Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Suzuki

Tomohiro Suzuki 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).

  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium storing program having a layered structure
    Patent number: 9575702
    Abstract: When printing an image displayed by the function of an application, rendering information for rendering an object is determined based on drawing information including the drawing position and size of the object of the image in a first layer constituted by a script instruction set which is translated to be able to execute the script instruction set by a processor when executing the application and is executed by the processor. The object is rendered in accordance with the determined rendering information in a second layer constituted by an instruction set which is translated in advance to be able to execute the instruction set by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suzuki, Naoki Sumi, Kiyoshi Umeda
  • POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170016712
    Abstract: A teaching system (position measurement system) includes a plurality of reflectors provided on a tip of a robot arm, and a measuring device. The measuring device measures a present position of the tip of the robot arm by using reflected light on the reflectors, the reflected light being obtained after irradiation light applied to the reflectors is reflected. The plurality of reflectors each reflect, toward the measuring device, the irradiation light applied from the measuring device located in a direction within a predetermined incidence area. The plurality of reflectors are provided at the tip of the robot arm in such a manner that central directions of the incidence areas of the reflectors are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiro SUZUKI
  • Flow passage structure and flow passage structure manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9534722
    Abstract: A flow passage structure is provided with a fluid flow passage that includes a plurality of straight flow passages, a first return bend that connects the downstream end of the straight flow passage through which a fluid flows from a second end surface toward a first end surface among the plurality of straight flow passages to the upstream end of the straight flow passage which is disposed at the downstream side of the straight flow passage and is adjacent to the straight flow passage, and a second return bend that connects the downstream end of the straight flow passage through which the fluid flows from the first end surface toward the second end surface among the plurality of straight flow passages to the upstream end of the straight flow passage which is disposed at the downstream side of the straight flow passage and is adjacent to the straight flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Noishiki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Yasutake Miwa
  • Wiring substrate and method for manufacturing wiring substrate
    Patent number: 9515018
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer, a wiring layer, a via wiring, and a solder resist layer. The wiring layer includes a pad body that constitutes a part of a pad and a wiring pattern including an upper surface. The pad includes the pad body, a first metal layer formed on an upper surface of the pad body and including an embedded part embedded in the insulating layer and a projecting part including upper and side surfaces and projecting from the upper surface of the insulating layer, and a second metal layer including an upper surface and covering the upper and side surfaces of the projecting part. The upper surface of the pad body and the upper surface of the wiring pattern are on the same plane. The upper surface of the second metal layer is positioned lower than the upper surface of the solder resist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Suzuki
  • WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20160307834
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer, a wiring layer, a via wiring, and a solder resist layer. The wiring layer includes a pad body that constitutes a part of a pad and a wiring pattern including an upper surface. The pad includes the pad body, a first metal layer formed on an upper surface of the pad body and including an embedded part embedded in the insulating layer and a projecting part including upper and side surfaces and projecting from the upper surface of the insulating layer, and a second metal layer including an upper surface and covering the upper and side surfaces of the projecting part. The upper surface of the pad body and the upper surface of the wiring pattern are on the same plane. The upper surface of the second metal layer is positioned lower than the upper surface of the solder resist layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Tomohiro SUZUKI
  • Apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 9471284
    Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus use environment with higher flexibility and convenience. To achieve this, in a program including the first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by a processor and the second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor, this invention controls to perform communication between an external device and the first program layer via the second program layer. Based on information about the external device received from the external device via communication, display contents of a display screen for using a function of the external device, which are displayed in the first program layer, are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Maya Kurokawa, Kiyoshi Umeda, Naoki Sumi, Tomohiro Suzuki, Masao Kato
  • Apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 9465571
    Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus use environment with higher flexibility and convenience. To achieve this, based on information acquired by an apparatus on which a program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor operates, display contents of a display screen for using a function of the apparatus, which are displayed in the first program layer, are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Kato, Kiyoshi Umeda, Naoki Sumi, Tomohiro Suzuki, Maya Kurokawa
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium storing program
    Patent number: 9436413
    Abstract: When performing image processing on a designated image by the function of the application, image data of the designated image is obtained in a second layer constituted by an instruction set executable by a processor. In a first layer constituted by a script instruction set, the print script of print content including the image data which has been obtained and converted into a data format interpretable by the first layer in the second layer is generated. The print script is rendered into print image data corresponding to a print resolution by interpreting the generated print script.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Mizoguchi, Tomohiro Suzuki, Kiyoshi Umeda, Naoki Sumi
  • Wheel for straddle vehicle
    Patent number: 9409440
    Abstract: A wheel for straddle vehicle includes a hub, a rim, a plurality of first spokes, a plurality of second spokes, spoke side hollow portions, and first opening portions. Each of the plurality of second spokes is provided between adjacent two first spokes among the plurality of first spokes to be a pair with a closest first spoke between the adjacent two first spokes. The pair has opposite surfaces facing to each other. The spoke side hollow portions are provided inside the plurality of first spokes and second spokes, respectively. The first opening portions are provided on the opposite surfaces, respectively. Each of the first opening portions communicates with each of the spoke side hollow portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hiramaru, Tomohiro Suzuki
  • Wiring substrate and method for manufacturing wiring substrate
    Patent number: 9406599
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer, a wiring layer, a via wiring, and a solder resist layer. The wiring layer includes a pad body that constitutes a part of a pad and a wiring pattern including an upper surface. The pad includes the pad body, a first metal layer formed on an upper surface of the pad body and including an embedded part embedded in the insulating layer and a projecting part including upper and side surfaces and projecting from the upper surface of the insulating layer, and a second metal layer including an upper surface and covering the upper and side surfaces of the projecting part. The upper surface of the pad body and the upper surface of the wiring pattern are on the same plane. The upper surface of the second metal layer is positioned lower than the upper surface of the solder resist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Suzuki
  • Etching method, etching apparatus, and storage medium
    Patent number: 9362149
    Abstract: Provided is a method of etching a silicon oxide film, which includes supplying a mixture gas of a halogen element-containing gas and a basicity gas onto a surface of the silicon oxide film; modifying the silicon oxide film to produce a reaction product; and heating the reaction product to remove the reaction product. Modifying the silicon oxide film and heating the reaction product are performed using one chamber. In heating the reaction product, the reaction product is selectively heated by a heating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Muraki, Shigeru Kasai, Tomohiro Suzuki
  • Power supply device, control circuit, electronic device and control method for power supply
    Patent number: 9325239
    Abstract: A power supply device that includes a switch circuit to which an input voltage is supplied, a coil coupled between the switch circuit and an output terminal from which an output voltage is outputted. A voltage adding circuit adds a slope voltage to a reference voltage. A control unit compares a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and the reference voltage and switches the switch circuit at a timing corresponding to a comparison result of the feedback voltage and the reference voltage. A slope adjustment circuit differentiates a current flowing in the coil and adjusts a slope amount of the slope based on a differentiation result of the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Suga, Kenta Ido, Tomohiro Suzuki, Hiroaki Sumiya, Katsuyuki Yasukouchi, Takahiro Yoshino
  • WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20160064319
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer, a wiring layer, a via wiring, and a solder resist layer. The wiring layer includes a pad body that constitutes a part of a pad and a wiring pattern including an upper surface. The pad includes the pad body, a first metal layer formed on an upper surface of the pad body and including an embedded part embedded in the insulating layer and a projecting part including upper and side surfaces and projecting from the upper surface of the insulating layer, and a second metal layer including an upper surface and covering the upper and side surfaces of the projecting part. The upper surface of the pad body and the upper surface of the wiring pattern are on the same plane. The upper surface of the second metal layer is positioned lower than the upper surface of the solder resist layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Tomohiro SUZUKI
  • SUPPORT MEMBER, WIRING SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE
    Publication number: 20160035661
