Patents by Inventor Kenji Hirose
Kenji Hirose 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: 7705668Abstract: A mobile telephone is provided that includes a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The mobile telephone also includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal path between an elected circuit block and a branch point at which the signal path branches into different branch paths so as to connect to other circuit blocks. The interblock interface circuit includes a signal gate for preventing signal transmission from the elected circuit block to the other circuit blocks, and includes a storage unit for storing a signal right before the power cut-off.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Tadashi Hoshi, Kenji Hirose, Hideaki Abe, Junichi Nishimoto, Midori Nagayama
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Publication number: 20100017775Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a control signal system for avoiding failure to check an indefinite signal propagation prevention circuit, for facilitating a check included in an automated tool, and for facilitating a power shutdown control inside a chip. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device, power shutdown priorities are provided by independent power domains (Area A to Area I). A method for preventing a power domain having a lower priority from being turned OFF when a circuit having a high priority is turned ON is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Yusuke KANNO, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Yoshihiko Yasu, Kenji Hirose, Takahiro Irita
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Patent number: 7610572Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a control signal system for avoiding failure to check an indefinite signal propagation prevention circuit, for facilitating a check included in an automated tool, and for facilitating a power shutdown control inside a chip. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device, power shutdown priorities are provided by independent power domains (Area A to Area I). A method for preventing a power domain having a lower priority from being turned OFF when a circuit having a high priority is turned ON is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Yusuke Kanno, Hiroyuki Mizuno, Yoshihiko Yasu, Kenji Hirose, Takahiro Irita
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Publication number: 20090261773Abstract: A galvano motor 10 includes a motor shaft 1, a coil 5 which rotationally drives the motor shaft 1, and an encoder scale 6 which is joined to one end of the rotating shaft, the motor shaft 1 is configured so that a mirror 9 which is heavier than the encoder scale 6 at the other end opposite to the one end to which the encoder scale 6 is joined, a phase crossover frequency fphase in open-loop characteristics of the galvano motor 10, a torsion resonance frequency fscale between a center part of the motor shaft 1 and the encoder scale 6, and a torsion resonance frequency fmirror between the center part of the motor shaft 1 and the mirror 9 satisfy the relation of fphase<fscale?fmirror, and phases at the torsion resonance frequencies fscale and fmirror are other than ?180 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenji Hirose
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Patent number: 7556626Abstract: A medical instrument holding apparatus includes a supporting mechanism, a moving mechanism, a basal portion and a counterweight. The supporting mechanism supports a medical instrument. The moving mechanism which has first and second sides, and a shaft portion located between the first and second sides. The moving mechanism supports the supporting mechanism, allowing the medical instrument and the supporting mechanism to be moved around the shaft portion. The basal portion is coupled to the shaft portion. The basal portion supports the moving mechanism, allowing the moving mechanism to rotate around the shaft portion. The counterweight is located on the second side of the moving mechanism. The counterweight generates a first rotation moment being smaller than a second rotation moment generated from the weights of the medical instrument and the supporting mechanism and acting around the shaft portion in the opposite direction to the second rotation moment.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2004Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Masaaki Ueda, Satoshi Otsuka, Tomoaki Yamashita, Hisao Isobe, Kenji Hirose, Toru Shinmura
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Publication number: 20090096513Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided including a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The integrated circuit includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal path between an elected circuit block and a branch point at which the signal path branches into different branch paths so as to connect to other circuit blocks. The interblock interface circuit includes a signal gate for preventing signal transmission from the elected circuit block to the other circuit blocks, and includes a storage unit for storing a signal right before the power cut-off.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Tadashi Hoshi, Kenji Hirose, Hideaki Abe, Junichi Nishimoto, Midori Nagayama
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Publication number: 20090066075Abstract: An information concealing label includes a label base 2A and an adhesive layer 3 on the back side thereof. The information concealing label is affixed by means of the adhesive layer 3 onto an information writing section 5A in which information to be concealed is written. The adhesive layer 3 includes a strong adhesive portion 3B positioned at the periphery of the label base 2A and a weak adhesive portion 3A positioned in the area inside the strong adhesive portion 3B. The label base 2A has a group of corrugated slits 24 formed along the boundary between the weak adhesive portion 3A and the strong adhesive portion 3B. The weak adhesive portion 3A of the label base 2A can be peeled off the information writing section 5A into an unsealed state with the strong adhesive portion 3B adhering to the information writing section 5A by cutting through the corrugated slits 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Kenji Hirose, Kayoko Hayashi, Masahiro Kimura
