Patents by Inventor Shigeru Kawai
Shigeru Kawai 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).
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Publication number: 20230290631Abstract: A substrate processing method is provided. The substrate processing method includes: (S7) supplying a water repellent agent (SMT) to a substrate (W); (S11) supplying dilute isopropyl alcohol (dIPA) to the substrate (W) after the supplying a water repellent agent (SMT), the dilute isopropyl alcohol (dIPA) being obtained by diluting isopropyl alcohol; and (S12) drying the substrate (W) after the supplying dilute isopropyl alcohol (dIPA).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Tetsuya EMOTO, Shigeru YAMAMOTO, Daiki FUJII, Kenji EDAMITSU, Keiji IWATA, Yuya KAWAI, Kenichi ITO
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Patent number: 7550170Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion composition contains the following ingredients (A), (B) and (C): (A) an oil or fat having a diglyceride content of at least 50 wt %, in which at least 80 wt % of fatty acids constituting diglycerides are unsaturated fatty acids; (B) a mixture of polyglycerol fatty acid esters having an esterification degree of at least 80%, in which from 50 to 95 wt % of fatty acids constituting the polyglycerol fatty acid esters are C14-22 unsaturated fatty acids; and (C) yolk.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Daisuke Shiiba, Hidekazu Takahashi, Shigeru Kawai, Toshitaka Sakuda, Teruyuki Kimura
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Publication number: 20070154618Abstract: The invention relates to an acidic oil-in-water emulsified composition with a high diglyceride content, which contains fats and oils containing 30 wt % or more diglycerides and enzyme-treated yolk treated with one or more enzymes selected from esterase, lipase and phospholipase, wherein an antioxidant is contained at 1000 to 10000 ppm relative to an oil phase containing the fats and oils and in a weight ratio of 0.4 to 4.5 relative to the net weight of yolk in the enzyme-treated yolk.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2004Publication date: July 5, 2007Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Nakajima, Shigeru Kawai, Naoto Kudo
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Patent number: 7041328Abstract: Described is an acid oil-in-water emulsified composition comprising an oil phase having a diglycerides content of 30 wt. % or greater and a yolk, wherein a ratio of lysophospholipids to the whole phospholipids is at least 15% in terms of a phosphorus amount. The composition has excellent storage stability, appearance, taste and physical properties even if it contains diglycerides in a high concentration without decreasing the amount of the yolk.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shigeru Kawai, Yoshihiro Konishi
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Publication number: 20060062888Abstract: An oil-in-water emulsion composition contains the following ingredients (A), (B) and (C): (A) an oil or fat having a diglyceride content of at least 50 wt %, in which at least 80 wt % of fatty acids constituting diglycerides are unsaturated fatty acids; (B) a mixture of polyglycerol fatty acid esters having an esterification degree of at least 80%, in which from 50 to 95 wt % of fatty acids constituting the polyglycerol fatty acid esters are C14-22 unsaturated fatty acids; and (C) yolk.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Daisuke Shiiba, Hidekazu Takahashi, Shigeru Kawai, Toshitaka Sakuda, Teruyuki Kimura
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Patent number: 6743459Abstract: The invention provides an acidic oil-in-water type emulsion composition which has an oil phase containing at least 20 % by weight of diacylglycerol and 0.5 to 5.0 % by weight of a crystallization inhibitor, and has excellent shelf stability at low temperatures though it contains diacylglycerol at a high concentration, also good in appearance and flavor and useful as a diet or food for improving lipid metabolism.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Daisuke Shiiba, Yoshihide Asabu, Shigeru Kawai, Yoshinobu Nakajima
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Publication number: 20030215545Abstract: Described is an acid oil-in-water emulsified composition comprising an oil phase having a diglycerides content of 30 wt. % or greater and a yolk, wherein a ratio of lysophospholipids to the whole phospholipids is at least 15% in terms of a phosphorus amount. The composition has excellent storage stability, appearance, taste and physical properties even if it contains diglycerides in a high concentration without decreasing the amount of the yolk.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru Kawai, Yoshihiro Konishi
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Patent number: 6635777Abstract: Described is an acid oil-in-water emulsified composition comprising an oil phase having a diglycerides content of 30 wt. % or greater and a yolk, wherein a ratio of lysophospholipids to the whole phospholipids is at least 15% in terms of a phosphorus amount. The composition has excellent storage stability appearance, taste and physical properties even if it contains diglycerides in a high concentration without decreasing the amount of the yolk.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shigeru Kawai, Yoshihiro Konishi
