Patents by Inventor Masakazu Furukawa

Masakazu Furukawa 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: 10496059
    Abstract: An operational control management method of determining a possibility of parallel execution of multiple operational controls that are included in a workflow, in which a computer performs processing includes judging whether a first operational control that is to be executed next and a second operational control that follows the first operational control are detailed determination targets, based on operation categorization information that results from categorizing each of the multiple operational controls based on an operation target and operation content; and determining a possibility of parallel execution based on relationships of the first operational control and the second operational control to the operation target and on operation situations of operation targets, with which the first and second operational controls are associated, in a case where the first operational control and the second operational control are the detailed determination targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Ikezaki, Shoichi Kogiso, Yusuke Kuchiwaki, Masakazu Furukawa
  • Patent number: 9940598
    Abstract: A first executing unit executes, among tasks included in a first workflow, a first task group including one or more tasks using a resource. When a task included in the first task group is stopped, a rollback processing unit restores the resource to its former state prior to the execution of the first task group. After the resource is restored to the former state prior to the execution of the first task group, a second executing unit starts executing, among tasks included in a second workflow, a second task group including one or more tasks using the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takamasa Ohashi, Shoichi Kogiso, Yusuke Kuchiwaki, Masakazu Furukawa, Masahiro Fukuda, Takashi Ikezaki
  • Publication number: 20170373104
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arrayed in a well region disposed on a semiconductor substrate, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion section having a charge accumulation region which accumulates signal charge; an element isolation layer which is disposed on the surface of the well region along the peripheries of the individual charge accumulation regions and which electrically isolates the individual pixels from each other; and a diffusion layer which is disposed beneath the element isolation layer and which electrically isolates the individual pixels from each other, the diffusion layer having a smaller width than that of the element isolation layer. Each charge accumulation region is disposed so as to extend below the element isolation layer and be in contact with or in close proximity to the diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Hideshi Abe, Masanori Ohashi, Atsushi Masagaki, Atsuhiko Yamamoto, Masakazu Furukawa
  • Patent number: 9846594
    Abstract: A control unit of a workflow control apparatus identifies, among tasks included in a plurality of workflows, tasks using the same resource based on workflow definition information, and determines the execution sequence of the identified tasks based on the content of each of the identified tasks defined in the workflow definition information. The control unit identifies, among the identified tasks, one or more tasks whose execution is omissible based on the content of each of the identified tasks and the execution sequence of the identified tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Kogiso, Takamasa Ohashi, Yusuke Kuchiwaki, Masakazu Furukawa, Masahiro Fukuda, Takashi Ikezaki
  • Patent number: 9620545
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a second isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the first isolation diffusion layer, wherein a charge accumulation region is disposed in the well region surrounded by the first and second isolation diffusion layers, the inner peripheral part of the first isolation diffusion layer forms a projecting region, an impurity having a conductivity type of the first isolation diffusion layer and an impurity having a conductivity type of the charge accumulation region are mixed in the projecting region, and a part of the charge accumulation region between the charge accumulation region and the second isolation diffusion layer is abutted or close to the second isolation diffusion layer under the projecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Hideshi Abe, Masanori Ohashi, Atsushi Masagaki, Atsuhiko Yamamoto, Masakazu Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20160282826
    Abstract: An operational control management method of determining a possibility of parallel execution of multiple operational controls that are included in a workflow, in which a computer performs processing includes judging whether a first operational control that is to be executed next and a second operational control that follows the first operational control are detailed determination targets, based on operation categorization information that results from categorizing each of the multiple operational controls based on an operation target and operation content; and determining a possibility of parallel execution based on relationships of the first operational control and the second operational control to the operation target and on operation situations of operation targets, with which the first and second operational controls are associated, in a case where the first operational control and the second operational control are the detailed determination targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: TAKASHI IKEZAKI, SHOICHI KOGISO, YUSUKE KUCHIWAKI, MASAKAZU FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160004566
