Patents by Inventor Akira Nakayama

Akira Nakayama 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).

  • Patent number: 8203548
    Abstract: A driving circuit of a display device is provided. In a first time period of a data writing period, a control section of the driving circuit effects control so as to short-circuit a first node which is set to a target gradation potential and a node (second node) adjacent to the first node, and such that a line (second line) between the second node and a hold capacitor of a pixel is connected in parallel to a line (first line) between the first node and the hold capacitor of the pixel. Further, in a second time period following the first time period, the control section controls switching element groups so as to cancel short-circuiting between the first node and the second node, and such that the second line is not connected in parallel to the first line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Nagatomo, Akira Nakayama, Akihiro Sushihara
  • Publication number: 20120146233
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of the invention include a rectangular semiconductor element mounted on a substrate formed with an external input terminal, an external output terminal, and a plurality of wiring patterns connected to each of the external input terminal and the external output terminal. The semiconductor element comprises, a plurality of first electrodes formed along a first edge of a surface thereof, a plurality of second electrodes formed along an edge opposite to the first edge of the surface, a plurality of third electrodes formed in the neighborhood of a functional block, and an internal wiring for connecting the first electrodes and the third electrodes. The substrate comprises, a first wiring pattern for connecting the external input terminal and the first electrodes, a second wiring pattern for connecting the external output terminal and the second electrodes, and a third wiring pattern for connecting the first electrodes and the third electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8188580
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a semiconductor element, and a substrate are provided, which allow the semiconductor element to be provided with a reduced size when combined. The semiconductor device has a rectangular semiconductor element mounted on a substrate formed with an external input terminal, an external output terminal, and a plurality of wiring patterns connected to each of the external input terminal and the external output terminal. The semiconductor element includes a grayscale voltage generating unit for generating a plurality of grayscale voltages by dividing a reference voltage, a plurality of electrodes for the reference voltage formed in the neighborhood of the grayscale voltage generating unit; and an internal wiring for connecting the grayscale voltage generating unit and the reference voltage electrodes. The substrate includes a wiring pattern for the reference voltage for connecting the external input terminal and the reference voltage electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8154132
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of the invention include a rectangular semiconductor element mounted on a substrate formed with an external input terminal, an external output terminal, and a plurality of wiring patterns connected to each of the external input terminal and the external output terminal. The semiconductor element comprises, a plurality of first electrodes formed along a first edge of a surface thereof, a plurality of second electrodes formed along an edge opposite to the first edge of the surface, a plurality of third electrodes formed in the neighborhood of a functional block, and an internal wiring for connecting the first electrodes and the third electrodes. The substrate comprises, a first wiring pattern for connecting the external input terminal and the first electrodes, a second wiring pattern for connecting the external output terminal and the second electrodes, and a third wiring pattern for connecting the first electrodes and the third electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8146691
    Abstract: A travel drive system for a work vehicle includes: an HST drive device comprising a hydraulic pump driven by a prime mover and a hydraulic motor connected to the hydraulic pump by a closed circuit; an electric motor driven by using electric power generated by drive of the prime mover; a first drive wheel driven by the HST drive device; a second drive wheel driven by the electric motor; a vehicle speed detector that detects a vehicle speed; and a control unit that distributes output of the prime mover to the HST drive device and to the electric motor such that, as the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector increases, a proportion of a first power distributed to the HST drive device decreases and a proportion of a second power distributed to the electric motor increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Udagawa, Akira Nakayama, Tsukasa Toyooka, Makoto Sugaya
  • Patent number: 8058713
    Abstract: A COF package having a tape substrate including external input terminals and external output terminals provided in a chip non-mounting area, input wirings connected to the external input terminals respectively, output wirings connected to the external output terminals respectively, internal input wirings which are provided from the chip non-mounting area to a chip mounting area and provided between the input wirings and which are connected to the external input terminals, respectively, and a dummy wiring provided from the chip non-mounting area to the chip mounting area and provided between the internal input wirings; and a semiconductor chip including input electrodes connected to the input wirings respectively, output electrodes connected to the output wirings respectively, internal input electrodes connected to the internal input wirings respectively, and a dummy electrode provided spaced from each input electrode along one side of the chip surface, and connected to the dummy wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20110242084
