Patents by Inventor Takashi Morii
Takashi Morii 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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Publication number: 20210368091Abstract: A wearable camera according to the present invention includes: an image pickup unit that obtains moving image data of an object; a detection unit that obtains detection data; a control unit that determines whether a wearer is in an abnormal situation based on the moving image data and the detection data and generates attribute tag data containing a determination clock time and details of abnormality when it is determined that the wearer is in an abnormal situation; a first communication unit that transmits first information to a server when the control unit determines that the wearer is in an abnormal situation; and a second communication unit that transmits second information containing the moving image data and having a greater amount of data than that of the first information to the server based on the attribute tag data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Yuichi Tomioka, Takashi Morii, Satoshi Ishizu, Shinya Omori
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Patent number: 11101682Abstract: A power receiving apparatus comprises a power receiving unit that receives first power or second power from a power transmission apparatus; and a control unit that (a) requests the power transmission apparatus to transmit the first power, (b) determines whether or not a battery is a genuine battery by using the first power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus, (c) requests the power transmission apparatus to transmit the second power, when the battery is not a genuine battery, and (d) notifies a user of a reason why the battery is not being charged by using the second power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Morii
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Patent number: 10877527Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a support unit, a movement unit that moves an apparatus supported by the support unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. In a case where a connection for wireless communication to a communication apparatus is established via the communication unit, the control unit controls the movement unit to move the apparatus supported by the support unit. The control unit controls the communication unit to receive information about movement of the communication apparatus from the communication apparatus. The control unit determines whether the support unit is supporting the communication apparatus based on the information about the movement of the communication apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takashi Morii
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Patent number: 10756539Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first terminal that receives power supplied from an external apparatus, a second terminal that is used to determine a power supply capability of an external apparatus, an internal circuit that includes a communication control unit that communicates with an external apparatus via the second terminal, a capacitor that forms an AC coupling between the internal circuit and the second terminal, a route that bypasses the capacitor, a switch that causes the route to switch to a conductive state or a non-conductive state, and a control unit that controls the switch by determining whether a first voltage applied to the first terminal by the external apparatus exceeds a second voltage which can be applied to the internal circuit via the second terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Morii
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Patent number: 10587113Abstract: An electronic device receives external power from an external device when connected to the external device via a cable. The electronic device detects the power supply capability of the external device, determines whether the cable is a predetermined type of cable, and sets a current value limit for the external power based on the detected power supply capability of the external device and on the result of determining whether the cable is the predetermined type of cable.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Morii
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Publication number: 20200004309Abstract: An electronic device includes an interface unit to which external devices can be connected, and a control unit. The control unit sets power to a second power greater than a first power after limiting power supplied to the external device to the first power, maintains power supplied to the external device at the second power, in a case where the number of the external devices connected to the interface unit exceeds a predetermined number, and controls power supplied to the external device to be a third power greater than the second power, in a case where the number of the external devices connected to the interface unit is not the predetermined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Hiroshi Moritomo, Takashi Morii
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Publication number: 20190332147Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a support unit, a movement unit that moves an apparatus supported by the support unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. In a case where a connection for wireless communication to a communication apparatus is established via the communication unit, the control unit controls the movement unit to move the apparatus supported by the support unit. The control unit controls the communication unit to receive information about movement of the communication apparatus from the communication apparatus. The control unit determines whether the support unit is supporting the communication apparatus based on the information about the movement of the communication apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventor: Takashi Morii
