Patents by Inventor Masataka Watanabe

Masataka Watanabe 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: 11940703
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer in a pixel. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the transistor. The first conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the transistor, the first insulating layer, and the first conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the third insulating layer is positioned over the pixel electrode, the common electrode is positioned over the third insulating layer, and the liquid crystal layer is positioned over the common electrode. The common electrode includes a region overlapping with the first conductive layer with the pixel electrode positioned therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Masataka Nakada, Ami Sato
  • Publication number: 20240071227
    Abstract: An information processing device mounted on a vehicle including a sensor includes an acquisition unit that acquires a surrounding image of the vehicle and information related to a behavior of the vehicle from the sensor, and an identification unit that identifies a moving object in the surrounding image of the vehicle based on a chronological change of the surrounding image of the vehicle and the information related to the behavior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kaoru YOSHIDA, Masatoshi KAKUTANI, Masataka OKUDA, Hiroki MAKI, Kosuke WATANABE, Kanade KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230148933
    Abstract: An electric signal transmission device including an electrode 11, disposed to be opposed to an electrogenic cell, and for sending and receiving electric signals to and from the electrogenic cell via the electrode 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: The University of Tokyo
    Inventor: Masataka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220344599
    Abstract: Provided is a novel metal complex that can be used as an electron transporting material. A metal complex represented by the following Formula (1) to the following Formula (3). RA1 to RA9, RC1 to RC8, and RE1 to RE6 are each independently a single bond, an alkylene group, an arylene group, a heteroarylene group, or a group represented by —RP1—P(?O)RP2—RP3—, RB1 to RB9, RD1 to RD8, and RF1 to RF6 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an. alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a heteroaryloxv group, an amino group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, or a hydroxy group, one or more selected from the group consisting of RB1 to RB9 are a phenanthrolinyl group, one or more selected from the group consisting of RD1 to RD8 are a phenanthrolinyl group, and one or more selected from the group consisting of RF1 to RF6 are a phenanthrolinyl group, M is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, Z is 1 or 2, and X is O or S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yumi SAKAI, Masataka WATANABE, Kentaro YAMATO, Chengzhou LI
  • Patent number: 11353728
    Abstract: An optical modulator includes a waveguide formed of a semiconductor and configured to allow light to propagate therethrough; a first electrode disposed on the waveguide and electrically connected to the waveguide; and a second electrode separated from the waveguide and electrically connected to the waveguide. An edge of the second electrode on a light entry side is located downstream of an edge of the first electrode on the light entry side in a propagation direction of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Tanaka, Tsutomu Ishikawa, Masataka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11251143
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a first resin layer formed on the semiconductor layer; a second resin layer formed on the first resin layer; a first wiring layer that is formed on the semiconductor layer and is buried in the second resin layer; a second wiring layer that is formed on the second resin layer and the first wiring layer, and is electrically connected to the first wiring layer; and a first inorganic insulating film covering the second resin layer and the second wiring layer, wherein an area of the first wiring layer is larger than an area of the second wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Watanabe, Naoya Kono, Takehiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11215757
    Abstract: A spot size converter includes a first waveguide including a first core layer, the first waveguide propagating light; and a second waveguide including a second core layer and provided on the first waveguide, the second waveguide propagating light. The first waveguide and the second waveguide extend in a waveguide direction. A first region and a second region are provided continuously along the waveguide direction. In the first region, the second waveguide has a tapered shape in a cross section which becomes narrower as going up away from the first waveguide. An angle between a side surface of the second waveguide and a bottom surface of the second waveguide is 60° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Watanabe, Hajime Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11063223
    Abstract: An organic electron transport material, which includes a phosphine oxide derivative represented by the following Formula (1): R1 represents an atomic group which has one or more of either or both of aryl and heteroaryl groups and may have one or more phosphine oxide groups, R2 to R11 each independently represent an atom or an atomic group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, a formyl group, a carbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, and a trifluoromethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Dyden Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Watanabe, Masanobu Kotsubo, Tomoko Fukushima, Izumi Maki, Mitsuharu Noto
  • Patent number: 11031561
    Abstract: An organic electron transport material, which includes a phosphine oxide derivative represented by the following Formula (1): R1 represents an atomic group which has either or both of one or more aryl groups and one or more heteroaryl groups and which may have one or more phosphine oxide group, and R2 to R9 each independently represent an atom or an atomic group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a C1-C12 linear or branched alkyl group, a linear or branched fluoroalkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a heteroaryl group, and a substituted heteroaryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Dyden Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hayashida, Masataka Watanabe, Masanobu Kotsubo, Izumi Maki, Mitsuharu Noto
  • Publication number: 20210055622
    Abstract: An optical modulator includes a waveguide formed of a semiconductor and configured to allow light to propagate therethrough; a first electrode disposed on the waveguide and electrically connected to the waveguide; and a second electrode separated from the waveguide and electrically connected to the waveguide. An edge of the second electrode on a light entry side is located downstream of an edge of the first electrode on the light entry side in a propagation direction of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime TANAKA, Tsutomu ISHIKAWA, Masataka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210018682
    Abstract: A spot size converter includes a first waveguide including a first core layer, the first waveguide propagating light; and a second waveguide including a second core layer and provided on the first waveguide, the second waveguide propagating light. The first waveguide and the second waveguide extend in a waveguide direction. A first region and a second region are provided continuously along the waveguide direction. In the first region, the second waveguide has a tapered shape in a cross section which becomes narrower as going up away from the first waveguide. An angle between a side surface of the second waveguide and a bottom surface of the second waveguide is 60° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka WATANABE, Hajime TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10824044
