Patents by Inventor Shinji Sakano

Shinji Sakano 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: 9423355
    Abstract: A plural camera images capturing and processing apparatus includes a plurality of cameras that capture images of a plurality of adjacent imaging regions which overlap each other, a plurality of laser devices that give a marker to each common imaging region in which imaging regions overlap each other, an imaging control unit that controls each camera and each laser device and acquires a markerless image group to which no marker is given and a marker-given image group to which the marker is given, a non-visible light image processing unit that calculates a correction parameter, which is information for aligning the inclinations, sizes, and positions of the imaging regions, on the basis of the marker-given image group, and a visible light image processing unit that composes the markerless image group to generate a composite image, on the basis of the correction parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Sakano, Yuichi Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20140240451
    Abstract: A plural camera images capturing and processing apparatus includes a plurality of cameras that capture images of a plurality of adjacent imaging regions which overlap each other, a plurality of laser devices that give a marker to each common imaging region in which imaging regions overlap each other, an imaging control unit that controls each camera and each laser device and acquires a markerless image group to which no marker is given and a marker-given image group to which the marker is given, a non-visible light image processing unit that calculates a correction parameter, which is information for aligning the inclinations, sizes, and positions of the imaging regions, on the basis of the marker-given image group, and a visible light image processing unit that composes the markerless image group to generate a composite image, on the basis of the correction parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji SAKANO, Yuichi NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20130295907
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal which receives at least one service through wireless communication with a wireless base station, including: a wireless communication interface which communicates by radio with the wireless base station; a memory that stores at least one piece of application software where the at least one service is provided; and a control module; wherein the control module is configured to: receive service information that is transmitted via the wireless base station as a response to the connection request or cyclically transmitted from the wireless base station, the service information includes application identification information of at least one piece of application software that is available within a wireless service area of the wireless base station; and execute customization processing that starts up or displays of the at least one piece of application software stored in the memory according to customized setting that is set beforehand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Shinji SAKANO
  • Patent number: 8484320
    Abstract: A service providing server transmits service information to a wireless communication terminal via a wireless base station. The service information includes AP identification information of AP software necessary to execute each of a plurality of wireless services, and a utilization priority level of the AP software. The wireless communication terminal receives the service information and displays the name of AP that has the highest priority level in the service information (S55). If an application menu is selected in this state (S56), the name of the AP that has the next highest priority level is displayed (S55). If executing AP software is selected (S56) while the name of the AP is being displayed, this AP software is started up (S53).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinji Sakano
  • Patent number: 8126161
    Abstract: An acoustic echo canceller system having a filter with high suppression performance of acoustic echo, generated by using microphone array having a plurality of microphone elements, judging a band where only a speaker sound is present, based on phase difference among microphones, and carrying out adaptation of an adaptive filter for only such a band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Togami, Shinji Sakano, Toshiyuki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20110047288
    Abstract: A service providing server transmits service information to a wireless communication terminal via a wireless base station. The service information includes AP identification information of AP software necessary to execute each of a plurality of wireless services, and a utilization priority level of the AP software. The wireless communication terminal receives the service information and displays the name of AP that has the highest priority level in the service information (S55). If an application menu is selected in this state (S56), the name of the AP that has the next highest priority level is displayed (S55). If executing AP software is selected (S56) while the name of the AP is being displayed, this AP software is started up (S53).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Shinji SAKANO
  • Patent number: 7844357
    Abstract: A target value that serves as a control value with feed forward control is optimized. A TL performs a feed forward and a feedback control of a PM. A storage unit stores a plurality of recipes indicating different processing sequences, and a target value that serves as a control value when performing an etching process. A communication unit causes an IMM to measure a processing state of the wafer and receives measurement information. A computation unit computes a feedback value for the current wafer processed in the current cycle, based on pre-processing and post-processing measurement information for the wafer. An update unit updates the target value using the feedback value. A recipe adjustment unit changes the recipe to change the process performed in the same PM. When the process is performed after changing, the updated target value is used to perform feed forward control of the wafer in the same PM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Shinji Sakano
