Patents by Inventor Yohei SUGIMOTO

Yohei SUGIMOTO 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: 20240120216
    Abstract: A method of adjusting heat uniformity on a wafer mounting surface of a wafer mount having a ceramic base including the wafer mounting surface which can heat a wafer through energization and a cooling plate includes: a) preparing the wafer mount including the cooling plate including: a base including a flow path of a coolant; and a lid detachable from the base; b) measuring a temperature distribution with the lid being attached on the base while heating through the energization and cooling; c) detaching the lid and locally adjusting a shape of the flow path when the temperature distribution does not satisfy a predetermined criterion; and d) remeasuring the temperature distribution after adjusting the shape of the flow path, with the lid being attached on the base while heating through the energization and cooling, wherein the steps c) and d) are repeated until the remeasured temperature distribution satisfies the criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya SUGIMOTO, Ikuhisa MORIOKA, Keita MINE, Ryuji TAMURA, Natsuki HIRATA, Yohei KAJIURA
  • Patent number: 11822201
    Abstract: In an electro-optical device, a first light shielding wall and a second light shielding wall electrically couple a gate electrode and a scan line inside a first groove and a second groove that pass through a side of a semiconductor film of a transistor and reach a scan line on a lower layer side. A first protruding portion and a second protruding portion for contact with an upper layer side are provided at the semiconductor film. Of the first light shielding wall and the second light shielding wall, the second light shielding wall located on an opposite side to a projection direction of the first protruding portion extends to at least a side of the first protruding portion, and the first light shielding wall located on an opposite side to a projection direction of the second protruding portion extends to at least a side of the second protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20230328210
    Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel electrode, common wiring provided between the substrate and the pixel electrode, a TFT, a scanning line, a capacitance element provided between the substrate and the scanning line and overlapping the scanning line in plan view, and a second relay electrode electrically coupled to the common wiring and overlapping the scanning line in plan view. A first capacitance electrode serving as one electrode of the capacitance element includes a projecting portion protruding from the scanning line in plan view. The second relay electrode includes a projecting portion overlapping the projecting portion in plan view. The second relay electrode and the first capacitance electrode of the capacitance element are electrically coupled to each other through a contact hole provided between the projecting portion and the projecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuaki Murohashi, Kikuya Morita, Yohei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11754892
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-optical device including: a substrate having a recessed portion that extends in a first direction; a laminated film having a first conductive film, a dielectric film, and a second conductive film; a first insulating film; a light shielding film; a second insulating film; and a semiconductor film including a source region, a channel region, and a drain region that are disposed in this order in the first direction, wherein the laminated film, the first insulating film, the light shielding film, the second insulating film, and the semiconductor film are disposed in this order from the substrate side, and the semiconductor film overlaps with the recessed portion and is disposed along the recessed portion as viewed in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kikuya Morita, Yohei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11740522
    Abstract: Provided are a scanning line extending along a first direction, a data line extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, a TFT having a semiconductor layer including one source drain region and a channel region extending along the first direction, at a position overlapping the scanning line in plan view, and another source drain region extending along the second direction, at a position overlapping the data line in plan view, and a first capacitance element and a second capacitance element disposed at a position overlapping the data line, and the first capacitance element and the second capacitance element are configured to include a part of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11681187
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including a first substrate and a transistor is provided. The first substrate includes a first scanning line having a light shielding property and extending in a first direction between a substrate body and a pixel electrode. The transistor includes a semiconductor film extending in the first direction to overlap with the first scanning line in a layer between the first scanning line and the pixel electrode. In a layer between a gate electrode and a pixel electrode, a second scanning line having a light shielding property extends in the first direction to overlap with the first scanning line in plan view. The second scanning line extends through a position spaced apart from a third contact portion that electrically couples the pixel electrode and the semiconductor film, and is electrically coupled to the gate electrode and the first scanning line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Sugimoto, Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 11609468
    Abstract: A TFT is provided that has a semiconductor layer in which one source drain region, one LDD region, a channel region, another LDD region, and a first portion of another source drain region extend along a first direction at a position overlapping a scanning line, and a second portion of the other source drain region extends along a second direction at a position overlapping a data line, a light shielding wall is disposed along the one LDD region or the other LDD region extending along the first direction, a substrate has a recessed portion in a region overlapping the light shielding wall, and a part of the light shielding wall is disposed along a side surface and a bottom surface of the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11609450
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first member having a translucent property, a second member having a translucent property and opposed to the first member with a space being disposed therebetween, and a plurality of pixel electrodes provided at an opposite side from the first member with respect to the second member. The first member includes a substrate body. The second member includes a transparent film. A plurality of lens surfaces having a protruding curved surface and each overlapping, in plan view, with corresponding one of the plurality of pixel electrodes are formed at a surface of the second member that is opposed to the first member. A pillar that extends through the space and is in contact with the first member and the second member is provided between the first member and the second member. The space can be formed by removing a sacrificial layer provided between the first member and the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11598997
    Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus includes a scan line extending in a ±X direction, a data line extending in a ±Y direction that intersects with the ±X direction, a TFT having a semiconductor layer in which, at a position overlapping with the scan line in plan view, one source drain region and a channel region extend along the ±X direction, and at a position overlapping with the data line in plan view, another source drain region extends along the ±Y direction, and a first upper capacitance element and a second upper capacitance element provided at a position overlapping with the data line, so as to overlap with the other source drain region in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11493811
    Abstract: In an electro-optical device, at a position overlapping in plan view with a data line, a groove is provided that extends through a first interlayer insulating film provided in a layer between a scan line and a transistor, and a second interlayer insulating film provided in a layer between the transistor and a pixel electrode, and reaches a substrate body. A capacitance element includes a first element portion provided between the second interlayer insulating film and the pixel electrode, and a second element portion provided along an inner wall of the groove. The groove reaches an intermediate position in a thickness direction of the substrate body, and a depth is 3 ?m or greater. Therefore, capacitance of the capacitance element is large. A contact hole that electrically couples a gate electrode and the scan line is provided on a side of a semiconductor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220291556
