Patents by Inventor Toru Yamamoto

Toru Yamamoto 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: 20150373829
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes: an inner layer structure body containing at least an inner layer insulative base material composed of a glass cloth and resin which covers the glass cloth and not containing a resin insulative base material composed only of resin; outer layer wiring formed on a first face of the inner layer structure body; and a solder resist layer formed on a surface of the outer layer wiring, wherein in the inner layer structure body, an opening part is formed, and the solder resist layer is composed of a first ink part covering at least the outer layer wiring that is formed on a partial region of the first face which corresponds to the opening part and a second ink part interposing both ends of the first ink part and being lower in flexibility than the first ink part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: MEIKO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishikawa, Toru Yamamoto, Kazuya Inokuchi
  • Publication number: 20150331075
    Abstract: In an image creating device, an obtainer obtains the phase of a magnetic resonance signal generated from a target object upon application of a static magnetic field and a high-frequency magnetic field to the target object (step S102). A calculator calculates a change level of the obtained phase per a predetermined distance in a direction of the static magnetic field (step S103). A generator generates an image representing a positional distribution of a parameter depending on the calculated change level (step S106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Yuta Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9188705
    Abstract: In order to eliminate non-uniformity in the appearance of a cover glass for photoelectric conversion devices, the reflectance curve of the cover glass is extremely flattened. Provided is a cover glass for photoelectric conversion devices that includes a glass sheet having an uneven surface such as a figured glass, and a reflection-reducing film formed on the uneven surface. The reflection-reducing film includes silica fine particles and a binder for the silica fine particles. The silica fine particles are arranged in a single layer on the top portion of the uneven surface of the glass sheet, while the silica fine particles are arranged in stacks to a thickness equivalent to at least three layers on the bottom portion of the uneven surface. The uneven surface of the glass sheet has an average spacing Sm of at least 0.4 mm but not more than 2.5 mm and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m. The cover glass has a reflectance of at least 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mizuho Koyo, Toru Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Kawazu, Masaatsu Kido
  • Publication number: 20140254433
    Abstract: A sensor network system 1000 is provided with a plurality of sensor nodes 1100, . . . and configured to decide a parent node for each of the plurality of sensor nodes so as to form a network topology having a tree structure using each of the plurality of sensor nodes as a node. The sensor network system forms the network topology so that, with respect to each of the plurality of sensor nodes, the number of child nodes owned by the sensor node is close to a value obtained by multiplying a maximum containing number, which is a maximum number of sensor data that can be contained by one packet, by a natural number (1200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Abe, Yuichiro Ezure, Hiroyuki Iizuka, Toru Yamamoto, Hidehiro Endou
  • Patent number: 8825103
    Abstract: A quality measuring section measures reception quality of a radio signal received by a wireless communication section. A quality information transmitting section transmits reception quality information indicating the reception quality measured by the quality measuring section. A device number calculating section calculates, based on reception quality indicated by reception quality information transmitted from other wireless communication devices and the reception quality measured by the quality measuring section, the number of wireless communication devices, from among the other wireless communication devices, that can communicate with the wireless communication device including this device number calculating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nec Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Saho Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8774051
    Abstract: A server creates a communication path table indicating a communication path for packet data, based on connection information reported by a parent device and a relay device, and distributes the created communication path table to the parent device, the relay device and a child device. The child device transmits the packet data to a relay device indicated in the communication path table, based on the distributed communication path table. The relay device transfers the packet data transmitted from the child device, to a relay device or a parent device indicated in the communication path table, based on the distributed communication path table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Reiko Natsugari
  • Patent number: 8767627
    Abstract: A multihop wireless network includes a plurality of wireless nodes. Each wireless node calculates a metric value indicating a quantity of providing a guideline for selecting a superordinate destination node with each candidate for the superordinate destination node when carrying out a multihop wireless communication with a specific wireless node based on peripheral node information about node information received from the peripheral wireless nodes and determines the superordinate destination node based on the calculated metric value. The network system selects a superordinate wireless node as a target wireless node expected to change the number of the wireless nodes existing in a subordinate hierarchy, and intentionally changes a value of the node information sent from the target wireless node to the peripheral wireless nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ezure, Kenichi Abe, Toru Yamamoto, Atsushi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8640577
