Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Sugii

Nobuyuki Sugii 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: 20230160593
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to control an environment such that both external constraints and human comfort are unconsciously and easily achieved. A behavioral change promoting device according to the invention is connected to a control target device configured to act on an environment of a human, an operation unit configured to receive an operation performed on the control target device by the human, and a sensor configured to acquire a control target measurement value in the environment. The behavioral change promoting device includes: a change speed control unit configured to determine, based on the received operation, a change speed at which the control target measurement value is changed in a non-comfort direction of the human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OOTA, Nobuyuki SUGII, Masaaki FUJIMORI, Tomoyuki OKU
  • Patent number: 11653882
    Abstract: A sensor data correction system, includes: a standard motion mechanism unit for performing a standard motion of a wearable sensor; a determination unit calculating a relationship between first sensor data that is sensed by a first wearable sensor provided with the standard motion mechanism unit and second sensor data that is sensed by a second wearable sensor provided with the standard motion mechanism unit; and a correction unit correcting the first sensor data or the second sensor data, on the basis of the relationship that is calculated by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Wakisaka, Nobuyuki Sugii, Noriyuki Haga, Tetsuya Ishimaru, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11508018
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: a wearable sensor that is worn by a worker, the wearable sensor having a sensor that receives sensor data from a sensing object, and a transmitter that transmits to a terminal the sensor data received by the sensor; and a computer that determines operation content for the worker on the basis of the sensor data received from the wearable sensor, and outputs the result of the determination to a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Noriyuki Haga, Masayoshi Ishibashi, Nobuyuki Sugii
  • Publication number: 20220342480
    Abstract: A pressure sensor device, a method for manufacturing the pressure sensor device, and a work management system mitigating a degree of a false detection is presented. The pressure sensor device detecting pressure includes a flexible substrate base material having flexibility; a comb-teeth shape electrode having an exposed metal surface formed in a predetermined area on the flexible substrate base material; and a pressure-sensitive material that is provided on the comb-teeth shape electrode, varies in a resistance value depending on an amount of a load, and has a curvature in a static state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ryohei MATSUI, Ryotaro KAWAHARA, Tetsufumi KAWAMURA, Nobuyuki SUGII, Naoko USHIO, Hiroyuki YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220301618
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device which can be stably operated while achieving a reduction of the power consumption. A semiconductor device includes a CPU, a system controller which designates an operation speed of the CPU, P-type SOTB transistors, and N-type SOTB transistors. The semiconductor device is provided with an SRAM which is connected to the CPU, and a substrate bias circuit which is connected to the system controller and is capable of supplying substrate bias voltages to the P-type SOTB transistors and the N-type SOTB transistors. Here, when the system controller designates a low speed mode to operate the CPU at a low speed, the substrate bias circuit supplies the substrate bias voltages to the P-type SOTB transistors and the N-type SOTB transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shiro KAMOHARA, Yasushi YAMAGATA, Takumi HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUGII
  • Publication number: 20220207978
    Abstract: A work detection determination system performs detection determination on a work with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya ISHIMARU, Hiroyuki YOSHIMOTO, Yoshihiro WAKISAKA, Nobuyuki SUGII
  • Patent number: 11373700
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device which can be stably operated while achieving a reduction of the power consumption. A semiconductor device includes a CPU, a system controller which designates an operation speed of the CPU, P-type SOTB transistors, and N-type SOTB transistors. The semiconductor device is provided with an SRAM which is connected to the CPU, and a substrate bias circuit which is connected to the system controller and is capable of supplying substrate bias voltages to the P-type SOTB transistors and the N-type SOTB transistors. Here, when the system controller designates a low speed mode to operate the CPU at a low speed, the substrate bias circuit supplies the substrate bias voltages to the P-type SOTB transistors and the N-type SOTB transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Kamohara, Yasushi Yamagata, Takumi Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Sugii
  • Publication number: 20210404895
