Patents by Inventor Keiichi Yamaguchi

Keiichi Yamaguchi 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: 10658983
    Abstract: An amplifier has an N number of input networks connected to an input terminal to receive an input signal, a first amplifier to amplify one output signal from the N number of input networks, a (N?1) number of secondary amplifiers to amplify the remaining (N?1) number of output signals, except for the one output signal, from the N number of input networks, where the amplification order of the (N?1) number of secondary amplifiers is determined based on the power level of each output signal from the N number of input networks when the first amplifier is operational, an N number of output networks which are arranged, and a first bias network to supply a D.C. bias voltage to at least one of the N number of output networks. An electrical length of the first bias network is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Thomas Martin Hone, Atsushi Yamaoka, Keiichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200149889
    Abstract: A gyro vibrating element includes a drive signal pattern including a drive signal electrode to which a drive signal is applied and a drive signal wire connected to the drive signal electrode, a first detection signal pattern including a first detection electrode that outputs a first detection signal and a first detection signal wire connected to the first detection electrode, the first detection signal pattern being capacitively coupled to the drive signal pattern, and a second detection signal pattern including a second detection electrode that outputs a second detection signal opposite in phase to the first detection signal and a second detection signal wire connected to the second detection electrode, the second detection signal pattern being capacitively coupled to the drive signal pattern. Any one of the first detection signal pattern, the second detection signal pattern, and the drive signal pattern includes an adjustment pattern for adjusting an area of the signal pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Keiji NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200103420
    Abstract: A blood coagulation analyzing method according to one or more aspects may include: calculating a coagulation time based on data representing a coagulation curve of a change in an optical detection value of a blood specimen added with a reagent for starting a coagulation reaction; calculating an index value related to derivatives calculated concerning the coagulation curve represented by the data used in the calculating the coagulation time; and determining whether an early reaction error has occurred based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the index value to a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi KURONO, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200091869
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an amplifier circuit includes N (N>=3) transistors, two first branches and N?2 second branches. The N (N>=3) transistors are connected in parallel. The two first branches each include the transistor and a first transmission line which is connected to an output terminal of the transistor. The N?2 second branches each include the transistor and a second transmission line which is connected to the output terminal of the transistor. For each of the first branches, a sum between an electrical length of a parasitic component of the transistor and the electrical length of the first transmission line are odd multiples of approximately 90 degrees. For each of the second branches, the sum between the electrical length of the parasitic component of the transistor and the electrical length of the second transmission line are multiples of approximately 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Martin HONE, Atsushi YAMAOKA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190356275
    Abstract: An amplifier has an N number of input networks connected to an input terminal to receive an input signal, a first amplifier to amplify one output signal from the N number of input networks, a (N?1) number of secondary amplifiers to amplify the remaining (N?1) number of output signals, except for the one output signal, from the N number of input networks, where the amplification order of the (N?1) number of secondary amplifiers is determined based on the power level of each output signal from the N number of input networks when the first amplifier is operational, an N number of output networks which are arranged, and a first bias network to supply a D.C. bias voltage to at least one of the N number of output networks. An electrical length of the first bias network is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Thomas Martin HONE, Atsushi YAMAOKA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190301865
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes: a supporting member; and a sensor element supported by the supporting member, in which the sensor element includes a vibrator element, a drive signal wiring disposed on the vibrator element, and a first detection signal terminal and a second detection signal terminal disposed on the vibrator element, the supporting member includes a substrate on which the sensor element is joined, and a first detection signal wiring and a second detection signal wiring disposed on the substrate, and the first detection signal wiring and the second detection signal wiring respectively include areas that extend along a second axis intersecting with the first axis and that intersect with the drive signal wiring in a plan view as seen in a direction in which the sensor element and the substrate overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190301869
    Abstract: A frequency adjustment method of a vibration element includes adjusting a resonance frequency of the vibration element by irradiating the vibration element, which includes a vibrating arm having a first principal surface and a second principal surface that are in a front and back relationship with each other with an energy ray, to remove a part of the vibrating arm on the first principal surface, and in which an activation amount by the energy ray on the second principal surface of the vibrating arm is smaller than an activation amount by the energy ray on the first principal surface of the vibrating arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shogo SASAKI, Masashi SHIMURA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro OSHIO, Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Seiichiro OGURA
