Patents by Inventor Yosuke Saito

Yosuke Saito 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: 20240145517
    Abstract: Provided is a solid-state image capturing element including a semiconductor substrate and first and second photoelectric conversion parts configured to convert light into electric charge. The first and the second photoelectric conversion parts each have a laminated structure including an upper electrode, a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion film sandwiched between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and an accumulation electrode facing the upper electrode through the photoelectric conversion film and an insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi MURATA, Masahiro JOEI, Fumihiko KOGA, Iwao YAGI, Shintarou HIRATA, Hideaki TOGASHI, Yosuke SAITO, Shingo TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11974444
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state image sensor, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a solid-state image sensor capable of improving characteristics. There is provided a solid-state image sensor including a stacked structure that includes a semiconductor substrate, a first photoelectric converter provided above the semiconductor substrate and converting light into charges, and a second photoelectric converter provided above the first photoelectric converter and converting light into charges, where the first photoelectric converter and the second photoelectric converter include a photoelectric conversion stacked structure in which a common electrode, a photoelectric conversion film, and a readout electrode are stacked so that the first photoelectric converter and the second photoelectric converter are in a line-symmetrical relationship with each other with a vertical plane perpendicular to a stacking direction of the stacked structure as an axis of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Togashi, Iwao Yagi, Masahiro Joei, Fumihiko Koga, Kenichi Murata, Shintarou Hirata, Yosuke Saito, Akira Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20240133720
    Abstract: A measurement device includes a splitter splitting light from a light source into first and second lights; an optical frequency shifter shifting a frequency of the first light; a first optical modulator modulating intensity of the first light and generating probe light having two frequency components; a second optical modulator generating pump light by pulsing the second light; an optical detector detecting, when the probe light is incident from a first end of an optical fiber to be measured and the pump light is incident from a second side of the optical fiber, light emitted from the second side of the optical fiber; and a processor measuring, based on detected light intensity, temperature or distortion of the optical fiber, in which a frequency of a lower one of the two frequency components yields Brillouin gain, and a frequency of a higher frequency component yields Brillouin loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke TANAKA, Daiki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240128747
    Abstract: A backup power supply device includes: a storage battery charged with power from an external power supply; charge switches for charging the storage batter; discharge switches that are made from a field-effect transistor and that discharge the storage battery to a load device; a control unit for controlling the charge switches and the discharge switches; and a discharge suppression section connected in series to the discharge switches. The discharge suppression section suppresses leakage of current from the storage battery only when the control unit charges the storage battery, and the battery voltage exceeds an input voltage and the difference voltage between the battery voltage and the input voltage is less than a prescribed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji KITAMURA, Shun MOCHIZUKI, Yosuke SAITO
  • Patent number: 11958298
    Abstract: A liquid discharge method for a liquid discharge apparatus having a plurality of print modes includes determining and changing. The determining determines the print modes by a determiner. The changing changes, based on the print mode determined by the determiner, a use nozzle width and a discharge amount of a spot color head in a line feed direction such that a print mode having a low print speed has a narrower nozzle width and a larger discharge amount than a print mode having a high print speed by a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Saito, Atsushi Hada, Yuki Tsuchiya, Daisuke Mezaki
  • Patent number: 11954850
    Abstract: A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry and a display. On the basis of one of the type of at least one abnormality detection algorithm to which a medical image related to an examined subject is to be input and information relevant to an abnormality detected by inputting the medical image to the abnormality detection algorithm, the processing circuitry judges whether or not urgency is present in a disorder related to the abnormality. When it is determined that the urgency is present, the display displays, in an examination list of examination orders, assessment information related to assessing the abnormality and urgency information indicating the urgency so as to be positioned adjacent to any of the examination orders related to the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Terai, Hiroki Saito, Kenichi Usui, Yosuke Okubo, Hirobumi Nonaka
  • Patent number: 11938921
