Patents by Inventor Naoki Shimizu
Naoki Shimizu 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).
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Publication number: 20240097028Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type drift region formed in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, an n-type body region formed in the surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, a p-type drain region formed in a surface layer portion of the drift region, a p-type source region formed in a surface layer portion of the body region, a gate insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer, and a polysilicon gate formed on the gate insulating film, wherein a region extending from the source region to a side edge of the drift region is a channel region, and wherein the polysilicon gate includes a p-type first portion facing at least a portion of the channel region, and an n-type second portion facing at least a portion of the drift region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro TAMURA, Naoki IZUMI, Yusuke SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230344423Abstract: A semiconductor device including: an output element connected to a load and configured to perform switching to operate the load; a drive circuit configured to output a drive signal to thereby cause the output element to perform the switching; an external terminal configured to be connected to a constant current source that is external to the semiconductor device, and to receive a constant current from the constant current source; a temperature sensor connected to the external terminal, and configured to operate with the constant current, detect a temperature of the output element, and output a temperature detection value; a temperature state detection circuit configured to output a temperature state of the output element, based on a result of comparing the temperature detection value with a reference threshold; and an abnormal level notification circuit configured to send out a notification upon determining that the temperature state is at an abnormal level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoki SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230336170Abstract: A control apparatus is provided, comprising a protecting unit configured to perform, in response to short circuit occurring in a main switching device, protection operation to restrict current flowing through the main switching device, and a protection operation control unit configured to cause the protecting unit to continue the protection operation until power supply to a driving control unit for performing drive control of the main switching device according to a drive signal stops, wherein the protection operation control unit has a first retaining unit configured to retain information indicating that the protection operation is to be performed until a first cancellation condition is satisfied including that the short circuit has been eliminated and that the power supply has stopped, when the short circuit has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventor: Naoki SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230281854Abstract: The shape of an object is measured with high accuracy. A measurement system includes a frame recognition unit configured to detect one or more frames indicating a straight line portion from a captured image, a depth measurement unit configured to perform depth measurement, and a dimension estimation unit configured to calculate a length of a frame on a basis of the captured image and a result of the depth measurement. The measurement system may have a function of specifying a range in which a measurement target object is present from the captured image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Menglong YANG, Satomi TANABE, Satoshi TAKAHASHI, Naoki SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11623247Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a piezoelectric element, which allows for forming a columnar microstructure with a small width and a high aspect ratio. The method is intended to produce a piezoelectric element 102 including a three-dimensional structure group 20 having a plurality of the three-dimensional structures 21 and 321 formed in a plate-like or columnar shape with a width of 30 ?m or less and a height of 80 ?m or more. The production method includes a first process of fabricating a plurality of plate-like or columnar precursor shapes 82a on a bulk material 81 formed of a Pb-based piezoelectric material, and a second process of reducing the width of the precursor shapes 82a to a predetermined value using an etching liquid.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kazunari Tada, Naoki Shimizu
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Publication number: 20230094672Abstract: The present invention improves the accuracy of detection of a three-dimensional object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ayano MIYASHITA, Naoki SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11575080Abstract: A piezoelectric member including metal electrodes with improved adhesiveness to piezoelectric elements is to be provided. A piezoelectric member 102 includes a piezoelectric element 21, and a pair of electrodes 41, 42 respectively formed on a pair of opposing surfaces 21b, 21c of the piezoelectric element 21. The electrodes 41, 42 includes: a base film 41a that is formed on the opposing surfaces 21b, 21c of the piezoelectric element 21 and contains a thiol group; a metal adhesive film 41b formed on the base film 41a; and an electrode film 41c that is formed on the metal adhesive film 41b and is for applying voltage to the piezoelectric element 21. The metal adhesive film 41b is formed with a different material from the electrode film 41c, and has a thickness of 1 to 10 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Naoki Shimizu, Kazunari Tada
