Patents by Inventor Naoki Ii

Naoki Ii 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: 11972246
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that: receives, from a user terminal, a request for first update regarding a first vehicle, notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed at a shop, when the first update is update of hardware, and notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed through wireless communication, when the first update is update of software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori II, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
  • Publication number: 20240119475
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to provide an incentive to a first user who sells or returns a first vehicle in which a part of a first coating film including an easily peelable layer is not peeled off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori II, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Junya OGAWA, Yuki NAGANUMA, Junya YAMAMOTO, Yuta TONE, Naoki ISHIZUKA, Tadayuki TANAKA, Keisuke ITO, Yuka YOKOI, Takashi HAYASHI, Naoya OKA, Yu HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240048100
    Abstract: A circuit apparatus includes a clock signal generation circuit configured to generate a clock signal by a resonator, an output circuit configured to operate in a first state or a second state in which a consumption current is different from that in the first state and output an output clock signal, and a temperature compensation circuit configured to compensate for a frequency-temperature characteristic of the clock signal based on a temperature detection signal. When the output circuit operates in the first state, the temperature compensation circuit outputs a first temperature compensation signal that compensates for a frequency-temperature characteristic when the output circuit operates in the first state, and the clock signal generation circuit generates a clock signal based on the first temperature compensation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yosuke ITASAKA, Takashi NOMIYA, Naoki II
  • Publication number: 20230246593
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an oscillator including housing a first resonator and a first integrated circuit device configured to oscillate the first resonator in a first container to manufacture the first oscillator, and housing a second resonator and a second integrated circuit device configured to oscillate the second resonator in a second container to manufacture the second oscillator, wherein the first integrated circuit device includes a first oscillation circuit configured to oscillate the first resonator to output a first oscillation signal, and no PLL circuit, the second integrated circuit device includes a second oscillation circuit configured to oscillate the second resonator to output a second oscillation signal, and a PLL circuit to which the second oscillation signal is input, and which is configured to output a third oscillation signal, and the first container and the second container are containers same in type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki II, Yosuke ITASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220352872
    Abstract: An integrated circuit apparatus includes a pad via which an AC signal is inputted or outputted, a circuit that overlaps with the pad in the plan view, protective wiring provided between the pad and the circuit, and a resistor having one end electrically coupled to the protective wiring and another end electrically coupled to an electric charge discharging path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke ITASAKA, Naoki II
  • Publication number: 20220310504
    Abstract: The integrated circuit device includes: a pad that has a shape having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction; a circuit that overlaps the pad in a plan view, and that is electrically coupled to the pad; a lead-out wiring that is led out from an outer edge on a longitudinal side of the pad along the lateral direction of the pad; and a via group that electrically couples the lead-out wiring and a wiring of the circuit and that does not overlap the pad in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki II, Yosuke ITASAKA
  • Patent number: 11108357
    Abstract: The circuit device includes a current generation circuit configured to generate a temperature compensation current based on a temperature detection voltage, and a current-voltage conversion circuit configured to perform current-voltage conversion on the temperature compensation current to output a temperature compensation voltage. The current-voltage conversion circuit includes an operational amplifier, and a feedback circuit. The operational amplifier includes a differential section having a current mirror circuit and differential pair transistors, an output section configured to output the temperature compensation voltage, and an RC low-pass filter configured to output a signal obtained by performing a low-pass filter process on an output signal of the differential section to an input node of the output section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Nomiya, Naoki Ii
  • Patent number: 11012031
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a resonator and an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit includes an oscillation circuit that oscillates the resonator, a temperature sensor, a temperature compensation circuit that compensates for temperature characteristics of the resonator based on an output signal of the temperature sensor, an output circuit that receives a signal output from the oscillation circuit and outputs an oscillation signal, and a heat generating circuit, and in the heat generating circuit, a current flows in a first period after supply of a power supply voltage from the outside is started to generate heat and no current flows in the second period after the first period ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishikawa, Naoki II
  • Patent number: 10978995
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit device including: a first terminal electrically coupled to one end of a vibrator; a second terminal electrically coupled to the other end of the vibrator; an oscillation circuit electrically coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal, and oscillating the vibrator; a third terminal to which an external input signal is input; a switch circuit provided between a first wiring which couples the first terminal and the oscillation circuit with each other and the third terminal, and having a P-type transistor; and a control circuit outputting a regulated voltage, in which a power supply voltage is regulated, as a substrate voltage of the P-type transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Itasaka, Naoki Ii
  • Publication number: 20210006251
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a temperature sensor, a heat generation source circuit serving as a heat generation source, a pad for external coupling, and a capacitor having the MIM structure in which one electrode is electrically coupled to the pad for external coupling. In a plan view orthogonal to the substrate on which a circuit element is formed, the capacitor having the MIM structure and the temperature sensor overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke ITASAKA, Naoki II, Takashi NOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20200403571
    Abstract: The circuit device includes a current generation circuit configured to generate a temperature compensation current based on a temperature detection voltage, and a current-voltage conversion circuit configured to perform current-voltage conversion on the temperature compensation current to output a temperature compensation voltage. The current-voltage conversion circuit includes an operational amplifier, and a feedback circuit. The operational amplifier includes a differential section having a current mirror circuit and differential pair transistors, an output section configured to output the temperature compensation voltage, and an RC low-pass filter configured to output a signal obtained by performing a low-pass filter process on an output signal of the differential section to an input node of the output section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi NOMIYA, Naoki II
