Patents by Inventor Naoki Okawa

Naoki Okawa 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: 11948869
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first conductive part, a semiconductor element, a first terminal, and a metal layer. The semiconductor element is located on the first conductive part. The first terminal is separated from the first conductive part in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction. The first direction is from the first conductive part toward the semiconductor element. The first terminal includes a first portion, and a second portion located between the first portion and the first conductive part. A lower surface of the second portion is positioned lower than a lower surface of the first portion and lower than a lower surface of a first insulating portion. The first insulating portion is located between the first conductive part and the second portion. The metal layer is located at the lower surfaces of the first portion and of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Okawa
  • Patent number: 11922319
    Abstract: Provided is an image determination device. The image determination device is provided with: feature extractors which output, on the basis of an image to be examined, each piece of feature data indicating a specific feature of the image; a determiner which outputs, on the basis of the feature data output from the extractors, output data indicating the determination result pertaining to the image; and a training part which trains the determiner so as to output, output data indicating the label data associated with the training image on the basis of the feature data output when the training image is input to the extractors, wherein the training part further trains, by using new training data, the determiner so that the output data indicating the label data associated with the image is output by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Tsuchiya, Yoshihisa Ijiri, Yu Maruyama, Yohei Okawa, Kennosuke Hayashi, Sakon Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11922680
    Abstract: An image determination device includes feature extractors which output, on the basis of an image to be examined, each piece of feature data indicating a specific feature of the image; a first training part which trains a first determiner so as to output first output data indicating first label data associated with a first training image on the basis of first feature data output when the first training image is input to the feature extractors; a second training part which trains a second determiner so as to output second output data indicating second label data associated with a second training image on the basis of second feature data output when the second training image is input to the feature extractors; and an output part which outputs, on the basis of the first output data and the second output data, output data indicating an overall determination result about an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Tsuchiya, Yoshihisa Ijiri, Yu Maruyama, Yohei Okawa, Kennosuke Hayashi, Sakon Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11915143
    Abstract: An image determination device includes: a training model which outputs, on the basis of an image to be examined, output data indicating a determination result about the image; a training part which trains the training model to output, by using training data including a training image and label data, output data indicating the label data associated with the training image, when the training image is input to the training model; a dividing part which divides the training data into a plurality of pieces of sub-training data; a measurement part which measures accuracy of determination when the training part trains the training model by using each of the plurality of pieces of sub-training data; and selection part which selects at least any one among the plurality of pieces of sub-training data on the basis of the accuracy of determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Tsuchiya, Yoshihisa Ijiri, Yu Maruyama, Yohei Okawa, Kennosuke Hayashi, Sakon Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230307349
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a lead frame including a terminal; an element on a first surface of the lead frame; and a package member covering the lead frame and the semiconductor element. The terminal includes a back-side portion provided on a side of a second surface of the lead frame and exposed from the package member in a first direction perpendicular to the first surface, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, a lateral-side portion provided between the first surface and the back-side portion in the first direction and exposed from the package member in a second direction parallel to the first surface, and a recessed portion provided between the lateral-side portion and the back-side portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki OKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220301992
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first conductive part, a semiconductor element, a first terminal, and a metal layer. The semiconductor element is located on the first conductive part. The first terminal is separated from the first conductive part in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction. The first direction is from the first conductive part toward the semiconductor element. The first terminal includes a first portion, and a second portion located between the first portion and the first conductive part. A lower surface of the second portion is positioned lower than a lower surface of the first portion and lower than a lower surface of a first insulating portion. The first insulating portion is located between the first conductive part and the second portion. The metal layer is located at the lower surfaces of the first portion and of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Naoki Okawa
