Patents by Inventor Yasushi Koyama

Yasushi Koyama 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: 20240379591
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a first structure that includes a first semiconductor substrate on which a semiconductor element and an antenna configured to oscillate or receive an electromagnetic wave are arranged, a second structure that includes a second semiconductor substrate on which a control circuit configured to control the semiconductor element is arranged, and a third structure that has a first bonding surface bonded to the first structure and a second bonding surface bonded to the second structure are stacked, is provided. A first conductor plug electrically connected to the semiconductor element and reaching the first bonding surface is arranged in the first structure, the third structure includes a base material layer and a conductor layer stacked on each other, and the third structure has a higher thermal conductivity than the first structure and the second structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: TATSUYA MURAO, YASUSHI KOYAMA, JUN IBA
  • Publication number: 20240374200
    Abstract: A biological information recording device as an example of the present disclosure includes: an acquisition processor configured to acquire biological information on a subject, which is detected by a biological information sensor, and a recording processor configured to record the biological information acquired by the acquisition processor, and to further record, when a designation operation that designates a task to be carried out by the subject is performed by an observer who observes the subject during recording of the biological information, the task in association with the biological information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru YOSHIMIZU, Yasushi OCHIAI, Yumiko FUKUSHIMA, Yuiko SADAMOTO, Toru IZUNO, Hiroaki KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 12063236
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate, from a log obtained from a device, a graph structure indicating one or more associations between one or more processes and one or more objects related to the one or more processes, and an identifying unit configured to, in a case where one of objects of the device is specified, identify at least one process related to the specified one of the objects, based on the generated graph structure, and identify one or more objects related to the identified at least one process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Okano, Masashi Tanaka, Takuma Koyama, Keita Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20240108941
    Abstract: A load transmission mechanism unit for training device includes, in a housing portion: a grip shaft portion that rotates with a grip portion, which is gripped by a user, connected to a first end portion thereof; an intermediate shaft portion that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the grip shaft portion; a transmission portion that is suspended between the grip shaft portion and the intermediate shaft portion and transmits the mutual rotation of the grip shaft portion and the intermediate shaft portion; a rotation conversion portion that is provided on a crank shaft portion orthogonal to the intermediate shaft portion and transmits the rotation of the intermediate shaft portion; and the crank shaft portion that converts the rotation of the crank shaft portion into a vertical movement of a sliding shaft portion disposed at a position parallel to the intermediate shaft portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: World Wing Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20240014559
    Abstract: An element includes a coupling line in which a first conductor layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer are stacked in this order, and which is connected to the second conductor layer in order to mutually synchronize a plurality of antennas at a frequency of a terahertz wave; and a bias line connecting a power supply for supplying a bias signal to a semiconductor layer and the second conductor layer. A wiring layer in which the coupling line is formed and a wiring layer in which the bias line is formed are different layers. The bias line is disposed in a layer between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yasushi Koyama, Yoshinori Tateishi
  • Patent number: 11831063
    Abstract: An element includes a coupling line in which a first conductor layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer are stacked in this order, and which is connected to the second conductor layer in order to mutually synchronize a plurality of antennas at a frequency of a terahertz wave; and a bias line connecting a power supply for supplying a bias signal to a semiconductor layer and the second conductor layer. A wiring layer in which the coupling line is formed and a wiring layer in which the bias line is formed are different layers. The bias line is disposed in a layer between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Koyama, Yoshinori Tateishi
  • Publication number: 20230378637
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna array in which a plurality of antennas each including a negative differential resistance element and a resonance circuit are arranged, a voltage bias circuit which applies a voltage to the antenna array, a first shunt element which is connected between the antenna array and the voltage bias circuit in parallel relation to each of the negative differential resistance element and the voltage bias circuit, and in which a first resistor and a first capacitor of the first shunt element are connected in series, and a second shunt element which is connected between the first shunt element and the voltage bias circuit in parallel relation to each of the negative differential resistance element and the voltage bias circuit, and in which a second resistor and a second capacitor of the second shunt element are connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: TATSUHITO GODEN, YASUSHI KOYAMA, NORIYUKI KAIFU
  • Patent number: 11808699
    Abstract: An imaging system comprising: a first lighting device that emits terahertz waves at a first quantity of light emission in a first operation mode, and emits terahertz waves at a second quantity of light emission, which is larger than the first quantity of light emission, in a second operation mode; a first detection device that detects reflected terahertz waves by a target and a control device that switches from the first operation mode to the second operation mode in a case where the first detection device detects the target in the first operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihisa Iio, Takahiro Sato, Takeaki Itsuji, Yasushi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20230335898
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus that comprises an antenna array in which a plurality of active antennas each including an antenna and a semiconductor structure configured to generate or detect an electromagnetic wave are arranged in an array, a coupling line configured to mutually couple two antennas respectively included in at least two active antennas among the plurality of active antennas, and an impedance variable device configured to make an impedance of the coupling line variable is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: YASUSHI KOYAMA, TAKEAKI ITSUJI, YUKI KITAZAWA, TATSUYA MURAO, KOJI YUKIMASA, TAKAHIRO SATO
  • Publication number: 20230335885