    Abstract: A device includes: a memory configured to store a condition of exclusive execution for a plurality of processes, and execution time ranges of each of one or more modules, the execution time ranges indicating from a shortest estimation time to a longest estimation time regarding; and a processor configured to estimate an entire execution time by executing estimation processing so as to cause simulation of the estimation processing to progress, the estimation processing including: generating one or more cases, for each of the plurality of processes, in order of the one or more modules based on the execution time ranges, determining whether there is a possibility that exclusion waiting occurs based on the condition, for each of the one or more cases, and setting the exclusion waiting for a certain case in which it is determined that there is the possibility, from among the one or more cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke KUCHIWAKI, Shoichi KOGISO, Takamasa OHASHI, Masakazu FURUKAWA, Takashi IKEZAKI
  • Patent number: 9176791
    Abstract: A exclusion control method includes setting, for at least one or more operation information defining operations for an information processing apparatus and being included in a plurality of work flow information that indicate operation procedures, exclusive sections that indicate units of exclusion control performing an exclusive lock, calculating priorities of the exclusive sections using operation importance level information that indicate importance levels of the operations according to types of the operation information and operation urgency level information that indicate an urgency levels of the operations, when the operations are executed based on the operation information corresponding to the exclusive sections of the plurality of workflow information, and executing the exclusion control in the exclusive sections for a plurality of workflow based on the priorities, when a competitive regarding the exclusive lock occurs between the exclusive sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Furukawa, Yusuke Kuchiwaki, Takashi Ikezaki
  • Publication number: 20150278656
    Abstract: A job discrimination device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: acquiring input-output information including information of an input file from which a job reads data, information of input data included in the input file, information of an output file to which the job writes data, information of output data included in the output file, and information of an access method to the output file; and discriminating, as a data alteration job, a job in which a pattern indicated by a relationship between the number of the input files and the number of the output files, a relationship between the number of input data items and the number of output data items, a relationship between the input data and the output data, and an access method to the output file matches a pattern arising when processing having a processing result independent of unit processed is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Keigo MITSUMORI, Toru KITAYAMA, Masahiro FUKUDA, Masashi KATOU, Haruki HATTORI, Masakazu FURUKAWA, Shotaro OKADA, Ryota KAWAGATA
  • Publication number: 20140297355
    Abstract: A first executing unit executes, among tasks included in a first workflow, a first task group including one or more tasks using a resource. When a task included in the first task group is stopped, a rollback processing unit restores the resource to its former state prior to the execution of the first task group. After the resource is restored to the former state prior to the execution of the first task group, a second executing unit starts executing, among tasks included in a second workflow, a second task group including one or more tasks using the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takamasa Ohashi, Shoichi Kogiso, Yusuke Kuchiwaki, MASAKAZU FURUKAWA, Masahiro FUKUDA, TAKASHI IKEZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140297354
    Abstract: A control unit of a workflow control apparatus identifies, among tasks included in a plurality of workflows, tasks using the same resource based on workflow definition information, and determines the execution sequence of the identified tasks based on the content of each of the identified tasks defined in the workflow definition information. The control unit identifies, among the identified tasks, one or more tasks whose execution is omissible based on the content of each of the identified tasks and the execution sequence of the identified tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Kogiso, Takamasa Ohashi, Yusuke Kuchiwaki, MASAKAZU FURUKAWA, Masahiro FUKUDA, TAKASHI IKEZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140231948
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a second isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the first isolation diffusion layer, wherein a charge accumulation region is disposed in the well region surrounded by the first and second isolation diffusion layers, the inner peripheral part of the first isolation diffusion layer forms a projecting region, an impurity having a conductivity type of the first isolation diffusion layer and an impurity having a conductivity type of the charge accumulation region are mixed in the projecting region, and a part of the charge accumulation region between the charge accumulation region and the second isolation diffusion layer is abutted or close to the second isolation diffusion layer under the projecting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji TATANI, Hideshi ABE, Masanori OHASHI, Atsushi MASAGAKI, Atsuhiko YAMAMOTO, Masakazu FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 8741681
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a second isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the first isolation diffusion layer, wherein a charge accumulation region is disposed in the well region surrounded by the first and second isolation diffusion layers, the inner peripheral part of the first isolation diffusion layer forms a projecting region, an impurity having a conductivity type of the first isolation diffusion layer and an impurity having a conductivity type of the charge accumulation region are mixed in the projecting region, and a part of the charge accumulation region between the charge accumulation region and the second isolation diffusion layer is abutted or close to the second isolation diffusion layer under the projecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Hideshi Abe, Masanori Ohashi, Atsushi Masagaki, Atsuhiko Yamamoto, Masakazu Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8652864