    Abstract: Provided is a digitalization system capable of digitalizing the skills of delicate work. This digitalization system comprises a first sensor mounted on a work tool and which detects a deformation of the work tool when the work tool is pressed against a work target, a second sensor which detects a force applied to the work target or a force applied to the work tool when the work tool is pressed against the work target, and a computer which calculates an angle of a corner formed with the work tool and the work target based on sensor values acquired with the first sensor, and calculates a force applied to the work target when the work tool is pressed against the work target based on sensor values acquired with the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YOSHIMOTO, Ryotaro KAWAHARA, Ryohei MATSUI, Nobuyuki SUGII, Tsuneya KURIHARA, Hirohiko SAGAWA, Naoko USHIO, Motoki TAJIMA, Shingo KIRITA
  • Patent number: 11156650
    Abstract: One preferable aspect of the present invention is a state detecting system which detects a state of a machine device based on a detection signal from a detecting element provided to the machine device, and is the state detecting system which includes a non-normal time rate detecting unit which detects a rate or a value as a non-normal time rate, the rate being a rate of an integration value of a time during which an amplitude of the detection signal exceeds a predetermined normal amplitude within a predetermined time, and the value being physically equivalent to the rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Matsui, Nobuyuki Sugii, Tetsufumi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20210056646
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: a wearable sensor that is worn by a worker, the wearable sensor having a sensor that receives sensor data from a sensing object, and a transmitter that transmits to a terminal the sensor data received by the sensor; and a computer that determines operation content for the worker on the basis of the sensor data received from the wearable sensor, and outputs the result of the determination to a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YOSHIMOTO, Noriyuki HAGA, Masayoshi ISHIBASHI, Nobuyuki SUGII
  • Publication number: 20210000425
    Abstract: A sensor data correction system, includes: a standard motion mechanism unit for performing a standard motion of a wearable sensor; a determination unit calculating a relationship between first sensor data that is sensed by a first wearable sensor provided with the standard motion mechanism unit and second sensor data that is sensed by a second wearable sensor provided with the standard motion mechanism unit; and a correction unit correcting the first sensor data or the second sensor data, on the basis of the relationship that is calculated by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihiro WAKISAKA, Nobuyuki SUGII, Noriyuki HAGA, Tetsuya ISHIMARU, Hiroyuki YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200126447
    Abstract: An operation motion is accurately determined in an operational information management system. The system includes a motion verification portion that combines and verifies plurality of pieces of sensor information and recognizes a specific body motion, a signal determination portion that determines whether an operation content of an operator is correctly performed based on the body motion recognized by the motion verification portion, and a report portion that reports a determine result of the signal determination portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YOSHIMOTO, Tetsuya ISHIMARU, Nobuyuki SUGII, Yoshihiro WAKISAKA, Noriyuki HAGA
  • Patent number: 10605824
    Abstract: For the purpose of shortening the MEMS manufacturing TAT, the MEMS manufacturing method according to the present invention includes a step of extracting the first MEMS with first characteristic in a range approximate to the required characteristic from the plurality of MEMS preliminarily prepared on the main surface of the substrate, and a step of forming a second MEMS having the required characteristic by directly processing the first MEMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Machida, Nobuyuki Sugii, Keiji Watanabe, Daisuke Ryuzaki, Tetsufumi Kawamura, Kazuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200033390
    Abstract: One preferable aspect of the present invention is a state detecting system which detects a state of a machine device based on a detection signal from a detecting element provided to the machine device, and is the state detecting system which includes a non-normal time rate detecting unit which detects a rate or a value as a non-normal time rate, the rate being a rate of an integration value of a time during which an amplitude of the detection signal exceeds a predetermined normal amplitude within a predetermined time, and the value being physically equivalent to the rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ryohei MATSUI, Nobuyuki SUGII, Tetsufumi KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10410826