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle is configured to execute rotation speed control when the vehicle is in series traveling, in which a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is increased to a first rotation speed in accordance with an increase in a speed of the vehicle, and when the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine reaches the first rotation speed, the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is decreased to a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed; and restrict execution of the rotation speed control when receiving a predetermined operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Naito, Masatoshi Saito, Masashi Eto
  • Patent number: 11934746
    Abstract: An information generation device generating a test case being a simulation model for reproducing a road traffic condition in an area on a road including a target point, the information generation device including: a first storage unit that stores moving-object information being information regarding a moving object existing in the area; a determination unit that determines whether or not an incident in which the moving object existing in the area shows a behavior that leads to occurrence of an accident has occurred, on the basis of the moving-object information; an extraction unit that extracts, as target information, moving-object information in a target period being a predetermined time period including a time point at which the incident occurred; and a generation unit that generates the test case upon occurrence of the incident on the basis of the target information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yamanouchi, Yosuke Seto, Minori Orita, Hiroki Saito, Takeharu Kato
  • Publication number: 20240055886
    Abstract: This power supply device includes a battery unit which includes: a first battery pack; a step-up/down circuit for boosting the voltage of an external power supply up to the charge voltage of the battery pack; a first charge circuit; a first discharge circuit for detecting a voltage drop of the external power supply and performing discharge from the battery pack to a load device; and a control circuit for controlling charging and discharging. The discharge circuit has a first discharge switch and a second discharge switch which are connected in series between the battery pack and a power supply line. The first discharge switch is switched on/off by receiving a switching signal from the control circuit, and the second discharge switch is directly switched on/off not via the control circuit on the basis of the voltage of the external power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyotaka KUMAMOTO, Yosuke SAITO, Yasuyuki KATSUBE, Kazuhiro HIWATASHI
  • Patent number: 11897272
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes: a move control unit configured to move any one of a first element and a second element in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main-scanning direction, the first element including a plurality of ejectors to eject active energy ray curable liquid and an active energy ray irradiator, the second element including an object to which the liquid is ejected; and a control unit configured to perform control to cause a first ejector to eject a first ejection amount of liquid, cure the first ejection amount of liquid, cause a second ejector to eject a second ejection amount of liquid onto the cured first ejection amount of liquid, and cure the second ejection amount of liquid. The first ejection amount and the second ejection amount are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Saito, Atsushi Hada, Yuki Tsuchiya, Daisuke Mezaki
  • Patent number: 11888012
    Abstract: Provided is a solid-state image capturing element including a semiconductor substrate and first and second photoelectric conversion parts configured to convert light into electric charge. The first and the second photoelectric conversion parts each have a laminated structure including an upper electrode, a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion film sandwiched between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and an accumulation electrode facing the upper electrode through the photoelectric conversion film and an insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Murata, Masahiro Joei, Fumihiko Koga, Iwao Yagi, Shintarou Hirata, Hideaki Togashi, Yosuke Saito, Shingo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240023352
    Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode including a plurality of electrodes; a second electrode opposed to the first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer including an organic material provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first semiconductor layer provided between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including an n-type semiconductor material; and a second semiconductor layer provided between the second electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including at least one of a carbon-containing compound having an electron affinity larger than a work function of the first electrode or an inorganic compound having a work function larger than the work function of the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke SAITO, Masashi BANDO, Yukio KANEDA, Yoshiyuki HIRANO, Toshiki MORIWAKI
  • Patent number: 11856802
    Abstract: A first photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure incudes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a chromophore, fullerene or a fullerene derivative, and a hole-transporting material, in which the chromophore and the fullerene or the fullerene derivative are bonded to each other at least partially via a crosslinking group in the photoelectric conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Saito, Sae Miyaji, Masato Kanno, Yasuharu Ujiie, Yuta Hasegawa, Osamu Enoki, Yuki Negishi
  • Publication number: 20230408956
