Patents by Inventor Takashi Nakao
Takashi Nakao 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: 11740524Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a sealing portion. The active matrix substrate includes a substrate, a gate wiring line drive circuit monolithically formed on the substrate, a capacitance element supported by the substrate and provided at least partially overlapping the sealing portion when viewed from a direction normal to a display surface, the capacitance element including a first capacitance electrode, a second capacitance electrode disposed opposite the first capacitance electrode and between the first capacitance electrode and the sealing portion, and a dielectric layer located between the first capacitance electrode and the second capacitance electrode, and a transparent electrode formed of a transparent conductive material, disposed between the capacitance element and the sealing portion, and electrically connected to the second capacitance electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Nakamoto, Takashi Nakao, Nobuyoshi Nagashima, Hidetoshi Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20230152644Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a sealing portion. The active matrix substrate includes a substrate, a gate wiring line drive circuit monolithically formed on the substrate, a capacitance element supported by the substrate and provided at least partially overlapping the sealing portion when viewed from a direction normal to a display surface, the capacitance element including a first capacitance electrode, a second capacitance electrode disposed opposite the first capacitance electrode and between the first capacitance electrode and the sealing portion, and a dielectric layer located between the first capacitance electrode and the second capacitance electrode, and a transparent electrode formed of a transparent conductive material, disposed between the capacitance element and the sealing portion, and electrically connected to the second capacitance electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Tatsuya NAKAMOTO, Takashi NAKAO, Nobuyoshi NAGASHIMA, Hidetoshi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230011515Abstract: A mobile phase monitor includes a measurement unit, an arithmetic unit, a storage, and a discrimination unit. The measurement unit measures a weight of a mobile phase container. The arithmetic unit produces a calibration curve indicating a relationship between a measurement value of the measurement unit and a liquid amount of the mobile phase accommodated in the mobile phase container. The arithmetic unit calculates the liquid amount of the mobile phase from the measurement value of the measurement unit based on the produced calibration curve. The storage stores a plurality of calibration curves respectively corresponding to a plurality of types of mobile phases. The discrimination unit discriminates a type of the mobile phase accommodated in the mobile phase container by searching for the produced calibration curve from the plurality of calibration curves stored in the storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Naruaki SHIBATA, Takashi NAKAO
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Publication number: 20200363369Abstract: Provided are a gas sensor element which is not prone to decreased precision of gas detection due to a decrease in temperature of a gas to be measured, and a gas sensor. An aspect of the present invention is a gas sensor element for detecting a specific gas included in a gas to be measured, the gas sensor element being provided with a solid electrolyte, a reference electrode, a measurement electrode, and a gas restricting layer. The thickness dimension WA of a portion of the gas restricting layer that is in contact with the measurement electrode, the thickness dimension WB of a portion of the gas restricting layer that is in contact with the solid electrolyte, and the thickness dimension WC of the measurement electrode satisfy the conditions WB>WA and WB?WA>WC. In a gas sensor element provided with such a gas restricting layer, the heat capacity of the gas restricting layer can be increased without hindering the gas to be measured from reaching the measurement electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Mika TANGE, Keisuke NAKAGAWA, Takashi NAKAO, Shigehiro OHTSUKA
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Patent number: 10812195Abstract: An optical communication device, for performing communication between spatially separated points by using one or more laser beams, includes an angle correction device that corrects a direction of a light receiving system and an emission optical axis correction device, in which an angle error which is not corrected by the angle correction device is detected by a light receiving angle detection device, and the emission optical axis correction device is controlled according to a detected error amount, and an emission optical axis is corrected.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Nakao, Kyohei Iwamoto, Taiji Ito, Tamotsu Ishii, Mitsuhiro Ueno, Shinji Ohta, Takeshi Sano, Keiichi Shibata, Yasuyuki Takeshita, Hiromitsu Komatsu
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Publication number: 20200305762Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire weight distribution information of a subject by at least one sensor, analyze the acquired weight distribution information, and initiate a providing of feedback information based on the analyzed weight distribution information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi NAKAO
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Patent number: 10722144Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire weight distribution information of a subject by at least one sensor, analyze the acquired weight distribution information, and initiate a providing of feedback information based on the analyzed weight distribution information.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Nakao