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Publication number: 20220390570Abstract: A first portion (110) and a second portion (120) of a casing (100) are separable obliquely from a second surface (122) side (upper side, that is, a positive direction side of a third direction (Z)) toward a first surface (112) side (lower side, that is, a negative direction side of the third direction (Z)) of the casing (100) with respect to the first surface (112) or the second surface (122) of the casing (100) from a first side surface (114) (window portion (130)) side (front side, that is, a positive direction side of a first direction (X)) toward an opposite side (fourth side surface 124 side) (rear side, that is, a negative direction side of the first direction (X)) to the first side surface (114) (window portion (130)).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Yohei NAGAHORI, Ryoya SATO, Naoki SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11482016Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a division line on a road from an image captured by a camera includes: a processing area setting unit to set a processing area to the image; a statistics calculation unit to calculate statistics of the image in the processing area; a threshold value setting unit to set a plurality of threshold values on the basis of the statistics; a division line feature point extraction unit to classify a plurality of pixels contained in the image on the basis of the white line threshold value and the road surface threshold value and extracts feature points of the division line on the basis of classification results of the plurality of pixels; and a division line decision unit configured to decide the division line on the basis of the feature points extracted by the division line feature point extraction unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kimiyoshi Machii, Takehito Ogata, Naoki Shimizu, Ayano Miyashita
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Patent number: 11373417Abstract: A section line recognition device is realized which can determine a line type of a section line in a road surface with high accuracy. In step 301, a feature amount is extracted from an image captured by each camera. This step corresponds to a process of a feature point extraction unit. In the next step 302, the extracted feature amount is transformed into bird's-eye view coordinates which is common coordinates. This step corresponds to a process of a coordinates transformation unit. Next, in step 303, a camera to be selected is determined. This step is a process of a camera determination unit. Next, in step 304, the state transition at the appearance position of the feature point on the bird's-eye view coordinates is determined using feature point coordinates of the camera selected in step 303. This step is a process of a state transition determination unit. Finally, in step 305, the line type is determined. This step is a process of a line type determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kimiyoshi Machii, Takehito Ogata, Junya Nakamura, Naoki Shimizu, Ayano Enomoto
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Patent number: 11315347Abstract: A solid object detection device includes an overhead view transformation processing unit transforming first and second photographed images photographed by a camera at different timings in travel of a vehicle into first and second overhead view images, respectively, a subtracted image generation unit generating a subtracted image between the first and second overhead view images whose photographing positions are aligned with each other, a solid object position specification unit specifying a position of a solid object present around the vehicle based on the subtracted image, and a masked subtracted image generation unit generating a masked subtracted image in which a region other than a solid object candidate region as a candidate where the solid object appears in the subtracted image is masked and the solid object position specification unit specifies a position of the solid object in the subtracted image based on the masked subtracted image.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayano Miyashita, Naoki Shimizu, Hiroaki Andou, Kengo Asaki
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Patent number: 11275956Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of enabling an accurate determination of line type using a plurality of cameras.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kimiyoshi Machii, Takehito Ogata, Junya Nakamura, Naoki Shimizu, Ayano Enomoto
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Patent number: 11081639Abstract: The present invention provides a piezoelectric element manufacturing method. The manufacturing method is a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric body composite in which a piezoelectric body configured from a Pb-based piezoelectric material and a resin are alternately arranged, and comprises a step of etching, using an etching liquid, a plurality of parallel piezoelectric body segments formed by dicing. The etching liquid comprises a liquid which contains 0.1 to 20 mass % of hexafluorosilicic acid.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kazunari Tada, Naoki Shimizu
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Publication number: 20210217049Abstract: A publicity-associated information processing device includes: an area setting unit configured to perform an area setting process of acquiring the number of subjects correlated with a section which is selected in a predetermined sequence on the basis of section subject number information correlated with the number of subjects to whom publicity is to be provided for each section acquired by dividing an area according to a predetermined division rule and setting an evaluation target area including the selected section in a stage in which an accumulated value of the acquired number of subjects satisfies predetermined area setting conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Naoki Shimizu, Shigeto Kasahara
