Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Isoda

Hiroshi Isoda 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: 20080150376
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine enabling stator winding temperature detecting precision of a temperature measuring means to be improved while also improving assembly of the dynamoelectric machine is provided. The dynamoelectric machine according to the present invention includes: a stator winding disposed in a stator; a temperature sensor for estimating a stator winding temperature of the stator winding; and a thermally-conductive bracket disposed between the stator winding and the temperature sensor. An estimated value of the stator winding temperature is calculated using a sum of a measured temperature measured by the temperature measuring means and a correcting value for correcting the measured temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isoda, Yoshihito Asao
  • Patent number: 7301775
    Abstract: A tuner section is provided on one surface of a multilayered substrate, and a demodulating section on another surface of the multilayered substrate. The multilayered substrate further includes: an analog GND layer connected to the tuner section; a digital GND layer connected to the demodulating section; a shield GND layer which is provided between the analog GND layer and the digital GND layer; and insulation layers each provided (i) between the analog GND layer and shield GND layer, or (ii) between the digital GND layer and shield GND layer so as to electrically disconnect the shield GND layer from the analog GND layer and the digital GND layer. This allows the tuner section and the demodulating section to be respectively arranged on different surfaces of the substrate, for the purpose of downsizing of the receiving device, and yet allows the tuner section from being influenced by a harmonic signal generated in the demodulating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isoda
  • Publication number: 20070069932
    Abstract: A tuner section is provided on one surface of a multilayered substrate, and a demodulating section on another surface of the multilayered substrate. The multilayered substrate further includes: an analog GND layer connected to the tuner section; a digital GND layer connected to the demodulating section; a shield GND layer which is provided between the analog GND layer and the digital GND layer; and insulation layers each provided (i) between the analog GND layer and shield GND layer, or (ii) between the digital GND layer and shield GND layer so as to electrically disconnect the shield GND layer from the analog GND layer and the digital GND layer. This allows the tuner section and the demodulating section to be respectively arranged on different surfaces of the substrate, for the purpose of downsizing of the receiving device, and yet allows the tuner section from being influenced by a harmonic signal generated in the demodulating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isoda
  • Patent number: 7155188
    Abstract: Dispersing directions of oscillation frequency variable ranges of all voltage controlled oscillators provided in an integrated circuit are uniformed, and not only a range covering a frequency regardless of whether a dispersion occurs or not, but also a range covering the frequency only in a case where the dispersion occurs is used as the frequency variable range of the voltage controlled oscillator, and the frequency variable ranges of the voltage controlled oscillators are set so as to be successive with respect to each other, so that a small number of voltage controlled oscillators can cover a wide frequency variable range. Thus, the integrated circuit having voltage controlled oscillators therein is miniaturized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Noboru, Hiroshi Isoda, Shinji Amano
  • Patent number: 7039376
    Abstract: An AGC amplifier circuit has a fixed-gain amplifier, of which the gain is not controlled by an AGC voltage, and a variable-gain amplifier, of which the gain is controlled by the AGC voltage, that are connected in parallel. When the AGC voltage is within a predetermined voltage range, the overall gain of the AGC amplifier circuit is varied by the variable-gain amplifier; however, when the AGC voltage is outside the predetermined voltage range, the overall gain is kept constant by the fixed-gain amplifier. The minimum gain of the AGC amplifier circuit is set to be equal to the gain of the fixed-gain amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isoda
  • Patent number: 6642780
    Abstract: A variable frequency filter circuit, provided with a low pass filter constituted of a gm amplifier, is a low pass filter circuit in which a micro controller controls a current value converting circuit so as to adjust a reference current of the low pass filter in order to adjust a cut-off frequency. When the variable frequency filter circuit is in an adjusting mode, the variable frequency filter circuit detects a shift in a cut-off frequency of the low pass filter for filtering an actual signal. As to a dynamic change in a power supply voltage, ambient temperature or the like, which cannot be detected in real time, a value of the shift can be worked out in advance and with accuracy via simulation. Therefore, the shift is compensated in accordance with the value stored in a data memory. This requires no need of an arrangement to have a separate reference filter for detecting a shift for compensation of the shift, thereby eliminating an influence the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isoda