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Publication number: 20200127738Abstract: An optical communication device, for performing communication between spatially separated points by using one or more laser beams, includes an angle correction device that corrects a direction of a light receiving system and an emission optical axis correction device, in which an angle error which is not corrected by the angle correction device is detected by a light receiving angle detection device, and the emission optical axis correction device is controlled according to a detected error amount, and an emission optical axis is corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: TAKASHI NAKAO, KYOHEI IWAMOTO, TAIJI ITO, TAMOTSU ISHII, MITSUHIRO UENO, SHINJI OHTA, TAKESHI SANO, KEIICHI SHIBATA, YASUYUKI TAKESHITA, HIROMITSU KOMATSU
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Patent number: 10496564Abstract: A bus control circuit includes: a plurality of queues that each include a plurality of entries for storing data, a first read pointer, and a check pointer set to indicate a same entry as an entry indicated by the first read pointer, and each store data on a First in, First out basis; a plurality of first arbitration circuits that receive, in a divided manner, arbitration participation signals from the plurality of queues, each arbitrate the received plurality of arbitration participation signals, and each output one of the plurality of arbitration participation signals; a plurality of buffers that each store, on the First in, First out basis, the arbitration participation signals output from the respective first arbitration circuits; and a second arbitration circuit that arbitrates the arbitration participation signals output from the plurality of buffers and outputs an arbitration result signal corresponding to one of the plurality of queues.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Takashi Nakao
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Patent number: 10134438Abstract: An optical medium reproduction apparatus for optically reproducing an optical medium, including: a detection unit for splitting a cross section of a beam returned from the optical medium into a plurality of regions and for forming respective detection signals; a multiple input adaptive equalizer having a plurality of adaptive equalizer units, wherein the respective detection signals are inputted into the adaptive equalizer units, and the outputs of the adaptive equalizer units are computed to form equalization signals; a binarization unit for binarizing the equalization signals to provide binary data; and an equalization error computing unit for determining an equalization error from equalization target signals provided based on the binary data from the binarization unit and the equalization signals, and providing the adaptive equalizer units with the equalization error as control signals for adaptive equalization.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriaki Nishi, Kimihiro Saito, Junya Shiraishi, Takashi Nakao, Kenji Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20180217950Abstract: A bus control circuit includes: a plurality of queues that each include a plurality of entries for storing data, a first read pointer, and a check pointer set to indicate a same entry as an entry indicated by the first read pointer, and each store data on a First in, First out basis; a plurality of first arbitration circuits that receive, in a divided manner, arbitration participation signals from the plurality of queues, each arbitrate the received plurality of arbitration participation signals, and each output one of the plurality of arbitration participation signals; a plurality of buffers that each store, on the First in, First out basis, the arbitration participation signals output from the respective first arbitration circuits; and a second arbitration circuit that arbitrates the arbitration participation signals output from the plurality of buffers and outputs an arbitration result signal corresponding to one of the plurality of queues.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Takashi Nakao
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Publication number: 20180055415Abstract: An information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to acquire weight distribution information of a subject by at least one sensor, analyze the acquired weight distribution information, and initiate a providing of feedback information based on the analyzed weight distribution information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi NAKAO
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Patent number: 9566620Abstract: An LPCVD apparatus is provided with a processing chamber and a reaction cooling apparatus. The reaction cooling apparatus is placed outside the processing chamber and is configured to generate hydrogen fluoride gas by reaction of hydrogen gas and fluorine gas and to cool the hydrogen fluoride gas. The hydrogen fluoride gas cooled by the reaction cooling apparatus is supplied into the processing chamber as a cleaning gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenichiro Toratani, Fumiki Aiso, Takashi Nakao, Kazuhei Yoshinaga
