Patents by Inventor Toru Fujii

Toru Fujii 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: 20240082603
    Abstract: A time required for online adaptive treatment is reduced with a workflow management system that executes a plurality of processes for radiotherapy according to a predetermined workflow. The plurality of processes include at least a first process and a second process, and the workflow management system executes the following modules, in parallel, including a first module that is included in the first process, displays a result of a first calculation based on a patient image captured during treatment by an imaging apparatus that captures a predetermined region of a patient, and requests an input from an operator; and a second module that is included in the second process, and executes a second calculation based on the patient image during the treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMADA, Yusuke FUJII, Toru UMEKAWA, Yoshihiko NAGAMINE, Takao KIDANI
  • Publication number: 20240061410
    Abstract: The present invention reduces costs relating to generation of a model, and suppresses a decrease in the estimating accuracy of the generated model. A quality prediction system of one aspect of the present invention acquires first learning data collected in first manufacturing equipment, acquires second learning data collected in second manufacturing equipment, and in order to implement transfer learning, converts the acquired first learning data to match the second learning data, uses the converted first learning data and the second learning data to implement machine learning of a quality prediction model, uses a trained quality prediction model to specify an adjustment amount for each adjustment item of the second manufacturing equipment so that a quality index predicted for a second product satisfies a quality standard, and outputs the specified adjustment amount of each adjustment item of the second manufacturing equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya OTA, Reiko HATTORI, Mami MIYAMOTO, Toru FUJII
  • Patent number: 11862436
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing vessel; a placing table, serving as a lower electrode, disposed within the processing vessel; an upper electrode serving as a facing electrode of the placing table; a plasma processor configured to form a gas within the processing vessel into plasma by supplying a high frequency power and to process a processing target object on the placing table with the plasma; a cover member configured to cover the upper electrode from thereabove; a cooler provided within the cover member and configured to cool the upper electrode with a coolant having a temperature lower than a dew point temperature of exterior air outside the processing vessel; and a gas supply configured to supply a low-dew point gas having a dew point temperature lower than the dew point temperature of the exterior air into a space surrounded by the cover member and the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Yoshitomo Konta, Kohei Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20220053785
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing hen's egg improved in quality includes feeding a solid-cultured product of filamentous bacteria blended with feedstuff of a hen or the solid-cultured product of the filamentous bacteria alone to a hen to improve quality of the hen's egg, in which at least one quality among improvement in yolk color, improvement in eggshell strength, increase in an egg white height, increase in an eggshell thickness, increase in an egg weight, increase in a Haugh unit, increase in an egg production ratio, and reduction in a generation ratio of an abnormal egg is improved for hen's egg that the hen ingesting the solid-cultured product of the filamentous bacteria produce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Satoko SENOO, Natsuki FUKANO, Miyabi MORINO, Yuma FUKUDA, Ayano NAKAYAMA, Satoru ARIYASU, Yuma NAKANISHI, Yoshino MITSUDA, Mio MORIMOTO, Maho OTSUKI, Toru FUJII
  • Publication number: 20220044914
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing vessel; a placing table, serving as a lower electrode, disposed within the processing vessel; an upper electrode serving as a facing electrode of the placing table; a plasma processor configured to form a gas within the processing vessel into plasma by supplying a high frequency power and to process a processing target object on the placing table with the plasma; a cover member configured to cover the upper electrode from thereabove; a cooler provided within the cover member and configured to cool the upper electrode with a coolant having a temperature lower than a dew point temperature of exterior air outside the processing vessel; and a gas supply configured to supply a low-dew point gas having a dew point temperature lower than the dew point temperature of the exterior air into a space surrounded by the cover member and the upper electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Yoshitomo Konta, Kohei Otsuki
  • Patent number: 11183371
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing vessel; a placing table, serving as a lower electrode, disposed within the processing vessel; an upper electrode serving as a facing electrode of the placing table; a plasma processor configured to form a gas within the processing vessel into plasma by supplying a high frequency power and to process a processing target object on the placing table with the plasma; a cover member configured to cover the upper electrode from thereabove; a cooler provided within the cover member and configured to cool the upper electrode with a coolant having a temperature lower than a dew point temperature of exterior air outside the processing vessel; and a gas supply configured to supply a low-dew point gas having a dew point temperature lower than the dew point temperature of the exterior air into a space surrounded by the cover member and the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Yoshitomo Konta, Kohei Otsuki
