Inventor

Masahiro Shimizu

Inventor

Hyogo, JP

Overview

1979–2020

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 175 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H10Bprimary

H10BElectronic memory devices9%

H10DInorganic electric semiconductor devices9%

G10HElectrophonic musical instruments7%

F02BInternal-combustion piston engines5%

H10PGeneric processes or apparatus for the manufacture or treatment of devices covered by class h105%

Y02TClimate change mitigation technologies related to transportation4%

G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein4%

G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information4%

H10WGeneric packages, interconnections, connectors or other constructional details of devices covered by class h104%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests3%

PatentTitleYear

10,771,882User interface for an earbud device2020 10,661,859Lever apparatus2020 10,666,849Imaging control device, imaging control method, and imaging control system with moving image processing that adapts to received radio wave strength2020 10,470,231Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and program2019 10,180,392Plasma processing detection indicator using inorganic substance as a color-change layer2019 9,941,284Semiconductor device2018 9,891,483'Liquid crystal display device'2018 9,748,247'Semiconductor device'2017 9,425,892'Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program'2016 9,199,685'Inverted pendulum type vehicle'2015 8,882,478'Turbocharger with electric motor'2014 8,847,863'Liquid crystal display device'2014 8,794,357'Inverted pendulum type vehicle'2014 8,759,891'Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of fabricating the same'2014 8,754,316'Musical sound signal generation apparatus'2014 8,732,710'Device and method for ordering process execution using process step tables'2014 8,675,649'Audio network system and method of detecting topology in audio signal transmitting system'2014 8,654,297'Liquid crystal display device'2014 8,622,691'Supercharger'2014 8,527,076'Control apparatus for music system comprising a plurality of equipments connected together via network, and integrated software for controlling the music system'2013 8,524,510'Method for manufacturing magnetic memory chip device'2013 8,513,578'Electromagnetic wave processing apparatus'2013 8,494,669'Control apparatus for music system comprising a plurality of equipments connected together via network, and integrated software for controlling the music system'2013 8,479,513'Control device for drive unit of rotary motor for electrically assisted turbocharger'2013 8,468,801'Method and system for warming up catalytic converter for cleaning up exhaust gas'2013 8,471,321'Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of fabricating the same'2013 8,435,688'Cooling apparatus of fuel cell vehicle'2013 8,436,954'Method of driving liquid crystal display device, and liquid crystal display device'2013 8,330,913'Liquid crystal display device'2012 8,294,319'Motor rotor and method for correcting rotating balance thereof'2012 8,189,602'Audio network system'2012 8,184,076'Method for driving liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device'2012 8,157,544'Motor driven supercharger with motor/generator cooling efficacy'2012 8,157,543'High-speed rotating shaft of supercharger'2012 8,152,489'Motor-driven supercharger'2012 8,124,425'Method for manufacturing magnetic memory chip device'2012 8,110,045'Processing equipment for object to be processed'2012 8,107,801'Heat treatment apparatus, computer program, and storage medium'2012 8,107,025'Display unit having illuminator and liquid crystal layer capable of forming intermediate layer'2012 8,096,126'Motor-driven supercharger'2012 8,079,257'Method and apparatus for balancing an electrically assisted turbocharger rotor'2011 8,028,669'Power unit for motorcycle'2011 8,011,477'Motorcycle power unit'2011 8,001,781'Motor-driven supercharger'2011 7,986,378'Liquid crystal display device, its drive method, liquid crystal panel drive device, and liquid crystal panel drive method'2011 7,982,991'Method and apparatus for determining set value of write current of magnetic head'2011 7,978,963'Thermal processing apparatus'2011 7,924,276'Display device, method of driving same and electronic device mounting same'2011 7,913,658'Valve actuating mechanism for an internal combustion engine, and cylinder head incorporating same'2011 7,880,822'Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device'2011 7,846,255'Processing equipment for object to be processed'2010 7,837,448'Supercharger'2010 7,834,504'Motor rotor'2010 7,823,684'Power unit for motorcycle'2010 7,816,204'Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of fabricating the same'2010 7,810,164'User management method, and computer program having user authorization management function'2010 RE041757'Sound source system based on computer software and method of generating acoustic waveform data'2010 7,801,873'Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, program, and data'2010 7,795,648'Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of fabricating the same'2010 7,754,562'Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of fabricating the same'2010 7,738,205'Recording disk drive and method of managing