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Patent number: 9514778Abstract: There is provided an optical disc device that performs recording on a land and a groove, including an optical path splitter configured to split a luminous flux returning from an optical disc into first and second optical paths, a first detector configured to receive a whole of the luminous flux that has passed through the first optical path, a second detector configured to receive a luminous flux of an inside part of the luminous flux that has passed through the second optical path, a spherical aberration error signal generation unit configured to generate a spherical aberration error signal on the basis of a difference between a first focus error signal obtained on the basis of a detection signal of the first detector and a second focus error signal obtained on the basis of a detection signal of the second detector, a spherical aberration correction unit, and an adjustment unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Ikuta, Takeshi Kubo, Takashi Nakao, Kimihiro Saito, Kenji Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20160225400Abstract: There is provided an optical disc device that performs recording on a land and a groove, including an optical path splitter configured to split a luminous flux returning from an optical disc into first and second optical paths, a first detector configured to receive a whole of the luminous flux that has passed through the first optical path, a second detector configured to receive a luminous flux of an inside part of the luminous flux that has passed through the second optical path, a spherical aberration error signal generation unit configured to generate a spherical aberration error signal on the basis of a difference between a first focus error signal obtained on the basis of a detection signal of the first detector and a second focus error signal obtained on the basis of a detection signal of the second detector, a spherical aberration correction unit, and an adjustment unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya IKUTA, Takeshi KUBO, Takashi NAKAO, Kimihiro SAITO, Kenji YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 9373350Abstract: An optical medium reproducing apparatus that optically reproduces an optical medium on which a plurality of tracks is formed in which a beam returning from the optical medium is divided into a first region of an outside portion and a second region of an inside region, according to the shape of the pupil of an object lens, and crosstalk between the tracks is reduced by using a first detection signal of the first region and a second detection signal of the second region.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Takashi Nakao, Kimihiro Saito
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Publication number: 20160155468Abstract: An optical medium reproduction apparatus for optically reproducing an optical medium where a plurality of tracks are formed, including: a detection unit for splitting a cross section of a beam returned from the optical medium into a plurality of regions and for forming respective detection signals of a plurality of the regions; a multiple input adaptive equalizer having a plurality of adaptive equalizer units, wherein the respective detection signals of a plurality of the regions are inputted into the plurality of adaptive equalizer units, and the outputs of the plurality of adaptive equalizer units are computed to from equalization signals; a binarization unit for binarizing the equalization signals to provide binary data; and an equalization error computing unit for determining an equalization error from equalization target signals provided based on the binary data from the binarization unit and the equalization signals outputted from the multiple input adaptive equalizer, and providing the adaptive equalizType: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriaka Nishi, Kimihiro Saito, Junya Shiraushi, Takashi Nakao, Kenji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9311428Abstract: A restoration apparatus restores backup data without running an operating system (OS) until a time point until which the total amount of the data read out along with the start-up of the OS and a business system remains equal to or smaller than the total amount of the data that is restorable while running the OS and the business system, and subsequently restores the backup data in parallel with the start-up of the OS and the business system.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kaoru Ueno, Takashi Nakao, Yoshiyasu Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20140355404Abstract: An optical medium reproducing apparatus that optically reproduces an optical medium on which a plurality of tracks is formed in which a beam returning from the optical medium is divided into a first region of an outside portion and a second region of an inside region, according to the shape of the pupil of an object lens, and crosstalk between the tracks is reduced by using a first detection signal of the first region and a second detection signal of the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Takashi NAKAO, Kimihiro SAITO
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Patent number: 8900984Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a stacked structural body, a semiconductor pillar, and a memory unit. The stacked structural body is provided on a major surface of the substrate. The stacked structural body includes electrode films alternately stacked with inter-electrode insulating films in a direction perpendicular to the major surface. The pillar pierces the body in the direction. The memory unit is provided at an intersection between the pillar and the electrode films. The electrode films include at least one of amorphous silicon and polysilicon. The stacked structural body includes first and second regions. A distance from the second region to the substrate is greater than a distance from the first region to the substrate. A concentration of an additive included in the electrode film in the first region is different from that included in the electrode film in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takashi Nakao, Kazuaki Iwasawa