  • Publication number: 20190301868
    Abstract: A sensor element includes: a base portion; a drive arm coupled to the base portion via a coupling arm extending on a first axis from the base portion; a first detection arm extending from the base portion in a positive direction of a second axis orthogonal to the first axis and a second detection arm extending from the base portion in a negative direction of the second axis in the plan view; a drive signal wiring disposed on the base portion along the first axis in the plan view; and a first detection signal wiring and a second detection signal wiring disposed on the base portion in the plan view, in which shapes of the first detection signal wiring and the second detection signal wiring are different from each other in line symmetrical shapes based on the first axis in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190301867
    Abstract: A vibrating element includes a base, a vibrating arm extending from the base, and having an arm section provided with an electrode film, and a weight section, a weight film provided to the weight section, and the vibrating arm has a first principal surface and a second principal surface in an obverse-reverse relationship, the electrode film and the weight film are disposed on the first principal surface and the second principal surface, and a thickness of the electrode film disposed on the first principal surface, a thickness of the weight film disposed on the first principal surface, a thickness of the electrode film disposed on the second principal surface, and a thickness of the weight film disposed on the second principal surface are each no less than 50 nm and no more than 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shogo SASAKI, Masashi SHIMURA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro OSHIO
  • Patent number: 10411654
    Abstract: An amplifier has an N number of input networks connected to an input terminal to receive an input signal, a first amplifier to amplify one output signal from the N number of input networks, a (N?1) number of secondary amplifiers to amplify the remaining (N?1) number of output signals, except for the one output signal, from the N number of input networks, where the amplification order of the (N?1) number of secondary amplifiers is determined based on the power level of each output signal from the N number of input networks when the first amplifier is operational, an N number of output networks which are arranged, and a first bias network to supply a D.C. bias voltage to at least one of the N number of output networks. An electrical length of the first bias network is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Thomas Martin Hone, Atsushi Yamaoka, Keiichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190229706
    Abstract: A vibration element includes a base and a vibrating arm extending from the base. The vibrating arm includes an arm positioned between the base and a weight. A weight film is disposed on the weight. The weight has a first principal surface and a second principal surface in a front and back relationship with respect to a center plane of the arm. A center of gravity of the weight is located between the first principal surface and the center plane of the arm. A center of gravity of the weight film is located between the second principal surface and the center plane of the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Seiichiro OGURA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro OSHIO, Takashi YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10302430
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a vibration element having a detection signal electrode and a drive signal electrode, an IC disposed so as to be opposed to the vibration element, a first wiring pattern located between the IC and the vibration element, and electrically connected to the drive signal electrode, and a shield wiring pattern located on the vibration element side of the first wiring pattern, and electrically connected to a constant potential (ground).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta Nishizawa, Takashi Nomiya, Keiichi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10270479
    Abstract: A signal processing device capable of performing a process of reducing peak power without interfering with a transmission signal at a high speed is provided. A signal processing device includes a peak-reduced signal generating device and a band pass filter. The peak-reduced signal generating device divides an input signal having an information component into signal streams for every predetermined number of signals, and generates peak-reduced signal with peak canceling signals on the basis of the signal streams. The peak-reduced signal generating device combines the signal streams which the peak-reduced signals on the basis of an order in which the division into the signal streams has been performed. The band pass filter passes a frequency component corresponding to the information component and rejects a frequency component corresponding to the peak canceling signal with respect to a signal based on a signal from the peak-reduced signal generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Makoto Tanahashi, Yoshimasa Egashira, Keiichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190089312
    Abstract: An amplifier has an N number of input networks connected to an input terminal to receive an input signal, a first amplifier to amplify one output signal from the N number of input networks, a (N?1) number of secondary amplifiers to amplify the remaining (N?1) number of output signals, except for the one output signal, from the N number of input networks, where the amplification order of the (N?1) number of secondary amplifiers is determined based on the power level of each output signal from the N number of input networks when the first amplifier is operational, an N number of output networks which are arranged, and a first bias network to supply a D.C. bias voltage to at least one of the N number of output networks. An electrical length of the first bias network is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Thomas Martin HONE, Atsushi Yamaoka, Keiichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190006575
    Abstract: A frequency adjustment method of a vibrator element includes preparing a vibrator element that has a vibrating arm, a first weight placed on one principal surface of the vibrating arm, and a second weight placed on the other principal surface of the vibrating arm, in which the first weight has a non-overlapping region which does not overlap the second weight in a plan view in a normal direction of the principal surface, preparing a substrate including a wiring portion, and fixing the vibrator element to the substrate by causing the other principal surface side of the vibrator element to face the substrate side, and irradiating the non-overlapping region of the first weight with an energy ray from one principal surface side, removing a portion of the non-overlapping region of the first weight, and adjusting a resonance frequency of the vibrating arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Seiichiro OGURA, Masahiro OSHIO, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10122390
    Abstract: A modulated signal generating device that modulates an input signal and generates a modulated signal. The modulated signal generating device includes a first to p-th amplifier, where p=3 to N, and N represents an integer equal to or greater than three, a first to p-th control unit, a first to p?1-th filter, and a combiner. The first amplifier generates a first amplified signal based on a first control signal. The first control unit generates the first control signal based on a first component signal included in the input signal. The first filter eliminates harmonic component included in a first difference signal representing difference between the input signal and the first component signal, and generates a first filtered signal. The combiner combines the first to a p-th amplified signal to generate the modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Egashira, Keiichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180283865
    Abstract: A sensor element includes a base portion, a drive arm that extends from the base portion or a portion which is connected to the base portion, and a detection arm that extends from the base portion. The drive arm includes a drive arm portion that extends from the base portion or a portion which is connected to the base portion, and a drive weight portion that is provided on a front end side with respect to the drive arm portion and has a larger width than the drive arm portion. When a length of the drive weight portion in an extending direction of the drive arm is referred to as DHL and a width of the drive weight portion in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction in a planar view is referred to as DHW, a relationship of 1.5?DHL/DHW is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180274922
    Abstract: A vibration device includes a vibration element that has a plurality of terminals, a base that has a plurality of electrical connection terminals, and a board that has a wiring portion which electrically connects the plurality of electrical connection terminal and the plurality of terminals to each other, and that supports the vibration element with respect to the base. The board has a base fixing portion fixed to the base, a vibration element mounting portion on which the vibration element is mounted, and at least one beam portion which couples the base fixing portion and the vibration element mounting portion to each other. At least the one beam portion has a first portion which extends in a first direction and a second portion which extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Shiro MURAKAMI, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Keiji NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180269910
    Abstract: A signal processing device capable of performing a process of reducing peak power without interfering with a transmission signal at a high speed is provided. A signal processing device includes a peak-reduced signal generating device and a band pass filter. The peak-reduced signal generating device divides an input signal having an information component into signal streams for every predetermined number of signals, and generates peak-reduced signal with peak canceling signals on the basis of the signal streams. The peak-reduced signal generating device combines the signal streams which the peak-reduced signals on the basis of an order in which the division into the signal streams has been performed. The band pass filter passes a frequency component corresponding to the information component and rejects a frequency component corresponding to the peak canceling signal with respect to a signal based on a signal from the peak-reduced signal generating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto TANAHASHI, Yoshimasa EGASHIRA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10072928
    Abstract: A vibrator element has a detection arm that performs a drive vibration in a Z-axis direction, and performs a detection vibration in an X-axis direction when an angular velocity is applied thereto The vibrator element also has first, second, third, and fourth electrode portions and first, second, third, and fourth ground electrode portions provided on a detection arm. Further, a signal generated between the first electrode portion and the first ground electrode portion and a signal generated between the second electrode portion and the second ground electrode portion are in opposite phase in a drive vibration and in phase in a detection vibration. Furthermore, a signal generated between the third electrode portion and the third ground electrode portion and a signal generated between the fourth electrode portion and the fourth ground electrode portion are in opposite phase in the drive vibration and in phase in the detection vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishii, Keiichi Yamaguchi, Takayuki Kikuchi