  • Patent number: 7774082
    Abstract: First feedforward calculation is executed when a preprocessing surface profile is measured and a processing chamber with its processing parameter value having been obtained through the first feedforward calculation judged to be within an allowable range is determined. Wafer transfer is executed only in conjunction with a processing chamber having a processing parameter value judged to be within the allowable range, and the wafer is carried to the entry point of the processing chamber. Then, second feedforward calculation is executed by reflecting the results of feedback calculation executed based upon the most recent processing having been executed in the particular processing chamber and wafer processing is executed in the processing chamber based upon the processing parameter value calculated in the second feedforward calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shigeru Kubota, Shinji Sakano
  • Patent number: 7689028
    Abstract: A method for predicting a processing result includes a process of performing a principal component analysis on a plurality of detected data obtained during a first standard processing, to construct a principal component analysis model; a process of obtaining residuals of the principal component analysis model as first residuals; a process of performing a second standard processing; and a process of obtaining a plurality of detected data from a plurality of detectors during the second standard processing. And, the detected data obtained during the second standard processing are applied to the principal component analysis model, to obtain second residuals. The method further includes a process of weighting the second residuals based on weighting references, and constructing a new multivariate analysis model with use of the weighted second residuals; and a process of predicting a processing result of the second standard processing with use of the multivariate analysis model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Sakano, Satoshi Harada
  • Patent number: 7567269
    Abstract: A television phone adapter which permits an ordinary analog telephone to switch between being a telephone with a video function and a telephone without a video function. The television phone adapter includes a telephone adapter unit that detects dial operation of an analog telephone connected to a router with an IP telephone function, a video adapter unit that connects and disconnects a video connection using an IP network, sends a video taken by a camera to a communication partner and outputs a video received from the communication partner to a display 4 through the video connection in the connected state. A translation table stores correspondence between dial operation and a setting content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Sakano, Kanji Tabeya, Masahito Hirokawa
  • Publication number: 20090132078
    Abstract: A target value that serves as a control value with feed forward control is optimized. A TL performs a feed forward and a feedback control of a PM. A storage unit stores a plurality of recipes indicating different processing sequences, and a target value that serves as a control value when performing an etching process. A communication unit causes an IMM to measure a processing state of the wafer and receives measurement information. A computation unit computes a feedback value for the current wafer processed in the current cycle, based on pre-processing and post-processing measurement information for the wafer. An update unit updates the target value using the feedback value. A recipe adjustment unit changes the recipe to change the process performed in the same PM. When the process is performed after changing, the updated target value is used to perform feed forward control of the wafer in the same PM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Shinji SAKANO
  • Publication number: 20080167744
    Abstract: A TL performs a feed forward control and a feedback control of a PM. A storage unit stores a target value that serves as a control value when an etching process is performed on a wafer. A communication unit causes an IMM to measure a processing state of the wafer and receives measurement information. A computation unit computes a feedback value for the current wafer that is processed in the current cycle, based on pre-processing and post-processing measurement information. The computation unit computes a change value that is an amount of a change from a feedback value computed in a preceding cycle. A determination unit determines whether to discard the current computed feedback value by comparing the change value to a specified threshold value. An update unit, in a case where it is determined not to be discarded, uses the current computed feedback value in updating the target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Shinji SAKANO
  • Publication number: 20080107281
    Abstract: An acoustic echo canceller system having a filter with high suppression performance of acoustic echo, generated by using microphone array having a plurality of microphone elements, judging a band where only a speaker sound is present, based on phase difference among microphones, and carrying out adaptation of an adaptive filter for only such a band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Masahito Togami, Shinji Sakano, Toshiyuki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20080091290
