Patents by Inventor Takashi Hirano

Takashi 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: 20230377843
    Abstract: A control method of a plasma processing apparatus including a first electrode that places a workpiece thereon includes supplying a bias power to the first electrode, and supplying a source power having a frequency higher than that of the bias power into a plasma processing space. The source power has a first state and a second state. The control method further includes a first control process of alternately applying the first state and the second state of the source power in synchronization with a signal synchronized with a cycle of a radio frequency of the bias power, or a phase within one cycle of a reference electrical state that represents any one of a voltage, current, and electromagnetic field measured in a power feeding system of the bias power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Chishio KOSHIMIZU, Taichi HIRANO, Toru HAYASAKA, Shinji KUBOTA, Koji MARUYAMA, Takashi DOKAN
  • Publication number: 20230296154
    Abstract: A tubular vibration-damping device including an inner shaft member and an outer tube member connected by a main rubber elastic body. The outer tube member is configured to be slidably inserted in an attachment tube in an axial direction, and is circumferentially divided so as to be radially deformable or displaceable. A pair of tighteners are disposed on axially opposite sides of the main rubber elastic body. The main rubber elastic body is fastened to an inner circumferential surface of the outer tube member. An adjustment elastic body against which the tighteners are pressed is integrally formed with axially opposite side portions of the main rubber elastic body. Sliding resistance in the axial direction between an outer circumferential surface of the outer tube member and an inner circumferential surface of the attachment tube is settable depending on a pressing force of the tighteners against the adjustment elastic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Masaaki HIRANO, Takashi KUME
  • Publication number: 20230278413
    Abstract: In a fluid-filled vibration damping device in which multiple fluid chambers filled with a magnetic functional fluid communicate with each other by an orifice path, and a magnetic unit applying a magnetic field to the orifice path is provided in a state of being externally inserted to an outer cylindrical member, the magnetic unit includes a magnetic field generation part forming a magnetic field and a magnetic path formation part inducing a magnetic flux, the magnetic field is applied from a magnetic gap part of the magnetic path formation part arranged on an outer circumference of the orifice path to the orifice path, and on an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical member, an installation part to which an outer mounting member realizing linking between the outer cylindrical member and a vibration damping linking target member is installed is biased from the magnetic field generation part in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Takashi Kume
  • Publication number: 20230280592
    Abstract: A light guide member (300) includes a boundary surface (304) configured to reflect image light guided to the boundary surface (304) and emit the image light outside the light guide member (300), an opposing surface (306) parallel to the boundary surface (304), the opposing surface (306) facing the boundary surface (304), a first inclined surface (305) having an inclination in which a distance between the first inclined surface (305) and the boundary surface (304) decreases in a guiding direction of the image light, and a second inclined surface (307) between the opposing surface (306) and the first inclined surface (305), the second inclined surface (307) inclined at a different angle with the first inclined surface (305) in the guiding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki NAKAMURA, Masahiro ITOH, Susumu MOMMA, Shigenobu HIRANO, Yoshifumi SUDOH, Shun OKAZAKI, Yasuo KATANO, Kenji KAMEYAMA, Norikazu IGARASHI, Masamichi YAMADA, Aino HASEGAWA, Takashi MAKI
  • Patent number: 11742181
    Abstract: A control method of a plasma processing apparatus including a first electrode that places a workpiece thereon includes supplying a bias power to the first electrode, and supplying a source power having a frequency higher than that of the bias power into a plasma processing space. The source power has a first state and a second state. The control method further includes a first control process of alternately applying the first state and the second state of the source power in synchronization with a signal synchronized with a cycle of a radio frequency of the bias power, or a phase within one cycle of a reference electrical state that represents any one of a voltage, current, and electromagnetic field measured in a power feeding system of the bias power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Chishio Koshimizu, Taichi Hirano, Toru Hayasaka, Shinji Kubota, Koji Maruyama, Takashi Dokan
  • Patent number: 11742182
    Abstract: A control method of a plasma processing apparatus including a first electrode that places a workpiece thereon includes supplying a bias power to the first electrode, and supplying a source power having a frequency higher than that of the bias power into a plasma processing space. The source power has a first state and a second state. The control method further includes a first control process of alternately applying the first state and the second state of the source power in synchronization with a signal synchronized with a cycle of a radio frequency of the bias power, or a phase within one cycle of a reference electrical state that represents any one of a voltage, current, and electromagnetic field measured in a power feeding system of the bias power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Chishio Koshimizu, Taichi Hirano, Toru Hayasaka, Shinji Kubota, Koji Maruyama, Takashi Dokan
