Patents by Inventor Kenichi Fukui

Kenichi Fukui 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: 11977007
    Abstract: Siloxane compounds are removed from the atmospheres by silica supporting an organic sulfonic acid compound. The silica with the organic sulfonic acid compound has a specific surface area down to 500 m2/g and up to 750 m2/g and a pore volume down to 0.8 m3/g and up to 1.2 m3/g, both measured by nitrogen gas adsorption method and has a pore diameter down to 4 nm and up to 8 nm, at the peak of differential pore volume measured by nitrogen gas adsorption method. The durability of gas sensing element against siloxanes is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: FIGARO ENGINEERING INC., NEW COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
    Inventors: Masato Takeuchi, Junpei Furuno, Kenta Fukui, Kenichi Yoshioka, Tatsuya Tanihira, Masakazu Sai, Takafumi Taniguchi, Hirokazu Mitsuhashi
  • Patent number: 11036122
    Abstract: A phase modulation data generating unit according to the present disclosure includes: a first calculating section; and a storage section. The first calculating section calculates basic phase modulation pattern data on the basis of a partial illumination image pattern that makes it possible to generate an intended illumination image pattern having a desired luminance distribution. The basic phase modulation pattern data makes it possible for a light phase modulation device to reconstruct the partial illumination image pattern. The storage section stores the basic phase modulation pattern data calculated by the first calculating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukui, Yoshihisa Sato
  • Publication number: 20200183260
    Abstract: A phase modulation data generating unit according to the present disclosure includes: a first calculating section; and a storage section. The first calculating section calculates basic phase modulation pattern data on the basis of a partial illumination image pattern that makes it possible to generate an intended illumination image pattern having a desired luminance distribution. The basic phase modulation pattern data makes it possible for a light phase modulation device to reconstruct the partial illumination image pattern. The storage section stores the basic phase modulation pattern data calculated by the first calculating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: KENICHI FUKUI, YOSHIHISA SATO
  • Patent number: 10593016
    Abstract: An image processing unit of the disclosure includes an imaging section that acquires a plurality of partial images as a captured image, by imaging a projection screen provided by a projector through division of the projection screen into a plurality of regions to have partially overlapping imaging regions, and an estimation section that performs an operation a plurality of times on a basis of the captured image, the operation being performed to estimate a projection transformation matrix for linking of the partial images adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Fukui
  • Patent number: 10574952
    Abstract: This image projection apparatus includes a measurement image that is for measurement of positional displacement between a plurality of colors serving as projection fundamental colors, and a projection section that projects the measurement image toward a projection plane. The measurement image has a plurality of unit images each including graphics of the respective plurality of colors, and the graphics of the respective plurality of colors in each of the unit images have respective barycentric positions that are substantially coincident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukui, Atsuhiro Chiba
  • Publication number: 20190141302
    Abstract: This image projection apparatus includes a measurement image that is for measurement of positional displacement between a plurality of colors serving as projection fundamental colors, and a projection section that projects the measurement image toward a projection plane. The measurement image has a plurality of unit images each including graphics of the respective plurality of colors, and the graphics of the respective plurality of colors in each of the unit images have respective barycentric positions that are substantially coincident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: KENICHI FUKUI, ATSUHIRO CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20180232855
    Abstract: An image processing unit of the disclosure includes an imaging section that acquires a plurality of partial images as a captured image, by imaging a projection screen provided by a projector through division of the projection screen into a plurality of regions to have partially overlapping imaging regions, and an estimation section that performs an operation a plurality of times on a basis of the captured image, the operation being performed to estimate a projection transformation matrix for linking of the partial images adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: KENICHI FUKUI
  • Patent number: 7652863
    Abstract: In order to set with a high precision the value of rush current flowing in the power switch circuit at the time of turning “on” the power, the internal circuit Int_Cir of the LSI is supplied with the internal source voltage Vint from the output transistor MP1 of the regulator VReg of the power switch circuit PSWC. The power switch circuit PSWC includes a control circuit CNTRLR and a start-up circuit STC. During the initial period Tint following the turning “on” of the power supply, the start-up circuit STC controls the output transistor MP1 and reduces the primary rush current so that the output current Isup of the output transistor MP1 may represent an approximately constant increment as the time passes. The difference ?V between the internal current voltage due to the charge of load capacitance C with the output current Isup controlled by the start-up circuit STC and the current voltage Vint from the regulator VReg is set within the predetermined limit to reduce the secondary rush current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Takayasu Ito, Mitsuru Hiraki, Satoshi Baba, Kenichi Fukui
