Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Tanaka

Tsuyoshi 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).

  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130320496
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a die pad comprised of a metal, and having at least one cutout portion in its peripheral edge portion, and a protruding portion formed by the cutout portion so as to protrude laterally from the peripheral edge portion; an inner lead having at its end a bonding pad that is placed in the cutout portion with an interval between the bonding pad and the die pad; a semiconductor chip held on the die pad so that a center position of the semiconductor chip is located on the protruding portion side with respect to a center position of the die pad; and a wire configured to electrically connect the semiconductor chip to the bonding pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki NISHIJIMA, Tsuyoshi TANAKA
  • Transistor
    Patent number: 8592866
    Abstract: A transistor includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer and has a band gap larger than that of the first semiconductor layer, a control layer formed on the second semiconductor layer and contains p-type impurities, a gate electrode formed in contact with at least part of the control layer and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on both sides of the control layer, respectively. A third semiconductor layer made of material having a lower etch rate than that of the control layer is formed between the control layer and the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Yanagihara, Masahiro Hikita, Tetsuzo Ueda, Yasuhiro Uemoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Multi-directional switch
    Patent number: 8586882
    Abstract: A multi-directional switch includes switches, a wiring board having an electrode, a pressure-sensitive body disposed over the electrode, a detection pin disposed on the upper surface of the pressure-sensitive body, and an operating body configured to push the detection pin and the switches by being tilted. The degree of a pushing force exerted by the operating body onto the detection pin changes the contact resistance between the pressure-sensitive body and the electrode. The multi-directional switch enables an electronic apparatus connected thereto to perform diverse functions by reflecting changes in the contact resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hitokazu Shitanaka, Hideaki Eto
  • Virtual network management server and network system
    Patent number: 8588236
    Abstract: A virtual network management server includes ring node information that manages configuration nodes for each of the rings, and ring connection I/F for each of the ring configuration nodes, generates the VLAN configuration information so as to transfer a frame that is transmitted or received by a designated gateway connection port and a designated base station connection port by the designated VLAN, and also so as to transmit or receive a tagged frame of the designated VLAN by the ring connection I/F of all of the ring to which the gateway connection switch belongs and the ring to which the base station connection switch belongs, and updates the VLAN configuration of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventors: Hideki Okita, Masahiro Yoshizawa, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Toshiaki Tarui
  • Phenyl-substituted 1,3,5-triazine compound, process for producing the same, and organic electroluminescent device containing the same as component
    Patent number: 8569485
    Abstract: A phenyl-substituted 1,3,5-triazine compound represented by the general formula (1): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl or biphenylyl group; R1, R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen atom or methyl group; X1 and X2 independently represent substituted or unsubstituted phenylene, naphthylene or pyridylene group; p and q independently represent an integer of 0 to 2; and Ar3 and Ar4 independently represent substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl or phenyl group. This compound is suitable for an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignees: Tosoh Corporation, Sagami Chemical Research Institute
    Inventors: Tetsu Yamakawa, Hidenori Aihara, Naoko Yanai, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Yoko Honma, Masaru Sato
  • Input apparatus
    Patent number: 8531407
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes: a display plate having a plurality of display sections; an electrostatic touch panel provided at a lower face of the display plate; an operation body on which the display plate and the electrostatic touch panel are placed; a plurality of light-emitting elements for illuminating the plurality of display sections of the display plate from a lower side of the display plate through the electrostatic touch panel; and a control section that is electrically connected to the electrostatic touch panel and the plurality of light-emitting elements, and that controls light emission of the plurality of light-emitting elements in accordance with touch operation to the electrostatic touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporatin
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hitokazu Shitanaka, Kouichi Santo
  • Inputting device
    Patent number: 8508511
    Abstract: An inputting device includes an actuator that can move and rotate, a rotation sensor for detecting a rotation of the actuator, a movement sensor for detecting that the actuator moves to a predetermined position, and a rotation suppressor for preventing the actuator from rotating when the actuator moves to the predetermined position and for allowing the actuator to rotate when the actuator is not positioned at the predetermined position. This input device prevents erroneous operation and performs various operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF POLY(LACTIC ACID)-TYPE RESIN, AND POLY(LACTIC ACID)-TYPE PREPOLYMER
