Patents by Inventor Makoto Suzuki

Makoto Suzuki 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: 20200316920
    Abstract: Provided are: a laminate having an outer surface thereof that is highly adhesive to a rubber material, and having sufficient gas barrier properties, interlayer adhesiveness and flex resistance; a multilayered structure including such a laminate; and a method for producing the same. A laminate including: a plurality of gas barrier layers (A) formed from a polymer including a gas barrier resin; and an elastomer layer (B) including at least one adhesive layer (B1), wherein a sum of number of the gas barrier layers (A) and number of the elastomer layer (B) is 5 or greater and 300 or less, the adhesive layer (B1) is laminated as at least an outermost layer, and the adhesive layer (B1) includes a styrene elastomer and is formed from a polymer having an iodine value of 200 or greater and 300 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto SUZUKI, Yasuhiro NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20200321189
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pattern cross-sectional shape estimation system which includes a charged particle ray device which includes a scanning deflector that scans a charged particle beam, a detector that detects charged particles, and an angle discriminator that is disposed in a front stage of the detector and discriminates charged particles to be detected, and an arithmetic device that generates a luminance of an image, and calculates a signal waveform of a designated region on the image using the luminance. The arithmetic device generates angle discrimination images using signal electrons at different detection angles, and estimates a side wall shape of a measurement target pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiyuki YOKOSUKA, Hirohiko KITSUKI, Daisuke BIZEN, Makoto SUZUKI, Yusuke ABE, Kenji YASUI, Mayuka OSAKI, Hideyuki KAZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200292298
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to propose a height measuring device which performs height measurement with high accuracy at each height with a relatively simple configuration even when the sample surface height changes greatly. A height measuring device which includes a projection optical system configured to project a light ray onto an object to be measured and a detection optical system including a detection element configured to detect a reflected light ray from the object to be measured, where the projection optical system includes a light splitting element (103) which splits a trajectory of the light ray with which the object to be measured is irradiated into a plurality of parts, and thus it is possible to project a light ray to a predetermined position even when the object to be measured is located at a plurality of heights, is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Naoya NAKAI, Yuichi SHIMODA, Makoto SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10766431
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus (10) including an imaging optical system (20), an image sensor (31), one or more circuit boards including at least one of the image sensor and an electronic component mounted thereon, a housing (11) including an opening that exposes the imaging optical system to a subject and supporting the imaging optical system, the image sensor, and the one or more circuit boards, a signal terminals (41) that transmit an image signal of the subject image captured by the image sensor to an outside of the housing, and a heat transfer unit (44) having heat conductivity connected to the plurality of terminals, the heat transfer unit that transfers heat generated from at least one of the image sensor and the electronic component to the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Koshiba, Hiroshi Okada, Makoto Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200275833
    Abstract: Provided is a vision test device including: a projection unit 10 that projects an image on a retina of a subject with use of a laser beam 50 by two-dimensionally scanning the laser beam; a beam diameter setting unit that sets a beam diameter of the laser beam; and a numerical aperture setting unit that sets a numerical aperture of the laser beam, wherein the projection unit projects, on the retina, a test image for measuring visual information of the subject with use of a laser beam having the set beam diameter and the set numerical aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Seiji MORINO, Makoto SUZUKI, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Kinya HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10761329
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: a projection unit that projects an image light beam forming an image onto a pupil of an eyeball of a user to project the image onto a retina of the eyeball; a detection unit that detects a direction in which the pupil has moved relative to a face of the user and a speed of movement of the pupil; and a control unit that performs different controls of the image when the pupil has moved at different speeds in a same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki, Michio Arai
  • Patent number: 10732786
    Abstract: A terminal device is provided that has a position determination unit that, when authentication images that capture biological information are to be obtained, determines the position of the next touch location to be displayed in a guide display for touch locations that represent a read operation for the biological information. The determination is made from: the refresh rate of a display that displays the guide display; the number of authentication images to be acquired; and the distance at which the guide display is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
    Inventors: Masanori Kawahara, Makoto Suzuki, Yukihiro Abiko, Satoshi Semba, Rie Hasada
  • Publication number: 20200234916
    Abstract: To measure a depth of a three-dimensional structure, for example, a hole or a groove, formed in a sample without preparing information for each pattern or calibration in advance. The invention provides an electron microscope including a detection unit that detects, among emitted electrons generated from a sample by irradiating the sample with a primary electron beam, emitted electrons of which an emission angle is in a predetermined range, the emission angle being an angle formed between an axial direction of the primary electron beam and an emission direction of the emitted electrons from the sample, and outputs a detection signal corresponding to the number of the emitted electrons which are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji YASUI, Mayuka OSAKI, Makoto SUZUKI, Hirohiko KITSUKI, Toshiyuki YOKOSUKA, Daisuke BIZEN, Yusuke ABE
