Patents by Inventor Toru Kato

Toru Kato 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: 11977099
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which probes and the layout of the electrode pads of a test element group (TEG) are associated is provided. As a semiconductor device is miniaturized, a scribe area on a wafer also tends to decrease. Accordingly, it is necessary to reduce the size of a TEG arranged in the scribe area, and efficiently arrange an electrode pad for probe contact. Thus, it is necessary to associate the probes and the layout of the electrode pad. According to the method, a layout of a TEG electrode pad corresponding to a plurality of probes arranged in a fan shape or probes manufactured by Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohisa Ohtaki, Takayuki Mizuno, Ryo Hirano, Toru Fujimura, Shigehiko Kato, Yasuhiko Nara, Katsuo Ohki, Akira Kageyama, Masaaki Komori
  • Patent number: 11967584
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate on which a first conductor layer is arranged on one surface, a first conductor that is connected to the first conductor layer via a first connecting material, and a semiconductor element that is connected to the first conductor via a first connecting material. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to an electrode surface of the semiconductor element, the first conductor includes a peripheral portion formed larger than the semiconductor element. A first recess is formed in the peripheral portion so that a thickness of the first connecting material becomes thicker than other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Shimazu, Yujiro Kaneko, Toru Kato, Akira Matsushita, Eiichi Ide
  • Publication number: 20240077712
    Abstract: Provided is an efficient method for attaching a tissue section. In the invention, one of problems is solved by changing attachment conditions of the tissue section depending on an organ from which the tissue section is derived. A technique of achieving good adhesiveness between a microscope slide and a section by introducing unevenness on a front surface of the microscope slide using reactive ion etching as one of the attachment conditions is provided. Further, a technique of optimizing the attachment of the section using a machine learning technique or the like is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Toru FUJIMURA, Takahito HASHIMOTO, Shigehiko KATO, Eiko NAKAZAWA, Masahiko AJIMA, Akira SAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11894348
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a first submodule including a first power semiconductor element, a second submodule including a second power semiconductor element, a positive electrode side conductor portion and a negative electrode side conductor portion, an intermediate substrate that forms a negative electrode side facing portion facing the negative electrode side conductor portion with the first submodule sandwiched between them and a positive electrode side facing portion facing the positive electrode side conductor portion with the second submodule sandwiched between them, and a plurality of signal terminals that transmit a signal for controlling the first power semiconductor element or the second power semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Nagasaki, Toru Kato, Takashi Hirao, Shintaro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11750775
    Abstract: An occupant state detection system includes an occupant monitoring apparatus, a determination apparatus, and an occupant state detection apparatus. The occupant state detection apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories store data including traveling-state comparative data and stopped-state comparative data. The one or more processors cooperate with one or more programs included in the one or more memories to receive occupant monitoring data from the occupant monitoring apparatus and determination data from the determination apparatus. On the basis of the determination data, the one or more processors compare the occupant monitoring data with the traveling-state comparative data on the condition that the vehicle is in the traveling state, and compare the occupant monitoring data with the stopped-state comparative data on the condition that the vehicle is in the stopped state, to detect a state of the occupant in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Nakamura, Tsukasa Mikuni, Takuya Homma, Yutaka Ishii, Masatoshi Tsuge, Kazuhiro Hayakawa, Toru Kato
  • Patent number: 11644328
    Abstract: A safety drive assist apparatus includes an imaging unit, an information acquisition unit, first and second determination processors, and a search control processor. The imaging unit captures an image of an occupant inside a vehicle. The information acquisition unit is provided inside and outside the vehicle and acquires information including biometric information of the occupant. The first and the second determination processors determine physical and mental fatigue levels of the occupant inside the vehicle, respectively, on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit or the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. The search control processor searches for a recommended traveling route and a recommended stop-by point on the basis of a search condition, and propose a result of the search to the occupant. The search condition is based on one or both of determination information obtained by the first determination processor, the second determination processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Homma, Tsukasa Mikuni, Toru Kato, Ryota Nakamura, Masatoshi Tsuge
  • Publication number: 20230023345
    Abstract: The resin material 336 is arranged in a first region 421 surrounded by the fin base 440, the inclined portion 343 of the cover member 340, and the outermost peripheral heat dissipation fins 334 arranged on the outermost peripheral side. Then, the resin material 336 is caused to protrude to the first region 421. That is, the resin material 336 is arranged in the first region 421. In a cross section perpendicular to the refrigerant flow direction (Y direction), a cross-sectional area of the first region 421 is larger than an average cross-sectional area 423 of the adjacent heat dissipation fins 331. Then, a cross-sectional area of a second region 422 formed between the resin material 336 arranged in the first region 421 and the outermost peripheral heat dissipation fin 334 arranged on the outermost peripheral side is smaller than the average cross-sectional area 423 of the heat dissipation fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Akira MATSUSHITA, Toru KATO
