Patents by Inventor Yuya MAEDA

Yuya MAEDA 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: 20260188971
    Abstract: A distance measuring device includes a first section including a first optical waveguide configured to convey a chirp signal, a light source that generates light for modulation by a modulator to generate the chirp signal, and a second section including logic circuitry that controls the light source. The first section and the second section are stacked. The distance measuring device further includes a first conductor that forms at least part of an electrical connection between the logic circuitry and the light source, and the first conductor penetrates the first section at a position that is spaced apart from the light source in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya MAEDA, Yohtaro YASU, Haruhiko TERADA, Yoshiki EBIKO
  • Publication number: 20260169130
    Abstract: A photodetector (distance measurement apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an optical circuit that is provided in a substrate (first substrate) containing silicon and includes a waveguide that is able to transmit an optical signal from a light source; an antenna that is provided in the substrate and is able to output the optical signal transmitted via the waveguide; a light-receiving element that is provided in the substrate and is able to receive the optical signal reflected by an object; and a light-blocking section that is provided around at least one of the antenna or the light-receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya MAEDA, Yohtaro YASU
  • Patent number: 12620843
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, an insulator, and a coil. The stator core includes: a yoke having an annular shape; and teeth protruding from the yoke to the inside of the yoke. The insulator covers at least a part of the stator core. The insulator includes: a first face facing the coil wound around the teeth; and a second face facing the yoke. The first face is perpendicular to the protrusion direction of the teeth. The second face includes: a first perpendicular face perpendicular to the protrusion direction of the teeth; and a first inclined face inclined toward the first face with respect to the first perpendicular face. The yoke includes an inner circumferential face facing the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Suzuki, Noritaka Aso, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Yuya Maeda
  • Publication number: 20260074787
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an eye pattern evaluation device configured to communicate with a host includes a first interface circuit configured to acquire an eye pattern. The eye pattern evaluation device includes a controller configured to control the first interface circuit and a non-volatile memory. The controller determines whether a reception count number at a predetermined point included in the acquired eye pattern reaches a threshold value, and records, in the non-volatile memory, log information indicating communication quality at the predetermined point when the reception count number at the predetermined point reaches the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Yuya MAEDA
  • Patent number: 12464842
    Abstract: Provided is a solid-state imaging device capable of acquiring an image with higher image quality. It includes a plurality of pixel units including on-chip lenses, color filters, and photoelectric conversion units. The plurality of pixel units includes a first pixel unit (e.g., a pixel unit of an imaging pixel) and a second pixel unit (e.g., a pixel unit of a phase-difference detection pixel), the first pixel unit including an on-chip lens of a predetermined size, the second pixel unit including an on-chip lens of a size larger than the predetermined size, the first pixel unit including first pixel units, the second pixel unit including second pixel units. A height of an inter-CF light-shielding portion surrounding the respective color filters of the second pixel units is larger than a height of an inter-CF light-shielding portion between the color filters of the first pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Furumoto, Yuya Maeda, Yoshiaki Kitano
  • Publication number: 20250275265
    Abstract: An imaging device according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with a photoelectric conversion element, floating diffusion that temporarily holds a charge output from the photoelectric conversion element, and a transfer transistor that transfers the charge output from the photoelectric conversion element to the floating diffusion; and a second semiconductor substrate provided on the first semiconductor substrate via a first interlayer insulating film and provided with a readout circuit unit that reads out the charge held in the floating diffusion and outputs a pixel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori HIRAMATSU, Shintaro OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki KITANO, Yuya MAEDA, Shinya SATO
  • Patent number: 12349478
    Abstract: An imaging device according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with a photoelectric conversion element, floating diffusion that temporarily holds a charge output from the photoelectric conversion element, and a transfer transistor that transfers the charge output from the photoelectric conversion element to the floating diffusion; and a second semiconductor substrate provided on the first semiconductor substrate via a first interlayer insulating film and provided with a readout circuit unit that reads out the charge held in the floating diffusion and outputs a pixel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunori Hiramatsu, Shintaro Okamoto, Yoshiaki Kitano, Yuya Maeda, Shinya Sato
