Patents by Inventor Masaki Kurihara

Masaki Kurihara 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: 11751417
    Abstract: A device comprising a first layer, a sealing layer and a resin layer stacked in that order and an organic layer arranged between the first layer and the sealing layer in a pixel region is provided. The first, sealing and resin layers have openings for exposing an electrode in a peripheral region. The sealing layer includes second and third layers each having a water permeability lower than the first layer, and a fourth layer arranged between the second layer and the third layer and having a defect density lower than the second layer. A step of the second layer arranged above the end of the opening of the first layer is covered with the fourth layer and a step of the third layer arranged above the end of the opening of the first layer is covered with the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yojiro Matsuda, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama, Hiroaki Naruse
  • Patent number: 11532303
    Abstract: An agent device includes an acquirer configured to acquire an utterance of a user of a first vehicle, and a first agent controller configured to perform processing for providing a service including causing an output device to output a response of voice in response to an utterance of the user of the first vehicle acquired by the acquirer. When there is a difference between a service which is utilized in the first vehicle and is available from one or more agent controllers including at least the first agent controller and a service which is utilized in a second vehicle and is available from one or more agent controllers, the first agent controller provides information on the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Masahiro Kurehashi, Toshikatsu Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 11437035
    Abstract: An agent device is equipped with a plurality of agent controllers which provide a service including causing an output device to output a response of voice in accordance with an utterance of an occupant of a vehicle, in which a first agent controller included in the plurality of agent controllers provides an agent controller different from the first agent controller with first service information on the service to be provided to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Hiroshi Honda
  • Patent number: 11380325
    Abstract: An agent device includes one or more agent controllers configured to provide a service including causing an output device to output a response of voice according to a voice of an occupant which is collected in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, a receiver configured to receive an input from the occupant, and a starting method setter configured to change or add a starting method of the agent controller on the basis of content received by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Shinichi Kikuchi, Shinya Yasuhara, Yusuke Oi, Hiroshi Honda
  • Patent number: 11322555
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting device including a substrate, a first EL element, and a second EL element, the first EL element and the second EL element each including a lower electrode, an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a color filter in this order from the substrate, and an insulating layer that covers an end portion of the lower electrode. A first color filter of the first EL element and a second color filter of the second EL element overlap each other when viewed in plan in an overlapping region, and an inclined portion closest to the first EL element among inclined portions of the insulating layer of the second EL element and the overlapping region overlap each other when viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Norifumi Kajimoto, Hiroaki Sano, Akira Okita, Etsuro Kishi, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 11211416
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor layer having a front surface and a back surface and in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions is provided between the front surface and the back surface, a wiring structure arranged on the front surface side of the semiconductor layer, a separation portion arranged between the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and formed by a trench continuing from the back surface, a first light shielding portion arranged above the semiconductor layer on the back surface side so as to overlap the separation portion, and a second light shielding portion arranged above the semiconductor layer on the back surface side so as to face the first light shielding portion via a region located above at least one photoelectric conversion portion among the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ogawa, Nobuhiko Sato, Masaki Kurihara, Yoichi Wada
  • Patent number: 11145685
    Abstract: An image capturing device is provided. The device includes a substrate comprising a pixel region, a peripheral region and a trench region, in which trenches are formed, between the pixel region and the peripheral region. The plurality of trenches include first trenches arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction along a first side of an outer edge of the pixel region and second trenches arranged to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The first and second trenches are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first and second trenches are arranged so that, any straight line path which connects, without overlapping any one of the first and second trenches, the first side and the peripheral region, does not exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaki Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20210265591
    Abstract: A device comprising a first layer, a sealing layer and a resin layer stacked in that order and an organic layer arranged between the first layer and the sealing layer in a pixel region is provided. The first, sealing and resin layers have openings for exposing an electrode in a peripheral region. The sealing layer includes second and third layers each having a water permeability lower than the first layer, and a fourth layer arranged between the second layer and the third layer and having a defect density lower than the second layer. A step of the second layer arranged above the end of the opening of the first layer is covered with the fourth layer and a step of the third layer arranged above the end of the opening of the first layer is covered with the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Yojiro Matsuda, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama, Hiroaki Naruse
  • Patent number: 11018316
    Abstract: A device comprising a first layer, a sealing layer and a resin layer stacked in that order and an organic layer arranged between the first layer and the sealing layer in a pixel region is provided. The first, sealing and resin layers have openings for exposing an electrode in a peripheral region. The sealing layer includes second and third layers each having a water permeability lower than the first layer, and a fourth layer arranged between the second layer and the third layer and having a defect density lower than the second layer. A step of the second layer arranged above the end of the opening of the first layer is covered with the fourth layer and a step of the third layer arranged above the end of the opening of the first layer is covered with the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yojiro Matsuda, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama, Hiroaki Naruse
