Patents by Inventor Noboru Kubo

Noboru Kubo 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).

  • Publication number: 20240139780
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning member includes: a first member including a first contact surface, wherein the first member is configured to clean or polish a main surface of a substrate by moving the first contact surface along the main surface while the first contact surface is in contact with the main surface; a second member including a second contact surface, wherein the second member is configured to clean the main surface by moving the second contact surface along the main surface while the second contact surface is in contact with the main surface; a lower-layer member configured to support the second member such that the second contact surface protrudes beyond the first contact surface in an axial direction in which the predetermined axis extends; and a base configured to support the first member, the second member and the lower-layer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kento KURUSU, Akihiro KUBO, Noboru NAKASHIMA, Yasunari KASAI
  • Patent number: 11849538
    Abstract: A terminal substrate includes a signal terminal disposed on a terminal surface of an insulation ceramic layer. An insulation resin layer of a flexible substrate includes a first surface facing the terminal surface, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface. A first signal pad disposed on the first surface is joined to the signal terminal. A first penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the first signal pad. A first signal line is disposed on the second surface. A second penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the first signal line. A second signal line is disposed on the first surface. A third penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the second signal line. A second signal pad is disposed on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC., NGK INSULATORS, LTD., Fujitsu Optical Components Limited
    Inventors: Noboru Kubo, Masato Ishizaki, Kento Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220151060
    Abstract: A terminal substrate includes a signal terminal disposed on a terminal surface of an insulation ceramic layer. An insulation resin layer of a flexible substrate includes a first surface facing the terminal surface, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface. A first signal pad disposed on the first surface is joined to the signal terminal. A first penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the first signal pad. A first signal line is disposed on the second surface. A second penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the first signal line. A second signal line is disposed on the first surface. A third penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the second signal line. A second signal pad is disposed on the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: NGK Electronics Devices, Inc., NGK Insulators, Ltd., Fujitsu Optical Components Limited
    Inventors: Noboru KUBO, Masato ISHIZAKI, Kento TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10790245
    Abstract: A highly reliable high-frequency ceramic board appropriately transmitting signals with high frequencies up to 50 GHz includes a flat ceramic substrate, a pair of ground lines bonded to a peripheral portion of a back surface of the ceramic substrate, a first lead pad electrode bonding the ground lines, at least one pair of signal lines between the ground lines, second lead pad electrodes attached where the signal lines are bonded, and a groove-like recess between the second lead pad electrodes. The pair of signal lines forms a differential transmission line. An interval LGS between a first edge of the first lead pad electrode and a second edge of a corresponding second lead pad electrode and an interval LSS between facing second edges satisfy LSS<2LGS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC., NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Kubo, Naoki Goto
  • Publication number: 20190148316
    Abstract: A highly reliable high-frequency ceramic board appropriately transmitting signals with high frequencies up to 50 GHz includes a flat ceramic substrate, a pair of ground lines bonded to a peripheral portion of a back surface of the ceramic substrate, a first lead pad electrode bonding the ground lines, at least one pair of signal lines between the ground lines, second lead pad electrodes attached where the signal lines are bonded, and a groove-like recess between the second lead pad electrodes. The pair of signal lines forms a differential transmission line. An interval LGS between a first edge of the first lead pad electrode and a second edge of a corresponding second lead pad electrode and an interval LSS between facing second edges satisfy LSS<2LGS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Noboru KUBO, Naoki GOTO
  • Patent number: 8640327
    Abstract: A pressure-loss adjusting-member installation tool having pressure-loss adjusting-member grippers that are configured to freely grip or release a pressure-loss adjusting member which is arranged at a position between a lower nozzle arranged at one end of a fuel assembly having a relatively small pressure-loss when a primary coolant flows and a lower core support plate, and which can cause the primary coolant to pass therethrough in a state with a pressure-loss being increased more than that of when the primary coolant passes through only core support plate flow holes formed on the lower core support plate; and a holding unit that holds the pressure-loss adjusting-member grippers in a same positional relationship as a relative positional relationship between the fuel assemblies arranged in plural on the lower core support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Noboru Kubo, Ryo Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20120014494
