Patents by Inventor Masaharu Kinoshita

Masaharu Kinoshita 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: 20230339329
    Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, and a notification button on the same screen. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously drivable. The start button is a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode. The deceleration button is a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode. The notification button is a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11731514
    Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, and a notification button on the same screen. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously drivable. The start button is a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode. The deceleration button is a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode. The notification button is a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11724598
    Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, and a notification button on the same screen. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously drivable. The start button is a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode. The deceleration button is a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode. The notification button is a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11708083
    Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, a notification button, and a tab switch on the same screen, the autonomous vehicle being autonomously drivable, the start button being a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode, the deceleration button being a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode, the notification button being a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle, and the tab switch being a switch for displaying or enlarging an equipment control button group for controlling equipment mounted on the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20220371611
    Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, and a notification button on the same screen. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously drivable. The start button is a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode. The deceleration button is a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode. The notification button is a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11323344
    Abstract: A data processing method is performed by an edge device acquiring collected data from a collection target and a first computer capable of communicating with the edge device. The method includes: a first calculation process of, by the edge device, storing the collected data in a secure region to which referring of internally stored information from outside is not allowable and calculating first data which has a data amount less than the collected data and is irreversible in the secure region based on the stored collected data; a first communication process of, by the edge device, transmitting the first data calculated through the first calculation process to the first computer; and a second calculation process of, by the first computer, calculating second data based on the first data transmitted from the edge device through the first communication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shimbo, Tadanobu Toba, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20220060399
    Abstract: A data processing method is performed by an edge device acquiring collected data from a collection target and a first computer capable of communicating with the edge device. The method includes: a first calculation process of, by the edge device, storing the collected data in a secure region to which referring of internally stored information from outside is not allowable and calculating first data which has a data amount less than the collected data and is irreversible in the secure region based on the stored collected data; a first communication process of, by the edge device, transmitting the first data calculated through the first calculation process to the first computer; and a second calculation process of, by the first computer, calculating second data based on the first data transmitted from the edge device through the first communication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIMBO, Tadanobu TOBA, Masaharu KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220041056
    Abstract: An on-vehicle interface apparatus includes a touch screen and an I/F controller. The I/F controller stores a first message and a second message having a lower urgency level in association with respective events. The I/F controller displays operation switches including operation switches regarding traveling of a vehicle irrespectively of the events on the touch screen, and, in response to occurrence of an event, displays a corresponding message on the touch screen. The I/F controller, in response to detection of a touch operation on a display region of the first message during display of the first message, outputs to the vehicle controller a signal that instructs execution of the driving control corresponding to the first message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Hideto Tanaka, Masaharu Kinoshita, Daisuke Naitou, Kei Kawasaki, Takuto Munekata, Takao Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20200406922
    Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, and a notification button on the same screen. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously drivable. The start button is a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode. The deceleration button is a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode. The notification button is a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20200406915
    Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, a notification button, and a tab switch on the same screen, the autonomous vehicle being autonomously drivable, the start button being a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode, the deceleration button being a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode, the notification button being a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle, and the tab switch being a switch for displaying or enlarging an equipment control button group for controlling equipment mounted on the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10737937
    Abstract: A redeposited material is removed so as to electrically observe a microelement without causing foreign matters or metal contamination. An FIB device (charged particle beam device) includes an FIB barrel which discharges the focused ion beam (charged particle beam), a stage which holds a sample (substrate), a microcurrent measuring device (current measuring unit) which measures a leakage current from the sample, and a timer (time measuring unit) which measures a time to emit the focused ion beam and a time to measure the leakage current. Further, the FIB device includes a system control unit (control unit) which synchronizes a time to emit the focused ion beam and a time to measure the leakage current by the microcurrent measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Mine, Keiji Watanabe, Koji Fujisaki, Masaharu Kinoshita, Masatoshi Morishita, Daisuke Ryuzaki
  • Publication number: 20190292046