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a second isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the first isolation diffusion layer, wherein a charge accumulation region is disposed in the well region surrounded by the first and second isolation diffusion layers, the inner peripheral part of the first isolation diffusion layer forms a projecting region, an impurity having a conductivity type of the first isolation diffusion layer and an impurity having a conductivity type of the charge accumulation region are mixed in the projecting region, and a part of the charge accumulation region between the charge accumulation region and the second isolation diffusion layer is abutted or close to the second isolation diffusion layer under the projecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Hideshi Abe, Masanori Ohashi, Atsushi Masagaki, Atsuhiko Yamamoto, Masakazu Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20130347001
    Abstract: A exclusion control method includes setting, for at least one or more operation information defining operations for an information processing apparatus and being included in a plurality of work flow information that indicate operation procedures, exclusive sections that indicate units of exclusion control performing an exclusive lock, calculating priorities of the exclusive sections using operation importance level information that indicate importance levels of the operations according to types of the operation information and operation urgency level information that indicate an urgency levels of the operations, when the operations are executed based on the operation information corresponding to the exclusive sections of the plurality of workflow information, and executing the exclusion control in the exclusive sections for a plurality of workflow based on the priorities, when a competitive regarding the exclusive lock occurs between the exclusive sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu FURUKAWA, Yusuke Kuchiwaki, Takashi Ikezaki
  • Patent number: 8384176
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion section which is provided for each pixel and which converts light incident on a first surface of a substrate into signal charges, a circuit region which reads signal charges accumulated by the photoelectric conversion section, a multilayer film including an insulating film and a wiring film, the multilayer film being disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface, and a transmission-preventing film disposed at least between the wiring film in the multilayer film and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Furukawa, Keiji Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 8324702
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion section which is provided for each pixel and which converts light incident on a first surface of a substrate into signal charges, a circuit region which reads signal charges accumulated by the photoelectric conversion section, a multilayer film including an insulating film and a wiring film, the multilayer film being disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface, and a transmission-preventing film disposed at least between the wiring film in the multilayer film and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Furukawa, Keiji Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 8063009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bleaching activator granule containing (a) a bleaching activator and (b) a specified alcohol which is liquid at room temperature (25° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Onoda, Masakazu Furukawa, Kazuyoshi Ozaki, Hiroshi Noro, Yasumitsu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 7965602
    Abstract: In the information recording apparatus, by driving the light source by the pulse signal corresponding to the recording signal, the laser pulse corresponding to the recording signal is irradiated onto the recording medium. The recording signal has the mark period to form the recording mark, and the space period in which the recording mark is not formed. In the mark period, the output level of the laser pulse changes between the normal level and the writing level, thereby, the recording mark is formed on the recording medium. On the one hand, over a predetermined period in the space period, the output level of the laser pulse is changed to the low level lower than the normal level. Thereby, the heat accumulation onto the recording medium, due to the transient response of the laser pulse in the mark period, is reduced, and in the mark period after that, the correct recording mark can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Masakazu Furukawa, Hisao Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uchino
  • Patent number: 7943962
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a second isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the first isolation diffusion layer, wherein a charge accumulation region is disposed in the well region surrounded by the first and second isolation diffusion layers, the inner peripheral part of the first isolation diffusion layer forms a projecting region, an impurity having a conductivity type of the first isolation diffusion layer and an impurity having a conductivity type of the charge accumulation region are mixed in the projecting region, and a part of the charge accumulation region between the charge accumulation region and the second isolation diffusion layer is abutted or close to the second isolation diffusion layer under the projecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Tatani, Hideshi Abe, Masanori Ohashi, Atsushi Masagaki, Atsuhiko Yamamoto, Masakazu Furukawa