Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Asano

Hiroyuki Asano 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: 20160150611
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a rectifier circuit, a conversion circuit, a constant current circuit and a control circuit. The conversion circuit includes a first series circuit, a second series circuit and a third series circuit. The conversion circuit is configured to output a DC current by on/off of a switching element being controlled by the control circuit. A high potential-side terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to an output terminal. The low potential-side terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to an output terminal, via the constant current circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Masato HIMEDA, Hiroyuki ASANO, Masafumi YAMAMOTO, Takeshi KAMOI, Daisuke YAMAHARA, Keisuke SEKI, Katsuyuki DOI
  • Publication number: 20160150609
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a rectifier circuit, a conversion circuit and a control circuit. A first inductor of a first series circuit and a second inductor of a second series circuit have inductances by which a time period, during which a diode is electrically conducted, is made shorter than a half period of a resonance period of a closed loop circuit. The closed loop circuit includes a first capacitor, the first inductor, a second capacitor and a third capacitor. The control circuit is configured to control a switching element in such a manner that the switching element is turned on at fixed periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Keisuke SEKI, Takeshi KAMOI, Daisuke YAMAHARA, Hiroyuki ASANO, Masafumi YAMAMOTO, Masato HIMEDA, Katsuyuki DOI
  • Patent number: 9320110
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a voltage conversion circuit having at least a switching element connected to a positive potential side of the output terminals of the DC power source unit, and a drive unit which outputs a drive signal to the switching element. The drive unit has a first impedance element with a first impedance which is determined based on a power consumed by the drive unit before a predetermined time has elapsed after a control power source is supplied. A control capacitor for use in generating the drive signal is charged when the switching element is turned off during an on/off operation of the switching element. The lighting device further includes a second impedance element with a second impedance having a resistance component, which is arranged in a path in which the control capacitor can be charged in DC when the switching element does not perform the on/off operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamamoto, Katunobu Hamamoto, Hiroyuki Asano, Hisaya Takikita, Yuji Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 9279866
    Abstract: A magnet is disposed on one face of a hollow section which is the conveyance path of an object of detection, and has a magnetic pole of designated length along the conveyance direction of the object of detection. A magnetic body is disposed along the conveyance direction opposite the magnet with the hollow section therebetween, and generates a cross magnetic field that crosses the hollow section formed between the magnetic body and the magnet. An anisotropic magnetoresistance element is disposed on the side of the magnetic body carrier facing the hollow section, and has magneto-sensing action in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ogomi, Kenji Shimohata, Hiroyuki Asano
  • Patent number: 9244135
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor device includes a first magnet and a second magnet that are disposed on mutually opposing sides of a conveyance path, and one of poles of the first magnet faces an opposite pole of the second magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet generate a cross magnetic field whose strength in a spacing direction, which is orthogonal to a conveying direction, is within a predetermined range. An AMR element is located in a magnetic field in which the strength of the cross magnetic field in the spacing direction is within a predetermined range, and detects, as change in a resistance value, change in the cross magnetic field caused by an object to be detected. A multilayer board outputs the change in the resistance value detected by the AMR element to a processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ogomi, Hiroyuki Asano, Toshiaki Shoji, Takeshi Musha, Jin Inoue, Masaaki Okada, Miki Kagano, Kazuya Makabe, Kenji Shimohata, Takeshi Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20150377650
    Abstract: A magnetic field generator disposed on one surface side of a sheet-shaped object-to-be-detected contains a magnetic component. The magnetic field generator includes a first magnetic pole part that forms a first magnetic pole, and a second magnetic pole part that forms a second magnetic pole with reverse polarity of the first magnetic pole. The magnetic field generator generates a cross magnetic field that crosses the object-to-be-detected. An MR element is disposed between the first magnetic pole part and the object-to-be-detected. The resistance value of the MR element changes according to a change in a component of the cross magnetic field in a conveying direction. The position of the MR element in the conveying direction is position shifted along the conveying direction from the center position of the first magnetic pole part in the conveying direction, and located between both ends of the first magnetic pole part in the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ASANO, Toshiaki SHOJI, Tomokazu OGOMI, Kenji SHIMOHATA, Masaaki OKADA, Miki KAGANO, Masashi HINO, Hideki MATSUI