    Abstract: A source driver for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel in which during a first predetermined period immediately after polarity of a voltage according to image data is inverted, each column terminal of the LCD panel is shorted to a common line through an output terminal and a second switch element, a first output amplifying portion is set to a high impedance state, and an output signal of a second output amplifying portion is fed back to a differential amplifying portion through a third switch element. During a period after the first predetermined period and before inversion of polarity of a voltage according to the image data, an output signal of the first output amplifying portion is supplied to the output terminal without passing though a switch element, and is fed back to the differential amplifying portion through a fourth switch element. The output signal of the second output amplifying portion is fed back to the differential amplifying portion through the first and fourth switch elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20110176683
    Abstract: The acoustic signal transmission method is based on generating a synthesized sound electrical signal by electrically synthesizing an audible sound signal and another signal different than the audible sound signal at the sending side, and transmitting the synthesized sound electrical signal, and extracting the another signal different than the audible sound signal from the synthesized sound electrical signal at the receiving side. Here, generation of the synthesized sound electrical signal is made by using a data hiding technique, for example. Accordingly, the acoustic signal represented by the synthesized sound electrical signal can be heard by human ears in the same way as the audible sound signal, and the synthesized another signal cannot be detected by human ears. Here, the synthesized sound electrical signal can be transmitted as a sound wave in air space, as electrical signal through a transmission line or as radio signals such as infrared and electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Iwaki, Akira Nakayama, Tamotsu Machino, Ikuo Kitagishi, Yukihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110148842
    Abstract: A source driver for a liquid crystal display panel which comprises a first amplifier which outputs a drive voltage to one of two mutually adjacent column terminals of the liquid crystal display panel, a second amplifier which outputs a drive voltage to the other of the two mutually adjacent column terminals of the liquid crystal display panel, a switching portion which alternately outputs a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage corresponding to image data to the first and second amplifiers through two output terminals by switching operations performed for each predetermined period, and a connecting portion which electrically connects lines from the two output terminals to the amplifiers, while the switching portion is performing a switching operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20110146742
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element is configured to have two types of conductors with different Seebeck coefficients physically connected alternately with an electrode via one or more electrical resistance layers formed by electrical resistor having electrical resistance rate of 1×10?3 ?em or more. This arrangement enables charges to be generated by the difference of temperature in both ends of the element and to be densely stored in the electrical resistance layers formed by electrical resistor. Moreover, it is thought that thermal energy equivalent to the difference of temperature is input into the electrical resistance layers and that electromotive force increases as a result of an increase of output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: DA VINCI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Higashi, Yuji Hori, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Yoji Yamada, Kaoru Kishigui, Akira Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7949519
    Abstract: The acoustic signal transmission method is based on generating a synthesized sound electrical signal by electrically synthesizing an audible sound signal and another signal different than the audible sound signal at the sending side, and transmitting the synthesized sound electrical signal, and extracting the another signal different than the audible sound signal from the synthesized sound electrical signal at the receiving side. Here, generation of the synthesized sound electrical signal is made by using a data hiding technique, for example. Accordingly, the acoustic signal represented by the synthesized sound electrical signal can be heard by human ears in the same way as the audible sound signal, and the synthesized another signal cannot be detected by human ears. Here, the synthesized sound electrical signal can be transmitted as a sound wave in air space, as electrical signal through a transmission line or as radio signals such as infrared and electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Iwaki, Akira Nakayama, Tamotsu Machino, Ikuo Kitagishi, Yukihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110090005
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a semiconductor element, and a substrate are provided, which allow the semiconductor element to be provided with a reduced size when combined. The semiconductor device has a rectangular semiconductor element mounted on a substrate formed with an external input terminal, an external output terminal, and a plurality of wiring patterns connected to each of the external input terminal and the external output terminal. The semiconductor element includes a grayscale voltage generating unit for generating a plurality of grayscale voltages by dividing a reference voltage, a plurality of electrodes for the reference voltage formed in the neighborhood of the grayscale voltage generating unit; and an internal wiring for connecting the grayscale voltage generating unit and the reference voltage electrodes. The substrate includes a wiring pattern for the reference voltage for connecting the external input terminal and the reference voltage electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7902645
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a semiconductor element, and a substrate are provided, which allow the semiconductor element to be provided with a reduced size when combined. The semiconductor device has a rectangular semiconductor element mounted on a substrate formed with an external input terminal, an external output terminal, and a plurality of wiring patterns connected to each of the external input terminal and the external output terminal. The semiconductor element includes a grayscale voltage generating unit for generating a plurality of grayscale voltages by dividing a reference voltage, a plurality of electrodes for the reference voltage formed in the neighborhood of the grayscale voltage generating unit; and an internal wiring for connecting the grayscale voltage generating unit and the reference voltage electrodes. The substrate includes a wiring pattern for the reference voltage for connecting the external input terminal and the reference voltage electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7833798