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Publication number: 20020119239Abstract: The invention provides an acidic oil-in-water type emulsion composition which has an oil phase containing at least 20 % by weight of diacylglycerol and 0.5 to 5.0 % by weight of a crystallization inhibitor, and has excellent shelf stability at low temperatures though it contains diacylglycerol at a high concentration, also good in appearance and flavor and useful as a diet or food for improving lipid metabolism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Daisuke Shiiba, Yoshihide Asabu, Shigeru Kawai, Yoshinobu Nakajima
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Publication number: 20020060845Abstract: A diffractive optical element, which splits one input light into a plurality of output lights, has a phase difference distribution P (x) represented by the following equation 1 P ⁡ ( x ) = mod ⁡ [ ∑ j = 2 k ⁢ a j ⁡ ( x ) · mod ⁡ [ P j ⁡ ( x ) - P 1 ⁡ ( x ) + c j , 2 ⁢ π ] + mod ⁡ [ P 1 ⁡ ( x ) + c 1 , 2 ⁢ π ] , 2 ⁢ m ⁢ ⁢ π ]Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Inventors: Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Tetsuya Saito, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hideyuki Tanaka, Shigeru Kawai
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Patent number: 5532856Abstract: A mesh-connected tree (MCT) interconnect topology network which is a two-dimensional interconnect topology combining aspects of a conventional tree-network and a two-dimensional nearest-neighbor mesh network is implemented as a planar optical interconnect network.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1994Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: NEC Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Yao Li, Richard A. Linke, Yuh-Dauh Lyuu, Kenichi Kasahara, Shigeru Kawai, Keiichi Kubota
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Patent number: 5452384Abstract: An optical connector comprises a series of transparent substrates 50-53 including a refraction type lens 10 embedded in the central substrate 50, two beam deflection elements 40 and 41 offset from the optical axis of the lens 10, a light emitting element 20 directly below the beam deflection element 40, and a light detecting element 30 directly above the beam deflection element 41. The lens 10 is designed to have identical meridional and sagittal focal lengths so that meridional and sagittal images of obliique incident beams may be formed on the same spot on the light detecting element 30. Beam of light emitted from the light emitting element 20 are deflected by the beam deflection element 40 and enters the lens 10 obliquely. The beams, passing through the lens 10 and the deflection element 41 are cllimated within a small spot on the light detecting element 30 since the lens 10 has identical meridional and sagittal focal lengths.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1994Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Hisakazu Kurita, Shigeru Kawai
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Patent number: 5434434Abstract: A semiconductor optical device including multilayer semiconductor device regions formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate which act as an optical device respectively, and diffraction gratings formed on a back of the substrate optically coupled with at least one of said regions through the substrate. The regions have a function such as light emitting, light receiving, light amplification or light switching. The regions and gratings can be respectively formed on the surface and the back, monolithicaly, and polishing of the substrate provides a suitable thickness so that the regions and the gratings may be optically coupled with each other. The regions and gratings may be arranged at the optimum positions in the direction parallel to the substrate. Extremely precise alignment of its components and many channels can be easily obtained with compact size.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1993Date of Patent: July 18, 1995Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Kenichi Kasahara, Shigeru Kawai
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Patent number: 5258623Abstract: A positioning apparatus for an optical element mounting operation includes a transparent substrate, a light source, an optical element substrate, a measuring unit, a manipulator, and a control unit. At least one positioning lens and an optical system are formed on a surface of the transparent substrate. The light source emits parallel beams which are vertically incident on the transparent substrate. A plurality of optical elements to be positioned with respect to the transparent substrate, and a positioning light-receiving element for receiving light focused by the positioning lens are formed on the optical element substrate. The current measuring unit measures a current flowing in the positioning light-receiving element. The manipulator moves the transparent substrate with respect to the optical element substrate to perform positioning of the former with respect to the latter.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 1992Date of Patent: November 2, 1993Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Shigeru Kawai
