KOJIMA, Yuta HAGA, Ayato KITAMURA, Yoshiyuki TERADA
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Patent number: 11755270Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of displaying an appropriate display image corresponding to a position of an observer. A display device includes a detection electrode, a first screen, and a second screen on a side opposite to the first screen. A distance between the detection electrode and the first screen is longer than a distance between the detection electrode and the second screen, or a dielectric constant between the detection electrode and the first screen is lower than a dielectric constant between the detection electrode and the second screen, or the distance between the detection electrode and the first screen is longer than the distance between the detection electrode and the second screen and the dielectric constant between the detection electrode and the first screen is lower than the dielectric constant between the detection electrode and the second screen.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takaaki Kono, Yoshio Owaki, Makoto Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230204802Abstract: A ceramic scintillator according to the present embodiment has a composition represented by (Lu1-xPrx) a (Al1-yGay) bO12, wherein x, y, a, and b in the composition respectively satisfy 0.005?x?0.025, 0.3?y?0.7, 2.8?a?3.1, and 4.8?b?5.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicants: Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Daichi USUI, Makoto HAYASHI, Takayuki YANAGIDA, Noriaki KAWAGUCHI, Takumi KATO, Daisuke NAKAUCHI, Hiromi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20230185404Abstract: A display device with a touch sensor having a display function and a touch sensor function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode; a first electrode along a first direction; and a second substrate including a second electrode that includes patterns of electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction and that faces the first electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein upon the display function being activated, the pixel electrode is supplied with a pixel signal, and the second electrode is supplied with common voltage, and upon the touch sensor function being activated, the first electrode is applied with a first signal and the second electrode is configured to receive the first signal to be a second signal as a touch detecting signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Naosuke FURUTANI, Hayato KURASAWA, Makoto HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11650703Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for providing a detection function of detecting that an external approaching object approaches a sensor region of a touch sensor, without increasing an area of the touch sensor and making a circuit complex. According to an aspect, a display device includes a first detection electrode that detects a position of an external approaching object within a detection surface, and plural second detection electrodes that detect that the external approaching object approaches the detection surface. The second detection electrodes extend in a second direction and are arranged in a first direction intersecting the second direction. The second detection electrodes overlap the first detection electrode in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takaaki Kono, Yoshio Owaki, Makoto Hayashi, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11650677Abstract: An input detection system includes a detection device including a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and a drive electrode scan circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the drive electrodes, and an input device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to the other end side of the LC circuit. The drive electrode scan circuit supplies the drive signal to at least equal to or more than one of the drive electrodes and supplies, to the others of the drive electrodes, an opposite phase signal as a drive signal having an opposite phase to a phase of the drive signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Makoto Hayashi, Takaaki Kono, Takayuki Nakanishi
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Patent number: 11620025Abstract: An input detection system includes a plurality of electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and an input support device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to the LC circuit and arranged so as to overlap with at least equal to or more than one of the electrodes, and a housing accommodating therein at least the LC circuit. The housing is a conductor, and one end side of the LC circuit is coupled to the housing through a coupling member or a capacitor and another end side of the LC circuit is coupled to the first electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Makoto Hayashi, Takaaki Kono
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Patent number: 11614838Abstract: An input detection system includes a display device with a detection function that includes a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a display region, an electronic apparatus case including an accommodation portion accommodating the display device with the detection function and a cover covering the display region of the display device with the detection function, and an input device that is mounted on the cover of the electronic apparatus case so as to rotate around a rotating axis extending in a normal direction to a surface of the cover and includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing the detection electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto Hayashi, Yuto Kakinoki, Takaaki Kono