    Abstract: A thermal fixer includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller. The first thermal fixing roller includes a first heater. The second thermal fixing roller is pressed to the first thermal fixing roller. The second thermal fixing roller includes a second heater and has a diameter, a rigidity, and a surface releasability substantially identical to the first thermal fixing roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro KATO, Kazuki SHIMODATE, Shota YOSHIDA, Takaya OCHIAI, Naoki TAKAI, Yosuke SAITO, Keisuke SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230408961
    Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a thermal fixing roller pair, a first heater, a second heater, multiple temperature detectors, and a driver. The thermal fixing roller pair includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller facing the first thermal fixing roller. The thermal fixing roller pair thermally fixes and conveys a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium nipped between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The first heater heats the first thermal fixing roller. The second heater heats the second thermal fixing roller. The multiple temperature detectors are at different positions along an axial direction of the thermal fixing roller pair. The multiple temperature detectors detect a surface temperature of the thermal fixing roller pair. The driver drives the thermal fixing roller pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shota YOSHIDA, Keisuke SUGIYAMA, Yuichiro KATO, Kazuki SHIMODATE, Takaya OCHIAI, Naoki TAKAI, Yosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230400806
    Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a fuser pressure member, a conveyor, and a guide. The fuser pressure member thermally fixes a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet toward the fuser pressure member in a sheet conveyance direction. The guide guides the two-ply sheet in a sheet conveyance passage between the conveyor and the fuser pressure member. At least one of the fuser pressure member or the conveyor is operable to guide the two-ply sheet outside the sheet conveyance passage in response to an occurrence of an abnormal stop of the sheet laminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki TAKAI, Keisuke SUGIYAMA, Yuichiro KATO, Kazuki SHIMODATE, Shota YOSHIDA, Takaya OCHIAI, Yosuke SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230398775
    Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a fuser pressure member, a heater, a drive device, and circuitry. The fuser pressure member thermally fixes a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The heater heats the fuser pressure member. The driver rotates the fuser pressure member. In response to a pause of a rotation of the fuser pressure member, the circuitry turns off a power supply to the heater, and perform one of immediately stopping the fuser pressure member or rotating the fuser pressure member and stopping the fuser pressure member after the rotation of the fuser pressure member, based on a state of the fuser pressure member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki SHIMODATE, Keisuke SUGIYAMA, Yuichiro KATO, Shota YOSHIDA, Takaya OCHIAI, Naoki TAKAI, Yosuke SAITO
  • Patent number: 11825666
    Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode including a plurality of electrodes; a second electrode opposed to the first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer including an organic material provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first semiconductor layer provided between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including an n-type semiconductor material; and a second semiconductor layer provided between the second electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including at least one of a carbon-containing compound having an electron affinity larger than a work function of the first electrode or an inorganic compound having a work function larger than the work function of the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Saito, Masashi Bando, Yukio Kaneda, Yoshiyuki Hirano, Toshiki Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 11777333
    Abstract: A voltage adjuster has: a current path connecting one end on an input/output terminal side and the other end on a secondary battery side; a bypass path of the current path; a converter provided in the bypass path and capable of changing input electric power to a predetermined voltage corresponding to the secondary battery or a predetermined voltage corresponding to an external device in accordance with the charge or discharge of the second battery; and a path selector configured to select a path to be used out of the current path or the bypass path in accordance with the charge or discharge of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Saito, Kiyotaka Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 11778841
    Abstract: To provide a photoelectric conversion element that can improve image quality. Provided is a photoelectric conversion element (100) including at least a first electrode (101), a work function control layer (108), a photoelectric conversion layer (102), an oxide semiconductor layer (104), and a second electrode (107) in this order, and further including a third electrode (105), in which the third electrode (105) is provided apart from the second electrode (107) and is provided facing the photoelectric conversion layer (102) via an insulating layer (106), and the work function control layer (108) contains a larger amount of oxygen than an amount of oxygen satisfying a stoichiometric composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintarou Hirata, Masahiro Joei, Kenichi Murata, Masashi Bando, Yosuke Saito, Ryosuke Suzuki