Patents by Inventor Osamu Yamamoto

Osamu Yamamoto 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: 11967060
    Abstract: A wafer map is classified using the machine learning based model and a signature on the wafer map. The machine learning based model uses transfer learning. The machine learning based model can be trained using images from various sources that are extracted and augmented and their features extracted. These extracted features can be classified into defects that occur during semiconductor manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KLA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Narayani Narasimhan, Alán Dávila, P. Jithendra Kumar Reddy, Ski Sim, Osamu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11930309
    Abstract: A photonics-electronics convergence switch with which, even if an optical network system is built by combining a plurality of packet switches, the amount of processing in the packet switches does not increase, the optical network system operates with low electric power consumption, and this enables wide-range optical communication between the nodes of a communication origin and of a communication partner, includes a network processor that is an electronic circuit configured to control the functions of the packet switch, a plurality of optical transmitter-receivers having photoelectric conversion functions, and a plurality of optical switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Yamaguchi, Osamu Moriwaki, Shunichi Soma, Kenya Suzuki, Seiki Kuwabara, Tetsuro Inui, Shuto Yamamoto, Seiji Okamoto, Hideki Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20230309587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to technical means for producing a dried buckwheat noodle which is excellent in flavor and texture and can be produced stably. More specifically, the present invention provides: processed buckwheat flour, wherein a degree of pregelatinization of starch is 70% or more, and wherein, in gel filtration chromatography analysis of a water extract of the processed buckwheat flour, a proportion of a peak area (A) for a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 10 to 5,000 with respect to the total peak area (A/total peak area×100) is 20% or more; a dried buckwheat noodle wherein the processed buckwheat flour is used as a raw material; and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Osamu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230283738
    Abstract: A lighting device (23) irradiates a web under conveyance with light. The lighting device includes a light source (43), and an irradiation port (61) configured to open linearly in a widthwise direction of the web at an end portion facing the web. The irradiation port (61) is formed between first and second parallel portions (62b, 63b) where a first plate member (62) and a second plate member (63) parallelly face each other. The web under conveyance is irradiated with linear light. It is possible to provide a lighting device capable of irradiating only an inspection region of a sheet or a web with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke TSUMURA, Takeshi CHIBA, Osamu YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11677893
    Abstract: A lighting device (23) irradiates a web under conveyance with light. The lighting device includes a light source (43), and an irradiation port (61) configured to open linearly in a widthwise direction of the web at an end portion facing the web. The irradiation port (61) is formed between first and second parallel portions (62b, 63b) where a first plate member (62) and a second plate member (63) parallelly face each other. The web under conveyance is irradiated with linear light. It is possible to provide a lighting device capable of irradiating only an inspection region of a sheet or a web with light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KOMORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Tsumura, Takeshi Chiba, Osamu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11658388
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a storage chassis, an electronic component, an antenna circuit, and a proximity sensor circuit. A pair of main faces facing each other in the thickness direction and end faces of the storage chassis define a storage space. The electronic component is disposed in the storage space. The antenna circuit is disposed in the storage space so that at least a part of the antenna circuit overlaps the electronic component when viewed in the thickness direction. The proximity sensor circuit is connected to the antenna circuit, and detects proximity of an object based on a physical quantity that changes according to proximity of the object. The antenna circuit includes a substrate, an antenna element, and an antenna ground. The proximity sensor circuit is located in an end space defined between the electronic component and the end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Kenji Watamura, Yuichi Onda, Masaharu Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20230014347
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for producing a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) or fluoroolefin (FO), which is a target compound, with high selectivity, without requiring a high temperature and a catalyst in a synthesis process of the target compound. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a hydrofluoroolefin or fluoroolefin having two, three, or four carbon atoms, comprising irradiating at least one starting material compound selected from the group consisting of hydrofluorocarbons having one or two carbon atoms and hydrofluoroolefin As having two or three carbon atoms with ionizing radiation and/or an ultraviolet ray having a wavelength of 300 nm or less, with the proviso that when the at least one starting material compound is the hydrofluoroolefin A, the resulting hydrofluoroolefin is different from the hydrofluoroolefin A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuuta HASUMOTO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Osamu YAMAMOTO, Hideki NAKAYA, Masao NOUMI, Kazuyuki SATOU, Kohei YAMANOI, Akihiro OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11548250
    Abstract: A tire is formed by disposing a cylindrical band member on a forming drum and outer circumferential sides of side portions disposed on both sides of the forming drum in a drum axial direction; expanding in diameter the forming drum and moving the side portions closer together in the drum axial direction; making step portions formed in the band member conform to side surfaces of the forming drum; moving bead members toward the step portions and compression-bonding the bead members to the band member on the side surfaces of the forming drum; and using a turn-up mechanism to wrap the bead members by turning up both end portions of the band member in the drum axial direction to form an intermediate green tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11542216
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z) efficiently. The method is a method for producing HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z), comprising supplying a composition containing HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z) to a reactor, and performing an isomerization reaction between HFO-1132(E) and HFO-1132(Z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Takakuwa, Osamu Yamamoto, Daisuke Karube
  • Patent number: 11465955
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a reaction gas containing R-1132(E) with selectivity higher than that of known methods. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a reaction gas containing (E)-1,2-difluoroethylene (R-1132(E)), (1) the method comprising a step of subjecting a starting material gas containing one or more fluoromethanes selected from the group consisting of chlorodifluoromethane (R-22), difluoromethane (R-32), and fluoromethane (R-41) to a reaction that involves thermal decomposition to obtain the reaction gas, and (2) the starting material gas having a water vapor content of 1 volume % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Takakuwa, Osamu Yamamoto, Katsuki Fujiwara, Kei Kuramoto, Yuuta Hasumoto