  • Publication number: 20200229694
    Abstract: A visual sense examination device includes: a beam source that emits a visible beam and an invisible beam; a visible beam optical system that includes a first scanner scanning the visible beam; an invisible beam optical system that includes a second scanner scanning the invisible beam; a detector that detects the invisible beam reflected by a retina of a subject; a controller that performs a first control; a synthesizer that synthesizes the visible beam scanned by the first scanner and the invisible beam scanned by the second scanner; and wherein scanning angles of the visible beam by the first scanner and the invisible beam by the second scanner are substantially the same, and projectable ranges of the visible beam scanned by the first scanner and the invisible light scanned by the second scanner are substantially the same on the retina of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Kenji YASUI, Makoto SUZUKI, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Kinya HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200216658
    Abstract: A resin composition (E) includes from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (B), from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin (C), and from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin (D) based on 100 parts by mass of a polyolefin (A), wherein the polyolefin (A) has an MFR (190° C., under a load of 2.16 kg) from 0.01 to 10 g/10 min, the acid-modified polyolefin (C) has an acid value from 0.1 to 9 mg KOH/g, the acid-modified polyolefin (D) has an acid value of more than 10 mg KOH/g and 120 mg KOH/g or less, and a ratio (D/A) of an MFR (190° C., under a load of 2.16 kg) of the acid-modified polyolefin (D) to the MFR (190° C., under a load of 2.16 kg) of the polyolefin (A) is 50 or more. The resin composition (E) of the present invention causes reduction in the amount of deteriorated materials adhering to a screw and/or a die even when long-term continuous melt molding is conducted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu ITO, Makoto SUZUKI, Makoto OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200209629
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: a light source 10 that emits a laser beam 40; a control unit 32 that generates the laser beam 40 based on input image data, and controls emission of the laser beam 40 from the light source 10; a scan mirror 14 that scans the laser beam 40 emitted from the light source 10 to emit a scanning light 42; and a projection unit 16 that irradiates a retina 52 of an eye 50 of a user with the scanning light 42 to project an image on the retina 52, wherein the projection unit 16 includes an optical system 18 which converges the scanning light 42 emitted from the scan mirror 14 on a virtual plane 62, which is located outside the eye 50 of the user, at an angle substantially equal to a scan angle of the scan mirror 14, and an optical system 24, which converges the scanning light 42 that has passed through the virtual plane 62 on a virtual plane 64, which is located inside the eye 50 of the user and near a pupil 54, at an angle substantially equal to an emission angle from the virtual p
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Makoto SUZUKI, Megumi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200185189
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a charged-particle beam apparatus capable of performing various types of signal discriminations according to the shape and the size of a sample. The present invention proposes a charged-particle beam apparatus for irradiating a sample disposed in a vacuum vessel with a charged particle beam. The charged-particle beam apparatus is provided with: a first light-generating surface for generating light on the basis of the collision of charged particles released from the sample; a light-guiding member for guiding the generated light to the outside of the vacuum vessel while maintaining the generation distribution of the light generated at the first light-generating surface; a photodetector for detecting the light guided by the light-guiding member to the outside of the vacuum vessel; and a light-transmission restricting member for restricting transmission of the light guided by the light-guiding member between the photodetector and the light-guiding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Uki IKEDA, Daisuke BIZEN, Makoto SAKAKIBARA, Makoto SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10659743
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: a first mirror oscillating to scan an image light beam forming an image projected onto a retina of a user; a light source emitting the image light beam and a detection light beam to the first mirror at different timings; a second mirror having a first region reflecting the image light beam reflected by the first mirror to the retina and a second region reflecting the detection light beam reflected by the first mirror in a direction different from a direction in which the image light beam is reflected, and scanning neither the image light beam nor the detection light beam reflected by the first mirror; a detector detecting the detection light beam reflected by the second region; and a controller adjusting oscillation of the first mirror and an emission timing of the image light beam based on a detection result by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: QD LASER, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Arakawa, Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki, Shuichi Tojo
  • Patent number: 10641607
