Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Tanaka

Tsutomu Tanaka 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: 20170125167
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes outer electrodes each including an outer electrode main body electrically conducted to an internal electrode and entering portions that project from the outer electrode main body as a base end and enter into the electronic component element through an end surface of the electronic component element. The entering portions each include a slope relative to a principal surface in a flat region including a major portion of the internal electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuo KAWAKAMI, Takahiro HIRAO, Tsutomu TANAKA, Tomohiro KAGEYAMA
  • Patent number: 9595736
    Abstract: The lithium-ion conductor contains a crystal structure whose composition formula is represented by Li7+2xP1-xBxS6 (0<x?1). The crystal structure contains a LiS4 tetrahedron and a BS4 tetrahedron, a triangle window of the LiS4 tetrahedron through which lithium ions pass becomes large caused by the BS4 tetrahedron, and an ionic conductive path is expanded. Furthermore, lithium ions being a conductive carrier are added corresponding to B quantity x. Consequently, a lithium-ion conductor that exhibits excellent ion conductive property is realized. By using the lithium-ion conductor for a solid electrolyte, an all-solid lithium-ion secondary battery with high characteristics is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Homma, Satoru Watanabe, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9571821
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image displaying device includes an outer surface that a detection target object approaches; a stereoscopic image generating unit that generates a three-dimensional stereoscopic image based on an input video signal, and a proximity sensor unit that is disposed on a side of the outer surface that is opposite to a side that the detection target object approaches and detects proximity of the detection target object to the outer surface based on a height that is a distance from the outer surface and is set based on parallax information included in the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohyama, Tsutomu Tanaka, Masato Imai
  • Publication number: 20160271932
    Abstract: A controller of a printing apparatus is configured to determine whether there is a stack-full tray, restrict discharging of the printing sheet to the stack-full tray and reduce the number of copies made in the sort printing process, store the page number of the page currently printed in association with a stack-full tray, obtain image data corresponding to the page associated with the stack-full tray onwards when it is determined that the full stack status of the stack-full trays is released, and the obtained print images with making the tray of which status is changed from the full status to the non-full status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Tsutomu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9397380
    Abstract: A guided wave applicator comprising two electrically conductive waveguide walls and a waveguide dielectric. The volume of the waveguide dielectric is composed of non-gaseous dielectric material and is positioned between the two waveguide walls. The waveguide dielectric includes first and second longitudinal ends and includes first, second, third and fourth sides extending longitudinally between the two longitudinal ends. The first waveguide wall is positioned so that it covers the first side of the waveguide dielectric, and the second waveguide wall is positioned so that it covers the second side of the waveguide dielectric. In operation, electrical power can be supplied to one or both longitudinal ends of the waveguide dielectric, whereby the power can be coupled to a plasma through the exposed sides of the waveguide dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jozef Kudela, Tsutomu Tanaka, Carl A. Sorensen, Suhail Anwar, John M. White
  • Patent number: 9389743
    Abstract: An information input device with a simple structure is provided, which allows information on an external proximity object to be conveniently inputted. The information input device includes: an input panel having a detection function of detecting an external proximity object; a position detection section acquiring position information and area information of the external proximity object based on a detection signal of the external proximity object obtained by the input panel; and an image generation section generating drawing data, which is to be used in a drawing process according to a behavior of the external proximity object, based on the position information and the area information so that the drawing process is performed in a manner according to an area value of the external proximity object represented by the area information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9386629
    Abstract: There is provided a configuration in an access point managed by a management device for dealing with a situation in which management by the management device is no longer possible. An access point 3 includes a controller 30 that controls the operation of the access point 3, and a management status detector 32 that detects the management status by a management device 2. The controller 30 changes the operation of the access point 3 by validating or invalidating an SSID according to the detecting result of the management status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tanaka, Daijirou Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9312421
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a photoelectric conversion element including: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type provided above a substrate; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type provided in a higher layer than the first semiconductor layer; a third semiconductor layer of a third conductivity type provided between the first and second semiconductor layers and lower in electrical conductivity than the first and second semiconductor layers; and a light-shielding layer provided between the substrate and first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamada, Tsutomu Tanaka, Makoto Takatoku, Ryoichi Ito, Michiru Senda
  • Patent number: 9306418
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power-supply apparatus has a storage battery including a first electrode and a second electrode, an output cable configured to output a discharge current of the storage battery to an external power line to be a backup target, and a first connection portion configured to externally take out a voltage of the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshida, Tsutomu Tanaka, Tomochika Kurita, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Masaaki Sasa
  • Patent number: 9223435
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate section formed on the front side of the display panel, a second substrate section which is opposed to the first substrate section, a plurality of pixel sections formed in a matrix form between the first and second substrate sections, and a plurality of sensor sections, each of the sensor sections having two electrodes, one electrode disposed with a electrode-to-electrode gap from the other between the first and second substrate sections, the electrode-to-electrode gap being removed as a result of the deformation of the first substrate section under pressure so that the one electrode is brought into contact with the other electrode, the sensor sections being provided between the first and second substrate sections with one of a plurality of electrode-to-electrode gap lengths respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Hayashi, Tsutomu Tanaka, Takeo Koito, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9213922
