Patents by Inventor Toru Takeda
Toru Takeda 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: 20100052671Abstract: For a Hall element of a magnetic sensor, a current is caused to pass along a +X-direction and a first voltage is measured in a +Y-direction, a current is caused to pass along the +Y-direction and a second voltage is measured in the +X-direction, a current is caused to pass along a ?X-direction and a third voltage is measured in the +Y-direction, and a current is caused to pass along a ?Y-direction and a fourth voltage is measured in the +X-direction. Then, a calculation is performed which strengthens effects of Hall voltage mutually and weakens effects of offset voltage mutually based on a value of the first voltage and a value of the second voltage, and the result is compared with a reference value. Furthermore, a calculation is performed which strengthens effects of Hall voltage mutually and weakens effects of offset voltage mutually based on a value of the third voltage and a value of the fourth voltage, and the result is compared with the reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Miho Mochizuki, Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20100017594Abstract: Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data wherein the EMD links for the song data in the actual broadcasts are disposed, is transmitted periodically during the transmission of the actual broadcast data. The actual broadcast data and the data broadcast data are received by a user terminal, and the EMD links disposed in the data broadcast data are stored whenever there is an input of an operation to attach a “bookmark”. Thus, audio data such as songs in programs broadcast can easily be acquired by radio.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Yoichiro SAKO, Takayuki Usami, Yuichiro Deguchi, Masayuki Obata, Masahiro Hotori, Tatsuya Inokuchi, Shuichi Ito, Toru Takeda
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Patent number: 7570044Abstract: The signal detecting circuit has a first amplifier which amplifies the supplied signals and outputs the amplified signals from first and second output terminals; a switch unit which supplies the signals to the first amplifier such that the polarity thereof is reversed between the first and second periods; a first capacitor, one end of which is connected to the first output terminal; a second capacitor, one end of which is connected to the second output terminal; a first switch, one end of which is connected to the other end of the second capacitor; a second amplifier having an inverting input terminal connected to the other end of the first capacitor, a non-inverting input terminal connected to the other end of the first switch, and an output terminal; a second switch which is connected to between the output terminal and the inverting input terminal, a third switch, one end of which is connected to the other end of the second capacitor; a fourth switch, one end of which is connected to the other end of the noType: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20090174401Abstract: A magnetic detection element is employed. An output voltage from the magnetic detection element is amplified by an amplifying circuit. A switch circuit is connected between the magnetic detection element and the amplifying circuit. The switch circuit reverses the polarity of the output voltage from the magnetic detection element selectively and inputs an output signal to the amplifying circuit. A comparator compares the output signal from the amplifying circuit and a reference value to output a comparison result. First and second storage circuits are provided to receive output signal from the comparator. An electric power control unit controls at least the electric power to be provided to the magnetic detection element. First and second gated signals are provided to the first and second storage circuits respectively. A signal based on the first and second gated signals is supplied to the electric power control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20090084433Abstract: A thin-film solar battery module comprising: a plurality of thin-film solar batteries; a supporting plate; and a frame, the thin-film solar battery having a string in which a plurality of thin-film photoelectric conversion elements, each formed by sequentially stacking a first electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer and a second electrode layer on a surface of an insulated substrate, are electrically connected in series, wherein the frame is attached to an outer circumference of the supporting plate in a condition that the plurality of thin-film solar batteries are arranged and fixed on the supporting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Toru Takeda, Yoshiyuki Nasuno, Masahiro Toyokawa, Yusuke Fukuoka
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Publication number: 20090023497Abstract: The reduction in real operation objects in game systems that use real operation objects is detected. The quantity of real operation objects, which are repeatedly used by being circulated, is detected, it is judged whether the quantity is sufficient or not, and the judging results are output. For example, in a ball throwing game, balls are used in rotation by repeatedly supplying and recovering the balls. The quantity of balls in circulation is detected, and if the quantity is less than a threshold value, the manager of the game system is notified whether a sufficient quantity of balls is being supplied to the player or not, by for example outputting a warning message. By playing with an insufficient quantity of balls the level of difficulty of the game is essentially increased, so the player will feel that this is unfair.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuya OKUDA, Toru Takeda, Shingo Onkoshi, Tadasu Kitae