  • Publication number: 20230256007
    Abstract: Provided is a novel composition that has no side effects and can be easily produced, for use in improving symptoms of sequelae of viral infection. A composition comprising a hydrogen gas-containing gas as an active ingredient, for use in improving symptoms of sequelae of viral infection, such as pulmonary fibrosis, feeling of fatigue, malaise, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, and/or decrease in activity levels associated with these symptoms, in a patient with sequelae of viral infection, and/or a method for improving symptoms, such as decrease in activity levels associated with these symptoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MiZ Company Limited
    Inventors: Fumitake SATOH, Yoshiyasu TAKEFUJI, Takashi YAMAMURA, Bunpei SATO, Shinichi HIRANO, Yusuke ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230229879
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Hidezumi NAGATA, Taichi TAJIKA, Takashi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230217678
    Abstract: A light emitting display device can include a light emitting diode structure disposed on a substrate and having a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel, a bank that defines a pixel area of each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel, and a function improving unit disposed on the first emission part, the second emission part, the third emission part, the fourth emission part and the bank. One or two of sub-pixel among the first to fourth sub-pixels include a tandem emission part in which a first emission unit including a first emission layer and a second emission unit disposed on the first emission unit and including a second emission part are laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230180398
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a plurality of first insulating base materials and a plurality of second insulating base materials that are alternately laminated, a first metal layer being formed into a pattern shape on a first surface of the first insulating base material, and a second metal layer being formed into a pattern shape on a second surface of the first insulating base material. The first metal layer is formed into a trapezoidal shape that is large in diameter on a first surface side of the first insulating base material. The second metal layer is formed into a trapezoidal shape that is large in diameter on a second surface side of the first insulating base material. The first metal layers and the second metal layers are laminated in such a manner that the trapezoidal shapes are alternately oriented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: FICT LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Iida, Norikazu Ozaki, Taiji Sakai, Takashi Nakagawa, Kenji Takano, Takayuki Inaba, Akira Yajima, Shin Hirano, Kota Aoi, Tetsuro Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20230169289
    Abstract: Read data of a plurality of optical information reading devices can be compared on a spatial axis. A setting device includes: a communication part for communicating with each of the optical information reading devices; a display part that displays a list of pieces of read data, conveyor, of any one of a plurality of optical information reading devices; an input part that receives an input for selection of any one piece of read data from the list of pieces of read data displayed on the display part; and a control part that acquires a code image having the read data selected by the input part from another optical information reading device connected to the network, and performs comparison display, on the display part, of a plurality of the code images respectively acquired by different ones of the plurality of optical information reading devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi IZAKI, Takashi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230170212
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) arranging a plurality of first substrates and a second substrate having a smaller surface area than the first substrates and accommodating the plurality of first substrates and the second substrate in a process chamber; and (b) forming a thin film on each of the plurality of first substrates by supplying a processing gas to a substrate arrangement region in which the plurality of first substrates and the second substrate are arranged, wherein (b) includes: (c) supplying a dilution gas to a first supply region of the substrate arrangement region, or not performing a supply of the dilution gas to the first supply region, and supplying the dilution gas to at least one second supply region of the substrate arrangement region at a flow rate larger than a flow rate of the dilution gas supplied to the first supply region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo NISHIDA, Takashi OZAKI, Atsushi HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11640508
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidezumi Nagata, Taichi Tajika, Takashi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20230114864
