Patents by Inventor Yasushi Kawase

Yasushi Kawase 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: 20230289222
    Abstract: A control system includes a task assigning unit, a task processing execution unit, and a reassigning unit. The task assigning unit divides a plurality of tasks dispersed in space into a plurality of groups each including one or more tasks and assign the plurality of respective groups to a plurality of respective objects of which states are changeable in the space. The task processing execution unit executes control for causing the respective objects to process the tasks of the assigned group. The reassigning unit assigns, when a processing status of a task satisfies a condition decided in advance, a task of which processing has not been ended in another group to the object that has completed processing of all the tasks of the assigned group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhisa MAKINO, Akitoshi Kawamura, Yasushi Kawase, Hanna Kawase Sumita, Hiromichi Goko
  • Patent number: 8345480
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawase, Susumu Ishida, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Nagata, Naoki Miyamoto, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20120069670
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawase, Susumu Ishida, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Nagata, Naoki Miyamoto, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Patent number: 8089810
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawase, Susumu Ishida, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Nagata, Naoki Miyamoto, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20110012906
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Yasushi KAWASE, Susumu Ishida, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Nagata, Naoki Miyamoto, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Patent number: 7826264
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawase, Susumu Ishida, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Nagata, Naoki Miyamoto, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Patent number: 7342562
    Abstract: By implementing reduction in power of common electrode voltages applied from a power source of a liquid crystal drive device to common electrode interconnects of a liquid crystal display panel, respectively, reduction in power consumption of the liquid crystal display panel as a whole is attained. A VCOM operation waveform in a charging process from a second voltage VCOML to a first voltage VCOMH shows that a charging current Icha represents the sum of a charging current from VCOML to a reference voltage VCI, Icha1=Cp (VCI?VCOML)/?t, and a charging current from the reference voltage VCI to the first voltage VCOMH, Icha2=Cp (VCOMH?VCI)/?t. Accordingly, power consumed by Icha1 is the reference voltage VCI×Icha1, and power consumed by Icha2 is VCI×Icha2×2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawase, Takesada Akiba, Kazuya Endo, Goro Sakamaki
  • Publication number: 20070296665
    Abstract: By implementing reduction in power of common electrode voltages applied from a power source of a liquid crystal drive device to common electrode interconnects of a liquid crystal display panel, respectively, reduction in power consumption of the liquid crystal display panel as a whole is attained. A VCOM operation waveform in a charging process from a second voltage VCOML to a first voltage VCOMH shows that a charging current Icha represents the sum of a charging current from VCOML to a reference voltage VCI, Icha1=Cp (VCI?VCOML)/?t, and a charging current from the reference voltage VCI to the first voltage VCOMH, Icha2=Cp (VCOMH?VCI)/?t. Accordingly, power consumed by Icha1 is the reference voltage VCI×Icha1, and power consumed by Icha2 is VCI×Icha2×2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawase, Takesada Akiba, Kazuya Endo, Goro Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 7203116
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a semiconductor memory device which is made identical in usability to a static RAM by use of dynamic memory cells and realizes a high-speed memory cycle time, there is provided a pseudo static RAM having a time multiplex mode which, when instructions for a memory operation for reading memory information from each of memory cells each requiring a refresh operation for periodically holding the memory information, or writing the same therein is issued, carries out an addressing-based autonomous refresh operation different from the memory operation before or after the memory operation. The pseudo static RAM includes address signal transition detectors for a row and a column, and a page mode which independently performs a column address selecting operation according to an address signal transition detect signal of the second address signal transition detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideharu Yahata, Masashi Horiguchi, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Yasushi Kawase
  • Patent number: 7199648
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided having first and second logic circuits coupled to first and second sub-power supply lines, respectively. First and second switching transistors are also provided to connect the first and second sub-power supply lines to a main power supply line. The first and second switching transistors are kept off in an operation stop state of the first and second logic circuits, and are kept on in operable state of the first and second logic circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Horiguchi, Yasushi Kawase, Takesada Akiba, Yoshinobu Nakagome, Kazuhiko Kajigaya
  • Publication number: 20060267903
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving liquid crystal (liquid crystal control driver IC) capable of easily setting drive conditions and the like according to specifications of a liquid crystal display to be used. An electrically-programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EPROM) or an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory circuit (EEPROM) is provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving a liquid crystal display, and setting information is stored in the memory circuit. The memory circuit is constructed by a normal device which can be formed in the same process as a semiconductor manufacturing process of forming devices of other circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawase, Susumu Ishida, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Nagata, Naoki Miyamoto, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20060227642
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a semiconductor memory device which is made identical in usability to a static RAM by use of dynamic memory cells and realizes a high-speed memory cycle time, there is provided a pseudo static RAM having a time multiplex mode which, when instructions for a memory operation for reading memory information from each of memory cells each requiring a refresh operation for periodically holding the memory information, or writing the same therein is issued, carries out an addressing-based autonomous refresh operation different from the memory operation before or after the memory operation. The pseudo static RAM includes address signal transition detectors for a row and a column, and a page mode which independently performs a column address selecting operation according to an address signal transition detect signal of the second address signal transition detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Hideharu Yahata, Masashi Horiguchi, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Yasushi Kawase
  • Patent number: 7082063
