Patents by Inventor Toru Yamauchi

Toru Yamauchi 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: 9810905
    Abstract: A support information display method is provided with an acquiring process for acquiring a first image by photographing, via a camera provided in a head mount display, a predetermined part of a substrate processing apparatus as a maintenance object, an estimating process for estimating the support information related to the predetermined part in the first image from information stored in a database, an image creating process for creating a second image by converting the support information estimated in the estimating process into an image, and a displaying process for displaying the second image on the head mount display in order for the operator to visually recognize the support information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kodama, Toru Yamauchi, Sensho Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Gaku Ikeda, Kazuya Uoyama
  • Patent number: 9620402
    Abstract: An alignment apparatus for aligning a wafer includes a mounting unit, an imaging unit, an elevation unit, and a controlling unit. The control unit outputs a control signal for controlling the elevation unit such that a luminance variation between the outer side and the inner side of the wafer obtained by the imaging unit becomes the same as a luminance variation obtained when the imaging unit is focused, for estimating a warpage state of the wafer based on an amount of relative movement of the imaging unit and the mounting unit with respect to a relative height position of the imaging unit and the mounting unit obtained when the imaging unit is focused on a reference wafer having no warpage, and for detecting the alignment mark of the wafer by the imaging unit by rotating the mounting unit in a state where the imaging unit is focused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kodama, Toru Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20160078626
    Abstract: An alignment apparatus for aligning a wafer includes a mounting unit, an imaging unit, an elevation unit, and a controlling unit. The control unit outputs a control signal for controlling the elevation unit such that a luminance variation between the outer side and the inner side of the wafer obtained by the imaging unit becomes the same as a luminance variation obtained when the imaging unit is focused, for estimating a warpage state of the wafer based on an amount of relative movement of the imaging unit and the mounting unit with respect to a relative height position of the imaging unit and the mounting unit obtained when the imaging unit is focused on a reference wafer having no warpage, and for detecting the alignment mark of the wafer by the imaging unit by rotating the mounting unit in a state where the imaging unit is focused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiaki KODAMA, Toru YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140240484
    Abstract: A support information display method is provided with an acquiring process for acquiring a first image by photographing, via a camera provided in a head mount display, a predetermined part of a substrate processing apparatus as a maintenance object, an estimating process for estimating the support information related to the predetermined part in the first image from information stored in a database, an image creating process for creating a second image by converting the support information estimated in the estimating process into an image, and a displaying process for displaying the second image on the head mount display in order for the operator to visually recognize the support information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiaki KODAMA, Toru YAMAUCHI, Sensho KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Gaku IKEDA, Kazuya UOYAMA
  • Patent number: 7898798
    Abstract: A heat dissipating structure for an electronic component of the present invention includes a main board on which electronic components are mounted, a heat sink disposed facing the main board and contacting a plurality of the electronic components on the main board, a heat pipe disposed on the heat sink, an arm branching from the heat sink and elastically deformable in relation to the heat sink, and a cooling fan located at the end portion of the heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Toru Yamauchi, Kenichi Seki, Terutaka Yana
  • Patent number: 7800895
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a drive for recording/reproducing a recording medium, and a sound absorbing member having a Helmholtz resonator for insulating sounds at a predetermined frequency among sounds generated by the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Norio Kobayashi, Toru Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20090141450
    Abstract: A heat dissipating structure for an electronic component of the present invention includes a main board on which electronic components are mounted, a heat sink disposed facing the main board and contacting a plurality of the electronic components on the main board, a heat pipe disposed on the heat sink, an arm branching from the heat sink and elastically deformable in relation to the heat sink, and a cooling fan located at the end portion of the heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya SAKATA, Toru YAMAUCHI, Kenichi SEKI, Terutaka YANA
  • Publication number: 20080078611
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a drive for recording/reproducing a recording medium, and a sound absorbing member having a Helmholtz resonator for insulating sounds at a predetermined frequency among sounds generated by the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Norio Kobayashi, Toru Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6754554
    Abstract: An interlock system can discriminate a controller in which an abnormality occurs in a control system of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in which a plurality of controllers are connected through a network. A processing system contains at least one processing chamber which performs a semiconductor manufacturing process. A conveyance system takes an object to be processed in and out of the processing chamber. The control system includes at least one apparatus controller, which controls the processing system and the conveyance system, and an equipment controller, which manages the apparatus controller. The apparatus controller and the equipment controller are communicably connected through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Toru Yamauchi, Kiminori Okada, Tadahito Nezu
  • Publication number: 20030182012
    Abstract: An interlock system can discriminate a controller in which an abnormality occurs in a control system of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in which a plurality of controllers are connected through a network. A processing system contains at least one processing chamber which performs a semiconductor manufacturing process. A conveyance system takes an object to be processed in and out of the processing chamber. The control system includes at least one apparatus controller, which controls the processing system and the conveyance system, and an equipment controller, which manages the apparatus controller. The apparatus controller and the equipment controller are communicably connected through a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Toru Yamauchi, Kiminori Okada, Tadahito Nezu