  • Patent number: 11029674
    Abstract: An information processing device determines, based on a preset threshold, whether the production index belongs to either a first section or a second section contained in one maintenance cycle of the member, wherein a change in the production index is larger in the second section than in the first section. The information processing device executes at least one of first processing in which the production index determined to belong to the first section is used and second processing in which the production index determined to belong to the second section is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Matsuyama, Reiko Hattori, Toru Fujii, Hideki Yachiku, Hiroshi Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20200211826
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing vessel; a placing table, serving as a lower electrode, disposed within the processing vessel; an upper electrode serving as a facing electrode of the placing table; a plasma processor configured to form a gas within the processing vessel into plasma by supplying a high frequency power and to process a processing target object on the placing table with the plasma; a cover member configured to cover the upper electrode from thereabove; a cooler provided within the cover member and configured to cool the upper electrode with a coolant having a temperature lower than a dew point temperature of exterior air outside the processing vessel; and a gas supply configured to supply a low-dew point gas having a dew point temperature lower than the dew point temperature of the exterior air into a space surrounded by the cover member and the upper electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Yoshitomo Konta, Kohei Otsuki
  • Patent number: 10639759
    Abstract: There are provided a load state diagnosis device and a load state diagnosis method for a servomotor. A PLC diagnoses the load state of the servomotor which rotationally drives a rotary tool in a predetermined rotational drive direction at a constant speed. The PLC includes a detection part that detects the rotational direction of a torque acting on the servomotor, a determination part that determines whether the rotational direction of the torque detected by the detection part is consistent with the predetermined rotational drive direction, and a load index output part that outputs a load index indicating the load state of the servomotor based on a determination result of the determination part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Hattori, Takayoshi Matsuyama, Toru Fujii
  • Patent number: 10591824
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination optical apparatus comprises: a light splitting device which splits the beam into a plurality of beams with respective polarization states different from each other; a spatial light modulation device which is arranged on at least one of a first optical path in which a first beam out of the plurality of beams travels and a second optical path in which a second beam out of the plurality of beams travels, and which has a plurality of optical elements arranged two-dimensionally and driven individually; and a control device which controls the spatial modulation device to combine the first beam and the second beam at least in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Fujii
  • Patent number: 10554035
    Abstract: An arc detector includes a current sensor, a power spectrum conversion unit that converts an output from the current sensor to a power spectrum, a section value obtaining unit that divides an arc measurement section for the power spectrum into a plurality of regions, and obtains, from region values for the plurality of regions excluding a maximum one of the region values, a region value to be a section value of the arc measurement section, and an arc determination unit that determines a presence of an arc by comparing the section value with a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Tomita, Toru Fujii, Reiko Hattori, Takeshi Ashida
  • Publication number: 20190184511
    Abstract: There are provided a load state diagnosis device and a load state diagnosis method for a servomotor. A PLC diagnoses the load state of the servomotor which rotationally drives a rotary tool in a predetermined rotational drive direction at a constant speed. The PLC includes a detection part that detects the rotational direction of a torque acting on the servomotor, a determination part that determines whether the rotational direction of the torque detected by the detection part is consistent with the predetermined rotational drive direction, and a load index output part that outputs a load index indicating the load state of the servomotor based on a determination result of the determination part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko HATTORI, Takayoshi MATSUYAMA, Toru FUJII
  • Publication number: 20190181025
    Abstract: A monitoring system according to an aspect may construct a predictive model that predicts a value of a removal amount depending on values of an accumulated operating time and an accumulated number of processed wafers, based on learning data; acquires actual values of the accumulated operating time, the accumulated number of processed wafers, and the removal amount with respect to a wet etching apparatus when it is in operation; calculates a predicted value of the removal amount by inputting the acquired actual values of the accumulated operating time and the accumulated number of processed wafers to the predictive model; calculates the difference between the predicted value and the actual value of the removal amount, as an indicator value serving as a measure of how necessary it is to replace a chemical solution; and outputs information regarding replacement of the chemical solution based on the calculated indicator value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya OTA, Toru FUJII, Shin EGAMI, Kosuke TSURUTA, Hiroki KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190072945
