Sawachi, JP
Atsushi Sawachi, Miyagi JP
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20120132367 | PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a processing apparatus including a processing gas discharge unit provided within a processing chamber so as to face a mounting table and configured to discharge a processing gas into the processing chamber; a first space corresponding to a central portion of a processing target object; a second space corresponding to an edge portion of the processing target object; at least one third space formed between the first space and the second space; and a processing gas distribution unit including processing gas distribution pipes and valves. The spaces are provided within the processing gas discharge unit and partitioned by partition walls. At the spaces, there are formed discharge holes for discharging the processing gas. The processing gas distribution pipes communicate with the spaces, and the valves are opened or closed to allow adjacent processing gas distribution pipes to communicate with each other or be isolated from each other. | 05-31-2012 |
20150059859 | APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING AND SUPPLYING GAS AND METHOD FOR DIVIDING AND SUPPLYING GAS - An apparatus for dividing and supplying gas is provided with a flow rate control device, a plurality of divided flow passages of gas flowing from the flow rate control device, thermal-type mass flow sensors disposed to the divided flow passages, electrically-operated valves disposed on a downstream side of the thermal-type mass flow sensors, controllers that control the electrically-operated valves, and a flow ratio setting calculator that calculates a total flow rate, then calculates flow rates of the divided flow passages, and then inputs the calculated flow rates as set flow rates to each controllers. One of the divided flow passages with the highest set flow rate is put in an uncontrolled state, and opening degree for each of the rest divided flow passages is controlled, and then feedback control of the divided flow rate of each of the divided flow passages is implemented by each of the controllers. | 03-05-2015 |
20150228457 | GAS SUPPLY METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - In the present invention, a gas supply method includes a selecting step and an additive gas supply step. The selecting step involves selecting, in accordance with the type of target film to be processed, a combination of a gas chamber into which additive gas is supplied and the type of additive gas, the gas chamber being selected from a plurality of gas chambers which are divided from a gas injection unit for injecting plasma processing gases into a processing chamber in which a substrate formed with a processing target film is placed. In the additive gas supply step, the additive gas is supplied to the gas chamber on the basis of the combination selected in the selecting step. | 08-13-2015 |
Atsushi Sawachi, Nirasaki-Shi JP
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20110226178 | FILM DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A film deposition system which a cycle of alternately supplying a first reactive gas and a second reactive gas and exhausting them is repeated twice or more in a vacuum vessel to cause reaction between the two gases, thereby depositing thin films on substrate surfaces, the film deposition system includes: a plurality of lower members having substrate-placing areas on which substrates will be placed; a plurality of upper members so placed that they face the lower members to form processing spaces together with the substrate-placing areas; a first reactive gas supply unit and a second reactive gas supply unit for supplying a first reactive gas and a second reactive gas, respectively, to the processing spaces; a purge gas supply unit for supplying a purge gas in the period between a first reactive gas supply period and a second reactive gas supply period; exhaust openings, situated along circumferences of the processing spaces, for communicating the inside of the processing spaces with the atmosphere in the vacuum vessel that is outside of the processing spaces; and an evacuating unit for evacuating the processing spaces via the atmosphere in the exhaust openings and the vacuum vessel. | 09-22-2011 |
Atsushi Sawachi, Kurokawa-Gun JP
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20150206713 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - Processing gases respectively supplied from multiple gas supply lines into a processing vessel can be switched at a high speed in a uniform manner. A plasma processing apparatus includes the processing vessel configured to perform therein a plasma process to a target substrate; and a gas inlet member including first gas discharge holes and second gas discharge holes which are alternately arranged to be adjacent to each other and respectively communicate with a first gas supply line and a second gas supply line, which are switchable. Further, the first gas discharge holes and the second gas discharge holes independently and respectively introduce a first processing gas and a second processing gas, which are respectively supplied from the first gas supply line and the second gas supply line and used in the plasma process, into the processing vessel. | 07-23-2015 |
Katsuaki Sawachi, Osaka-Shi JP
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20100071316 | LOAD FIXING DEVICE - There is provided a load fixing device capable of effectively preventing collapse of burdens stacked in multiple stages by wrapping with a sheet, providing excellent work efficiency, providing large binding force, and excellently stabilizing the fastened burdens. | 03-25-2010 |
Shigenori Sawachi, Hiratsuka-Shi JP