    Publication number: 20130197186
    Abstract: A method of producing a poly(lactic acid) resin includes carrying out direct polycondensation using lactic acid as a main raw material to prepare a crystallized prepolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 25,000, an enthalpy of fusion ?Hm of 50 to 65 J/g and an acid value A mol/ton satisfying (1) below: 450/(Mw/10,000?0.14)<A<950/(Mw/10,000?0.14) ??(1) (wherein Mw represents weight average molecular weight of the crystallized prepolymer); and subjecting the crystallized prepolymer to solid-phase polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES INC
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nagano, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ome
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING REACTION INSTRUMENT FOR ELECTROPHORESIS, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING REACTION INSTRUMENT FOR ELECTROPHORESIS, BASE FOR GEL IMMOBILIZATION, REACTION INSTRUMENT FOR ELECTROPHORESIS AND KIT FOR ELECTROPHORESIS
    Publication number: 20130098764
    Abstract: A production method of the present invention is a method of producing a reaction instrument for electrophoresis (10), which is constituted by (i) a substrate (1) and (ii) an electrophoresis gel (3) which is immobilized on the substrate (1), including the steps of: (i) discharging a liquid to a surface of the substrate (1) on which surface the gel is to be immobilized, thereby forming a liquid pool (5); and thereafter (ii) discharging a gel solution to the liquid pool (5). This provides a method of producing a reaction instrument for electrophoresis, which method makes it possible to form a gel with high reliability in high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohki, Yutaka Unuma, Yuji Maruo, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Yamaki
  • Space-dividing display apparatus
    Patent number: 8427390
    Abstract: A space-dividing apparatus for a single-leaf section, a divider etc. A division plate section constitutes a single-leaf screen device and divides a space. On a front surface of the division plate section, nine TV receiving sets are arranged in a matrix shape and an attachable/detachable manner. On a back surface of the division plate section, nine image pickup elements are mounted to, for example, positions that correspond to the TV receiving sets respectively, when each are detached. An imaging direction of each of the image pickup elements can be automatically aligned with a line of sight of the user based on a position of the user (position of a remote controller). An image due to a video signal obtained by each of the image pickup elements can be displayed on the TV receiving sets, thereby permitting the user to observe the other side of the division plate section easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yasushi Tatehira, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kazutaka Uchida, Naohide Yamada, Yoshinori Watanabe, Shinsuke Araya
  • Reconfigurable vehicle user interface system
    Patent number: 8406961
    Abstract: A reconfigurable vehicle user interface system is presented. A vehicle user interface has a touch sensitive input devices such as touchpads and a touch screen that have specific function commands mapped to them. A user can select which function commands are mapped to which portions of the touch screen. This allows a user to customize the steering wheel function commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Rabindra Pathak, Peter Veprek, Kem Gallione, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Circuit device including a nano-composite dielectric film
    Patent number: 8400237
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a substrate 11, and a transmission line 10. The transmission line 10 includes a dielectric film 13 formed on the substrate 11, and a signal line formed on the dielectric film 13. The dielectric film 13 includes a nano-composite film in which particles of a first material are dispersed in a second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ueno, Hiroyuki Sakai, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Daisuke Ueda
  • Multi-screen television receiver remote control system, remote controller and operation method, multi-screen television receiver and operation method, recording media, and program
    Patent number: 8395713
    Abstract: A multi-screen television receiver remote control system includes a multi-screen television receiver including a plurality of television receivers, and a remote controller for controlling the multi-screen television receiver. In the multi-screen television receiver remote control system, the remote controller includes a determining section, a manipulating section, a remote control command generating section, and a transmitting section. The multi-screen television receiver includes a receiving section, a recognizing section, and an executing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yasushi Tatehira, Ichiro Katagiri, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Semiconductor device for reducing and/or preventing current collapse
    Patent number: 8390029
