Patents by Inventor Shiro Taga

Shiro Taga 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).

  • Publication number: 20240152101
    Abstract: A control device that controls a load amount of a load device that receives supply of power output from a DC power supply is provided. The control device includes a setting unit that compares a voltage ratio in which a denominator is set to a first input voltage value indicating a magnitude of an input voltage applied when the load device is set to a first load amount, and a numerator is set to a second input voltage value based on a magnitude of an input voltage applied to the load device when it is set to a second load amount obtained by multiplying the first load amount by a predetermined first coefficient, and a determination value in accordance with the first coefficient, and executes a load amount setting process in which the load device is set to a new first load amount, until a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Shiro TAGA
  • Patent number: 11616406
    Abstract: A wireless power feeding system is provided, comprising a power transmission apparatus configured to transmit predetermined transmission power and a power reception apparatus configured to receive the transmission power and generate input voltage according to the transmission power, wherein the power transmission apparatus includes a power transmission control unit configured to control an amount of the transmission power, the power transmission control unit is configured to receive a modulation signal from the power reception apparatus, and to reduce the transmission power in a case where the modulation signal is not received for a predetermined period after receiving the previous modulation signal, and the power transmission apparatus and the power reception apparatus are configured to control the input voltage to be larger than a predetermined first threshold and below a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Enomoto, Shiro Taga
  • Patent number: 11322992
    Abstract: To provide a frame control apparatus for controlling communication frames of a power feeding system, provided is a frame control apparatus that controls communication frames of a wireless power feeding system, the frame control apparatus including a reference clock generating section that generates a predetermined reference clock signal; a demodulating section that operates according to the reference clock signal and demodulates a synchronization command for synchronizing the communication frames; a rate calculating section that counts pieces of rate reference data having a predetermined length and included in the synchronization command, based on the reference clock signal, to calculate a rate reference value used for reference; and a frame control section that controls the communication frames based on the rate reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Enomoto, Shiro Taga
  • Publication number: 20210257865
    Abstract: A wireless power feeding system is provided, comprising a power transmission apparatus configured to transmit predetermined transmission power and a power reception apparatus configured to receive the transmission power and generate input voltage according to the transmission power, wherein the power transmission apparatus includes a power transmission control unit configured to control an amount of the transmission power, the power transmission control unit is configured to receive a modulation signal from the power reception apparatus, and to reduce the transmission power in a case where the modulation signal is not received for a predetermined period after receiving the previous modulation signal, and the power transmission apparatus and the power reception apparatus are configured to control the input voltage to be larger than a predetermined first threshold and below a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki ENOMOTO, Shiro TAGA
  • Publication number: 20200185977
    Abstract: To provide a frame control apparatus for controlling communication frames of a power feeding system, provided is a frame control apparatus that controls communication frames of a wireless power feeding system, the frame control apparatus including a reference clock generating section that generates a predetermined reference clock signal; a demodulating section that operates according to the reference clock signal and demodulates a synchronization command for synchronizing the communication frames; a rate calculating section that counts pieces of rate reference data having a predetermined length and included in the synchronization command, based on the reference clock signal, to calculate a rate reference value used for reference; and a frame control section that controls the communication frames based on the rate reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki ENOMOTO, Shiro TAGA
  • Publication number: 20200076202
    Abstract: Provided is a charging apparatus including a charging section that receives an input signal, charges a battery based on the input signal, and includes a feedback loop that performs feedback control to charge the battery with a predetermined target value; a saturation detecting section that detects saturation of the feedback loop; and a target adjusting section that adjusts the target value, based on a detection result of the saturation detecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Shiro TAGA
  • Patent number: 6091030
    Abstract: In a display-integrated panel having first and second electrodes crossing each other and being operable to display a gray scale image, a position indicated by an electronic pen is detected by a method including the step of displaying information on a display panel by repeating a step of displaying one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Tagawa, Masayuki Katagiri, Shiro Taga, Shigeru Shibazaki