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).

  • Publication number: 20220014813
    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: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: HIROSHI MORITA, KAZUAKI TOBA, KAZUO YAMAMOTO, MASANARI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11216213
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus is capable of accessing a register of a cable satisfactorily. An inquiry about the presence or absence of a register in a cable connected between the transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus is performed. In response to the inquiry, information indicating the presence or absence of the register is received from the cable. When the information indicates the presence of the register, the register of the cable is accessed so that acquisition of storage data or writing in the storage data is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanari Yamamoto, Hiroshi Morita, Kazuaki Toba, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11195550
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology of a servo write head and the like capable of improving the recording accuracy of a servo pattern. [Solving Means] A servo write head according to the present technology includes a recording surface. This recording surface has a first region and a second region, and records a servo pattern on a magnetic tape by a magnetic gap, the first region being formed in with a first width a width direction and corresponding to a position where the magnetic gap is provided in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the width direction, the second region being formed with a second width narrower than the first width and corresponding to a position where no magnetic gap is provided in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Morita
  • Patent number: 11189422
    Abstract: This ignition coil includes: a bar-shaped resistor electrically connected to a terminal of a coil assembly via a relay; a case for storing these; and a filler filling gaps inside the case. The case includes a body, a cylindrical output portion protruding from the body, and an annular holding portion protruding inward from an inner circumferential surface of the output portion and formed integrally with the output portion. A part of the resistor is inserted into the holding portion, and thus a first internal area located on the body side with respect to the holding portion and shut off from outside is formed in an internal area of the output portion. The filler fills the first internal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DIAMOND ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sawa, Hiroshi Morita
  • Publication number: 20210320828
    Abstract: It is made possible to favorably perform signal transfer between a plurality of daisy-chain-connected devices. There is a communication line for performing communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. A data generating section generates first data to be transmitted to the first electronic device. Then, a data input section inputs the first data to a first position on the communication line. In addition, a first data suppressing section is provided at a second position on the communication line, the second position being closer to the second electronic device than the first position is, and the first data suppressing section prevents the first data from being sent to the second electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: HIROSHI MORITA, KAZUAKI TOBA, KAZUO YAMAMOTO, MASANARI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11146851
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Kazuaki Toba, Kazuo Yamamoto, Masanari Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11139139
    Abstract: Provided are a charged particle beam generator and a charged particle beam device that can improve insulation reliability as a result of reducing the high electric field generated around a connection section for a conductor. The charged particle beam generator 100 has: a plug 151 that guides high voltage from outside to a charged particle source that is in a vacuum; and a socket 251 having the charged particle source attached thereto. An electric field reduction ring 161 that electrically connects to one of a plurality of conductors that guide high voltage is embedded inside the tip of the plug 151. The plurality of conductors that guide the high voltage are arranged so as to penetrate the electric field reduction ring 161.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hitaclii High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Shinichi Kato, Hiroyuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20210280211
    Abstract: To provide a technology of a servo write head and the like capable of improving the recording accuracy of a servo pattern. A servo write head according to the present technology includes a recording surface. This recording surface has a first region and a second region, and records a servo pattern on a magnetic tape by a magnetic gap, the first region being formed in with a first width a width direction and corresponding to a position where the magnetic gap is provided in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the width direction, the second region being formed with a second width narrower than the first width and corresponding to a position where no magnetic gap is provided in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi MORITA
  • Patent number: 11100945
    Abstract: A servo pattern recording method according to an embodiment of the present technology is a servo pattern recording method of recording a servo pattern on a tape-like magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer including five or more servo bands, the method including: determining at least three first servo bands in which first servo band identification information constituted by a plurality of bits is to be recorded, and at least two second servo bands in which second servo band identification information constituted by a plurality of bits is to be recorded, the second servo band identification being different from the first servo band identification information; and recording each of the first servo band identification information and the second servo band identification information in the first servo band and the second servo band on the same phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Hiroshi Morita
  • Publication number: 20210257178
    Abstract: Provided are a charged particle beam generator and a charged particle beam device that can improve insulation reliability as a result of reducing the high electric field generated around a connection section for a conductor. The charged particle beam generator 100 has: a plug 151 that guides high voltage from outside to a charged particle source that is in a vacuum; and a socket 251 having the charged particle source attached thereto. An electric field reduction ring 161 that electrically connects to one of a plurality of conductors that guide high voltage is embedded inside the tip of the plug 151. The plurality of conductors that guide the high voltage are arranged so as to penetrate the electric field reduction ring 161.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi MORITA, Shinichi KATO, Hiroyuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20210233558
    Abstract: To provide a servo signal verifying device for verifying a servo signal of a magnetic recording tape with high recording density. The present technology provides a servo signal verifying device including: at least one servo signal reading head that reads a servo signal written to a servo band of a magnetic recording tape; a first amplifier that amplifies the servo signal read by the servo signal reading head; and a second amplifier that includes a low-pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 35 MHz or less and amplifies a signal amplified by the first amplifier. Further, the present technology provides also a servo writer that includes the servo signal verifying device, and a method of producing a magnetic recording tape using the servo signal verifying device. Further, the present technology provides also a servo signal reading head constituting the servo signal verifying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi MORITA
  • Patent number: 11069542
    Abstract: A cleaning water supply device includes an ultrapure water line through which ultrapure water flows by a fixed amount, a production unit that produces cleaning water by adding a solute to the ultrapure water line by a fixed amount, a storage tank for the cleaning water, cleaning machines to which the cleaning water is supplied from the storage tank, and a controller that controls the cleaning water production unit so that a water level in the storage tank is in a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Nobuko Gan
  • Publication number: 20210209053
    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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: HIROSHI MORITA, KAZUAKI TOBA, KAZUO YAMAMOTO, MASANARI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11054247
    Abstract: An optical axis or a diameter of light of even a light beam having a non-uniform intensity distribution is stably obtained. An outer shape of a range of a light intensity having a specified ratio with respect to a total light intensity on a cross-section of a light beam is obtained. An approximate circle is obtained from this outer shape. For example, the approximate circle is calculated by using the least-squares method. An optical axis and/or a diameter of light of the light beam is obtained on the basis of this approximate circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Kazuaki Toba, Masanari Yamamoto, Kenjiro Ueda, Ryohei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210181424
    Abstract: Provided is an optical communication connector that includes a control unit (42). The control unit (42) controls alignment of a ferrule (170) and a lens (162). The ferrule (170) is to fix a fiber (23). The control unit (42) varies a shape of a shape variation member (21) on the basis of a communication quality of light entering the fiber (23) via the lens (162) to control the alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: HIROSHI MORITA, KAZUAKI TOBA, MASANARI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11022764
    Abstract: Laser hazard at disconnection can be prevented with a simple structure. A tubular connector exterior, and a block that is incorporated on one end side of the connector exterior and on which a light emission portion or a light incident portion is mounted toward the other end side are provided. The light emission portion or the light incident portion is mounted on the block so that the optical axis direction thereof is tilted relative to the longitudinal direction of the connector exterior. The light emission portion is a lens through which light output from a light transmission path is collimated and emitted. At least part of the collimated light emitted through the lens is incident on a light diffusion portion provided inside the connector exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Toba, Masanari Yamamoto, Ryohei Takahashi, Hiroshi Morita
  • Publication number: 20210156965
    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: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke OYAMA, Ken KIKUCHI, Hiizu OHTORII, Eiji OTANI, Hiroshi MORITA
  • Publication number: 20210135708
    Abstract: It is possible to determine, with a simple configuration, that the connection direction of a cable is the reverse direction. A cable is connected for use between a transmission device and a reception device, and transmits data in one direction. A connection direction determination unit determines whether the connection direction is the reverse direction, on the basis of a result of voltage monitoring at a predetermined position on a power-supply line. When the connection direction is determined to be the reverse direction, the information transmission unit transmits information indicating that the connection direction is the reverse direction, to the transmission device or the reception device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: MASANARI YAMAMOTO, KAZUAKI TOBA, KAZUO YAMAMOTO, HIROSHI MORITA
  • Patent number: 10997043
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of executing fault injection test on a plurality of failure detection mechanism in a short time is provided. The semiconductor device 1 has a plurality of hierarchical modules and an error control module 100 for controlling errors in the plurality of hierarchical modules. Each hierarchical module has a safety mechanism to detect failures in the functions of the components that make up the hierarchical modules. The error control module 100 includes a status register 120 configured to record data indicative of the status of failure of each hierarchical module, and a fault injection function 110 that outputs an error signal to the status register 120 to perform fault injection test. The error signal is inputted into the safety mechanism via the status register 120.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Kato, Hiroshi Morita
  • Patent number: 10995724
    Abstract: This igniter assembly 220 includes: an igniter 2 provided with a lead terminal 20; a body 1 made of resin and storing the igniter 2; and an internal terminal 3 fixed to the body 1 and having one end electrically connected to the lead terminal 20. The internal terminal 3 has another end extending outward of the body 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: DIAMOND ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kohei Adachi, Hiroshi Morita, Kazutoshi Hosoda