  • Patent number: 9150411
    Abstract: Provided is a fusing method of a substrate layer including: treating a joining surface of a substrate layer formed from a resin using an organic solvent having solubility with respect to the resin; and heating the treated substrate layer at less than a glass transition temperature or a softening point temperature of the resin and crimping the heated substrate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY DADC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Okawa, Yukie Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8767520
    Abstract: A method of producing a recording medium includes preparing a substrate of the recording medium, forming a first face recording layer at a first face side of the substrate, forming a first face protection layer for protecting the first face recording layer on the first face recording layer, forming a second face constituting whole or a part of a layer configuration at a second face side of the substrate, deactivating a protection feature of the first face protection layer; and forming a first face constituting whole or a part of a layer configuration of a first face on the first face protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony DADC Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Okawa
  • Publication number: 20130294216
    Abstract: A method of producing a recording medium includes preparing a substrate of the recording medium, forming a first face recording layer at a first face side of the substrate, forming a first face protection layer for protecting the first face recording layer on the first face recording layer, forming a second face constituting whole or a part of a layer configuration at a second face side of the substrate, deactivating a protection feature of the first face protection layer; and forming a first face constituting whole or a part of a layer configuration of a first face on the first face protection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Naoki Okawa
  • Patent number: 8462608
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a durable read-only optical recording medium having less variances in characteristics of a metal reflective film due to a temporal change. [Solving Means] Provided is a read-only optical recording medium (100) including: a substrate (101); an information recording surface onto which information is recorded by combining pits (P) and lands (L); and a metal reflective film (102) that is provided in contact with the information recording surface and represented by Al100-x-zXxZz, where x and z each represent an atomic %, X is constituted of an element including at least Ti, Z is constituted of an element including at least Fe, x is 1.0 to 3.0, and z is 0.05 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony DADC Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Sakamoto, Jun Nakano, Takehide Endo, Naoki Okawa
  • Patent number: 8187689
    Abstract: A pirated optical recording medium may be determined which is produced by physically transferring a shape of pits and lands formed on a substrate of an optical recording medium. The optical recording medium is provided with excellent weatherability and long-term storage reliability. A reflective film formed of an Ag alloy film of Ag100-x-yXxCuy, where X is at least one element among Ti, W, Ta, V, Mo, Nb and Zr, is formed on a substrate on which main data is recorded with a combination of pits and lands. A mark may be formed so that a reproduction signal level in the recorded mark of auxiliary data write once recorded on the reflective film is increased, and a reproduction signal level is decreased in an optical recording medium prepared by physically transferring the surface shape of the pits and lands of the substrate. A pirated optical recording medium may be determined in this manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Sakamoto, Jun Nakano, Naoki Okawa, Junichi Nakai, Yuki Tauchi
  • Publication number: 20120113789
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a durable read-only optical recording medium having less variances in characteristics of a metal reflective film due to a temporal change. [Solving Means] Provided is a read-only optical recording medium (100) including: a substrate (101); an information recording surface onto which information is recorded by combining pits (P) and lands (L); and a metal reflective film (102) that is provided in contact with the information recording surface and represented by Al100-x-zXxZz, where x and z each represent an atomic %, X is constituted of an element including at least Ti, Z is constituted of an element including at least Fe, x is 1.0 to 3.0, and z is 0.05 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicants: SONY DADC CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Sakamoto, Jun Nakano, Takehide Endo, Naoki Okawa
  • Patent number: 8168690
    Abstract: A solvent-free photocurable resin composition is provided which can be applied to the surface of optical discs or the like to form a highly transparent protective film that can stably adhere to the surface and effectively protect the surface from scratches. The solvent-free photocurable resin composition contains a urethane(meth)acrylate oligomer, a trifunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a dilution monomer. The dilution monomer contains a fluorine-based (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having three or more fluorine atoms and a monofunctional or difunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer in amounts of from 10 to 40 wt% and from 10 to 30 wt%, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Chemical & Information Device Corp., Sony Corp., Sony Disc & Digital Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Oguni, Kozaburo Hayashi, Satoshi Yanagida, Hidetoshi Watanabe, Naoki Okawa
  • Patent number: 8152976