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Publication number: 20080243357Abstract: A driving amount controller for reducing a response delay or erroneous deviation in control of a driving amount of a controlled system. The driving amount controller includes an ECU that increases an add-in amount to a duty ratio DUT of a control signal according to an increase in the speed variation ?DTHR of a target opening DTRH of the throttle valve 16 when the speed variation ?DTHR is positive. In addition, the ECU increases the add-in amount to the duty ratio DUT of the control signal according to a decrease in the speed variation ?DTHR when the speed variation ?DTHR is negative. A throttle valve on a vehicle is an example of the controlled system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Yukihiro ASADA, Makoto Tsuyuguchi, Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20080236544Abstract: A driving amount controller for reducing the response delay or erroneous deviation in the control of a driving amount of a controlled system, for example, in the control of the opening of a throttle valve. When a target opening DTHR is varied starting from the condition where the throttle valve is stopped, an ECU 20 on a vehicle calculates an output of a motor necessary for a starting operation of the motor, and outputs a control signal Se obtained through compensation of a deficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Yukihiro ASADA, Makoto Tsuyuguchi, Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20080236545Abstract: A driving amount controller is provided for a vehicle. An ECU on the vehicle reduces a damping output Udamp when the deviation e between the target opening DTHR of the throttle valve and the actual opening DTH is near zero or when a switching function value ? is near zero. This makes it possible to reduce the damping output Udamp immediately after the start of, or immediately before the end of, the control of the opening of the throttle valve when the deviation e or the switching function value ? is near zero, and to realize a high response performance as to the control of the actual opening DTH of the throttle valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Yukihiro ASADA, Makoto Tsuyuguchi, Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20080212417Abstract: A multivalued information reproducing apparatus includes: a light source which emits linear polarized light having a prescribed polarization direction; a first optical system which generates first linear polarized light and second linear polarized light that have different polarization directions using the linear polarized light which is emitted from the light source and makes the two polarized lights input to an optical recording medium in which the polarization directions of recording light are recorded as multivalued information; a second optical system which has a transmission light selecting element that selectively transmits emission light generated when the light passes the first optical system is input to the optical recording medium and by which the emission light that passes the transmission light selecting element is directed to a photo detecting portion in a state where first emission light that has a same polarization direction as the first linear polarized light and second emission light that haType: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Toru TAKEDA, Tetsuya SHIHARA
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Publication number: 20080197834Abstract: The signal detecting circuit has a first amplifier which amplifies the supplied signals and outputs the amplified signals from first and second output terminals; a switch unit which supplies the signals to the first amplifier such that the polarity thereof is reversed between the first and second periods; a first capacitor, one end of which is connected to the first output terminal; a second capacitor, one end of which is connected to the second output terminal; a first switch, one end of which is connected to the other end of the second capacitor; a second amplifier having an inverting input terminal connected to the other end of the first capacitor, a non-inverting input terminal connected to the other end of the first switch, and an output terminal; a second switch which is connected to between the output terminal and the inverting input terminal, a third switch, one end of which is connected to the other end of the second capacitor; a fourth switch, one end of which is connected to the other end of the noType: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20080165643Abstract: A multivalued information reproducing apparatus includes: a light source which emits a linear polarized light having a prescribed polarization direction; a first optical system which generates a first linear polarized light and a second linear polarized light that have different polarization directions using the linear polarized light which is emitted from the light source and makes the two polarized lights input to an optical recording medium in which the polarization directions of recording lights are recorded as multivalued information; a second optical system by which light that passes the optical recording medium or light that is reflected by the optical recording medium is directed to a photo detecting portion in a state where the first linear polarized light and the second linear polarized light are separated; and a polarization direction judging portion which judges the polarization direction that is recorded in the optical recording medium based on amount of light of the first linear polarized lightType: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Toru Takeda, Tetsuya Shihara
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Patent number: 7372915Abstract: Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data wherein the EMD links for the song data in the actual broadcasts are disposed, is transmitted periodically during the transmission of the actual broadcast data. The actual broadcast data and the data broadcast data are received by a user terminal, and the EMD links disposed in the data broadcast data are stored whenever there is an input of an operation to attach a “bookmark”. Thus, audio data such as songs in programs broadcast can easily be acquired by radio.