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20100213599 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes: a flat plate; a semiconductor chip which is disposed on one main surface of the flat plate and whose surface opposite an element circuit surface is fixedly bonded; a single layer of an insulating material layer formed continuously on the element circuit surface of the semiconductor chip and on the main surface of the flat plate; an opening formed at a position, in the insulating material layer, above an electrode disposed on the element circuit surface of the semiconductor chip; a conductive part formed in the opening so as to be connected to the electrode of the semiconductor chip; a wiring layer formed on the insulating material layer so as to be connected to the conductive part, and partly led out to a peripheral area of the semiconductor chip; and external electrodes formed on the wiring layer. Also adoptable is a structure in which a flat plate having a cavity is used, a semiconductor chip is disposed in the cavity, and an insulating material layer is filled and formed in a gap in the cavity. A semiconductor device high in yields and connection reliability, adaptable to a microscopic pitch of electrodes of a semiconductor chip, and excellent in electric characteristic is obtained at low cost. | 08-26-2010 |
Shigenori Sawachi, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20100032833 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip of a multilayer wiring structure having an insulating film formed on a surface thereof, multiple electrode pads formed at a central part and an outer peripheral part of the insulating film, and multiple protective metal layers formed respectively on the electrode pads. The semiconductor device also includes a substrate having the semiconductor chip mounted thereon and including multiple substrate terminals formed on a surface thereof respectively in positions corresponding to the electrode pads. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate by connecting a stud bump to a solder bump. The stud bump is formed on any one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals and the solder bump is formed on the other one of each of the protective metal layers and each of the substrate terminals. | 02-11-2010 |
Shigenori Sawachi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20130026650 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE STRUCTURE CONFIGURED BY VERTICALLY STACKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device is made up of an organic substrate; through vias which penetrate the organic substrate in its thickness direction; external electrodes and internal electrodes provided to the front and back faces of the organic substrate and electrically connected to the through vias; a semiconductor element mounted on one main surface of the organic substrate via a bonding layer, with an element circuit surface thereof facing upward; an insulating material layer for sealing the semiconductor element and a periphery thereof; a metal thin film wiring layer provided in the insulating material layer, with a part of this metal thin film wiring layer being exposed on an external surface; metal vias provided in the insulating material layer and electrically connected to the metal thin film wiring layer; and external electrodes formed on the metal thin film wiring layer. | 01-31-2013 |
20130200523 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device containing: a semiconductor element; a support substrate; an insulating material layer for sealing the semiconductor element and a periphery thereof; a metal thin film wiring layer provided in the insulating material layer, with a part thereof being exposed on an external surface; and metal vias provided in the insulating material layer and electrically connected to the metal thin film wiring layer. The semiconductor element is provided in a plurality of units and the respective semiconductor elements are stacked via an insulating material such that a circuit surface of each semiconductor element faces the metal thin film wiring layer, and electrode pads of each semiconductor element are exposed without being hidden by the semiconductor element stacked thereabove. | 08-08-2013 |
Shigenori Sawachi, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20150243632 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR STACKED MODULE STRUCTURE, STACKED MODULE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device, having an insulating substrate; a semiconductor element which is mounted on one main surface of the insulating substrate via adhesive, with an element circuit surface of the semiconductor element facing upwards; a first insulating material layer which seals the element circuit surface of the semiconductor element and the insulating substrate peripheral thereto; a first metal thin film wire layer which is provided on the first insulating material layer (A) and a portion of which is exposed to an external surface; a first insulating material layer (B) which is provided on the first metal thin film wire layer; a second insulating material layer which is provided on a main surface of the insulating substrate where the semiconductor element is not mounted; and a second metal thin film wire layer which is provided inside the second insulating material layer. | 08-27-2015 |
Yoichi Sawachi, Kurokawa-Gun JP
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20090041338 | PHOTOGRAPHING FIELD ANGLE CALCULATION APPARATUS - A memory of a photographing field angle calculation apparatus has stored therein the position of each point captured by an imaging system as three coordinate values in horizontal, vertical, and depth directions when a photography space is photographed by the imaging system. A usage pixel value extraction means selects a plurality of points located in end portions in the horizontal direction of a range captured by the imaging system from those stored in the memory based on the vertical coordinate value, and extracts the horizontal and depth coordinate values of each of the selected points. A field angle calculation means calculates a horizontal photographing field angle when the photography space is photographed using the extracted horizontal and depth coordinate values. | 02-12-2009 |
20090237494 | Apparatus, method, and program for displaying stereoscopic images - A stereoscopic image display apparatus is constituted by: an image obtaining section for obtaining a plurality of images, which are obtained by photography of a subject from different positions; a distance measuring section, for measuring the distance to the subject; a stereoscopic image generating section, for generating a stereoscopic image for three dimensional display from the plurality of images; a display region generating section, for generating display regions that display the images in manners corresponding to the distance, when the display regions are displayed overlapped in the stereoscopic image; and a display section, for displaying the stereoscopic image, on which the display regions are overlapped. | 09-24-2009 |