  • Publication number: 20220294097
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a storage chassis, an electronic component, an antenna circuit, and a proximity sensor circuit. A pair of main faces facing each other in the thickness direction and end faces of the storage chassis define a storage space. The electronic component is disposed in the storage space. The antenna circuit is disposed in the storage space so that at least a part of the antenna circuit overlaps the electronic component when viewed in the thickness direction. The proximity sensor circuit is connected to the antenna circuit, and detects proximity of an object based on a physical quantity that changes according to proximity of the object. The antenna circuit includes a substrate, an antenna element, and an antenna ground. The proximity sensor circuit is located in an end space defined between the electronic component and the end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Kenji Watamura, Yuichi Onda, Masaharu Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20220280686
    Abstract: Provided is a bone regenerative agent which can repair a bone defect site with preventing from remaining at the bone defect site. The bone regenerative agent comprises zinc subcarbonate containing hydrozincite. It is preferred that the zinc subcarbonate has a Zn2+ ion elution amount of 0.1 ppm by mass or more after an elution test and also has a pH value of 7.2 or more and less than 8.3 after an elution test. It is preferred that some carbonate ions in the hydrozincite are substituted by sulfate ions or chloride ions. It is preferred that the bone regenerative agent is applied to a bone defect site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: JFE MINERAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Nakata, Etsurou Udagawa, Osamu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11390050
    Abstract: A sheet drying device and method, and a box making machine, wherein provided are: a heating lamp (111) that is disposed facing a printing face of a cardboard sheet (S); a voltage adjusting unit (122) that adjusts the voltage of electrical power supplied to the heating lamp (111); a voltage setting unit (121) that sets the working voltage of the heating lamp (111) by increasing or decreasing a reference voltage according to the thickness of a water-based paint on the cardboard sheet (S), where the reference voltage is a voltage that is less than the rated voltage of the heating lamp (111) by a preset prescribed value; and a controlling device (101) that changes the voltage of the heating lamp (111) to the working voltage set by the voltage setting unit (121) using the voltage adjusting unit (122).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Aoki, Kengo Yamaguchi, Osamu Yamamoto, Kazuya Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220089512
    Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently obtaining HFC-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z). The method includes supplying a composition containing HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z) to a reactor to perform isomerization between HFO-1132(E) and HFO-1132(Z) by irradiating the composition with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Osamu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220067911
    Abstract: A wafer map is classified using the machine learning based model and a signature on the wafer map. The machine learning based model uses transfer learning. The machine learning based model can be trained using images from various sources that are extracted and augmented and their features extracted. These extracted features can be classified into defects that occur during semiconductor manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Narayani Narasimhan, Alán Dávila, P. Jithendra Kumar Reddy, Ski Sim, Osamu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220038605
    Abstract: A lighting device (23) irradiates a web under conveyance with light. The lighting device includes a light source (43), and an irradiation port (61) configured to open linearly in a widthwise direction of the web at an end portion facing the web. The irradiation port (61) is formed between first and second parallel portions (62b, 63b) where a first plate member (62) and a second plate member (63) parallelly face each other. The web under conveyance is irradiated with linear light. It is possible to provide a lighting device capable of irradiating only an inspection region of a sheet or a web with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke TSUMURA, Takeshi CHIBA, Osamu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210403399
    Abstract: Provided is a method for obtaining HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z) efficiently. The method is a method for producing HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z), comprising supplying a composition containing HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z) to a reactor, and performing an isomerization reaction between HFO-1132(E) and HFO-1132(Z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Osamu YAMAMOTO, Daisuke KARUBE
  • Patent number: 11186058
    Abstract: An analysis device and an analysis method for a preparatory work time in a paper converting machine, includes an operator position detection device configured to detect a working position of an operator in the preparatory work time of a box making machine, an action diagram creation unit configured to create an action diagram of the operator based on the detection result of the operator position detection device, a work content item table creation unit configured to create a work content item table indicating a work content in the preparatory work time for each item based on operation processing data and operation data of the box making machine, and an operation process improvement item selection unit configured to select an improvement item of an operation process in the preparatory work time based on a creation result of the action diagram creation unit and the work content item table creation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunari Suzuki, Masayoshi Tanchi, Makoto Shimohatsubo, Osamu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11155507
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a reaction gas containing R-1132(E) with selectivity higher than that of known methods. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a reaction gas containing (E)-1,2-difluoroethylene (R-1132(E)), (1) the method comprising a step of subjecting a starting material gas containing one or more fluoromethanes selected from the group consisting of chlorodifluoromethane (R-22), difluoromethane (R-32), and fluoromethane (R-41) to a reaction that involves thermal decomposition to obtain the reaction gas, and (2) the starting material gas having a water vapor content of 1 volume % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Takakuwa, Osamu Yamamoto, Katsuki Fujiwara, Kei Kuramoto, Yuuta Hasumoto
  • Patent number: 11124468
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a reaction gas containing R-1132(E) with selectivity higher than that of known methods. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a reaction gas containing (E)-1,2-difluoroethylene (R-1132(E)), (1) the method comprising a step of subjecting a starting material gas containing one or more fluoromethanes selected from the group consisting of chlorodifluoromethane (R-22), difluoromethane (R-32), and fluoromethane (R-41) to a reaction that involves thermal decomposition to obtain the reaction gas, and (2) the starting material gas having a water vapor content of 1 volume % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Takakuwa, Osamu Yamamoto, Katsuki Fujiwara, Kei Kuramoto, Yuuta Hasumoto