  • Patent number: 9167661
    Abstract: A power supply device comprises: a DC power supply section that outputs a DC voltage; a voltage conversion section that supplies a DC power to a load by ON/OFF drive of a switching element; a resistor; a control section that performs the ON/OFF drive of the switching element; and an auxiliary winding. The control section comprises: a calculation section that calculates a drive period of the switching element; a count section compares a calculation result obtained in the calculation section with an upper limit value of the drive period; and a flip-flop. When the calculation result is shorter than the upper limit value, the flip-flop sets the drive period, using the calculation result. When the calculation result is longer than the upper limit value, the flip-flop sets the drive period, using the upper limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunobu Hamamoto, Masafumi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Asano
  • Patent number: 9167642
    Abstract: An LED lighting device includes: a resistor R1 configured to output a detection value of an inductor current I1 flowing through an inductor L1 during an ON period of a switching element Q1; a threshold generation section 42 configured to generate a threshold value Vs of the inductor current I1 corresponding to a dimming level; and a switching control section 44 configured to control the switching element Q1 to turn on and off. The switching control section 44 is configured to determine an OFF timing of the switching element Q1 based on comparison between the detection value and the threshold value Vs of the inductor current I1. The LED lighting device increases a period of a switching cycle of the switching element Q1 with decrease of the dimming level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Yoshimoto, Katsunobu Hamamoto, Hiroyuki Asano, Masafumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9151465
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a rod-shaped light source or an array light source extending in a main scanning direction; a reflector that is placed opposite the rod-shaped light source or the array light source, extends in the main scanning direction, and reflects light output from a side face of the rod-shaped light source or the array light source; and a plurality of reflector supports that are arranged at an interval along the main scanning direction and support the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Daisuke Ohama, Hiroyuki Asano
  • Patent number: 9121571
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a rod-shaped light source or an array light source extending in a main scanning direction; a reflector that is placed opposite the rod-shaped light source or the array light source, extends in the main scanning direction, and reflects light output from a side face of the rod-shaped light source or the array light source; and a plurality of reflector supports that are arranged at an interval along the main scanning direction and support the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Daisuke Ohama, Hiroyuki Asano
  • Patent number: 9083402
    Abstract: A front-end circuit includes a power amplifier circuit, a low noise amplifier circuit, a connection switching circuit, a bypass circuit and an attenuation unit. The connection switching circuit switches connections in response to a control signal. The bypass circuit forms a bypass in response to a control signal. The attenuation unit includes a plurality of attenuation circuits. The plurality of attenuation circuits include attenuation circuits. In the case where an antenna terminal is electrically connected to the power amplifier circuit, the attenuation circuits attenuate a branch signal leaked from the transmission signal into a transfer line for transferring the reception signal in response to the control signal. In the case where the antenna terminal is electrically connected to the low noise amplifier circuit, the attenuation circuit attenuates the reception signal in the transfer line in response to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Asano, Shingo Oishi
  • Publication number: 20150102808
    Abstract: A magnet is disposed on one face of a hollow section which is the conveyance path of an object of detection, and has a magnetic pole of designated length along the conveyance direction of the object of detection. A magnetic body is disposed along the conveyance direction opposite the magnet with the hollow section therebetween, and generates a cross magnetic field that crosses the hollow section formed between the magnetic body and the magnet. An anisotropic magnetoresistance element is disposed on the side of the magnetic body carrier facing the hollow section, and has magneto-sensing action in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ogomi, Kenji Shimohata, Hiroyuki Asano
  • Publication number: 20150055733