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a first acquiring controller which acquires a first file; a second acquiring controller which acquires area information to indicate a storage area on a predetermined storage medium, the first file acquired by the first acquiring controller being stored in the storage area; a generating controller which generates a second file having an additional information area capable of storing additional information, from the first file acquired by the first acquiring controller; and a storing controller which stores the area information acquired by the second acquiring controller as the additional information in the additional information area of the second file generated by the generating controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150340204
    Abstract: A transmission line RF applicator apparatus and method for coupling RF power to a plasma in a plasma chamber. The apparatus comprises two conductors, one of which has a plurality of apertures. In one aspect, apertures in different portions of the conductor have different sizes, spacing or orientations. In another aspect, adjacent apertures at successive longitudinal positions are offset along the transverse dimension. In another aspect, the apparatus comprises an inner conductor and one or two outer conductors. The main portion of each of the one or two outer conductors includes a plurality of apertures that extend between an inner surface and an outer surface of the outer conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jozef Kudela, Tsutomu Tanaka, Carl A. Sorensen, Suhail Anwar, John M. White, Ranjit Indrajit Shinde, Seon-Mee Cho, Douglas D. Truong
  • Patent number: 9196647
    Abstract: An image pickup unit includes: an image pickup section including a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric converter device and a field-effect transistor; and a driving section reading out a signal charge with use of the transistor, the signal charge being accumulated in each of the plurality of pixels. The driving section turns off the transistor by applying an off-voltage to the transistor, the off-voltage being set in consideration of an off-leakage current between a source and a drain of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiru Senda, Tsutomu Tanaka, Yasuhiro Yamada, Makoto Takatoku
  • Publication number: 20150332853
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component by forming a dielectric layer by ejecting a dielectric layer ink having a pigment volume concentration of 60% or more and 95% or less with an ink-jet system, forming a conductor layer by ejecting a metal pigment ink having a pigment volume concentration of 70% or more and 95% or less with the ink-jet system, forming a body having a conductor circuit by combining the formed dielectric layer and the formed conductor layer appropriately, removing organic components of the resulting formed body by degreasing, and sintering the dielectric layer and the conductor layer by firing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kageyama, Tetsuo Kawakami, Tsutomu Tanaka, Kenichi Shimazaki, Takahiro Hirao
  • Publication number: 20150311729
    Abstract: There is provided a charging device which can rapidly charge, with a single charger, portable devices of a plurality of charging specifications. A plurality of available power indicating circuits included in a USB module 10 notify, through a data line, a portable device coupled to the charging device of a signal indicating suppliable amount of current. A CPU 4 obtains, from a portable device coupled thereto, information identifying the portable device, at the time of adjustment. A memory 6 has a table stored therein, for a plurality of portable devices, defining a correspondence between information identifying a portable device and an available power indicating circuit. Referring to the table based on the obtained information, the CPU 4 selects an available power indicating circuit and, at the time of actual operation, activates only the selected available power indicating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Ono, Tsutomu Tanaka, Mamoru Mochizuki, Takashi Makita
  • Patent number: 9150063
    Abstract: A connection device for pulling an aircraft. The connection device includes first and second connection portions, a connection rod and a rod retaining portion. The first and second connection portions have first and second guide spaces into which the connection arm is inserted. First and second arm receiving portions are pushed to rotate from a standby state by the connection arm inserted into the first or second guide space, and are connected by a link member. When the first arm receiving portion rotates from the standby state, the rod retaining portion rotates together with the first arm receiving portions, and enables the connection rod to pass through the second hole so that the connection rod is connected to the connection arm inserted into the first guide space or the second guide space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tomac Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9153984
    Abstract: There is provided a charging device which can rapidly charge, with a single charger, portable devices of a plurality of charging specifications. A plurality of available power indicating circuits included in a USB module 10 notify, through a data line, a portable device coupled to the charging device of a signal indicating suppliable amount of current. A CPU 4 obtains, from a portable device coupled thereto, information identifying the portable device, at the time of adjustment. A memory 6 has a table stored therein, for a plurality of portable devices, defining a correspondence between information identifying a portable device and an available power indicating circuit. Referring to the table based on the obtained information, the CPU 4 selects an available power indicating circuit and, at the time of actual operation, activates only the selected available power indicating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Ono, Tsutomu Tanaka, Mamoru Mochizuki, Takashi Makita
  • Patent number: 9142861
    Abstract: A lithium ionic conductor (solid electrolyte) contains lithium (Li), phosphorus (P), boron (B) and sulfur (S) as constituent elements and has a crystal structure that boron (B) is substituted for part of phosphorus (P) in the ? structure of Li3PS4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Homma, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9136296
    Abstract: A photodiode includes a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type that is opposite to the first conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. An edge of the first semiconductor layer is inset from an edge of the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9129871
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transistor including: a semiconductor layer; a first gate insulation film and a first interlayer insulation film which are provided on a specific surface side of the semiconductor layer; a first gate electrode provided at a location between the first gate insulation film and the first interlayer insulation film; an insulation film provided on the other surface side of the semiconductor layer; source and drain electrodes provided by being electrically connected to the semiconductor layer; and a shield electrode layer provided in such a way that at least portions of the shield electrode layer face edges of the first gate electrode, wherein at least one of the first gate insulation film, the first interlayer insulation film and the insulation film include a silicon-oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamada, Ryoichi Ito, Tsutomu Tanaka, Makoto Takatoku, Michiru Senda