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To suppress problems due to a flow of a primary coolant while easily distributing a flow rate of the primary coolant to fuel assemblies. [Solution] A pressure-loss adjusting member 60 includes: a pressure-loss adjusting hole 62 that can cause light water to pass therethrough in a state with a pressure-loss being increased more than that of when light water flowing around the fuel assembly passes through only a core support plate flow hole formed in a lower core support plate; and a core support plate engaging unit 70 that can be engaged with the lower core support plate by being inserted into the core support plate flow hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Noboru Kubo, Ryo Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20110314664
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a pressure-loss adjusting-member installation tool that can install a number of pressure-loss adjusting members at desired positions easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Noboru Kubo, Ryo Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20110317799
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To easily distribute a flow rate of a primary coolant to fuel assemblies. [Solution] A pressure-loss adjusting member 60 includes: engagement holes 61 into which a plurality of fuel assembly guide pins 24 formed on a lower core support plate 22 can be inserted respectively, the engagement holes being formed in a same positional relationship as a relative positional relationship between positioning holes formed in plural in a lower nozzle; and a pressure-loss adjusting hole 62 that can cause light water flowing around a fuel assembly to pass therethrough in a state with a pressure-loss in the fuel assembly being increased more than that of when the light water passes through only lower core support plate flow holes 23 formed on the lower core support plate 22. Accordingly, the pressure-loss adjusting member 60 can be easily arranged on the lower core support plate 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Noboru Kubo, Ryo Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7676306
    Abstract: A vehicle behavior analysis system performs an analysis of vehicle operation by displaying behavior data in an organized and analyzed form. A vehicle behavior data collecting unit records information on the vehicle's driving as behavior data and an analysis unit analyzes a recorded content of the vehicle behavior data collecting unit. A recorded data unit obtaining part obtains the recorded data units recorded in a memory of the vehicle behavior data collecting unit and a displaying part displays the content concerning at least a predetermined item among the contents shown by obtained each recorded data unit in a form of a table sectioned for each recorded data units and arranged at a side of the analysis unit, and a risk degree calculated based on the content shown by each recorded data units is contained in the predetermined item displayed by the displaying part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignees: Japan Automobile Research Institute, Horiba, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Kubo, Tsuyoshi Katayama, Toshihiro Arai, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Sou Kitajima, Kazuki Yamaguchi, Shigenori Ryu, Masatomo Ishikura
  • Publication number: 20070173994
    Abstract: A vehicle behavior analysis system performs an analysis of vehicle operation by displaying behavior data in an organized and analyzed form. A vehicle behavior data collecting unit records information on the vehicle's driving as behavior data and an analysis unit analyzes a recorded content of the vehicle behavior data collecting unit. A recorded data unit obtaining part obtains the recorded data units recorded in a memory of the vehicle behavior data collecting unit and a displaying part displays the content concerning at least a predetermined item among the contents shown by obtained each recorded data unit in a form of a table sectioned for each recorded data units and arranged at a side of the analysis unit, and a risk degree calculated based on the content shown by each recorded data units is contained in the predetermined item displayed by the displaying part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Noboru Kubo, Tsuyoshi Katayama, Toshihiro Arai, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Sou Kitajima, Kazuki Yamaguchi, Shigenori Ryu, Masatomo Ishikura
  • Patent number: 7164439
    Abstract: A flicker correction apparatus for correcting a flicker component of an image signal obtained by imaging an object using an imaging device is provided. The apparatus comprises an image average calculation section for calculating an average of the image signal, a flicker frequency calculation section for calculating a flicker frequency, a flicker data extraction section for extracting flicker data using the average of the image signal and the flicker frequency, a flicker determination section for determining the presence or absence of a flicker phenomenon using the flicker data, a flicker correction amount calculation section for calculating a flicker correction amount using the flicker data, and a flicker correction section for removing the flicker component of the image data using the flicker correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuji Yoshida, Katsuji Kimura, Noboru Kubo, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Toshiyuki Kaya, Shinsuke Hamanaka, Eiji Ono, Isao Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 7106371
