Patents by Inventor Yohei Nishimura

Yohei Nishimura 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: 20240373146
    Abstract: A pixel is included, the pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion configured to convert incident light to a charge by photoelectric conversion and accumulate the charge, a charge transfer unit configured to transfer the charge generated in the photoelectric conversion portion, a diffusion layer to which the charge is transferred through the charge transfer unit, the diffusion layer having a predetermined storage capacitance, a conversion unit configured to convert the charge transferred to the diffusion layer to a pixel signal, and connection wiring configured to connect the diffusion layer and the conversion unit. The connection wiring is connected to the diffusion layer and the conversion unit through contact wiring extending in a vertical direction with respect to a semiconductor substrate on which the diffusion layer is formed and is formed closer to the semiconductor substrate than other wiring provided in the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi YANAGITA, Masaaki TAKIZAWA, Yuuji NISHIMURA, Shinichi ARAKAWA, Yuugo NAKAMURA, Yohei CHIBA
  • Patent number: 12125856
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, an interlayer insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode provided above the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a common electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the interlayer insulating layer, a first dielectric layer provided between the common electrode and the pixel electrode, and an alignment film covering the pixel electrode. The first dielectric layer includes a plurality of openings each of which exposes a part of the common electrode and includes the alignment film positioned therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihito Hara, Tohru Daitoh, Jun Nishimura, Kengo Hara, Yohei Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20240345531
    Abstract: In the image forming apparatus, a controller applies a collection voltage to a cleaning roller by a voltage application part in image formation process. After making a toner image formed on an outer circumferential surface of an image carrier and transferred to a transfer-objective member, the controller predicts a toner charging level of after-transfer remaining toner which results after the transfer of the toner image, and changes at least either one of absolute value or polarity of the collection voltage applied to the cleaning roller in response to the toner charging level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Keiya NISHIMURA, Yohei WAKASA
  • Publication number: 20240345500
    Abstract: In the image forming apparatus, a controller applies a collection voltage to a cleaning roller by a voltage application part in image formation process. The controller adjusts the collection voltage applied to the cleaning roller on bases of uncollected toner quantity of a toner image and residual charge of an image carrier, the uncollected toner being part of after-transfer remaining toner which results after formation of the toner image on an outer circumferential surface of the image carrier and transfer of the toner image onto a transfer-objective member, and which has missed being collected by the cleaning roller so as to remain even after one-round rotation of the image carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Keiya NISHIMURA, Yohei WAKASA
  • Publication number: 20240345511
    Abstract: In the image forming apparatus, a controller makes a reference image formed on an outer circumferential surface of an image carrier and transferred to a belt. Then, uncollected toner of the reference image, which is part of after-transfer remaining toner of the reference image that has missed being collected so as to remain even after one-round rotation of the image carrier, is transferred to the belt. The controller measures a collectable toner quantity corresponding to an applied voltage of the cleaning roller on a basis of an uncollected toner quantity estimated based on a toner concentration of the uncollected toner, and executes such adjustment that the collectable toner quantity becomes equal to or larger than a maximum value of the after-transfer remaining toner quantity and moreover the applied voltage becomes equal to or lower than a maximum applicable voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei WAKASA, Keiya NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 12117706
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a pixel TFT provided corresponding to each pixel region, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel TFT, a plurality of gate wirings extending in a row direction, and a plurality of source wirings extending in a column direction. Each gate wiring has a multilayer structure including a lower gate wiring electrically connected to a lower gate electrode included in the pixel TFT and an upper gate wiring electrically connected to an upper gate electrode included in the pixel TFT. In a case where the number of the gate wirings is defined as m and the number of the source wirings is defined as n, each gate wiring has 3 or more and less than n contact portions, each contact portion is positioned in any of n intersection regions, and the number of the contact portions overlapping each source wiring is less than m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Hara, Tohru Daitoh, Yoshihito Hara, Jun Nishimura, Yohei Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 12084526
