Patents by Inventor Satoshi Teramoto

Satoshi Teramoto 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: 20240085813
    Abstract: A cleaning method of cleaning a solution treatment apparatus for applying a coating solution onto a substrate, the solution treatment apparatus including a holder holding and rotating the substrate; a coating solution supplier; and an inner cup surrounding the holder from a lateral side and having a peripheral edge side upper surface inclining down outward in a radial direction. The cleaning method includes introducing the cleaning solution to the storage chamber via the introduction hole, discharging the cleaning solution from the discharge port and making the cleaning solution flow down along the peripheral edge side upper surface of the inner cup, thereby cleaning away the coating solution adhering to the peripheral edge side upper surface. The discharging in the cleaning discharges the cleaning solution from discharge ports of the inner cup outward in the radial direction and obliquely upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta SHIBASAKI, Hiroichi INADA, Satoshi SHIMMURA, Koji TAKAYANAGI, Kenji YADA, Shinichi SEKI, Akihiro TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10627365
    Abstract: A sensor control apparatus for a gas sensor which detects a particular gas component contained in a gas under measurement. In the case where humidity detection is performed using an electromotive-force-type gas sensor, a sensor control apparatus changes a target voltage of an electromotive force cell to a second target voltage for humidity detection and then to a third target voltage which is lower than a first target voltage which is a target voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component. In the case where humidity detection is performed using a limiting-current-type gas sensor, the sensor control apparatus changes the voltage applied to a pump cell to a second application voltage for humidity detection and then to a third application voltage which is lower than a first application voltage which is an application voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dai Nishijima, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 10545551
    Abstract: A communication device for starting power supply before establishment of a link is provided. A device to be connected to a source device or a sink device includes a device information presenting unit for presenting device information on power supply of the device. The device information presenting unit presents a device type (no need power device, need power device, and provide power device). At the time when the device is connected to an MHL connector of the source device or the sink device, even when the link is not established, the source device or the sink device reads information from the device information presenting unit and appropriately starts to supply and demand electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 10509009
    Abstract: A sensor control apparatus for a gas sensor which detects a particular gas component contained in a gas under measurement. In the case where humidity detection is performed using an electromotive-force-type gas sensor, a sensor control apparatus changes a target voltage of an electromotive force cell to a second target voltage for humidity detection and then to a third target voltage which is lower than a first target voltage which is a target voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component. In the case where humidity detection is performed using a limiting-current-type gas sensor, the sensor control apparatus changes the voltage applied to a pump cell to a second application voltage for humidity detection and then to a third application voltage which is lower than a first application voltage which is an application voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dai Nishijima, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20190107505
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sensor control device for controlling a gas sensor of the type having a sensor element, in which a pair of electrodes are arranged on a solid electrolyte body to cause a concentration detection current between the electrodes, and a heater. The sensor control device includes a temperature detection portion for detecting a temperature value of the solid electrolyte body and a control portion for performing feedback control on a heat generation amount of the heater based on a predetermined feedback condition. The feedback condition is set such that, when an evaluation gas simulating an engine exhaust gas discharged by combustion of a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio mixture is supplied as the gas under measurement at 25° C. while switching a gas flow rate of the evaluation gas between 10 m/s and 60 m/s every 10 seconds, a variation width of the concentration detection current is 1.6 ?A or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori NUNOME, Tomomi IMAIDA, Satoshi TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190094933
    Abstract: A communication device for starting power supply before establishment of a link is provided. A device to be connected to a source device or a sink device includes a device information presenting unit for presenting device information on power supply of the device. The device information presenting unit presents a device type (no need power device, need power device, and provide power device). At the time when the device is connected to an MHL connector of the source device or the sink device, even when the link is not established, the source device or the sink device reads information from the device information presenting unit and appropriately starts to supply and demand electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: SATOSHI TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10154231
