Patents by Inventor Shinji Yamamoto

Shinji Yamamoto 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: 20220103108
    Abstract: A vibration actuator control device includes a control unit and a driving unit. The control unit outputs a first control signal for controlling driving of a first vibration actuator including a first vibrating body and a first contact body, and outputs a second control signal for controlling driving of a second vibration actuator and including a second vibrating body. The driving unit (i) outputs a first alternating-current voltage in a first plurality of phases set based on the first control signal, and (ii) outputs a second alternating-current voltage in a second plurality of phases set based on the second control signal. The control unit individually sets a phase difference of the first alternating-current voltage based on the first control signal and sets a phase difference of the second alternating-current voltage based on the second control signal, and commonly sets a first alternating-current voltage frequency and a second alternating-current voltage frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Morita, Shinji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220094330
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate having an uneven surface, a piezoelectric layer provided on the uneven surface of the support substrate, an electrode that excites an acoustic wave in the piezoelectric layer, and an insulating layer that is provided between the uneven surface of the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer, and has an air gap located in a recess part of the uneven surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Michio MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220090267
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base steel sheet which contains Si and Mn, an intermediate layer which is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet and contains a silicon oxide as a main component, and an insulation coating which is disposed on a surface of the intermediate layer. A final-annealed film is not substantially present on a surface of the base steel sheet. In a surface layer region of grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a Mn-depletion layer having a valley portion of a Mn content in which a Mn content is lower than an average Mn content of the base steel sheet in a region deeper than the surface layer region is provided, and a Mn-rich layer having a peak portion of a Mn content in which a Mn content is higher than that in the valley portion of the Mn content is provided in a region closer to a surface of the insulation coating than the Mn-depletion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Shuichi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220090225
    Abstract: This grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, an intermediate layer that is formed on a surface of the base steel sheet and mainly contains silicon oxide, and an insulation coating that is formed on the surface of the intermediate layer. A number density of the oxide particles in a region from the surface of the base steel sheet to a depth of 10 ?m toward an inside of the base steel sheet is 0.020 oxide particles/?m2 or less. In the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, an area rate of an intermediate layer-remaining region n which the intermediate layer does not peel off but remains in a region in which the insulation coating peels off after a bend test performed using a mandrel according to JIS K 5600-5-1 (1999) is 20% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinsuke TAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20220090227
    Abstract: The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present embodiment is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a base steel sheet (1), an intermediate layer (4) disposed to be in contact with the base steel sheet (1), and an insulation coating (3) disposed to be in contact with the intermediate layer (4). The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present embodiment includes a surface of the base steel sheet (1) having a strain region (D) which extends in a direction intersecting a rolling direction of the base steel sheet (1), and a crystalline phosphorus oxide M2P4O13 present in the insulation coating (3) on the strain region (D) in a cross-sectional view of a surface parallel to the rolling direction and a sheet thickness direction of the base steel sheet (1). (M means at least one or both of Fe and Cr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Hideyuki HAMAMURA, Takashi KATAOKA, Shunsuke OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20220074016
    Abstract: This grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has a base steel sheet in which a final-annealed film is substantially not present on a surface, an intermediate layer that is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet and mainly contains silicon oxide, and an insulation coating disposed on a surface of the intermediate layer. In the intermediate layer, a value obtained by dividing a standard deviation ? of a thickness of the intermediate layer by an average value T of the thickness of the intermediate layer is 0.500 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Shinsuke TAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20220068526
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention includes a silicon steel sheet as a base steel sheet, and when an average value of amplitudes in a wavelength range of 20 to 100 ?m among wavelength components obtained by performing Fourier analysis on a measured cross-sectional curve parallel to a sheet width direction of the silicon steel sheet is set as ave-AMPC100, ave-AMPC100 is 0.0001 to 0.050 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki USHIGAMI, Masato MIZOKAMI, Shingo OKADA, Yoichi ZAIZEN, Shinji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220059028
    Abstract: A control apparatus configured to control a display apparatus including a self-luminous element includes: an image judgment unit configured to determine whether or not a ratio of a number of pixels located in a predetermined area of an image and having gradation levels within a gradation range from a first gradation level not equal to a lowest gradation level to a second gradation level not equal to a highest gradation level is equal to or larger than a threshold value; and a drive change unit configured to determine a refresh rate of the display apparatus including the self-luminous element according to a result of the determination made by the image judgment unit. The image judgment unit is configured to determine at least one of (1) the value of the first gradation level and the value of the second gradation level, and (2) the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: MASAFUMI ITO, KENJI MAEDA, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, YUICHI SATO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
  • Publication number: 20220059027
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a display driver that drives the display such that the display displays in accordance with display data; and a host controller that transfers update display data of one screen to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller that causes a self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory that stores the update display data of the one screen. The display driver reads the update display data on the memory after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a drive end time at which the display controller finishes driving in accordance with the update display data and drives the screen by using the read update display data. The display driver drives the self-luminous elements once or more at a timing when the update display data from the host controller to the display driver is not updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: YUICHI SATO, KENJI MAEDA, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, FUMITAKA SEKI, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
  • Publication number: 20220059033
