Patents by Inventor Takashi Shimazu

Takashi Shimazu 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).

  • Patent number: 12084142
    Abstract: A hub for a human-powered vehicle is provided that comprises a hub axle, a hub body, an electric power generator, and a communication device. The hub body is rotatably mounted on the hub axle about a rotational axis. The electric power generator is provided between the hub axle and the hub body. The electric power generator is configured to generate electric power by relative rotation between hub axle and the hub body. The communication device is located at least partly outside of the hub body. The communication device includes a wireless communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with an additional wireless communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Shimazu, Takashi Komemushi, Kei Asao, Kiichiro Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240254616
    Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tetsunori MARUYAMA, Yuki IMOTO, Hitomi SATO, Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Motoki NAKASHIMA, Takashi SHIMAZU
  • Publication number: 20240250184
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film which includes oxidized material containing silicon and covers the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and overlap with at least the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the oxide semiconductor film, a first region which is provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and have a thickness less than or equal to 5 nm has a silicon concentration lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %, and a region in the oxide semiconductor film other than the first region has lower silicon concentration than the first region. At least the first region includes a crystal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya HONDA, Masashi TSUBUKU, Yusuke NONAKA, Takashi SHIMAZU, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240250183
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film which includes oxidized material containing silicon and covers the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and overlap with at least the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the oxide semiconductor film, a first region which is provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and have a thickness less than or equal to 5 nm has a silicon concentration lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %, and a region in the oxide semiconductor film other than the first region has lower silicon concentration than the first region. At least the first region includes a crystal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya HONDA, Masashi TSUBUKU, Yusuke NONAKA, Takashi SHIMAZU, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11959165
    Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tetsunori Maruyama, Yuki Imoto, Hitomi Sato, Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Kenichi Okazaki, Motoki Nakashima, Takashi Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20230420570
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film which includes oxidized material containing silicon and covers the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and overlap with at least the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the oxide semiconductor film, a first region which is provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and have a thickness less than or equal to 5 nm has a silicon concentration lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %, and a region in the oxide semiconductor film other than the first region has lower silicon concentration than the first region. At least the first region includes a crystal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya HONDA, Masashi TSUBUKU, Yusuke NONAKA, Takashi SHIMAZU, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11791415
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film which includes oxidized material containing silicon and covers the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and overlap with at least the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the oxide semiconductor film, a first region which is provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and have a thickness less than or equal to 5 nm has a silicon concentration lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %, and a region in the oxide semiconductor film other than the first region has lower silicon concentration than the first region. At least the first region includes a crystal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Honda, Masashi Tsubuku, Yusuke Nonaka, Takashi Shimazu, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11614627
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to refer to a displacement vector map, which is stored in a storage unit and represents, on an image plane, displacement vectors each representative of a displacement amount and a displacement direction of a pixel used when the captured image is to be corrected to a display image or calculate the displacement vectors to correct the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to cause the corrected image to be displayed on a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Katsushi Otsuka, Takashi Shimazu, Yuichiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220272256
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a light source control section that changes intensity of light of a light source which irradiates eyes of a user, a reception section that receives, from an event driven vision sensor including a sensor which generates an event signal when detecting a change in intensity of a light to be incident thereon, the event signal indicating a position and a time of the change in intensity of the light reflected by the eyes of the user, and a visual line detection section that identifies the light source corresponding to the event signal on the basis of a relative positional relation among the eyes of the user, the light source, and the vision sensor, and of the event signal generated at the same time that control is carried out by the light source control section, to detect a visual line of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi SHIMAZU, Shinichi HIRATA, Makoto KOIZUMI, Hiromasa NAGANUMA
  • Patent number: 11217701
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film which includes oxidized material containing silicon and covers the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and overlap with at least the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the oxide semiconductor film, a first region which is provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and have a thickness less than or equal to 5 nm has a silicon concentration lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %, and a region in the oxide semiconductor film other than the first region has lower silicon concentration than the first region. At least the first region includes a crystal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Honda, Masashi Tsubuku, Yusuke Nonaka, Takashi Shimazu, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210397005
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to refer to a displacement vector map, which is stored in a storage unit and represents, on an image plane, displacement vectors each representative of a displacement amount and a displacement direction of a pixel used when the captured image is to be corrected to a display image or calculate the displacement vectors to correct the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to cause the corrected image to be displayed on a display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsushi OTSUKA, Takashi SHIMAZU, Yuichiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11143874
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to refer to a displacement vector map, which is stored in a storage unit and represents, on an image plane, displacement vectors each representative of a displacement amount and a displacement direction of a pixel used when the captured image is to be corrected to a display image or calculate the displacement vectors to correct the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to cause the corrected image to be displayed on a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Katsushi Otsuka, Takashi Shimazu, Yuichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11106042
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a signal processing unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to correct the captured image to an image suitable for display; a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image for synthesis transmitted from an apparatus, which is not provided integrally with the image processing apparatus, with the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to control a display panel to display the synthesized image. The correction unit carries out, from among processes for correcting the captured image to the image suitable for display, part of the correction processes for the captured image before the synthesis by the synthesis unit and carries out remaining correction processes for the image after the synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Katsushi Otsuka, Takashi Shimazu, Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20210257498
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film which includes oxidized material containing silicon and covers the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and overlap with at least the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the oxide semiconductor film, a first region which is provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and have a thickness less than or equal to 5 nm has a silicon concentration lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %, and a region in the oxide semiconductor film other than the first region has lower silicon concentration than the first region. At least the first region includes a crystal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya HONDA, Masashi TSUBUKU, Yusuke NONAKA, Takashi SHIMAZU, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210230740
    Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tetsunori MARUYAMA, Yuki IMOTO, Hitomi SATO, Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Motoki NAKASHIMA, Takashi SHIMAZU
  • Patent number: 11066739
    Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tetsunori Maruyama, Yuki Imoto, Hitomi Sato, Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Kenichi Okazaki, Motoki Nakashima, Takashi Shimazu
  • Patent number: 10889888
    Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tetsunori Maruyama, Yuki Imoto, Hitomi Sato, Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Kenichi Okazaki, Motoki Nakashima, Takashi Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20200367007
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an audio effect control apparatus including an effect determination section configured to determine an audio effect on the basis of a listening position or a listening direction that is changeable according to a movement of a user in a virtual space, a sound acquisition section configured to acquire a sound in an actual space, and a sound output section configured to output a sound obtained by applying the audio effect to the sound in the actual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi SHIMAZU
  • Publication number: 20200310125
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to refer to a displacement vector map, which is stored in a storage unit and represents, on an image plane, displacement vectors each representative of a displacement amount and a displacement direction of a pixel used when the captured image is to be corrected to a display image or calculate the displacement vectors to correct the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to cause the corrected image to be displayed on a display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsushi OTSUKA, Takashi SHIMAZU, Yuichiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200310128
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a signal processing unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to correct the captured image to an image suitable for display; a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image for synthesis transmitted from an apparatus, which is not provided integrally with the image processing apparatus, with the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to control a display panel to display the synthesized image. The correction unit carries out, from among processes for correcting the captured image to the image suitable for display, part of the correction processes for the captured image before the synthesis by the synthesis unit and carries out remaining correction processes for the image after the synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsushi OTSUKA, Takashi SHIMAZU, Yoshinori OHASHI