Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Iwaki
Hiroyuki Iwaki 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).
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Publication number: 20110115959Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel section formed by pixels performing photoelectric conversion arranged in a matrix; a pixel signal readout section capable of column-parallel processing including an A/D conversion function for reading out a pixel signal from the pixel section and performing analog-digital conversion of the signal, the pixels being read in groups; a voltage sampling section sampling a bias voltage generated by an internal or external voltage generating circuit for a period in accordance with a control signal and supplying the sampled bias voltage to the pixel signal readout section; and a control section controlling the signal readout operation of the pixel signal readout section and the voltage sampling operation of the voltage sampling section. The pixel signal readout section includes a functional portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayuki Toyama, Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Patent number: 7903160Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data transfer circuit including, a plurality of data transfer lines, a plurality of data outputting sections, a plurality of data holding sections, a data-acquiring-clock supplying section a clock supplying section, and a column scan section.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Ken Koseki, Akiko Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Terakago, Kenichi Matsunaga, Yukio Fujita
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Patent number: 7796050Abstract: An abnormality in operation is detected by meticulously monitoring the operation of a monitored device that comprises a state machine. The state number, indicating the state the monitored device is currently in, is output from the device. The upper and lower limit values of current consumption is set for each state number. A monitoring circuit, using the upper and lower limit values for the present state number, judges the value of current consumption detected by a current detection circuit and detects whether there is abnormality in operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takanori Yasui, Masato Hashizume, Yoshihisa Ikeda, Chikashi Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Publication number: 20090096382Abstract: A drive control circuit sends out pulse signals of various pulse signals so as to control the light emission amount and luminance of LEDs by gradually increasing and decreasing the pulse width in predetermined cycles during predetermined periods based on parameters supplied from an LED drive controller that determine a first emission control processing period, a second emission control processing period, first to fourth slope periods and the like. The tone of an emitted color realized by a plurality of LEDs is controlled by synchronizing the periods of time of light emission control processings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Isao YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki ITO, Hiroyuki IWAKI
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Patent number: 7483021Abstract: A drive control circuit sends out pulse signals of various pulse signals so as to control the light emission amount and luminance of LEDs by gradually increasing and decreasing the pulse width in predetermined cycles during predetermined periods based on parameters supplied from an LED drive controller that determine a first emission control processing period, a second emission control processing period, first to fourth slope periods and the like. The tone of an emitted color realized by a plurality of LEDs is controlled by synchronizing the periods of time of light emission control processings.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isao Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Ito, Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Publication number: 20080303931Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data transfer circuit including, a plurality of data transfer lines, a plurality of data outputting sections, a plurality of data holding sections, a data-acquiring-clock supplying section a clock supplying section, and a column scan section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Ken Koseki, Akiko Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Terakago, Kenichi Matsunaga, Yukio Fujita
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Patent number: 7421201Abstract: A method of determining a transmission route for optical signals in an optical signal transmission system comprising a transmitter for optical signals, a receiver for the optical signals, and repeaters for repeating the optical signals transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, and having transmission routes between the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the numbers of the wavelength components of the optical signals that has been in-use in each section defined to each of the transmission routes, the acquired numbers of wavelength components are compared among the transmission routes, and one of the transmission routes having the minimum number of wavelength components is determined as the transmission route used to set the line.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Megumi Shibata, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Hisanori Okano
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Patent number: 7402782Abstract: A heat treatment device for baking a chemically amplified resist film formed on a substrate after exposure but before development includes a table that supports the substrate, a heater that heats the substrate, a magnetic field generating unit that generates a magnetic field of lines of magnetic flux directed in a film thickness direction of the resist film and reverses the direction of the lines of magnetic flux, and a controller unit that controls the magnetic field generating unit to generate the magnetic field acting on the resist film at least while the substrate is being heated by the heater unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventor: Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Patent number: 7401988Abstract: On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. Exhaust pipes for exhausting atmospheres in the respective areas are provided at the bottom of the respective areas. The atmospheres in the respective areas are maintained in a clean condition by supplying the inert gas not containing impurities such as oxygen and fine particles from the respective gas supply sections into the respective areas and exhausting the atmospheres in the respective areas from the exhaust pipes.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Takayuki Katano, Hidefumi Matsui, Junichi Kitano, Yo Suzuki, Masami Yamashita, Toru Aoyama, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Satoru Shimura
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Publication number: 20070127916Abstract: On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. Exhaust pipes for exhausting atmospheres in the respective areas are provided at the bottom of the respective areas. The atmospheres in the respective areas are maintained in a clean condition by supplying the inert gas not containing impurities such as oxygen and fine particles from the respective gas supply sections into the respective areas and exhausting the atmospheres in the respective areas from the exhaust pipes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2007Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Junichi Kitano, Yuji Matsuyama, Takahiro Kitano, Takayuki Katano, Hidefumi Matsui, Yo Suzuki, Masami Yamashita, Toru Aoyama, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Satoru Shimura, Masatoshi Deguchi, Kousuke Yoshihara, Naruaki Iida
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Patent number: 7208066Abstract: On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. Exhaust pipes for exhausting atmospheres in the respective areas are provided at the bottom of the respective areas. The atmospheres in the respective areas are maintained in a clean condition by supplying the inert gas not containing impurities such as oxygen and fine particles from the respective gas supply sections into the respective areas and exhausting the atmospheres in the respective areas from the exhaust pipes.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Junichi Kitano, Yuji Matsuyama, Takahiro Kitano, Takayuki Katano, Hidefumi Matsui, Yo Suzuki, Masami Yamashita, Toru Aoyama, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Satoru Shimura, Masatoshi Deguchi, Kousuke Yoshihara, Naruaki Iida