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus that comprises an active antenna including an antenna, a semiconductor structure configured to operate as an oscillator, and at least two power lines configured to give a potential difference to the semiconductor structure, and configured to generate or detect an electromagnetic wave, and a control line electrically connected to one of the at least two power lines and configured to be injected with a signal for controlling a phase of the oscillator in the active antenna is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: KOJI YUKIMASA, TAKEAKI ITSUJI, YUKI KITAZAWA, TATSUYA MURAO, YASUSHI KOYAMA, TAKAHIRO SATO
  • Publication number: 20230282970
    Abstract: In an antenna array including first through fifth antennas, the second, first, and third antennas are arranged in this order in a first direction, and the fourth, first, and fifth antennas are arranged in this order in a second direction. A conductor layer of the second antenna is connected to a conductor layer of the first antenna via a first coupling line extending in the first direction, the conductor layer of the first antenna is connected to a conductor layer of the third antenna via a second coupling line extending in the first direction, a conductor layer of the fourth antenna is connected to the conductor layer of the first antenna via a third coupling line extending in the second direction, and the conductor layer of the first antenna is connected to a conductor layer of the fifth antenna via a fourth coupling line extending in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: YASUSHI KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230262312
    Abstract: A movable body includes an imaging system which acquires an image formed by a terahertz wave, wherein the image is an image obtained by capturing an inspection object inside the movable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Yasushi Koyama, Takahiro Sato, Takeaki Itsuji, Toshifumi Yoshioka, Eiichi Takami, Noriyuki Kaifu, Jun Iba, Rei Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20230258793
    Abstract: A processing system comprising a first imaging system configured to capture a first image based on a terahertz wave from an inspection target, a second imaging system configured to capture a second image of the inspection target based on an electromagnetic wave of a wavelength different from the terahertz wave, and a processor configured to process the first image and the second image, wherein the processor detects an inspection region based on the second image and processes information of a region of the first image corresponding to the inspection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Takeaki Itsuji, Takahiro Sato, Yasushi Koyama, Toshifumi Yoshioka, Eiichi Takami, Noriyuki Kaifu, Jun Iba, Rei Kurashima
  • Publication number: 20230208359
    Abstract: A device includes a first antenna arranged on a substrate, with the first antenna comprising a first semiconductor layer having terahertz-wave gain and a first conductor layer, a second antenna arranged on the substrate, with the second antenna comprising a second semiconductor layer having terahertz-wave gain and a second conductor layer, and a third conductor layer arranged on the substrate and electrically connecting the first antenna and the second antenna. A shunt device is arranged on the substrate and electrically connected to the third conductor layer. In planar view, the shunt device does not overlap with at least the first conductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20230207500
    Abstract: A high-frequency circuit device includes: a chip which includes a high-frequency element, a high-frequency circuit, a signal conductor, and a chip ground; a package substrate on which the chip is disposed, a shunt path which is constituted by a package signal conductor which is disposed on an upper surface of the package substrate and is electrically connected to the signal conductor, a package first ground which is electrically connected to the chip ground, and a shunt element which is electrically connected to the package signal conductor and the package first ground; and a package second ground which is disposed at least inside the base of the package substrate or on a back surface of the package substrate, wherein a part of the base, a part of the shunt path, and the package second ground constitute a capacitive structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yasushi Koyama, Takeaki Itsuji
  • Publication number: 20230155292
    Abstract: A semiconductor element comprising: an antenna array that is provided with a plurality of antennas each including a semiconductor layer having an electromagnetic wave gain or carrier nonlinearity with respect to a terahertz wave; and a coupling line that synchronizes adjacent antennas in the antenna array with each other at a frequency of the terahertz wave, wherein the coupling line includes a plurality of first regions connected to the adjacent antennas respectively and a second region provided between the plurality of first regions, wherein the second region has impedance different from impedance of each of the first regions, and wherein the second region has a loss larger than a loss of the individual first region at a frequency other than a resonance frequency of the antenna array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: YASUSHI KOYAMA, NORIYUKI KAIFU
  • Patent number: 11626839
    Abstract: A device, comprising: an antenna array provided with a plurality of antennas each having a semiconductor layer having terahertz-wave gain; and a coupling line for mutual frequency-locking of at least two of the antennas at a frequency of the terahertz-wave, wherein the coupling line is connected to a shunt device, and the shunt device is connected in parallel to the semiconductor layer of each of the two antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasushi Koyama
  • Patent number: 11621788
    Abstract: A system includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, and a lens unit and is placed in a passage, wherein in a case where a first plane that intersects a forward direction of the passage and is a surface of an object, and a second plane that intersects the forward direction of the passage, includes the lens unit, and is at a position different from a position of the first plane are set, a first area to which a terahertz wave from the transmission unit reflected from the first plane is emitted and the lens unit are disposed at positions different from each other on the second plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Sato, Yasushi Koyama
  • Patent number: 11496095
    Abstract: An oscillator oscillating a tera hertz wave includes a negative resistive element including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, with a first conductor, a second conductor, and a dielectric disposed between the first conductor and the second conductor constitutes a resonator, wherein the negative resistive element is disposed between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a layer with a higher resistivity than the first semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer, or an amorphous layer is disposed between the negative resistive element and the dielectric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshifumi Yoshioka, Yasushi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20220173515
    Abstract: An element includes a coupling line in which a first conductor layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer are stacked in this order, and which is connected to the second conductor layer in order to mutually synchronize a plurality of antennas at a frequency of a terahertz wave; and a bias line connecting a power supply for supplying a bias signal to a semiconductor layer and the second conductor layer. A wiring layer in which the coupling line is formed and a wiring layer in which the bias line is formed are different layers. The bias line is disposed in a layer between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Yasushi Koyama, Yoshinori Tateishi