    Abstract: A power supply shutoff device includes a movable section, a driving section, a power supply device, a power distribution section, an electric power supply circuit, and a supply control section. The movable section is configured to travel on a traveling path provided along a board production line in which multiple board work machines, which perform a predetermined board work on a board, are installed side by side. The driving section is provided in the movable section and configured to cause the movable section to travel by using supply electric power supplied from the board work machine with non-contact power feeding. The supply control section is configured to stop a supply of the electric power to the electric power supply circuit when drive electric power for driving the board work machine is shut off in at least one board work machine among the multiple board work machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo FUJIMURA, Sota MIZUNO, Yusuke SAITO, Takeshi AOKI, Masato YAMAGIWA, Takashi HIRANO, Shigenori TANAKAMARU
  • Patent number: 11488319
    Abstract: A three-dimensional position estimation device includes: a feature point extracting unit for detecting an area corresponding to the face of an occupant in an image captured by a camera for imaging a vehicle interior and extracting a plurality of feature points in the detected area; an inter-feature-point distance calculating unit for calculating a first inter-feature-point distance that is a distance between distance-calculating feature points among the plurality of feature points; a face direction detecting unit for detecting the face direction of the occupant; a head position angle calculating unit for calculating a head position angle indicating the position of the head of the occupant with respect to an imaging axis of the camera; an inter-feature-point distance correcting unit for correcting the first inter-feature-point distance to a second inter-feature-point distance that is a distance between distance-calculating feature points in a state where portions of the head corresponding to the distance-calcu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakamatsu, Asako Shigeta, Shintaro Watanabe, Ryosuke Torama, Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11461575
    Abstract: The optical information reader includes an imaging part configured to capture a plurality of images at predetermined timing until code reading results in success or a reading process times out, and an output part configured to output information on timing at which the optical information reader receives the trigger signal, success or failure information on code reading, and the plurality of images captured by the imaging part, and success or failure information representing whether the reading process performed by a decoder results in success or failure and the plurality of images captured in response to the trigger signal are associated with the trigger signal, and, with a list of reading results corresponding to a plurality of the trigger signals displayed on a display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidezumi Nagata, Takashi Hirano, Kazuteru Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20220188533
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Hidezumi NAGATA, Taichi TAJIKA, Takashi HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11301659
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidezumi Nagata, Taichi Tajika, Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11280231
    Abstract: A balancer apparatus equipped with an oil pump includes a pump housing including a pump containing chamber provided therein, a pump forming member contained in the pump containing chamber and configured to discharge oil introduced from an intake portion from a discharge portion to an oil passage of the internal combustion engine when a rotational force is transmitted thereto, a control oil chamber provided between the pump containing chamber and the pump forming member in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the pump forming member and configured to change a hydraulic pressure of the oil to be discharged from the pump forming member with the aid of the oil introduced therein after being discharged from the discharge portion, passing through an oil passage of the internal combustion engine, and being subjected to a pressure adjustment, and a balancer housing including a bearing retainer portion configured to transmit the rotational force from the internal combustion engine to the pump formin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahumi Kurita, Takashi Hirano, Masaharu Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20210396165
    Abstract: A balancer apparatus equipped with an oil pump includes a pump housing including a pump containing chamber provided therein, a pump forming member contained in the pump containing chamber and configured to discharge oil introduced from an intake portion from a discharge portion to an oil passage of the internal combustion engine when a rotational force is transmitted thereto, a control oil chamber provided between the pump containing chamber and the pump forming member in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the pump forming member and configured to change a hydraulic pressure of the oil to be discharged from the pump forming member with the aid of the oil introduced therein after being discharged from the discharge portion, passing through an oil passage of the internal combustion engine, and being subjected to a pressure adjustment, and a balancer housing including a bearing retainer portion configured to transmit the rotational force from the internal combustion engine to the pump formin
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahumi KURITA, Takashi HIRANO, Masaharu KITAMURA