    Abstract: The present invention achieves improvement of an adjustment structure of a turning spindle in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. A turning spindle unit 100 includes a turning spindle base push-pull block 140 which adjusts a turning spindle base 110 fixed onto a bed 10 in the horizontal direction. The turning spindle base 110 includes a turning spindle push-pull block 180 to push and pull a turning spindle 60. A mounting seat 112 inclines at an angle to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Goshima, Kenji Arisue, Hirokatsu Tahara, Hiroyuki Ueki
  • Publication number: 20130255454
    Abstract: The present invention achieves improvement of an adjustment structure of a turning spindle in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. A turning spindle unit 100 includes a turning spindle base push-pull block 140 which adjusts a turning spindle base 110 fixed onto a bed 10 in the horizontal direction. The turning spindle base 110 includes a turning spindle push-pull block 180 to push and pull a turning spindle 60. A mounting seat 112 inclines at an angle to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Goshima, Kenji Arisue, Hirokatsu Tahara, Hiroyuki Ueki
  • Publication number: 20130159301
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program for implementing functions of managing a recording medium in an electronic device, includes a recording medium management module that includes: an acquisition module configured to acquire an upper limit to the number of recording media registered in the electronic device; and a registering module configured to register the recording medium in which the program is installed in the electronic device such that the acquired upper limit is not exceeded. The recording medium management module may link date and time information to a recording medium identifier identifying the recording medium in which the program is installed, and register the information and the identifier as linked in a management database used to manage the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Michihiro Okada, Shunichi Soma, Shigeru Enomoto, Toru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20130127749
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a touch panel configured to include a display device and a touch pad or is connected to the touch panel. A display control unit displays a list of items on a display device. A first reception unit receives a first touch operation in a selection area of an item. A second reception unit receives a second touch operation for moving the list of items. A selection control unit selects one or more items in accordance with a specified position on a front touch pad specified by the first touch operation and with the movement of the list of items by the display control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Toru YAMAMOTO, Shigeru ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130132876
    Abstract: A user screen display control unit displays not only a content selected by the user but also places a plurality of icons, with which to select a content to be displayed, adjacent to each other and displays the plurality of icons. When a drag operation over the plurality of icons is detected by an operation detector, the user screen display control unit displays the caption for a selected icon in a forefront manner and switches the caption for each icon sequentially selected by a drag operation and sequentially displays the caption. When a predetermined operation is detected on an icon located in a position where the drag operation ends, the user screen display control unit switches the content displayed on the display device to a content associated with the icon located in the position where the drag operation ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo KOBAYASHI, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Shuji HIRAMATSU, Toru YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130070671
    Abstract: A multihop wireless network includes a plurality of wireless nodes. Each wireless node calculates a metric value indicating a quantity of providing a guideline for selecting a superordinate destination node with each candidate for the superordinate destination node when carrying out a multihop wireless communication with a specific wireless node based on peripheral node information about node information received from the peripheral wireless nodes and determines the superordinate destination node based on the calculated metric value. The network system selects a superordinate wireless node as a target wireless node expected to change the number of the wireless nodes existing in a subordinate hierarchy, and intentionally changes a value of the node information sent from the target wireless node to the peripheral wireless nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro EZURE, Kenichi Abe, Toru Yamamoto, Atsushi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20120244318