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Publication number: 20210187550Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a piezoelectric element, which allows for forming a columnar microstructure with a small width and a high aspect ratio. The method is intended to produce a piezoelectric element 102 including a three-dimensional structure group 20 having a plurality of the three-dimensional structures 21 and 321 formed in a plate-like or columnar shape with a width of 30 ?m or less and a height of 80 ?m or more. The production method includes a first process of fabricating a plurality of plate-like or columnar precursor shapes 82a on a bulk material 81 formed of a Pb-based piezoelectric material, and a second process of reducing the width of the precursor shapes 82a to a predetermined value using an etching liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Kazunari TADA, Naoki Shimizu
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Patent number: 11017950Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body, an inner electrode, an outer electrode, and a connecting portion. The inner electrode is disposed inside the ceramic body. The end portion of the inner electrode extends to a surface of the ceramic body. The outer electrode is disposed on the surface of the ceramic body so as to cover the end portion of the inner electrode. The outer electrode includes a resin and a metal. The connecting portion is disposed so as to extend from an inside of the outer electrode to an inside of the ceramic body. In a portion of the surface of the ceramic body on which the outer electrode is disposed, the length of the connecting portion that extends in a direction in which the inner electrode is extends about 2.4 ?m or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota Zenzai, Hisayoshi Omori, Takashi Kanayama, Kiyoyasu Sakurada, Naoki Shimizu, Seiji Katsuta, Shinji Otani
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Patent number: 10990180Abstract: A tactile presentation device includes: a substrate that has a lower surface on which a vibration generation element is mounted, and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface; a first adhesive layer that is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate; a first elastic layer that is disposed on the first adhesive layer, and has a lower elastic modulus than an elastic modulus of the substrate; wherein the elastic modulus of the first elastic layer corresponding to a frequency of an ultrasonic band of the vibration generation element is equal to or more than 1 GPa.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Fumio Takei, Ayumu Akabane, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Naoki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10965119Abstract: Power cycle life of an intelligent power module that includes an IGBT is estimated by an abnormality detection circuit(s) while a chip temperature detection circuit or a case temperature detection circuit is outputting a chip overheating warning signal or a case overheating warning signal. Once the estimated power cycle life has reached a prescribed value, the abnormality detection circuit outputs an abnormality detection signal to forcedly and permanently stop operation of a driver circuit that drives an IGBT. The abnormality detection circuit may include a prescribed period calculation circuit that calculates the duration of the warning signal, a prescribed count calculation circuit that calculates the number of times the warning signal has been generated, and/or a cumulative time calculation circuit that calculates that the cumulative duration of periods in which the warning signal has been generated so as to estimate the power cycle life of the intelligent power module.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoki Shimizu
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Publication number: 20200410257Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a division line on a road from an image captured by a camera includes: a processing area setting unit to set a processing area to the image; a statistics calculation unit to calculate statistics of the image in the processing area; a threshold value setting unit to set a plurality of threshold values on the basis of the statistics; a division line feature point extraction unit to classify a plurality of pixels contained in the image on the basis of the white line threshold value and the road surface threshold value and extracts feature points of the division line on the basis of classification results of the plurality of pixels; and a division line decision unit configured to decide the division line on the basis of the feature points extracted by the division line feature point extraction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Kimiyoshi MACHII, Takehito OGATA, Naoki SHIMIZU, Ayano MIYASHITA
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Patent number: 10860109Abstract: A tactile presentation device includes: a substrate including a vibration plate and a terminal plate which are integrally formed; an actuator that is provided on the vibration plate, and generates a standing wave of ultrasonic vibration; a terminal that is provided on an end of the terminal plate, and electrically connects the actuator to an external; a fixing member that fixes the vibration plate to a support; and a vibration suppressor that is provided between the terminal and the fixing member, and suppresses the ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the vibration plate to the support.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Ayumu Akabane, Naoki Shimizu, Fumio Takei