  • Publication number: 20220372130
    Abstract: Based on the identification of IL-33 as an exacerbating factor in endometriosis and adenomyosis uteri, a method for treating or alleviating endometriosis or adenomyosis uteri, involves administering an IL-33 antagonist, which is capable of inhibiting the function of IL-33. The IL-33 antagonist is useful for treating, preventing or alleviating endometriosis and uterine adenomyosis uteri.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro YOSHIMOTO, Joseph M. PALUMBO, Violetta I. STONE, Toru KATO, Koubun YASUDA
  • Patent number: 11492398
    Abstract: Based on the identification of IL-33 as an exacerbating factor in endometriosis and adenomyosis uteri, a therapeutic agent for endometriosis and adenomyosis uteri has an IL-33 antagonist, which is capable of inhibiting the function of IL-33. The IL-33 antagonist is useful for treating, preventing or alleviating endometriosis and uterine adenomyosis uteri.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yoshimoto, Joseph M. Palumbo, Violetta I. Stone, Toru Kato, Koubun Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20220315017
    Abstract: A drive assist system includes an occupant monitoring apparatus, a determination apparatus, and a drive assist control apparatus. The occupant monitoring apparatus monitors a physical state of an occupant, including a driver, of a vehicle. The determination apparatus determines a traveling state and a stopped state of the vehicle. The drive assist control apparatus executes a control to secure safe traveling upon determining that sleep duration of the occupant is less than a predetermined time and quality of sleep thereof is lower than a predetermined level on the basis of monitoring information acquired by the occupant monitoring apparatus. The drive assist control apparatus includes one or more processors that perform, in a case where determination information from the determination apparatus indicates the stopped state, a control of appropriately restricting the driver's driving operation on the basis of at least the sleep duration and the quality of sleep of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Toru KATO, Ryota NAKAMURA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Masatoshi TSUGE
  • Publication number: 20220321835
    Abstract: An occupant state detection system includes an occupant monitoring apparatus, a determination apparatus, and an occupant state detection apparatus. The occupant state detection apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories store data including traveling-state comparative data and stopped-state comparative data. The one or more processors cooperate with one or more programs included in the one or more memories to receive occupant monitoring data from the occupant monitoring apparatus and determination data from the determination apparatus. On the basis of the determination data, the one or more processors compare the occupant monitoring data with the traveling-state comparative data on the condition that the vehicle is in the traveling state, and compare the occupant monitoring data with the stopped-state comparative data on the condition that the vehicle is in the stopped state, to detect a state of the occupant in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ryota NAKAMURA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Takuya HOMMA, Yutaka ISHII, Masatoshi TSUGE, Kazuhiro HAYAKAWA, Toru KATO
  • Publication number: 20220319202
    Abstract: An occupant state detection system includes first and second occupant monitoring apparatuses, a determination apparatus, and an occupant state detection apparatus. The first and second occupant monitoring apparatuses monitor a physical state of an occupant in a vehicle in different methods. The occupant state detection apparatus includes one or more first processors and one or more first memories. Upon receiving data indicating that the vehicle is in a stopped state from the determination apparatus, the one or more first processors cooperate with one or more programs in the one or more first memories to: make assignment of a part to be monitored and data to be acquired, of the occupant in the vehicle, to be detected by the first and second occupant monitoring apparatuses; and detect the physical state of the occupant on the basis of first and second occupant monitoring data from the first and second occupant monitoring apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ryota NAKAMURA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Takuya HOMMA, Yutaka ISHII, Masatoshi TSUGE, Kazuhiro HAYAKAWA, Toru KATO
  • Publication number: 20220315031
    Abstract: An occupant state detection system includes an occupant monitoring apparatus, an occupant state detection apparatus, and a determination apparatus. The occupant state detection apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more processors cooperate with one or more programs included in the one or more memories to receive occupant monitoring data from the occupant monitoring apparatus and determination data from the determination apparatus. On the basis of the determination data, the one or more processors make assignment of a part to be monitored, of an occupant in a vehicle, to be monitored by the occupant monitoring apparatus, to detect a physical state of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ryota NAKAMURA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Takuya HOMMA, Yutaka ISHII, Masatoshi TSUGE, Kazuhiro HAYAKAWA, Toru KATO
  • Publication number: 20220314975
