Patents by Inventor Akimasa Maruo

Akimasa Maruo 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: 20240077513
    Abstract: An acceleration sensor system, includes: an acceleration sensor including an acceleration detection part and an offset detection part; and a processing part configured to process respective outputs of the acceleration detection part and the offset detection part, wherein the acceleration detection part includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein one of each of the first and second electrodes and the third electrode is a fixed electrode while the other of each of the first and second electrodes and the third electrode is a movable electrode, wherein the offset detection part includes a fourth electrode, a fifth electrode, and a sixth electrode provided between the fourth electrode and the fifth electrode, and wherein the fourth electrode, the fifth electrode, and the sixth electrode are fixed electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Akimasa MARUO
  • Patent number: 9741276
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a display unit having a plurality of pixel circuits each including a driving transistor and a light emitting element that emits light depending on a current output from the driving transistor when a voltage is applied to a gate terminal of the driving transistor; and a test unit having a test unit connection switch connected to the gate terminal of the driving transistor of each of the pixel circuits, and a test voltage supply circuit connected to the gate terminal of each of the driving transistors through the test unit connection switch and configured to supply a test voltage to the gate terminal of each of the driving transistors when the test unit connection switch is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nishinohara, Akimasa Maruo
  • Publication number: 20150379910
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a display unit having a plurality of pixel circuits each including a driving transistor and a light emitting element that emits light depending on a current output from the driving transistor when a voltage is applied to a gate terminal of the driving transistor; and a test unit having a test unit connection switch connected to the gate terminal of the driving transistor of each of the pixel circuits, and a test voltage supply circuit connected to the gate terminal of each of the driving transistors through the test unit connection switch and configured to supply a test voltage to the gate terminal of each of the driving transistors when the test unit connection switch is turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke Nishinohara, Akimasa Maruo
  • Patent number: 8987993
    Abstract: An organic EL device comprising: an organic EL element; a first transistor that controls a drive current of the organic EL element in accordance with a brightness adjustment voltage; and a temperature correction circuit that corrects the brightness adjustment voltage in accordance with a temperature; wherein the temperature correction circuit includes: a second transistor that has a same temperature characteristic as the first transistor; a resistor element that is connected to the second transistor; and an operational amplifier that controls the second transistor such that a predetermined reference voltage and a voltage across the resistor element become equal to each other; wherein the temperature correction circuit corrects the brightness adjustment voltage in accordance with an output from the operational amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Shoji, Akimasa Maruo
  • Publication number: 20140239846
    Abstract: An organic EL device comprising: an organic EL element; a first transistor that controls a drive current of the organic EL element in accordance with a brightness adjustment voltage; and a temperature correction circuit that corrects the brightness adjustment voltage in accordance with a temperature; wherein the temperature correction circuit includes: a second transistor that has a same temperature characteristic as the first transistor; a resistor element that is connected to the second transistor; and an operational amplifier that controls the second transistor such that a predetermined reference voltage and a voltage across the resistor element become equal to each other; wherein the temperature correction circuit corrects the brightness adjustment voltage in accordance with an output from the operational amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei SHOJI, Akimasa MARUO
  • Patent number: 7864147
    Abstract: A potential supplied from a capacitive load drive unit to one end of a respective capacitive load is switched to an intermediate potential between a first and a second power supply potentials for a predetermined period of time prior to switching the potential of the one end of the capacitive load from the first to the second power supply potential, or vice versa, which minimizes charging and discharging currents of the load, variations of the potential supplied to the capacitive load, and hence power consumption involved, without providing a charging capacitor having a large capacitance in the capacitive load drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akimasa Maruo
  • Publication number: 20090140779
    Abstract: A potential supplied from a capacitive load drive unit to one end of a respective capacitive load is switched to an intermediate potential between a first and a second power supply potentials for a predetermined period of time prior to switching the potential of the one end of the capacitive load from the first to the second power supply potential, or vice versa, which minimizes charging and discharging currents of the load, variations of the potential supplied to the capacitive load, and hence power consumption involved, without providing a charging capacitor having a large capacitance in the capacitive load drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akimasa Maruo