Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Nakano

Hiroaki Nakano 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: 20210384773
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20210375317
    Abstract: [Solving Means] A non-contact communication medium according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a voltage generation unit; a memory unit; a clock signal generation unit; and a control unit. The voltage generation unit includes an antenna coil for transmission/reception, and receives a signal magnetic field from an external device to generate a voltage. The memory unit stores one or more circuit parameters set in the voltage generation unit, and predetermined management information. The clock signal generation unit is configured to be capable of selectively generating clock signals having two or more different frequencies. The control unit is configured to select a frequency of a clock signal to be supplied to the memory unit from the clock signal generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki NAKANO, Hiroaki FUJITA, Eiji NAKASHIO
  • Patent number: 11128177
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20210196897
    Abstract: A gasket includes a main body made of an elastic material, and a film laminated on the surface of the main body. The gasket has a film circumferential surface portion to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface of a syringe barrel, and an annular groove formed circumferentially of the film circumferential surface portion. The gasket further includes an annular member which is fixed in the annular groove and includes an annular projection projecting from the surface of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20210165113
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system including: a radiation generator that includes a radiation source generating a radiation pulse by receiving a tube current of a preset amount; a radiation detector that includes a plurality of charge accumulators which accumulate and release electric charges to be read out as signal values according to received radiation and that generates a dynamic image formed of a plurality of frames; and a hardware processor. The hardware processor sets an amount of the tube current and a length of an accumulation time for which the charge accumulators are allowed to accumulate the electric charges, calculates such a proper range of the tube current that start and end of generation of one radiation pulse by the radiation generator are within one accumulation time to perform an imaging with the accumulation time, and regulates setting of a value out of the proper range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi NUKANOBU, Keisuke KOEDA, Mao EGUCHI, Atsushi TANEDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11011930
    Abstract: An energy receiver including a power receiver coil configured to wirelessly receive power transmitted from a power transmitter; a detection section configured to detect a foreign object; and a power storage section configured to supply power to the detection section during detection of the foreign object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Shinichi Fukuda, Yuji Murayama, Kenichi Fujimaki, Tomomichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10998770
    Abstract: A power feed device according to the present disclosure includes a power feed section that supplies power wirelessly to a power receiving device having a power receiving coil, a communication section that receives coil information transmitted from the power receiving device and indicating whether or not a coil is provided near the power receiving coil, and a controller that performs, on the basis of the coil information, a first determination as to whether or not to supply power to the power receiving device and controls an operation of the power feed section on the basis of a result of the first determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Hiroaki Nakano, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10951443
    Abstract: A communication device according to the disclosure includes: a signal generator that generates, on the basis of the first signal received from a communication partner through a coil, a second signal that synchronizes with the first signal; a first modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal on the basis of the second signal; a second modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal; and a communication controller that selects, on the basis of the first signal, whichever modulator is to be operated, from the first modulator and the second modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Uichiro Omae, Hiroaki Fujita, Masayoshi Abe
  • Patent number: 10951065
    Abstract: A power feed system according to the present disclosure includes a power feed device and a power receiving device. The power receiving device includes a power receiving section that receives power wirelessly from the power feed device with use of a power receiving coil, and a first communication section that transmits, to the power feed device, coil information indicating whether or not a coil is provided near the power receiving coil. The power feed device includes a power feed section that supplies power wirelessly to the power receiving device, a second communication section that receives the coil information, and a controller that performs, on the basis of the coil information, a first determination as to whether or not to supply power to the power receiving device, and controls an operation of the power feed section on the basis of a result of the first determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Hiroaki Nakano, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20210034943
    Abstract: A non-contact communication medium according to an embodiment of the present technology is a non-contact communication medium for a recording medium cartridge, including: a circuit component; a support substrate; and an antenna coil. The circuit component has a memory unit capable of storing management information relating to the recording medium cartridge therein. The support substrate supports the circuit component. The antenna coil includes a coil unit that is electrically connected to the circuit component and formed on the support substrate, an inductance value of the coil unit being 0.3 ?H or more and 2.0 ?H or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki NAKANO, Eiji NAKASHIO, Kazuo ANNO, Takanobu IWAMA, Shinya TOCHIKUBO, Naohiro ADACHI, Masayoshi ABE, Uichiro OMAE
  • Publication number: 20210012174
