Patents by Inventor Shinji Kimura

Shinji Kimura 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: 10559978
    Abstract: An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Kozuma, Shinpei Nishikawa, Shinji Kimura, Yusuke Hori, Goro Mikano, Yuuki Iwasaki, Shigetoshi Onitsuka
  • Patent number: 10349827
    Abstract: A head mount-type vision testing device, which is a head-mount type vision testing device mounted on a testee's head, including: a device main body having display devices for displaying a visual target for the testee and imaging devices for imaging eyeballs of the testee; a mounting fixture for mounting the device main body on the testee's head; and a controller that displays images of the eyeballs imaged by the imaging devices on the display devices, so that the testee can recognize a positional displacement state of the eyeballs caused by a positional displacement of the device main body mounted on the testee's head using the mounting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Kenzo Yamanaka, Shinji Kimura
  • Patent number: 10340344
    Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. The gate insulating film is provided as being in contact with the first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate. The gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating film such that the gate insulating film lies between the gate electrode and the silicon carbide substrate. In a first stress test in which a gate voltage of ?5 V is applied to the gate electrode for 100 hours at a temperature of 175° C., an absolute value of a difference between a first threshold voltage and a second threshold voltage is not more than 0.5 V, with a threshold voltage before the first stress test being defined as the first threshold voltage and a threshold voltage after the first stress test being defined as the second threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kubota, Shunsuke Yamada, Taku Horii, Takeyoshi Masuda, Daisuke Hamajima, So Tanaka, Shinji Kimura, Masayuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190179517
    Abstract: A screen generating unit generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor. The screen generating unit further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a search icon used to search for an item of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Motoki KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro YAMANAKA, Shuji HIRAMATSU, Shigeru ENOMOTO, Taku SUGAWARA, Shinji KIMURA, Yumiko TANAKA, George ARRIOLA, Carsten SCHWESIG
  • Patent number: 10318124
    Abstract: A screen generating unit 287 generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor 204. The screen generating unit 287 further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a search icon used to search for an item of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Motoki Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Shuji Hiramatsu, Shigeru Enomoto, Taku Sugawara, Shinji Kimura, Yumiko Tanaka, George Arriola, Carsten Schwesig
  • Publication number: 20190174093
    Abstract: A picture presentation system 1 presents a user U with a picture where a virtual image Di is created in a space in front of the user U. The picture presentation system 1 includes a hologram mirror 10 configured to reflect a picture composed of light of a specific wavelength at an angle different from an angle of incidence and transmit light other than the light of the specific wavelength, and a screen 20 configured to display the picture toward the hologram mirror. The hologram mirror 10, being placed opposite to the user U, reflects the picture from the screen 20 in such a way that the user U can visually recognize the virtual image Di of the picture at a position on the opposite side from the user U across the hologram mirror 10 (arrow AR1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: NTT DOCOMO, INC., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shinji KIMURA, Kazuhiko TAKAHASHI, Yuji ABURAKAWA, Shunsuke IGARASHI, Tomoya NAKAMURA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190146558
    Abstract: A mobile terminal that prevents a display screen from finely blurring according to expansion and contraction of a flexible display. When a variation in a sensor value detected by a rotation angle sensor is greater than a range based on a predetermined threshold value, the image processing unit performs control for changing a display size of display information to be displayed on a flexible display. Thus, it is possible to absorb shaking based on a rewinding force of a mainspring in a storage unit and to prevent blurring of the display information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Maki OHATA, Makoto TAKIMOTO, Shinji KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10226170
    Abstract: A small-sized head-mount type vision testing device, which is mounted on a testee's head, including: a display device that presents a visual target to an eyeball of the testee; a display optical system that guides light of the visual target presented on the device to the retina; an imaging device that images the eyeball; and an observation optical system that guides an image of the eyeball to the imaging device, and further including a mirror that reflects light of a specific wavelength and transmits the other light at a point closer to the eyeball side than the display device, wherein an optical axis from a pupil to the mirror in the display optical system and an optical axis from the pupil to the mirror in the observation optical system, coincide with each other, and the optical axes are bent through the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Kenzo Yamanaka, Shinji Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190042014
    Abstract: A withdrawal amount calculation unit calculates a withdrawal amount of a display portion and transmits the withdrawal amount to a display control unit. In a case where a display width of the display portion based on the withdrawal amount exceeds a display threshold value, the display control unit causes the display portion to display second content together with first content. In this manner, in a case where the withdrawal amount is detected and the display width based on the withdrawal amount exceeds the threshold value, content (the second content) other than the first content is displayed. Therefore, it is possible to display a plurality of contents only when it is better to output the plurality of contents to the user according to a withdrawal operation of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Maki OHATA, Makoto TAKIMOTO, Shinji KIMURA, Kinya TAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10130251
    Abstract: A vision testing device and a vision testing program are capable of obtaining a correct test result while reducing an accumulation of fatigue added on one of the eyes of a testee, including: image displays that present a light for suppressing a dark adaptation for both eyes of a testee; and image displays that present a target for an eye (L, R, or both) of the testee so that the target is presented for one of the eyes before the vision testing for the other eye is ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Sudou, Shinji Kimura, Kenzo Yamanaka, Tsuyoshi Onaka
  • Publication number: 20180316798
    Abstract: In a communication system, a PBX, a smartphone, and a communication adapter are connected. When detecting an event related to a call such as an incoming call and an outgoing call, the communication adapter transmits information on the event to the smartphone through BLE communication with the smartphone. The smartphone makes a notification of the occurrence of the event, based on the information on the event transmitted from the communication adapter. After the notification of the occurrence of the event, the communication adapter transmits an Invite command, “180” command, or the like to the PBX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ikko FUJIMURA, Miki AYUKAWA, Shinji IKEGAMI, Masao OHMOTO, Shinji KIMURA, Masahisa OKUDA
  • Patent number: 10111585
