Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Maesaka

Hirokazu Maesaka 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).

  • Patent number: 10012957
    Abstract: A time measurement device measures a time interval between input timings of first and second pulsed target signals. The device includes: a processor; a number-of-periods detector that detects, by using a clock signal with a predetermined clock frequency and a predetermined clock period, the time interval in units of the clock period; and a phase detection unit including a band-pass filter. The band-pass filter receives at least one of the first and second target signals as a filtering target signal and extracts a signal component of the clock frequency from the filtering target signal. The phase detection unit detects a phase difference between the extracted signal and the clock signal. The processor derives, by using a result detected by the number-of-periods detector and the detected phase difference, the time interval at a resolution finer than the clock period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Takashi Ohshima, Yuji Otake, Hirokazu Maesaka, Shin-ichi Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20170371301
    Abstract: A time measurement device measures a time interval between input timings of first and second pulsed target signals. The device includes: a processor; a number-of-periods detector that detects, by using a clock signal with a predetermined clock frequency and a predetermined clock period, the time interval in units of the clock period; and a phase detection unit including a band-pass filter. The band-pass filter receives at least one of the first and second target signals as a filtering target signal and extracts a signal component of the clock frequency from the filtering target signal. The phase detection unit detects a phase difference between the extracted signal and the clock signal. The processor derives, by using a result detected by the number-of-periods detector and the detected phase difference, the time interval at a resolution finer than the clock period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Takashi Ohshima, Yuji Otake, Hirokazu Maesaka, Shin-ichi Matsubara