Patents by Inventor Takaaki Hirano

Takaaki Hirano 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: 20250151239
    Abstract: Provided is a heat conductive sheet excellent in adhesion to metal and flame retardancy. The presently disclosed heat conductive sheet includes a fluororesin, an acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of not more than a predetermined value, and a heat conductive filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Midori YAMAAI, Takaaki HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20240290813
    Abstract: An optical detection device including a through electrode is provided. The optical detection device includes a first semiconductor layer having a photoelectric conversion region, a first surface, and a second surface that is a light entrance surface, a second semiconductor layer with a third surface and a fourth surface, a second wiring layer overlapped with the third surface, a third wiring layer overlapped with the fourth surface, a first wiring layer with one surface overlapped with the first surface and another surface overlapped with one of the second wiring layer and the third wiring layer, a first conductor that has a first width, includes a first material, and penetrates the second semiconductor layer in a thickness direction, and a second conductor that has a second width smaller than the first width, includes a second material different from the first material, and penetrates the second semiconductor layer in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki HANEDA, Kengo KOTOO, Yoshiki SHIRASU, Kazuki SHIMOMURA, Nobutoshi FUJII, Takaaki HIRANO, Yosuke FUJII, Takashi OINOUE, Suguru SAITO, Toshiyuki ISHIMARU, Keiji OHSHIMA, Shinichi IMAI, Takuya KUROTORI, Tomohiro SUGIYAMA, Ikue MITSUHASHI, Kenichi TOKUOKA
  • Publication number: 20230411429
    Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor layer including, for each pixel, a photoelectric conversion section and a charge accumulation section that accumulates signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion section; a second semiconductor layer stacked on the first semiconductor layer and having a first surface provided with a pixel transistor, in which the pixel transistor has a three-dimensional structure and reads the signal charge from the charge accumulation section; and a through-wiring line that directly couples the charge accumulation section and a gate electrode of the pixel transistor to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi NAKAZAWA, Takashi KOJIMA, Shinichi IMAI, Tokihisa KANEGUCHI, Koichiro SAGA, Kai TOKUHIRO, Takaaki HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230178575
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a multilayer substrate including an optical element; a light-transmitting plate provided on the substrate to cover the optical element; and a lens of an inorganic material provided between the substrate and the light-transmitting plate. A structure having a same strength as a strength per unit area of the lens is provided at a portion outside an effective photosensitive region where the optical element is formed, when the substrate is viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki HIRANO, Shinji MIYAZAWA, Kensaku MAEDA, Yusuke MORIYA, Shunsuke FURUSE, Yutaka OOKA
  • Patent number: 11600648
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a multilayer substrate including an optical element; a light-transmitting plate provided on the substrate to cover the optical element; and a lens of an inorganic material provided between the substrate and the light-transmitting plate. A structure having a same strength as a strength per unit area of the lens is provided at a portion outside an effective photosensitive region where the optical element is formed, when the substrate is viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Hirano, Shinji Miyazawa, Kensaku Maeda, Yusuke Moriya, Shunsuke Furuse, Yutaka Ooka
  • Patent number: 11531801
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for enabling more accurate prediction of a crack to be made. A model acquisition unit acquires a structure model MD from a model generation unit, an external device (not illustrated), or the like. Amplitude load energy A in an element E0 having no cracks is set on the basis of a relationship between an equivalent stress ? and an equivalent elastic strain ? experimentally obtained according to a material constituting the element E0. Since the equivalent elastic strain ? depends on a crack variable ?, the amplitude load energy A is expressed as a function of the crack variable ?. A crack prediction unit predicts a crack to be generated in a structure D by calculating a differential equation having a term proportional to the amplitude energy. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a crack prediction device that predicts a crack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hongo, Takaaki Hirano
  • Patent number: 11120100
    Abstract: To further reduce calculation load in flow analysis of a fluid in a cavity. Provided is an information processing device including: a division unit configured to divide a cavity in which a fluid flows into a plurality of infinitesimal elements; an adjustment unit configured to adjust an equation expressing a conservation law of a physical quantity related to the fluid, on a basis of distribution of a thickness of the cavity; and an analysis unit configured to calculate flow velocity for each of the infinitesimal elements by using the equation adjusted by the adjustment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaaki Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210265407
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a multilayer substrate including an optical element; a light-transmitting plate provided on the substrate to cover the optical element; and a lens of an inorganic material provided between the substrate and the light-transmitting plate. A structure having a same strength as a strength per unit area of the lens is provided at a portion outside an effective photosensitive region where the optical element is formed, when the substrate is viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki HIRANO, Shinji MIYAZAWA, Kensaku MAEDA, Yusuke MORIYA, Shunsuke FURUSE, Yutaka OOKA
  • Patent number: 11037975
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a multilayer substrate including an optical element; a light-transmitting plate provided on the substrate to cover the optical element; and a lens of an inorganic material provided between the substrate and the light-transmitting plate. A structure having a same strength as a strength per unit area of the lens is provided at a portion outside an effective photosensitive region where the optical element is formed, when the substrate is viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Hirano, Shinji Miyazawa, Kensaku Maeda, Yusuke Moriya, Shunsuke Furuse, Yutaka Ooka
  • Publication number: 20210129515
    Abstract: A residual layer removal method of removing a residual layer of an adhesive resin attached to a substrate used in a display module, the residual layer removal method includes: an arranging step of arranging a metal porous material on a surface of the residual layer; a heating step of heating and softening the residual layer; a pressing step of pressing the metal porous material arranged on the surface of the residual layer by the arranging step to the residual layer softened. by the heating step to press-fit at least parts of the residual layer into open holes of the metal porous material; and a peeling step of peeling off the metal porous material in which the residual layer is press-fitted into the open holes from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: TAKAAKI HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20200361816