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of analyzing albumin in a sample solution, which is characterized by pretreating a sample solution before subjecting the sample solution to mass spectrometry or liquid chromatography. The present invention further provides a method of accurately and stably analyzing the amount and ratio of oxidized and reduced albumin in a sample solution, and an albumin standard accurate and controlled quantitative analysis of albumin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kubota, Naoyuki Yamada, Kenji Takehana, Asami Kawakami, Akira Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20100128027
    Abstract: A driving voltage output circuit for a matrix display panel includes high-side voltage followers and low-side voltage followers. Each voltage follower includes a differential input stage, a control stage, and an output stage. First and second transistors in the differential input stage receive non-inverting and inverting inputs and produce first and second potentials that control the control stage. Third and fourth transistors of different channel types in the control stage are connected in a push-pull configuration between high-side and low-side power supply potentials to generate a control potential. Fifth and sixth transistors of identical channel types in the output stage are connected in series between an intermediate reference potential and one of the power supply potentials, and are controlled by the first potential and the control potential to generate an output potential. The output potential is fed back as the inverting input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20100128026
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus supplies pixel driving potentials corresponding to pixel data to the source lines of a display panel. The pixels are located at the intersections of the source lines and a set of scanning lines. For each pixel, the driving potentials are alternately positive and negative with respect to a common reference potential supplied to the display panel. While the display driving apparatus is latching the pixel data for the pixels on each scanning line, the output circuits of the display driving apparatus are disconnected from the source lines, allowing the source lines to return to the common reference potential, thereby avoiding unwanted current flows in the output circuits and unwanted distortion of the pixel driving waveforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20100128018
    Abstract: A driving voltage output circuit for a matrix display panel includes high-side voltage followers and low-side voltage followers. Each voltage follower includes a differential input stage, a control stage, and an output stage. The differential input stage receives non-inverting and inverting inputs and produces first and second potentials. The control stage generates third and fourth potentials from the first and second potentials. The output stage includes three transistors connected respectively to the high-side power supply, the low-side power supply, and an intermediate reference potential, and connected in common to an output terminal. Two of the three transistors are of identical channel type and are controlled by the first and fourth potentials. The third transistor is of the opposite conductive type and is controlled by the third potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7712565
    Abstract: A hydro-static transmission travel system for a working machine enables the working machine to travel over a range from low speed to high speed with a simplified circuit arrangement. By referring to a machine traveling speed (vehicle speed) based on a detected signal from a rotation sensor, a controller computes respective target tilting amounts of hydraulic motors 10, 20 and controls the tilting amount for the hydraulic motors and a clutch. Depending on whether the traveling speed exceeds a setting speed as a reference boundary, the controller selectively switches over a drive mode between low-speed four-wheel drive, in which travel units 12, 22 are both driven, and high-speed two-wheel drive, in which the front-wheel side hydraulic motor 10 is controlled to zero displacement and only the rear-wheel side travel unit 22 is driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Udagawa, Eiji Egawa, Akira Nakayama, Kazuo Takiguchi, Tsukasa Toyooka, Makoto Sugaya, Kensuke Sato
  • Patent number: 7700234
    Abstract: A binder for electrode of lithium ion secondary battery, comprised of a copolymer composed of 15 to 80 weight % of units from ethylenically unsaturated monomer (A) whose homopolymerization yields a polymer soluble in N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and 20 to 85 weight % of units from ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B) whose homopolymerization yields a polymer insoluble in NMP, which copolymer exhibits a swelling degree of 4 or below, in an electrolyte obtained by dissolving LiPF6 in the concentration of 1 mol/liter into a solvent of 1:2 (volume ratio at 20° C.) mixture of ethylene carbonate (EC) and diethyl carbonate (DEC). This binder for electrode of lithium ion secondary battery enables obtaining an electrode having a flexible electrode layer excelling in binding properties with industrial advantage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakayama, Takao Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100039413
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel driving apparatus for driving a display panel including a plurality of display cells, in accordance with an inputted image signal, including, a first latch section that successively reads and holds a pixel data piece for each pixel based on the inputted image signal, a second latch section that successively reads and outputs pixel data pieces every Q pieces (Q is an integer equal to or larger than 2) with a predetermined time difference therebetween in accordance with a load signal, a drive potential generating section that generates a drive potential to drive each of the display cells based on the outputted pixel data pieces, and an output gate section that applies the drive potentials to the respective display cells of the display panel, simultaneously after an elapse of a predetermined time period from a timing of supplying the load signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventor: Akira Nakayama