  • Publication number: 20200403570
    Abstract: The circuit device includes a current generation circuit and a current-voltage conversion circuit. The current generation circuit generates a temperature compensation current based on a temperature detection voltage from the temperature sensor and temperature compensation data. The current-voltage conversion circuit converts the temperature compensation current into the temperature compensation voltage. The current generation circuit performs a fine adjustment of the temperature compensation current based on lower bits of the temperature compensation data, and performs a coarse adjustment of the temperature compensation current based on higher bits of the temperature compensation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Naoki II, Takashi NOMIYA, Mitsuaki SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20200313619
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first pad and a second pad electrically coupled to one end and the other end of a resonator, an oscillation circuit that is electrically coupled to the first pad and the second pad and generates an oscillation signal by causing the resonator to oscillate, and an output circuit that outputs a clock signal based on the oscillation signal. The oscillation circuit is disposed along a first side of the integrated circuit device among the first side, a second side that intersects the first side, a third side that is an opposite side of the first side, and a fourth side that is an opposite side of the second side. The first pad and the second pad are disposed in the oscillation circuit along the first side in a plan view, and the output circuit is disposed along the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuaki SAWADA, Naoki II, Yosuke ITASAKA
  • Publication number: 20200309606
    Abstract: Provided is a temperature sensor including a bipolar transistor, a resistor, and a variable resistance circuit. The resistor is provided between a first node coupled to a base node of the bipolar transistor and a collector node of the bipolar transistor. The variable resistance circuit is provided between an emitter node of the bipolar transistor and a ground node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi NOMIYA, Mitsuaki SAWADA, Naoki II
  • Publication number: 20200295707
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit device including: a first terminal electrically coupled to one end of a vibrator; a second terminal electrically coupled to the other end of the vibrator; an oscillation circuit electrically coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal, and oscillating the vibrator; a third terminal to which an external input signal is input; a switch circuit provided between a first wiring which couples the first terminal and the oscillation circuit with each other and the third terminal, and having a P-type transistor; and a control circuit outputting a regulated voltage, in which a power supply voltage is regulated, as a substrate voltage of the P-type transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke ITASAKA, Naoki II
  • Publication number: 20200244221
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a resonator and an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit includes an oscillation circuit that oscillates the resonator, a temperature sensor, a temperature compensation circuit that compensates for temperature characteristics of the resonator based on an output signal of the temperature sensor, an output circuit that receives a signal output from the oscillation circuit and outputs an oscillation signal, and a heat generating circuit, and in the heat generating circuit, a current flows in a first period after supply of a power supply voltage from the outside is started to generate heat and no current flows in the second period after the first period ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Masayuki ISHIKAWA, Naoki II
  • Publication number: 20180278259
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a drive circuit configured to drive a physical quantity transducer by a drive signal, a PLL circuit configured to generate a clock signal by using a drive signal as a reference signal, and a measurement circuit that includes a circuit which is operated by an operation signal based on the clock signal and performs measurement processing based on a measurement signal from the physical quantity transducer, and the PLL circuit generates the clock signal having a frequency of j×fdr?fck/i in a case where it is set that a frequency of the drive signal is fdr, a frequency of the clock signal is fck, i is an integer of 1 or more, j is an integer of 1 or more, and a frequency of the operation signal is fck/i.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Naoki II, Noriyuki MURASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150160012
    Abstract: A detection device includes a drive circuit of a physical quantity transducer, a synchronization signal output circuit, and a detection circuit that performs detection of a physical quantity signal based on a physical quantity. The synchronization signal output circuit includes a delay locked loop (DLL) circuit that includes: a delay control circuit that outputs a delay control signal and a delay circuit that includes a plurality of delay units in which a delay time is controlled by the delay control signal; an adjustment circuit that includes at least one delay unit in which a delay time is controlled by the delay control signal, and outputs a signal obtained by delaying an input signal based on the output signal from the drive circuit to the DLL circuit; and an output circuit that outputs the synchronization signal based on multi-phase clock signals from the DLL circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Naoki II, Katsuhiko MAKI, Takashi KURASHINA
  • Patent number: 7843182
    Abstract: A unit operable in a plurality of operating modes includes a first circuit, a regulator and current controller. The first circuit is adapted to operate in a first operating mode, and not to operate in a second operating mode preceding the first operating mode. The a regulator is adapted to supply driving voltage to the first circuit, and switchable among a plurality of levels of internal current. The current controller adapted to control the internal current of the regulator in the first operating mode to a first level among the plurality of levels of internal current. The current controller adapted control the internal current of the regulator in the second operating mode to a second level among the plurality of levels of internal current. The second level is lower than the first level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Ii
  • Publication number: 20100091010
    Abstract: A unit operable in a plurality of operating modes includes a first circuit, a regulator and current controller. The first circuit is adapted to operate in a first operating mode, and not to operate in a second operating mode preceding the first operating mode. A regulator is adapted to supply driving voltage to the first circuit, and is switchable among a plurality of levels of internal current. The current controller is adapted to control the internal current of the regulator in the first operating mode to a first level among the plurality of levels of internal current. The current controller is adapted to control the internal current of the regulator in the second operating mode to a second level among the plurality of levels of internal current. The second level is lower than the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Ii