Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yoshino

Hiroshi Yoshino 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: 12381526
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an amplifier circuit including a first capacitive element, a first GM amplifier, and a second GM amplifier. The first GM amplifier includes a first input node, a second input node, and an output node. The output node is connected to one end of the first capacitive element. The second GM amplifier includes a first input node, a second input node, and an output node. The output node is connected to one end of the first capacitive element and the second input node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yamauchi, Hiroshi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20250105827
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an oscillation circuit includes: a ring oscillator; a first transistor having a gate terminal coupled to an output port of the ring oscillator and a drain terminal coupled to a first node; a second transistor having a drain terminal and a gate terminal that are both coupled to the first node; a third transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the first node and a drain terminal coupled to a second node; a fourth transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the first node and a drain terminal coupled to a third node; a fifth transistor having a drain terminal coupled to the second node and a source terminal coupled to the third node; and a voltage buffer having an input port coupled to the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Kazuki MIYAO, Tomoharu KAMBASHI, Hiroshi YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20250074089
    Abstract: A technology that can improve usability while suppressing a reduction in workability in using each member is to be provided. A printing apparatus includes; a print head configured to perform printing by ejecting ink on a print medium; a frame member configured to accommodate the print head; an opening/closing member configured to pivotally move with respect to the frame member; a first storing unit configured to store ink; a first cover configured to cover the first storing unit and to be installed adjacent to side of the opening/closing member in a first direction; and a movable member configured to move with respect to the frame member and to be installed adjacent to the side of the opening/closing member in the first direction, wherein a part of the movable member and a part of the first cover form an upper surface of the printing apparatus together with the opening/closing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: TAKEHIRO NAKATA, YASUHITO TSUBAKIMOTO, AKIRA NAKASHIMA, MASAYUKI IMANO, HIROSHI YOSHINO, TORU YADA, ATSUSHI IKEDA, KOTARO IZUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20240322774
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an amplifier circuit is an auto-zero amplifier including a main amplifier, a null amplifier, and a capacitor connected to an output terminal of the null amplifier without interposing a switch for switching an operation mode provided at the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki SHIRATO, Hiroshi YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240313720
    Abstract: A first circuit outputs first and second currents having different magnitudes. A second circuit receives the first current and first and second voltages, and outputs third and fourth currents based on the first and second voltages. A third circuit receives the second current and the first and second voltages, and outputs fifth and sixth currents based on the first and second voltages. A fourth circuit outputs an eighth current having a magnitude of the magnitude of the third current without a magnitude of a seventh current, which is a sum of the fifth and sixth currents, and a ninth current having a magnitude of the magnitude of the fourth current without the magnitude of the seventh current. A fifth circuit receives the eighth and ninth currents, outputs tenth and eleventh currents based on the eighth and ninth currents to a first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Akira YAMAUCHI, Hiroshi YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 12047539
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a first image reading unit to read an image of a medium placed on a placement portion, a cover unit, and a hinge portion. The cover unit is rotatable in a first direction from a first position to cover the placement portion toward a second position and in a second direction from the second position toward the first position. The hinge portion has a first opening provided on a placement portion side, a second opening provided on a cover unit side, a first space in which a first cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed, and a second space that is adjacent to the first space via a partition portion and in which a second cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed. The first space extends in the first direction near the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20240236248
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a first image reading unit to read an image of a medium placed on a placement portion, a cover unit, and a hinge portion. The cover unit is rotatable in a first direction from a first position to cover the placement portion toward a second position and in a second direction from the second position toward the first position. The hinge portion has a first opening provided on a placement portion side, a second opening provided on a cover unit side, a first space in which a first cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed, and a second space that is adjacent to the first space via a partition portion and in which a second cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed. The first space extends in the first direction near the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: HIROSHI YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240137449
