Patents by Inventor Keigo Bunsen

Keigo Bunsen 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: 20230275593
    Abstract: There is provided an analog-to-digital converter circuit including: a first converter circuit generating a first digital code by performing analog-to-digital conversion on the basis of an input voltage; a second converter circuit generating a second digital code by performing, on the basis of the input voltage and the first digital code, analog-to-digital conversion over a voltage range wider than that. of a least significant. bit of the first converter circuit; an error detector detecting a conversion error of the analog-to-digital conversion on the basis of the first and second digital codes, thereby generating error data indicating a bit having a conversion error and the kind of the conversion error; and a calibration circuit estimating an error factor on the basis of the first and second digital codes and the error data, and performing calibration of a circuit relevant to the estimated error factor on the basis of an estimation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Keigo Bunsen, Ewout Martens, Davide Dermit, Jan Craninckx
  • Patent number: 11664682
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20230115807
    Abstract: A radar device includes a transmission unit that transmits an FMCW signal, a reception unit that receives the FMCW signal which is transmitted by the transmission unit and reflected by an object, a measurement unit that measures a spurious of the FMCW signal, and a signal control unit that controls the FMCW signal transmitted by the transmission unit on the basis of a measurement result of the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo BUNSEN, Qixian SHI, Jan CRANINCKX
  • Patent number: 11316382
    Abstract: A power feeding apparatus is provided. The power feeding apparatus includes a power feeding unit configured to supply electric power to a power receiving apparatus through a magnetic field; a measuring unit configured to measure an electric characteristic value and to generate a measurement value; a power receiving unit configured to provide a set value; and a foreign substance detection unit configured to detect a foreign substance in the magnetic field based on the set value and the measurement value. A power receiving apparatus, a power feeding system, and a method of controlling power feeding are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Osamu Kozakai, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 11303161
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detecting device including a coil electromagnetically coupled to the external, a resonant circuit that includes at least the coil, and a detecting section that superimposes a measurement signal for measuring the Q-factor of the resonant circuit on a power transmission signal transmitted to the coil in a contactless manner and removes the power transmission signal from an alternating-current signal obtained by superimposing the measurement signal on the power transmission signal. The detecting section measures the Q-factor by using the alternating-current signal from which the power transmission signal is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Bunsen, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11228207
    Abstract: A power receiving device of the present disclosure includes a power generating unit and a control unit. The power generating unit generates direct-current power, on a basis of a power signal supplied from a power feeding device wirelessly. The control unit sets, on a basis of an output current of the power generating unit, an upper limit of the output current or an upper limit of output power of the power generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo Bunsen
  • Publication number: 20210384773
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11128177
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10833538
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: an electricity reception section configured to receive power fed from a power feeding unit using a magnetic field; a voltage detection section configured to detect a received voltage supplied from the electricity reception section; and a control section, wherein while preliminary power feeding at a lower power than main power feeding is performed from the power feeding unit, and when a received voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, the control section performs voltage reduction control so as to decrease the received voltage to lower than the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen
  • Patent number: 10819161
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detecting device including a coil electromagnetically coupled to the external, a resonant circuit that includes at least the coil, and a detecting section that superimposes a measurement signal for measuring the Q-factor of the resonant circuit on a power transmission signal transmitted to the coil in a contactless manner and removes the power transmission signal from an alternating-current signal obtained by superimposing the measurement signal on the power transmission signal. The detecting section measures the Q-factor by using the alternating-current signal from which the power transmission signal is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Bunsen, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20200186161
    Abstract: A frequency digital-to-analog converter (FDAC) for generating an analog frequency modulating signal from a digital frequency modulating signal includes a Least Significant Bit (LSB) DAC section and a Most Significant Bit (MSB) DAC section. The LSB DAC section comprises a plurality of LSB DACs and is configured to switch between the LSB DACs for mitigating mismatch. The MSB DAC section comprises a plurality of MSB DAC cells and is configured to switch the MSB DAC cells according to a predefined sequence during a period of the digital frequency modulating signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Qixian Shi, Jan Craninckx, Keigo Bunsen
  • Publication number: 20200136437
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10547213
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20190238005
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: an electricity reception section configured to receive power fed from a power feeding unit using a magnetic field; a voltage detection section configured to detect a received voltage supplied from the electricity reception section; and a control section, wherein while preliminary power feeding at a lower power than main power feeding is performed from the power feeding unit, and when a received voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, the control section performs voltage reduction control so as to decrease the received voltage to lower than the threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen
  • Patent number: 10312741
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: an electricity reception section configured to receive power fed from a power feeding unit using a magnetic field; a voltage detection section configured to detect a received voltage supplied from the electricity reception section; and a control section, wherein while preliminary power feeding at a lower power than main power feeding is performed from the power feeding unit, and when a received voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, the control section performs voltage reduction control so as to decrease the received voltage to lower than the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen
  • Patent number: 10298064
    Abstract: A power receiving unit of the disclosure includes: a power generation section configured to generate direct-current power, based on a power signal supplied wirelessly from a power feeding unit; and a communication section configured to set a load of the power signal in accordance with an output current of the power generation section, and to communicate with the power feeding unit by modulating the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Keigo Bunsen, Osamu Kozakai, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 10199868
    Abstract: A device configured to receive power (20B), the device comprising a coil (21L) having a resistance, and at least one circuit (30) configured to calculate a target voltage value based on an amount of power received by the device and the resistance of the coil, and control received power voltage based on the calculated target voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Keigo Bunsen, Takaaki Hashiguchi, Osamu Kozakai, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20180287428
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10027176
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20180198324
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detecting device including a coil electromagnetically coupled to the external, a resonant circuit that includes at least the coil, and a detecting section that superimposes a measurement signal for measuring the Q-factor of the resonant circuit on a power transmission signal transmitted to the coil in a contactless manner and removes the power transmission signal from an alternating-current signal obtained by superimposing the measurement signal on the power transmission signal. The detecting section measures the Q-factor by using the alternating-current signal from which the power transmission signal is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Keigo Bunsen, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami, Shinichi Fukuda