Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kiya

Hiroshi Kiya 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: 11791770
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a first terminal, a first oscillation circuit oscillating a resonator and generating a first voltage for automatic gain control for controlling amplitude of a signal output from the resonator, a digital signal generation circuit generating a digital signal corresponding to the first voltage, and a first interface circuit outputting the digital signal to the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei Higuchi, Jun Uehara, Yuichi Toriumi, Hiroshi Kiya
  • Publication number: 20230020823
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a first terminal, a first oscillation circuit oscillating a resonator and generating a first voltage for automatic gain control for controlling amplitude of a signal output from the resonator, a digital signal generation circuit generating a digital signal corresponding to the first voltage, and a first interface circuit outputting the digital signal to the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Teppei Higuchi, Jun Uehara, Yuichi Toriumi, Hiroshi Kiya
  • Patent number: 11326881
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a vibrator having a first and second electrode, and a circuit device having a drive circuit adapted to drive the vibrator, and an output circuit adapted to output a monitor signal corresponding to a vibration characteristic of the vibrator while driven by the drive circuit. The circuit device includes a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode, and from which an output signal from the drive circuit to the vibrator is output, a second terminal electrically connected to the second electrode, and to which an input signal from the vibrator to the drive circuit is input, a third terminal electrically separated from the first electrode and the second electrode, and a monitor terminal from which the monitor signal is output. The vibrator is supported on an active surface side of the circuit device using conductive bumps respectively to the first, second, and third terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kiya
  • Patent number: 10985928
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit that generates an oscillation signal by using an oscillator, a processing unit that controls the oscillation circuit, and an interface unit that outputs authentication information to an external device. The authentication information being information based on specific information of the circuit device and is used to authenticate the circuit device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamiyama, Toshiya Usuda, Hiroshi Kiya
  • Patent number: 10454471
    Abstract: A power supply switching circuit that selects one power supply potential from among a plurality of power supply potentials. This power supply switching circuit is provided with a transistor QP1 that is connected between an input node N1 and node N2 and has a back gate connected to node N1, a transistor QP2 that is connected between node N2 and output node N3 and has a back gate connected to node N3, a transistor QP3 that is connected between input node N4 and node N5 and has a back gate connected to node N4, a transistor QP4 that is connected between the node N5 and N3 and has a back gate connected to node N3, and a control signal generation unit that sets a group of transistors QP1 and QP2 and a group of transistors QP3 and QP4 to a conduction state and sets the other to a non-conduction state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nomizo, Hiroshi Kiya, Nobuyuki Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20190212145
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a vibrator having a first and second electrode, and a circuit device having a drive circuit adapted to drive the vibrator, and an output circuit adapted to output a monitor signal corresponding to a vibration characteristic of the vibrator while driven by the drive circuit. The circuit device includes a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode, and from which an output signal from the drive circuit to the vibrator is output, a second terminal electrically connected to the second electrode, and to which an input signal from the vibrator to the drive circuit is input, a third terminal electrically separated from the first electrode and the second electrode, and a monitor terminal from which the monitor signal is output. The vibrator is supported on an active surface side of the circuit device using conductive bumps respectively to the first, second, and third terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi KIYA
  • Patent number: 10135391
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes an oscillating circuit adapted to oscillate a resonator element, a capacitance circuit connected to the oscillating circuit, and capable of correcting an oscillation frequency of the oscillating circuit, a logic circuit to which a signal output from the oscillating circuit is input, and which is capable of correcting a frequency of the signal, and a control circuit adapted to control an operation of the capacitance circuit and an operation of the logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Shirotori, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Masaki Wakamori, Toshiya Usuda, Masayuki Kamiyama, Sho Matsuzaki, Hiroshi Kiya, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 10128854
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes an oscillating circuit adapted to oscillate a resonator element having a frequency-temperature characteristic, and a frequency adjustment circuit having a capacitance circuit connected to the oscillating circuit and adapted to adjust an oscillation frequency of the oscillating circuit, and a logic circuit, to which a signal having been output from the oscillating circuit is input, and which adjusts a frequency of the signal, and the frequency adjustment circuit compensates the frequency-temperature characteristic using at least the capacitance circuit in a predetermined temperature range, and compensates the frequency-temperature characteristic using the logic circuit alone outside the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Shirotori, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Masaki Wakamori, Toshiya Usuda, Sho Matsuzaki, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama, Masayuki Kamiyama, Hiroshi Kiya
  • Publication number: 20180210488
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a processing unit that detects occurrence of an internal event of the circuit device, a storage unit, and a clocking unit that generates clocking data which is real-time clock information on the basis of an oscillation signal generated using a resonator. The processing unit stores specific information on the internal event and the clocking data when the occurrence of the internal event is detected, in the storage unit when the occurrence of the internal event is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIYA, Masayuki KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180212786
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit that generates an oscillation signal by using an oscillator, a processing unit that controls the oscillation circuit, and an interface unit that outputs authentication information to an external device. The authentication information being information based on specific information of the circuit device and is used to authenticate the circuit device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Toshiya USUDA, Hiroshi KIYA
  • Publication number: 20170279447
    Abstract: A power supply switching circuit that selects one power supply potential from among a plurality of power supply potentials. This power supply switching circuit is provided with a transistor QP1 that is connected between an input node N1 and node N2 and has a back gate connected to node N1, a transistor QP2 that is connected between node N2 and output node N3 and has a back gate connected to node N3, a transistor QP3 that is connected between input node N4 and node N5 and has a back gate connected to node N4, a transistor QP4 that is connected between the node N5 and N3 and has a back gate connected to node N3, and a control signal generation unit that sets a group of transistors QP1 and QP2 and a group of transistors QP3 and QP4 to a conduction state and sets the other to a non-conduction state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki NOMIZO, Hiroshi KIYA, Nobuyuki OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9762062
