Patents by Inventor Kohei Murayama

Kohei Murayama 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: 20220383808
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting element, a temperature measurement device, a driving control unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction value of a driving control parameter based on a measured temperature; and a change unit configured to change a coefficient of a function based on the measured temperature. The calculation unit calculates the correction value with respect to the measured temperature based on a function obtained by expressing a first function, which expresses a relationship between the measured temperature and the correction value, by a combined function of a plurality of third functions each generated by changing a coefficient of a second function, and the change unit changes, based on the measured temperature, the coefficient of the second function to generate the plurality of third functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei Murayama, Shinya Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20220308799
    Abstract: A memory controller is capable of issuing a first write command for writing data of a predetermined size in a DRAM, and a second write command for writing data of a size smaller than the predetermined size in the DRAM. The memory controller comprises a receiving unit configured to receive a request to the DRAM from a bus; a determining unit configured to determine whether a command that is after the second write command when a reception sequence of a request is observed is issuable in a period until the second write command is issued after a preceding command is issued; and an issuing unit configured to issue a command determined to be issuable before the second write command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama
  • Patent number: 11385832
    Abstract: A memory controller is capable of issuing a first write command for writing data of a predetermined size in a DRAM, and a second write command for writing data of a size smaller than the predetermined size in the DRAM. The memory controller comprises a receiving unit configured to receive a request to the DRAM from a bus; a determining unit configured to determine whether a command that is after the second write command when a reception sequence of a request is observed is issuable in a period until the second write command is issued after a preceding command is issued; and an issuing unit configured to issue a command determined to be issuable before the second write command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama
  • Patent number: 10872051
    Abstract: A bus control circuit comprises an arbitration circuit which receives a bus-transfer request from each of a plurality of bus masters and outputs an arbitration result signal, in accordance with a priority order, to one of the bus masters, and a plurality of bus switches, wherein each bus switch comprises a selection circuit which includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving a plurality of bus transfer signals and an output terminal for transmitting one bus transfer signal to a downstream side, and a control circuit which receives the arbitration result signal from the arbitration circuit and controls the selection circuit based on the arbitration result signal to select one of the plurality of input terminals, and a slave module is connected to the output terminal of the selection circuit in the bus switch located at a most downstream position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama
  • Publication number: 20200089635
    Abstract: A bus control circuit comprises an arbitration circuit which receives a bus-transfer request from each of a plurality of bus masters and outputs an arbitration result signal, in accordance with a priority order, to one of the bus masters, and a plurality of bus switches, wherein each bus switch comprises a selection circuit which includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving a plurality of bus transfer signals and an output terminal for transmitting one bus transfer signal to a downstream side, and a control circuit which receives the arbitration result signal from the arbitration circuit and controls the selection circuit based on the arbitration result signal to select one of the plurality of input terminals, and a slave module is connected to the output terminal of the selection circuit in the bus switch located at a most downstream position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama
  • Publication number: 20190339906
    Abstract: A memory controller is capable of issuing a first write command for writing data of a predetermined size in a DRAM, and a second write command for writing data of a size smaller than the predetermined size in the DRAM. The memory controller comprises a receiving unit configured to receive a request to the DRAM from a bus; a determining unit configured to determine whether a command that is after the second write command when a reception sequence of a request is observed is issuable in a period until the second write command is issued after a preceding command is issued; and an issuing unit configured to issue a command determined to be issuable before the second write command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama
  • Patent number: 10148922
    Abstract: A display system includes a master device that displays a master image corresponding to a part of image data, and a slave device that displays a slave image corresponding to another part of the image data. The slave device includes a slave signal generation unit that starts to generate a slave timing signal at a predetermined interval with reference to a timing based on a first instruction received from the master device, a slave communication unit that transmits to the master device a completion notification indicating that a preparation for displaying the slave image is completed, and a slave display unit that displays the slave image in synchronization with the slave timing signal corresponding to a second instruction received from the master device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Fujioka, Norihiro Kawahara, Kohei Murayama, Yoshio Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20160212393
    Abstract: A display system includes a master device that displays a master image corresponding to a part of image data, and a slave device that displays a slave image corresponding to another part of the image data. The slave device includes a slave signal generation unit that starts to generate a slave timing signal at a predetermined interval with reference to a timing based on a first instruction received from the master device, a slave communication unit that transmits to the master device a completion notification indicating that a preparation for displaying the slave image is completed, and a slave display unit that displays the slave image in synchronization with the slave timing signal corresponding to a second instruction received from the master device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Masaki Fujioka, Norihiro Kawahara, Kohei Murayama, Yoshio Nishioka