  • Publication number: 20090039846
    Abstract: In order to set with a high precision the value of rush current flowing in the power switch circuit at the time of turning “on” the power, the internal circuit Int_Cir of the LSI is supplied with the internal source voltage Vint from the output transistor MP1 of the regulator VReg of the power switch circuit PSWC. The power switch circuit PSWC includes a control circuit CNTRLR and a start-up circuit STC. During the initial period Tint following the turning “on” of the power supply, the start-up circuit STC controls the output transistor MP1 and reduces the primary rush current so that the output current Isup of the output transistor MP1 may represent an approximately constant increment as the time passes. The difference ?V between the internal current voltage due to the charge of load capacitance C with the output current Isup controlled by the start-up circuit STC and the current voltage Vint from the regulator VReg is set within the predetermined limit to reduce the secondary rush current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Takayasu Ito, Mitsuru Hiraki, Satoshi Baba, Kenichi Fukui
  • Patent number: 7450361
    Abstract: In order to set with a high precision the value of rush current flowing in the power switch circuit at the time of turning “on” the power, the internal circuit Int_Cir of the LSI is supplied with the internal source voltage Vint from the output transistor MP1 of the regulator VReg of the power switch circuit PSWC. The power switch circuit PSWC includes a control circuit CNTRLR and a start-up circuit STC. During the initial period Tint following the turning “on” of the power supply, the start-up circuit STC controls the output transistor MP1 and reduces the primary rush current so that the output current Isup of the output transistor MP1 may represent an approximately constant increment as the time passes. The difference ?V between the internal current voltage due to the charge of load capacitance C with the output current Isup controlled by the start-up circuit STC and the current voltage Vint from the regulator VReg is set within the predetermined limit to reduce the secondary rush current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Takayasu Ito, Mitsuru Hiraki, Satoshi Baba, Kenichi Fukui
  • Publication number: 20070145922
    Abstract: In order to set with a high precision the value of rush current flowing in the power switch circuit at the time of turning “on” the power, the internal circuit Int_Cir of the LSI is supplied with the internal source voltage Vint from the output transistor MP1 of the regulator VReg of the power switch circuit PSWC. The power switch circuit PSWC includes a control circuit CNTRLR and a start-up circuit STC. During the initial period Tint following the turning “on” of the power supply, the start-up circuit STC controls the output transistor MP1 and reduces the primary rush current so that the output current Isup of the output transistor MP1 may represent an approximately constant increment as the time passes. The difference ?V between the internal current voltage due to the charge of load capacitance C with the output current Isup controlled by the start-up circuit STC and the current voltage Vint from the regulator VReg is set within the predetermined limit to reduce the secondary rush current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Takayasu Ito, Mitsuru Hiraki, Satoshi Baba, Kenichi Fukui
  • Patent number: 7126872
    Abstract: In view of controlling overshoot when the power supply is inputted without increase in the area occupied with a chip in a voltage generating circuit mounted over a semiconductor integrated circuit, an internal voltage generating circuit comprises a voltage generating circuit for generating a second voltage from a first voltage supplied from outside, and an output buffer for generating a third voltage corresponding to the second voltage. The third voltage is used as the operation power supply of the internal circuit. Moreover, a first switch for enabling an output node of the second voltage to become conductive to the predetermined potential and a control circuit for turning ON the first switch for the predetermined period in response to input of the first voltage are also provided. An output terminal of the output buffer is not clamped but an output of the voltage generating circuit in the preceding stage is clamped to the predetermined voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukui, Mitsuru Hiraki, Mitsuhiko Okutsu
  • Patent number: 7049797
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, having a pair of voltage step-down power supply circuits for active and standby conditions, a first reference voltage is formed by amplifying a fixed voltage formed in a fixed voltage generating circuit with an amplifying circuit which can adjust the voltage gain having a resistance circuit and a switch controlled with a first trimming switch setting signal. An internal step-down voltage, when the internal circuit is in the active condition, is outputted from a first output buffer, which is activated with a first control signal. A second reference voltage is formed by adjusting a combination of threshold voltages of MOSFETs and a switch controlled with a second trimming switch setting signal; and, an internal step-down voltage, when the internal circuit is in the standby condition, is outputted with a second output buffer, which is activated with a second control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Renesas Northern Japan Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukui, Mitsuru Hiraki, Takayasu Ito, Isao Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050083736