20120212485 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A stereoscopic image display apparatus, includes an image obtaining unit, for obtaining a plurality of images, which are obtained by photography of a subject from different positions by a photography unit, a distance measuring unit, for measuring the distance to the subject from the photography unit, a stereoscopic image generating unit, for generating a stereoscopic image for three dimensional display from the plurality of images, a display region generating unit, for generating display regions that display the images in having amounts of parallax corresponding to the distance, when the display regions are displayed overlapped in the stereoscopic image, a display unit, for displaying the stereoscopic image, on which the display regions are overlapped, and a zoom unit for enlarging reducing the stereoscopic image, the display region generating unit changing sizes of the display regions according to the zoom magnification rate when the stereoscopic image is enlarged/reduced. | 08-23-2012 |
Yoichi Sawachi, Saitama JP
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20110116058 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD FOR LENTICULAR SHEET - A lenticular sheet includes an array of lenticules and a back surface located opposite to the lenticules. In a printer, a printhead prints plural interlaced images on the back surface, the interlaced images being formed by interlacing two original images having disparity. A line sensor has plural sensor elements arranged in an array direction of the lenticules, and receives detection light condensed by a cylindrical lens, to output a detection signal for representing a vertex point of the lenticules. A transport device transports the lenticular sheet in the array direction, and adjusts an orientation of the lenticular sheet during transport to remove offset of the lenticular sheet from the array direction. A controller controls the transport device according to the detection signal, sets a longitudinal direction of the lenticules perpendicular to the array direction by adjusting the orientation, and drives the printhead for printing. | 05-19-2011 |
Youichi Sawachi, Kurokawa-Gun JP
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20090148038 | DISTANCE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A distance image processing apparatus including a distance image obtaining unit for obtaining distance values that include depth information and position information, and represent a three-dimensional shape of a subject obtained by photographing the subject, a conversion unit for converting the depth information with a quantization number such that the smaller the depth information the larger the quantization number, and an image file generation unit for generating an image file of a distance image with distance values that include the converted depth information as the pixel value of each pixel, the image file including information related to the conversion attached thereto. | 06-11-2009 |
20090189975 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FILE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - A file generation apparatus comprises three-dimensional data acquisition means for obtaining a three-dimensional data set comprising distance data representing a three-dimensional shape of a subject, data conversion means for generating a converted three-dimensional data set by arranging the distance data according to distance, and generation means for identifying the distance data at a boundary in the case where the converted three-dimensional data set is divided at predetermined distance intervals and for generating a three-dimensional data file storing the converted three-dimensional data set and storage location information representing a storage location of the identified distance data in the file. | 07-30-2009 |
Youichi Sawachi, Kawaguchi-Shi JP
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20080205708 | RANGING APPARATUS AND RANGING METHOD - A first ranging apparatus includes a light-emitting unit for emitting a series of first through fourth modulated lights which have respective different time lengths from a reference time to respective time points at which the first through fourth modulated lights start being emitted, a light-detecting unit for detecting reflected lights from an object that is irradiated with the first through fourth modulated lights, and a calculating unit for calculating the distance up to the object based on the phase difference between the first through fourth modulated lights and the reflected lights. The light-emitting unit comprises a start time controller for controlling the time lengths. The light-detecting units samples the amounts of the reflected lights in exposure periods established at a constant cycle length from the reference time. | 08-28-2008 |
20080205709 | RANGING APPARATUS AND RANGING METHOD - A first ranging apparatus includes a light-emitting unit for emitting a series of first through fourth modulated lights which have respective different start phases at which the first through fourth modulated lights start being emitted, a light-detecting unit for detecting reflected lights from an object that is irradiated with the first through fourth modulated lights, and a calculating unit for calculating the distance up to the object based on the phase difference between the first through fourth modulated lights and the reflected lights. The light-emitting unit comprises a start phase controller for controlling the start phases. The light-detecting units samples the amounts of the reflected lights in exposure periods established at a constant cycle length from the time when the modulated lights start being emitted. | 08-28-2008 |