    Abstract: To provide a glass with improved strength. Provided is a glass having at least a first face and a second face facing each other, and a third face connecting the first face to the second face. Each of the first face, the second face, and the third face contains metal atoms. The average concentration of the metal atoms in a first side region formed by the first face and the third face is lower than the average concentration of the metal atoms in each of the first face and the third face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Takaaki HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20200117846
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for enabling more accurate prediction of a crack to be made. A model acquisition unit acquires a structure model MD from a model generation unit, an external device (not illustrated), or the like. Amplitude load energy A in an element E0 having no cracks is set on the basis of a relationship between an equivalent stress ? and an equivalent elastic strain ? experimentally obtained according to a material constituting the element E0. Since the equivalent elastic strain ? depends on a crack variable p, the amplitude load energy A is expressed as a function of the crack variable ?. A crack prediction unit predicts a crack to be generated in a structure D by calculating a differential equation having a term proportional to the amplitude energy. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a crack prediction device that predicts a crack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO HONGO, TAKAAKI HIRANO
  • Patent number: 10468389
    Abstract: A display device (1) includes a substrate (11) having a first surface (S1) and a second surface (S2) that face each other, and having a plurality of light emitting elements (10A) on the first surface, a mounting member (12) disposed to face a portion of the second surface of the substrate, and a base (13) adhered to the second surface of the substrate, and having a depressed portion (13a) that faces the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Hirano, Teppei Imamura
  • Publication number: 20190244996
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a multilayer substrate including an optical element; a light-transmitting plate provided on the substrate to cover the optical element; and a lens of an inorganic material provided between the substrate and the light-transmitting plate. A structure having a same strength as a strength per unit area of the lens is provided at a portion outside an effective photosensitive region where the optical element is formed, when the substrate is viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki HIRANO, Shinji MIYAZAWA, Kensaku MAEDA, Yusuke MORIYA, Shunsuke FURUSE, Yutaka OOKA
  • Patent number: 10338388
    Abstract: There is provided an image display device that comprises an image forming unit and a light guide unit. The light guide unit includes a light guide plate configured to guide light of an image formed in the image forming unit, and a support member. The light guide plate is supported by one or more buffer members at, at least, a plurality of portions of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Hirano, Hiroshi Isobe, Koji Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 10332924
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a multilayer substrate including an optical element; a light-transmitting plate provided on the substrate to cover the optical element; and a lens of an inorganic material provided between the substrate and the light-transmitting plate. A structure having a same strength as a strength per unit area of the lens is provided at a portion outside an effective photosensitive region where the optical element is formed, when the substrate is viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Hirano, Shinji Miyazawa, Kensaku Maeda, Yusuke Moriya, Shunsuke Furuse, Yutaka Ooka
  • Publication number: 20190105588
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a filter that includes a portion that comes into contact with a filtering object and is at least partially made of metal or metal compound, wherein the filter is capable of suppressing decomposition of fluorinated saturated hydrocarbon when filtering a composition containing high concentration of fluorinated saturated hydrocarbon. The filter according to the present disclosure includes: an area made of metal or metal compound for coming into contact with the filtering object; and amine compound absorbed to a surface of the area. A method for producing a filter according to the present disclosure includes a step of bringing amine compound into contact with the surface of the area made of metal or metal compound for coming into contact with the filtering object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehiro HYAKUTAKE, Takaaki HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20190102355
    Abstract: To further reduce calculation load in flow analysis of a fluid in a cavity. Provided is an information processing device including: a division unit configured to divide a cavity in which a fluid flows into a plurality of infinitesimal elements; an adjustment unit configured to adjust an equation expressing a conservation law of a physical quantity related to the fluid, on a basis of distribution of a thickness of the cavity; and an analysis unit configured to calculate flow velocity for each of the infinitesimal elements by using the equation adjusted by the adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaaki HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20190102495
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which enable analysis as to what a polishing progress shape looks like, with respect to an external force factor, a polishing object shape, and a material physical property value of a polishing object made up of a plurality of materials. Provided are an acquisition unit configured to acquire structure models corresponding to a second structure as an object to be polished by the first structure; a stress analysis unit configured to analyze a stress exerted on the second structure by the first structure; and a polishing response analysis unit configured to analyze a polishing state of the second structure. The present technology can be applied to an information processing apparatus that analyzes a state of progress of polishing in chemical mechanical polishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HONGO, Takaaki HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20180355321
    Abstract: The present invention is: a method for preparing adherent cells acclimated to suspension culture, including a step of culturing the adherent cells in contact with an alicyclic structure-containing polymer formed article; a method of producing a nucleic acid or a protein encoded by a foreign gene by culturing the adherent cells acclimated to suspension culture in accordance with the aforementioned method; a promotor for suspension culture acclimation of the adherent cells, composed of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer formed article; the use of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer formed article for acclimating an adherent cells to suspension culture in a liquid medium; a vessel for suspension culture acclimation of an adherent cells, having at least a bottom surface composed of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer formed article; a method for inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition, including a step of culturing adherent epithelial cells in contact with an alicyclic structure-containing p
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki HIRANO, Yumiko MIMURA