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Patent number: 5235661Abstract: In an optical connection device for use in responding to an incident light beam to produce a plurality of output light beams, the incident light beam is incident onto a planar substrate on which a plurality of optical islands which have refraction coefficients different from the planar substrate. The incident light beam travels as an internal light beam within the planar substrate with reflections repeated in the planar substrate and is emitted as output light beams through the optical islands when the internal light beam arrives at the optical islands. Thus, the incident light beam is distributed through the optical islands outside of the planar substrate. If each of optical nodes is located in vicinity of the optical islands and generates the input light beam and receives each of the output light beams, bidirectional communication can be carried out through the planar substrate and the optical islands among the optical nodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1991Date of Patent: August 10, 1993Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Shigeru Kawai
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Patent number: 5095380Abstract: In a photoelectronic interconnection device, N.times.N light emitting elements are arranged on a light emitting plane in a matrix pattern and N.times.N light sensing elements are arranged on a light receiving plane in a matrix pattern corresponding to the light emitting elements. A lens array of p.times.p optical lenses is provided, the lenses being disposed on a common optical plane located so that it is spaced from the light receiving plane at a distance q times greater than its distance to the light emitting plane, where N=pq, the lenses being spaced apart from each other at pitch (pq+1)a/(q+1), and a is a pitch between successive light emitting elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1991Date of Patent: March 10, 1992Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Shigeru Kawai
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Patent number: 5093875Abstract: A matrix of optical functional devices are divided into plural device units. Each of the device units includes at least two optical functional devices having light transmitting coatings. The coatings have transmission factors which are different from each other. Light signals emitted through the coatings from the at least two optical functional devices in each unit are received by a corresponding light receiving device among light receiving devices arranged in a one-dimensional pattern. In each device unit optical functional devices to be driven are selected, so that a coupling degree between each device unit and the corresponding light receiving device is changed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1990Date of Patent: March 3, 1992Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Ichiro Ogura, Yoshiharu Tashiro, Kenichi Kasahara, Shigeru Kawai
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Patent number: 5063531Abstract: Among light emitting and sensitive element pairs arranged along rows and columns of a matrix in each of first and second layers of an optical computer operable as a neural network with one-to-one correspondence kept between the pairs in the first layer and the pairs in the second layer, the light emitting elements and the light sensitive elements are connected along the rows in the first layer and along the columns in the second layer. Optical intensity controlling elements of a panel are placed in optical paths defined by the pairs in the first layer and the pairs which correspond in the second layer to the pairs of the first layer, respectively. When the light emitting element rows are driven, optical beams are emitted by the light emitting elements of the first layer and controlled by the respective controlling elements to have first-layer controlled amounts of light, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1989Date of Patent: November 5, 1991Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Shigeru Kawai, Keiichi Kubota
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Patent number: 5028969Abstract: A space modulation matrix is composed of semiconductor transmittivity modulation elements arranged in a matrix pattern. A transmittivity of the transmittivity modulation elements is changed by supplying a light or applying a voltage greater than a switching voltage of the transmittivity modulation elements to a selected number of the transmittivity modulation elements, so that a space modulation is provided on the space modulation matrix, and is renewed by any number of times.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1989Date of Patent: July 2, 1991Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Kenichi Kasahara, Yoshiharu Tashiro, Mitsunori Sugimoto, Keiichi Kubota, Shigeru Kawai, Ichiro Ogura
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Patent number: D302685Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1986Date of Patent: August 8, 1989Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kawai, Yoshihiro Kawakatsu, Yoshiaki Tsuchihashi, Hiroshi Endou, Katsufumi Ohuchi