Patents by Inventor Kentaro Yoshioka

Kentaro Yoshioka 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: 11876519
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit has a first oscillator having output nodes of n stages, where n is an integer of 3 or more, a second oscillator having output nodes of n stages, and a third oscillator having output nodes of n stages. An output node at an a-th stage of the first oscillator and an output node at an a-th stage of the second oscillator are connected with each other, where a is an integer of 1 or more and n or less and an output node at a b-th stage of the second oscillator and an output node at a b-th stage of the third oscillator are connected with each other, where b is an integer of 1 or more and n or less different from a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yosuke Toyama, Tuan Thanh Ta, Satoshi Kondo, Akihide Sai, Toshiki Sugimoto, Kentaro Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20230243372
    Abstract: A harness clamp includes a harness clamp body including a base part, an upright part, a fixing part, a folding back part, a first elongated part, and a second elongated part. A distal end of the second elongated part and the upright part define a first gap. A fourth bent part and the base part define a second gap. The base, folding back, and first elongated parts define a first clamp space to clamp a harness. The base, upright, and second elongated parts define a second clamp space to clamp the harness deformed through the second gap from the first clamp space. Where a length of the first gap is A, a length of the second gap is B, a diameter of the harness is ?, and a maximum diameter of the deformed harness is a, a relationship that B<? and A<a is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Koki AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11569835
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter has a first digital signal generator that generates a first digital signal based on whether or not a sampling signal of an input signal is equal to or lower than a signal corresponding to a second reference signal higher than a first reference signal, a first slope generator to generate a first slope signal that changes with time from the sampled and held signal equal to or lower than the first reference signal, a second slope generator to generate a second slope signal that changes with time from the sampled and held signal to a signal level equal to or lower than the second reference signal, and a second digital signal generator that generates a second digital signal based on a time at which the first slope signal matches the first reference signal or a time at which the second slope signal matches the second reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiki Sugimoto, Kentaro Yoshioka, Akihide Sai, Yosuke Toyama
  • Publication number: 20220302648
    Abstract: Each of two plug connectors includes a main body configured to retain a plurality of electric wires and a pair of push members protruding from both sides of the main body along a first direction. In connector mating operation, the two plug connectors are respectively inserted into associated receptacle connectors in a state where the two plug connectors are mechanically coupled or bound to a relative positional relationship by a jig in a position where the pair of push members in one of the two plug connectors are displaced from the pair of push members in the other of the two plug connectors along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Makoto YOSHIKAWA, Ryosuke SHIBATA, Kenta ITAYAMA, Shifumi SADAKATA
  • Publication number: 20220190812
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit has a first oscillator having output nodes of n stages, where n is an integer of 3 or more, a second oscillator having output nodes of n stages, and a third oscillator having output nodes of n stages. An output node at an a-th stage of the first oscillator and an output node at an a-th stage of the second oscillator are connected with each other, where a is an integer of 1 or more and n or less and an output node at a b-th stage of the second oscillator and an output node at a b-th stage of the third oscillator are connected with each other, where b is an integer of 1 or more and n or less different from a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke TOYAMA, Tuan Thanh TA, Satoshi KONDO, Akihide SAI, Toshiki SUGIMOTO, Kentaro YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220182067
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter has a first digital signal generator that generates a first digital signal based on whether or not a sampling signal of an input signal is equal to or lower than a signal corresponding to a second reference signal higher than a first reference signal, a first slope generator to generate a first slope signal that changes with time from the sampled and held signal equal to or lower than the first reference signal, a second slope generator to generate a second slope signal that changes with time from the sampled and held signal to a signal level equal to or lower than the second reference signal, and a second digital signal generator that generates a second digital signal based on a time at which the first slope signal matches the first reference signal or a time at which the second slope signal matches the second reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiki SUGIMOTO, Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Akihide SAI, Yosuke TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220163658
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a radar device, a storage device and a controller. The radar device is configured to transmit a first radio wave to an object in a direction of a first angle of the object. The storage device is configured to store first information capable of specifying that a radio wave is transmitted to the first angle of the object by the radar device. The controller is configured to control a direction of a second radio wave to be transmitted by the radar device after the transmission of the first radio wave to a second angle of the object different from the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Kazuhiro TSUJIMURA, Hiroki MORI
  • Publication number: 20210270600
    Abstract: A system includes a distance measurement apparatus to emit a first light in a first direction toward an object or a second light in a second direction different from the first direction toward a reflection member, and to measure a distance to the object in accordance with a first reflected light provided by a reflection of the first light on the object or a second reflected light provided by reflections of the second light, a position detector configured to detect a position of the object based on the distance; and a light direction controller to determine whether an obstacle exists on an optical path of the first direction, to control the distance measurement apparatus to emit the first light in the first direction, when the obstacle does not exist, and to control the distance measurement apparatus to emit the second light in the second direction, when the obstacle exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Hidenori Okuni, Akihide Sai
  • Publication number: 20210223022
    Abstract: A method using an electronic apparatus capable of measuring a distance from the electronic apparatus, acquires information on at least one of a position or shape of an object in accordance with a reflected light reflected by both the object and a reflector. The reflector is disposed substantially parallel to one of a first plane, a second plane, and a third plane that defines a coordinate system of the electronic apparatus to measure the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidenori OKUNI, Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Tuan Thanh TA
  • Publication number: 20210116676
    Abstract: A system has receiver circuitry configured to receive mirror information including at least one of a position, size, height, or an angle of the mirror and surrounding information acquired by measurement of at least part of surrounding of the mirror, and processing circuitry configured to specify a first range observable via a reflection in the mirror, estimate, based on the surrounding information, a second range observable via a reflection in the mirror whose at least one of the position, size, height, or angle is changed, and generate adjustment information used to adjust at least one of the position, height, or angle of the mirror in accordance with the first range information and the second range information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidenori OKUNI, Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Tetsuro ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20210003678
