Patents by Inventor Taisuke Suwa
Taisuke Suwa 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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Patent number: 11955494Abstract: An imaging device includes a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion region and a first amplification transistor, a second pixel adjacent the first pixel and including a second photoelectric conversion region and a second amplification transistor, and a first contact coupled to the first amplification transistor and the second amplification transistor, and that receives a power supply signal for the first amplification transistor and the second amplification transistor.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Adarsh Basavalingappa, Taisuke Suwa, Michiel Timmermans, Frederick Brady, Jeongsoo Han
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Publication number: 20230044912Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging device, and a ranging device capable of performing imaging so that noise is reduced. A photoelectric conversion unit configured to perform photoelectric conversion; a charge accumulation unit configured to accumulate charges obtained by the photoelectric conversion unit; a transfer unit configured to transfer the charges from the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge accumulation unit; a reset unit configured to reset the charge accumulation unit; a reset voltage control unit configured to control a voltage to be applied to the reset unit; and an additional control unit configured to control addition of capacitance to the charge accumulation unit are included. The charge accumulation unit includes a plurality of regions. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging device that captures an image and a ranging device that performs ranging.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: HIDEKI ARAI, YUSUKE OTAKE, TAKURO MURASE, TAKESHI YAMAZAKI, TAISUKE SUWA
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Patent number: 11573320Abstract: A light receiving element includes: a first tap; a second tap; a first photoelectric conversion unit configured to detect a charge generated by photoelectric conversion according to a light amount of incident light in accordance with a voltage applied to the first tap; a second photoelectric conversion unit configured to detect a charge generated by photoelectric conversion according to a light amount of the incident light in accordance with a voltage applied to the second tap; a plurality of accumulation units configured to accumulate the charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit; a plurality of transmission units configured to transmit the charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit to the plurality of accumulation units; and a calculation unit configured to execute calculation based on the charges accumulated in the plurality of accumulation units.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Frederick Brady, Sungin Hwang, Ward van der Tempel, Timmermans Michiel, Sozo Yokogawa, Taisuke Suwa
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Publication number: 20230026766Abstract: A coil spring device includes: a main body spring and an insulator, the insulator is provided with a support groove which extends around a coil axis and into which a lower end portion of the main body spring is fitted, the lower end portion of the main body spring adheres to an inner surface of the support groove, the inner surface of the support groove is provided with a plurality of spacer protrusions which support an outer peripheral surface of a wire rod, a plurality of adjacent spacer protrusions adjacent to an open end edge of the support groove of the plurality of spacer protrusions each includes a pair of side wall surfaces extending toward the open end edge and are provided at intervals therebetween in an extension direction of the open end edge in a plan view of a part including the open end edge in the inner surface of the support groove, and inclination angles of the side wall surfaces adjacent to each other in the extension direction with the interval therebetween with respect to an orthogonal diType: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Taisuke SUWA, Yuichi SHIBATA, Ippei KOKUBUN, Tomoya SUGITANI
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Publication number: 20230016117Abstract: A coil spring includes a main body spring and an insulator, the insulator is provided with a support groove which extends around a coil axis and into which a lower end portion of the main body spring is fitted, a lower end portion of the main body spring adheres to an inner surface of the support groove, the inner surface of the support groove is provided with a plurality of spacer protrusions which support an outer peripheral surface of a wire rod, the support groove extends in an angle range of 180° or more and 360° or less around the coil axis, and a ratio of a volume of the spacer protrusions occupying a gap between the inner surface of the support groove and the outer peripheral surface of the wire rod at a center portion in the gap in a circumferential direction around the coil axis is larger than that at the other portions in the gap in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Taisuke SUWA, Yuichi SHIBATA, Ippei KOKUBUN, Tomoya SUGITANI