    Abstract: A pixel defect detector of the present invention is used for a solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of photoelectric transducers. The pixel defect detector includes: a calculation section for obtaining output characteristics of a subject photoelectric transducer for varied amounts of light incident thereupon so as to determine the presence/absence of a defect in the subject photoelectric transducer based on the output characteristics thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Kubo, Xiaomang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6947176
    Abstract: A method is provided for correcting lightness of an image using a multiscale retinex. Lightness of a subject pixel of an original image is corrected using a convolution operation of a surround function and surround pixels with respect to the subject pixel of the original image, and the convolution operation is performed over a plurality of scales. The surround function has a simplified model such that a value of the surround function is changed in a stepwise way along two axes orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Synthesis Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kubo, Xiaomang Zhang, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Akimasa Niwa
  • Patent number: 6885482
    Abstract: An image processing method includes the steps of: separating a luminance signal from a color signal of an original image, and multiscale retinex processing only the luminance signal; and producing an image based on the multiscale retinex processed luminance signal and the color signal of the original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Kubo, Xiaomang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6788822
    Abstract: A method for correcting lightness of an image includes the steps of: calculating a first scale and a second scale based on an image scale of an original image from image information of the original image; multiscale retinex processing the original image with respect to the first scale and the second scale; and synthesizing a result of the multiscale retinex processing with the image information of the original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Synthesis Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaomang Zhang, Noboru Kubo, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Akimasa Niwa
  • Patent number: 6765587
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a signal processing section for processing an image signal including a first signal and a second signal. The signal processing section processes the first signal and the second signal using different interpolation programs from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xiaomang Zhang, Yasuji Obuchi, Noboru Kubo
  • Publication number: 20030142239
    Abstract: A flicker correction apparatus for correcting a flicker component of an image signal obtained by imaging an object using an imaging device is provided. The apparatus comprises an image average calculation section for calculating an average of the image signal, a flicker frequency calculation section for calculating a flicker frequency, a flicker data extraction section for extracting flicker data using the average of the image signal and the flicker frequency, a flicker determination section for determining the presence or absence of a flicker phenomenon using the flicker data, a flicker correction amount calculation section for calculating a flicker correction amount using the flicker data, and a flicker correction section for removing the flicker component of the image data using the flicker correction amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Takuji Yoshida, Katsuji Kimura, Noboru Kubo, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Toshiyuki Kaya, Shinsuke Hamanaka, Eiji Ono, Isao Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 6445758
    Abstract: Within an upper plenum of a nuclear reactor, a portion of a heated coolant flows radially outward from a central portion of a core barrel (30) towards outlet nozzles (12) in a region of an upper core plate (21) extending outside of an outer periphery of the core along an inner wall of a core barrel (30). Portions of the coolant flows beneath the outlet nozzles (12). Thus, streams of heated coolant flowing in opposite directions may collide with each other. After collision, the flow directions of the heated coolant are changed to flow upward. Due to the collision, the coolant flow behavior becomes complicated and unstable, making it difficult to measure the temperature of the heated coolant with an outlet pipe (42) connected to the outlet nozzle (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, LTD
    Inventors: Hajime Izumi, Makoto Nakajima, Chikara Kurimura, Takehiko Tsutsui, Noboru Kubo, Mikio Kurihara, Toshio Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 6404902
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of imaging devices located at respective prescribed positions; at least one optical device for receiving light and projecting an image of the received light to the imaging devices; and an image processing section for processing respective images obtained by the imaging devices, wherein the imaging devices and the optical section form a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Misao Takano, Noboru Kubo, Seido Kawanaka, Tomoaki Sumita