    Abstract: A front-end circuit includes a power amplifier circuit, a low noise amplifier circuit, a connection switching circuit, a bypass circuit and an attenuation unit. The connection switching circuit switches connections in response to a control signal. The bypass circuit forms a bypass in response to a control signal. The attenuation unit includes a plurality of attenuation circuits. The plurality of attenuation circuits include attenuation circuits. In the case where an antenna terminal is electrically connected to the power amplifier circuit, the attenuation circuits attenuate a branch signal leaked from the transmission signal into a transfer line for transferring the reception signal in response to the control signal. In the case where the antenna terminal is electrically connected to the low noise amplifier circuit, the attenuation circuit attenuates the reception signal in the transfer line in response to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Asano, Shingo Oishi
  • Publication number: 20140354385
    Abstract: A magnetic circuit, provided with a short magnet and short magnet that are arranged in an array, and a yoke and a yoke provided so as to sandwich the short magnet and short magnet. The short magnet and short magnet, are arranged, that have a space between them that is a predetermined gap or less in the arrangement direction of the array respectively. In addition, the short magnet and short magnet are arranged so that one magnetic pole is located on the side toward one of the pair of yokes and, and the other magnetic pole is located on the side toward the other yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Okada, Tomokazu Ogomi, Hiroyuki Asano, Takeshi Kishimoto, Kenji Shimohata
  • Publication number: 20140347884
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a rod-shaped light source or an array light source extending in a main scanning direction; a reflector that is placed opposite the rod-shaped light source or the array light source, extends in the main scanning direction, and reflects light output from a side face of the rod-shaped light source or the array light source; and a plurality of reflector supports that are arranged at an interval along the main scanning direction and support the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Fujiuchi, Daisuke Ohama, Hiroyuki Asano
  • Patent number: 8669718
    Abstract: An LED lighting device includes: a power source unit for supplying the DC output voltage to a light-emitting diode; a control unit for adjusting the DC output voltage; and a control power source unit for supplying a control power to the control unit. The control power source unit generates the control power with the DC output voltage and has: a current-limiting resistor for limiting an electric current that flows from the power source unit to the control unit; a constant voltage unit for converting a voltage to be applied to the control unit through the current-limiting resistor unit to a constant voltage; and a switching unit for switching a resistance value of the current-limiting resistor unit among a plurality of resistance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamamoto, Katunobu Hamamoto, Hiroyuki Asano, Hisaya Takikita, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Yuji Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20140028308
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor device includes a first magnet and a second magnet that are disposed on mutually opposing sides of a conveyance path, and one of poles of the first magnet faces an opposite pole of the second magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet generate a cross magnetic field whose strength in a spacing direction, which is orthogonal to a conveying direction, is within a predetermined range. An AMR element is located in a magnetic field in which the strength of the cross magnetic field in the spacing direction is within a predetermined range, and detects, as change in a resistance value, change in the cross magnetic field caused by an object to be detected. A multilayer board outputs the change in the resistance value detected by the AMR element to a processing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ogomi, Hiroyuki Asano, Toshiaki Shoji, Takeshi Musha, Jin Inoue, Masaaki Okada, Miki Kagano, Kazuya Makabe, Kenji Shimohata, Takeshi Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140009077
    Abstract: An LED lighting device includes: a resistor R1 configured to output a detection value of an inductor current I1 flowing through an inductor L1 during an ON period of a switching element Q1; a threshold generation section 42 configured to generate a threshold value Vs of the inductor current I1 corresponding to a dimming level; and a switching control section 44 configured to control the switching element Q1 to turn on and off. The switching control section 44 is configured to determine an OFF timing of the switching element Q1 based on comparison between the detection value and the threshold value Vs of the inductor current I1. The LED lighting device increases a period of a switching cycle of the switching element Q1 with decrease of the dimming level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Yuji YOSHIMOTO, Katsunobu HAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki ASANO, Masafumi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: D700644
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Asano, Tatsuya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D706848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Asano