  • Publication number: 20030060177
    Abstract: Dispersing directions of oscillation frequency variable ranges of all voltage controlled oscillators provided in an integrated circuit are uniformed, and not only a range covering a frequency regardless of whether a dispersion occurs or not, but also a range covering the frequency only in a case where the dispersion occurs is used as the frequency variable range of the voltage controlled oscillator, and the frequency variable ranges of the voltage controlled oscillators are set so as to be successive with respect to each other, so that a small number of voltage controlled oscillators can cover a wide frequency variable range. Thus, the integrated circuit having voltage controlled oscillators therein is miniaturized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Noboru, Hiroshi Isoda, Shinji Amano
  • Publication number: 20030048130
    Abstract: A variable frequency filter circuit, provided with a low pass filter constituted of a gm amplifier, is a low pass filter circuit in which a micro controller controls a current value converting circuit so as to adjust a reference current of the low pass filter in order to adjust a cut-off frequency. When the variable frequency filter circuit is in an adjusting mode, the variable frequency filter circuit detects a shift in a cut-off frequency of the low pass filter for filtering an actual signal. As to a dynamic change in a power supply voltage, ambient temperature or the like, which cannot be detected in real time, a value of the shift can be worked out in advance and with accuracy via simulation. Therefore, the shift is compensated in accordance with the value stored in a data memory. This requires no need of an arrangement to have a separate reference filter for detecting a shift for compensation of the shift, thereby eliminating an influence the arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isoda
  • Patent number: 6433630
    Abstract: In a demodulator, a local oscillator 7 feeds a local oscillation signal having a frequency of f/n to a phase shifter 8. In the phase shifter 8, all-pass filters 9 and 10 produce two oscillation signals separated in phase by 90/n degrees from each other, which are then fed individually to n-times frequency multiplier 11 and 12. The n-times frequency multipliers 11 and 12 multiply the frequency of those oscillation signals by a factor of n and thereby produce two carriers having a frequency of f and separated in phase by 90 degrees from each other, which are then fed to mixers 2 and 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isoda
  • Patent number: 6388535
    Abstract: A smaller oscillator module enables oscillation frequency to be adjusted from the back after assembly is finished. The oscillator has oscillator circuit components mounted on the front of a circuit board having an internal dielectric layer, a back conductor layer covering a major part of the back of the circuit board, and at least a part of an inductor element of the oscillator circuit disposed internally with a part of an intervening dielectric layer from the back conductor layer. A slit or pinhole is formed in the back conductor. The oscillation frequency can then be adjusted after assembly is completed by emitting a trimming laser through this slit or pinhole to change the inductance by partially removing the dielectric layer and inductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Terukazu Otsuki, Masumi Nakamichi, Hiroshi Isoda, Masakazu Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20020025792
    Abstract: An AGC amplifier circuit has a fixed-gain amplifier, of which the gain is not controlled by an AGC voltage, and a variable-gain amplifier, of which the gain is controlled by the AGC voltage, that are connected in parallel. When the AGC voltage is within a predetermined voltage range, the overall gain of the AGC amplifier circuit is varied by the variable-gain amplifier; however, when the AGC voltage is outside the predetermined voltage range, the overall gain is kept constant by the fixed-gain amplifier. The minimum gain of the AGC amplifier circuit is set to be equal to the gain of the fixed-gain amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isoda
  • Patent number: 5900873
    Abstract: In an information processing device, in the case where a window is edited by a user referring to data of a window which is positioned behind all the other displayed windows, the window to be referred to is touched, a function key displayed on the left bottom corner of the display screen is pressed, and a portion of the window to be referred to is dragged by a pen so as to specify a region to be referred to. This allows the portion of the window specified by the pen to be displayed in front of the window to be edited. As a result, in the case where editing of data is carried out on an active window referring to a window which is not an active window, the window to be referred to and the window to be edited are both clearly recognized without carrying out a complicated operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isoda, Toshio Isoe