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a semiconductor memory device which is made identical in usability to a static RAM by use of dynamic memory cells and realizes a high-speed memory cycle time, there is provided a pseudo static RAM having a time multiplex mode which, when instructions for a memory operation for reading memory information from each of memory cells each requiring a refresh operation for periodically holding the memory information, or writing the same therein is issued, carries out an addressing-based autonomous refresh operation different from the memory operation before or after the memory operation. The pseudo static RAM includes address signal transition detectors for a row and a column, and a page mode which independently performs a column address selecting operation according to an address signal transition detect signal of the second address signal transition detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corporation, Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideharu Yahata, Masashi Horiguchi, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Yasushi Kawase
  • Publication number: 20050237839
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a semiconductor memory device which is made identical in usability to a static RAM by use of dynamic memory cells and realizes a high-speed memory cycle time, there is provided a pseudo static RAM having a time multiplex mode which, when instructions for a memory operation for reading memory information from each of memory cells each requiring a refresh operation for periodically holding the memory information, or writing the same therein is issued, carries out an addressing-based autonomous refresh operation different from the memory operation before or after the memory operation. The pseudo static RAM includes address signal transition detectors for a row and a column, and a page mode which independently performs a column address selecting operation according to an address signal transition detect signal of the second address signal transition detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hideharu Yahata, Masashi Horiguchi, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Yasushi Kawase
  • Patent number: 6928017
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a semiconductor memory device which is made identical in usability to a static RAM by use of dynamic memory cells and realizes a high-speed memory cycle time, there is provided a pseudo static RAM having a time multiplex mode which, when instructions for a memory operation for reading memory in formation from each of memory cells each requiring a refresh operation for periodically holding the memory information, or writing the same therein is issued, carries out an addressing-based autonomous refresh operation different from the memory operation before or after the memory operation. The pseudo static RAM includes address signal transition detectors for a row and a column, and a page mode which independently performs a column address selecting operation according to an address signal transition detect signal of the second address signal transition detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideharu Yahata, Masashi Horiguchi, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Yasushi Kawase
  • Publication number: 20050073895
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a semiconductor memory device which is made identical in usability to a static RAM by use of dynamic memory cells and realizes a high-speed memory cycle time, there is provided a pseudo static RAM having a time multiplex mode which, when instructions for a memory operation for reading memory information from each of memory cells each requiring a refresh operation for periodically holding the memory information, or writing the same therein is issued, carries out an addressing-based autonomous refresh operation different from the memory operation before or after the memory operation. The pseudo static RAM includes address signal transition detectors for a row and a column, and a page mode which independently performs a column address selecting operation according to an address signal transition detect signal of the second address signal transition detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Hideharu Yahata, Masashi Horiguchi, Yoshikazu Saitoh, Yasushi Kawase
  • Patent number: RE38944
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory such as a dynamic RAM having memory mats each divided into a plurality of units or sub-memory mats. Each sub-memory mat comprises: a memory array having sub-word lines and sub-bit lines intersecting orthogonally and dynamic memory cells located in lattice fashion at the intersection points between the intersecting sub-word and sub-bit lines; a sub-word line driver including unit sub-word line driving circuits corresponding to the sub-word lines; a sense amplifier including unit amplifier circuits and column selection switches corresponding to the sub-bit lines; and sub-common I/O lines to which designated sub-bit lines are connected selectively via the column selection switches. The sub-memory mats are arranged in lattice fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitach Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsugio Takahashi, Goro Kitsukawa, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Kawase, Masayuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: RE40356
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory such as a dynamic RAM having memory mats each divided into a plurality of units or sub-memory mats. Each sub-memory mat comprises: a memory array having sub-word lines and sub-bit lines intersecting orthogonally and dynamic memory cells located in lattice fashion at the intersection points between the intersecting sub-word and sub-bit lines; a sub-word line driver including unit sub-word line driving circuits corresponding to the sub-word lines; a sense amplifier including unit amplifier circuits and column selection switches corresponding to the sub-bit lines; and sub-common I/O lines to which designated sub-bit lines are connected selectively via the column selection switches. The sub-memory mats are arranged in lattice fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsugio Takahashi, Goro Kitsukawa, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Kawase, Masayuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: RE41379
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory such as a dynamic RAM having memory mats each divided into a plurality of units or sub-memory mats. Each sub-memory mat comprises: a memory array having sub-word lines and sub-bit lines intersecting orthogonally and dynamic memory cells located in lattice fashion at the intersection points between the intersecting sub-word and sub-bit lines; a sub-word line driver including unit sub-word line driving circuits corresponding to the sub-word lines; a sense amplifier including unit amplifier circuits and column selection switches corresponding to the sub-bit lines; and sub-common I/O lines to which designated sub-bit lines are connected selectively via the column selection switches. The sub-memory mats are arranged in lattice fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Rising Silicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsugio Takahashi, Goro Kitsukawa, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Kawase, Masayuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: RE42659
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory such as a dynamic RAM having memory mats each divided into a plurality of units or sub-memory mats. Each sub-memory mat comprises: a memory array having sub-word lines and sub-bit lines intersecting orthogonally and dynamic memory cells located in lattice fashion at the intersection points between the intersecting sub-word and sub-bit lines; a sub-word line driver including unit sub-word line driving circuits corresponding to the sub-word lines; a sense amplifier including unit amplifier circuits and column selection switches corresponding to the sub-bit lines; and sub-common I/O lines to which designated sub-bit lines are connected selectively via the column selection switches. The sub-memory mats are arranged in lattice fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventors: Tsugio Takahashi, Goro Kitsukawa, Takesada Akiba, Yasushi Kawase, Masayuki Nakamura