Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Nakamura

Toshihiro Nakamura 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: 20250149808
    Abstract: Provided is a bonded structure in which conductors of a plurality of wires is ultrasonically bonded together. Conductors (5a) that are relatively difficult to deform are intermixed with conductors (5b) that are relatively easy to deform. In other words, two or more types of the wires made up of conductors of different materials are intermixed. In an axial view of the wires, when an ultrasonic bonding direction is an up-down direction of a conductor joint, and a direction orthogonal to the ultrasonic bonding direction is a width direction of the conductor joint, the conductors (5a, 5b) of different materials are arranged substantially line symmetrical with respect to a center line (A) in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Tomohiro Nakayama, Takuro Yamada, Ryo Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12287214
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: acquiring a first route based on a communication speed; and creating a first plan for a first vehicle, the first plan being a plan about execution of download of first data during traveling along the first route. The control unit acquires the first route between two predetermined spots, based on a first map indicating a distribution of a communication speed of a first communication carrier that is employed in the first vehicle. The control unit acquires a route for which it is predicted that a time spent on the download of the first data is shortest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20250133829
    Abstract: An array substrate includes: a semiconductor film disposed on an upper-layer side of an insulating substrate; a gate insulating film disposed in a layer above the semiconductor film; a gate electrode disposed in a layer above the gate insulating film; an interlayer insulating film disposed in a layer above the gate electrode; a thin film transistor including a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the upper-layer side of the gate electrode via the interlayer insulating film; and a gate wiring line continuously formed with the gate electrode of the thin film transistor, wherein the gate electrode and the gate wiring line include an aluminum film, and a protective metal film made of a metal material having a melting point higher than a melting point of aluminum, and covering an entire surface of the aluminum film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Toshihiro KANEKO, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Tadayoshi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20250126844
    Abstract: A gate insulating film includes a first thick portion and a second thick portion having the same film thickness, and a third thick portion, a fourth thick portion, and a fifth thick portion all having a film thickness larger than a thickness of the first thick portion, the first thick portion and the second thick portion overlap both the first electrode and a semiconductor portion and are disposed at positions spaced apart from each other in a first direction, the third thick portion is interposed between the first thick portion and the second thick portion, and the fourth thick portion and the fifth thick portion are disposed to overlap both the semiconductor portion and both end portions of a first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Tadayoshi MIYAMOTO, Yoshinobu NAKAMURA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Sohtaroh TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250116906
    Abstract: A transistor includes a semiconductor portion extending in a first direction, a first electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and is disposed overlapping a portion of the semiconductor portion, a first insulating film that is interposed between the first electrode and the semiconductor portion, a second electrode that is connected to the semiconductor portion, and a third electrode that is connected to the semiconductor portion, in which the first insulating film includes a first thick portion and a second thick portion having a film thickness greater than that of the first thick portion, at least two of the first thick portions are disposed at intervals in the second direction at positions overlapping both the first electrode and the semiconductor portion, and the second thick portion is disposed to be interposed between the two first thick portions in the second direction at a position overlapping both the first electrode and the semiconductor portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Tadayoshi MIYAMOTO, Yoshinobu NAKAMURA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Sohtaroh TANAKA
  • Patent number: 12274090
    Abstract: An IO cell includes a first output transistor and a second output transistor. A capacitance transistor is provided between external connection pads. The capacitance transistor is placed between the output transistors and an edge of the semiconductor integrated circuit device as viewed in plan. The gate length of the capacitance transistor is smaller than the gate length of the output transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Masahisa Iida, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20250043583
    Abstract: A multifunctional pole includes two or more units selected from among a plurality of units each providing a predetermined function. In the multifunctional pole, the two or more units are coupled to each other to form the pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki OGATA, Toshihiro WATANABE, Hitomi ITO, Taiki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12175230
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes acquiring information on update of a program implemented in a vehicle, and formulating a plan for updating the program while the vehicle is stopped in an operation plan based on the information on the update of the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240387474
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a sealing body seals a semiconductor element, at least part of a wiring member, at least part of signal terminals, a relay substrate, and bonding wires. The bonding wires electrically connect pads of the semiconductor element and lands of the relay substrate. The wiring member has a front-face metal body. The front-face metal body includes a wiring portion and an island portion electrically isolated from the wiring portion. The semiconductor element is disposed on the wiring portion and the relay substrate is disposed on the island portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: TOSHIHIRO NAKAMURA, HIROTOSHI KUSAMA, NAOHITO MIZUNO, AYAKO SHIMOZUMA, TOMOMI OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 12135220
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power transmission coils, a display layer, and a controller. The power transmission coils are arranged in a predetermined direction on a road and configured to transmit electric power in a non-contact manner to a power receiving coil mounted on a vehicle. The display layer is provided above the power transmission coils. The controller controls a display mode of the display layer so as to guide the vehicle in accordance with a traveling state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Akihiro Kusumoto, Takahiro Hirano, Ryunosuke Yamashita, Daiki Tajima, Katsuya Kobayashi, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240312981
