Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Kawabata

Shinichiro Kawabata 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: 20240105449
    Abstract: A conductive C-plane GaN substrate has a resistivity of 2×10?2 ?·cm or less or an n-type carrier concentration of 1×1018 cm?3 or more at room temperature. At least one virtual line segment with a length of 40 mm can be drawn at least on one main surface of the substrate. The line segment satisfies at least one of the following conditions (A1) and (B1): (A1) when an XRC of (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a maximum value of XRC-FWHMs across all measurement points is less than 30 arcsec; and (B1) when an XRC of the (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a difference between maximum and minimum values of XRC peak angles across all the measurement points is less than 0.2°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka MIKAWA, Hideo FUJISAWA, Tae MOCHIZUKI, Hideo NAMITA, Shinichiro KAWABATA
  • Patent number: 11810782
    Abstract: A conductive C-plane GaN substrate has a resistivity of 2×10?2 ?·cm or less or an n-type carrier concentration of 1×1018 cm?3 or more at room temperature. At least one virtual line segment with a length of 40 mm can be drawn at least on one main surface of the substrate. The line segment satisfies at least one of the following conditions (A1) and (B1): (A1) when an XRC of (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a maximum value of XRC-FWHMs across all measurement points is less than 30 arcsec; and (B1) when an XRC of the (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a difference between maximum and minimum values of XRC peak angles across all the measurement points is less than 0.2°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Tae Mochizuki, Hideo Namita, Shinichiro Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20230230362
    Abstract: In an information processing device (a server device), a first acquirer acquires multiple captured images of the outside of a vehicle. A detector detects, from acquired multiple captured images, multiple images related to unsafe driving using a learned model. An image extractor extracts, from detected multiple images related to unsafe driving, an image to be a candidate for relearning data of the learned model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kenki UEDA, Ryosuke TACHIBANA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Takashi KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230196914
    Abstract: A stop detection device includes: an acquirer that acquires multiple captured images captured in chronological order by a camera mounted on a vehicle; an image processor that performs image processing on acquired multiple captured images; and a detector that detects vehicle speed of a vehicle at a stop position based on a result of image processing. The image processor includes a stop position identification unit that detects a marking indicating a stop position from a captured image to identify a stop position, and a vehicle speed calculation unit that calculates vehicle speed by comparing captured images in chronological order. The vehicle speed calculation unit excludes a specific region from each of multiple captured images to compare captured images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kenki UEDA, Ryosuke TACHIBANA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Takashi KITAGAWA, Takanori KATO, Hidetoshi NITTA, Kohei HARAYAMA, Mizuki MORI
  • Patent number: 11591715
    Abstract: A GaN single crystal having a gallium polar surface which is a main surface on one side and a nitrogen polar surface which is a main surface on the opposite side, wherein on the gallium polar surface is found at least one square area, an outer periphery of which is constituted by four sides of 2 mm or more in length, and, when the at least one square area is divided into a plurality of sub-areas each of which is a 100 ?m×100 ?m square, pit-free areas account for 80% or more of the plurality of sub-areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Shinichiro Kawabata, Hideo Namita, Tae Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11551491
    Abstract: A driving evaluation device includes a first memory and a first processor that is coupled to the first memory. The first processor is configured to cause driving information pertaining to dangerous driving incidents collected from a vehicle to be stored in a storage unit together with types and danger ratings of the dangerous driving incidents, generate evaluation information pertaining to a driver of the vehicle based on the driving information collected from the vehicle, retrieve dangerous driving incidents pertaining to the driver based on at least one of the types or the danger ratings, and provide to a user the evaluation information that has been generated and driving information pertaining to the dangerous driving incidents that have been retrieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenki Ueda, Ryosuke Tachibana, Shinichiro Kawabata, Takashi Kitagawa, Hirofumi Ohashi, Toshihiro Yasuda, Tetsuo Takemoto
  • Patent number: 11404268