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Publication number: 20220254821Abstract: An imaging device includes a first pixel #1 including a first photoelectric conversion region and a first amplification transistor AMPO, a second pixel #2 adjacent the first pixel #1 and including a second photoelectric conversion region and a second amplification transistor AMP1, and a first contact C1 coupled to the first amplification transistor AMPO and the second amplification transistor AMP1, and that receives a power supply signal VDD for the first amplification transistor and the second amplification transistor. That is, neighboring pixels in a same row share a VDD contact. A wiring may connect the VDD nodes of amplification transistors AMP for an entire row of pixels. Reset transistors RSTO and RST1, and overflow transistors OFG of each pixel #1 and #2 may be connected to a same power supply. This power supply may be the same or different from the power supply VDD.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Adarsh BASAVALINGAPPA, Taisuke SUWA, Michiel TIMMERMANS, Frederick BRADY, Jeongsoo HAN
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Publication number: 20220247952Abstract: A pixel array includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion region that converts incident light into electric charge, and a charge transfer section coupled to the photoelectric conversion region and having line symmetry along a first axis in a plan view. The charge transfer section includes a first transfer transistor coupled to a first floating diffusion and the photoelectric conversion region and located at a first side of the photoelectric conversion region, and a second transfer transistor coupled to a second floating diffusion and the photoelectric conversion region and located at the first side of the photoelectric conversion region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Frederick BRADY, Adarsh BASAVALINGAPPA, Taisuke SUWA, Michiel TIMMERMANS, Sungin HWANG
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Publication number: 20220216253Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion region, a first transfer transistor coupled to the photoelectric conversion region, a first floating diffusion, a second floating diffusion, a second transfer transistor coupled between the first floating diffusion and the second floating diffusion to control access to the second floating diffusion, a third transfer transistor coupled to the photoelectric conversion region, a third floating diffusion coupled, a fourth floating diffusion, and a fourth transfer transistor coupled between the third floating diffusion and the fourth floating diffusion to control access to the fourth floating diffusion. The imaging device includes a first wiring layer including a first wiring connected to the second floating diffusion, a second wiring connected to the fourth floating diffusion, and a third wiring connected to ground and capacitively coupled with the first wiring and the second wiring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Frederick BRADY, Adarsh BASAVALINGAPPA, Taisuke SUWA, Michiel TIMMERMANS, Sungin HWANG
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Publication number: 20220217289Abstract: An imaging device includes a first pixel. The first pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion region, and first and second transistors coupled to the first photoelectric conversion region to transfer charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion region. The imaging device includes a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit to drive the first pixel in a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which the first driving circuit applies a first set of transfer signals to the first and second transfer transistors, the second mode being a mode in which the second driving circuit applies a transfer signal to only one of the first and second transfer transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Sungin HWANG, Frederick BRADY, Adarsh BASAVALINGAPPA, Taisuke SUWA, Michiel TIMMERMANS
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Publication number: 20210339592Abstract: A suspension coil spring device may include a compression coil spring (10) that has a coating film, a rubber vibration isolator, and an adhesive layer that joins the compression coil spring and the rubber vibration isolator to each other. The adhesive layer is a cured product of a hot melt adhesive that melts at 80° C. to 100° C. A softening point of the hot melt adhesive is lower than a heat-resistant temperature of the coating film. The softening point of the hot melt adhesive is lower than a heat-resistant temperature of the rubber vibration isolator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Yuichi SHIBATA, Taisuke SUWA
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Publication number: 20210316587Abstract: A suspension coil spring device includes a compression coil spring that has a coating film, a rubber vibration isolator, and an adhesive layer that joins the compression coil spring and the rubber vibration isolator to each other. The adhesive layer is a cured product of a reactive hot melt adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Yuichi SHIBATA, Taisuke SUWA
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Publication number: 20210270942Abstract: A distance measuring system includes a light source unit that emits infrared light toward a target object, a light receiving unit that receives the infrared light from the target object, and an arithmetic processing unit that obtains information regarding a distance to the target object on the basis of data from the light receiving unit, in which an optical member including a bandpass filter that is selectively transparent to infrared light in a predetermined wavelength range is arranged on a light receiving surface side of the light receiving unit, and the bandpass filter has a concave-shaped light incident surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: SOZO YOKOGAWA, YUKI KIKUCHI, TAISUKE SUWA, MAKOTO CHIYODA