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Patent number: 10236225Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for performing semiconductor device fabrication, and more particularly, to improvements in lithographic overlay techniques. The method for improved overlay includes depositing a material on a substrate, heating a substrate in a chamber using thermal energy, measuring a local stress pattern of each substrate, wherein measuring the local stress pattern measures an amount of change in a depth of the deposited material on the substrate, plotting a plurality of points on a k map to determine a local stress pattern of the substrate, adjusting the thermal energy applied to the points on the k map, determining a sensitivity value for each of the points on the k map, and applying a correction factor to the applied thermal energy to adjust the local stress pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Yoichi Suzuki, Michael Wenyoung Tsiang, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Takashi Morii, Yuta Goto
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Publication number: 20190027956Abstract: A power receiving apparatus comprises a power receiving unit that receives first power or second power from a power transmission apparatus; and a control unit that (a) requests the power transmission apparatus to transmit the first power, (b) determines whether or not a battery is a genuine battery by using the first power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus, (c) requests the power transmission apparatus to transmit the second power, when the battery is not a genuine battery, and (d) notifies a user of a reason why the battery is not being charged by using the second power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventor: Takashi Morii
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Publication number: 20180226306Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for performing semiconductor device fabrication, and more particularly, to improvements in lithographic overlay techniques. The method for improved overlay includes depositing a material on a substrate, heating a substrate in a chamber using thermal energy, measuring a local stress pattern of each substrate, wherein measuring the local stress pattern measures an amount of change in a depth of the deposited material on the substrate, plotting a plurality of points on a k map to determine a local stress pattern of the substrate, adjusting the thermal energy applied to the points on the k map, determining a sensitivity value for each of the points on the k map, and applying a correction factor to the applied thermal energy to adjust the local stress pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Yoichi SUZUKI, Michael Wenyoung TSIANG, Kwangduk Douglas LEE, Takashi MORII, Yuta GOTO
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Publication number: 20180183234Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first terminal that receives power supplied from an external apparatus, a second terminal that is used to determine a power supply capability of an external apparatus, an internal circuit that includes a communication control unit that communicates with an external apparatus via the second terminal, a capacitor that forms an AC coupling between the internal circuit and the second terminal, a route that bypasses the capacitor, a switch that causes the route to switch to a conductive state or a non-conductive state, and a control unit that controls the switch by determining whether a first voltage applied to the first terminal by the external apparatus exceeds a second voltage which can be applied to the internal circuit via the second terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventor: Takashi Morii
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Patent number: 9947599Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for performing semiconductor device fabrication, and more particularly, to improvements in lithographic overlay techniques. The method for improved overlay includes depositing a material on a substrate, heating a substrate in a chamber using thermal energy, measuring a local stress pattern of each substrate, wherein measuring the local stress pattern measures an amount of change in a depth of the deposited material on the substrate, plotting a plurality of points on a k map to determine a local stress pattern of the substrate, adjusting the thermal energy applied to the points on the k map, determining a sensitivity value for each of the points on the k map, and applying a correction factor to the applied thermal energy to adjust the local stress pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Yoichi Suzuki, Michael Wenyoung Tsiang, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Takashi Morii, Yuta Goto
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Publication number: 20180069395Abstract: An electronic device receives external power from an external device when connected to the external device via a cable. The electronic device detects the power supply capability of the external device, determines whether the cable is a predetermined type of cable, and sets a current value limit for the external power based on the detected power supply capability of the external device and on the result of determining whether the cable is the predetermined type of cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventor: Takashi Morii
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Publication number: 20170309525Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for performing semiconductor device fabrication, and more particularly, to improvements in lithographic overlay techniques. The method for improved overlay includes depositing a material on a substrate, heating a substrate in a chamber using thermal energy, measuring a local stress pattern of each substrate, wherein measuring the local stress pattern measures an amount of change in a depth of the deposited material on the substrate, plotting a plurality of points on a k map to determine a local stress pattern of the substrate, adjusting the thermal energy applied to the points on the k map, determining a sensitivity value for each of the points on the k map, and applying a correction factor to the applied thermal energy to adjust the local stress pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Yoichi SUZUKI, Michael Wenyoung TSIANG, Kwangduk Douglas LEE, Takashi MORII, Yuta GOTO
