Patents by Inventor Takashi Watanabe

Takashi Watanabe 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: 20240103365
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pattern forming method using an adhesion film forming composition comprising (A) a polymer compound, (B) a thermal acid generator, and (C) an organic solvent includes steps of: (I-1) applying the adhesion film forming composition onto a substrate to be processed and thereafter performing thermal treatment to form an adhesion film; (I-2) forming a resist upper layer film on the adhesion film using a resist upper layer film forming composition; (I-3) performing pattern exposure on the resist upper layer film and thereafter developing the resist upper layer film with a developer to form a circuit pattern on the resist upper layer film; and (I-4) transferring a pattern to the adhesion film and the substrate to be processed by dry etching with the resist upper layer film on which the circuit pattern is formed as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichiro TACHIBANA, Takeru WATANABE, Daisuke KORI, Takashi SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240096659
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a plurality of roller pairs configured to place a plurality of substrates, respectively, wherein the substrates are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction with a predetermined interval, and rotate the plurality of substrates, respectively, in a circumferential direction; a first, second, and third circulation groove that are disposed along outer peripheral portions of each of the plurality of substrates; a chemical solution supplier configured to supply a chemical solution to the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of substrates through the first circulation groove; a rinse solution supplier configured to supply a rinse solution to the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of substrates through the second circulation groove; and a fluid supplier configured to supply a fluid for drying the rinse solution to the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of substrates through the third circulation groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Fuyuma ITO, Jun TAKAGI, Ai MORI, Yosuke MARUYAMA, Yuya AKEBOSHI, Takashi WATANABE, Hiroyasu IIMORI
  • Publication number: 20240083867
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) or a salt thereof (R represents methyl group or fluorine atom) having an mPGES-1 inhibitory activity and useful as an active ingredient of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of such diseases as inflammation, pain, or rheumatism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: ASKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto OKADA, Youichi NAKANO, Takashi NOSE, Satoshi MAEDA, Tomoaki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11926888
    Abstract: Provided is an annealing separator with which a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a forsterite film with excellent appearance uniformity and adhesion can be obtained. The annealing separator for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises: magnesia that contains 0.05 mass % or more and 0.20 mass % or less of B, a phosphate in 0.1 parts by mass or more and 1.0 part by mass or less in terms of P per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia, and titanium oxide in 1.0 part by mass or more and 10.0 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia where the titanium oxide contains one or more types of alkali metals in a total amount of 0.050 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less, where an amount of P adsorbed on per 1 g of the titanium oxide is 1.0×10?4 g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Terashima, Makoto Watanabe, Toshito Takamiya, Karin Kokufu
  • Patent number: 11920059
    Abstract: A coating material is allowed to contain a sulfate having a higher degree of solubility in water than that of calcium sulfate. The sulfate is an additive for coating materials which is used for reducing the consumption of zinc (including zinc oxide) in a coating film formed from the coating material and the corrosion of a base material when the coating film is scratched. The content of the sulfate can be 0.004 to 0.65 mol per 100 g of the content of zinc. Alternatively, the content of the sulfate may be 0.006 to 0.186 mol per 100 g of a heating residue (except for the sulfate added) of a coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Miwa, Masamitsu Watanabe, Azusa Ishii, Soichi Oka
  • Patent number: 11921137
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an anomaly detection apparatus includes a processing circuit configured to calculate a reconstruction error of an input signal being a time-series signal, calculate cycle information indicating cyclic property of the reconstruction error, and determine presence/absence of an anomaly signal in the input signal on the basis of the cycle information or the cycle information and the reconstruction error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Tenta Sasaya, Takashi Watanabe, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Publication number: 20240067197
    Abstract: A vehicle control device 1 incudes: a detection unit configured to detect an operation onto an accelerator pedal; a driving force limitation unit 21 configured to conduct driving force limitation control of limiting driving force of a vehicle in accordance with the operation onto the accelerator pedal; a limitation setting unit 22 configured to switch between activation and deactivation of the driving force limitation control for every electronic key 5 to be used when driving the vehicle, based on limitation setting information set for every electronic key 5 of the vehicle; and a notification unit 24 configured to give a notification to a driver when an abnormality related to conducting the driving force limitation control is detected, in which the notification unit 24 gives the notification to the driver, when the abnormality is detected, in a case where the driving force limitation control is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Fumiaki YOSHIKAWA, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Takashi WATANABE, Satoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240067177
