Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shimabukuro

Hiroshi Shimabukuro 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: 10317472
    Abstract: A power storage system includes: a power storage unit including a storage battery, a charging section that charges the storage battery, and a detection section that detects at least one status of the storage battery and the charging section from a plurality of perspectives; and an abnormality detection unit including an input section that acquires transmission information from the power storage unit via a transmission path, the transmission information including a plurality of detected status values, and an abnormality detection section that detects abnormality of the power storage unit by a multivariate analysis performed on the plurality of acquired status values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Shimabukuro
  • Publication number: 20160216338
    Abstract: A power storage system includes: a power storage unit including a storage battery, a charging section that charges the storage battery, and a detection section that detects at least one status of the storage battery and the charging section from a plurality of perspectives; and an abnormality detection unit including an input section that acquires transmission information from the power storage unit via a transmission path, the transmission information including a plurality of detected status values, and an abnormality detection section that detects abnormality of the power storage unit by a multivariate analysis performed on the plurality of acquired status values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi SHIMABUKURO
  • Patent number: 8014118
    Abstract: A load driving circuit in which a load is connected to the connecting point of transistors as low-side and high-side main switch elements that have a totem pole structure and are connected between a pair of drive voltage supply lines. A protection circuit section is provided for the high-side transistor. In the protection circuit section, a resistor as a voltage control element is provided for a MOSFET as an overvoltage prevention switch and a capacitor is connected between the gate and the drain of the MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Ikegami, Hideto Kobayashi, Hitoshi Sumida, Hiroshi Shimabukuro
  • Patent number: 7876291
    Abstract: A display panel drive device of reduced area occupied by circuit elements. The display panel drive device includes an output stage circuit having a low side selector circuit constituted by connecting in series inverters and a buffer circuit, n-channel IGBTs, a Zener diode and resistance respectively connected between the gate and emitter of the IGBT, a buffer circuit, and a high side selector circuit including an inverter. The buffer circuit includes a high side Pch-MOS operated by a logic signal from the high side selector circuit and a low side Nch-MOS operated by a logic signal of the low side selector circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Kobayashi, Gen Tada, Yoshihiro Shigeta, Hiroshi Shimabukuro
  • Patent number: 7606082
    Abstract: The semiconductor circuit includes a voltage-controlled semiconductor device (N)N, the resistance value of which is controllable with a high voltage, the drain terminal of the N can be connected to the gate terminal (control terminal) of an output semiconductor device (NO) via a resistor (R) or to a last output stage of the driver circuit, the source terminal of the N is connected to the emitter terminal of the NO, and the gate terminal of the N is connected to the collector terminal, which is the output terminal, of the NO. When the input terminal of the semiconductor circuit is at the Hi-level, the NO OFF. By connecting the output terminal of the NO to the high-potential-side of a high-voltage circuit disposed separately and the negative electrode of a control power supply (VDD) to the low-potential-side of the high-voltage circuit in the state, in which the NO is OFF, a desired high voltage is applied between the collector and emitter of the NO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimabukuro, Hideto Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Shigeta, Gen Tada
  • Publication number: 20080203926
    Abstract: A load driving circuit in which a load is connected to the connecting point of transistors as low-side and high-side main switch elements that have a totem pole structure and are connected between a pair of drive voltage supply lines. A protection circuit section is provided for the high-side transistor. In the protection circuit section, a resistor as a voltage control element is provided for a MOSFET as an overvoltage prevention switch and a capacitor is connected between the gate and the drain of the MOSFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Ikegami, Hideto Kobayashi, Hitoshi Sumida, Hiroshi Shimabukuro
  • Publication number: 20070064476
    Abstract: The semiconductor circuit includes a voltage-controlled semiconductor device (N)N, the resistance value of which is controllable with a high voltage, the drain terminal of the N can be connected to the gate terminal (control terminal) of an output semiconductor device (NO) via a resistor (R) or to a last output stage of the driver circuit, the source terminal of the N is connected to the emitter terminal of the NO, and the gate terminal of the N is connected to the collector terminal, which is the output terminal, of the NO. When the input terminal of the semiconductor circuit is at the Hi-level, the NO OFF. By connecting the output terminal of the NO to the high-potential-side of a high-voltage circuit disposed separately and the negative electrode of a control power supply (VDD) to the low-potential-side of the high-voltage circuit in the state, in which the NO is OFF, a desired high voltage is applied between the collector and emitter of the NO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC DEVICE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMABUKURO, Hideto KOBAYASHI, Yoshihiro SHIGETA, Gen TADA
  • Patent number: 7173454
    Abstract: A display device driver circuit includes a timer circuit 20 that outputs to output stage circuits 10 a control signal for turning off IGBTs 11 and 12 when a next clock signal is not inputted to the timer circuit 20 for a predetermined period of time, and the output stage circuits 10 turn off the IGBTs 11 and 12 to put the output terminals DO thereof into a high impedance state so that an overcurrent may be prevented from flowing through the IGBTs 11 and 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hideto Kobayashi, Gen Tada, Yoshihiro Shigeta, Hiroshi Shimabukuro
  • Publication number: 20060223254
    Abstract: A display panel drive device of reduced area occupied by circuit elements. The display panel drive device includes an output stage circuit having a low side selector circuit constituted by connecting in series inverters and a buffer circuit, n-channel IGBTs, a Zener diode and resistance respectively connected between the gate and emitter of the IGBT, a buffer circuit, and a high side selector circuit including an inverter. The buffer circuit includes a high side Pch-MOS operated by a logic signal from the high side selector circuit and a low side Nch-MOS operated by a logic signal of the low side selector circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Hideto Kobayashi, Gen Tada, Yoshihiro Shigeta, Hiroshi Shimabukuro
  • Publication number: 20050195179
    Abstract: A display device driver circuit includes a timer circuit 20 that outputs to output stage circuits 10 a control signal for turning off IGBTs 11 and 12 when a next clock signal is not inputted to the timer circuit 20 for a predetermined period of time, and the output stage circuits 10 turn off the IGBTs 11 and 12 to put the output terminals Do thereof into a high impedance state so that an overcurrent may be prevented from flowing through the IGBTs 11 and 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Hideto Kobayashi, Gen Tada, Yoshihiro Shigeta, Hiroshi Shimabukuro