Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi 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: 10944933
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a transistor configured to process a signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The apparatus further includes a first semiconductor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion units and the transistors of the plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, a second semiconductor substrate on which a plurality of circuit blocks is two-dimensionally arranged, a bonding portion configured to electrically connect the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, and a wiring arranged between the first semiconductor substrate and the bonding portion. The wiring is connected to the transistors of the plurality of pixels and configured to supply a control signal to the transistors of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210063247
    Abstract: A thermocouple structure according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first element wire, second element wires formed of a material different from the first element wire, an insulating covering member covering at least one of the first element wire and the second element wires, and a protective tube accommodating the first element wire and the second element wire. Each of the second element wires is bonded to a different position on the first element wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hisashi INOUE, Masahiro KOBAYASHI, Yasuaki KIKUCHI, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Koji YOSHII, Kensuke MORITA, Jun ITABASHI
  • Patent number: 10930690
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion portion, a charge holding portion, a floating diffusion, and first and second transistors disposed in a common active region. The active region includes a partial region which includes a first region extending in a first direction, a second region connected to the first region and extending in a second direction, and a third region connected to the second region and extending in a third direction. In a planar view, the partial region of a first pixel is disposed between a gate of the first transistor of the first pixel and the charge holding portion of a second pixel, and between a gate of the second transistor of the first pixel and the charge holding portion of the second pixel. A light-shielding member is disposed in a region overlapping the partial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sekine
  • Publication number: 20210051107
    Abstract: An access source classification apparatus has: a first calculation unit that calculates a statistic related to access to each service by each access source based on a set of access logs indicating access to any service of a plurality of services by any access source of a plurality of access sources; an extraction unit that, for each of the services, calculates an index value indicating distribution of access status to the service for each of the access sources based on the access logs related to the service, and extracts some services based on the index value; a second calculation unit that calculates relevance between each. access source and each service extracted by the extraction unit by applying a clustering approach to the statistic; and a classification unit that classifies an access source to any service extracted by the extraction unit into any of groups each.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yuka Komai, Masahiro Kobayashi, Shigeaki Harada, Keisuke Ishibashi, Ryoichi Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20210036040
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a first substrate that includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a second substrate that includes at least a part of a readout circuit configured to read signals based on electric charges of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and a peripheral circuit including a control circuit, and a wiring structure that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and includes a pad portion electrically connected to the peripheral circuit via a draw-out wiring and an insulating layer. The wiring structure has, at least at a part thereof, a seal ring disposed in such a way as to surround the photoelectric conversion units and the peripheral circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210033048
    Abstract: A fuel vapor processing apparatus includes a case having a passage. In addition, the case has a tank port and a purge port in fluid communication with one end of the passage. Further, the case includes an atmosphere port in fluid communication with another end of the passage. The passage has a first layering and a second layering filled with an adsorbent and arranged in series. The first layering includes an upper adsorption layer, a middle adsorption layer, and a lower adsorption layer arranged in series. The upper adsorption layer and the lower adsorption layer are filled with a first adsorbent. The middle adsorption layer is filled with a second adsorbent. The ventilation resistance of the middle adsorption layer due to the second adsorbent is greater than the ventilation resistance of the upper adsorption layer and the lower adsorption layer due to the first adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro KOBAYASHI, Masatoshi MORlYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210020673
    Abstract: An inventive solid-state imaging apparatus is provided which can improve the efficiency of the electric carrier transfer from a photoelectric conversion portion to an electric-carrier accumulation portion. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes an active region having the photoelectric conversion portion, the electric-carrier accumulation portion, and a floating diffusion, and an element isolation region having an insulator defining the active region. In planer view, the width of the active region in the electric-carrier accumulation portion under a gate of the first transfer transistor is larger than the width of the active region in the photoelectric conversion portion under the gate of the first transfer transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke Onuki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Takafumi Miki
  • Patent number: 10896922
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit of a first conductivity type, a charge holding unit of the first conductivity type, the charge holding unit being configured to hold electric charges transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit, a floating diffusion unit of the first conductivity type, the floating diffusion unit being configured to receive electric charges transferred from the charge holding unit, a punch-through prevention layer of a second conductivity type, the punch-through prevention layer being disposed between the charge holding unit and the floating diffusion unit to contact the floating diffusion unit, and a transfer assistance layer of the first conductivity type, the transfer assistance layer being disposed between the punch-through prevention layer and a surface of a semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sekine, Yusuke Onuki, Toru Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20200409152
    Abstract: An image capturing and display apparatus includes a plurality of image capturing units, a plurality of display units, and a signal processing unit. The plurality of image capturing units includes a first image capturing unit and a second image capturing unit configured to output a signal corresponding to an incident light quantity higher than that of the first image capturing unit. The signal processing unit generates a single third image signal based on a first image signal from the first image capturing unit and a second image signal from the second image capturing unit, and the plurality of display devices displays images based on the third image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Takeshi Ichikawa, Akira Okita
  • Patent number: 10868982
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes first and second photoelectric conversion elements, first and second counters, first and second reset units, an adder, and a detection unit. The first counter is configured to perform a counting operation to change a count value based on a signal input from the first photoelectric conversion element. The second counter is configured to perform a counting operation to change a count value based on a signal input from the second photoelectric conversion element. The count value of the first counter and the count value of the second counter are input to the adder. The detection unit is configured to detect an event that the count value of the first counter exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Koizumi, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10868764