  • Patent number: 9154665
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus reads an image out of a frame buffer by vertically flipping the image, writes the image into an output line buffer by horizontally flipping the image, divides each line, and simultaneously outputs the resulting line segments. Methods for vertical flipping, horizontal flipping, and simultaneous output are changed according to the output settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shizuka Anzai, Kohei Murayama
  • Publication number: 20140300935
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus reads an image out of a frame buffer by vertically flipping the image, writes the image into an output line buffer by horizontally flipping the image, divides each line, and simultaneously outputs the resulting line segments. Methods for vertical flipping, horizontal flipping, and simultaneous output are changed according to the output settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Shizuka Anzai, Kohei Murayama
  • Patent number: 8786778
    Abstract: A timing control apparatus includes: an extraction unit that outputs an input timing signal of an image signal; an input timing switch unit that selects whether to output the input timing signal output from the extraction unit or to input an external input timing signal; an input timing delay addition unit capable of adding delay information to the input timing signal output from the extraction unit; a reference timing generation unit that generates a reference timing signal from the input timing signal; a reference timing switch unit that selects whether to output the reference timing signal or to input an external reference timing signal; and an individual timing generation unit that generates, from the reference timing signal, a video processing timing signal and an output timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Kuroki, Shinichi Sunakawa, Kohei Murayama, Atsushi Date
  • Patent number: 8664972
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of memories includes a terminating resistor for preventing signal reflection, and a memory control circuit includes an ODT control circuit for driving the terminating resistor of each memory, and a selector for selecting, from memories except for a memory to be accessed, at least one memory for which driving of the terminating resistor is to be suppressed, in accordance with the memory to be accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Murayama, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120257173
    Abstract: A projection apparatus capable of projecting an image with a user interface screen superimposed thereon includes a detection unit configured to detect a distortion amount of the image, a calculation unit configured to calculate a parameter for correcting the image based on the distortion amount detected by the detection unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a shape of the user interface screen based on the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama
  • Publication number: 20120060003
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of memories includes a terminating resistor for preventing signal reflection, and a memory control circuit includes an ODT control circuit for driving the terminating resistor of each memory, and a selector for selecting, from memories except for a memory to be accessed, at least one memory for which driving of the terminating resistor is to be suppressed, in accordance with the memory to be accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Murayama, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8076954
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of memories includes a terminating resistor for preventing signal reflection, and a memory control circuit includes an ODT control circuit for driving the terminating resistor of each memory, and a selector for selecting, from memories except for a memory to be accessed, at least one memory for which driving of the terminating resistor is to be suppressed, in accordance with the memory to be accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Murayama, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090230989
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of memories includes a terminating resistor for preventing signal reflection, and a memory control circuit includes an ODT control circuit for driving the terminating resistor of each memory, and a selector for selecting, from memories except for a memory to be accessed, at least one memory for which driving of the terminating resistor is to be suppressed, in accordance with the memory to be accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Murayama, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7536519
    Abstract: A memory controller determines a load level based on the number of connected memory devices informed by a switch or the like. If it is determined that the load level is high, the memory controller increases the number of cycles for issuing command/address signals, and if it is determined that the load level is low, the memory controller reduces the number of issuing cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama
  • Patent number: 7386634
    Abstract: In a bus, which is provided with a switch having a plurality of master ports and a plurality of slave ports and can connect each of the plurality of master ports to an arbitrary port of the plurality of slave ports, an address phase that issues an address and a command and a data phase that issues write data are separated, and an address phase of next transaction can be issued before the data phase is completed. This improves performance of a system, in which a plurality of master modules and slave modules are connected through the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Murayama, Takafumi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20050278490
    Abstract: A memory interface circuit controls a memory device that inputs and outputs data in response to data strobe signals. The memory interface circuit includes an at-input selection unit selecting a data strobe signal to be received at the time of inputting the data based on information concerning the number of data strobe signals specified for the data and a data capturing unit capturing the data based on the data strobe signal selected in the at-input selection unit, thereby allowing the same circuit to control memory devices which use different types of data strobe signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama
  • Publication number: 20050273566
    Abstract: A memory controller determines a load level based on the number of connected memory devices informed by a switch or the like. If it is determined that the load level is high, the memory controller increases the number of cycles for issuing command/address signals, and if it is determined that the load level is low, the memory controller reduces the number of issuing cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohei Murayama