    Abstract: A redeposited material is removed so as to electrically observe a microelement without causing foreign matters or metal contamination. An FIB device (charged particle beam device) includes an FIB barrel which discharges the focused ion beam (charged particle beam), a stage which holds a sample (substrate), a microcurrent measuring device (current measuring unit) which measures a leakage current from the sample, and a timer (time measuring unit) which measures a time to emit the focused ion beam and a time to measure the leakage current. Further, the FIB device includes a system control unit (control unit) which synchronizes a time to emit the focused ion beam and a time to measure the leakage current by the microcurrent measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki MINE, Keiji WATANABE, Koji FUJISAKI, Masaharu KINOSHITA, Masatoshi MORISHITA, Daisuke RYUZAKI
  • Patent number: 10203688
    Abstract: A manufacturing device inputs design information including three-dimensional structure data, generates a manufacturing process flow, and displays the manufacturing process flow on a screen for a user to check, modify, and confirm the flow based on design information and setting information. A process method includes a first process method of a direct modeling method having an FIB method and a second process method of a semiconductor manufacturing process method which is a non-FIB method. The manufacturing device generates a plurality of manufacturing process flows by a combination of cases where each of the process methods is applied to each of the regions of the three-dimensional data. The manufacturing process flow includes a process device, the process method, a control parameter value, a process time, and a total process time for each of process steps. An output unit outputs a manufacturing process flow having, for example, the shortest total process time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Sugii, Tomonori Sekiguchi, Shuntaro Machida, Tetsufumi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20180370793
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a MEMS sensor includes a step of, by irradiating a first hole formed in a second layer on a semiconductor substrate with a focused ion beam for a first predetermined time, forming a first sealing film, which seals the first hole, on the first hole, and a step of, by irradiating a second hole formed in the second layer with a focused ion beam for a second predetermined time, forming a second sealing film, which seals the second hole, on the second hole. At this time, each of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time is a time in which thermal equilibrium of the second layer is maintainable, and the step of forming the first sealing film and the step of forming the second sealing film are performed repeatedly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Masaharu KINOSHITA, Atsushi ISOBE, Kazuo ONO, Noriyuki SAKUMA, Tomonori SEKIGUCHI, Keiji WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10160644
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a MEMS sensor includes a step of, by irradiating a first hole formed in a second layer on a semiconductor substrate with a focused ion beam for a first predetermined time, forming a first sealing film, which seals the first hole, on the first hole, and a step of, by irradiating a second hole formed in the second layer with a focused ion beam for a second predetermined time, forming a second sealing film, which seals the second hole, on the second hole. At this time, each of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time is a time in which thermal equilibrium of the second layer is maintainable, and the step of forming the first sealing film and the step of forming the second sealing film are performed repeatedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Kinoshita, Atsushi Isobe, Kazuo Ono, Noriyuki Sakuma, Tomonori Sekiguchi, Keiji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180017958
    Abstract: A manufacturing device inputs design information including three-dimensional structure data, generates a manufacturing process flow, and displays the manufacturing process flow on a screen for a user to check, modify, and confirm the flow based on design information and setting information. A process method includes a first process method of a direct modeling method having an FIB method and a second process method of a semiconductor manufacturing process method which is a non-FIB method. The manufacturing device generates a plurality of manufacturing process flows by a combination of cases where each of the process methods is applied to each of the regions of the three-dimensional data. The manufacturing process flow includes a process device, the process method, a control parameter value, a process time, and a total process time for each of process steps. An output unit outputs a manufacturing process flow having, for example, the shortest total process time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Masaharu KINOSHITA, Nobuyuki SUGII, Tomonori SEKIGUCHI, Shuntaro MACHIDA, Tetsufumi KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 9490429
    Abstract: When a thin channel semiconductor layer formed on a side wall of a stacked film in which insulating films and gate electrodes are alternately stacked together is removed on the stacked film, a contact resistance between a vertical transistor including the channel semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, and a bit line formed on the stacked film is prevented from rising. As its means, a conductive layer electrically connected to the channel semiconductor layer is disposed immediately above the stacked film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasago, Masaharu Kinoshita, Mitsuharu Tai, Akio Shima, Kenzo Kurotsuchi, Takashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9385320
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor storage device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor storage device, whereby the bit cost of memory using a variable resistance material is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasago, Akio Shima, Satoru Hanzawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Masaharu Kinoshita, Norikatsu Takaura
  • Patent number: 9293508
    Abstract: A memory cell array having such a structure that can be realized with a simpler process and ideal for realizing a higher density is provided. Memory cells have a structure in which channel layers (88p and 89p) are formed on the side surfaces of each of a plurality of stacked structures which extends in the Y direction and is periodically formed in the X direction with a gate insulator film layer (9) interposed, and a resistance-change material layer (7) is formed so as to be electrically connected to two adjacent channel layers of the channel layers. Due to such a structure, it is not necessary to perform such a very difficult step that processes the resistance-change material and the silicons collectively and it is possible to provide the memory cell array with a simpler process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasago, Masaharu Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20160079529
    Abstract: When a thin channel semiconductor layer formed on a side wall of a stacked film in which insulating films and gate electrodes are alternately stacked together is removed on the stacked film, a contact resistance between a vertical transistor including the channel semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, and a bit line formed on the stacked film is prevented from rising. As its means, a conductive layer electrically connected to the channel semiconductor layer is disposed immediately above the stacked film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshitaka SASAGO, Masaharu KINOSHITA, Mitsuharu TAI, Akio SHIMA, Kenzo KUROTSUCHI, Takashi KOBAYASHI