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Patent number: 7500473Abstract: A vehicle fuel supply device including a saddle-shaped fuel tank comprised of a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber. A reservoir is disposed within the main chamber. A main pump is provided within the reservoir. A sub-pump is detachably provided within the reservoir. The fuel in the reservoir is drawn up by an operation of the main pump to supply fuel to an engine. A portion of the drawn-up fuel is utilized to generate a negative pressure, the negative pressure is utilized to transfer the fuel in the auxiliary chamber to the reservoir, and the negative pressure is utilized to introduce the fuel in the main chamber into the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Takeaki Nakajima, Shoichi Hokazono, Shinya Murabayashi, Hideharu Yamazaki, Kenji Hirose, Takeshi Kumakura, Shukoh Terata
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Publication number: 20090054765Abstract: By adding perspective information in addition to binocular parallax, the invention provides a three-dimensional medical imaging apparatus that allows surgery to be performed with a more natural three-dimensional view, similar to that achieved with the naked eye. The three-dimensional medical imaging apparatus includes an image-acquisition optical system and an imaging device for acquiring three-dimensional images of a subject. The image-acquisition optical system includes an objective optical system for forming an image of the subject at an image-forming plane, and an entrance pupil position of the image-acquisition optical system is disposed between the objective optical system and the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Yasushi Namii, Kenji Hirose, Koji Yasunaga
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Patent number: 7479823Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided including a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The integrated circuit includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal path between an elected circuit block and a branch point at which the signal path branches into different branch paths so as to connect to other circuit blocks. The interblock interface circuit includes a signal gate for preventing signal transmission from the elected circuit block to the other circuit blocks, and includes a storage unit for storing a signal right before the power cut-off.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Tadashi Hoshi, Kenji Hirose, Hideaki Abe, Junichi Nishimoto, Midori Nagayama
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Patent number: 7468627Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided including a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The integrated circuit includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal path from the elected circuit block to other circuit blocks, wherein a single output of the interblock interface circuit is branched out to other circuit blocks. The interblock interface circuit includes a signal gate for preventing signal transmission to other circuit blocks and includes a storage unit for storing a signal right before the power cut.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Renesas Technology CorporationInventors: Tadashi Hoshi, Kenji Hirose, Hideaki Abe, Junichi Nishimoto, Midori Nagayama
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Patent number: 7468626Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided including a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The integrated circuit includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal path from the elected circuit block to other circuit blocks, wherein a single output of the interblock interface circuit is branched out to other circuit blocks. The interblock interface circuit includes a signal gate for preventing signal transmission to other circuit blocks and includes a storage unit for storing a signal right before the power cut.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Renesas Technology CorporationInventors: Tadashi Hoshi, Kenji Hirose, Hideaki Abe, Junichi Nishimoto, Midori Nagayama
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Patent number: 7453631Abstract: By adding perspective information in addition to binocular parallax, the invention provides a three-dimensional medical imaging apparatus that allows surgery to be performed with a more natural three-dimensional view, similar to that achieved with the naked eye. The three-dimensional medical imaging apparatus includes an image-acquisition optical system and an imaging device for acquiring three-dimensional images of a subject. The image-acquisition optical system includes an objective optical system for forming an image of the subject at an image-forming plane, and an entrance pupil position of the image-acquisition optical system is disposed between the objective optical system and the subject.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yasushi Namii, Kenji Hirose, Koji Yasunaga
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Publication number: 20080236550Abstract: A vehicle fuel supply device including a saddle-shaped fuel tank comprised of a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber. A reservoir is disposed within the main chamber. A main pump is provided within the reservoir. A sub-pump is detachably provided within the reservoir. The fuel in the reservoir is drawn up by an operation of the main pump to supply fuel to an engine. A portion of the drawn-up fuel is utilized to generate a negative pressure, the negative pressure is utilized to transfer the fuel in the auxiliary chamber to the reservoir, and the negative pressure is utilized to introduce the fuel in the main chamber into the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Takeaki Nakajima, Shoichi Hokazono, Shinya Murabayashi, Hideharu Yamazaki, Kenji Hirose, Takeshi Kumakura, Shukoh Terata