    Abstract: An effect of crosstalk and unnecessary congestion on a transmission path having a plurality of lanes is improved. A source device 210 includes switches 211-1, . . . , and 211-N for respectively connecting TMDS channels 231-1, . . . , and 231-N to a corresponding signal pin of a transmission unit 211 or ground, and a sink device 220 includes switches 221-1, . . . , and 221-N for respectively connecting TMDS channel 231-1, . . . , and 231-N to a corresponding signal pin of a reception unit 221 or ground. Both the source device 210 and the sink device 220 ground a signal line of the TMDS channels 231-1, . . . , and 231-N which does not perform communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20180321721
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus that performs electric power supply to a cable-connected device. A transmission cable 30 includes an ID device 34 that stores information that identifies high-power electricity supply information, etc. A reception section 21 on the side of a sink device 20 can read, from the ID device 34 via a cable detection signal line 35, high-power electricity supply information of the transmission cable 30. The cable detection signal line 35 is inputted and outputted between the sink device 20 and the transmission cable 30 using a reserved pin in an existing MHL standard. Further, the cable detection signal line 35 is C-cut in each of the sink device 20 and the cable 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: SATOSHI TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180321183
    Abstract: A sensor control apparatus for a gas sensor which detects a particular gas component contained in a gas under measurement. In the case where humidity detection is performed using an electromotive-force-type gas sensor, a sensor control apparatus changes a target voltage of an electromotive force cell to a second target voltage for humidity detection and then to a third target voltage which is lower than a first target voltage which is a target voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component. In the case where humidity detection is performed using a limiting-current-type gas sensor, the sensor control apparatus changes the voltage applied to a pump cell to a second application voltage for humidity detection and then to a third application voltage which is lower than a first application voltage which is an application voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dai NISHIJIMA, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20180299404
    Abstract: A sensor control apparatus (1) calculates the concentration of oxygen using a gas sensor (3) including a sensor element (11) and a heater (12). The sensor control apparatus (1) repeatedly obtains internal resistance data representing an internal resistance value Rpvs of an oxygen-ion-conductive solid electrolyte body (14) and pump current data representing the value of pump current Ip which flows between a pair of pump electrodes (15) and (16) and whose value varies with the concentration of oxygen. The sensor control apparatus (1) corrects the value of the pump current Ip based on the internal resistance value Rpvs, a target internal resistance value, and a derivative value dRpvs/dt calculated based on a plurality of the repeatedly obtained internal resistance values Rpvs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori NUNOME, Satoshi TERAMOTO, Shoichi HASEGAWA, Tomomi IMAIDA
  • Patent number: 10082480
    Abstract: A gas concentration detection device for detecting a gas concentration using a limiting current type gas concentration sensor. In an application voltage line set to pass through a plurality of limiting current regions for different values of gas concentration, a ratio for lean is set as a ratio of change in current with respect to a change in voltage when an air/fuel ratio corresponding to the gas concentration is lean, and a ratio of rich different from the ratio for lean is set when the air/fuel ratio is rich.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Abe, Tomonori Uemura, Tetsuya Ito, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20170353692
    Abstract: An effect of crosstalk and unnecessary congestion on a transmission path having a plurality of lanes is improved. A source device 210 includes switches 211-1, . . . , and 211-N for respectively connecting TMDS channels 231-1 , . . . , and 231-N to a corresponding signal pin of a transmission unit 211 or ground, and a sink device 220 includes switches 221-1, . . . , and 221-N for respectively connecting TMDS channel 231-1, . . . , and 231-N to a corresponding signal pin of a reception unit 221 or ground. Both the source device 210 and the sink device 220 ground a signal line of the TMDS channels 231-1, . . . , and 231-N which does not perform communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: SATOSHI TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170336344
    Abstract: A gas concentration detection device for detecting a gas concentration using a limiting current type gas concentration sensor. In an application voltage line set to pass through a plurality of limiting current regions for different values of gas concentration, the voltage set by the application voltage line is an identical first voltage value used when an air/fuel ratio corresponding to the gas concentration is in a predetermined first range, is an identical second voltage value different from the first voltage value used when the air/fuel ratio is in a second range adjacent to the first range, and the first voltage value and the second voltage value are switched between the first range and the second range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori UEMURA, Satoru ABE, Tetsuya ITO, Satoshi TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170336342