20080231831 | RANGING APPARATUS AND RANGING METHOD - A first ranging apparatus includes a synchronizing signal generator for generating a synchronizing signal at a constant interval, a light-emitting unit for emitting an intensity-modulated light in response to the synchronizing signal input thereto, a light-detecting unit for detecting a reflected light from an object irradiated with the modulated light, in response to the synchronizing signal input thereto, a calculating unit for calculating the distance up to the object based on the phase difference between the modulated light and the reflected light, and a synchronizing signal control unit for changing an arrival time of the synchronizing signal from the synchronizing signal generator at the light-detecting unit, depending on the number of times that the synchronizing signal is generated. The light-detecting unit samples the amount of the reflected light in exposure periods established at a constant cycle length with reference to a time at which the synchronizing signal is input thereto. | 09-25-2008 |
20080231832 | RANGING APPARATUS AND RANGING METHOD - A first ranging apparatus includes a light emitter for emitting a modulated light which is intensity-modulated, a light detector for detecting a reflected light from an object that is irradiated with the modulated light, a distance calculator for calculating the distance up to the object based on the phase difference between the modulated light and the reflected light, and a gate controller. The gate controller outputs gate pulses to control a light emission controller to intermittently emit the modulated light to the object and also control an electrooptical shutter or an electronic shutter of an image capturing device to intermittently detect the reflected light from the object based on the intermittent emission of the modulated light. | 09-25-2008 |
Youichi Sawachi, Saitama-Shi JP
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20130100253 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING CAPTURING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - To remove visual discomfort during a zooming period, thereby enabling an observer not to feel fatigued. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100257 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A image processing method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a parallax amount calculating step of calculating a parallax amount of each pixel of a plurality of viewpoint images constituting a multi-viewpoint image; and a parallax amount correcting step of correcting the parallax amount of each pixel, based on a zoom value of the multi-viewpoint image and the calculated parallax amount of each pixel, in such a manner that a different in parallax amount corresponding to an object distance is kept unchanged even if the zoom value is changed, when a parallax amount of each pixel of at least a portion of the multi-viewpoint image is corrected by image processing. | 04-25-2013 |
20140192162 | SINGLE-EYE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - After AE/AF/AWB operation, a subject distance is calculated for each pixel, and a histogram which shows the distance distribution is created based thereon. The class with the highest frequency which is the peak at the side nearer than the focus distance is searched based on the histogram and a rectangular area Ln which includes pixels which have a subject distance within the searched range is set. The average parallax amount Pn which is included in the rectangular area Ln is calculated and it is confirmed whether Pn is within a range of parallax amounts a and a−t1. In a case where Pn is not within a range of parallax amounts a and a−t1 which is set in advance, the aperture value is adjusted such that Pn is within the range of the parallax amounts a and a−t1. | 07-10-2014 |
20150187046 | STILL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A mixture ratio determiner chooses a first mixture ratio set in a case where a blur evaluation value is a reference value or more, and chooses a second mixture ratio set in a case where the blur evaluation value is less than the reference value. The second mixture ratio set has a higher mixture ratio of an in-focus image and a lower mixture ratio of an out-of-focus image than the first mixture ratio set. A mixed image generator produces a plurality of mixed images having a gradually varying mixture ratio, from the in-focus image and the out-of-focus image. A display controller sequentially displays the plurality of mixed images on a monitor in the manner of a moving image. | 07-02-2015 |
Youichi Sawachi, Asaka-Shi JP
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20080199046 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR TAKING SOLID IMAGE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - A solid image taking apparatus includes a plurality of image taking portions which obtain a plurality of images at each sight point by taking a plurality of images of objects from different sight points, a distance measuring portion which measures object distances which are distances to the objects from the plurality of image taking portions, and a classifying portion which classifies the objects included in the images into a plurality of groups according to the object distances and outputs the result of classification. | 08-21-2008 |
Youichi Sawachi, Saitama JP
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20110228043 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND 3D INFORMATION OBTAINING SYSTEM - In a pantoscopic camera, right and left images, which overlap with each other, are captured from a subject. Overlap areas are detected from these images, and a composite image is produced from either of the overlap areas and non-overlap areas of the respective images. So long as a shutter button is not operated, the right and left images are successively captured to display the composite image as a moving through-image on an LCD. When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the LCD is switched from the composite image to an overlap area image that corresponds to the overlap area. On the basis of the detected overlap areas, 3D information on the subject may be obtained, or a stereoscopic image may be displayed. | 09-22-2011 |
20120229608 | IMAGE PROCCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Stereoscopic tracking during a zooming period is facilitated to alleviate eye fatigue. An image processing device includes an imaging unit | 09-13-2012 |