Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Furumoto

Mitsuhiro Furumoto 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: 8956143
    Abstract: A lithography system includes at least two lithography apparatuses disposed on the same fixed base, each of which includes an object, a moving body, and a vibration isolation unit. A control unit configured to control the lithography apparatuses controls a vibration isolation unit included in a first lithography apparatus based on driving instruction information to be given to a moving body included in a second lithography apparatus, and a control indicator regarding vibration directed onto an object to be vibration-isolated included in the first lithography apparatus due to a moving operation of the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Furumoto, Keiji Emoto
  • Patent number: 8915479
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-vibration apparatus including an anti-vibration base, a plurality of supporting mechanisms configured to support the anti-vibration base, a plurality of actuators configured to apply a force to the anti-vibration base, an obtaining unit configured to obtain vibration data which represents vibrations on the anti-vibration base, a first calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the vibration data obtained by the obtaining unit, a force to be applied to the anti-vibration base so as to reduce the vibrations on the anti-vibration base, and a distribution unit configured to distribute the force calculated by the first calculation unit to forces to be applied by the plurality of actuators to the anti-vibration base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Furumoto, Tosiya Asano, Keiji Emoto
  • Publication number: 20130037687
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-vibration apparatus including an anti-vibration base, a plurality of supporting mechanisms configured to support the anti-vibration base, a plurality of actuators configured to apply a force to the anti-vibration base, an obtaining unit configured to obtain vibration data which represents vibrations on the anti-vibration base, a first calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the vibration data obtained by the obtaining unit, a force to be applied to the anti-vibration base so as to reduce the vibrations on the anti-vibration base, and a distribution unit configured to distribute the force calculated by the first calculation unit to forces to be applied by the plurality of actuators to the anti-vibration base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro FURUMOTO, Tosiya ASANO, Keiji EMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120153537
    Abstract: A lithography system includes at least two lithography apparatuses disposed on the same fixed base, each of which includes an object, a moving body, and a vibration isolation unit. A control unit configured to control the lithography apparatuses controls a vibration isolation unit included in a first lithography apparatus based on driving instruction information to be given to a moving body included in a second lithography apparatus, and a control indicator regarding vibration directed onto an object to be vibration-isolated included in the first lithography apparatus due to a moving operation of the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Furumoto, Keiji Emoto