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit; a display driver configured to drive the display unit; and a display-data generator configured to transfer a screenful of update display data to the display driver. The display driver includes a light-emission controller configured to control self-luminous elements to emit light, and a memory storing a screenful of the update display data. After a lapse of a predetermined time period from a driving stop time, the display driver reads the update display data stored in the memory and then uses the update display data to drive a screen, the driving stop time being a time when the display unit is stopped from driving based on the update display data. The display driver causes the self-luminous elements of the display unit to emit light, even during a display update or no display update performed on the display driver by the display-data generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: FUMITAKA SEKI, KENJI MAEDA, TAKUYA OKAMOTO, SHINJI YAMAMOTO, YUICHI SATO, MASAFUMI ITO, YOHICHI TAKAZANE
  • Publication number: 20220038071
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer provided over the support substrate, comb-shaped electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric layer, each of the comb-shaped electrodes including electrode fingers exciting an acoustic wave, a temperature compensation film interposed between the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer and having a temperature coefficient of an elastic constant opposite in sign to that of the piezoelectric layer, a boundary layer interposed between the support substrate and the temperature compensation film, an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the boundary layer being higher than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the temperature compensation film and being lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the support substrate, and an intermediate layer interposed between the support substrate and the boundary layer and having a Q factor less than a Q factor of the boundary layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiharu NAKAZATO, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Ryouta IWABUCHI, Naoki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210407264
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that outputs information about a predetermined person includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire person information including an action history of a person detected from a video and product information corresponding to a target product possibly stolen from a store, an extraction unit configured to extract person information related to the target product corresponding to the acquired product information based on the product corresponding to the acquired product information and the action history included in the acquired person information, and an output unit configured to output a report including at least the person information extracted by the extraction unit and the product information corresponding to the target product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawano, Shinji Yamamoto, Sho Saito, Akifumi Tanaka, Ichiko Mayuzumi
  • Publication number: 20210407265
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that outputs information about a specified product includes a detection unit configured to detect person information including a behavior history of a person detected from a video, and an output unit configured to output information about a product that meets a predetermined condition, based on the detected behavior history in the person information relating to a person to be retrieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Sho Saito, Atsushi Kawano, Shinji Yamamoto, Akifumi Tanaka, Ichiko Mayuzumi
  • Publication number: 20210399709
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device including a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer provided over the support substrate, at least one pair of comb-shaped electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric layer, each of the at least one pair of comb-shaped electrodes including electrode fingers, a temperature compensation film interposed between the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer, the temperature compensation film having a temperature coefficient of elastic constant opposite in sign to a temperature coefficient of elastic constant of the piezoelectric layer; and an insulating layer interposed between the support substrate and the temperature compensation film, a first surface of the insulating layer having first protruding portions and/or first recessed portions, a second surface of the insulating layer having second protruding portions and/or second recessed portions, the first surface being closer to the support substrate, the second surface being closer to the temperature compensation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Toshio NISHIZAWA, Naoki KAKITA
  • Patent number: 11186891
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; an intermediate layer arranged in contact with the base steel sheet; and an insulation coating arranged in contact with the intermediate layer to be an outermost surface, in which a Cr content of the insulation coating is 0.1 at % or more on average, and when viewing a cross section whose cutting direction is parallel to a thickness direction, the insulation coating has a compound layer containing a crystalline phosphide in an area in contact with the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Ushigami
  • Publication number: 20210213309
    Abstract: There is provided a facepiece that does not hinder the movement of a wearer. A facepiece that covers a face of a wearer, the facepiece including: a front surface plate that is a transparent plate-like member having a size that can cover the face of the wearer; and a rotation mechanism passing through the front surface plate on either a right or left side of the wearer and being rotatable with respect to the front surface plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD., AIR WATER SAFETY SERVICE INC.
    Inventors: Nobuo SHIGEMATSU, Kenichi ONO, Hiroyuki IDE, Masaru FUKUDA, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Takushi DOI, Masashi YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11063205
    Abstract: A vibration actuator includes an elastic body on which at least one projection is formed and a vibrating body including an electromechanical conversion device, and drives a driven member that is in contact with a contact portion of the projection by causing an end portion of the projection to perform an ellipsoidal movement in response to a combination of two vibration modes generated in the vibrating body when an alternating driving voltage is applied. The elastic body is formed integrally with the projection and a bonding portion between the projection and the electromechanical conversion device. A space is provided between the contact portion and the electromechanical conversion device to which the projection is bonded. The spring portion is provided between the bonding portion and the contact portion and causes the projection to exhibit a spring characteristic when the contact portion is pressed by the driven member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Oda, Shinji Yamamoto, Akio Atsuta
  • Publication number: 20210205641
    Abstract: There is provided a back carrier that does not hinder the movement of a wearer. A back carrier having a gas cylinder attached thereto, and carried on wearer's back, the back carrier including: a main body to which the gas cylinder is attached; and an adjuster including a regulator and a pressure demand valve attached to the main body and integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: AIR WATER SAFETY SERVICE INC., SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Takushi DOI, Masashi YOKOYAMA, Nobuo SHIGEMATSU, Kenichi ONO, Hiroyuki IDE, Masaru FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 10967609
    Abstract: A clad material includes a first layer made of stainless steel and a second layer made of Cu or a Cu alloy and roll-bonded to the first layer. In the clad material, a grain size of the second layer measured by a comparison method of JIS H 0501 is 0.150 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210086478
    Abstract: A clad material (30) includes a first layer (31) made of stainless steel, a second layer (32) made of Cu or a Cu alloy and roll-bonded to the first layer, and a third layer (33) made of stainless steel and roll-bonded to a side of the second layer opposite to the first layer. The clad material has an overall thickness of 1 mm or less, and in a cross-sectional view along a stacking direction, a minimum thickness of the first layer in the stacking direction and a minimum thickness of the third layer in the stacking direction are 70% or more and less than 100% of an average thickness of the first layer in the stacking direction and an average thickness of the third layer in the stacking direction, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Yamamoto