    Abstract: A vinyl alcohol-based polymer according to one embodiment of the present invention has an integral value (e) of 0.8 to 20 in the case when a sum of the following integral value (a) to (e) is 100 in a 1H-NMR spectrum (a) integral value of peak confirmed at 5.70 to 5.96 ppm (b) integral value of peak confirmed at 5.97 to 6.63 ppm (c) integral value of peak confirmed at 6.64 to 7.55 ppm (d) integral value of peak confirmed at 7.56 to 7.81 ppm (e) integral value of peak confirmed at 7.82 to 8.04 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC
    Inventors: Yohei Nishimura, Junichi Niino, Yasunari Kusaka, Nami Nakajima, Hidehiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12084552
    Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol film comprising a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, wherein, when the polyvinyl alcohol film is measured by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 80° C. for waveform separation of a free induction decay curve of 1H spin-spin relaxation into three curves derived from three components a component A, a component B, and a component C in order of short relaxation time, the component A has a resulting relaxation time of 0.0083 milliseconds or more and 0.0093 milliseconds or less, and a resulting component ratio of 10% or more and 35% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Nishimura, Yasunari Kusaka, Nami Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20240288738
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a pixel TFT provided corresponding to each pixel region, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel TFT, a plurality of gate wirings extending in a row direction, and a plurality of source wirings extending in a column direction. Each gate wiring has a multilayer structure including a lower gate wiring electrically connected to a lower gate electrode included in the pixel TFT and an upper gate wiring electrically connected to an upper gate electrode included in the pixel TFT. In a case where the number of the gate wirings is defined as m and the number of the source wirings is defined as n, each gate wiring has 3 or more and less than n contact portions, each contact portion is positioned in any of n intersection regions, and the number of the contact portions overlapping each source wiring is less than m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kengo HARA, Tohru DAITOH, Yoshihito HARA, Jun NISHIMURA, Yohei TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 12054747
    Abstract: A method of differentiating a primordial germ cell into a primordial follicle in vitro includes culturing a primordial germ cell and a supporting cell adjacent to the primordial germ cell under a pressurized condition or a low oxygen concentration condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go Nagamatsu, Yohei Nishimura, So Shimamoto, Katsuhiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12057085
    Abstract: A set circuit in a unit circuit in a gate driver of a display device includes a setting transistor, a first auxiliary transistor, and a second auxiliary transistor. The setting transistor includes a source terminal connected to an internal node, a gate terminal connected to a set input terminal, and a drain terminal connected to the set input terminal via the first auxiliary transistor and also connected to an input terminal via the second auxiliary transistor in a diode-connected form. Each transistor is controlled to be in an on state and an off state during normal drive and is controlled to be in the off state and the on state during a pause period by a control signal supplied to the input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Nishimura, Kengo Hara, Yohei Takeuchi, Yoshihito Hara, Tohru Daitoh
  • Patent number: 12047700
    Abstract: A pixel is included, the pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion configured to convert incident light to a charge by photoelectric conversion and accumulate the charge, a charge transfer unit configured to transfer the charge generated in the photoelectric conversion portion, a diffusion layer to which the charge is transferred through the charge transfer unit, the diffusion layer having a predetermined storage capacitance, a conversion unit configured to convert the charge transferred to the diffusion layer to a pixel signal, and connection wiring configured to connect the diffusion layer and the conversion unit. The connection wiring is connected to the diffusion layer and the conversion unit through contact wiring extending in a vertical direction with respect to a semiconductor substrate on which the diffusion layer is formed and is formed closer to the semiconductor substrate than other wiring provided in the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagita, Masaaki Takizawa, Yuuji Nishimura, Shinichi Arakawa, Yuugo Nakamura, Yohei Chiba