    Abstract: First feedforward calculation is executed when a preprocessing surface profile is measured and a processing chamber with its processing parameter value having been obtained through the first feedforward calculation judged to be within an allowable range is determined. Wafer transfer is executed only in conjunction with a processing chamber having a processing parameter value judged to be within the allowable range, and the wafer is carried to the entry point of the processing chamber. Then, second feedforward calculation is executed by reflecting the results of feedback calculation executed based upon the most recent processing having been executed in the particular processing chamber and wafer processing is executed in the processing chamber based upon the processing parameter value calculated in the second feedforward calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigeru KUBOTA, Shinji Sakano
  • Patent number: 7341644
    Abstract: There is not known a conventional method for predicting the consumed degree of consumable supplies and the thickness of deposited films without opening a processing chamber. A method for predicting the consumed degree of a consumable supply and the thickness of a deposited film according to the present invention is used for a plasma processing system 10 for carrying out a predetermined processing for a wafer W with plasma which is produced from a process gas by applying a high-frequency power, and comprises the steps of: measuring the voltages and currents of a fundamental wave and its integer-times waves of a high-frequency power supply 20, which vary in accordance with the thickness of a focus ring 21 and the thickness of a deposited film, with elapsed time; and using these measured data to carry out a multiple regression analysis to predict the thickness of the focus ring 21 and the thickness of the deposited film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Sakano, Tsuyoshi Sendoda
  • Patent number: 7302176
    Abstract: A medium-scale IP telecommunications network is configured in a low-cost optical network with good reliability and expandability. A physical configuration example has a center node 2-1 and eight local nodes 2-11 through 2-18 connected in one OADM ring 2-21/2-22. The logical configuration is a star configuration with the central node 2-1 at its origin with all traffic passing through the center node 2-1. The local nodes 2-11 through 2-18 are connected to the central node 2-1 by wavelength-unit optical channels or optical paths ?1 through ?8. Channels are added as required. Initially, for example, the center node 2-1 and the local node 2-5 are connected by ?5, but ?13 can added when the need arises. Since the logical star network is limited to approximately two add/drop optical channels at local nodes, costs are reduced by using inexpensive filters (e.g., dielectric interference film filters or fiber Bragg reflectors) that are capable of extracting only the specific wavelength of the optical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd
    Inventors: Shinji Sakano, Yasushi Sawada, Hideaki Tsushima, Yoshiaki Ikoma
  • Publication number: 20070172239
    Abstract: It is configured to have a first optical line terminal for transmitting a video signal of a first wavelength; a second optical line terminal for transmitting a downstream data signal of a second wavelength and receiving an upstream data signal of a third wavelength; and a wavelength division multiplexer for wavelength division multiplexing the video signal and the upstream data signal and the descend data signal, where an attenuator is provided between the second optical line terminal and the wavelength division multiplexer, the attenuator having a characteristic that an attenuation amount given to the second wavelength is larger than an attenuation amount given to the third wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Tomotaka Yamazaki, Ryuji Ishii, Shinji Sakano, Nobuaki Tajimi
  • Publication number: 20070065089
    Abstract: A Triple-Player PON system is configured to have an optical line terminal (OLT) and an element management system (EMS), which are placed in a central office, an optical network terminal (ONT) placed in a subscriber's house, an optical splitter, a trunk line optical fiber, and a termination optical fiber. A variable optical attenuator is provided before a video optical receiver of the ONT, thereby to control the optical attenuation of the variable optical attenuator by a controller so that an input into the video optical receiver becomes an appropriate power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Tadashi Matsuoka, Shinji Sakano
  • Patent number: 7054786
    Abstract: In an operation monitoring method according to the present invention, operation data of a plasma processing system (1) are detected for every wafer (W) by means of a plurality of detectors, and a principal component analysis using the operation data is carried out by means of a controller (10). An operation state of the plasma processing system (1) is evaluated by using the results of the principal component analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Sakano, Tsuyoshi Sendoda
  • Patent number: 7020401
    Abstract: A wavelength converter and a wavelength division-multiplexing optical communication apparatus automatically generate clock signals of a specified frequency that match send/receive digital signals and regenerates timing for the send/receive digital signals. The wavelength converter includes: optical/electrical signal converters (2A, 2B) that convert input optical signals into electric digital signals; clock generator circuits (4A, 4B) that automatically identify the transmission mode for digital signals and generate phase-synchronized clocks of a specified frequency that match the signal transmission mode; timing regeneration circuits (6A, 6B) that regenerate clock timing for the digital signals based upon the phase-synchronized clocks from the clock generator circuits; and electric/optical converters (3A, 3B) that convert the digital signals from the timing regeneration circuits into optical signals of a specified wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Sakano, Ryuji Ishii, Yoshinori Yamada