Patents by Inventor Masato Kita
Masato Kita 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).
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Publication number: 20240003688Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of efficiently and highly accurately creating distribution data on geomagnetic fields and the like (electric fields, magnetic fields).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Masato KITA, Taishu IWAMI, Daniel Marcel SCHNEIDER, Tsutomu NAKATSURU, Masatsugu ISHIKO, Yutaro KAMATA
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Publication number: 20230194562Abstract: In a behavior measurement device (20a) (information processing device), a linear movement detection unit (44) determines, based on a position (P) of a user (90) measured at a predetermined time interval, whether or not the user (90) is linearly moving and detects a movement amount and a movement direction (?0) of a linear movement of the user (90). A rotational movement detection unit (42) detects an amount of change in an orientation of the user (90). Then, in a case where it is determined that the user (90) is linearly moving, an orientation calculation unit (43) calculates an orientation (?) of the user (90) at a position where the user (90) is determined to be linearly moving based on a detection result of the rotational movement detection unit (42).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Masato KITA, Taishu IWAMI, Masatsugu ISHIKO
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Publication number: 20230153849Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of analyzing the motion of a person in more detail. An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit (200) that acquires at least a position and an orientation of a moving body, and an analysis unit (202) that generates a label indicating a motion of the moving body on the basis of the position and the orientation acquired by the acquisition unit and time when the acquisition unit acquired the position and the orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: MASATSUGU ISHIKO, TSUTOMU NAKATSURU, MASATO KITA
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Patent number: 11587951Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device having small characteristic variations with time and high reliability and an in-vehicle control device using the same, the semiconductor device including a plurality of transistor elements constituting a current mirror circuit or a differential amplifier circuit that requires high relative accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Oshima, Katsumi Ikegaya, Masato Kita, Keishi Komoriyama, Kiyotaka Kanno, Shinichirou Wada
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Patent number: 11319918Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine ignition device capable of preventing an output signal level of a drive circuit from changing sharply when shifting from a normal ignition operation mode to a protection operation mode while reducing the cost of dedicated components and the like. An internal combustion engine ignition device of the present invention includes a first differential circuit for outputting a drive signal in a first mode and a second differential circuit for outputting a drive signal in a second mode, where the first differential circuit and the second differential circuit each include a transistor and are configured such that a drive current for supplying the drive signal flows through the transistor which is common between the first mode and the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Masato Kita, Yoichiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220020702Abstract: In a semiconductor device equipped with a current mirror circuit, a highly reliable semiconductor device capable of suppressing a change in a mirror ratio of the current mirror circuit over time is provided. A current mirror circuit that includes a first MOS transistor and a plurality of MOS transistors paired with the first MOS transistor, and a plurality of wiring layers formed on an upper layer of the MOS transistor are provided. The plurality of wiring layers are arranged such that wiring patterns have the same shape within a predetermined range from an end of a channel region of each of the first MOS transistor and the plurality of MOS transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Katsumi IKEGAYA, Takayuki OSHIMA, Yoichiro KOBAYASHI, Masato KITA, Keishi KOMORIYAMA, Minoru MIGITA, Yu KAWAGOE, Kiyotaka KANNO
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Patent number: 11208977Abstract: To provide an ignition control device of an internal combustion engine capable of reducing the number of adjustment steps required for adjustment such as matching of a MOS gate voltage or the like without being affected by device variation. A detection voltage is generated on the basis of a primary current flowing through a current detection resistor having a positive temperature dependent characteristic. A reference voltage is generated by a potential difference between a base and an emitter of a first bipolar transistor circuit and a multiple type second bipolar transistor circuit in which a plurality of bipolar transistors are connected in parallel, and a resistance value of a first resistor connected to the emitter side of the plurality of the bipolar transistor circuit, on the basis of a current having a positive temperature dependent characteristic similar to the current detection resistor.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Masato Kita, Yoichiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210312476Abstract: Provided is an information processing device (10) including a path computation unit (134) that computes, starting from a payment position where a user (U) entering a store (40) pays, a movement path of the user in the store retrospectively according to time-series sensing data about the user obtained before the payment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: MASATO KITA, KAZUYUKI SAKAMOTO, HIROYUKI KAMATA
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Publication number: 20210287471Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication apparatus comprising a communicating unit that communicates with each of a plurality of wireless communication terminals, a positioning unit that measures a position of each of the plurality of wireless communication terminals, and an authentication unit that executes authentication to determine a permission for each of the plurality of wireless communication terminals to pass through a gate, wherein the authentication is started based on the measured position, in a case where each of the plurality of wireless communication terminals enters a specific range outside the gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Masato Kita, Takashi Suzuki, Tsutomu Nakatsuru
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Publication number: 20210279726Abstract: [Object] To improve security of the electronic money system. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a reception unit configured to receive information associated with value having monetary value in a payment system from a first storage device including a storage unit configured to store the information associated with the value, and to receive payment system identification information used to identify a payment system from a second storage device including a storage unit configured to store the payment system identification information; and a determination unit configured to perform determination of payment processing by using the information associated with the value and the payment system identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: MASATO KITA, DAISUKE ITO
