Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Kimura

Shunsuke 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: 12204049
    Abstract: A photodetection element includes a pixel region, a first absorption region, a first discharge electrode, a pixel neighboring region, a second absorption region, and a second discharge electrode. The pixel region is formed in a semiconductor substrate and internally generates an electron and a hole in accordance with the incident light. The pixel neighboring region is formed so as to be adjacent to the pixel region and internally generates an electron and a hole in accordance with the incident light. The second absorption region is formed in the pixel neighboring region and absorbs, of either of the electron and the hole generated in the pixel neighboring region, the carrier equal to a first discharge carrier as a second discharge carrier. The second discharge electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate and discharges, from the second absorption region, the second discharge carrier absorbed in the second absorption region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 12146991
    Abstract: The noise calculation unit applies a statistical process for the measurement signal of the first number of data to calculate the noise value. The calculation threshold setting unit sets the calculation threshold based on the noise value. The period determination unit determines a period where a difference between the measurement signal and a moving average value calculated in a previous cycle exceeds the calculation threshold, to be the non-calculation period of the baseline. The moving average calculation unit is configured such that the measurement signal in a period excluding the non-calculation period is moving-averaged for each second number of data to calculate the moving average value. The first number of data and the second number of data are set independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kimura, Hidekazu Adachi
  • Publication number: 20240282895
    Abstract: A light field device including: a plurality of microdisplays; a plurality of first lenses on the plurality of microdisplays and configured to refract light output from the plurality of microdisplays; and a plurality of second lenses on the plurality of first lenses and configured to refract light that is projected from the plurality of first lenses, wherein each of the plurality of microdisplays includes a light emitting region including a plurality of micro-LEDs and a bezel region surrounding the light emitting region, and a pitch of the plurality of second lenses is greater than a pitch of the plurality of first lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke KIMURA, Jaeseok KIM, Kilsoo JUNG, Seungryong HAN
  • Publication number: 20240258409
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first conductor, a second conductor over the first conductor, a first insulator covering the second conductor, a first oxide over the first insulator, and a second oxide over the first oxide, an opening overlapping with at least part of the first conductor is provided in the first oxide and the first insulator, and the second oxide is electrically connected to the first conductor through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Toshihiko TAKEUCHI, Naoto YAMADE, Hiroshi FUJIKI, Tomoaki MORIWAKA, Shunsuke KIMURA
  • Patent number: 12051552
    Abstract: A switching device includes a switch unit with a contact structure and a first operation shaft. The switching device includes a second flange with a contact portion to be in contact with the first operation shaft, and includes a second operation shaft. The switching device includes a holding member with an engagement portion to be engaged with an upper surface of the second flange. The switching device includes a switch operator in which the holding member is inserted. When a lateral pressing force is applied to the switch operator, a second contact portion between the second flange and the engagement portion serves as a support, and thus the second operation shaft rotates with the support. The first operation shaft rotates in accordance with the rotation of the second operation shaft, so that the contact structure is electrically conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Gorai, Tetsu Numata, Akihiro Kusaka, Shunsuke Kimura, Reiji Koyama
  • Publication number: 20240230850
    Abstract: A photodetection element includes a pixel region, a first absorption region, a first discharge electrode, a pixel neighboring region, a second absorption region, and a second discharge electrode. The pixel region is formed in a semiconductor substrate and internally generates an electron and a hole in accordance with the incident light. The pixel neighboring region is formed so as to be adjacent to the pixel region and internally generates an electron and a hole in accordance with the incident light. The second absorption region is formed in the pixel neighboring region and absorbs, of either of the electron and the hole generated in the pixel neighboring region, the carrier equal to a first discharge carrier as a second discharge carrier. The second discharge electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate and discharges, from the second absorption region, the second discharge carrier absorbed in the second absorption region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: Shunsuke KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240134013
