Patents by Inventor Sachiya TANAKA

Sachiya TANAKA 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: 11143504
    Abstract: Both downsizing of a device and improvement of the ranging accuracy are implemented in a device for measuring a distance to an object. An image capture device includes a pair of imaging elements and a ranging unit. Regarding the pair of imaging elements in this image capture device, axes perpendicular to light receiving surfaces thereof cross each other. Furthermore, in the image capture device including the pair of imaging elements and the ranging unit, the ranging unit measures a distance to an object on the basis of a parallax obtained from a pair of images captured by the pair of imaging elements in which axes perpendicular to light receiving surfaces thereof cross each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sachiya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10505557
    Abstract: To reduce power consumption of a sequential comparison analog-to-digital converter. An analog-to-digital converter includes a sequential conversion unit, a determination unit, and a stop control unit. The sequential conversion unit sequentially generates a predetermined number of bits of a value corresponding to an analog signal when the analog signal is input. The determination unit determines whether a value of a digital signal including the predetermined number of bits is within a predetermined range whenever the bits are generated. The stop control unit stops the sequential conversion unit in a case in which the value of the digital signal is not within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sachiya Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190154441
    Abstract: Both downsizing of a device and improvement of the ranging accuracy are implemented in a device for measuring a distance to an object. An image capture device includes a pair of imaging elements and a ranging unit. Regarding the pair of imaging elements in this image capture device, axes perpendicular to light receiving surfaces thereof cross each other. Furthermore, in the image capture device including the pair of imaging elements and the ranging unit, the ranging unit measures a distance to an object on the basis of a parallax obtained from a pair of images captured by the pair of imaging elements in which axes perpendicular to light receiving surfaces thereof cross each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: SACHIYA TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190036538
    Abstract: To reduce power consumption of a sequential comparison analog-to-digital converter. An analog-to-digital converter includes a sequential conversion unit, a determination unit, and a stop control unit. The sequential conversion unit is configured to sequentially generate a predetermined number of bits of a value corresponding to an analog signal when the analog signal is input. The determination unit is configured to determine whether a value of a digital signal including the predetermined number of bits is within a predetermined range whenever the bits are generated. The stop control unit is configured to stop the sequential conversion unit in a case in which the value of the digital signal is not within the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: SACHIYA TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9905151
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of first unit pixels, each including: a data input terminal, a data output terminal, a display element, and a waveform shaping section. The display element is configured to perform display based on data inputted to the data input terminal. The first waveform shaping section is provided on a signal path from the data input terminal to the data output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Suzuki, Toshiyuki Miyauchi, Yosuke Ueno, Yoshifumi Miyajima, Masayuki Hattori, Kazukuni Takanohashi, Haruo Togashi, Tamotsu Ikeda, Hiizu Ootorii, Sachiya Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150371591
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of first unit pixels (Pix) each including: a first data input terminals (PDIN); a first data output terminal (PDOUT); a display element (48); and a first waveform shaping section (42, 22), in which the display element (48) is configured to perform display based on first data (PD) inputted to the first data input terminal (PDIN), and the first waveform shaping section (42, 44) is provided on a signal path from the first data input terminal (PDIN) to the first data output terminal (PDOUT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hideyuki SUZUKI, Toshiyuki MIYAUCHI, Yosuke UENO, Yoshifumi MIYAJIMA, Masayuki HATTORI, Kazukuni TAKANOHASHI, Haruo TOGASHI, Tamotsu IKEDA, Hiizu OOTORII, Sachiya TANAKA