  • Patent number: 12031000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol film comprising a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, wherein, when the polyvinyl alcohol film is measured by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 60° C. for waveform separation of a free induction decay curve of 1H spin-spin relaxation into three curves derived from three components a component A, a component B, and a component C in order of short relaxation time, the component B has a resulting relaxation time of 0.03 milliseconds or more and 0.05 milliseconds or less, and a resulting component ratio of 30% or more and 50% or less. From the polyvinyl alcohol film according to the present invention, a polarizing film having good polarization performance can be manufactured without the occurrence of unevenness of dyeing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Nishimura, Yasunari Kusaka, Nami Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11947144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol film comprising a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, the polyvinyl alcohol film having an NMR signal intensity at 0.10 milliseconds of 78% or less of the initial intensity, when the polyvinyl alcohol film after immersing in water at 60° C. for 2 hours is measured as a measurement sample by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 60° C. According to the polyvinyl alcohol film of the present invention, a polarizing film having good polarization performance, which is unlikely to decrease even under high humidity, can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Nishimura, Yasunari Kusaka, Nami Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11859063
    Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol film comprises a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, wherein, when the polyvinyl alcohol film being measured by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 60° C. for waveform separation of a free induction decay curve of 1H spin-spin relaxation into three curves derived from three components a component A, a component B, and a component C in order of short relaxation time, the component A has a resulting relaxation time of 0.0070 milliseconds or more and 0.0092 milliseconds or less, and a resulting component ratio of 20% or more and 50% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Nishimura, Yasunari Kusaka, Nami Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20220220234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vinyl alcohol-amino acid ester copolymer that is excellent in properties such as cell culture properties, biocompatibility, antibacterial properties, and solubility in organic solvents, and is applicable to the medical field, the biomaterial field, and the agricultural field (medical and life science fields). Provided is a vinyl alcohol-amino acid ester copolymer including a unit represented by the following formula (1) and a unit represented by the following formula (2): where, in the formula (2), R1 represents a hydrocarbon group that may optionally have a substituent, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and R1 and R2, or R2 and R3, may optionally be bonded together to form a cyclic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yohei NISHIMURA, Risa YAMAZAKI, Koichi UTE, Miyuki OSHIMURA, Tomohiro HIRANO, Ryo KAGITANI
  • Patent number: 11377506
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having excellent solubility and capable of providing a film having high flexibility, high mechanical strength, and high adhesion, and a method for producing a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer. Provided is a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer including a unit of vinyl alcohol and a unit of vinyl acetate, the vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having a triad unit chain ratio TOO of 7.5 or less, where the triad unit chain ratio TOO is obtained using the following formula (1): [ Math .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Ute, Tomohiro Hirano, Miyuki Oshimura, Yasunari Kusaka, Yohei Nishimura, Misaki Senoo
  • Publication number: 20220056169
    Abstract: A vinyl alcohol-based polymer according to one embodiment of the present invention has an integral value (e) of 0.8 to 20 in the case when a sum of the following integral value (a) to (e) is 100 in a 1H-NMR spectrum. (a) integral value of peak confirmed at 5.70 to 5.96 ppm (b) integral value of peak confirmed at 5.97 to 6.63 ppm (c) integral value of peak confirmed at 6.64 to 7.55 ppm (d) integral value of peak confirmed at 7.56 to 7.81 ppm (e) integral value of peak confirmed at 7.82 to 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC
    Inventors: Yohei Nishimura, Junichi Niino, Yasunari Kusaka, Nami Nakajima, Hidehiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210261922
    Abstract: A method of differentiating a primordial germ cell into a primordial follicle in vitro includes culturing a primordial germ cell and a supporting cell adjacent to the primordial germ cell under a pressurized condition or a low oxygen concentration condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Go NAGAMATSU, Yohei NISHIMURA, So SHIMAMOTO, Katsuhiko HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210041613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol film comprising a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, the polyvinyl alcohol film having an NMR signal intensity at 0.10 milliseconds of 78% or less of the initial intensity, when the polyvinyl alcohol film after immersing in water at 60° C. for 2 hours is measured as a measurement sample by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 60° C. According to the polyvinyl alcohol film of the present invention, a polarizing film having good polarization performance, which is unlikely to decrease even under high humidity, can be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei NISHIMURA, Yasunari KUSAKA, Nami NAKAJIMA