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Patent number: 8964051Abstract: An imaging apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an object to acquire an image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information, an addition unit configured to add the positional information acquired by the acquisition unit to the image acquired by the imaging unit, an operation unit configured to receive an instruction from a user, and a notification unit configured to notify before sending the image, when the operation unit receives an instruction to send the image to the external apparatus after the acquisition unit starts to perform processing for acquiring the positional information and before the addition unit adds the positional information to the image, the user that the positional information has not been added to the image which is instructed to be sent.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Toriumi, Takashi Morii, Hidenori Shiba, Keita Sonoda, Masakazu Nakadokoro, Shinji Kurokawa, Shozo Endo
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Patent number: 8624724Abstract: A position information acquisition apparatus capable of wireless communication with an imaging apparatus, the position information acquisition apparatus includes position information acquisition apparatus configured to acquire position information that indicates a position of the position information acquisition apparatus, reception apparatus configured to receive a request for the position information from the imaging apparatus; position information transmission apparatus configured to transmit by the wireless communication the position information acquired by the position information acquisition apparatus in response to a request for position information from the imaging apparatus, determination apparatus (209) configured to determine whether the position information acquisition apparatus transmit the position information, and signal transmission apparatus configured to transmit a signal to the imaging apparatus by the wireless communication if the determination apparatus determines that position informatioType: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Morii, Shozo Endo, Shinji Kurokawa, Keita Sonoda, Hidenori Shiba, Tadashi Koyama, Hiroshi Toriumi, Masakazu Nakadokoro
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Publication number: 20120092508Abstract: An imaging apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an object to acquire an image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information, an addition unit configured to add the positional information acquired by the acquisition unit to the image acquired by the imaging unit, an operation unit configured to receive an instruction from a user, and a notification unit configured to notify before sending the image, when the operation unit receives an instruction to send the image to the external apparatus after the acquisition unit starts to perform processing for acquiring the positional information and before the addition unit adds the positional information to the image, the user that the positional information has not been added to the image which is instructed to be sent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Toriumi, Takashi Morii, Hidenori Shiba, Keita Sonoda, Masakazu Nakadokoro, Shinji Kurokawa, Shozo Endo
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Publication number: 20120050035Abstract: A position information acquisition apparatus capable of wireless communication with an imaging apparatus, the position information acquisition apparatus includes position information acquisition means configured to acquire position information that indicates a position of the position information acquisition apparatus, reception means configured to receive a request for the position information from the imaging apparatus; position information transmission means configured to transmit by the wireless communication the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means in response to a request for position information from the imaging apparatus, determination means (209) configured to determine whether the position information acquisition means transmit the position information, and signal transmission means configured to transmit a signal to the imaging apparatus by the wireless communication if the determination means determines that position information acquisition means does not traType: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Morii, Shozo Endo, Shinji Kurokawa, Keita Sonoda, Hidenori Shiba, Tadashi Koyama, Hiroshi Toriumi, Masakazu Nakadokoro
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Patent number: 8105465Abstract: Methods and apparatus for depositing an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate are provided. In one embodiment, a deposition process includes positioning a substrate in a substrate processing chamber, introducing a hydrocarbon source having a carbon to hydrogen atom ratio of greater than 1:2 into the processing chamber, introducing a plasma initiating gas selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, helium, argon, nitrogen, and combinations thereof into the processing chamber, with the hydrocarbon source having a volumetric flow rate to plasma initiating gas volumetric flow rate ratio of 1:2 or greater, generating a plasma in the processing chamber, and forming a conformal amorphous carbon layer on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Takashi Morii, Yoichi Suzuki, Sudha Rathi, Martin Jay Seamons, Deenesh Padhi, Bok Hoen Kim, Cynthia Pagdanganan
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Publication number: 20100093187Abstract: Methods and apparatus for depositing an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate are provided. In one embodiment, a deposition process includes positioning a substrate in a substrate processing chamber, introducing a hydrocarbon source having a carbon to hydrogen atom ratio of greater than 1:2 into the processing chamber, introducing a plasma initiating gas selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, helium, argon, nitrogen, and combinations thereof into the processing chamber, with the hydrocarbon source having a volumetric flow rate to plasma initiating gas volumetric flow rate ratio of 1:2 or greater, generating a plasma in the processing chamber, and forming a conformal amorphous carbon layer on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Takashi Morii, Yoichi Suzuki, Sudha Rathi, Martin Jay Seamons, Deenesh Padhi, Bok Hoen Kim, Cynthia Pagdanganan