  • Publication number: 20250056908
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of light-receiving pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a first color filter that is disposed over a plurality of the light-receiving pixels arranged in the first direction and has a first color; a second color filter that is disposed over a plurality of the light-receiving pixels arranged in the first direction, and has a second color different from the first color, a first inter-waveguide light-shielding wall that is disposed between the first color filters adjacent in the first direction, and has a light-shielding property; and a second inter-waveguide light-shielding wall that is disposed between the first color filter and the second color filter adjacent in the first direction, has a light-shielding property, and has a length in the first direction that is longer than a length in same direction of the first inter-waveguide light-shielding wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: YUYA MAEDA, MICHIKO SAKAMOTO, KOJI MIYATA
  • Patent number: 12119723
    Abstract: A bus bar guide is provided to fix bus bars that connect a plurality of coils disposed in a motor. The bus bar includes a conductor that has a plate shape and has a first surface and a second surface continuous with the first surface. The bus bar guide is configured by annularly arranging a plurality of bus bar guide pieces each including an insulator. Each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces is provided with a groove that holds the first surface of the bus bar and positions the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Maeda, Yasuaki Matsushita, Hirokazu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 12095325
    Abstract: A stator includes a yoke, teeth connected to the yoke, and coils including plate-shaped conductive wire and mounted on respective teeth. Each coil includes a wound part, a first and second terminals. The wound part is wound around the tooth n turns (n is an integer equal to or greater than 2). The wound part satisfies a relationship represented by Ak<Bk, where Ak is a height of a first section in an axial direction of the tooth, and Bk is a width of a second section in a circumferential direction of the tooth. The first and second sections are sections in k-th turn (k is an integer that satisfies 1?k?n) of the coil. The first section is along an axial end surface of the tooth. The second section extends from an end of the first section along a circumferential end surface of the tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Nukada, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Yuya Maeda
  • Publication number: 20240275218
    Abstract: Provided are a stator capable of substantially preventing a decrease in torque and a rotary electric machine including the stator. A stator includes a stator core, an insulator, and a coil. The stator core includes: a yoke having an annular shape; and teeth protruding from the yoke to the inside of the yoke. The insulator covers at least a part of the stator core. The insulator includes: a first face facing the coil wound around the teeth; and a second face facing the yoke. The first face is perpendicular to the protrusion direction of the teeth. The second face includes: a first perpendicular face perpendicular to the protrusion direction of the teeth; and a first inclined face inclined toward the first face with respect to the first perpendicular face. The yoke includes an inner circumferential face facing the second face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: KENTA SUZUKI, NORITAKA ASO, TOSHIYUKI TAMAMURA, YUYA MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20240030250
    Abstract: Provided is a solid-state imaging device capable of acquiring an image with higher image quality. It includes a plurality of pixel units including on-chip lenses, color filters, and photoelectric conversion units. The plurality of pixel units includes a first pixel unit (e.g., a pixel unit of an imaging pixel) and a second pixel unit (e.g., a pixel unit of a phase-difference detection pixel), the first pixel unit including an on-chip lens of a predetermined size, the second pixel unit including an on-chip lens of a size larger than the predetermined size, the first pixel unit including first pixel units, the second pixel unit including second pixel units. A height of an inter-CF light-shielding portion surrounding the respective color filters of the second pixel units is larger than a height of an inter-CF light-shielding portion between the color filters of the first pixel units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya FURUMOTO, Yuya MAEDA, Yoshiaki KITANO
  • Publication number: 20230299630
    Abstract: A first molded coil that is one of two molded coils disposed adjacent to each other includes: a first winding part in which a conductor is stacked from a first turn to an n-th turn (n is an integer of 2 or more); and a first terminal part that has a lead part extending from a portion of the first turn of the first winding part in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the conductor in the first winding part, in which the first terminal part is provided at a tip with a first engaging part that is engaged with a second engaging part disposed at a tip of a third terminal part of a second molded coil that is the other molded coil of the two molded coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: YUYA MAEDA, YASUAKI MATSUSHITA, HIROKAZU YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230006496