    Abstract: A drive assist system includes an occupant monitoring apparatus, an information acquisition apparatus, a determination apparatus, and a drive assist apparatus. The drive assist apparatus includes one or more processors, and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors to communicate therewith. The one or more processors appropriately change a warning timing or a drive assist control intervention timing in accordance with the sleep state of a driver of a vehicle at least from a previous day, upon receiving information, from the determination apparatus, that the vehicle transitions from a stopped state to a traveling state. The warning timing is a timing of giving a warning that the vehicle is approaching another vehicle, or the like. The drive assist control intervention timing is a timing of intervention by the drive assist control for avoiding contact between the vehicle and the other vehicle or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Toru KATO, Ryota NAKAMURA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Masatoshi TSUGE
  • Publication number: 20220194388
    Abstract: A safety drive assist apparatus includes an imaging unit, an information acquisition unit, a first determination processor, a second determination processor, and a control processor. The imaging unit captures an image of an occupant inside a vehicle. The information acquisition unit acquires information including biometric information of the occupant inside and outside the vehicle. The first determination processor and the second determination processor determine a physical fatigue level and a mental fatigue level of the occupant inside the vehicle, respectively, on the basis of the image of the occupant inside the vehicle captured by the imaging unit or the information including the biometric information of the occupant inside and outside the vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya HOMMA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Toru KATO, Ryota NAKAMURA, Masatoshi TSUGE
  • Publication number: 20220196423
    Abstract: A safety drive assist apparatus includes an imaging unit, an information acquisition unit, first and second determination processors, and a search control processor. The imaging unit captures an image of an occupant inside a vehicle. The information acquisition unit is provided inside and outside the vehicle and acquires information including biometric information of the occupant. The first and the second determination processors determine physical and mental fatigue levels of the occupant inside the vehicle, respectively, on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit or the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. The search control processor searches for a recommended traveling route and a recommended stop-by point on the basis of a search condition, and propose a result of the search to the occupant. The search condition is based on one or both of determination information obtained by the first determination processor, the second determination processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya HOMMA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Toru KATO, Ryota NAKAMURA, Masatoshi TSUGE
  • Publication number: 20220157788
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a first submodule including a first power semiconductor element, a second submodule including a second power semiconductor element, a positive electrode side conductor portion and a negative electrode side conductor portion, an intermediate substrate that forms a negative electrode side facing portion facing the negative electrode side conductor portion with the first submodule sandwiched between them and a positive electrode side facing portion facing the positive electrode side conductor portion with the second submodule sandwiched between them, and a plurality of signal terminals that transmit a signal for controlling the first power semiconductor element or the second power semiconductor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori NAGASAKI, Toru KATO, Takashi HIRAO, Shintaro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220013432
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate on which a first conductor layer is arranged on one surface, a first conductor that is connected to the first conductor layer via a first connecting material, and a semiconductor element that is connected to the first conductor via a first connecting material. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to an electrode surface of the semiconductor element, the first conductor includes a peripheral portion formed larger than the semiconductor element. A first recess is formed in the peripheral portion so that a thickness of the first connecting material becomes thicker than other portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMAZU, Yujiro KANEKO, Toru KATO, Akira MATSUSHITA, Eiichi IDE
  • Patent number: 11192510
    Abstract: A wire harness protector includes a protector body and a cover. The protector body is configured to accommodate a corrugated tube extending in a front-rear direction and through which a wire harness is inserted. The cover is configured to cover an opening of the protector body. A first front end being one of a front end of the protector body or a front end of the cover is arranged rearward of a second front end being the other of the front ends. A portion of the wire harness protector located at the first front end includes a first rib configured to hold the corrugated tube. A portion of wire harness the protector facing the first front end and located rearward of the second front end includes a second rib configured to hold the corrugated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Toru Kato
  • Patent number: 11186256
    Abstract: A vehicle wireless key apparatus includes a wireless key memory, a terminal information memory, and a memory updating unit. The wireless key memory is provided in a vehicle. Key identification information of a wireless key of the vehicle is to be registered in the wireless key memory. Terminal identification information of a mobile terminal is to be registered in the terminal information memory. The mobile terminal is used separately from the wireless key. The memory updating unit is configured to perform update of the key identification information registered in the wireless key memory. The memory updating unit is configured to verify, upon the update, the mobile terminal against the terminal identification information registered in the terminal information memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kato, Masato Sato