Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Tanaka
Shunsuke Tanaka 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).
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Patent number: 7530031Abstract: A character input device not completely occupying a screen, good in visibility, and enabling input of characters while reducing to a minimum the movement of the fingers and line of sight, which, in the case of input of for example the hiragana 50-character phonetic syllabary of the Japanese language, displays an initial block of the major group lead characters a (), ka (), sa (), ta (), na () on a first row of a character input region on a display screen and the block of the remaining major group lead characters ha (), ma (), ya (), ra (), wa () on the second row, allows movement of a focus position or character position by “left” and “right” keys (a ()?ka ()?sa ()? . . . ), switches the character focused to the block of ha (), ma (), ya (), ra (), wa () after the focus position reaches na (), allows switching between displayed characters by for example using the “down” key to move to the next character (for example, a ()?i ()?u ()? . . .Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2003Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Keiichi Iwamura, Osamu Ota, Junya Yamaguchi, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kazuhiro Yoshihara
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Patent number: 7402452Abstract: In a solid-state image pick-up device in which a photoelectric converting section formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate oxide film of a transfer path of a charge coupled device (CCD) which is close to the photoelectric converting section are constituted by a laminated film comprising a silicon oxide film (SiO) and a silicon nitride film (SiN), the gas oxide film has a single layer structure in which at least an end on the photoelectric converting section side of the gate oxide film does not contain the silicon nitride film.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Eiichi Okamoto, Shunsuke Tanaka, Shinji Uya
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Publication number: 20080153197Abstract: In a solid-state image pick-up device in which a photoelectric converting section formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate oxide film of a transfer path of a charge coupled device (CCD) which is close to the photoelectric converting section are constituted by a laminated film comprising a silicon oxide film (SiO) and a silicon nitride film (SiN), the gas oxide film has a single layer structure in which at least an end on the photoelectric converting section side of the gate oxide film does not contain the silicon nitride film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Eiichi Okamoto, Shunsuke Tanaka, Shinji Uya
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Publication number: 20080018771Abstract: A method of driving a CCD solid-state image pickup device, the device comprising: a plurality of vertical charge-transfer channels that vertically transfers signal charges responsive to amounts of light received; a signal-charge temporary accumulation section, provided at an end of each of the vertical charge-transfer channels, that is driven independently of driving of the vertical charge-transfer channels; and a horizontal charge-transfer channel through which signal charges transferred from the signal-charge temporary accumulation section are transferred to an output terminal side, wherein the method comprising performing vertical transfers of signal charges through the vertical charge-transfer channels during a period of a horizontal transfer of signal charges through the horizontal charge-transfer channel, while the horizontal transfer through the horizontal charge-transfer channel is brought to a temporary stop for each pulse-edge time of driving pulses to drive the vertical charge-transfer channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Tatsuya Hagiwara, Shunsuke Tanaka
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Publication number: 20080018768Abstract: A method of driving a solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of photoelectric converting elements arranged in a two-dimensional array on a light-receiving surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a charge transfer path disposed along each of columns of photoelectric converting elements, the charge transfer path reading out charges detected at each of photoelectric converting elements in a column of the photoelectric converting elements and transferring the charges, the photoelectric converting elements in the column thereof comprising two groups, each containing every other photoelectric converting element. Charges are read out from the two groups into the charge transfer path at a time difference between the two groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventor: Shunsuke Tanaka
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Publication number: 20070159547Abstract: A solid state image pickup device is provided which includes: a semiconductor substrate having a light reception region; a well being formed in the semiconductor substrate; charge accumulation regions disposed in the well in a matrix shape; a vertical transfer channel disposed in the well; a light shielding film formed above the semiconductor substrate; and a horizontal transfer channel connected to the vertical transfer channels, wherein the light reception region includes: a first region in which an opening is formed through the light shielding film above each of the charge accumulation regions; a second region in which an opening is not formed through the upper light shielding film; and a third region defined between the first and second regions along the column direction of the charge accumulation regions, the third region not having at least partially the well and not having an opening formed through the upper light shielding film.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2006Publication date: July 12, 2007Inventors: Shunsuke Tanaka, Tatsuya Hagiwara