    Abstract: A route calculation control device includes a calculator configured, among a plurality of nodes constituting a physical network having a plurality of sections to which respective policies different from each other are applied when allocating resources, based on a policy corresponding to a section including a start point node specified in a use request of the resources of the physical network, to calculate a route from the start point node to an end point node specified in the use request; and a controller configured to replace the start point node, among nodes constituting the route calculated by the calculator, with a first node included in a section different from the section including the start point node, so as to cause the calculator to calculate a route to the end point node. This enables to allocate resources to a network that includes multiple sections to which different policies are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Toshiaki Tsuchiya, Ryutaro Matsumura, Takumi Kimura, Katsunori Noritake
  • Patent number: 10865855
    Abstract: The present invention provides a variable-speed speed-up gear including an electric driving device (50) that generates a rotational driving force, and a planetary gear transmission device (10) that changes the speed of the rotational driving force generated by the electric driving device (50) and transmit the changed rotation driving force to a driving target, wherein a sun gear shaft (12) forms an output shaft (Ao) connected to the driving target, an internal gear carrier shaft (37) configures a constant-speed input shaft (Ac), and a planetary gear carrier shaft (27) configures a variable-speed input shaft (Av), the electric driving device (50) includes a constant-speed motor (51) having a constant-speed rotor (52) which is configured to rotate a constant-speed input shaft of the transmission device, and a variable-speed motor (71) having a variable-speed rotor (72) which is configured to rotate the variable-speed input shaft of the transmission device, the variable-speed rotor (72) and the planetary gear ca
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10848695
    Abstract: A solid state imaging device as an embodiment has a first transfer unit that includes a first gate and transfers charges from a photoelectric conversion portion to a holding portion; a second transfer unit that includes a second gate and transfers charges from the holding portion to a floating diffusion portion; and a third transfer unit that includes a third gate and drains charges from the photoelectric conversion portion to the charge draining portion. The impurity concentration of a second conductivity type in at least a part of a region under the first gate of the first transfer unit is lower than the impurity concentration of the second conductivity type in a region under the second gate of the second transfer unit and the impurity concentration of the second conductivity type in a region under the third gate of the third transfer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi Miki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Onuki, Hiroshi Sekine
  • Patent number: 10847558
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a first substrate that includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a second substrate that includes at least a part of a readout circuit configured to read signals based on electric charges of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and a peripheral circuit including a control circuit, and a wiring structure that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and includes a pad portion electrically connected to the peripheral circuit via a draw-out wiring and an insulating layer. The wiring structure has, at least at a part thereof, a seal ring disposed in such a way as to surround the photoelectric conversion units and the peripheral circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10833111
    Abstract: An inventive solid-state imaging apparatus is provided which can improve the efficiency of the electric carrier transfer from a photoelectric conversion portion to an electric-carrier accumulation portion. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes an active region having the photoelectric conversion portion, the electric-carrier accumulation portion, and a floating diffusion, and an element isolation region having an insulator defining the active region. In planer view, the width of the active region in the electric-carrier accumulation portion under a gate of the first transfer transistor is larger than the width of the active region in the photoelectric conversion portion under the gate of the first transfer transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Onuki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Takafumi Miki
  • Publication number: 20200340621
    Abstract: A lubricating oil tank includes: a tank casing having an introduction part into which lubricating oil is introduced and a discharge part through which the lubricating oil is discharged; a plurality of receiving parts which are disposed between the introduction part and the discharge part in the tank casing and which is configured to receive the lubricating oil introduced from the introduction part: and a lubricating oil delivery part which is configured to deliver the lubricating oil from one of the plurality of receiving parts to another one of the plurality of receiving parts between the plurality of receiving parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Watanabe, Jun Nagashima, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10818715
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, provided is a solid state imaging device having a pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion provided in a semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion portion includes first and second charge accumulation region of a first conductivity type provided at a first depth of the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from each other by a first gap, and first and second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type provided at a second depth located under the first depth of the semiconductor substrate and extend over the first charge accumulation region, the first gap, and the second charge accumulation region in a planar view. At the second depth, an impurity concentration of the second conductivity type in a region under the first gap is higher than an impurity concentration of the second conductivity type in a region under the first and second charge accumulation regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junji Iwata, Yoichi Wada, Yoichiro Handa, Daichi Seto, Hideyuki Ito, Ginjiro Toyoguchi, Hajime Ikeda, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200335547
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of units each including a charge generation region disposed in a semiconductor layer. Each of a first unit and a second unit of the plurality of units includes a charge storage region configured to store charges transferred thereto from the charge generation region, a dielectric region located above the charge generation region and surrounded by an insulator layer, and a first light-shielding layer covering the charge storage region that is located between the insulator layer and the semiconductor layer, and the first light-shielding layer having an opening located above the charge generation region. The charge generation region of the first unit is able to receive light through the opening of the first light-shielding layer. The charge generation region of the second unit is covered with a second light-shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yu Nishimura, Sho Suzuki, Yasushi Matsuno, Yusuke Onuki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Takashi Okagawa, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10808723
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a thrust bearing and radial bearings rotatably supporting a rotary shaft, a rotation drive portion that rotates the rotary shaft, a first-stage impeller that rotates about an axis of the rotary shaft, a casing, a working fluid gas extraction portion that extracts a working fluid under compression from a middle of the first-stage impeller to an outside of the casing, and a working fluid supply line that allows the working fluid under compression, on which gas extraction is performed by the working fluid gas extraction portion, to be supplied therethrough to the rotation drive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200328245
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device is provided which can inhibit degradation of image quality which may occur when a global electronic shutter operation is performed. A gate drive line for a first transistor of gate drive lines for pixel transistors is positioned in proximity to a converting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Onuki, Toru Koizumi