    Abstract: A height detection apparatus is configured to project a pattern on a sample arranged at any of a plurality of reference positions and configured to detect a height of the sample. The apparatus includes: a projection optical system that generates a plurality of spatially separated light beams each having the pattern and projects the generated spatially separated light beams onto the sample; an imaging element that images the pattern reflected from the sample; a detection optical system that guides the pattern reflected from the sample to the imaging element; and at least one optical path length correction member disposed on an optical path different from an optical path having a shortest optical path length among a plurality of optical paths corresponding to the plurality of light beams at a position where the plurality of light beams is spatially separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Sekiguchi, Naoya Nakai, Koichi Taniguchi, Makoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10634904
    Abstract: An image projection device includes: a projection unit that irradiates a pupil 40 of an eyeball 36 of a user with an image light beam 34a forming an image to project the image onto a retina 38 of the eyeball; a detection unit that detects a direction 52 in which the pupil has moved relative to a face of the user; and a control unit that controls the projection unit based on a detected direction in which the pupil has moved so that the pupil is irradiated with the image light beam and the image is moved in a direction opposite to the direction in which the pupil has moved with respect to a position on which the image has been projected before a move of the pupil in a coordinate system visually recognized by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: QD LASER, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki, Michio Arai
  • Patent number: 10627631
    Abstract: The present invention is an image projection device that includes: a light source 12 that emits a laser beam 34; a scanning mirror 14 that two-dimensionally scans the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12; and a projection mirror 24 that projects scanned light onto a retina 26 of an eyeball 22 of a user to project an image onto the retina 26, the scanned light being composed of the laser beam 34 that has been scanned by the scanning mirror 14, wherein the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12 is scanned by using a part of an operating range of the scanning mirror 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: QD LASER, INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Arakawa, Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200105501
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to correct an aberration or a defocus of an electron beam for irradiation, and control an influence on a deflector by a fluctuation in an electric field of an electrostatic lens. The invention provides a charged particle beam apparatus including a deflector that deflects a charged particle beam with which a specimen is irradiated, an objective lens that focuses the charged particle beam on the specimen, an electrostatic lens that includes a part of the objective lens and to which a voltage for correcting the aberration or the defocus of the charged particle beam is applied, and an constant electric field applying electrode that is provided between the deflector and the electrostatic lens and to which a constant voltage having a same sign with the voltage applied to the electrostatic lens is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Noritsugu Takahashi, Makoto Sakakibara, Makoto Suzuki, Minoru Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20200085295
    Abstract: A retinal scanning type eye examination device includes a storage unit configured to store test image data; a laser emitting unit including a laser light source configured to generate an imaging laser beam based on the test image data, the laser emitting unit being configured to project a test image onto a retina of an eyeball of a person subjected to an eye examination by using the imaging laser beam; an optical component configured to cause the imaging laser beam to converge at an inside of the eyeball of the person; a parameter acquiring unit configured to acquire parameter information for a retinal scanning type eyewear, the parameter information including angle information indicating a rotation angle of the laser emitting unit when the laser emitting unit is rotated around a converging point of the laser beam; and an output unit configured to output the parameter information to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Hironori MIYAUCHI, Kenji YASUI, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200086617
    Abstract: There is provided a co-injection molded multilayer structure comprising a barrier layer and outer layers laminated to contact with the barrier layer on its both sides, wherein the barrier layer is made of a resin composition (X) comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and an alkali metal salt (B) of a higher fatty acid, having a melting point of 250° C. or lower; the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) has an ethylene unit content of 20 to 60 mol % and a saponification degree of 90% or more, and a content of the alkali metal salt (B) in the barrier layer is 50 to 1500 ppm in terms of metal atoms; and the outer layers are made of a resin composition (Y) comprising an unmodified high-density polyethylene (F) and a maleic anhydride-modified polyethylene (G), and a maleic anhydride modification rate relative to the whole resin composition (Y) is 0.005 to 0.1 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto SUZUKI, Didier HOUSSIER
  • Patent number: 10578871
    Abstract: The present display device is a retinal scan display device including: a projection optical system configured to project an image to a retina of an eye; a distortion correcting unit configured to correct a distortion of the image; an image inverting unit configured to invert the image; and a storage unit configured to store correction data for correcting the distortion of the image when the image is projected to a left eye and correction data for correcting the distortion of the image when the image is projected to a right eye, wherein, based on a switching signal that represents that a side at which the projection optical system is arranged has been switched from one eye side to the other eye side, the distortion correcting unit performs distortion correction, by switching from correction data corresponding to one eye to correction data corresponding to the other eye, and the image inverting unit performs image inversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., QD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Misato Abe, Kimiyuki Ohba, Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Suzuki