    Abstract: A method for growing a GaN crystal suitable as a material of GaN substrates including C-plane GaN substrates includes: a first step of preparing a GaN seed having a nitrogen polar surface; a second step of arranging a pattern mask on the nitrogen polar surface of the GaN seed, the pattern mask being provided with a periodical opening pattern comprising linear openings and including intersections, the pattern mask being arranged such that longitudinal directions of at least part of the linear openings are within ±3° from a direction of an intersection line between the nitrogen polar surface and an M-plane; and a third step of ammonothermally growing a GaN crystal through the pattern mask such that a gap is formed between the GaN crystal and the pattern mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Tae Mochizuki, Hideo Namita, Shinichiro Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20220101663
    Abstract: A driving evaluation device that acquires dangerous driving detection results for a plurality of vehicles and characteristic information indicating supplementary characteristics for at least one of a driver characteristic or an environmental characteristic; and groups the acquired dangerous driving detection results according to the characteristic information, and derives a relative driving evaluation result for each driver of the plurality of vehicles, based on the grouped detection results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenki UEDA, Ryosuke TACHIBANA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Takashi KITAGAWA, Hirofumi OHASHI, Toshihiro YASUDA, Tetsuo TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220101025
    Abstract: A temporary stop detection device that includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire image information indicating a captured image captured by an imaging device provided to a vehicle; detect a plurality of road signs, including a temporary stop sign, from the acquired image information; and detect a temporary stop position by using a bounding box surrounding a region including the plurality of detected road signs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenki Ueda, Ryosuke Tachibana, Shinichiro Kawabata, Takashi Kitagawa, Takanori Kato, Hidetoshi Nitta, Kohei Harayama, Mizuki Mori
  • Publication number: 20220101667
    Abstract: A driving evaluation device includes a first memory and a first processor that is coupled to the first memory. The first processor is configured to cause driving information pertaining to dangerous driving incidents collected from a vehicle to be stored in a storage unit together with types and danger ratings of the dangerous driving incidents, generate evaluation information pertaining to a driver of the vehicle based on the driving information collected from the vehicle, retrieve dangerous driving incidents pertaining to the driver based on at least one of the types or the danger ratings, and provide to a user the evaluation information that has been generated and driving information pertaining to the dangerous driving incidents that have been retrieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenki Ueda, Ryosuke Tachibana, Shinichiro Kawabata, Takashi Kitagawa, Hirofumi Ohashi, Toshihiro Yasuda, Tetsuo Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20220036099
    Abstract: A moving body obstruction detection device includes: a detection section that detects a predetermined moving body within an image that is captured by an imaging section provided at a vehicle; and an inferring section that infers a moving body state that relates to the moving body crossing a road, based on a position of a bounding box that surrounds the moving body detected by the detection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenki UEDA, Ryosuke TACHIBANA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Takashi KITAGAWA, Hirofumi OHASHI, Toshihiro YASUDA, Tetsuo TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220036730
    Abstract: A dangerous driving detection device includes: an acquisition section that acquires image information, which expresses captured images that are captured by an imaging section provided at a vehicle, and vehicle information that expresses a state of the vehicle; plural detection sections that, based on the image information and the vehicle information acquired by the acquisition section, detect types of dangerous driving that are respectively different from one another; and a deriving section that, based on results of detection of the plural detection sections, derives a degree of danger of dangerous driving of a driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenki UEDA, Ryosuke TACHIBANA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Takashi KITAGAWA, Hirofumi OHASHI, Toshihiro YASUDA, Tetsuo TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220033992
    Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka MIKAWA, Hideo FUJISAWA, Kazunori KAMADA, Hirobumi NAGAOKA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Yuji KAGAMITANI
  • Patent number: 11162190
    Abstract: A high-quality nitride crystal can be produced efficiently by charging a nitride crystal starting material that contains tertiary particles having a maximum diameter of from 1 to 120 mm and formed through aggregation of secondary particles having a maximum diameter of from 100 to 1000 ?m, in the starting material charging region of a reactor, followed by crystal growth in the presence of a solvent in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state in the reactor, wherein the nitride crystal starting material is charged in the starting material charging region in a bulk density of from 0.7 to 4.5 g/cm3 for the intended crystal growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Kazunori Kamada, Hirobumi Nagaoka, Shinichiro Kawabata, Yuji Kagamitani