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Patent number: 11032438Abstract: A reading control apparatus includes a notification unit which executes predetermined notification based on completion of a first reading processing of a portion of a document to be scanned using a large size document scanning process.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Taisuke Suwa
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Publication number: 20210003672Abstract: A distance measuring system includes a light source unit that emits infrared light toward a target object, a light receiving unit that receives the infrared light from the target object, and an arithmetic processing unit that obtains information regarding a distance to the target object on the basis of data from the light receiving unit, in which an optical member including a bandpass filter that is selectively transparent to infrared light in a predetermined wavelength range is arranged on a light receiving surface side of the light receiving unit, and the bandpass filter has a concave-shaped light incident surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: SOZO YOKOGAWA, YUKI KIKUCHI, TAISUKE SUWA, MAKOTO CHIYODA
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Publication number: 20200264308Abstract: A light receiving element includes: a first tap; a second tap; a first photoelectric conversion unit configured to detect a charge generated by photoelectric conversion according to a light amount of incident light in accordance with a voltage applied to the first tap; a second photoelectric conversion unit configured to detect a charge generated by photoelectric conversion according to a light amount of the incident light in accordance with a voltage applied to the second tap; a plurality of accumulation units configured to accumulate the charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit; a plurality of transmission units configured to transmit the charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit to the plurality of accumulation units; and a calculation unit configured to execute calculation based on the charges accumulated in the plurality of accumulation units.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Frederick Brady, Sungin Hwang, Ward van der Tempel, Timmermans Michiel, Sozo Yokogawa, Taisuke Suwa
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Publication number: 20200045190Abstract: A reading control apparatus includes a notification unit which executes predetermined notification based on completion of a first reading processing of a portion of a document to be scanned using a large size document scanning process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventor: Taisuke Suwa
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Patent number: 8613460Abstract: A bush- and bracket-integrated stabilizer bar includes a stabilizer bar, a rubber bush attached to an outer periphery of the stabilizer bar, and a bracket configured to mount the stabilizer bar to a bottom of a vehicle body with the rubber bush intervened. The stabilizer bar has amine-based curable epoxy paint or amine-containing cationic paint and a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on the paint. The rubber bush has a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on an inner surface thereof. A thermosetting epoxy adhesive layer containing an amine-based or an organic hydrazide-based curing agent and a bisphenol type epoxy resin is formed between the stabilizer bar and the rubber bush.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taisuke Suwa, Yutaka Natsume, Koichi Kusakawa
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Publication number: 20130270787Abstract: A bush- and bracket-integrated stabilizer bar includes a stabilizer bar, a rubber bush attached to an outer periphery of the stabilizer bar, and a bracket configured to mount the stabilizer bar to a bottom of a vehicle body with the rubber bush intervened. The stabilizer bar has amine-based curable epoxy paint or amine-containing cationic paint and a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on the paint. The rubber bush has a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on an inner surface thereof. A thermosetting epoxy adhesive layer containing an amine-based or an organic hydrazide-based curing agent and a bisphenol type epoxy resin is formed between the stabilizer bar and the rubber bush.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Taisuke SUWA, Yutaka NATSUME, Koichi KUSAKAWA
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Publication number: 20070298272Abstract: Provided are a gasket that is less likely to deform and installable with excellent workability when it is installed at a portion to be sealed and that can be produced at low cost, a method of producing the gasket, and a gasket installation method. A previously prepared thermoplastic resin film with a predetermined shape is placed in a metal mold composed of a stationary side metal mold and a movable side metal mold. Then, thermoplastic elastomer as an elastic body is insert molded on the film by an injection molding machine to form a gasket. After the molding, the gasket is removed from the metal molds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2005Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouichi Kusakawa, Shigeki Ichimura, Taisuke Suwa