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an accelerator pedal operation detecting unit, a state quantity acquiring devices, and a driving force limiting unit that limits a driving force based on an accelerator pedal operation and a vehicle state quantity. The driving force limiting unit executes acceleration suppression control for setting an upper limit value of the driving force to a first limit value when a sudden accelerator pedal operation is detected, executes limited acceleration suppression control for setting the upper limit to a second limit value larger than the first limit value when the accelerator pedal is continuously depressed or depressed again within a predetermined time after the accelerator pedal is returned during execution of the acceleration suppression control, and switches the upper limit value according to the abnormality-occurring state quantity acquiring device when the abnormality has occurred in the state quantity acquiring devices during execution of these controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Fumiaki YOSHIKAWA, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Takashi WATANABE, Satoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240067198
    Abstract: A vehicle control system for controlling an output of a drive source in a vehicle includes: a drive operation member configured to receive an input regarding a driving force for the vehicle from a driver of the vehicle; and a control device configured to cause the drive source to output a driving force corresponding to the input to the drive operation member. When the control device determines that a predetermined enabling condition is satisfied, the control device enables drive restriction for limiting the output of the drive source. The enabling condition includes an input condition which is based on the input to the drive operation member acquired during a predetermined period before start of the drive source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Fumiaki YOSHIKAWA, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Takashi WATANABE, Satoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240068796
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor unit including a first sensor portion that detects deformation of a measuring target object and a second sensor portion that detects deformation of the measuring target object, in which in a state in which the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are attached to the measuring target object, the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion are fixed to the measuring target object such that the measuring target object is disposed between the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion in a first direction, and a physical property value of the first sensor portion and a physical property value of the second sensor portion are changed according to first deformation of the measuring target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takehiko IIZUKA, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Takashi WATANABE, Jun MAKINO, Kenta AGO
  • Patent number: 11913917
    Abstract: An autosampler includes a retention path for injecting a sample into a mobile phase that flows through an analysis path to a column, the retention path including a needle at a downstream end and holding the sample, an injection path including a port at an upstream end for injecting into the analysis path, the sample injected from the needle into the port, a low-pressure path having an upstream end connected to a pump, and a valve that can switch between a first state in which an upstream analysis path and a downstream analysis path are connected and a downstream end of the low-pressure path and an upstream end of the retention path are connected and a second state in which the upstream analysis path and the upstream end of the retention path are connected and the downstream end of the injection path and the downstream analysis path are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Watanabe, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11913836
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a beam splitter, an operation unit, an imaging unit, a spatial filter unit, and a photodetector. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including light pulses having time differences and different center wavelengths. The beam splitter branches the light pulse train passed through a measurement object. The imaging unit disperses one light pulse train and images each light pulse. The spatial filter unit extracts light of a partial region of the other light pulse train. The correlation optical system outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the extracted light. The photodetector detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount in the measurement object based on a feature value of the temporal waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Hisanari Takahashi, Kyohei Shigematsu, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11911885
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a striking mechanism configured to be actuated by a combustion pressure of a mixed gas of compressed air and fuel, a combustion chamber in which the mixed gas of compressed air and fuel is to be combusted, a valve member configured to open and close communication between the striking mechanism and the combustion chamber, and a valve support member configured to support the valve member. The valve member has a seal part provided on an outer peripheral surface along a moving direction of the valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Watanabe, Takashi Yuki, Yu Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 11915176