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an undoped GaN layer (103) formed on a substrate (101), an undoped AlGaN layer (104) formed on the undoped GaN layer (103) and having a band gap energy larger than that of the undoped GaN layer (103), a p-type AlGaN layer (105) and a high-concentration p-type GaN layer (106) formed on the undoped AlGaN layer (104), and an n-type AlGaN layer (107) formed on the high-concentration p-type GaN layer (106). A gate electrode (112) which makes ohmic contact with the high-concentration p-type GaN layer (106) is formed on the high-concentration p-type GaN layer (106) in a region thereof exposed through an opening (107a) formed in the n-type AlGaN layer (107).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Umeda, Masahiro Hikita, Tetsuzo Ueda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Daisuke Ueda
  • 1,2,4, 5-SUBSTITUTED PHENYL COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING SAME AS CONSTITUENT
    Publication number: 20130035491
    Abstract: A 1,2,4,5-substituted phenyl compound represented by the formula (1): wherein one of X1-X5 is nitrogen and the remainders of X1-X5 are carbon; R1 and R2 represent hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl or C1-6 alkoxy; R3 and R4 represent C1-6 alkyl or C1-6 alkoxy; and m is an integer of 0-4, and n is an integer of 0-5. This compound is useful as a constituent for an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Mayumi Abe, Nobumichi Arai, Naoki Uchida, Takashi Iida
  • Nitride semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 8344423
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a wider band gap than the first nitride semiconductor layer; and a third nitride semiconductor layer formed on the second nitride semiconductor layer. A region of the third nitride semiconductor layer located below the gate electrode is formed with a control region having a p-type conductivity, and a region of the third nitride semiconductor layer located between the gate electrode and each of the source electrode and the drain electrode is formed with a high resistive region having a higher resistance than the that of the control region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uemoto, Masahiro Hikita, Tetsuzo Ueda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Daisuke Ueda
  • Image signal generating apparatus, image signal generating method, and image signal generating program
    Patent number: 8339515
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image signal generating apparatus that includes a video information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of video information, a characteristic information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of predetermined characteristic information from each of the plurality of video information obtained by the video information obtaining unit, and a sorting unit that changes an order of displaying the plurality of the video information based on each of the plurality of characteristic information obtained from the characteristic information obtaining unit. The image signal generating apparatus further includes a display image signal generating unit that generates a video signal to display the plurality of video information based on information obtained, as a result of changing the order of displaying the plurality of the video information, from the sorting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Yoshinori Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Takuro Ema, Yusuke Akiwa
  • PHENYL-SUBSTITUTED 1,3,5-TRIAZINE COMPOUND, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME AS COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20120313090
    Abstract: A phenyl-substituted 1,3,5-triazine compound represented by the general formula (1): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl or biphenylyl group; R1, R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen atom or methyl group; X1 and X2 independently represent substituted or unsubstituted phenylene, naphthylene or pyridylene group; p and q independently represent an integer of 0 to 2; and Ar3 and Ar4 independently represent substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl or phenyl group. This compound is suitable for an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsu YAMAKAWA, Hidenori AIHARA, Naoko YANAI, Tsuyoshi TANAKA, Yoko HONMA, Masaru SATO
  • FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120299011
    Abstract: An AlN buffer layer, an undoped GaN layer, an undoped AlGaN layer, a p-type GaN layer and a heavily doped p-type GaN layer are formed in this order. A gate electrode forms an Ohmic contact with the heavily doped p-type GaN layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are provided on the undoped AlGaN layer. A pn junction is formed in a gate region by a two dimensional electron gas generated at an interface between the undoped AlGaN layer and the undoped GaN layer and the p-type GaN layer, so that a gate voltage can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Masahiro HIKITA, Tetsuzo Ueda, Manabu Yanagihara, Yasuhiro Uemoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Input system for vehicle
    Patent number: 8306693
    Abstract: An input system for vehicle includes an actuator operable by an operator, a controller outputting a display signal in response to an operation on the actuator, and a display to display an image based on the display signals. The controller outputs a control signal to a target device that performs one or more functions. The image includes a graphic object indicating the actuator, one or more arrows located around the graphic object, and one or more function indicators located in one or more directions indicated by the one or more arrows, respectively. The one or more function indicators indicate the one or more functions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Tanaka