defective regions in the same'2010 RE041297'Tone waveform generating method and apparatus based on software'2010 7,709,722'Audio signal processing apparatus'2010 7,681,677'Intake structure in fuel cell powered vehicle, and motorcycle with fuel cell mounted thereon'2010 7,684,415'Audio network system'2010 7,673,452'Motor-driven supercharger'2010 7,676,504'Device and method for processing content and an information file related to the content'2010 7,665,561'Power unit for a motorcycle, and motorcycle incorporating same'2010 7,629,557'Heat treatment apparatus using a lamp for rapidly and uniformly heating a wafer'2009 7,620,468'Control apparatus for music system comprising a plurality of equipments connected together via network, and integrated software for controlling the music system'2009 7,617,012'Audio signal processing system'2009 7,586,559'Display unit'2009 7,582,338'Liquid crystal medium'2009 7,559,751'Supercharger with electric motor'2009 7,559,393'Exhaust structure for fuel cell vehicles'2009 7,515,979'Automix system'2009 7,478,698'Arrangement of intake and exhaust system components in a fuel cell powered vehicle'2009 7,457,068'Magnetic disk drive with efficient power generation'2008 7,439,132'Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of fabricating the same'2008 7,430,565'Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program'2008 7,420,115'Memory access controller for musical sound generating system'2008 7,417,816'Surface analysis test with mixed ECC symbol'2008 7,368,776'Semiconductor device comprising a highly-reliable, constant capacitance capacitor'2008 7,367,190'Supercharger with electric motor'2008 7,323,661'Heat treatment apparatus using a lamp for rapidly and uniformly heating a wafer'2008 7,321,353'Display device method of driving same and electronic device mounting same'2008 7,319,442'Drive method and drive circuit for plasma display panel'2008 7,315,869'Data reproducing apparatus, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program'2008 7,301,815'Semiconductor memory device comprising controllable threshould voltage dummy memory cells'2007 7,286,108'Display device, method of driving same and electronic device mounting same'2007 7,233,563'Polarizing optical element and display device including the same'2007 7,170,705'Recording device and controller and control method for a recording device'2007 7,075,037'Heat treatment apparatus using a lamp for rapidly and uniformly heating a wafer'2006 7,045,420'Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of fabricating the same'2006 6,940,116'Semiconductor device comprising a highly-reliable, constant capacitance capacitor'2005 6,891,692'Disk drive apparatus, head position control method, and hard disk drive'2005 6,852,867'Process for preparation of a benzofuran derivative'2005 6,803,888'Drive method and drive circuit for plasma display panel'2004 6,762,084'Integrated circuit having a memory cell transistor with a gate oxide layer which is thicker than the gate oxide layer of a peripheral circuit transistor'2004 6,756,267'Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a capacitor with a roughened-surface electrode'2004 6,756,532'Waveform signal generation method with pseudo low tone synthesis'2004 6,740,804'Waveform generating method, performance data processing method, waveform selection apparatus, waveform data recording apparatus, and waveform data recording and reproducing apparatus'2004 6,707,154'Semiconductor device and production method for the same'2004 6,530,687'Temperature measuring system'2003 6,495,418'Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a capacitor'2002 6,467,337'Device for calculating cruising range and method therefor'2002 6,466,186'Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel unaffected by the display load amount'2002 6,455,381'Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a trench isolation structure'2002 6,455,410'Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same'2002 6,407,664'System and method for monitoring vehicle'2002 6,403,871'Tone generation method based on combination of wave parts and tone-generating-data recording method and apparatus'2002 6,341,002'Liquid crystal display device'2002 RE037422'Electronic musical instrument'2001 6,281,423'Tone generation method based on combination of wave parts and tone-generating-data recording method and apparatus'2001 6,274,799'Method of mapping waveforms to timbres in generation of musical forms'2001 6,271,811'Method of driving plasma display panel having improved operational margin'2001 6,261,372'Vacuum process system'2001 6,236,527'Disk drive with actuator load/unload controller'2001 6,194,758'Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of fabricating the same'2001 6,169,241'Sound source with free compression and expansion of voice independently of pitch'2001 6,066,881'Integrated circuit having a memory cell transistor with a gate oxide layer which is thicker than the gate oxide layer of a peripheral circuit transistor'2000 5,981,860'Sound source system based on computer software and method of generating acoustic waveform data'1999 5,955,691'Software sound source'1999 5,932,906'DRAM semiconductor device'1999 5,903,245'Method of driving plasma display panel having improved operational margin'1999 5,892,170'Musical tone generation apparatus