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-optical device including: a substrate having a recessed portion that extends in a first direction; a laminated film having a first conductive film, a dielectric film, and a second conductive film; a first insulating film; a light shielding film; a second insulating film; and a semiconductor film including a source region, a channel region, and a drain region that are disposed in this order in the first direction, wherein the laminated film, the first insulating film, the light shielding film, the second insulating film, and the semiconductor film are disposed in this order from the substrate side, and the semiconductor film overlaps with the recessed portion and is disposed along the recessed portion as viewed in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kikuya MORITA, Yohei SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220269119
    Abstract: A TFT is provided that has a semiconductor layer in which one source drain region, one LDD region, a channel region, another LDD region, and a first portion of another source drain region extend along a first direction at a position overlapping a scanning line, and a second portion of the other source drain region extends along a second direction at a position overlapping a data line, a light shielding wall is disposed along the one LDD region or the other LDD region extending along the first direction, a substrate has a recessed portion in a region overlapping the light shielding wall, and a part of the light shielding wall is disposed along a side surface and a bottom surface of the recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220269140
    Abstract: Provided are a scanning line extending along a first direction, a data line extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, a TFT having a semiconductor layer including one source drain region and a channel region extending along the first direction, at a position overlapping the scanning line in plan view, and another source drain region extending along the second direction, at a position overlapping the data line in plan view, and a first capacitance element and a second capacitance element disposed at a position overlapping the data line, and the first capacitance element and the second capacitance element are configured to include a part of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11378383
    Abstract: A plant facility apparatus recognition system is provided, which appropriately recognizes a plant facility apparatus even in a plant facility in which a wireless facility and a marker are not able to be installed even when the shape of the plant facility apparatus is different from or has been changed from design data. The plant facility apparatus recognition system that uses a mobile device having a camera to recognize the plant facility apparatus to be subjected to work in the plant facility includes a characteristic length acquirer that acquires information on the pipe as a first characteristic length from an image obtained by causing the camera to image the plant facility apparatus and the pipe existing near the plant facility apparatus, and a characteristic length comparator that compares the first characteristic length with a second characteristic length acquired from the design data and related to the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Murata, Hiroshi Seki, Yohei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11340486
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel and a frame configured to support the electro-optical panel. The electro-optical panel includes a first member being a translucent substrate body, a second member being a translucent film and opposed to the first member, and pixel electrodes provided at an opposite side from the first member with respect to the second member. Lens surfaces having a protruding curved surface and each overlapping, in plan view, with each one of pixel electrodes are formed at a surface of the second member that is opposed to the first member. Since an inlet passage and an outlet passage, each of which communicates with the space, are formed between the first member and the second member, a refrigerant is caused to pass through the space by way of the frame, whereby it is possible to cool the electro-optical panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220100014
    Abstract: In an electro-optical device, a first light shielding wall and a second light shielding wall electrically couple a gate electrode and a scan line inside a first groove and a second groove that pass through a side of a semiconductor film of a transistor and reach a scan line on a lower layer side. A first protruding portion and a second protruding portion for contact with an upper layer side are provided at the semiconductor film. Of the first light shielding wall and the second light shielding wall, the second light shielding wall located on an opposite side to a projection direction of the first protruding portion extends to at least a side of the first protruding portion, and the first light shielding wall located on an opposite side to a projection direction of the second protruding portion extends to at least a side of the second protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11262447
    Abstract: A flying body includes an observation data generation unit that generates observation data on the basis of radio waves received by a radar, an image generation unit that generates an image representing a monitoring space on the basis of the observation data generated by the observation data generation unit, and a detection unit that detects a detection target on the basis of the image generated by the image generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Noriyasu Inaba, Satoru Ozawa, Yohei Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220035210
    Abstract: In an electro-optical device, at a position overlapping in plan view with a data line, a groove is provided that extends through a first interlayer insulating film provided in a layer between a scan line and a transistor, and a second interlayer insulating film provided in a layer between the transistor and a pixel electrode, and reaches a substrate body. A capacitance element includes a first element portion provided between the second interlayer insulating film and the pixel electrode, and a second element portion provided along an inner wall of the groove. The groove reaches an intermediate position in a thickness direction of the substrate body, and a depth is 3 ?m or greater. Therefore, capacitance of the capacitance element is large. A contact hole that electrically couples a gate electrode and the scan line is provided on a side of a semiconductor film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220035209
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including a first substrate and a transistor is provided. The first substrate includes a first scanning line having a light shielding property and extending in a first direction between a substrate body and a pixel electrode. The transistor includes a semiconductor film extending in the first direction to overlap with the first scanning line in a layer between the first scanning line and the pixel electrode. In a layer between a gate electrode and a pixel electrode, a second scanning line having a light shielding property extends in the first direction to overlap with the first scanning line in plan view. The second scanning line extends through a position spaced apart from a third contact portion that electrically couples the pixel electrode and the semiconductor film, and is electrically coupled to the gate electrode and the first scanning line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SUGIMOTO, Yoichi MOMOSE
  • Patent number: 11221407
    Abstract: A flying body includes an observation data generation unit that generates observation data on the basis of radio waves received by a radar, an image generation unit that generates an image representing a monitoring space on the basis of the observation data generated by the observation data generation unit, and a detection unit that detects a detection target on the basis of the image generated by the image generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Noriyasu Inaba, Satoru Ozawa, Yohei Sugimoto