Patents by Inventor Kunihiro Matsuura

Kunihiro Matsuura 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: 7973543
    Abstract: Provided is a measurement apparatus that measures a current flowing through a load, including a power supply section that outputs a current supplied to the load; a current measuring section that measures a load current flowing between the load and the power supply section; a switch that is connected in parallel with the current measuring section between the load and the power supply section; and a control section that disconnects the switch during measurement of the load current and connects the switch when the load current falls outside of a predetermined reference range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Andoh, Kunihiro Matsuura, Satoshi Kodera
  • Publication number: 20100007327
    Abstract: Provided is a measurement apparatus that measures a current flowing through a load, including a power supply section that outputs a current supplied to the load; a current measuring section that measures a load current flowing between the load and the power supply section; a switch that is connected in parallel with the current measuring section between the load and the power supply section; and a control section that disconnects the switch during measurement of the load current and connects the switch when the load current falls outside of a predetermined reference range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: HIROKI ANDOH, KUNIHIRO MATSUURA, SATOSHI KODERA
  • Patent number: 7277303
    Abstract: There is provided a power source apparatus that includes a master circuit and a slave circuit provided in parallel and outputs an electric current that adds an electric current output from the master circuit and an electric current output from the slave circuit as a power-supply current. The master circuit includes: a main circuit side output section operable to output an electric current depending on a given voltage; a main circuit side reference power source operable to generate a reference voltage corresponding to a power-supply voltage that the power source apparatus is to output; and a main circuit side control section operable to supply the voltage corresponding to the reference voltage to the main circuit side output section in order to control the current output from the main circuit side output section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Tanaka, Kunihiro Matsuura, Satoshi Kodera
  • Publication number: 20070008755
    Abstract: There is provided a power source apparatus that includes a master circuit and a slave circuit provided in parallel and outputs an electric current that adds an electric current output from the master circuit and an electric current output from the slave circuit as a power-supply current. The master circuit includes: a main circuit side output section operable to output an electric current depending on a given voltage; a main circuit side reference power source operable to generate a reference voltage corresponding to a power-supply voltage that the power source apparatus is to output; and a main circuit side control section operable to supply the voltage corresponding to the reference voltage to the main circuit side output section in order to control the current output from the main circuit side output section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Tanaka, Kunihiro Matsuura, Satoshi Kodera
  • Patent number: 7123493
    Abstract: There is provided a power source apparatus that includes a master circuit and a slave circuit provided in parallel and outputs an electric current that adds an electric current output from the master circuit and an electric current output from the slave circuit as a power-supply current. The master circuit includes: a main circuit side output section operable to output an electric current depending on a given voltage; a main circuit side reference power source operable to generate a reference voltage corresponding to a power-supply voltage that the power source apparatus is to output; and a main circuit side control section operable to supply the voltage corresponding to the reference voltage to the main circuit side output section in order to control the current output from the main circuit side output section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Tanaka, Kunihiro Matsuura, Satoshi Kodera
  • Patent number: 7119547
    Abstract: A testing apparatus includes a first power supply unit and first and second coaxial cables. The first power supply supplies current to a device under test. The first coaxial cable includes a first internal conductor and a first external conductor. The second coaxial cable includes a second internal conductor and a second external conductor. The first internal conductor and the second external conductor conducts current from the first power supply unit to the device under test. The second internal conductor and the first external conductor conducts current from the device under test to the first power supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiro Matsuura, Hiroki Ando, Hironori Tanaka, Yasuhiro Urabe, Satoshi Kodera
  • Patent number: 7098647
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for testing a device under test, includes a power source for generating a current, a coaxial cable unit for supplying the current to the device under test, a detecting unit for detecting a voltage applied to the device under test when the current is supplied to the device under test and a judging unit for judging quality of the device under test based on the detected voltage, wherein the coaxial cable unit includes a first coaxial cable including a first internal conductor and a first external conductor, and a second coaxial cable including a second internal conductor and a second external conductor, wherein the first internal conductor and the second external conductor conduct a current from the power source towards the device under test, and the first external conductor and the second internal conductor conduct a current from the device under test towards the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Tanaka, Kunihiro Matsuura, Satoshi Kodera, Hiroki Ando, Yasuhiro Urabe
  • Publication number: 20060034105
    Abstract: There is provided a power source apparatus that includes a master circuit and a slave circuit provided in parallel and outputs an electric current that adds an electric current output from the master circuit and an electric current output from the slave circuit as a power-supply current. The master circuit includes: a main circuit side output section operable to output an electric current depending on a given voltage; a main circuit side reference power source operable to generate a reference voltage corresponding to a power-supply voltage that the power source apparatus is to output; and a main circuit side control section operable to supply the voltage corresponding to the reference voltage to the main circuit side output section in order to control the current output from the main circuit side output section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Tanaka, Kunihiro Matsuura, Satoshi Kodera
  • Publication number: 20050174105
    Abstract: A testing apparatus includes a first power supply unit for generating a current to be supplied to the device under test and first and second coaxial cables through which the current generated by the first power supply unit is supplied to the device under test, wherein the first power supply unit includes a current detecting unit for detecting an amount of a voltage drop when the current generated by the first power supply unit passes through a predetermined resistor and a current controlling unit for controlling the current being supplied to the device under test in response to the amount of the voltage drop detected by the current detecting unit, the first coaxial cable includes a first internal conductor for conducting the current from the first power supply unit towards the device under test and a first external conductor provided around the first internal conductor with an insulator interposed therebetween for conducting the current from the device under test towards the first power supply unit, and the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Kunihiro Matsuura, Hiroki Ando, Hironori Tanaka, Yasuhiro Urabe, Satoshi Kodera
  • Publication number: 20050134255
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for testing a device under test, includes a power source for generating a current, a coaxial cable unit for supplying the current to the device under test, a detecting unit for detecting a voltage applied to the device under test when the current is supplied to the device under test and a judging unit for judging quality of the device under test based on the detected voltage, wherein the coaxial cable unit includes a first coaxial cable including a first internal conductor and a first external conductor, and a second coaxial cable including a second internal conductor and a second external conductor, wherein the first internal conductor and the second external conductor conduct a current from the power source towards the device under test, and the first external conductor and the second internal conductor conduct a current from the device under test towards the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Hironori Tanaka, Kunihiro Matsuura, Satoshi Kodera, Hiroki Ando, Yasuhiro Urabe
  • Patent number: 6186490
    Abstract: To provide a bill dispensing device capable of handling bills widely differing from each other in paper quality and creases with high reliability and of handling all the bills of widely different lengths with respect to a delivery direction. A bill dispensing device comprises a bill container for containing sheets, rotating feed rollers for feeding bills to the next device, respectively having highly frictional parts (rubber members) in their circumferences, and nonrotatable gate rollers disposed opposite to the feed rollers and respectively having highly frictional parts in their circumferences. Pickup rollers respectively having highly frictional parts in their circumferences are disposed coaxially with the feed rollers and not opposite to the gate rollers so as to rotate together with the feed rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Sugiura, Shinji Shibata, Riichi Kato, Kunihiro Matsuura