Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Okada

Hiromitsu Okada 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: 20240170084
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes, for example, internal circuitry (for example, a CPU), external terminals (for example, debug control terminals of the CPU) configured to be used by the internal circuitry in a non-test mode (for example, a debug mode of the CPU), and a test circuit configured to, upon detecting that a particular dedicated test mode control pattern has been inputted to the external terminals, cause a transition from the non-test mode to a test mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromitsu KIMURA, Tomokazu Okada, Yuji KUROTSUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240168092
    Abstract: For example, a semiconductor device includes a first region configured to be always kept in a power-on state regardless of whether in a first operation mode or a second operation mode, a second region configured to be in a power-on state in the first operation mode and in a power-off state in the second operation mode, a first test circuit configured to be implemented in the first region, and a second test circuit configured to be implemented in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji Kurotsuchi, Takashi Esumi, Tomokazu Okada, Hiromitsu Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240119215
    Abstract: For example, an I/O circuit is formed by freely combining a plurality of kinds of standard cells included in a cell library. The plurality of kinds of standard cells include at least first standard cells and a second standard cell. The first standard cells include first protection elements and a first power line formed in a region over the first protection elements to conduct to the first protection elements. The second standard cell includes a second protection element formed in a layout identical with that of the first protection elements, and a second power line formed in a region over the second protection element to conduct to the second protection element while being isolated from the first power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi YOSHIMURA, Hiromitsu KIMURA, Tomokazu OKADA, Yuji KUROTSUCHI
  • Patent number: 10194785
    Abstract: The insertion device includes an insertion portion that is inserted into a lumen, a fixing portion that is provided at an insertion part of the insertion portion to be inserted into the lumen, and fixes the insertion portion at a first position inside of the lumen, and a positioning portion that is attached to a part of the insertion portion exposed to the external of the lumen and provided in the outer part of the lumen. The positioning portion positions the insertion portion at a second position outside of the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Okada, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180042452
    Abstract: A spiral tube that forms a flexible tube used for an insertion section is formed by spirally and densely winding a band-like element wire, and being coated by an external layer from the outer periphery side. In the element wire, adjustment portions are arranged in intervals that are greater than half the circumference of the spiral along the longitudinal direction of the band. A plurality of retaining portions are formed as holes or bottomed holes in a continuous manner. The retaining portions are shifted in the circumferential direction of the longitudinal axis so that the retaining portions that are formed in the adjacent portions of the spirally wound element wire would not be next to each other in the direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu OKADA, Kohei ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20170079509
    Abstract: The insertion device includes an insertion portion that is inserted into a lumen, a fixing portion that is provided at an insertion part of the insertion portion to be inserted into the lumen, and fixes the insertion portion at a first position inside of the lumen, and a positioning portion that is attached to a part of the insertion portion exposed to the external of the lumen and provided in the outer part of the lumen. The positioning portion positions the insertion portion at a second position outside of the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu OKADA, Atsushi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8911354
    Abstract: A channel tube inserted into an insertion portion of an endoscope includes: a rear side tube including, on a part of an outer surface thereof, a helical-shaped groove; and a front side tube including, on a part of an outer surface thereof, a helical-shaped groove; a connecting pipe for connecting one end of the rear side tube and one end of the front side tube; and a coil wound on the groove of the rear side tube. The rear side tube is connected to the connecting pipe at a part where the groove is formed and the coil is not wound, and the front side tube is connected to the connecting pipe at a part where a coil is not wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Okada, Mamoru Machiya, Kei Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130253268
    Abstract: A channel tube inserted into an insertion portion of an endoscope includes: a rear side tube including, on a part of an outer surface thereof, a helical-shaped groove; and a front side tube including, on a part of an outer surface thereof, a helical-shaped groove; a connecting pipe for connecting one end of the rear side tube and one end of the front side tube; and a coil wound on the groove of the rear side tube. The rear side tube is connected to the connecting pipe at a part where the groove is formed and the coil is not wound, and the front side tube is connected to the connecting pipe at a part where a coil is not wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Okada, Mamoru Machiya, Kei Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8491466
    Abstract: An intraductal insertion device includes a thrust generating section installed at an insertion portion. The thrust generating section is made up of a flexible shaft adapted to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise around a shaft axis. The thrust generating section is configured by winding the shaft axis of the flexible shaft around an axis of the insertion portion in an insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Okada
  • Publication number: 20110144434
    Abstract: An intraductal insertion device includes a thrust generating section installed at an insertion portion. The thrust generating section is made up of a flexible shaft adapted to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise around a shaft axis. The thrust generating section is configured by winding the shaft axis of the flexible shaft around an axis of the insertion portion in an insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Hiromitsu OKADA
  • Patent number: 4753498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical reader for scanning a surface to be scanned by using information beam ray such as laser beam ray and optically reading a recorded information such as bar code recorded in the surface to be scanned. The optical reader is constituted such that optical beam emitted from a light source is reflected on a first rotary multiface mirror to scan on a surface to be scanned, and information beam reflected on the surface to be scanned is reflected on a second rotary multiface mirror to guide to an opto-electric transforming means. A scanning optical path for permitting the optical beam from the light source to pass therealong is formed independently from a reflecting optical path for permitting the information beam from the surface to be scanned to pass therealong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignees: Tokyo Kogaku Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Saitoh, Hiromitsu Okada, Hironobu Watanabe, Hiroshi Watanabe, Michio Waki, Keizo Shiihara, Hiromitsu Kijima, Yukito Matsuo, Tsuyoshi Ishida