    Abstract: A photodetection element includes a pixel region, a first absorption region, a first discharge electrode, a pixel neighboring region, a second absorption region, and a second discharge electrode. The pixel region is formed in a semiconductor substrate and internally generates an electron and a hole in accordance with the incident light. The pixel neighboring region is formed so as to be adjacent to the pixel region and internally generates an electron and a hole in accordance with the incident light. The second absorption region is formed in the pixel neighboring region and absorbs, of either of the electron and the hole generated in the pixel neighboring region, the carrier equal to a first discharge carrier as a second discharge carrier. The second discharge electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate and discharges, from the second absorption region, the second discharge carrier absorbed in the second absorption region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Shunsuke KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11953929
    Abstract: When an operation knob 10 formed of silicone rubber is pushed laterally, a stem 7 tilts with a contact portion (i) as a fulcrum, a push button portion 6b is pushed, and a contact point in a switch mechanism portion 6a operates to turn on a switch circuit. Even if, by a large operating force F3 being applied, the operation knob 10 is extended and the inner surface portion 15, which is a ceiling surface of an internal space 13 of the operation knob 10, rides on an upper end portion 7c, a reinforcing surface 19 provided on the inner surface portion 15 slides on the upper end portion 7c, and the operation knob 10 returns to the initial shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Gorai, Tetsu Numata, Akihiro Kusaka, Shunsuke Kimura, Reiji Koyama
  • Patent number: 11955538
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first conductor, a second conductor over the first conductor, a first insulator covering the second conductor, a first oxide over the first insulator, and a second oxide over the first oxide, an opening overlapping with at least part of the first conductor is provided in the first oxide and the first insulator, and the second oxide is electrically connected to the first conductor through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toshihiko Takeuchi, Naoto Yamade, Hiroshi Fujiki, Tomoaki Moriwaka, Shunsuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230299183
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first conductor, a second conductor over the first conductor, a first insulator covering the second conductor, a first oxide over the first insulator, and a second oxide over the first oxide, an opening overlapping with at least part of the first conductor is provided in the first oxide and the first insulator, and the second oxide is electrically connected to the first conductor through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Toshihiko TAKEUCHI, Naoto YAMADE, Hiroshi FUJIKI, Tomoaki MORIWAKA, Shunsuke KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230207845
    Abstract: According to the present embodiment, the first fuel cell group is formed of a plurality of fuel cell stacks connected in series. The first power converter is capable of controlling a first power to be generated by the first fuel cell group according to a first output current. The second fuel cell group is formed of a plurality of fuel cell stacks connected in series, the fuel cell stacks corresponding respectively to the fuel cell stacks in the first fuel cell group. The second power converter is capable of controlling a second power to be generated by the second fuel cell group according to a second output current. Oxygen-containing gas is supplied through the first pipe to each of the fuel cell stacks in the first fuel cell group and each of the fuel cell stacks in the second fuel cell group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro OGAWA, Shunsuke KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11670705
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first conductor, a second conductor over the first conductor, a first insulator covering the second conductor, a first oxide over the first insulator, and a second oxide over the first oxide, an opening overlapping with at least part of the first conductor is provided in the first oxide and the first insulator, and the second oxide is electrically connected to the first conductor through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toshihiko Takeuchi, Naoto Yamade, Hiroshi Fujiki, Tomoaki Moriwaka, Shunsuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 11609312
    Abstract: In a signal processing device, a branch section generates, from an input signal which is a current signal, a plurality of branch signals that are proportional to the input signal and have different signal intensities, and supplies the plurality of branch signals to respective different individual paths. A selection section selects one of the plurality of individual paths and outputs a signal supplied through the selected individual path. A determination section determines whether in each of the plurality of individual paths, a magnitude of a signal supplied to the selection section is in a preset allowable range. A control section causes the selection section to select the individual path having a highest gain among the individual paths in which the magnitude of the signal is determined by the determination section to be in the allowable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 11578349
