Patents by Inventor Yuki Uchida

Yuki Uchida 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: 20160021459
    Abstract: A diaphragm is arranged on the upper surface of a silicon substrate so as to cover a chamber in the silicon substrate. Multiple anchors are provided on the upper surface of the silicon substrate, and the lower surfaces of corner portions of the diaphragm are supported by the anchors. Also, a fixed electrode plate is provided above the diaphragm with an air gap therebetween. In a view from a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the silicon substrate, the entire length of the outer edge of the diaphragm located between adjacent anchors is located outward of a line segment that circumscribes the edges of the adjacent anchors on the side distant from the center of the diaphragm. Also, one or two or more through-holes are formed in the diaphragm in the vicinity of the anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi INOUE, Takashi KASAI, Yuki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160001696
    Abstract: A light control system is provided. In the system, an processor sets a maximum light quantity of a lighting device according to the curvature radius of the road the own vehicle travels. The processor then controls the light quantity of the lighting device so as to be equal to or less than the maximum light quantity. According to the system, a maximum light quantity of the lighting device is set according to a curvature radius. Accordingly, a light quantity is appropriately set so as not to dazzle the driver of another vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Ryu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 9209975
    Abstract: An improved approach for secure access of electronic documents and data is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: RICOH COMPANY, LTD., RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Chin Yoon, James Harrison
  • Publication number: 20150264476
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer has a back plate having a fixed electrode, a diaphragm that is opposed to the back plate with a gap interposed therebetween and that serves as a movable electrode, and a stopper protruding from a face of the back plate or the diaphragm, which is on a side of the gap. The stopper includes a conductive section electrically isolated from the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. The conductive section comes in contact with a front face of the fixed electrode or the movable electrode opposed to the stopper through deformation of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150245123
    Abstract: A capacitance type sensor has a substrate, a vibration electrode plate formed over the substrate, a back plate formed over the substrate so as to cover the vibration electrode plate, and a fixed electrode plate provided on the back plate so as to be opposite to the vibration electrode plate. At least one of the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is separated into a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions being formed with a sensing section including the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate. A barrier electrode is provided between respective sensing sections of at least one adjacent pair of regions of the plurality of regions to prevent signal interference between the respective sensing sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Takashi Kasai
  • Patent number: 9118994
    Abstract: A capacitance sensor has a substrate, a vibration electrode plate formed over an upper side of the substrate, a back plate formed over the upper side of the substrate to cover the vibration electrode plate, and a fixed electrode plate arranged on the back plate facing the vibration electrode plate. At least one of the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is divided into a plurality of regions. A sensing unit configured by the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is formed on each of the divided regions. An isolation portion that suppresses vibration from being propagated is formed on the back plate to partition the sensing units from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Takashi Kasai
  • Publication number: 20150156576
    Abstract: A capacitance sensor has a substrate, a vibration electrode plate formed over an upper side of the substrate, a back plate formed over the upper side of the substrate to cover the vibration electrode plate, and a fixed electrode plate arranged on the back plate facing the vibration electrode plate. At least one of the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is divided into a plurality of regions. A sensing unit configured by the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is formed on each of the divided regions. An isolation portion that suppresses vibration from being propagated is formed on the back plate to partition the sensing units from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Takashi Kasai
  • Patent number: 9047282
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for accessing a document management application through a network, wherein user interface information comprising one or more of a plurality of user interfaces customized for a specific user is maintained, and upon successful login of the specific user, said one or more of the plurality of user interfaces are provided for display to the specific user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Shun Tanaka, Kazuhiko Kato
  • Publication number: 20150104048
    Abstract: A capacitance sensor has a substrate, a vibration electrode plate formed over an upper side of the substrate, a back plate formed over the upper side of the substrate to cover the vibration electrode plate, and a fixed electrode plate arranged on the back plate facing the vibration electrode plate. At least one of the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is divided into a plurality of regions. A sensing unit configured by the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is formed in each of the divided regions. The plurality of sensing units output a plurality of signals having different sensitivities. At least some sensing units of the sensing units have vibration electrode plates having areas different from the areas of the vibration electrode plates in the other sensing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Takashi Kasai
  • Publication number: 20150078593
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer has a substrate having a cavity, a vibrating electrode plate disposed above the substrate and having a void portion that allows pressure to escape, a fixed electrode plate disposed above the substrate opposite the vibrating electrode plate, a plurality of sensing portions configured by the vibrating electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate, at least one of the vibrating electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate being divided into a plurality of regions, and a sensing portion being configured by the vibrating electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate in each of the divided regions, and a leak pressure regulation portion that hinders leakage of air pressure passing through the void portion when the vibrating electrode plate is not undergoing deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Yuki Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150078592
