Patents by Inventor Kanji Kitamura

Kanji Kitamura 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: 10749524
    Abstract: An isolator circuit according to the present invention includes a first isolator, an AD converter, and a second isolator. The first isolator is configured to galvanically isolate a first terminal and a second terminal from each other. The first isolator receives an input pulse signal and outputs an output pulse signal to the second terminal. The AD converter is configured to output a digital signal corresponding to a duty ratio of the output pulse signal. The second isolator is configured to galvanically isolate the second terminal and the third terminal from each other. The second isolator is configured to receive the digital signal and outputs a feedback pulse signal to the third terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Takamori, Kanji Kitamura, Tetsuya Masaoka
  • Publication number: 20190334521
    Abstract: An isolator circuit according to the present invention includes a first isolator, an AD converter, and a second isolator. The first isolator is configured to 51galvanically isolate a first terminal and a second terminal from each other. The first isolator receives an input pulse signal and outputs an output pulse signal to the second terminal. The AD converter is configured to output a digital signal corresponding to a duty ratio of the output pulse signal. The second isolator is configured to galvanically isolate the second terminal and the third terminal from each other. The second isolator is configured to receive the digital signal and outputs a feedback pulse signal to the third terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro TAKAMORI, Kanji KITAMURA, Tetsuya MASAOKA
  • Patent number: 10110215
    Abstract: Provided is a comparator configured to compare input voltages, which are input to a first dynamic comparator and a second dynamic comparator, with a reference voltage, select either an output signal of the first dynamic comparator or an output signal of the second dynamic comparator based on the comparison result, output the selected output signal, and control clock signals, which are input to the first dynamic comparator and the second dynamic comparator respectively, based on the comparison result, so as to stop the operation of the dynamic comparator of which output signal is not selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Shimauchi, Kanji Kitamura, Mutsuo Daito, Akio Kamimurai, Masatoshi Uchino, Yoshinori Tatenuma, Akira Koshimizu
  • Publication number: 20180226961
    Abstract: Provided is a comparator configured to compare input voltages, which are input to a first dynamic comparator and a second dynamic comparator, with a reference voltage, select either an output signal of the first dynamic comparator or an output signal of the second dynamic comparator based on the comparison result, output the selected output signal, and control clock signals, which are input to the first dynamic comparator and the second dynamic comparator respectively, based on the comparison result, so as to stop the operation of the dynamic comparator of which output signal is not selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki SHIMAUCHI, Kanji KITAMURA, Mutsuo DAITO, Akio KAMIMURAI, Masatoshi UCHINO, Yoshinori TATENUMA, Akira KOSHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 7701989
    Abstract: A laser diode driving apparatus comprising an oscillator (11) for generating a high-frequency signal; an amplifier (12) for amplifying the high-frequency signal and outputting the amplified high-frequency signal; current mirror circuits (7, 8 and 9) for receiving the output current of the amplifier (12) and driving multiple laser diodes (1, 2 and 3), respectively; a DC current supply source (10) for supplying a DC current to the current mirror circuits, wherein the laser diode is driven using a current obtained by superimposing the high-frequency signal on the DC current, the laser diode driving apparatus further comprising a high-frequency signal superimposed amplitude setting circuit (14) for changing the amplitude of the amplifier so as to be suited for the selection of the current mirror circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kanji Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20070280316
    Abstract: A laser diode driving apparatus comprising an oscillator (11) for generating a high-frequency signal; an amplifier (12) for amplifying the high-frequency signal and outputting the amplified high-frequency signal; current mirror circuits (7, 8 and 9) for receiving the output current of the amplifier (12) and driving multiple laser diodes (1, 2 and 3), respectively; a DC current supply source (10) for supplying a DC current to the current mirror circuits, wherein the laser diode is driven using a current obtained by superimposing the high-frequency signal on the DC current, the laser diode driving apparatus further comprising a high-frequency signal superimposed amplitude setting circuit (14) for changing the amplitude of the amplifier so as to be suited for the selection of the current mirror circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kanji KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 5035499
    Abstract: Spectacles having a lens frame corner and an engaging arm end. The lens frame corner includes a parallelepiped block extending from the lens frame and having a top and a bottom surfaces. Each of the top and bottom surfaces of the block has a recess or a hole, a first groove having a semicircular section, and a second groove having a semicircular section at right angle with the first grooves. The arm end include a pair of parallel planar strips. The distance between the upper strip and the lower strip is such that it allows forcible insertion of the block of the frame corner. Each of the strip has a cylindrical projection facing each other which, in use, is inserted into the recess or the hole of the block and a linear projection having a semicircular section, which, in use, is inserted into one of the grooves of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignees: Hokushin Corporation, Kawamoto Optical Industrial Company Limited
    Inventors: Kanji Kitamura, Shuichi Kawamoto