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fermentation product by culturing a microorganism, the method containing steps (A) to (D): (A) culturing the microorganism with a first culture medium; (B) passing a culture solution containing cultured bacterial cells, raw materials for culture, and the fermentation product through an adsorption tower packed with an adsorbent capable of adsorbing the fermentation product from the culture solution, and then collecting an effluent containing the bacterial cells and the raw materials for culture flowing out from the adsorption tower, wherein a relationship among a size (short diameter) d of the bacterial cell, a pore size D1 of the adsorbent, and a minimum void size D2 between adsorbent particles, D1<d<D2 is satisfied; (C) eluting the fermentation product from the absorbent; and (D) culturing the microorganism with a second culture medium using collected effluent containing the bacterial cells and the raw materials for culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kimura, Kenichi Shikata
  • Patent number: 11561293
    Abstract: A light receiving unit receives a pulsed optical signal arriving from a search region. A branching unit generates, from a received light signal, a plurality of branch signals having signal intensities proportional to a signal intensity of the received light signal and different from one another. A conversion unit converts, from analog to digital, a signal fed via the individual path selected by a selection unit, and in accordance with a result of the conversion, a processing unit generates information regarding an object reflecting the optical signal. A control unit causes the selection unit to select one of the individual paths for which a determination unit determines that a magnitude of the fed signal is within an input range of the conversion unit and which provides the highest gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230009538
    Abstract: Provided is an application method including: a feeding step including feeding a viscous material to a discharge member; a temperature measurement step including measuring a temperature of the viscous material in a flow path through which the viscous material is fed to the discharge member; a pressurizing step including pressurizing the viscous material fed to the discharge member, based on the temperature measured in the temperature measurement step; and a discharge step including discharging, through the discharge member, the viscous material pressurized in the pressurizing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yutaro UENO, Shunsuke KIMURA, Takashi YAMAMURO, Hironobu HAYAMA, Hirofumi MIMA, Shinya MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11531351
    Abstract: A light receiving element array includes one or more unit element blocks. Each of the unit element blocks includes different light receiving elements with different element structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220244751
    Abstract: A push button device for an endoscope includes: a connection member having a bottomed tubular shape and provided to a finger placement member, the finger placement member having elasticity and disposed on an exterior member of the endoscope; a first stem that has an upper end portion inserted and fitted into the connection member and that is slidably and swingably disposed; a second stem slidably and swingably provided and configured to move in conjunction with motion of the first stem; an immobile member slidably and swingably holding the first stem and the second stem; and a switch configured to be switched by displacement of the second stem moving in conjunction with the motion of the first stem when the finger placement member is pushed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke KIMURA, Reiji KOYAMA, Tetsu NUMATA, Shigeto GORAI, Akihiro KUSAKA
  • Publication number: 20220240755
    Abstract: A push button mechanism for an endoscope includes: a first stem having a first longitudinal direction and having a first end portion connected inside a finger placement member; a second stem having a first end face in contact with a second end portion of the first stem and slidably provided along a second longitudinal direction having a predetermined angle relative to the first longitudinal direction; a switch configured to be switched by the second stem sliding in the second longitudinal direction in contact with the second end portion of the first stem moving in conjunction with the finger placement member; and an immobile member including a space in which the second end portion of the first stem is housed, and the space has a sectional shape similar to the second end portion formed in a deformed shape and prevents rotation of the first stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke KIMURA, Reiji KOYAMA, Tetsu NUMATA, Shigeto GORAI, Akihiro KUSAKA
  • Publication number: 20220246374
    Abstract: A switching device includes a switch unit with a contact structure and a first operation shaft. The switching device includes a second flange with a contact portion to be in contact with the first operation shaft, and includes a second operation shaft. The switching device includes a holding member with an engagement portion to be engaged with an upper surface of the second flange. The switching device includes a switch operator in which the holding member is inserted. When a lateral pressing force is applied to the switch operator, a second contact portion between the second flange and the engagement portion serves as a support, and thus the second operation shaft rotates with the support. The first operation shaft rotates in accordance with the rotation of the second operation shaft, so that the contact structure is electrically conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeto GORAI, Tetsu NUMATA, Akihiro KUSAKA, Shunsuke KIMURA, Reiji KOYAMA