Patents by Inventor Osamu Inoue

Osamu Inoue 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: 20150285627
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an overlay error measuring device which measures an overlay error with high accuracy even when a lower layer pattern is disposed under a thin film and a sufficient signal amount cannot be ensured. The present invention proposes an overlay error measuring device provided with an arithmetic processing unit for measuring a pattern formed on a sample on the basis of a signal waveform obtained by a charged particle beam device. The arithmetic processing unit finds a correlation with the signal waveform using a partial waveform obtained on the basis of partial extraction of the signal waveform, forms a correlation profile indicating the correlation, and measures an overlay error using the correlation profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Yamaguchi, Kei Sakai, Osamu Inoue, Kazuyuki Hirao, Osamu Komuro
  • Patent number: 9142733
    Abstract: A light source device is provided. The light source device comprises a semiconductor light-emitting element; and a wavelength conversion member for converting a wavelength of a light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element. The semiconductor light-emitting element has a light-emitting peak wavelength of not less than 380 nanometers and not more than 420 nanometers. The light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element has a light energy density of not less than 0.2 kW/cm2. The wavelength conversion member contains at least one fluorescent substance selected from the group consisting of a (Sr1-x,Bax)3MgSi2O8:Eu2+ (0?x?1) fluorescent substance, a (Y1-y,Gdy)3(Al1-z,Gaz)5O12:Ce3+ (0?y?1, 0?z?1) fluorescent substance, and an Eu3+-activated fluorescent substance. The light source device has a high output and a high light-emitting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Nagasaki, Takashi Ohbayashi, Osamu Inoue, Kojiro Okuyama, Mitsuru Nitta, Seigo Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20150218446
    Abstract: A red phosphor material comprising an essential component represented by a formula of ALn1-x-yEuxSmyM2O8 as a main component, where A represents at least one selected from Li, Na, and K; Ln represents at least one selected from La and Gd; M represents at least one selected from W and Mo; and x and y are numerical values that satisfy 0.1?x+y?0.7 and 0.005?y?0.08. A light-emitting device includes an excitation light source and the red phosphor material that absorbs excitation light emitted by the excitation light source and emits red light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: OSAMU INOUE, KOJIRO OKUYAMA, MITSURU NITTA, SEIGO SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20150218445
    Abstract: A red phosphor material includes an essential component represented by a formula of A2-2xRxEuySmzLnx-y-zM2O8 as a main component, where A represents at least one selected from Ca and Sr; R represents at least one selected from Li, Na, and K; Ln represents at least one selected from La, Gd, and Y; M represents at least one selected from W and Mo; and x, y, and z are numerical values that satisfy 0.2?x?0.7, 0.2?y+z?0.6, 0.005?z?0.04, and x?y?z?0. A light-emitting device includes an excitation light source and the red phosphor material that absorbs excitation light emitted by the excitation light source and emits red light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: OSAMU INOUE, KOJIRO OKUYAMA, MITSURU NITTA, SEIGO SHIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 9068117
    Abstract: A phosphor material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure contains a major component represented by the formula A2-v-w-x-yBvLnwEuxSmyM2-zDzO8, where A is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of alkaline-earth metal elements; B is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements; Ln is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements other than Eu and Sm; M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of W and Mo; D is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta; and v, w, x, y, and z satisfy the inequalities 0?v?0.5, 0.15?x+y?0.7, 0?y?0.05, and 0<z?1.7 and the equation w+x+y=v+z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Inoue, Kojiro Okuyama, Mitsuru Nitta, Seigo Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20150152327
    Abstract: A phosphor material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure contains a major component represented by the formula A2-v-w-x-yBvLnwEuxSmyM2-zDzO8, where A is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of alkaline-earth metal elements; B is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements; Ln is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements other than Eu and Sm; M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of W and Mo; D is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta; and v, w, x, y, and z satisfy the inequalities 0?v?0.5, 0.15?x+y?0.7, 0?y?0.05, and 0<z?1.7 and the equation w+x+y=v+z.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: OSAMU INOUE, KOJIRO OKUYAMA, MITSURU NITTA, SEIGO SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20150153010