    Abstract: When displaying visual targets on a planar display element and performing vision examinations, the size of the visual target visible to the subject changes according to the position at which the visual target is displayed. This vision examination device includes: a planar display element that displays visual targets to a subject of a vision examination; and a display optical system provided upon an optical axis between an eyeball position at which an eyeball of the subject is arranged and a display screen of the planar display element. The display optical system includes an f-? optical system having a proportional relationship between an image height on the display screen of the planar display element and the angle of incidence ? for the main light rays when the subject views the visual target through the display optical system from the eyeball position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Kenzo Yamanaka, Shinji Kimura
  • Publication number: 20180271359
    Abstract: A head mount-type vision testing device, which is a head-mount type vision testing device mounted on a testee's head, including: a device main body having display devices for displaying a visual target for the testee and imaging devices for imaging eyeballs of the testee; a mounting fixture for mounting the device main body on the testee's head; and a controller that displays images of the eyeballs imaged by the imaging devices on the display devices, so that the testee can recognize a positional displacement state of the eyeballs caused by a positional displacement of the device main body mounted on the testee's head using the mounting fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi INOUE, Kenzo YAMANAKA, Shinji KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180252927
    Abstract: Physical burden when a head-mounted display is mounted to the head of a user for use is reduced. A head-mounted display unit includes a head-mounted display, and a fixing stand configured so as to enable the attachment and detachment of the head-mounted display, and to enable the head-mounted display to be mounted in a fixed state. The fixing stand includes a base member, a support column projecting perpendicularly upwards from the base member, a pedestal mount attached to an upper end portion of the support column, a retaining member attached to the pedestal mount, a clamping implement, and a chin rest. The fixing stand is configured such that the head-mounted display is detachably mounted to the retaining member using the clamping implement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi INOUE, Hiroki SATO, Kenzo YAMANAKA, Shinji KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10028007
    Abstract: A home screen display unit arranges and displays a plurality of content icons indicating a plurality of pieces of content in a first area in a content zone screen. If a specific content icon is focused on by the cursor and if a preset determination operation is performed, a content playback unit starts playback of the content indicated by the focused icon. If a specific content icon is focused on by the cursor, a related information acquiring unit acquires related information relating to the content that is indicated by the focused icon that is registered in an external device from the external device without starting playback of the content. A home screen display unit displays the acquired related information in a second area of the content zone screen and displays, if related information is updated, the updated related information in the second area so as to replace the related information displayed until that moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: George Arriola, Anahi Bagu Casas, Shinji Kimura, Shigeru Enomoto, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Motoki Kobayashi, Shuji Hiramatsu, Yumiko Tanaka, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10014258
    Abstract: The gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating film. The interlayer insulating film is provided to cover the gate electrode. The interlayer insulating film includes a first insulating film which is in contact with the gate electrode, contains silicon atoms, and contains neither phosphorus atoms nor boron atoms, a second insulating film which is provided on the first insulating film and contains silicon atoms and at least one of phosphorus atoms and boron atoms, and a third insulating film which contains silicon atoms and contains neither phosphorus atoms nor boron atoms. The second insulating film has a first surface which is in contact with the first insulating film, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface which connects the first surface and the second surface. The third insulating film is in contact with at least one of the second surface and the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamada, So Tanaka, Daisuke Hamajima, Shinji Kimura, Masayuki Kobayashi, Masaki Kijima, Maki Hamada
  • Publication number: 20180168443
    Abstract: A vision testing device capable of reducing a psychological sense of uneasiness, stress and the like given to a testee when a vision test is performed with a main body of the vision testing device mounted on a head portion of the testee, including: a device main body mounted on a head portion of a testee who undergoes a vision test, and having display devices for displaying a test image for the testee and a camera for photographing an external image; a switch operated by the testee; and a display control unit which performs switching of display images to be displayed on display devices between a test image and the external image photographed by the camera when the switch is operated under a predetermined operation condition in a state that the test image is displayed on the display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi INOUE, Kenzo YAMANAKA, Shinji KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180138275
    Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. The gate insulating film is provided as being in contact with the first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate. The gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating film such that the gate insulating film lies between the gate electrode and the silicon carbide substrate. In a first stress test in which a gate voltage of ?5 V is applied to the gate electrode for 100 hours at a temperature of 175° C., an absolute value of a difference between a first threshold voltage and a second threshold voltage is not more than 0.5 V, with a threshold voltage before the first stress test being defined as the first threshold voltage and a threshold voltage after the first stress test being defined as the second threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kubota, Shunsuke Yamada, Taku Horii, Takeyoshi Masuda, Daisuke Hamajima, So Tanaka, Shinji Kimura, Masayuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180069422
    Abstract: An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: YOSUKE KOZUMA, SHINPEI NISHIKAWA, SHINJI KIMURA, YUSUKE HORI, GORO MIKANO, YUUKI IWASAKI, SHIGETOSHI ONITSUKA
  • Patent number: 9905653
    Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. The gate insulating film is provided as being in contact with the first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate. The gate electrode is provided on the gate insulating film such that the gate insulating film lies between the gate electrode and the silicon carbide substrate. In a first stress test in which a gate voltage of ?5 V is applied to the gate electrode for 100 hours at a temperature of 175° C., an absolute value of a difference between a first threshold voltage and a second threshold voltage is not more than 0.5 V, with a threshold voltage before the first stress test being defined as the first threshold voltage and a threshold voltage after the first stress test being defined as the second threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kubota, Shunsuke Yamada, Taku Horii, Takeyoshi Masuda, Daisuke Hamajima, So Tanaka, Shinji Kimura, Masayuki Kobayashi