    Abstract: A voltage output circuit includes a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal, an output terminal, a switch circuit present in a supply path of a voltage from the second power supply terminal to the output terminal and configured to supply the voltage from the second power supply terminal to the output terminal when the switch circuit is in a closed state and interrupt the supply of the voltage from the second power supply terminal to the output terminal when the switch circuit is in an open state, a switch control circuit configured to fix the switch circuit in the open state on the basis of the voltage at the second power supply terminal, and a switch control circuit configured to release the fixing of the open state of the switch circuit on the basis of the voltage at the first power supply terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kiya
  • Publication number: 20170063305
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes an oscillating circuit adapted to oscillate a resonator element, a capacitance circuit connected to the oscillating circuit, and capable of correcting an oscillation frequency of the oscillating circuit, a logic circuit to which a signal output from the oscillating circuit is input, and which is capable of correcting a frequency of the signal, and a control circuit adapted to control an operation of the capacitance circuit and an operation of the logic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Toru SHIROTORI, Hisashi YAMAGUCHI, Masaki WAKAMORI, Toshiya USUDA, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Sho MATSUZAKI, Hiroshi KIYA, Tsuyoshi YONEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170063380
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes an oscillating circuit adapted to oscillate a resonator element having a frequency-temperature characteristic, and a frequency adjustment circuit having a capacitance circuit connected to the oscillating circuit and adapted to adjust an oscillation frequency of the oscillating circuit, and a logic circuit, to which a signal having been output from the oscillating circuit is input, and which adjusts a frequency of the signal, and the frequency adjustment circuit compensates the frequency-temperature characteristic using at least the capacitance circuit in a predetermined temperature range, and compensates the frequency-temperature characteristic using the logic circuit alone outside the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Toru SHIROTORI, Hisashi YAMAGUCHI, Masaki WAKAMORI, Toshiya USUDA, Sho MATSUZAKI, Tsuyoshi YONEYAMA, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Hiroshi KIYA
  • Patent number: 9438073
    Abstract: A power supply switching circuit includes a switching circuit that electrically connects a VCC terminal and a VBK terminal in a connected state, a switch control circuit, and a power supply monitoring circuit that monitors a voltage of the VCC terminal, and outputs a voltage of the VBK terminal. The switch control circuit switches a mode from a normal mode in which the switching circuit is intermittently connected to a standby mode in which the switching circuit is opened according to an output signal of the power supply monitoring circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamiyama, Hiroshi Kiya
  • Patent number: 9159267
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates disposed to face each other so as to hold a liquid crystal layer therebetween, and a gate potential creating circuit for outputting a selection potential and a non-selection potential, scanning lines, signal lines, thin film transistors formed so as to correspond to intersection portions between the scanning lines and the signal lines, respectively, pixel electrodes electrically connected to the thin film transistors, respectively, and a gate control circuit for switching the selection potential and the non-selection potential supplied from the gate potential creating circuit over to each other, thereby supplying one of the selection potential and the non-selection potential to corresponding ones of the thin film transistors through corresponding one of the scanning lines being formed on the first substrate, and a common electrode being formed either on the first substrate or the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tajiri, Yutaka Kobashi, Hiroshi Kiya, Nobuhiko Yokoo
  • Patent number: 8957884
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes: a driving voltage output unit that outputs a driving voltage supplied to a segment electrode of an electro-optical panel; a display data storage unit that stores display data; and a driving waveform information output unit that outputs driving waveform information when a display state of the segment electrode is changed from a first display state corresponding to first display data to a second display state corresponding to second display data, wherein the driving voltage output unit outputs the driving voltage specified by the first display data and the second display data from the display data storage unit, and the driving waveform information from the driving waveform information output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Yato, Shigeaki Kawano, Hiroshi Kiya, Keisuke Hashimoto, Hiroaki Nomizo
  • Publication number: 20150028676
    Abstract: A voltage output circuit includes a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal, an output terminal, a switch circuit present in a supply path of a voltage from the second power supply terminal to the output terminal and configured to supply the voltage from the second power supply terminal to the output terminal when the switch circuit is in a closed state and interrupt the supply of the voltage from the second power supply terminal to the output terminal when the switch circuit is in an open state, a switch control circuit configured to fix the switch circuit in the open state on the basis of the voltage at the second power supply terminal, and a switch control circuit configured to release the fixing of the open state of the switch circuit on the basis of the voltage at the first power supply terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroshi KIYA
  • Publication number: 20140092074
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates disposed to face each other so as to hold a liquid crystal layer therebetween, and a gate potential creating circuit for outputting a selection potential and a non-selection potential, scanning lines, signal lines, thin film transistors formed so as to correspond to intersection portions between the scanning lines and the signal lines, respectively, pixel electrodes electrically connected to the thin film transistors, respectively, and a gate control circuit for switching the selection potential and the non-selection potential supplied from the gate potential creating circuit over to each other, thereby supplying one of the selection potential and the non-selection potential to corresponding ones of the thin film transistors through corresponding one of the scanning lines being formed on the first substrate, and a common electrode being formed either on the first substrate or the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichi Tajiri, Yutaka Kobashi, Hiroshi Kiya, Nobuhiko Yokoo
  • Publication number: 20140008984
    Abstract: A power supply switching circuit includes a switching circuit that electrically connects a VCC terminal and a VBK terminal in a connected state, a switch control circuit, and a power supply monitoring circuit that monitors a voltage of the VCC terminal, and outputs a voltage of the VBK terminal. The switch control circuit switches a mode from a normal mode in which the switching circuit is intermittently connected to a standby mode in which the switching circuit is opened according to an output signal of the power supply monitoring circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamiyama, Hiroshi Kiya