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Publication number: 20210233935Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device having small characteristic variations with time and high reliability and an in-vehicle control device using the same, the semiconductor device including a plurality of transistor elements constituting a current mirror circuit or a differential amplifier circuit that requires high relative accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki OSHIMA, Katsumi IKEGAYA, Masato KITA, Keishi KOMORIYAMA, Kiyotaka KANNO, Shinichirou WADA
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Patent number: 11049347Abstract: An automatic ticket examination system that enables tapless passage or an entry/exit system is achieved without a malfunction. There is provided a gate apparatus including a positioning unit that measures positions of a plurality of wireless communication terminals, and an authentication unit that performs authentication for determining whether or not each of the wireless communication terminals is permitted to pass through a gate on the basis of each of the positions of each of the wireless communication terminals which have been measured by the positioning unit. With this configuration, the automatic ticket examination system that enables tapless passage or the entry/exit system can be achieved without a malfunction.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Kita, Takashi Suzuki, Tsutomu Nakatsuru
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Patent number: 11043508Abstract: A semiconductor device obtains high current ratio accuracy by eliminating an influence of plasma charging using a MOS-type transistor in which a channel region is isolated and separated from a semiconductor substrate. In a current mirror circuit in which both of a well of a NMOS-type transistor that generates a bias and a well of a NMOS-type transistor that receives the bias are formed insulated and separated from a semiconductor substrate, a connection circuit is connected between gate electrodes and wells of NMOS-type transistors without through the semiconductor substrate, and the connection circuit makes the gate electrodes and the wells in an electrically short-circuited state during manufacturing of the current mirror circuit, and makes the gate electrodes and the wells in a disconnected state in at least one direction during a mounting operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shinichirou Wada, Yoichiro Kobayashi, Masato Kita
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Patent number: 10990314Abstract: There is provided an information processing system to increase a speed of returning identification information in response to a received command in the case where an identification information requesting command is received, the information processing system including: a plurality of processing devices each of which includes a storage unit configured to store an identification information piece; a management device configured to acquire the identification information piece from each of the plurality of the processing devices; and a communication device configured to communicate with an external device. The management device writes the identification information piece acquired from each of the plurality of the processing devices into the communication device.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Kita, Takashi Suzuki, Katsuyuki Teruyama
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Patent number: 10931331Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication device and method capable of suppressing subjective quality deterioration at the time of a low bit rate. An application selection unit of an IC card selects an application hosted by a communication target device. Identification information of the communication target device is acquired after the application is selected. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a communication system.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyuki Teruyama, Toshihisa Takayama, Masato Kita
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Publication number: 20200381454Abstract: A semiconductor device obtains high current ratio accuracy by eliminating an influence of plasma charging using a MOS-type transistor in which a channel region is isolated and separated from a semiconductor substrate. In a current mirror circuit in which both of a well of a NMOS-type transistor that generates a bias and a well of a NMOS-type transistor that receives the bias are formed insulated and separated from a semiconductor substrate, a connection circuit is connected between gate electrodes and wells of NMOS-type transistors without through the semiconductor substrate, and the connection circuit makes the gate electrodes and the wells in an electrically short-circuited state during manufacturing of the current mirror circuit, and makes the gate electrodes and the wells in a disconnected state in at least one direction during a mounting operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shinichirou WADA, Yoichiro KOBAYASHI, Masato KITA
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Publication number: 20200357213Abstract: An automatic ticket examination system that enables tapless passage or an entry/exit system is achieved without a malfunction. According to the disclosure, there is provided a gate apparatus including: a positioning unit that measures positions of a plurality of wireless communication terminals; and an authentication unit that performs authentication for determining whether or not each of the wireless communication terminals is permitted to pass through a gate on the basis of each of the positions of each of the wireless communication terminals which have been measured by the positioning unit. With this configuration, the automatic ticket examination system that enables tapless passage or the entry/exit system can be achieved without a malfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: MASATO KITA, TAKASHI SUZUKI, TSUTOMU NAKATSURU
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Publication number: 20200256306Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine ignition device capable of preventing an output signal level of a drive circuit from changing sharply when shifting from a normal ignition operation mode to a protection operation mode while reducing the cost of dedicated components and the like. An internal combustion engine ignition device of the present invention includes a first differential circuit for outputting a drive signal in a first mode and a second differential circuit for outputting a drive signal in a second mode, where the first differential circuit and the second differential circuit each include a transistor and are configured such that a drive current for supplying the drive signal flows through the transistor which is common between the first mode and the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masato KITA, Yoichiro KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200212962Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication device and method capable of suppressing subjective quality deterioration at the time of a low bit rate. An application selection unit of an IC card selects an application hosted by a communication target device. Identification information of the communication target device is acquired after the application is selected. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyuki TERUYAMA, Yoshihisa TAKAYAMA, Masato KITA
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Publication number: 20190360448Abstract: To provide a novel ignition control device of an internal combustion engine capable of reducing the number of adjustment steps required for adjustment such as matching of a MOS gate voltage or the like without being affected by “device variation”.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Masato KITA, Yoichiro KOBAYASHI