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a light detector configured to detect light by converting a reception photon into a signal and incapable of converting an additional photon into the signal during a recovery period after a reception of photons, a light projector configured to project light having a pulse width different from any of n times the recovery period (n is an integer of 1 or more), and a processor configured to measure a distance to a target object by using a time difference between a timing at which light is projected by the light projector and a timing at which light comprising a reflected wave is detected by the light detector, wherein the reflected wave is obtained by reflection of the light projected by the light projector onto the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidenori OKUNI, Tuan Thanh TA, Satoshi KONDO, Toshiki SUGIMOTO, Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Akihide SAI
  • Publication number: 20210003676
    Abstract: A system has detection circuitry configured to detect position information on a first point and a second point of a reflective member based on a first primary reflected electromagnetic wave generated by a reflection of a first emitted pulse on the first point and a second primary reflected electromagnetic wave generated by a reflection of a second emitted pulse on the second point, and processing circuitry configured to estimate an angle of inclination of the reflective member relative to a reference surface of the detection circuitry based on the position information on the first point and the second point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Hidenori OKUNI, Tuan Thanh TA, Akihide SAI
  • Publication number: 20200400790
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a light receiver configured to receive a reception light including a reflected pulse generated by a reflection of an emitted pulse on an object, an analog-to-digital converter configured to generate digital signals regarding the reception light, a memory configured to store the digital signals, a memory controller configured to control a write rate to write the digital signals to the memory in accordance with an elapsed time from emission timing of the emitted pulse; and processor circuitry configured to measure a distance to the object based on a difference between the emission timing of the emitted pulse and reception timing of the reflected pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Hiroshi KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20200355806
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a light receiver configured to receive a reception light including a reflected pulse provided by a reflection of an emitted pulse on an object, wherein the reception light is received during at least a first time and a second time, and the second time is earlier than the first time, a memory configured to store a digital signal representing a part of information on the reception light received during the second time, and processing circuitry configured to measure a distance to the object based on a difference between emission timing of the emitted pulse and reception timing of the reflected pulse by using the information on the reception light received during the first time and the part of information on the reception light received during the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Tuan Thanh TA, Hidenori Okuni
  • Patent number: 10727819
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device, includes: a digital-to-pulse converter configured to output a pulse signal including a pulse with a pulse length corresponding to a digital input signal; and a bidirectional selective oscillator including a first ring oscillator and a second ring oscillator, the first ring oscillator including a plurality of delay elements connected in a ring shape in a first direction, the second ring oscillator including a plurality of delay elements connected in a ring shape in a second direction reverse to the first direction. The bidirectional selective oscillator is configured to select one of the first ring oscillator and the second ring oscillator depending on a sign of the digital input signal, oscillate the selected ring oscillator during a period when the pulse is outputted, and keep a state of oscillation operation when the pulse stops being outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke Toyama, Kentaro Yoshioka, Kohei Onizuka
  • Patent number: 10516413
    Abstract: A digital-to-time converter has an oscillator; and count circuitry that starts counting a number of oscillations of the oscillator when an activation signal is input, and outputs a first delay activation signal obtained by delaying the activation signal during a period from a timing when the activation signal is input to a timing when a counted number of oscillations reaches a reference number set based on a digital input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kentaro Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20190288703
    Abstract: A digital-to-time converter has an oscillator; and count circuitry that starts counting a number of oscillations of the oscillator when an activation signal is input, and outputs a first delay activation signal obtained by delaying the activation signal during a period from a timing when the activation signal is input to a timing when a counted number of oscillations reaches a reference number set based on a digital input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kentaro YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20190273483
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device, includes: a digital-to-pulse converter configured to output a pulse signal including a pulse with a pulse length corresponding to a digital input signal; and a bidirectional selective oscillator including a first ring oscillator and a second ring oscillator, the first ring oscillator including a plurality of delay elements connected in a ring shape in a first direction, the second ring oscillator including a plurality of delay elements connected in a ring shape in a second direction reverse to the first direction. The bidirectional selective oscillator is configured to select one of the first ring oscillator and the second ring oscillator depending on a sign of the digital input signal, oscillate the selected ring oscillator during a period when the pulse is outputted, and keep a state of oscillation operation when the pulse stops being outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yosuke TOYAMA, Kentaro YOSHIOKA, Kohei ONIZUKA
  • Patent number: 10404269
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter has a switched capacitor comprising a capacitor to perform charging and discharging by switching a switch, the switched capacitor varying a charge amount of the capacitor in accordance with a frequency of an oscillation signal in accordance with a differential signal between an input signal and a feedback signal, capacitance of the capacitor, and a predetermined bias voltage, a feedback signal generator to generate the feedback signal based on an output signal of the switched capacitor, and a digital converter to generate a digital signal by digital conversion of the input signal based on the oscillation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akihide Sai, Satoshi Kondo, Kentaro Yoshioka, Tetsuro Itakura
  • Patent number: 10355704
    Abstract: Amplifier circuitry has sampling circuitry which samples an input voltage, a quantizer which quantizes an output voltage of the sampling circuitry and outputs an output code, a differential amplifier which amplifies a differential voltage between the output voltage of the sampling circuitry and a reference voltage and performs offset adjustment according to the output code of the quantizer, and a first capacitor which is connected between an output node of the differential amplifier and an output node of the sampling circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Yoshioka, Tetsuro Itakura