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Publication number: 20060242463Abstract: An abnormality in operation is detected by meticulously monitoring the operation of a monitored device that comprises a state machine. The state number, indicating the state the monitored device is currently in, is output from the device. The upper and lower limit values of current consumption is set for each state number. A monitoring circuit, using the upper and lower limit values for the present state number, judges the value of current consumption detected by a current detection circuit and detects whether there is abnormality in operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takanori Yasui, Masato Hashizume, Yoshihisa Ikeda, Chikashi Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Patent number: 7081742Abstract: A series regulator for outputting a regulated voltage and a booster circuit of a charge pump type for outputting an output voltage by boosting the regulated voltage are connected in series. The series regulator is controlled so that the output voltage is maintained constant. A main circuit current of the series regulator is subject to current limitation. An excess signal commensurate of an excess of a current indicator value over a current reference value is generated. A voltage control signal is reduced in level in accordance with the excess signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Ito, Isao Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Publication number: 20060096976Abstract: A heat treatment device for baking a chemically amplified resist film formed on a substrate after exposure but before development includes a table that supports the substrate, a heater that heats the substrate, a magnetic field generating unit that generates a magnetic field of lines of magnetic flux directed in a film thickness direction of the resist film and reverses the direction of the lines of magnetic flux, and a controller unit that controls the magnetic field generating unit to generate the magnetic field acting on the resist film at least while the substrate is being heated by the heater unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventor: Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Publication number: 20060018665Abstract: A method of determining a transmission route for optical signals in an optical signal transmission system comprising a transmitter for optical signals, a receiver for the optical signals, and repeaters for repeating the optical signals transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, and having transmission routes between the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the numbers of the wavelength components of the optical signals that has been in-use in each section defined to each of the transmission routes, the acquired numbers of wavelength components are compared among the transmission routes, and one of the transmission routes having the minimum number of wavelength components is determined as the transmission route used to set the line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Megumi Shibata, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Hisanori Okano
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Publication number: 20050275391Abstract: A series regulator for outputting a regulated voltage and a booster circuit of a charge pump type for outputting an output voltage by boosting the regulated voltage are connected in series. The series regulator is controlled so that the output voltage is maintained constant. A main circuit current of the series regulator is subject to current limitation. An excess signal commensurate of an excess of a current indicator value over a current reference value is generated. A voltage control signal is reduced in level in accordance with the excess signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Tomoyuki Ito, Isao Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Publication number: 20050213967Abstract: If wavelengths ?a and ?b are dropped in NE (Network Equipment) 2 and a wavelength ?c is made Through, and all of wavelengths are made Through in NE3 in a certain time period, a route from NE1 to NE2, a route from NE2 to NE4, and a route from NE1 to NE4 are established. If a user who uses the wavelength ?a from NE1 to NE2, and a user who uses the wavelength ?b from NE2 to NE4 do not use the routes in another time period, and if another user desires to use a route from NE1 to NE3 and a route from NE3 to NE4, the routes are reestablished in a way such that the wavelength ?a is converted into the wavelength ?b and made Through in NE2, and the wavelength ?b is dropped and added in NE3.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: September 29, 2005Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hisanori Okano, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Takanori Yasui, Masato Hashizume, Megumi Shibata
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Publication number: 20050202851Abstract: A drive control circuit sends out pulse signals of various pulse signals so as to control the light emission amount and luminance of LEDs by gradually increasing and decreasing the pulse width in predetermined cycles during predetermined periods based on parameters supplied from an LED drive controller that determine a first emission control processing period, a second emission control processing period, first to fourth slope periods and the like. The tone of an emitted color realized by a plurality of LEDs is controlled by synchronizing the periods of time of light emission control processings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Inventors: Isao Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Ito, Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Patent number: 6937820Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical level control method for use in an optical transmission system. In the system, a WDM terminal comprises a multiplexing/demultiplexing unit, an amplifier, an up-direction OSC light transmitting/receiving unit, an up-direction multiplexer, an up-direction branching unit, an amplifier and an APR control unit, and a repeater comprises an up-direction branching unit, an OSC light transmitting/receiving unit, an amplifier, an up-direction multiplexer, a down-direction branching unit, an amplifier, a down-direction multiplexer and an APR control unit. In this configuration, a flexible optical output level control in connection with variation in WDM light level, a selective value irrespective of occurrence of an error stemming from the passage of time and avoidable malfunctions are respectively capable. In addition, a trouble retrieving operator can eliminate the possibility of being exposed to the WDM light.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Iwaki, Tetsuo Wada
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Patent number: 6839160Abstract: The invention relates to a method of activating an optical communication system comprising a plurality of optical amplifiers having an optical amplifier, between optical transmission lines in which wavelength-division multiplex optical signals are transmitted. The method comprises steps of: generating a desired slope in a desired wavelength range of a gain wavelength curve of the optical amplifier; adjusting an output of the optical amplifier to a desired output level; performing the above two steps in a plurality of optical repeater stations, the steps being carried out in sequence from the first to the last optical repeater stations; and adjusting a level in each optical signal in the wavelength-division multiplex optical signal so as to have substantially constant optical signal-to-noise ratios in the optical signals to be received. Activating the optical communication system according to this procedure allows proper execution of gain slope compensation, output control, and pre-emphasis control.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takashi Tsuda, Kazuo Yamane, Makoto Murakami, Tooru Shima, Tooru Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Kazuto Imai