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a support member, and a wiring member formed on one side of the support member. The support member includes metal foils and at least one resin layer alternately layered, so that one of the metal foils is provided as a first outermost layer on the one side of the support member and another one of the metal foils is provided as a second outermost layer on another side of the support member. The first outermost layer includes thick and thin foils that are peelably adhered. The thick foil contacts the at least one resin layer. One surface of the thin foil faces an outer side of the support member. The wiring member includes wiring layers and an insulating layer alternately layered on the thin foil. The number of the metal foils and the number of the wiring layers are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Tomohiro SUZUKI
  • Method for making probe support and apparatus used for the method
    Patent number: 9248445
    Abstract: A liquid discharging device includes a plurality of liquid discharge sections. Each liquid discharge section includes a reservoir, a nozzle that discharges a solution supplied from the reservoir, and discharge energy generating means that generates energy to discharge the solution from the nozzle. The number of the liquid discharge sections corresponds to the number of probe types to be formed. The nozzles are two-dimensionally arranged. Using this liquid discharging device, probe liquids are discharged from the corresponding reservoirs onto a solid-phase substrate to form a predetermined two-dimensional probe array of high-purity probes on the substrate. This process exhibits high reproducibility and processability, and the resulting probe array has high array density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Okamoto, Nobuko Yamamoto, Hidenori Watanabe, Tomohiro Suzuki
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150378645
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of performing a software program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and performed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor comprises a unit configured to transmit parameter information used for image processing from the first program layer to the second program layer, a unit configured to perform the image processing in the second program layer according to the parameter information, a display control unit configured to display an indicator for allowing a user to recognize that the image processing is in progress, and a unit configured to issue an instruction to control display of the indicator from the second program layer to the first program layer, the display control unit controls the display according to the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kunieda, Naoki Sumi, Tomohiro Suzuki, Kiyoshi Umeda
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150379380
    Abstract: When printing an image displayed by the function of an application, rendering information for rendering an object is determined based on drawing information including the drawing position and size of the object of the image in a first layer constituted by a script instruction set which is translated to be able to execute the script instruction set by a processor when executing the application and is executed by the processor. The object is rendered in accordance with the determined rendering information in a second layer constituted by an instruction set which is translated in advance to be able to execute the instruction set by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suzuki, Naoki Sumi, Kiyoshi Umeda
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150379741
    Abstract: In a program including the first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and performed by a processor and the second program layer with an instruction set translated in advance by a unit other than the processor, image data to be processed, which is designated in the first program layer, is converted into image data in a format usable in the second program layer. Image processing including color conversion is performed for the converted image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Masaaki Obayashi, Naoki Sumi, Kiyoshi Umeda, Tomohiro Suzuki
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150378653
    Abstract: When communicating with a printing apparatus used for the print function of an application, communication with the printing apparatus is requested of a second layer constituted by an instruction set which is translated in advance to be able to execute the instruction set by a processor, in a first layer constituted by a script instruction set which is translated to be able to execute the script instruction set by the processor when executing the application and is executed. In the second layer, communication with the printing apparatus is performed in accordance with the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Fumitaka Goto, Kiyoshi Umeda, Naoki Sumi, Tomohiro Suzuki
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150379381
    Abstract: An embodiment of this invention solves a problem that when a print application is built using the configuration of a hybrid application, and print content is described in SVG, pixel values as a rendering result cannot be obtained. According to the embodiment, a processor of an information processing apparatus executes a program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by the processor and a second program layer with an instruction set interpreted in advance by a unit other than the processor in the following way. That is, content described in a first description language is converted into content in a second description language in the first program layer. The content is drawn by interpreting the second description language, and data of the interpreted and drawn content is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Umeda, Naoki Sumi, Tomohiro Suzuki