  • Publication number: 20210098536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting device including a substrate, a first EL element, and a second EL element, the first EL element and the second EL element each including a lower electrode, an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a color filter in this order from the substrate, and an insulating layer that covers an end portion of the lower electrode. A first color filter of the first EL element and a second color filter of the second EL element overlap each other when viewed in plan in an overlapping region, and an inclined portion closest to the first EL element among inclined portions of the insulating layer of the second EL element and the overlapping region overlap each other when viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Norifumi Kajimoto, Hiroaki Sano, Akira Okita, Etsuro Kishi, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10896934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting device including a substrate, a first EL element, and a second EL element, the first EL element and the second EL element each including a lower electrode, an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a color filter in this order from the substrate, and an insulating layer that covers an end portion of the lower electrode. A first color filter of the first EL element and a second color filter of the second EL element overlap each other when viewed in plan in an overlapping region, and an inclined portion closest to the first EL element among inclined portions of the insulating layer of the second EL element and the overlapping region overlap each other when viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takahashi, Koji Ishizuya, Norifumi Kajimoto, Hiroaki Sano, Akira Okita, Etsuro Kishi, Masaki Kurihara, Daisuke Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20200321000
    Abstract: An agent device includes one or more agent controllers configured to provide a service including causing an output device to output a response of voice according to a voice of an occupant which is collected in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, a receiver configured to receive an input from the occupant, and a starting method setter configured to change or add a starting method of the agent controller on the basis of content received by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Shinichi Kikuchi, Shinya Yasuhara, Yusuke Oi, Hiroshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20200320999
    Abstract: An agent device includes an acquirer configured to acquire an utterance of a user of a first vehicle, and a first agent controller configured to perform processing for providing a service including causing an output device to output a response of voice in response to an utterance of the user of the first vehicle acquired by the acquirer. When there is a difference between a service which is utilized in the first vehicle and is available from one or more agent controllers including at least the first agent controller and a service which is utilized in a second vehicle and is available from one or more agent controllers, the first agent controller provides information on the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Masahiro Kurehashi, Toshikatsu Kuramochi
  • Publication number: 20200321006
    Abstract: An agent apparatus according to embodiments includes: a plurality of agent functions each including a recognizer configured to recognize speech according to an utterance of an occupant of a vehicle and configured to provide a service including a response on the basis of a speech recognition result obtained by the recognizer; and a storage controller configured to cause a storage to store the speech of the utterance of the occupant, wherein a first agent function selected by the occupant from the plurality of agent functions outputs speech stored in the storage and the speech recognition result recognized by the recognizer included in the first agent function to another agent function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Honda, Masaki Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20200317055
    Abstract: An agent device includes a plurality of agent functions configured to provide a service including a response in response to speech of an occupant of a vehicle, wherein a first agent function that is active among the plurality of agent functions is configured to activate another agent function upon receiving an instruction to activate the other agent function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Mototsugu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20200294502
    Abstract: An agent device is equipped with a plurality of agent controllers which provide a service including causing an output device to output a response of voice in accordance with an utterance of an occupant of a vehicle, in which a first agent controller included in the plurality of agent controllers provides an agent controller different from the first agent controller with first service information on the service to be provided to the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Hiroshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20200286479
    Abstract: An agent device includes: a plurality of agent function units, each of the plurality of agent function units being configured to provide services including outputting a response to an output unit in response to an utterance of an occupant of a vehicle; a recognizer configured to recognize a request included in the occupant's utterance; and an agent selector configured to output a request recognized by the recognizer to the plurality of agent function units and select an agent function unit which outputs a response to the occupant's utterance to the output unit among the plurality of agent function units on the basis of the result of a response of each of the plurality of agent function units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Shinichi Kikuchi, Hiroshi Honda, Mototsugu Kubota, Yusuke Oi
  • Publication number: 20200066769
    Abstract: An image capturing device is provided. The device includes a substrate comprising a pixel region, a peripheral region and a trench region, in which trenches are formed, between the pixel region and the peripheral region. The plurality of trenches include first trenches arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction along a first side of an outer edge of the pixel region and second trenches arranged to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The first and second trenches are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first and second trenches are arranged so that, any straight line path which connects, without overlapping any one of the first and second trenches, the first side and the peripheral region, does not exist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Masaki Kurihara
  • Patent number: 10549331
    Abstract: A press brake has a lower table arranged at lower part of left and right side frames, an upper table arranged at upper part of the side frames and facing the lower table, one of the upper and lower tables serving as a ram to be moved vertically, and left and right vertical driving units arranged on the side frames, respectively, to move the ram vertically. Strain detecting sensors are arranged on inner and outer side faces, respectively, of each of the left and right side frames, to detect strain of the side frames in such a way as to cancel horizontal deflection of the side frames and detect vertical deflection thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Masahiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10497733
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion substrate having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a microlens array arranged above the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; a light transmissive plate; a first member arranged between the photoelectric conversion substrate and the light transmissive plate; a second member arranged between the first member and the microlens array; and a third member arranged between the first member and the second member. A porosity of the first member<a porosity of the third member<a porosity of the second member is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Kurihara, Nobuhiko Sato