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a first image reading unit to read an image of a medium placed on a placement portion, a cover unit, and a hinge portion. The cover unit is rotatable in a first direction from a first position to cover the placement portion toward a second position and in a second direction from the second position toward the first position. The hinge portion has a first opening provided on a placement portion side, a second opening provided on a cover unit side, a first space in which a first cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed, and a second space that is adjacent to the first space via a partition portion and in which a second cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed. The first space extends in the first direction near the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: HIROSHI YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230318550
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an amplifier circuit including a first capacitive element, a first GM amplifier, and a second GM amplifier. The first GM amplifier includes a first input node, a second input node, and an output node. The output node is connected to one end of the first capacitive element. The second GM amplifier includes a first input node, a second input node, and an output node. The output node is connected to one end of the first capacitive element and the second input node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira YAMAUCHI, Hiroshi YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230310347
    Abstract: Provided is a bactericide having an excellent bactericidal effect against Propionibacterium acnes. This bactericide contains the following components (A) and (B) as active ingredients: (A) phenol derivative; and (B) One or more ingredients selected from limonene, ?-terpinene, ?-terpinene, terpinen-4-ol, and tea tree oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SHIRATORI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YOSHINO, Sho KAWATOBI
  • Patent number: 11278793
    Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
  • Publication number: 20220081443
    Abstract: Disclosed is a crystalline form of sepiapterin, a method of preparing the crystalline form, pharmaceutical compositions containing the crystalline form, and a method for treating patients with a disease associated with low intracellular BH4 levels or with dysfunction of various BH4 dependent metabolic pathways, which involves administering to the patient an effective amount of the crystalline form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi YOSHINO, Taichi KOMODA, Yuichi SHIRO, Shunichi MURATA, Takayoshi MATSUMOTO, Kaito KISHIMOTO, Daniel E. LEVY
  • Patent number: 11130760
    Abstract: Disclosed is a crystalline form of sepiapterin, a method of preparing the crystalline form, pharmaceutical compositions containing the crystalline form, and a method for treating patients with a disease associated with low intracellular BH4 levels or with dysfunction of various BH4 dependent metabolic pathways, which involves administering to the patient an effective amount of the crystalline form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics MP, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Taichi Komoda, Yuichi Shiro, Shunichi Murata, Takayoshi Matsumoto, Kaito Kishimoto, Daniel E. Levy
  • Publication number: 20210269443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical salts and/or co-crystals of sepiapterin which exhibit improved properties. In particular, the invention relates to salts of sepiapterin with improved stability. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including a pharmaceutically effective amount of one or more salts and/or co-crystals of sepiapterin, as well as methods of treating tetrahydrobiopterin-related disorders including administration of a sepiapterin salt and/or co-crystal of the invention to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel E. LEVY, Neil SMITH, Jonathan REIS, Hiroshi YOSHINO, Taichi KOMODA, Yuichi SHIRO, Shunichi MURATA, Takayoshi MATSUMOTO, Kaito KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10824264
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and system for a capacitive touch sensor. The system is configured to measure a capacitance of a capacitive sensor element and generate a corresponding voltage using a sensing circuit. The sensing circuit may include an amplifier configured to generate a plurality of amplified voltages by applying a set of gain values to the voltage. The sensing circuit may further analyze a set of values according to the plurality of the amplified voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tokunaga, Kensuke Goto, Hiroshi Yoshino, Yasunori Yamamoto, Takayasu Otagaki
  • Publication number: 20200316458
    Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: HIROSHI YOSHINO, KEIZO OHTA, YOSHITAKA YASUMOTO, KENJI NISHIDA, KENICHI SUGINO, MASATO IBUKI
  • Publication number: 20200271504
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a capacitive sensor. The methods and apparatus may provide a capacitive sensor formed along multiple planes of a container to create a sensing field. The capacitive sensor provides a first electrode affixed to the container and extending from a horizontal bottom plate of the container to a vertical side plate of the container and a second electrode affixed to the vertical side plate of the container and spaced apart from the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hiroshi YOSHINO, Takayasu OTAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20200241726
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and system for a touch sensor. The system may provide a sensing circuit connected to a touch sensor comprising a plurality of capacitive sense elements. The sensing circuit detects changes in the touch sensor and interprets whether the change represents a touch event or a non-touch event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tetsuya TOKUNAGA, Kensuke GOTO, Hiroshi YOSHINO, Yasunori YAMAMOTO, Takayasu OTAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20200241682
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and system for a capacitive touch sensor. The system is configured to measure a capacitance of a capacitive sensor element and generate a corresponding voltage using a sensing circuit. The sensing circuit may include an amplifier configured to generate a plurality of amplified voltages by applying a set of gain values to the voltage. The sensing circuit may further analyze a set of values according to the plurality of the amplified voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Tetsuya TOKUNAGA, Kensuke Goto, Hiroshi Yoshino, Yasunori Yamamoto, Takayasu Otagaki
  • Patent number: 10722783
    Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki