Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Morita

Hiroshi Morita 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: 12050921
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a processor unit, a memory storing a boot program, a reset controller and an address check unit. The reset controller controls a reset for the processor unit based on a reset request and outputs a boot address for the boot program to be executed after reset release to the processor unit. The address check unit performs a tampering check for the boot address output from the reset controller and outputs a boot address error signal based on a tampering check result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Mori, Yuji Kubo, Hiroshi Morita
  • Patent number: 12044654
    Abstract: A measurement method is provided for non-destructive inspection of a magnetic material as an inspection target in a non-magnetic body. The method includes application of a magnetic field from a magnetic field applying unit to the inspection target through a surface of the non-magnetic body, and measurement of a magnetic field from the inspection target with a magnetic sensor on the surface of the non-magnetic body adjacent to the magnetic field applying unit at positions having different distances from the magnetic field applying unit in a first direction away from the magnetic field applying unit. The magnetic field from the inspection target is attenuated with the distances. In the method, first and second measurements are performed with the magnetic field applying unit respectively arranged on one side and on the other side in the first direction relative to the positions where the magnetic sensor performs measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Katsunori Teshima, Mitsuru Mimori, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Motonori Takakura
  • Patent number: 12025738
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ranging device and a ranging module that allow a light emitting element and a light receiving element to be integrated with a simple structure. A light emitting substrate having a light emitting element is connected to a circuit substrate through first bumps, and a light receiving substrate having a single light emitting element or light emitting elements that are two-dimensionally disposed is connected to the circuit substrate through second bumps. The optical axis of a lens, the optical axis of the light emitting element, and the center axis of the light receiving element are disposed on substantially the same axis. The present technique can be applied to a ranging device that carries out ranging, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Oyama, Ken Kikuchi, Hiizu Ohtorii, Eiji Otani, Hiroshi Morita
  • Patent number: 12013582
    Abstract: To relax the accuracy with respect to a positional deviation, and thus to reduce costs. An optical waveguide and a light path adjuster are included, the optical waveguide performing propagation only in a reference mode at a first wavelength, the light path adjuster adjusting a light path such that input light is guided to a core of the optical waveguide. Communication is performed using light of a second wavelength that enables the optical waveguide to perform propagation in at least a first order mode in addition to the reference mode. When there is a positional deviation, input light that is not headed for the core of the optical waveguide is guided to the core due to the light path adjuster adjusting a path of the light. This results in a reduction in a loss of coupling of optical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Kazuaki Toba, Masanori Yamamoto, Yusuke Oyama
  • Publication number: 20240185883
    Abstract: A magnetic head according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a recording surface that has a first region corresponding to a position where a magnetic gap is provided in a length direction, and a second region corresponding to a position where the magnetic gap is not provided in the length direction, a plurality of groove portions crossing from one end in a width direction orthogonal to the length direction to the other end in the width direction being provided in the second region, and records a signal on a magnetic tape with the magnetic gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi MORITA
  • Publication number: 20240161775
    Abstract: A servo pattern recording method according to an embodiment of the present technology is a method of recording a servo pattern in a plurality of servo bands arrayed at intervals in a width direction of a magnetic layer of a magnetic tape, including: causing the magnetic tape to travel with a predetermined tension; and recording a servo pattern in the plurality of servo bands at a second pitch narrower than a first pitch that is an arrangement interval of two servo read heads in a tape drive device that records data in the magnetic layer or reproduces data recorded in the magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi MORITA, Kazuo ANNO
  • Publication number: 20240163496
    Abstract: A size of a buffer memory to be prepared on a receiving side for synchronized playback is reduced. A network can determine a plurality of paths for sending, from a transmission terminal to a reception terminal, a corresponding plurality of pieces of content to be played back in synchronization. A latency time difference between the plurality of paths is adjusted by an adjustment unit to fall within a predetermined length of time. For example, the adjustment is made by changing the path having the lower latency. This makes it possible to reduce the size of the buffer memory to be prepared on the receiving side. For example, the adjustment unit sends information on an adjusted latency time to a plurality of reception terminals connected to the plurality of paths. On the basis of this information, the plurality of reception terminals can set a buffering size used during synchronized playback of the content to an appropriate size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: KAZUAKI TOBA, HIROSHI MORITA, MASANARI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11949959
    Abstract: It is made possible to perform data transmission through a cable satisfactorily. A cable is connected between first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment. The cable includes a current consumption unit that receives supply of current from the first electronic equipment through a power supply line, a current monitor unit that observes a current amount the first electronic equipment is capable of supplying to the power supply line, and an information transmission unit that transmits control information according to the observed current amount to the first electronic equipment. The first electronic equipment controls the state of data to be supplied to the cable, on the basis of the control information transmitted thereto from the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Kazuaki Toba, Kazuo Yamamoto, Masanari Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240107677
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic circuit board, a base member, electronic equipment, an electronic equipment manufacturing method and an electronic circuit board manufacturing method that make it possible to mount an electronic circuit board easily on a curved surface, for example. An electronic circuit board has a deformable wiring board having a plurality of areas that is long in one direction and is formed to be partially continuous with each other, and the plurality of areas of the wiring board is provided with deformable plate-like plate members that are more rigid than the wiring board. For example, the present technology can be applied to an electronic circuit board on which various devices are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: HIIZU OHTORII, HIROSHI MORITA, YUSUKE OYAMA, EIJI OTANI, KEN KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240105758
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a light source apparatus that makes it possible to provide a widely applicable light source apparatus. A light source apparatus includes a transmissive board that transmits light emitted by a light-emitting element, a circuit board that drives the light-emitting element and is joined to the transmissive board, and a light-emitting board that has the light-emitting element and is connected to the circuit board via a first bump. Further, in the light source apparatus, the circuit board and an organic board are configured to be connected by sandwiching the light-emitting board via second bumps. The present technology can be applied to a light source apparatus that emits light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: HIIZU OHTORII, HIROSHI MORITA, YUSUKE OYAMA, EIJI OTANI, KEN KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240069273
    Abstract: To mitigate the accuracy of misalignment to reduce costs, and to suppress an inter-mode propagation delay difference to enable high-quality transmission of signals. An optical waveguide is configured to propagate only a fundamental mode at a first wavelength and propagate at least a first-order mode as well as the fundamental mode at a second wavelength. The optical waveguide is configured such that a refractive index distribution of a core and a cladding is controlled so that the inter-mode propagation delay difference is within a predetermined threshold, for example, the inter-mode propagation delay difference is zero, when communication is performed using light of the second wavelength. For example, the first wavelength is in a 1310-nm band and the second wavelength is in an 850-nm band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: HIROSHI MORITA, YUSUKE OYAMA, KAZUAKI TOBA, MASANARI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11905388
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition that contains copper particles and a particular resin and that is capable of producing a cured product having a low volume resistance value, and a cured product obtained by curing the resin composition. The resin composition contains (A) copper particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 20 ?m, (B) a phosphoric acid-modified epoxy resin obtained by reacting a phosphoric acid (b1) with an epoxy compound (b2), and (C) a curing agent, wherein the content of the component (B) and the content of the component (C), based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the components (A) to (C), are 0.1 to 30 parts by mass and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, respectively. Further, the cured product is obtained by curing the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nuida, Hitoshi Hosokawa, Hiroshi Morita
  • Publication number: 20240035923
    Abstract: To properly measure the bending amount of an optical waveguide routed in an electronic device or the like. An optical signal outputted with a second wavelength from the optical waveguide is received by a light receiving unit. In this case, the optical waveguide allows propagation only in a basic mode at a first wavelength and the second wavelength is a wavelength where the optical waveguide allows propagation at least in a primary mode in addition to a basic mode. The bending amount of the optical waveguide is obtained by a processing unit on the basis of the amount of a primary mode component included in the optical signal with the second wavelength. For example, the processing unit obtains the bending amount of the optical waveguide by using the ratio of the amount of the primary mode component included in the optical signal with the second wavelength and the amount of the basic mode component included in the optical signal with the second wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: HIROSHI MORITA, YUSUKE OYAMA, KAZUAKI TOBA, MASANARI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240040188
    Abstract: A cable may be satisfactorily used that has a specific function such as a register that holds specification data and a current consumption unit such as an element for adjusting signal quality. The cable is connected between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. A determination unit determines whether or not the first electronic device is a compatible electronic device. A control unit performs control to operate in a compatible mode when the first electronic device is a compatible electronic device and operate in a non-compatible mode when the first electronic device is not a compatible electronic device on the basis of the determination result by the determination unit. Furthermore, an electronic device is connected to an external device via the cable. The determination unit determines whether or not the cable is a compatible cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: HIROSHI MORITA, KAZUAKI TOBA, KAZUO YAMAMOTO, MASANARI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230385071
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a processor unit, a memory storing a boot program, a reset controller and an address check unit. The reset controller controls a reset for the processor unit based on a reset request and outputs a boot address for the boot program to be executed after reset release to the processor unit. The address check unit performs a tampering check for the boot address output from the reset controller and outputs a boot address error signal based on a tampering check result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki MORI, Yuji KUBO, Hiroshi MORITA
  • Patent number: 11816059
    Abstract: To enable preferable signal transmission between a plurality of daisy-chained devices at low cost. A transmission device generates a plurality of signals having different voltage levels and outputs the signals to a communication line at different timings. For example, the plurality of signals having different voltage levels is generated by a plurality of drivers or one driver. A receiving side can immediately determine whether or not it is information to be passed to the subsequent stage on the basis of only a difference in voltage level without logically analyzing contents of a signal, and cost of components such as a memory, verification cost, or the like are unnecessary so that the cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Kazuaki Toba, Kazuo Yamamoto, Masanari Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230363067
    Abstract: A controller for receiving input from a user includes: a memory having at least one set of profile data stored therein; a communication unit operating to transmit and receive signals to and from at least one of a game console and a game server; and a control unit operating to control the controller based on the at least one profile data set. The communication unit operates to transmit a list of one or more profile IDs corresponding to the at least one profile data set to the at least one game console and game server. The communication unit receives a selected profile ID, from among the one or more profile IDs, selected by the user from the at least one game console and game server. The control unit reads a profile data set corresponding to the received, selected profile ID, which is stored in the memory. The control unit controls operations of at least one of the controller with respect to the at least one game console and game server in accordance with the profile data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Akinori Ito, Hiroshi Morita, Tomoe Ochiai, Takeshi Igarashi, Yuji Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20230357283
    Abstract: An organic compound, an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device, the organic compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4 alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4 alkylthio group, and A is a functional group including a heteroaryl group that includes at least one sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OBANA, Hyeyun PARK, Sujin KWON, Shiyong YI, Junwon HAN, Hiroshi MORITA, Rieko HAMADA, Kouji IINO
  • Publication number: 20230352262
    Abstract: In an electron source including a suppressor electrode having an opening at one end portion thereof in a direction along a central axis and an electron emission material having a distal end protruding from the opening, the suppressor electrode further includes a receding portion receding to a position farther from the distal end of the electron emission material than the opening in the direction along the central axis at a position in an outer peripheral direction than the opening, and at least a part of the receding portion is disposed within a diameter of 2810 ?m from a center of the opening. Accordingly, an electron source, an electron gun, and a charged particle beam device such as an electron microscope using the same, in which a machine difference in a device performance due to an axial shift between the electron emission material and the suppressor electrode is reduced, are implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo KASUYA, Shuhei ISHIKAWA, Kenji TANIMOTO, Takashi DOI, Soichiro MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi MORITA, Daigo KOMESU, Kenji MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20230314023
    Abstract: A combination determination system determines a combination of a plurality of targets. The combination determination system includes a first combination selection unit, an index calculation unit, an evaluation unit, a storage unit, a selection criterion update unit, and a combination determination unit. The first combination selection unit selects a first combination based on a selection criterion. The index calculation unit calculates a predetermined index yielded from the first combination selected. The evaluation unit evaluates the first combination selected, based on the index calculated. The storage unit stores the first combination selected, the index calculated, and an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit. The selection criterion update unit updates the selection criterion based on the evaluation result stored by the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yuuta IZUMI, Tadafumi NISHIMURA, Hiroshi MORITA, Haruki INOUE