  • Publication number: 20210230770
    Abstract: A GaN single crystal having a gallium polar surface which is a main surface on one side and a nitrogen polar surface which is a main surface on the opposite side, wherein on the gallium polar surface is found at least one square area, an outer periphery of which is constituted by four sides of 2 mm or more in length, and, when the at least one square area is divided into a plurality of sub-areas each of which is a 100 ?m×100 ?m square, pit-free areas account for 80% or more of the plurality of sub-areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo FUJISAWA, Yutaka MIKAWA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Hideo NAMITA, Tae MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 11001940
    Abstract: A new GaN single crystal is provided. A GaN single crystal according to the present embodiment comprises a gallium polar surface which is a main surface on one side and a nitrogen polar surface which is a main surface on the opposite side, wherein on the gallium polar surface is found at least one square area, an outer periphery of which is constituted by four sides each with a length of 2 mm or more, and, when the at least one square are is divided into a plurality of sub-areas each of which is a square of 100 ?m×100 ?m, pit-free areas account for 80% or more of the sub-areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Fujisawa, Yutaka Mikawa, Shinichiro Kawabata, Hideo Namita, Tae Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20210090886
    Abstract: A conductive C-plane GaN substrate has a resistivity of 2×10?2 ?·cm or less or an n-type carrier concentration of 1×1018 cm?3 or more at room temperature. At least one virtual line segment with a length of 40 mm can be drawn at least on one main surface of the substrate. The line segment satisfies at least one of the following conditions (A1) and (B1): (A1) when an XRC of (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a maximum value of XRC-FWHMs across all measurement points is less than 30 arcsec; and (B1) when an XRC of the (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a difference between maximum and minimum values of XRC peak angles across all the measurement points is less than 0.2°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Tae Mochizuki, Hideo Namita, Shinichiro Kawabata
  • Patent number: 10903072
    Abstract: A conductive C-plane GaN substrate has a resistivity of 2×10?2 ?·cm or less or an n-type carrier concentration of 1×1018 cm?3 or more at room temperature. At least one virtual line segment with a length of 40 mm can be drawn at least on one main surface of the substrate. The line segment satisfies at least one of the following conditions (A1) and (B1): (A1) when an XRC of (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a maximum value of XRC-FWHMs across all measurement points is less than 30 arcsec; and (B1) when an XRC of the (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a difference between maximum and minimum values of XRC peak angles across all the measurement points is less than 0.2°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Tae Mochizuki, Hideo Namita, Shinichiro Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20200350163
    Abstract: A conductive C-plane GaN substrate has a resistivity of 2×10?2 ?·cm or less or an n-type carrier concentration of 1×1018 cm?3 or more at room temperature. At least one virtual line segment with a length of 40 mm can be drawn at least on one main surface of the substrate. The line segment satisfies at least one of the following conditions (A1) and (B1): (A1) when an XRC of (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a maximum value of XRC-FWHMs across all measurement points is less than 30 arcsec; and (B1) when an XRC of the (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a difference between maximum and minimum values of XRC peak angles across all the measurement points is less than 0.2°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka MIKAWA, Hideo FUJISAWA, Tae MOCHIZUKI, Hideo NAMITA, Shinichiro KAWABATA
  • Patent number: 10796904
    Abstract: A conductive C-plane GaN substrate has a resistivity of 2×10?2 ?·cm or less or an n-type carrier concentration of 1×1018 cm?3 or more at room temperature. At least one virtual line segment with a length of 40 mm can be drawn at least on one main surface of the substrate. The line segment satisfies at least one of the following conditions (A1) and (B1): (A1) when an XRC of (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a maximum value of XRC-FWHMs across all measurement points is less than 30 arcsec; and (B1) when an XRC of the (004) reflection is measured at 1 mm intervals on the line segment, a difference between maximum and minimum values of XRC peak angles across all the measurement points is less than 0.2°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Mikawa, Hideo Fujisawa, Tae Mochizuki, Hideo Namita, Shinichiro Kawabata