Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Kikuchi

Toshiyuki Kikuchi 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: 20240419108
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image on a perforated sheet includes an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a sheet, an image processing portion for performing image processing, on image data acquired, which is at least either one of screen processing and error diffusion processing, and a controller for controlling the image processing portion to form the toner image on the basis of the image data processed by the image processing portion. In a case that the sheet on which the toner image is to be formed is the perforated sheet, the image processing portion performs the error diffusion processing on the image data acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: DAISUKE KATAYAMA, MASAMI HANO, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KYOHEI KIKUCHI, KOTA KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240419052
    Abstract: A frequency conversion device includes a modulation unit configured to receive electromagnetic waves at a first frequency output from a wave source as input waves, and output output waves as a result of modulation to a second frequency higher than the first frequency. The modulation unit includes a modulation circuit formed by a metamaterial configured to receive the input waves and generate modulated waves. The modulation circuit generates modulated output waves as a result of time modulation of the input waves in accordance with a refractive index on which time modulation is performed based on control on at least one of dielectric constant and magnetic permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiaki KANAMORI, Nobuaki KIKUCHI, Satoshi OKAMOTO, Satoshi TOMITA, Seigo OHNO, Toshiyuki KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20240419109
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image on a perforated sheet includes an image forming portion for forming a toner image with toner of a plurality of colors, an image processing portion for performing image processing on image data acquired, and a controller for controlling the image processing portion to form the toner image on the basis of the image data processed by the image processing portion. In a case that a sheet on which the toner image is to be formed is the perforated sheet, the image processing portion performs the image processing so that black image data is formed as image data of process black with the toner of the plurality of colors by the image forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: KYOHEI KIKUCHI, MASAMI HANO, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KOTA KUROKAWA, DAISUKE KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12164253
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish applying apparatus, an input unit, a first image processing unit, and a second image processing unit. The image forming apparatus forms a toner image on a recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting first image data to data change processing. The varnish applying apparatus forms a varnish image on the recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting second image data to the data change processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamada, Yoshiro Tsukada, Masami Hano, Shingo Hirota, Taro Hanazato, Daisuke Katayama, Kyohei Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20240402633
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a conveying unit, an irradiation unit, and a controller. The controller controls conveyance of a recording material so that a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with a toner image is formed is slower than a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image. The controller controls irradiation of the varnish with light so that intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with the toner image is lower than intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: SHINGO HIROTA, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, MASAMI HANO, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KYOHEI KIKUCHI, DAISUKE KATAYAMA, TARO HANAZATO
  • Publication number: 20240404802
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) mounting a substrate on a mounting stage in which at least a part of a surface is constituted by a first member; (b) forming films by supplying a first gas, the films including a first film formed on a surface of the substrate and a second film having a portion continuous with the first film and formed on a surface of the first member; and (c) generating stress attributable to a difference in thermal deformation amount between the first member and the substrate, inside the second film, and making at least a part of the second film discontinuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Moriya, Toshiyuki Kikuchi, Naofumi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 12157803
    Abstract: A polymer composition includes a conjugated diene polymer (A) and a compound (B). The compound (B) is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a polysiloxane compound and a fluorine-containing compound. The conjugated diene polymer (A) contains, when the composition ratios (molar ratios) in the polymer of the structural units represented by formulas (1) to (4) are p, q, r, and s, respectively, a polymer (A-1) satisfying formula (i). 0.75?(p+(0.5×r))/(p+q+(0.5×r)+s)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ENEOS MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Kikuchi, Hirofumi Senga, Yuto Sakagami, Takuya Sano, Takato Fukumoto, Toshiyuki Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20240387209
    Abstract: There is provided a technique capable of suppressing a variation within a substrate processing. There is provided a technique that includes performing a cycle a plurality of times, the cycle including: (a) storing a first process gas in a storage; (b) supplying the first process gas from the storage at a first temperature to a substrate after (a) to change a temperature of the storage to a second temperature lower than the first temperature; and (c) changing the temperature of the storage after supplying the first process gas to a third temperature after (b), wherein (a), (b) and (c) are sequentially performed in the cycle, and wherein the third temperature is kept within a predetermined temperature range while the cycle is performed the plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru KADOSHIMA, Kaoru Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Kikuchi, Naofumi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 12136545
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of forming a film so as to fill an inside of a recess provided on a surface of a substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) forming a film by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a-1) supplying a gas to a substrate in a process chamber; and (a-2) vacuum-exhausting an inner atmosphere of the process chamber; and (b) generating a predetermined temperature difference between a front surface of the substrate and a back surface of the substrate at a predetermined timing during (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yahata, Toshiyuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20240360552
    Abstract: A technique that includes: a processing container in which a substrate is processed; a processing gas supplier that supplies a processing gas with which the substrate is processed; a processing gas supply pipe that is connected to the processing gas supplier and the processing container and through which the processing gas is supplied to the processing container, an exhauster that is provided on the processing gas supply pipe; and a controller for controlling the exhauster to discharges a remaining gas in the processing gas supply pipe out of the processing gas supply pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideharu ITATANI, Toshiyuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20240345530