    Abstract: A server includes a unit obtaining a position of a registered vehicle, a unit obtaining a vehicle dispatch position, a unit determining a candidate vehicle based on the vehicle dispatch position and the position of the registered vehicle, a unit transmitting information regarding an autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle to a user device, a unit receiving information for identifying a dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting a vehicle dispatch position to the dispatch vehicle. The user device includes a unit receiving the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, a unit displaying the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, an unit accepting a user operation for selecting the dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting the information for identifying the dispatch vehicle to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya Watanabe, Yuji Sasaki, Seiji Arakawa, Naotoshi Kadotani, Masafumi Hayakawa, Takashi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240043628
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for isolating from plant biomass at least one member selected from the group consisting of lignin, hemicelluloses, lignin-polysaccharide complexes, cellulose, and hemicellulose-cellulose complexes. The object is achieved by a method for isolating from plant biomass at least one member selected from the group consisting of lignin, hemicelluloses, lignin-polysaccharide complexes, cellulose, and hemicellulose-cellulose complexes, the method comprising step (A) of bringing a solution containing an organic acid and a peracid into contact with plant biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi NISHIMURA, Takashi WATANABE, Misato YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240047686
    Abstract: A negative electrode material for a secondary battery includes a negative electrode active material and a carbon nanotube, wherein the negative electrode active material includes graphite and a material including a silicon element, and the carbon nanotube has an average fiber diameter of 0.5 nm to 6 nm and an average fiber length of 1.2 ?m to 8 ?m. A secondary battery includes a negative electrode including the negative electrode material for a secondary battery, a positive electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Norihisa Yamamoto, Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240043028
    Abstract: A driving support device includes: an accelerator pedal operation detection unit configured to detect an accelerator pedal operation; an advancing direction detection unit configured to detect an advancing direction; a shift range detection unit configured to detect a shift range; a switchback determination unit configured to determine that a switchback state is occurring, in which the advancing direction that has been detected is different from an advancing direction based on the shift range; and a driving force limitation unit configured to limit a driving force in accordance with the accelerator pedal operation, in which the driving force limitation unit limits the driving force in accordance with the accelerator pedal operation, and also sets a limit amount of the driving force while the switchback state is occurring to be smaller than a limit amount of the driving force while no switchback state is occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Fumiaki YOSHIKAWA, Hisanori YANAGIDA, Takashi WATANABE, Satoshi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240046449
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: acquire a first image and a second image for inspecting an inspection target; generate a plurality of deformed images by applying a plurality of deformation processes to at least one of the first image or the second image; calculate, for each pixel, a difference value between a pixel value of the first image and a pixel value of the second image, using the deformed images; calculate a pixel-by-pixel integrated difference value by integrating a plurality of difference values calculated for the respective deformed images; and detect an anomaly of the inspection target based on the pixel-by-pixel integrated difference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Hiromu Inoue, Toshiyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11871134
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a solid-state imaging device enabling summed-readout mode and cyclic-readout mode. [Solution] A device includes virtual-pixel units implemented by pixels of transfer-route controlling-scheme, the virtual-pixel units having a shape of polygon, the polygons are tessellated. The virtual-pixel unit encompasses a photoelectric-conversion region, charge detectors to which ordinal numbers are labeled, configured to accumulate signal charges transferred from the photoelectric-conversion region, and transfer-control elements configured to control movement of signal charges from the photoelectric-conversion region to one of the charge detectors. N pieces of charge detectors of the same ordinal number are arranged in boundary between the photodiodes and the intersection-shared sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventor: Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230421735
    Abstract: A projection system is configured to project first and second projection images, with end portions of the first and second projection images overlapping. The projection system includes a first projector projecting the first projection image and a second projector projecting the second projection image. The first projector acquires first projection image data and a first control signal, the first projection image data representing the first projection image that is a clipping of an original projection image, the first control signal being linked to the first projection image data and being for controlling driving of the first projector. The second projector acquires second projection image data and a second control signal, the second projection image data representing the second projection image that is a clipping of the original projection image, the second control signal being linked to the second projection image data and being for controlling driving of the second projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Masami OSADA, Norimitsu SUGIYAMA, Takashi WATANABE