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Patent number: 7130775Abstract: An integrated building production information system including design CAD (computer-aided-design) based on software of building, structure, and equipment, and databases built in the outside separately from the design CAD, the databases making an integrated DB (shared database)-CAD system of building, structure and equipment as an execution-linked system in DB-CAD's sharing of a standard database, wherein the integrated building production information system stores the information made compatible by three-dimensional superposition at the time of design into a shared database (DB) of the integrated DB-CAD system, and further receives and links information of this shared database to extemal systems such as a skeleton drawing CAD, a reinforcing bar and steel frame system and the like and produces execution information.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2002Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Kajima CorporationInventors: Tohru Takagaki, Shunsuke Tanaka, Hiroshi Tamai, Takerou Yasuzawa, Ayako Yasaka, Minoru Tsujimoto, Yukio Endou, Yasufumi Tani, Yukio Sano, Manabu Takagi, Taketoshi Takahashi, Shigehiko Ueno, Teturou Uenami, Kazuo Wakasugi
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Patent number: 7105459Abstract: It is an object to provide, with a high productivity, a dielectric thin film having a high degree of pore and a very great mechanical strength, and there are included a surfactant film forming step of forming a film including a surfactant on a surface of a substrate on which a thin film is to be formed, a vapor deposition step of causing the substrate to come in contact with a gas phase containing a silica derivative to form a thin film including the silica derivative, and a step of calcining the substrate having the thin film formed thereon and decomposing and removing the surfactant, the thin film being thus formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norikazu Nishiyama, Yoshiaki Oku, Shunsuke Tanaka, Korekazu Ueyama
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Patent number: 7004474Abstract: A seal for an endless track has a cross section having a centerline parallel to an axis of the seal and a configuration symmetric with respect to the centerline of the cross section. The seal can include an elastically deformably configured portion having a cross section like alphabetical letter X, and a protrusion extending from an intersection of legs of letter X in a bushing-side direction further than a plane connecting bushing-side end portions of the legs of letter X. The protrusion has an end surface where the protrusion contacts the bushing. The seal can further include an embedding portion embedded in a space between legs of letter X, on a bushing-side of the intersection of the legs of letter X.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignees: Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Masaki Ohara, Akiyoshi Kurihara, Seiji Oomura, Noriyuki Andou, Takashi Konno, Hiromasa Muraki, Akira Muramatsu, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kouji Toriyama
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Publication number: 20050267912Abstract: A mobile phone is provided with a user dictionary to be used under privacy mode ON state and another user dictionary to be used under privacy mode OFF state. The two user dictionaries are automatically switched in conjunction with ON/OFF of the privacy mode. Further, the user dictionary used under privacy mode OFF state is prevented from being referred to under privacy mode ON state. This prevents information stored under privacy mode OFF state from being leaked.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2005Publication date: December 1, 2005Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, NTT DoCoMo Inc.Inventors: Syuichi Wada, Keiichi Iwamura, Junya Yamaguchi, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kazuhiro Yoshihara
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Publication number: 20050260785Abstract: In a solid-state image pick-up device in which a photoelectric converting section formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate oxide film of a transfer path of a charge coupled device (CCD) which is close to the photoelectric converting section are constituted by a laminated film comprising a silicon oxide film (SiO) and a silicon nitride film (SiN), the gas oxide film has a single layer structure in which at least an end on the photoelectric converting section side of the gate oxide film does not contain the silicon nitride film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Eiichi Okamoto, Shunsuke Tanaka, Shinji Uya
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Patent number: 6946694Abstract: In a solid-state image pick-up device in which a photoelectric converting section formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate oxide film of a transfer path of a charge coupled device (CCD) which is close to the photoelectric converting section are constituted by a laminated film comprising a silicon oxide film (SiO) and a silicon nitride film (SiN), the gas oxide film has a single layer structure in which at least an end on the photoelectric converting section side of the gate oxide film does not contain the silicon nitride film.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Okamoto, Shunsuke Tanaka, Shinji Uya
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Publication number: 20050106802Abstract: It is an object to provide, with a high productivity, a dielectric thin film having a high degree of pore and a very great mechanical strength, and there are included a surfactant film forming step of forming a film including a surfactant on a surface of a substrate on which a thin film is to be formed, a vapor deposition step of causing the substrate to come in contact with a gas phase containing a silica derivative to form a thin film including the silica derivative, and a step of calcining the substrate having the thin film formed thereon and decomposing and removing the surfactant, the thin film being thus formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2003Publication date: May 19, 2005Inventors: Norikazu Nishiyama, Yoshiaki Oku, Shunsuke Tanaka, Korekazu Ueyama