    Abstract: An oxychloride phosphor of the present disclosure includes divalent Eu arranged as an augmenting agent, at part of locations. The locations correspond to site of at least two kinds of predetermined substances included in a host crystal. A rate of the number of the divalent Eu with respect to the sum of the number of moles of the predetermined substance and the number of moles of the divalent Eu is less than 2%. When the predetermined substance is represented by A, the oxychloride phosphor is represented by a general formula of xAO.yEuO.SiO2.zCl. In this formula, A represents Sr and Ca, or Sr, Ca, and Mg, y indicates a value of not less than 0.002 and not more than 0.02, x+y indicates a value of more than 1.00 and not more than 1.30, and z indicates a value of not less than 0.20 and not more than 0.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: KOJIRO OKUYAMA, MITSURU NITTA, OSAMU INOUE, SEIGO SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20150060916
    Abstract: A light source device is provided. The light source device comprises a semiconductor light-emitting element; and a wavelength conversion member for converting a wavelength of a light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element. The semiconductor light-emitting element has a light-emitting peak wavelength of not less than 380 nanometers and not more than 420 nanometers. The light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element has a light energy density of not less than 0.2 kW/cm2. The wavelength conversion member contains at least one fluorescent substance selected from the group consisting of a (Sr1-x,Bax)3MgSi2O8:Eu2+ (0?x?1) fluorescent substance, a (Y1-y,Gdy)3(Al1-z,Gaz)5O12:Ce3+ (0?y<1, 0?z<1) fluorescent substance, and an Eu3+-activated fluorescent substance. The light source device has a high output and a high light-emitting efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: YOSHIHISA NAGASAKI, TAKASHI OHBAYASHI, OSAMU INOUE, KOJIRO OKUYAMA, MITSURU NITTA, SEIGO SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20150055358
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oxynitride silicate fluorescent substance capable of output a light having a high luminance even when irradiated by an exciting light having a high energy density. The present invention is a yellow fluorescent substance represented by a chemical formula (Ba1-x-y-z,Srx)aSibOcNd:Eu2+y,Y3+z (0.9?a?1.1, 1.9?b?2.1, 1.9?c?2.1, 1.9?d?2.1, 0?x?1, 0<y<0.01, and 0?z<0.01).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: MITSURU NITTA, SEIGO SHIRAISHI, OSAMU INOUE, KOJIRO OKUYAMA, YOSHIHISA NAGASAKI, TAKASHI OHBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140341461
    Abstract: Image processing apparatus includes: interpolation process image acquisition means for acquiring an interpolation process image of prescribed size which includes an interpolation point of an inputted image; Fourier transform means for subjecting the interpolation process image which is acquired with the interpolation process image acquisition means to Fourier transform; phase change means for changing, a phase of each value of the transformed interpolation process image which has been subjected to Fourier transform by the Fourier transform means, such that the interpolation point migrates to a desired nearby integer coordinate position; inverse Fourier transform means for subjecting the interpolation process image whose phase has been changed by the phase change means, to inverse Fourier transform; interpolation value determination means for adopting an interpolation point, a value of a pixel at the integer coordinate position, from the transformed interpolation process image subjected to inverse Fourier tran
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Taguchi, Mitsuji Ikeda, Yuichi Abe, Osamu Inoue, Takahiro Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 8845929
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zinc oxide-based ultraviolet light emitting material showing intense emission in the ultraviolet region. The present invention is an ultraviolet light emitting material containing: zinc and oxygen as main components; at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium, and indium, as a first sub-component; and phosphorus as a second sub-component. This material has n-type conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Inoue, Hiroshi Asano, Masahiro Sakai, Mikihiko Nishitani, Masumi Izuchi
  • Publication number: 20140285997
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a (Ba1?z,Srz)3MgSi2O8:Eu2+ based phosphor with high emission quantum efficiency. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a blue light emitting phosphor including: a (Ba1?z,Srz)3MgSi2O8 based crystal where z satisfies 0?z<1 and a (Ba1?z,Srz)MgSiO4 based crystal where z satisfies 0?z<1 as a host crystal; and Eu2+ as a luminescent center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Mitsuru NITTA, Seigo SHIRAISHI, Osamu INOUE, Kojiro OKUYAMA, Yoshihisa NAGASAKI, Takashi OHBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8823187
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip, a first insulating layer formed to cover the semiconductor chip, a wiring structure formed on the first insulating layer. The wiring structure has an alternately layered configuration including wiring layers electrically connected to the semiconductor chip and interlayer insulating layers each located between one of the wiring layers and another. The interlayer insulating layers include an outermost interlayer insulating layer located farthest from a surface of the first insulating layer. A groove formed in the outermost interlayer insulating layer passes through the outermost interlayer insulating layer in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Shimizu, Akio Rokugawa, Osamu Inoue
  • Patent number: 8778228
