Patents by Inventor Takeo Mori

Takeo Mori 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: 20230422508
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: a stacked body that includes a plurality of control gate electrodes stacked above a substrate; a memory columnar body that extends in a first direction above the substrate and configures a memory string along with the stacked body; and a source contact that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to one end of the memory string. Moreover, this source contact is adjacent to the stacked body via a spacer insulating layer. Furthermore, a spacer protective layer including a nitride or a metal oxide is provided between these source contact and spacer insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Takeo MORI
  • Patent number: 11792984
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: a stacked body that includes a plurality of control gate electrodes stacked above a substrate; a memory columnar body that extends in a first direction above the substrate and configures a memory string along with the stacked body; and a source contact that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to one end of the memory string. Moreover, this source contact is adjacent to the stacked body via a spacer insulating layer. Furthermore, a spacer protective layer including a nitride or a metal oxide is provided between these source contact and spacer insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Takeo Mori
  • Publication number: 20230319402
    Abstract: A control apparatus is provided for a camera system that includes an image pickup apparatus including an image sensor and a lens apparatus including an optical system that includes at least one optical member for changing at least one of a tilt effect of tilting a focal plane relative to an imaging plane of the image sensor and a shift effect of moving an imaging range. The control apparatus includes at least one memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to acquire information on an optical state of the optical system, and correct defocus caused by movement of the at least one optical member using the information on the optical state of the optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta KOIWAI, Masayasu MIZUSHIMA, Yuichiro KATO, Takeo MORI, Akino MORIYOSHI, Toshimune NAGANO, Toru MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230308735
    Abstract: An optical system consists of, in order from an object side to an image side, a front unit, an aperture stop, and a rear unit having positive refractive power as a whole. The rear unit includes a final lens disposed closest to the image side and having positive refractive power. A number of inequalities relating to the spatial relationship between the lenses and their refractive powers are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Takeo MORI
  • Patent number: 11703661
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a positive first lens unit (L1), a negative second lens unit (L2), a positive third lens unit (L3), and a negative fourth lens unit (L4), wherein distances between adjacent lens units change during focusing, at least the L2 and the L4 move during focusing, the L4 consists of negative and positive partial units, an air distance between the negative and positive partial units is the largest among those between adjacent lenses in the L4, and 0.45<D4np/D4<0.95 is satisfied, D4 being a distance on an optical axis from a most object-side lens surface to a most image-side lens surface in the L4 and D4np being the air distance between the negative partial unit and the positive partial unit in L4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Shinohara, Takeo Mori
  • Patent number: 11640048
    Abstract: A zoom lens including, in order from object side to image side, first to fourth lens units respectively having positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit is arranged to move, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit increases, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit decreases, and the distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit decreases. The second lens unit consists of a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power, the second lens being disposed on the image side of the first lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeo Mori, Akira Mizuma
  • Publication number: 20230090711
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device incudes: a stacked body in which a plurality of first conductive layers and a plurality of first insulating layers are alternately stacked one by one; and a contact that extends in the stacked body in the stacking direction, and is connected to a structure arranged on in the stacked body or below the stacked body. The contact includes: a second conductive layer that extends in the stacked body LM in the stacking direction, and serves as a core of the contact; and a second insulating layer that covers a sidewall of the second conductive layer, and serves as a liner of the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako KAWANISHI, Kanako SHIGA, Takeo MORI
  • Publication number: 20220334363
    Abstract: An optical system includes a plurality of lenses and a diaphragm. The plurality of lenses consist of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The diaphragm is located between the first lens and the second lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya Okuoka, Takeo Mori
  • Patent number: 11415813
    Abstract: An optical system includes an object side lens unit arranged closest to an object, immobilized in focusing, and having a positive refractive power, an image plane side lens unit arranged closest to an image plane and having a negative refractive power, and a first focus lens unit and a second focus lens unit which are arranged between the object side lens unit and the image plane side lens unit and are moved in focusing. The object side lens unit consists of a first partial unit having the negative refractive power, a second partial unit having the positive refractive power, a third partial unit having the positive or the negative refractive power which are arranged in order from an object side to an image plane side. The second partial unit is moved in a direction including a component in a perpendicular direction to an optical axis in image blur correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Mizuma, Takeo Mori
  • Patent number: 11372206
    Abstract: An optical system includes a front lens group and a rear lens group that are disposed in order from an object side to an image side of the optical system, the front lens group having a positive refractive power and the rear lens group having a negative refractive power. The rear lens group consists of a lens unit Ln1 that is arranged to move towards the image side when focusing and that has a negative refractive power, and a lens unit Ln2 that is disposed closer to the image side than the lens unit Ln1 and that has a negative refractive power. The front lens group includes a lens unit Lpf arranged to move during focusing. The rear lens group satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeo Mori
  • Patent number: 11256062