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer has a substrate having a cavity, a vibrating electrode plate disposed above the substrate and having a void portion that allows pressure to escape, a fixed electrode plate disposed above the substrate opposite the vibrating electrode plate, and a leak pressure regulation portion that hinders leakage of air pressure by passing through the void portion when the vibrating electrode plate is not undergoing deformation, and that becomes separated from the void portion and allows pressure to escape by passing through the void portion when the vibrating electrode plate undergoes deformation from being subjected to pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Yuki Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150078589
    Abstract: A capacitance-type transducer has a substrate having a cavity, a vibrating electrode plate disposed above the substrate, a back plate disposed on the substrate, a fixed electrode plate disposed on the back plate opposite the vibrating electrode plate, a plurality of holes formed in the back plate and the fixed electrode plate, and a protrusion disposed on the back plate at a location opposing the vibrating electrode plate. In a view from a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, a shortest distance from a cross-sectional center of the protrusion to an edge of a hole adjacent to the protrusion is larger than a shortest distance from a center of a region that is surrounded by the holes but not provided with the protrusion to an edge of a hole in the periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Yuki Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150066909
    Abstract: A cooking recipe information providing device includes: a recipe extracting unit (16) for extracting a prescribed cooking recipe from a recipe information DB (14a) for storing cooking recipes; an evaluation value determining unit (18) for determining an evaluation value of the cooking recipe extracted by the recipe extracting unit (16) based on a place in order of a given ingredient in an ingredient field where ingredients of the cooking recipe are displayed; and a display data generating unit (19) for generating display data which indicates information of the cooking recipe based on the evaluation value determined by the evaluation value determining unit (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Koichi Suto, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Kazutoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20150061825
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a collecting unit which collects user's biological information. The information processing device includes a determining unit which determines an emotion of the user by using the biological information collected by the collecting unit. The information processing device includes an output unit which outputs in association with information representing the user and the emotion of the user determined by the determining unit to terminal devices which are used by other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mariko SUZUKI, Hiroko OTA, Chiemi TAKI, Yuki UCHIDA, Hiroshi MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150050545
    Abstract: A multilayer porous membrane comprising a porous membrane containing a polyolefin resin as a main component; and a porous layer containing an inorganic filler and a resin binder and laminated on at least one surface of the porous membrane; wherein the porous membrane has an average pore size d=0.035 to 0.060 ?m, a tortuosity ?a=1.1 to 1.7, and the number B of pores=100 to 500 pores/?m2, which are calculated by a gas-liquid method, and the porous membrane has a membrane thickness L=5 to 22 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Murata, Hiroshi Hatayama, Yuki Uchida, Masaki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8955048
    Abstract: Tools are provided for conducting a conference/meeting and/or obtaining, managing and archiving conference/meeting data. For example, a conference application can be provided through a network to a registrant or participant of the conference. The conference application allows the registrant or participant to access conference data (such as presentation slides, conference materials, other posted content, etc.), save comments, files, other content, etc., make revisions to the conference data, and share data with other registrants or participants of the conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Shun Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140356103
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a deciding unit which decides on a sequence for manufacturing a plurality of products using the type information of a plurality of products; and a unit which causes a print apparatus and a post-pressing apparatus to manufacture the plurality of products in accordance with the sequence decided on, wherein the deciding unit decides on the sequence such that products of the same type are manufactured consecutively by the print apparatus and the post-pressing apparatus, and furthermore, for each type of product, the deciding unit decides on the sequence using step information regarding steps for product manufacturing such that, among steps for manufacturing a plurality of parts that constitute each of the plurality of products of the same type that are consecutive in the print apparatus, steps for manufacturing the same type of part are consecutive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKI, Kenichiro UOTANI, Yuki UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 8885212
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for converting a color portion of an image to monochrome, and/or for converting a monochrome portion of an image to color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Tanaka, Yuki Uchida
  • Patent number: 8861753
    Abstract: An acoustic sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate; a vibrating membrane, formed above the semiconductor substrate, which includes a vibrating electrode; and a fixed membrane, formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, which includes a fixed electrode, the acoustic sensor detecting an acoustic wave according to a change in capacitance between the vibrating electrode and the fixed electrode. The fixed membrane has a plurality of sound hole portions formed therein in order to allow the acoustic wave to reach the vibrating membrane from outside, and the fixed electrode is formed so that a boundary of an edge portion of the fixed electrode does not intersect the sound hole portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: OMRON Corporation, STMicroelectronics Srl
    Inventors: Takashi Kasai, Yuki Uchida, Yasuhiro Horimoto, Sebastiano Conti
  • Publication number: 20140223319
    Abstract: Information technology tools can be provided to provide user access to content based on an image captured on a user device. One or more image objects are extracted from the captured image and are utilized, for example, along with the location of the user device, to perform a visual search in an image association database to retrieve and display content information corresponding to a matched image object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Yuki Uchida