    Abstract: An information processing device determines, based on a preset threshold, whether the production index belongs to either a first section or a second section contained in one maintenance cycle of the member, wherein a change in the production index is larger in the second section than in the first section. The information processing device executes at least one of first processing in which the production index determined to belong to the first section is used and second processing in which the production index determined to belong to the second section is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi MATSUYAMA, Reiko HATTORI, Toru FUJII, Hideki YACHIKU, Hiroshi KURIBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9823180
    Abstract: An evaluation subject formed by a cut sample of a conveyor belt is mounted on a flat substrate with an inner periphery-side cover rubber layer located on the upper side, a support roller mounted in a frame is horizontally pulled and rolled in the longitudinal direction of the evaluation subject by pulling the frame by a wire while the support roller is pressed vertically downward against the upper surface of the evaluation subject at a preset pressure using a pneumatic cylinder without substantial deformation of the outer peripheral surface thereof, and tensile force in a horizontal direction measured at this time by a tensile force sensor connected to the wire is evaluated as resistance to moving over the support roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiko Amano, Gang Hou, Toru Fujii, Kazuya Okubo
  • Publication number: 20170324236
    Abstract: An arc detector includes a current sensor, a power spectrum conversion unit that converts an output from the current sensor to a power spectrum, a section value obtaining unit that divides an arc measurement section for the power spectrum into a plurality of regions, and obtains, from region values for the plurality of regions excluding a maximum one of the region values, a region value to be a section value of the arc measurement section, and an arc determination unit that determines a presence of an arc by comparing the section value with a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei TOMITA, Toru FUJII, Reiko HATTORI, Takeshi ASHIDA
  • Patent number: 9709820
    Abstract: A refractive Fresnel lens used for an optical system including an image plane, which includes a plurality of zone lens surfaces disposed concentrically and a plurality of side wall surfaces each formed between adjacent zone lens surfaces, is characterized in that the side wall surfaces are modulated so as to spatially spread in the image plane noise light due to reflection and/or refraction at the side wall surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique), Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Alain Goulet
  • Publication number: 20160209758
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination optical apparatus comprises: a light splitting device which splits the beam into a plurality of beams with respective polarization states different from each other; a spatial light modulation device which is arranged on at least one of a first optical path in which a first beam out of the plurality of beams travels and a second optical path in which a second beam out of the plurality of beams travels, and which has a plurality of optical elements arranged two-dimensionally and driven individually; and a control device which controls the spatial modulation device to combine the first beam and the second beam at least in part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru FUJII
  • Patent number: 9315608
    Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer rubber is provided that includes component (A) and component (B) below, component (A) having a content, with the total amount of component (A) and component (B) as 100% by weight, of from 5% to 90% by weight, and component (B) having a content of from 95% to 10% by weight, Component (A): a conjugated diene polymer rubber component modified with a carbonyl group- and substituted amino group-containing compound Component (B): a conjugated diene polymer rubber component modified with a compound represented by formula (IIa) below (R21O)mSi(R22A)nR234-m-n??(IIa) wherein m denotes a number from 1 to 3, n denotes a number from 1 to 3, m+n is from 2 to 4, R21 and R23 denote a hydrocarbyl group, R22 denotes a hydrocarbylene group, A denotes a substituted amino group or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxy group, when there are a plurality of R21s the plurality of R21s may be identical to or different from each other, when there are a plurality of R22s the plurality of R22s may be iden
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Takuya Sudo, Mayumi Oshima, Katsunari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 9310604
    Abstract: An illumination optical apparatus includes a light splitting device which splits the beam into a plurality of beams with respective polarization states different from each other, a spatial light modulation device which is arranged on at least one of a first optical path in which a first beam out of the plurality of beams travels and a second optical path in which a second beam out of the plurality of beams travels, and which has a plurality of optical elements arranged two-dimensionally and driven individually and a control device which controls the spatial modulation device to combine the first beam and the second beam at least in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Fujii