    Abstract: A Mach-Zehnder modulator includes: first and second resistive elements each having first and second contact areas, the first and second contact areas of the first resistive element being arranged in a direction of a first axis, the first and second contact areas of the second resistive element being arranged in a direction of a second axis; a common conductor connecting the first contact areas of the first and second resistive elements with each other; first and second waveguide structures each including a waveguide portion extending in a direction of a third axis intersecting the first and second axes; a first signal conductor connected to the waveguide portion of the first waveguide structure and the second contact area of the first resistive element; and a second signal conductor connected to the waveguide portion of the second waveguide structure and the second contact area of the second resistive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Kono, Masataka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10725241
    Abstract: A spot-size converter includes: a support body that includes a main surface including a first to a fifth areas; a mesa structure that includes a first part on the first area and includes a second part on the second to the fourth areas; and an embedding structure that includes a first region and a second region in which a first and a second side-surfaces of the second part of the mesa structure are respectively embedded. The second part of the mesa structure includes a portion that has a width gradually decreasing in a direction from the third area toward the fifth area. The first region of the embedding structure extends along the first side-surface and terminates at one of the third and the fourth areas. The second region of the embedding structure extends along the second side-surface of the second part and is disposed on the fifth area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Kono, Takuo Hiratani, Masataka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200168807
    Abstract: An organic electron transport material, which includes a phosphine oxide derivative represented by the following Formula (1): R1 represents an atomic group which has either or both of one or more aryl groups and one or more heteroaryl groups and which may have one or more phosphine oxide group, and R2 to R9 each independently represent an atom or an atomic group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a C1-C12 linear or branched alkyl group, a linear or branched fluoroalkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a heteroaryl group, and a substituted heteroaryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hayashida, Masataka Watanabe, Masanobu Kotsubo, Izumi Maki, Mitsuharu Noto
  • Publication number: 20200159175
    Abstract: A sensor unit outputs a real sensor signal corresponding to a measured physical quantity. A controller controls a control target device in an environmental domain on the basis of the real sensor signal. The controller (a) performs a simulation of a specific phenomenon in the environmental domain under a simulation condition, and virtually measures the specific physical quantity on the basis of a simulation result and thereby generates a virtual sensor signal; (b) changes the simulation condition on the basis of the real sensor signal and the virtual sensor signal; and (c) generates a control signal for the control target device on the basis of the simulation condition and/or the simulation result. The simulation, the generation of the virtual sensor signal, and the change of the simulation condition are iteratively performed until a sensor error between the real sensor signal and the virtual sensor signal is converged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Masataka Watanabe, Tsubasa Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200105691
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate; a first resin layer formed on the semiconductor layer; a second resin layer formed on the first resin layer; a first wiring layer that is formed on the semiconductor layer and is buried in the second resin layer; a second wiring layer that is formed on the second resin layer and the first wiring layer, and is electrically connected to the first wiring layer; and a first inorganic insulating film covering the second resin layer and the second wiring layer, wherein an area of the first wiring layer is larger than an area of the second wiring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Watanabe, Naoya Kono, Takehiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200082641
    Abstract: A three-dimensional representation is generated corresponding to real photograph images obtained from a photographing subject by plural cameras. Error images are generated between the real photograph images and virtual photograph images obtained by a three-dimensional representation virtual observation unit. A correction amount is generated of the three-dimensional representation so as to correspond to the error images. The three-dimensional representation is corrected in accordance with the correction amount. In the three-dimensional representation virtual observation unit, a rendering process is performed for the three-dimensional representation and thereby the virtual photograph images are generated so as to be obtained by photographing the three-dimensional representation using virtual cameras corresponding to the cameras. The three-dimensional representation includes plural divisional surfaces arranged in a three-dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Masataka Watanabe, Tsubasa Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200004102
    Abstract: A Mach-Zehnder modulator includes: first and second resistive elements each having first and second contact areas, the first and second contact areas of the second resistive element being arranged in a direction of a first axis, the first and second contact areas of the second resistive element being arranged in a direction of a second axis; a common conductor connecting the first contact areas of the first and second resistive elements with each other; first and second waveguide structures each including a waveguide portion extending in a direction of a third axis intersecting the first and second axes; a first signal conductor connected to the waveguide portion of the first waveguide structure and the second contact area of the first resistive element; and a second signal conductor connected to the waveguide portion of the second waveguide structure and the second contact area of the second resistive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMOTO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya KONO, Masataka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190391332
    Abstract: A spot-size converter includes: a support body that includes a main surface including a first to a fifth areas; a mesa structure that includes a first part on the first area and includes a second part on the second to the fourth areas; and an embedding structure that includes a first region and a second region in which a first and a second side-surfaces of the second part of the mesa structure are respectively embedded. The second part of the mesa structure includes a portion that has a width gradually decreasing in a direction from the third area toward the fifth area. The first region of the embedding structure extends along the first side-surface and terminates at one of the third and the fourth areas. The second region of the embedding structure extends along the second side-surface of the second part and is disposed on the fifth area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Kono, Takuo Hiratani, Masataka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10248000
    Abstract: A semiconductor optical element is disclosed. The semiconductor optical element includes: a mesa-shaped optical waveguide formed on a substrate; a modulation electrode formed on the optical waveguide; a first resin layer that buries side surfaces of the optical waveguide; a bonding pad formed on the first resin layer; and a connecting wiring line that connects the modulation electrode and the bonding pad. In the semiconductor optical element, side surfaces of the bonding pad are partially covered with a second resin layer provided on the first resin layer, and the connecting wiring line extends on the second resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takamitsu Kitamura, Masataka Watanabe