    Abstract: A non-contact communication medium according to one disclosed embodiment includes a memory unit, a power generation unit, a power monitoring unit, and a capacitance control unit. The power generation unit includes a resonant circuit and a rectification circuit, and generates electric power to be supplied to the memory unit. The resonant circuit includes an antenna coil and resonant capacitance unit having a variable capacitance value, and the rectification circuit rectifies a resonant output of the resonant circuit. The power monitoring unit includes a current adjustment element, a reference voltage generation source, and an operational amplifier. The operational amplifier controls the current adjustment element such that an output voltage of the rectification circuit is equal to a reference voltage from the reference voltage generation source. The capacitance control unit is configured to control the resonant capacitance unit on the basis of an output of the operational amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Ono, Toru Terashima, Hiroaki Fujita, Hiroaki Nakano, Hideo Maeda, Nobuhiko Shigyo
  • Publication number: 20200367852
    Abstract: Provided is a radiation image detection device used in a radiation image photographing system including the radiation image detection device that is portable and acquires radiation image data based on irradiated radiation, and a plurality of control terminals that are connected to the radiation image detection device and acquire the radiation image data acquired by the radiation image detection device, the radiation image detection device includes a hardware processor that: transmits and receives communication information to and from each of the control terminals; determines whether an IP address to be used for data communication by a connected one of the control terminals is a dynamic IP address or a static IP address, based on initial information received from each of the control terminals before data communication is established; and acquires an IP address, in accordance with a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki NAKANO, Naoki HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10833538
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: an electricity reception section configured to receive power fed from a power feeding unit using a magnetic field; a voltage detection section configured to detect a received voltage supplied from the electricity reception section; and a control section, wherein while preliminary power feeding at a lower power than main power feeding is performed from the power feeding unit, and when a received voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, the control section performs voltage reduction control so as to decrease the received voltage to lower than the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen
  • Publication number: 20200343769
    Abstract: An energy receiver including a power receiver coil configured to wirelessly receive power transmitted from a power transmitter; a detection section configured to detect a foreign object; and a power storage section configured to supply power to the detection section during detection of the foreign object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Shinichi Fukuda, Yuji Murayama, Kenichi Fujimaki, Tomomichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10819393
    Abstract: An electromagnetically-coupled state detection circuit including a detection unit that measures a primary side Q value of a circuit containing a primary side coil electromagnetically coupled with a secondary side coil and power transmission efficiency to the secondary side coil, corrects the power transmission efficiency based on the Q value of the primary side coil, and detects a state of electromagnetic coupling with the secondary side coil based on an obtained corrected value of the power transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami, Shinichi Fukuda, Osamu Kozakai, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 10819161
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detecting device including a coil electromagnetically coupled to the external, a resonant circuit that includes at least the coil, and a detecting section that superimposes a measurement signal for measuring the Q-factor of the resonant circuit on a power transmission signal transmitted to the coil in a contactless manner and removes the power transmission signal from an alternating-current signal obtained by superimposing the measurement signal on the power transmission signal. The detecting section measures the Q-factor by using the alternating-current signal from which the power transmission signal is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Bunsen, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10819150
    Abstract: Provided is a non-contact electric power feeding system including an electric power feeding device, and an electric power receiving device configured to receive electric power fed from the electric power feeding device. The electric power feeding device includes a primary-side coil, a driver, a primary-side control unit, and a primary-side communication unit. The electric power receiving device includes a secondary-side coil, a rectifier unit, a regulator, a secondary-side communication unit, and a secondary-side control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Hiroaki Nakano, Shinichi Fukuda, Masayuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10819440
    Abstract: A communication device of the disclosure includes a phase synchronizer, a modulator, and a controller. The phase synchronizer generates a second signal on a basis of a first signal received from a communication partner by selectively performing one of a closed loop operation and an open loop operation. The modulator is able to modulate the first signal on a basis of the second signal. The controller controls operations of the phase synchronizer and the modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujita, Hiroaki Nakano, Uichiro Omae, Tetsuya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10797536
    Abstract: A detection device, including: one or a plurality of magnetic coupling elements configured to have one or a plurality of coils; and a detection unit that measures or calculates an effective resistance values of the magnetic coupling elements or an effective resistance value of a circuit including at least the magnetic coupling elements and determines a presence or absence of a foreign substance based on a change in the effective resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20200295460
    Abstract: The present technology relates an antenna apparatus and a communication apparatus that make it possible to miniaturize the antenna apparatus and improve communication performance. A solenoid-coil-type solenoid antenna and a metal plate disposed to have an overlapping portion with the solenoid antenna in a length direction of the solenoid antenna are included. The overlapping portion includes a portion corresponding to a length of 50% to 80% of a length of the solenoid antenna. Furthermore, a slit is formed in the metal plate, and the solenoid antenna is disposed in parallel to the slit. It is possible to apply the present technology to an antenna apparatus included in a communication apparatus that performs wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI HIRABAYASHI, MASAYOSHI ABE, OSAMU KOZAKAI, HIROAKI NAKANO, UICHIRO OMAE