    Abstract: A bus bar guide is provided to fix bus bars that connect a plurality of coils disposed in a motor. The bus bar includes a conductor that has a plate shape and has a first surface and a second surface continuous with the first surface. The bus bar guide is configured by annularly arranging a plurality of bus bar guide pieces each including an insulator. Each of the plurality of bus bar guide pieces is provided with a groove that holds the first surface of the bus bar and positions the bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: YUYA MAEDA, YASUAKI MATSUSHITA, HIROKAZU YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11411452
    Abstract: A coil is a coil of a conductive wire that has a quadrangular cross section, that is spirally wound and laminated to have a series of turns including first to n-th turns (n is an integer of 3 or more), and that is provided, on at least some of the first to n-th turns in the coil, with deformed portions representing recesses each having a shape different from a shape of another portion of the conductive wire. In each of the first and n-th turns respectively lying at both ends of the series of turns, an outer surface lying on a side opposite to a center of the series of turns extends flush along with a plane intersecting the series of turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Maeda, Toshiyuki Tamamura, Mitsuoki Hishida, Kiyomi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20220238590
    Abstract: An imaging device according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with a photoelectric conversion element, floating diffusion that temporarily holds a charge output from the photoelectric conversion element, and a transfer transistor that transfers the charge output from the photoelectric conversion element to the floating diffusion; and a second semiconductor substrate provided on the first semiconductor substrate via a first interlayer insulating film and provided with a readout circuit unit that reads out the charge held in the floating diffusion and outputs a pixel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori HIRAMATSU, Shintaro OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki KITANO, Yuya MAEDA, Shinya SATO
  • Publication number: 20210359566
    Abstract: A stator includes a yoke, teeth connected to the yoke, and coils including plate-shaped conductive wire and mounted on respective teeth. Each coil includes a wound part, a first and second terminals. The wound part is wound around the tooth n turns (n is an integer equal to or greater than 2). The wound part satisfies a relationship represented by Ak<Bk, where Ak is a height of a first section in an axial direction of the tooth, and Bk is a width of a second section in a circumferential direction of the tooth. The first and second sections are sections in k-th turn (k is an integer that satisfies 1?k?n) of the coil. The first section is along an axial end surface of the tooth. The second section extends from an end of the first section along a circumferential end surface of the tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Keiichiro NUKADA, Toshiyuki TAMAMURA, Yuya MAEDA
  • Patent number: 11077835
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first road surface friction coefficient calculator; a second road surface friction coefficient calculator; and a braking and driving force controller. The first road surface friction coefficient calculator calculates a first road surface friction coefficient that is a friction coefficient of a road surface in a contact with a wheel. The second road surface friction coefficient calculator calculates a second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a detection value from a contactless sensor that contactlessly detects a road surface state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Maeda, Noeru Sato, Fumiya Sato
  • Publication number: 20210021167
    Abstract: A coil is a coil of a conductive wire that has a quadrangular cross section, that is spirally wound and laminated to have a series of turns including first to n-th turns (n is an integer of 3 or more), and that is provided, on at least some of the first to n-th turns in the coil, with deformed portions representing recesses each having a shape different from a shape of another portion of the conductive wire. In each of the first and n-th turns respectively lying at both ends of the series of turns, an outer surface lying on a side opposite to a center of the series of turns extends flush along with a plane intersecting the series of turns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: YUYA MAEDA, TOSHIYUKI TAMAMURA, MITSUOKI HISHIDA, KIYOMI KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10672788
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes conductive layers and insulation layers alternately stacked along a first direction. A core member extends through the insulation layers and conductive layers. A semiconductor layer on an outer periphery of the core member has a first region facing a conductive layer of the stack and a second region adjacent to the first region and facing an insulation layer. The first region has a first thickness and a first impurity concentration. The second region has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness and a second impurity concentration that is different from the first impurity concentration. A charge accumulation film is between the semiconductor layer and the conductive layer in a second direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Maeda, Hidenori Miyagawa