    Abstract: The optical system according to the present invention consists of a first lens unit with positive refractive power disposed closest to an object side, a middle group including at least two lens units, and a final lens unit with negative refractive power disposed closest to an image side in which intervals between adjacent lens units are changed during focusing. The middle group includes a first focus lens unit configured to move during focusing, and a second focus lens unit disposed on the image side of the first focus lens unit and configured to move during focusing. An aperture stop is disposed between two lenses included in the middle group. Here, a focal length of the optical system, a focal length of the final lens unit, and a focal length of a second focus lens unit are appropriately determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nakahara, Takeo Mori
  • Publication number: 20210231931
    Abstract: A zoom lens including, in order from object side to image side, first to fourth lens units respectively having positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit is arranged to move, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit increases, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit decreases, and the distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit decreases. The second lens unit consists of a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power, the second lens being disposed on the image side of the first lens. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Takeo MORI, Akira MIZUMA
  • Patent number: 11056152
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including: a plurality of memory cells stacked above a substrate, and a plurality of word lines respectively coupled to gates of the plurality of memory cells and extending in a first direction; and a first film including a first area above the memory cell array and a second area different from the first area, and having a compressive stress higher than silicon oxide. In the first area, a plurality of first trenches extending in the first direction are aligned in a second direction that intersects the first direction. In the second area, a second trench in a mesh form is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto Tanaka, Takeo Mori, Takashi Terada, Takamichi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20210043234
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including: a plurality of memory cells stacked above a substrate, and a plurality of word lines respectively coupled to gates of the plurality of memory cells and extending in a first direction; and a first film including a first area above the memory cell array and a second area different from the first area, and having a compressive stress higher than silicon oxide. In the first area, a plurality of first trenches extending in the first direction are aligned in a second direction that intersects the first direction. In the second area, a second trench in a mesh form is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto TANAKA, Takeo MORI, Takashi TERADA, Takamichi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20210043652
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: a stacked body that includes a plurality of control gate electrodes stacked above a substrate; a memory columnar body that extends in a first direction above the substrate and configures a memory string along with the stacked body; and a source contact that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to one end of the memory string. Moreover, this source contact is adjacent to the stacked body via a spacer insulating layer. Furthermore, a spacer protective layer including a nitride or a metal oxide is provided between these source contact and spacer insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventor: Takeo MORI
  • Patent number: 10887510
    Abstract: Provided is a processing apparatus, which is mounted to any one of a lens apparatus including an optical system and an image pickup apparatus for picking up an image formed by an optical system, in which the processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a first shift amount of a first shift lens unit and a second shift amount of a second shift lens unit, and both of the first shift lens unit and the second shift lens unit are included in the optical system, and movable in a direction having a component perpendicular to an optical axis direction. The determination unit determines the first and second shift amounts based on information representing an optical state of the optical system, optical information on each of the first and second shift lens units, which corresponds to the information, and information representing a predetermined object plane tilt amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeo Mori
  • Publication number: 20200400919
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a positive first lens unit (L1), a negative second lens unit (L2), a positive third lens unit (L3), and a negative fourth lens unit (L4), wherein distances between adjacent lens units change during focusing, at least the L2 and the L4 move during focusing, the L4 consists of negative and positive partial units, an air distance between the negative and positive partial units is the largest among those between adjacent lenses in the L4, and 0.45<D4np/D4<0.95 is satisfied, D4 being a distance on an optical axis from a most object-side lens surface to a most image-side lens surface in the L4 and D4np being the air distance between the negative partial unit and the positive partial unit in L4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji Shinohara, Takeo Mori
  • Patent number: 10854633
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: a stacked body that includes a plurality of control gate electrodes stacked above a substrate; a memory columnar body that extends in a first direction above the substrate and configures a memory string along with the stacked body; and a source contact that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to one end of the memory string. Moreover, this source contact is adjacent to the stacked body via a spacer insulating layer. Furthermore, a spacer protective layer including a nitride or a metal oxide is provided between these source contact and spacer insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventor: Takeo Mori
  • Patent number: 10854620
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: first interconnect layers; second interconnect layers; a first memory pillar extending through the first interconnect layers; a second memory pillar extending through the second interconnect layers; a first film provided above the first interconnect layers, having a planar shape corresponding to the first interconnect layers and extending in the first direction; and a second film provided above the second interconnect layers, separate from the first film in the second direction, having a planar shape corresponding to the second interconnect layers and extending in the first direction. The first and second films have a compressive stress higher than a silicon oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Mori, Takashi Terada
  • Patent number: D916541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TREE FIELD, INC.
    Inventors: Kaishun Kihara, Toshio Saito, Taisuke Torizu, Naoyuki Takami, Takeo Mori