    Abstract: In view of controlling overshoot when the power supply is inputted without increase in the area occupied with a chip in a voltage generating circuit mounted over a semiconductor integrated circuit, an internal voltage generating circuit comprises a voltage generating circuit for generating a second voltage from a first voltage supplied from outside, and an output buffer for generating a third voltage corresponding to the second voltage. The third voltage is used as the operation power supply of the internal circuit. Moreover, a first switch for enabling an output node of the second voltage to become conductive to the predetermined potential and a control circuit for turning ON the first switch for the predetermined period in response to input of the first voltage are also provided. An output terminal of the output buffer is not clamped but an output of the voltage generating circuit in the preceding stage is clamped to the predetermined voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukui, Mitsuru Hiraki, Mitsuhiko Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20040155636
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit device which assures high performance and low power consumption through reduction of installation area and realizes automatic voltage adjustment of a couple of voltage step-down power supply circuits for active and standby conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukui, Mitsuru Hiraki, Takayasu Ito, Isao Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6584031
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit in which an internal voltage generation circuit operating on a power supply voltage supplied through an external terminal forms either or both of a low voltage and a boosted voltage to operate internal circuits, a first internal circuit operating on the power supply voltage supplied through the external terminal or the boosted voltage formed by the internal voltage generation circuit is constituted by a first MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a large thickness adapted to the power supply voltage or boosted voltage, and a second internal circuit operating on the low voltage is constituted by a second MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a small thickness adapted to the low voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fujisawa, Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kenichi Fukui, Toshikazu Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20020097628
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit in which an internal voltage generation circuit operating on a power supply voltage supplied through an external terminal forms either or both of a low voltage and a boosted voltage to operate internal circuits, a first internal circuit operating on the power supply voltage supplied through the external terminal or the boosted voltage formed by the internal voltage generation circuit is constituted by a first MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a large thickness adapted to the power supply voltage or boosted voltage, and a second internal circuit operating on the low voltage is constituted by a second MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a small thickness adapted to the low voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroki Fujisawa, Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kenichi Fukui, Toshikazu Tachibana
  • Patent number: 6385118
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit in which an internal voltage generation circuit operating on a power supply voltage supplied through an external terminal forms either or both of a low voltage and a boosted voltage to operate internal circuits, a first internal circuit operating on the power supply voltage supplied through the external terminal or the boosted voltage formed by the internal voltage generation circuit is constituted by a first MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a large thickness adapted to the power supply voltage or boosted voltage, and a second internal circuit operating on the low voltage is constituted by a second MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a small thickness adapted to the low voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fujisawa, Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kenichi Fukui, Toshikazu Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20010040835
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit in which an internal voltage generation circuit operating on a power supply voltage supplied through an external terminal forms either or both of a low voltage and a boosted voltage to operate internal circuits, a first internal circuit operating on the power supply voltage supplied through the external terminal or the boosted voltage formed by the internal voltage generation circuit is constituted by a first MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a large thickness adapted to the power supply voltage or boosted voltage, and a second internal circuit operating on the low voltage is constituted by a second MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a small thickness adapted to the low voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroki Fujisawa, Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kenichi Fukui, Toshikazu Tachibana
  • Patent number: 6288967
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit in which an internal voltage generation circuit operating on a power supply voltage supplied through an external terminal forms either or both of a low voltage and a boosted voltage to operate internal circuits, a first internal circuit operating on the power supply voltage supplied through the external terminal or the boosted voltage formed by the internal voltage generation circuit is constituted by a first MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a large thickness adapted to the power supply voltage or boosted voltage, and a second internal circuit operating on the low voltage is constituted by a second MOSFET with a gate insulation film having a small thickness adapted to the low voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fujisawa, Kazuhiko Kajigaya, Kenichi Fukui, Toshikazu Tachibana