Patents by Inventor Hisashi Kimura
Hisashi Kimura 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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Patent number: 10033955Abstract: An X-ray detector includes a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a matrix shape and respectively connected to switching devices, a plurality of gate lines formed in a first direction and connected to the switching devices; a plurality of data lines, wherein N data lines are formed in each second-direction column of the matrix shape, wherein N is greater than 1; and a read-out circuit connected to the plurality of data lines and configured to read out photocurrents from the plurality of photodiodes and convert the photocurrents into X-ray image data, wherein each of switching devices included in each second-direction column of the matrix shape is connected to one of the N data lines.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hisashi Kimura
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Patent number: 9910385Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi Kimura, Takafumi Amano
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Publication number: 20170295336Abstract: An X-ray detector includes a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a matrix shape and respectively connected to switching devices, a plurality of gate lines formed in a first direction and connected to the switching devices; a plurality of data lines, wherein N data lines are formed in each second-direction column of the matrix shape, wherein N is greater than 1; and a read-out circuit connected to the plurality of data lines and configured to read out photocurrents from the plurality of photodiodes and convert the photocurrents into X-ray image data, wherein each of switching devices included in each second-direction column of the matrix shape is connected to one of the N data lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventor: Hisashi Kimura
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Publication number: 20170255127Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi KIMURA, Takafumi AMANO
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Patent number: 9684264Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi Kimura, Takafumi Amano
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Publication number: 20160378022Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi KIMURA, Takafumi Amano
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Patent number: 9465319Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi Kimura, Takafumi Amano
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Publication number: 20160154340Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi KIMURA, Takafumi AMANO
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Patent number: 9280090Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi Kimura, Takafumi Amano
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Patent number: 9202404Abstract: A display driving apparatus for outputting control signals to a number of driver integrated circuits (ICs). The plurality of driver ICs are connected in a cascade manner such that, when a first control signal is input to a first driver IC, a transmission signal corresponding to the first control signal is transmitted to a subsequent driver IC using a cascade method. The display driving apparatus includes a restoration signal generation unit for generating restoration signals with respect to the first control signal and transmission signals of the number of driver ICs; an error detection unit for detecting an abnormal driver IC that does not operate normally from among the plurality of driver ICs; and a restoration signal output unit for outputting a restoration signal to the abnormal driver IC.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Kimura, Chang-Wook Kang
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Patent number: 9165492Abstract: A display driving apparatus for outputting control signals to a number of driver integrated circuits (ICs). The plurality of driver ICs are connected in a cascade manner such that, when a first control signal is input to a first driver IC, a transmission signal corresponding to the first control signal is transmitted to a subsequent driver IC using a cascade method. The display driving apparatus includes a restoration signal generation unit for generating restoration signals with respect to the first control signal and transmission signals of the number of driver ICs; an error detection unit for detecting an abnormal driver IC that does not operate normally from among the plurality of driver ICs; and a restoration signal output unit for outputting a restoration signal to the abnormal driver IC.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Kimura, Chang-Wook Kang
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Patent number: 9129621Abstract: A microwave-assisted recording head comprises a main pole configured to emit a recording magnetic field for affecting a magnetic medium, the main pole serving as a first electrode and having a front portion at an air bearing surface (ABS) and a rear portion extending from the front portion. A microwave oscillator is positioned on a trailing side surface of the main pole. The trailing-side surface of the main pole forms a flat plane along the front and rear portions and is inclined with respect to a leading side surface at the front portion. The head body is inclined at an acute angle to the ABS, such that an acute angle, between 10 and 30 degrees, is formed between the trailing side surface of the main pole and the ABS.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Hisashi Kimura, Kenji Sugiura, Yuta Udo, Katsuro Watanabe
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Patent number: 9088742Abstract: An X-ray detector is disclosed. According to one aspect, the X-ray detector includes a plurality of light sensing pixels each including a photodiode for generating an electrical detection signal corresponding to incident light and a switching device for transmitting the detection signal. The X-ray detector additionally includes a gate driver for supplying a gate pulse to the switching device via a plurality of gate lines. The gate pulse may be configured to turn on the switching device. The X-ray detector also includes a read out integrated circuit for reading out the detection signal from the plurality of light sensing pixels. During a scrubbing period, in which gate scanning is performed at least once to initialize the photodiodes of the plurality of light sensing pixels, a plurality of gate pulses are supplied to each gate line during each gate scan.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hisashi Kimura
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Publication number: 20150168872Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi KIMURA, Takafumi AMANO
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Patent number: 8983344Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba TEC Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisashi Kimura, Takafumi Amano
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Patent number: 8941948Abstract: In one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole; a leading shield below a leading side of the main magnetic pole; a leading gap between the leading shield and the main magnetic pole; a trailing shield above a trailing side of the main magnetic pole; a trailing gap between the trailing shield and the main magnetic pole; and a nonmagnetic leading bump between the main magnetic pole and the leading shield. Additional embodiments are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Kimitoshi Etoh, Mikito Sugiyama, Hisashi Kimura, Kazuhiko Hosomi
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Patent number: 8837088Abstract: In one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a main pole configured to emit a recording magnetic field for affecting a magnetic medium, the main pole serving as a first electrode and having a front portion at an air bearing surface (ABS) of the magnetic head and a rear portion extending from the front portion in an element height direction perpendicular to the ABS, wherein an upper surface of the main pole has a step transitioning from the front portion to the rear portion, a conductive layer positioned above the main pole, the conductive layer serving as a second electrode, a microwave oscillator positioned between the main pole and the conductive layer at the ABS of the Magnetic head and extending beyond the step in the element height direction, and a current confinement layer positioned between the microwave oscillator and the rear portion of the main pole.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Hisashi Kimura, Kazuhiko Hosomi, Kimitoshi Etoh, Mikito Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20140227009Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi KIMURA, Takafumi AMANO
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Patent number: 8755722Abstract: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba TEC Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisashi Kimura, Takafumi Amano
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Patent number: 8698787Abstract: A method for generating a gamma voltage comprising, a first low voltage and a first high voltage having a first voltage range between the first low voltage and the first high voltage are divided into a plurality of gamma voltages of a first polarity during a first interval. A second low voltage and a second high voltage having a second voltage range between the second low voltage and the second high voltage are divided into a plurality of gamma voltages of a second polarity during a second interval.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang-Jin Im, Hisashi Kimura, Sang-Jae Yeo, Moon-Chul Park