    Abstract: In order to eliminate non-uniformity in the appearance of a cover glass for photoelectric conversion devices, the reflectance curve of the cover glass is extremely flattened. Provided is a cover glass for photoelectric conversion devices that includes a glass sheet having an uneven surface such as a figured glass, and a reflection-reducing film formed on the uneven surface. The reflection-reducing film includes silica fine particles and a binder for the silica fine particles. The silica fine particles are arranged in a single layer on the top portion of the uneven surface of the glass sheet, while the silica fine particles are arranged in stacks to a thickness equivalent to at least three layers on the bottom portion of the uneven surface. The uneven surface of the glass sheet has an average spacing Sm of at least 0.4 mm but not more than 2.5 mm and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m. The cover glass has a reflectance of at least 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mizuho Koyo, Toru Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Kawazu, Masaatsu Kido
  • Patent number: 8270673
    Abstract: A motion detecting includes a fetcher which repeatedly fetches an object scene image having a designated resolution. An assigner assigns a plurality of areas each of which has a representative point to the object scene image in a manner to have an overlapping amount different depending on a size of the designated resolution. A divider divides each of a plurality of images respectively corresponding to the plurality of areas assigned by the assigner, into a plurality of partial images, by using the representative points as a base point. A detector detects a difference in brightness between a pixel corresponding to the representative point and surrounding pixels, from each of the plurality of partial images divided by the divider. A creator creates motion information indicating a motion of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120100882
    Abstract: A quality measuring section measures reception quality of a radio signal received by a wireless communication section. A quality information transmitting section transmits reception quality information indicating the reception quality measured by the quality measuring section. A device number calculating section calculates, based on reception quality indicated by reception quality information transmitted from other wireless communication devices and the reception quality measured by the quality measuring section, the number of wireless communication devices, from among the other wireless communication devices, that can communicate with the wireless communication device including this device number calculating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: TORU YAMAMOTO, Saho Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20120099585
    Abstract: A server creates a communication path table indicating a communication path for packet data, based on connection information reported by a parent device and a relay device, and distributes the created communication path table to the parent device, the relay device and a child device. The child device transmits the packet data to a relay device indicated in the communication path table, based on the distributed communication path table. The relay device transfers the packet data transmitted from the child device, to a relay device or a parent device indicated in the communication path table, based on the distributed communication path table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Reiko Natsugari
  • Patent number: 8093490
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film-forming method by which, even when a thin film containing a crystalline metal oxide as the main component is formed over a wide area within a short time utilizing a thermal decomposition method, the thickness of the thin film becomes relatively uniform. A thin film-forming method of the present invention includes forming a thin film using a raw material containing a chloride of a metal, and prior to the forming of the thin film, 1) disposing metal-containing particles on the substrate, or 2) forming, at a film deposition rate slower than a film deposition rate for the thin film, a metal-containing thin film on the substrate, and wherein, in the case of the step 2), the thin film containing the metal oxide as the main component is directly formed on the metal-containing thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akira Fujisawa, Yukio Sueyoshi, Masahiro Hirata, Toru Yamamoto, Koichiro Kiyohara, Kiyotaka Ichiki
  • Patent number: 7974323
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser includes: a multiple quantum well active layer that is formed on a semiconductor substrate comprised by GaAs and includes well layers having GaInAsP that has a tensile strain against the GaAs, and a barrier layer having AlGaInP that has substantially zero strain against the GaAs, the well layers and the barrier layer being alternately stacked; a pair of first AlGaInP layers that has substantially zero strain against the GaAs, and is provided so that the first AlGaInP layers contact upper and lower surfaces of the multiple quantum well active layer respectively; and a pair of second AlGaInP layers that has a compressive strain against the GaAs, and is provided so that the second AlGaInP layers contact the pair of first AlGaInP layers respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Toru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7954403
    Abstract: The invention provides a device for automatically carrying in and out a workpiece cooperating with a tool spindle stock of a composite working lathe. The composite working lathe comprises a main spindle 10, a workpiece handling device 20 and a tool spindle stock 30 that rotates around a B axis. A workpiece carry-in/out device 100 comprises a frame 120 including a material carry-in hand 130 and a finished product tray 140, and a cylinder 110 for moving the frame back and forth. A door 60 of a cover 50 is opened to carry in a material B1 and carry out a finished product P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Ko Hioki, Yasuhiro Goshima, Masahiro Sugiura, Toru Yamamoto