    Abstract: The invention relates to an Ag-based alloy sputtering target including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, W, Nb, Zr, Ta, Cr, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Al, and Si in a total amount of 1 to 15% by weight, in which the Ag-based alloy sputtering target has an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of 2 ?m or more and a maximum height (Rz) of 20 ?m or more at a sputtering surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Kobelco Research Institute, Inc., Sony Disc & Digital Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Tauchi, Hitoshi Matsuzaki, Naoki Okawa
  • Publication number: 20100196650
    Abstract: In a light transmission layer, the elasticity modulus at 25 deg C. is in the range from 1*107 Pa to 5*108 Pa, the elasticity modulus at ?20 deg C. is in the range from 4*108 Pa to 5*109 Pa, and the glass transition point temperature is from ?20 deg C. to 0 deg C. both inclusive. The Martens hardness of the light transmission layer is 10 N/mm2 or less. The indentation creep of the light transmission layer is 2% or less. The return value of the indentation depth of the light transmission layer is in the range from 0.2 to 2.0 microns. Therefore, both decreasing disc warp and decreasing creep in a light transmission layer can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Okawa, Hiroyuki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100143636
    Abstract: There is provided a read-only optical information recording medium including a reflective film which has high reflectivity, and is superior in environment resistance at the time of being kept in a high-temperature, high humidity environment as well as light resistance at the time of being kept in a high-intensity light irradiation environment and repeating reproduction durability against a repeating reproduction test. In a read-only optical information recording medium in which at least one reflective film and at least one light transmissive layer are laminated in order on a substrate, the reflective film is made of a Ag-base alloy including 0.01 to 1.0 at % of Bi and 0.1 to 13.0 at % of Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: SONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INC., KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO, KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Okawa, Yuki Tauchi, Junichi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20090252914
    Abstract: A pirated optical recording medium may be determined which is produced by physically transferring a shape of pits and lands formed on a substrate of an optical recording medium. The optical recording medium is provided with excellent weatherability and long-term storage reliability. A reflective film formed of an Ag alloy film of Ag100-x-yXxCuy, where X is at least one element among Ti, W, Ta, V, Mo, Nb and Zr, is formed on a substrate on which main data is recorded with a combination of pits and lands. A mark may be formed so that a reproduction signal level in the recorded mark of auxiliary data write once recorded on the reflective film is increased, and a reproduction signal level is decreased in an optical recording medium prepared by physically transferring the surface shape of the pits and lands of the substrate. A pirated optical recording medium may be determined in this manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Sakamoto, Jun Nakano, Naoki Okawa, Junichi Nakai, Yuki Tauchi
  • Publication number: 20090057141
    Abstract: The invention relates to an Ag-based alloy sputtering target including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, W, Nb, Zr, Ta, Cr, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Al, and Si in a total amount of 1 to 15% by weight, in which the Ag-based alloy sputtering target has an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of 2 ?m or more and a maximum height (Rz) of 20 ?m or more at a sputtering surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicants: KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., SONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yuki TAUCHI, Hitoshi Matsuzaki, Naoki Okawa
  • Publication number: 20080153937
    Abstract: A solvent-free photocurable resin composition is provided which can be applied to the surface of optical discs or the like to form a highly transparent protective film that can stably adhere to the surface and effectively protect the surface from scratches. The solvent-free photocurable resin composition contains a urethane(meth)acrylate oligomer, a trifunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a dilution monomer. The dilution monomer contains a fluorine-based (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having three or more fluorine atoms and a monofunctional or difunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer in amounts of from 10 to 40 wt % and from 10 to 30 wt %, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicants: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORP., SONY CORP., SONY DISC $ DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Oguni, Kozaburo Hayashi, Satoshi Yanagida, Hidetoshi Watanabe, Naoki Okawa
  • Patent number: 6985429
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an optical recording medium including at least an information recording layer and a reflective film in which the reflective film is comprised of an AgCu alloy thin film containing Cu the content of which is greater than or equal to 3.0 [atomic %] and less than or equal to 6.5 [atomic %]. Thus, the optical recording medium can be made inexpensive and weather resistance of the optical recording medium can be improved, thereby making it possible to avoid characteristics of the optical recording medium from being deteriorated even after it has been stored for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Aratani, Shintaro Tanaka, Naoki Okawa