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of producing an ultraviolet light emitting phosphor material. This method includes a step of heat-treating a composition containing zinc and oxygen as main components and at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium and indium as a sub-component, in the presence of at least two coexisting substances selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, gallium oxide and phosphorus oxide under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Inoue, Hiroshi Asano, Yusuke Fukui
  • Patent number: 8735816
    Abstract: A standard member for automatically, stably, and highly accurately performing magnification calibration used in an electron microscope, the standard member including, on the same plane, a multilayer film cross section formed by alternately laminating materials different from each other, a plurality of first mark patterns arranged across a first silicon layer and in parallel to the multilayer film cross section, at least a pair of second mark patterns arranged across a second silicon layer thicker than the first silicon layer on the opposite side of the first mark patterns with respect to the multilayer film cross section and in parallel to the multilayer film cross section, and a silicon layer arranged on the outer side of the first mark patterns and the second mark patterns with respect to the multilayer film cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nakayama, Takashi Tase, Jiro Yamamoto, Osamu Inoue
  • Patent number: 8619290
    Abstract: A printer includes a communicating unit that receives a print job being a unit of execution of a printing process of a first printing protocol and a second printing protocol. The first printing protocol contains a series of process instructions and print data that allow the printing process to be performed from an interrupted point when the printing process is resumed after being interrupted. The printer also includes a print processing unit that performs the printing process by executing the print job, and a priority processing unit that preferentially selects a print job of the first printing protocol related to the interrupted printing process when receiving a print job of the first printing protocol related to the interrupted printing process and a print job of the second printing protocol after the printing process of the print job of the first printing protocol is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hozumi Yonezawa, Masaaki Igarashi, Hiroshi Gotoh, Takeshi Yoshizumi, Osamu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130299699
    Abstract: A standard member for automatically, stably, and highly accurately performing magnification calibration used in an electron microscope, the standard member including, on the same plane, a multilayer film cross section formed by alternately laminating materials different from each other, a plurality of first mark patterns arranged across a first silicon layer and in parallel to the multilayer film cross section, at least a pair of second mark patterns arranged across a second silicon layer thicker than the first silicon layer on the opposite side of the first mark patterns with respect to the multilayer film cross section and in parallel to the multilayer film cross section, and a silicon layer arranged on the outer side of the first mark patterns and the second mark patterns with respect to the multilayer film cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nakayama, Takashi Tase, Jiro Yamamoto, Osamu Inoue
  • Patent number: 8514436
    Abstract: A printer includes a first receiving unit that receives a print job containing a printing requirement, where the printing requirement is set as either an indispensable requirement that is indispensable for executing the print job or a desired requirement that is desirable for executing the print job; a second receiving unit that receives, from each of external image forming apparatuses connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, a printability level indicating whether the external image forming apparatus has a printing function satisfying the indispensable requirement or a printing function satisfying the desired requirement; a selecting unit that selects an image forming apparatus that executes the print job from the external image forming apparatuses by checking the printability level; and a print-operation control unit that sends the print job to the selected image forming apparatus and causes the selected image forming apparatus to execute the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Igarashi, Hozumi Yonezawa, Hiroshi Gotoh, Takeshi Yoshizumi, Osamu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130177357
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention is a preliminary construction method of an in-plant trench of a nuclear power plant, the method. The method includes: constructing a plurality of buildings for generating an atomic energy; constructing a trench between the buildings via a platform configured to adjust a level of the trench with an installation level of the trench; and backfilling an area between a ground and the trench, after the construction of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yutaka HASHIMOTO, Osamu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130161561
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of producing an ultraviolet light emitting phosphor material. This method includes a step of heat-treating a composition containing zinc and oxygen as main components and at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium and indium as a sub-component, in the presence of at least two coexisting substances selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, gallium oxide and phosphorus oxide under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Inoue, Hiroshi Asano, Yusuke Fukui