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Publication number: 20080224177Abstract: Repeaters are arranged at arbitrary positions to substantially improve transmission speed of a signal. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device 1, repeater regions 10 where repeaters are provided as relay points for wiring are provided in the central parts of the core power source regions 2, 3 and 5, on the left side of the core power source regions 4 to 8 and at the upper and lower parts of the semiconductor integrated circuit device 1. A power switch region for repeater 11 is formed so as to surround the core power source regions 2 to 8 and the repeater regions 10. The power source lines of the reference potential connected to the repeater regions 10 are laid out at equally spaced intervals throughout the core power source regions 2 to 8, which enables the repeater regions 10 to be flexibly laid out. This permits the repeaters to be more effectively arranged, which improves the performances of semiconductor integrated circuit device 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Satoshi Umekita, Tomomi Ajioka, Kenji Hirose, Yoshihiko Yasu, Yujiro Miyairi
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Patent number: 7394143Abstract: Repeaters are arranged at arbitrary positions to substantially improve transmission speed of a signal. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device 1, repeater regions 10 where repeaters are provided as relay points for wiring are provided in the central parts of the core power source regions 2, 3 and 5, on the left side of the core power source regions 4 to 8 and at the upper and lower parts of the semiconductor integrated circuit device 1. A power switch region for repeater 11 is formed so as to surround the core power source regions 2 to 8 and the repeater regions 10. The power source lines of the reference potential connected to the repeater regions 10 are laid out at equally spaced intervals throughout the core power source regions 2 to 8, which enables the repeater regions 10 to be flexibly laid out. This permits the repeaters to be more effectively arranged, which improves the performances of semiconductor integrated circuit device 1.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Satoshi Umekita, Tomomi Ajioka, Kenji Hirose, Yoshihiko Yasu, Yujiro Miyairi
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Patent number: 7309311Abstract: An endoscope is connected optically removably to a TV camera through an adapter. A plurality of fixing pins is arranged on both sides of an insertion axis of an insertion part of the endoscope. A fixing unit to fix the endoscope removably is provided at the front end of an arm unit of an endoscope holder which supports the endoscope movably. The fixing unit has a claw and a movable claw, and grips the fixing pins of the endoscope releasably between the claw and the movable claw.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2004Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Satoshi Otsuka, Toru Shinmura, Tomoaki Yamashita, Kenji Hirose, Hisao Isobe, Masaaki Ueda
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Publication number: 20070213586Abstract: This endoscope system comprises image pickup means having an image pickup device, illumination light ejecting means having an illumination light ejection portion, an endoscope having an insertion portion and having an illumination light incident portion and an optical image ejection portion for ejecting subject light, a first connection portion for attaching the endoscope to the image pickup means so that the subject light can be captured, a second connection portion for attaching the endoscope to the illumination light ejecting means so that the light from the illumination light ejection portion can enter the illumination light incident portion, an optical path having a first adapter connection portion attachable to the first connection portion and a second adapter connection portion attachable to the second connection portion for capturing the subject image, and an adapter having an illumination optical system for guiding the illumination light to the image pickup region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Kenji Hirose, Koji Yasunaga, Toshiya Sugai
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Publication number: 20070210404Abstract: Repeaters are arranged at arbitrary positions to substantially improve transmission speed of a signal. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device 1, repeater regions 10 where repeaters are provided as relay points for wiring are provided in the central parts of the core power source regions 2, 3 and 5, on the left side of the core power source regions 4 to 8 and at the upper and lower parts of the semiconductor integrated circuit device 1. A power switch region for repeater 11 is formed so as to surround the core power source regions 2 to 8 and the repeater regions 10. The power source lines of the reference potential connected to the repeater regions 10 are laid out at equally spaced intervals throughout the core power source regions 2 to 8, which enables the repeater regions 10 to be flexibly laid out. This permits the repeaters to be more effectively arranged, which improves the performances of semiconductor integrated circuit device 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventors: Satoshi Umekita, Tomomi Ajioka, Kenji Hirose, Yoshihiko Yasu, Yujiro Miyairi
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Patent number: 7228562Abstract: A stream server that includes a first interface for transmitting and receiving packets to and from a client apparatus belonging to a particular network without involvement of a firewall apparatus and for transmitting and receiving packets to and from the client apparatus belonging to a network different from the particular network via the firewall apparatus, a second interface for transmitting and receiving packets to and from the client apparatus belonging to the network different from the particular network without involvement of the firewall apparatus, the second interface being connected to a wide area network and a process module for executing a communication process, via an interface identified in accordance with a network attribute and a type of a communication protocol of the client apparatus and based on the communication protocol, relative to the client apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Ikubo Kobayashi, Tadashi Takeuchi, Damien Lemoal, Ken Nomura, Hiroshi Mine, Kenji Hirose, Kouichirou Mizunashi, Mamoru Adachi