    Abstract: An ESD protection circuit includes: a protective element placed between VDD and VSS; an RC circuit; and an inverter connected to a node of the RC circuit at its input and to a node of the protective element at its output. The inverter includes a PMOS connected to VDD at its source and an NMOS connected to VSS at its source. The PMOS and the NMOS are connected in common to the node of the RC circuit at their gates and to the node of the protective element at their drains. The gate length of the PMOS is smaller than the gate length of the NMOS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshito UCHIHASHI, Masahiro GION, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12087342
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy disc blank for a magnetic disc made of an aluminum alloy containing Fe: 0.005 to 1.800 mass % with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a flatness change of the aluminum alloy disc blank for a magnetic disc when the aluminum alloy disc blank for a magnetic disc is held in the atmosphere at 50° C. or lower for 336 hours is 2.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Kitawaki, Ryo Sakamoto, Wataru Kumagai, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Ryohei Yamada, Shinpei Todo, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240233541
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input interface that accepts a parking reservation for a vehicle for which parking is desired, and a controller that confirms, when the vehicle for which parking is desired is a first vehicle whose purpose for parking includes charging, whether there is an opening for reservation of a first parking lot having a charging station, completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle when there is an opening, changes a reservation of the first parking lot for at least one second vehicle, selected based on a predetermined condition from among one or more reservation holding vehicles for which acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot is completed, to a reservation of a second parking lot based on the predetermined condition when there is no opening, and completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240232920
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire questionnaire data including a score for each autonomous driving system installed in each vehicle among a plurality of vehicles operated by autonomous driving along a predetermined operation route, the score being an evaluation index of ride comfort of each vehicle, identify, based on an aggregate result of the questionnaire data, a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles for which the score is determined to be less than a threshold as a first vehicle, and extract first data to be used in analyzing ride comfort from first vehicle information acquired by a first autonomous driving system, which is an autonomous driving system installed in the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240167835
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power transmission coils, a display layer, and a controller. The power transmission coils are arranged in a predetermined direction on a road and configured to transmit electric power in a non-contact manner to a power receiving coil mounted on a vehicle. The display layer is provided above the power transmission coils. The controller controls a display mode of the display layer so as to guide the vehicle in accordance with a traveling state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki ITO, Akihiro KUSUMOTO, Takahiro HIRANO, Ryunosuke YAMASHITA, Daiki TAJIMA, Katsuya KOBAYASHI, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240135818
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input interface that accepts a parking reservation for a vehicle for which parking is desired, and a controller that confirms, when the vehicle for which parking is desired is a first vehicle whose purpose for parking includes charging, whether there is an opening for reservation of a first parking lot having a charging station, completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle when there is an opening, changes a reservation of the first parking lot for at least one second vehicle, selected based on a predetermined condition from among one or more reservation holding vehicles for which acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot is completed, to a reservation of a second parking lot based on the predetermined condition when there is no opening, and completes acceptance of reservation of the first parking lot for the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240135398
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire questionnaire data including a score for each autonomous driving system installed in each vehicle among a plurality of vehicles operated by autonomous driving along a predetermined operation route, the score being an evaluation index of ride comfort of each vehicle, identify, based on an aggregate result of the questionnaire data, a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles for which the score is determined to be less than a threshold as a first vehicle, and extract first data to be used in analyzing ride comfort from first vehicle information acquired by a first autonomous driving system, which is an autonomous driving system installed in the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA, Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11966861
    Abstract: An operation planning system that creates an operation plan of a vehicle with a rechargeable battery as a travel energy source includes: a reception unit configured to receive request information including a departure location and a destination from a user; and an operation determining unit configured to determine an operation plan in response to the request information. The operation determining unit is configured to derive a state of charge shortage by which there is a shortage when the vehicle travels in an operation section based on the state of charge of the vehicle and to create the operation plan by allocating a vehicle, which is able to be charged with the derived state of charge shortage until an operation of the vehicle starts, to the operation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Nagata, Toshihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240096870
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a first power line extends in an X direction in an IO region and is formed in a first interconnect layer. A second power line extends in the X direction in a core region. A third power line extends in a Y direction, is formed in a second interconnect layer located below the first interconnect layer, and is connected to the first and second power lines. The third power line overlaps an external connection pad in planar view and is placed between adjacent interconnects in the X direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Toshihiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11935559
    Abstract: This magnetic disk device is a 3.5-inch magnetic disk device equipped with magnetic disks formed from an aluminum alloy substrate. The magnetic disks arranged in a stacked manner have a thickness Td of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm, the number N of magnetic disks involved is 10 to 16, and spacers disposed between the magnetic disks have an outside diameter 2 Rso of 35 mm to 65 mm. The outside diameter 2 Rso (mm) of the spacers satisfies 2 Rso??60 Td+70 and 2 Rso??0.5 N2?+16.5 N?73.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Kitamura, Kotaro Kitawaki, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Ryohei Yamada, Toshihiro Nakamura