using high-speed bus for data transfer in waveform memory'1999 5,850,050'Method and apparatus for generating musical tones, method and apparatus for processing music data, method and apparatus reproducing processed music data and storage media for practicing same'1998 5,739,641'Circuit for driving plasma display panel'1998 5,725,202'Fluid-filled elastic bushing having displacement restrictor with elastic buffer and stiff abutting part'1998 5,696,342'Tone waveform generating method and apparatus based on software'1997 5,683,923'Semiconductor memory device capable of electrically erasing and writing information and a manufacturing method of the same'1997 5,684,499'Method of driving plasma display panel having improved operational margin'1997 5,670,728'Musical tone creating apparatus for electronic musical instrument'1997 5,488,245'Semiconductor memory device capable of electrically erasing and writing information'1996 5,478,759'Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with retrograde wells'1995 5,466,623'Method of making semiconductor integrated circuit having isolation oxide regions with different thickness'1995 5,451,710'Waveform synthesizing apparatus'1995 5,442,127'Waveform generation device having a memory for storing adjacent sample data in different data compression representations'1995 5,427,972'Method of making a sidewall contact'1995 5,428,235'Semiconductor memory device including improved connection structure to FET elements'1995 5,413,663'Plasma processing apparatus'1995 5,378,923'Semiconductor device including a field effect transistor'1995 5,347,151'DRAM with memory cells having access transistor formed on solid phase epitaxial single crystalline layer and manufacturing method thereof'1994 5,334,683'Acrylate polymer elastomer and vulcanizable composition containing the same'1994 5,312,767'MOS type field effect transistor and manufacturing method thereof'1994 5,300,727'Electrical musical instrument having a tone color searching function'1994 5,275,960'Method of manufacturing MIS type FET semiconductor device with gate insulating layer having a high dielectric breakdown strength'1994 5,275,629'Semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus'1994 5,268,321'Method of making DRAM cell having improved radiation protection'1993 5,258,321'Manufacturing method for semiconductor memory device having stacked trench capacitors and improved intercell isolation'1993 5,250,458'Method for manufacturing semiconductor memory device having stacked memory capacitors'1993 5,231,038'Method of producing field effect transistor'1993 5,225,701'Vertical silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOS type field effect transistor'1993 5,220,117'Electronic musical instrument'1993 5,217,910'Method of fabricating semiconductor device having sidewall spacers and oblique implantation'1993 5,167,179'Electronic musical instrument for simulating a stringed instrument'1992 5,144,393'Structure for a PSD type field effect transistor'1992 5,134,452'MIS type FET semiconductor device with gate insulating layer having a high dielectric breakdown strength'1992 5,087,588'Method of making a side wall contact with reactive ion etching'1992 5,061,654'Semiconductor integrated circuit having oxide regions with different thickness'1991 5,023,682'Semiconductor memory device'1991 4,942,448'Structure for isolating semiconductor components on an integrated circuit and a method of manufacturing therefor'1990 4,931,897'Method of manufacturing semiconductor capacitive element'1990 4,891,035'Slide type universal joint having longitudinal grooves in which rollers travel without tilting'1990 4,855,953'Semiconductor memory device having stacked memory capacitors and method for manufacturing the same'1989 4,813,078'Character recognition apparatus'1989 4,791,680'Image data converter'1988 4,708,904'Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same'1987 4,707,723'Semiconductor device using a refractory metal as an electrode and interconnection'1987 4,702,797'Method of manufacturing semiconductor memory device'1987 4,353,511'Roll-paper setting mechanism'1982 4,353,274'Roll paper feeding and cutting system'1982 4,208,046'Sheet feeding assembly'1980 4,174,053'Vacuum bottle having a tilt responsive closure'1979 4,146,033'Medical catheter'1979

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1980–2018Patents assigned to SHARP KK (19)· patent assignee history

1987–2004Patents assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (37)· patent assignee history

1987–2013Based in Hyogo, JP· patent location history

1992–2014Patents assigned to YAMAHA CORP (32)· patent assignee history

1992–2014Based in Hamamatsu, JP· patent location history

1997–2020Based in Tokyo, JP· patent location history

2006–2013Based in Nirasaki, JP· patent location history

2008–2014Patents assigned to IHI CORP (14)· patent assignee history

2008–2020Based in Saitama, JP· patent location history

2011–2014Patents assigned to SHIMIZU MASAHIRO (29)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP	37	1987–2004
YAMAHA CORP	32	1992–2014
SHIMIZU MASAHIROself	29	2011–2014
SHARP KK	19	1980–2018
IHI CORP	14	2008–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Hyogo, JP	38	1987–2013
Tokyo, JP	31	1997–2020
Hamamatsu, JP	31	1992–2014
Saitama, JP	18	2008–2020
Nirasaki, JP	8	2006–2013