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Patent number: 6872280Abstract: A slurry collection device 1 includes a ring-shaped barrier member 2 provided around a turntable T of a polishing machine E and a ring-shaped slurry collection container 3 provided around the barrier member 2. The turntable T is connected to an upper end of a main rotation shaft T1 that sticks out from a bottom portion of a sink S of the polishing machine E and is lifted from the bottom portion of the sink S. The slurry collection device 1 of the present invention is inserted between the turntable T and the sink S.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Tanaka, Masami Shinohara, Kohichi Ishimoto
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Publication number: 20040145614Abstract: According to the invention, by developing a function of linking pieces of information of CAD's with one another for improving design drawings in quality, the pieces of information can be unified, the compatibility of information can be obtained or the efficiency of a collating operation can be improved and thereby data being compatible and good in quality which are made at an execution design stage can be obtained and a work of taking the compatibility can be advanced and further can be performed easily in a short time, and, therefore, such effects lead to shortening of the whole process and furthermore make it possible to comprehensively improve the efficiency of building production by diverting and utilizing said data at estimation and execution stages after the execution design stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Tohru Takagaki, Shunsuke Tanaka, Hiroshi Tamai, Takerou Yasuzawa, Ayako Yasaka, Minoru Tsujimoto, Yukio Endou, Yasufumi Tani, Yukio Sano, Manabu Takagi, Taketoshi Takahashi, Shigehiko Ueno, Teturou Uenami, Kazuo Wakasugi
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Publication number: 20040026718Abstract: In a solid-state image pick-up device in which a photoelectric converting section formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate oxide film of a transfer path of a charge coupled device (CCD) which is close to the photoelectric converting section are constituted by a laminated film comprising a silicon oxide film (SiO) and a silicon nitride film (SiN), the gas oxide film has a single layer structure in which at least an end on the photoelectric converting section side of the gate oxide film does not contain the silicon nitride film.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Eiichi Okamoto, Shunsuke Tanaka, Shinji Uya
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Publication number: 20040007833Abstract: A seal for an endless track has a cross section having a centerline parallel to an axis of the seal and a configuration symmetric with respect to the centerline of the cross section. The seal can include an elastically deformably configured portion having a cross section like alphabetical letter X, and a protrusion extending from an intersection of legs of letter X in a bushing-side direction further than a plane connecting bushing-side end portions of the legs of letter X. The protrusion has an end surface where the protrusion contacts the bushing. The seal can further include an embedding portion embedded in a space between legs of letter X, on a bushing-side of the intersection of the legs of letter X.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicants: TOPY KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Masaki Ohara, Akiyoshi Kurihara, Seiji Oomura, Noriyuki Andou, Takashi Konno, Hiromasa Muraki, Akira Muramatsu, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kouji Toriyama
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Publication number: 20030179185Abstract: A character input device not completely occupying a screen, good in visibility, and enabling input of characters while reducing to a minimum the movement of the fingers and line of sight, which, in the case of input of for example the hiragana 50-character phonetic syllabary of the Japanese language, displays an initial block of the major group lead characters a , ka , sa , ta , na on a first row of a character input region on a display screen and the block of the remaining major group lead characters ha , ma , ya , ra , wa on the second row, allows movement of a focus position or character position by "left" and "right" keys (a → ka → sa → ...), switches the character focused to the block of ha , ma , ya , ra , wa after the focus position reaches na , allows switching between displayed characters by for example using the "down" key to move to the next character (for example, a → i → u → ...Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Keiichi IWAMURA , Osamu OTA , Junya YAMAGUCHI , Shunsuke TANAKA , Kazuhiro YOSHIHARA
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Publication number: 20030164356Abstract: A slurry collection device 1 includes a ring-shaped barrier member 2 provided around a turntable T of a polishing machine E and a ring-shaped slurry collection container 3 provided around the barrier member 2. The turntable T is connected to an upper end of a main rotation shaft T1 that sticks out from a bottom portion of a sink S of the polishing machine E and is lifted from the bottom portion of the sink S. The slurry collection device 1 of the present invention is inserted between the turntable T and the sink S.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Tanaka, Masami Shinohara, Kohichi Ishimoto
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Patent number: D558656Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Tanaka, Ken Kunishige, Kenji Kido, Keita Nakabou