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a sheet subjected to perforation processing, wherein the sheet includes a projected portion generating at a periphery of a hole formed by the perforation processing, the image forming includes a stacking potien-portion on which the sheet is stacked, a feeding path along which the sheet stacked on the stacking portion is fed, an image forming unit configured to form the toner image on an image bearing member, a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member onto the sheet fed to the feeding path, and a display configured to display guidance on a placing direction of the sheet depending on a surface where the projected portion of the sheet to be placed on the stacking portion generates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: MASAMI HANO, YOSHIRO TSUKADA, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA, KOTA KUROKAWA, DAISUKE KATAYAMA, KYOHEI KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 12105449
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a conveying unit, an irradiation unit, and a controller. The controller controls conveyance of a recording material so that a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with a toner image is formed is slower than a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image. The controller controls irradiation of the varnish with light so that intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with the toner image is lower than intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Hirota, Yoshiro Tsukada, Masami Hano, Toshiyuki Yamada, Kyohei Kikuchi, Daisuke Katayama, Taro Hanazato
  • Patent number: 12093021
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes a load port on which a plurality of storage containers, each storage container storing a plurality of substrates, are mounted, a plurality of process chambers configured to be capable of accommodating the substrates, a transfer part configured to transfer the substrates stored in each storage container to each of the process chambers; an operation part configured to, when performing the process in a state in which a substrate is not present in each process chamber, count first count data of data tables for corresponding process chambers; a memory configured to store the data tables; and a controller configured to assign first transfer flag data to a data table of a process chamber having largest first count data and configured to control the transfer part based on the first transfer flag data so as to transfer the substrates in the predetermined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Ohashi, Toshiyuki Kikuchi, Shun Matsui, Tadashi Takasaki
  • Publication number: 20240250603
    Abstract: A power conversion unit includes a plurality of arms each having a plurality of converter cells connected to each other in cascade. A converter control unit that controls the power conversion unit includes a voltage command value computing unit to compute an output voltage command value for each arm, and a gate signal generating unit to generate an on/off control signal of each switching element of each converter cell in accordance with the output voltage command value. A voltage command value computing unit is configured to generate the output voltage command value with compensation for an AC vibration component, extracted for each arm, of stored energy of power storage elements of a plurality of converter cells included in the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miwako TANAKA, Kaho MUKUNOKI, Toshiyuki FUJII, Takeshi KIKUCHI, Tomohiko TATSUMI, Takashi SUGIYAMA, Ryota OKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11990347
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of forming a film whose characteristics are uniform by discharging a residual component from a plurality of grooves before supplying a process gas. According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: (a) loading a substrate on which a plurality of grooves are provided into a process chamber, wherein a residue is adhered to the plurality of the grooves; (b) desorbing the residue from the plurality of the grooves by heating the substrate; and (c) discharging the residue from the plurality of the grooves to a process space of the process chamber after (b) is performed by heating a surface of the substrate to a temperature higher than a temperature of the substrate in (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yahata, Toshiyuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20240105477
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: a process chamber in which a substrate is processed; an exhaust controller configured to control a gas flow path through which a plurality of exhausts in parallel is connected to the process chamber and a gas flow in the gas flow path; an output controller configured to control output of each of the exhausts; and a controller configured to be capable of controlling the exhaust controller and the output controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi OHASHI, Toshiyuki KIKUCHI, Hideto YAMAGUCHI, Masamichi YACHI
  • Publication number: 20240071750
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate includes: (a) providing a substrate; (b) supplying a processing gas comprising H2O-containing radicals to the substrate; (c) supplying a gas including at least one element of Si, Ti, Mo, Al, W, Hf or Zr and a halogen element to the substrate; (d) supplying a gas including one or both of an oxygen element and a nitrogen element to the substrate after (c); and (e) repeating (c) and (d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi ASHIHARA, Toshiyuki KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 11885399
    Abstract: A power transmission device is provided with: a rotary body arranged to receive the torque to rotate about an axis; a clutch including a clutch member engaging with the rotary body and axially movable and clutch teeth connectable with the clutch member to transmit the torque; a solenoid configured to generate a magnetic flux in response to input of electric power; a stator coupled with the solenoid as to conduct the magnetic flux and prevented from rotation about the axis; a rotor arranged to receive the magnetic flux from the stator and, when driven by the received magnetic flux, to create a rotational motion about the axis; and a conversion mechanism drivingly connected with the rotor to convert the rotational motion into a linear motion in a direction along the axis, the conversion mechanism including a thrust member transmitting the linear motion to the clutch member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Yuu Yaguchi, Toshiaki Komatsu, Masato Horiguchi, Toshiyuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11854799
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: (a) loading a substrate into a process chamber; (b) supplying a processing gas including H2O-containing radicals to the substrate; (c) supplying a gas including a halogen element; (d) supplying a gas including one or both of an oxygen element and a nitrogen element after (c); (e) repeating (c) and (d); and (f) repeating (b) and (e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ashihara, Toshiyuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230359175
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes a load port on which a plurality of storage containers, each storage container storing a plurality of substrates, are mounted, a plurality of process chambers configured to be capable of accommodating the substrates, a transfer part configured to transfer the substrates stored in each storage container to each of the process chambers; an operation part configured to, when performing the process in a state in which a substrate is not present in each process chamber, count first count data of data tables for corresponding process chambers; a memory configured to store the data tables; and a controller configured to assign first transfer flag data to a data table of a process chamber having largest first count data and configured to control the transfer part based on the first transfer flag data so as to transfer the substrates in the predetermined order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi OHASHI, Toshiyuki KIKUCHI, Shun MATSUI, Tadashi TAKASAKI