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1999Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takayuki Usami, Yuichiro Deguchi, Masayuki Obata, Masahiro Hotori, Tatsuya Inokuchi, Shuichi Ito, Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20080084806Abstract: A recording layer of an optical recording medium is made of a polymer film containing a polymer solid, such as polymethyl methacrylate, as a main ingredient. The polymer film contains a dye to absorb light having a specific wavelength band, and the optical recording medium exhibits anisotropy in at least one of light absorption intensity and emission intensity by irradiating the recording layer with a linearly polarized light having the specific wavelength band and an arbitrary polarization direction. It is preferable that the specific wavelength band is included in a wavelength region of 350 nm to 450 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinzaburo Ito, Hideo Ohkita, Hiroaki Benten, Kenji Nagashima, Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20080084801Abstract: A detection unit of an optical pickup apparatus includes an optical element to simultaneously extract plural specified lights having a different polarization direction respectively in a separated state from light from an optical recording medium, and a light amount measurement unit to simultaneously perform light amount measurement on each of the plural specified lights extracted by the optical element. At the time of reproduction of information, reflected light from the optical recording medium in the case where reproducing light is irradiated, or emission light emitted from the optical recording medium by irradiation of reproducing light is sent to a detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Applicant: Funai Electric co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinzaburo Ito, Hideo Ohkita, Hiroaki Benten, Kenji Nagashima, Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20080032796Abstract: A game machine comprises a monitor for displaying a screen image for prompting a manipulation input, a control panel unit provided with push buttons and adapted to accept manipulations from a game player so as to make progress on a game, a movement mechanism unit disposed at a bottom of a base segment to provide turning and traveling to the control panel unit, an apparatus-body drive control section 107 for controlling the drive of the movement mechanism unit, and a control instruction section or for outputting a given drive control instruction generated during game play to the drive control section, whereby a motion for positional displacement of a manipulation input unit is instructed in line with a game progress or a game result to exert an influence on a difficulty level of a game so as to enhance amusement of the game.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2005Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigenobu Matsuyama, Ryo Ueda, Toru Takeda
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Patent number: 7308582Abstract: A collation processing apparatus includes user identification information memory means for storing user identification information which identifies a user, collation information input means for inputting collation information, collating means for carrying out collation processing on the basis of the collation information input by the collation information input means, user identification information reading means for reading out predetermined user identification information from the user identification information memory means on the basis of a collation result by the collating means, and output means for outputting, to external equipment, user identification information which has been read out by the user identification information reading means, thereby making it possible to specify a user. By setting a communication address serving as user identification information in the external equipment by address setting means, data communication in which the user is specified can be carried out.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2001Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Takeda, Tatsuo Itabashi, Tomoshi Hirayama
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Publication number: 20070169166Abstract: Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data wherein the EMD links for the song data in the actual broadcasts are disposed, is transmitted periodically during the transmission of the actual broadcast data. The actual broadcast data and the data broadcast data are received by a user terminal, and the EMD links disposed in the data broadcast data are stored whenever there is an input of an operation to attach a “bookmark”. Thus, audio data such as songs in programs broadcast can easily be acquired by radio.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2007Publication date: July 19, 2007Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takayuki Usami, Yuichiro Deguchi, Masayuki Obata, Masahiro Hotori, Tatsuya Inokuchi, Shuichi Ito, Toru Takeda
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Publication number: 20060266409Abstract: There is provided a method of fabricating a thin-film solar cell including the steps of: irradiating a first laser light from a side of the substrate to remove the semiconductor and back surface electrode layers; and irradiating a second laser light from the side of the substrate to remove the transparent electrode, semiconductor and back surface electrode layers at a region outer than the region irradiated with the first laser light. There is provided a thin-film solar cell including a transparent electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer and a back surface electrode layer deposited on a transparent insulator substrate in this order, wherein the solar cell has a perimeter with the transparent electrode layer protruding outer than the semiconductor and back surface electrode layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Takeda, Shinsuke Tachibana
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Publication number: 20050233706Abstract: A switching circuit disclosed herein comprises: a transmission port; a first internal connection switching circuit which is connected between the transmission port and an antenna port and includes a depletion mode first transistor and a depletion mode second transistor, the first internal connection switching circuit constituting a parallel resonant circuit and a series resonant circuit; a reception port; a second internal connection switching circuit which is connected between the reception port and the antenna port and includes a depletion mode third transistor and a depletion mode fourth transistor, the second internal connection switching circuit constituting a parallel resonant circuit and a series resonant circuit; a standby port; a third internal connection switching circuit which is connected between the standby port and the antenna port and includes a depletion mode fifth transistor, the third internal connection switching circuit connecting the standby port to the antenna port and separating the staType: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2004Publication date: October 20, 2005Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Toru Takeda