    Abstract: A gas concentration detection device for detecting a gas concentration using a limiting current type gas concentration sensor. In an application voltage line set to pass through a plurality of limiting current regions for different values of gas concentration, a ratio for lean is set as a ratio of change in current with respect to a change in voltage when an air/fuel ratio corresponding to the gas concentration is lean, and a ratio of rich different from the ratio for lean is set when the air/fuel ratio is rich.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru ABE, Tomonori UEMURA, Tetsuya ITO, Satoshi TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9823220
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for individually detecting NO and NO2 concentrations as NOX components of an object gas. An NO concentration corresponding value is obtained from a first detection element not having a reduction section. An NO concentration corresponding value is obtained from a second detection element having a reduction section, and having an NO2/NO sensitivity ratio greater than that of the first detection element. The difference ?C between the NO concentration corresponding values of the two detection elements is obtained, and divided by the difference ?S between the NO2/NO sensitivity ratios of the two detection elements, whereby an NO2 concentration corresponding value is obtained. A value obtained by multiplying the NO2 concentration corresponding value by the NO2/NO sensitivity ratio of the second detection element is subtracted from the NO concentration corresponding value of the second detection element, whereby an NO concentration corresponding value is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kato, Kouji Shiotani, Takeshi Kawai, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 9631999
    Abstract: An NOx detection apparatus computes a first NOx concentration NOxpo on the basis of a second pumping current Ip2, and sets correction coefficients a, b (concentration variation correction information) on the basis of the first NOx concentration NOxpo. Therefore, the NOx detection apparatus can set the correction coefficients a, b in accordance with the concentration of NOx actually contained in a to-be-measured gas. Since the NOx detection apparatus uses Equation 3, determined by the correction coefficients a, b, for correction of the first NOx concentration NOxpo, the NOx detection apparatus can correct the first NOx concentration NOxpo in accordance with the state of change of the NOx concentration even when the magnitude of an output variation caused by a pressure change changes depending on the NOx concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Onogi, Kenji Kato, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20170064389
    Abstract: To allow the value of a link setting of a digital interface to be changed to the user's desired state in a timely manner. A transmission apparatus adjusts a link setting for a digital interface between the transmission apparatus and an external apparatus (reception apparatus), and transmits content data to the external apparatus through a transmission channel according to the value of the link setting. A reception apparatus adjusts a link setting for a digital interface between the reception apparatus and an external apparatus (transmission apparatus), and receives content data from the external apparatus through a transmission channel according to the value of the link setting. The transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus adjust the link settings for the digital interfaces according to setting information about a link mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: SATOSHI TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170012798
    Abstract: To allow good transmission and reception of a plurality of streams of data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of data channels. A transmitting side transmits a plurality of streams of data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of data channels, through a transmission path. At this time, the transmitting side inserts, into each of the plurality of streams of data, identification information for identifying the corresponding data channel. A receiving side determines to which of the data channels each of the plurality of streams of data corresponds, on the basis of the inserted identification information. Thereafter, on the basis of the determination result, the receiving side processes the plurality of streams of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: SATOSHI TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9507213
    Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a wiring and an electrode over a substrate, a resin film formed over the electrode, and a sealing material formed over the resin film, wherein the sealing material overlaps a portion of the resin film, a portion of the electrode and a portion of the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongyong Zhang, Shunpei Yamazaki, Satoshi Teramoto, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Publication number: 20160266062
    Abstract: A sensor control apparatus for a gas sensor which detects a particular gas component contained in a gas under measurement. In the case where humidity detection is performed using an electromotive-force-type gas sensor, a sensor control apparatus changes a target voltage of an electromotive force cell to a second target voltage for humidity detection and then to a third target voltage which is lower than a first target voltage which is a target voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component. In the case where humidity detection is performed using a limiting-current-type gas sensor, the sensor control apparatus changes the voltage applied to a pump cell to a second application voltage for humidity detection and then to a third application voltage which is lower than a first application voltage which is an application voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dai NISHIJIMA, Satoshi TERAMOTO