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a technique for reducing the time from the start of fabrication of a prototype structure to the completion of fabrication of a real structure. A device processing method includes steps of: fabricating a first structure using an ion beam under a first condition in a first region on a substrate; measuring a size of the first structure which is fabricated; comparing the measurement result with design data; determining a second condition from the comparison result; and fabricating a second structure using the ion beam under the second condition in a second region on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsufumi Kawamura, Misuzu Sagawa, Kazuki Watanabe, Keiji Watanabe, Shuntaro Machida, Nobuyuki Sugii, Daisuke Ryuzaki
  • Publication number: 20190244659
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device which can be stably operated while achieving a reduction of the power consumption. A semiconductor device includes a CPU, a system controller which designates an operation speed of the CPU, P-type SOTB transistors, and N-type SOTB transistors. The semiconductor device is provided with an SRAM which is connected to the CPU, and a substrate bias circuit which is connected to the system controller and is capable of supplying substrate bias voltages to the P-type SOTB transistors and the N-type SOTB transistors. Here, when the system controller designates a low speed mode to operate the CPU at a low speed, the substrate bias circuit supplies the substrate bias voltages to the P-type SOTB transistors and the N-type SOTB transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Shiro KAMOHARA, Yasushi YAMAGATA, Takumi HASEGAWA, Nobuyuki SUGII
  • Patent number: 10336609
    Abstract: First, an ion beam is applied to a workpiece to form a tapered hole the side wall of which is inclined. Next, the application of the ion beam is stopped, and then a material gas is introduced from the gas source to the upper surface of the workpiece from an oblique direction to cause gas molecules to be adsorbed to the upper surface of the workpiece and to the upper portion of the side wall of the hole. Next, introduction of the material gas is stopped, and then the ion beam is applied again to the region of the workpiece where the hole is formed. As a result, at the upper portion of the side wall of the hole, film formation occurs using the gas molecules as the material adsorbed to the side wall of the hole, and, at the bottom portion of the hole, etching of the workpiece occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Watanabe, Shuntaro Machida, Katsuya Miura, Aki Takei, Tetsufumi Kawamura, Nobuyuki Sugii, Daisuke Ryuzaki
  • Patent number: 10311943
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device which can be stably operated while achieving a reduction of the power consumption. A semiconductor device includes a CPU, a system controller which designates an operation speed of the CPU, P-type SOTB transistors, and N-type SOTB transistors. The semiconductor device is provided with an SRAM which is connected to the CPU, and a substrate bias circuit which is connected to the system controller and is capable of supplying substrate bias voltages to the P-type SOTB transistors and the N-type SOTB transistors. Here, when the system controller designates a low speed mode to operate the CPU at a low speed, the substrate bias circuit supplies the substrate bias voltages to the P-type SOTB transistors and the N-type SOTB transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Kamohara, Yasushi Yamagata, Takumi Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Sugii
  • Patent number: 10203688
    Abstract: A manufacturing device inputs design information including three-dimensional structure data, generates a manufacturing process flow, and displays the manufacturing process flow on a screen for a user to check, modify, and confirm the flow based on design information and setting information. A process method includes a first process method of a direct modeling method having an FIB method and a second process method of a semiconductor manufacturing process method which is a non-FIB method. The manufacturing device generates a plurality of manufacturing process flows by a combination of cases where each of the process methods is applied to each of the regions of the three-dimensional data. The manufacturing process flow includes a process device, the process method, a control parameter value, a process time, and a total process time for each of process steps. An output unit outputs a manufacturing process flow having, for example, the shortest total process time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Sugii, Tomonori Sekiguchi, Shuntaro Machida, Tetsufumi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20190013179
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a technique for reducing the time from the start of fabrication of a prototype structure to the completion of fabrication of a real structure. A device processing method includes steps of: fabricating a first structure using an ion beam under a first condition in a first region on a substrate; measuring a size of the first structure which is fabricated; comparing the measurement result with design data; determining a second condition from the comparison result; and fabricating a second structure using the ion beam under the second condition in a second region on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsufumi KAWAMURA, Misuzu SAGAWA, Kazuki WATANABE, Keiji WATANABE, Shuntaro MACHIDA, Nobuyuki SUGII, Daisuke RYUZAKI