Patents by Inventor Kohei Onizuka

Kohei Onizuka 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: 10320372
    Abstract: An information processing device has a digital-to-pulse converter which outputs a pulse signal including a pulse having a pulse length in accordance with a digital input signal, and a selective oscillator which performs an oscillation operation while the pulse of the pulse signal is output and holds an oscillation operation state at a point of time where the output of the pulse is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Yoshioka, Akihide Sai, Kohei Onizuka, Masanori Furuta
  • Patent number: 10263433
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power supply device includes a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage of power generated by a power generation element; a plurality of power storage elements connected in parallel with respective load circuits; a switch circuit configured to switch an electrical connection between the voltage conversion circuit and each of the plurality of power storage elements; and a control circuit configured to measure voltages of the plurality of power storage elements and to control the switch circuit based on the measured voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kohei Onizuka, Takeshi Ueno
  • Patent number: 10224748
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a power transmitting device including: a power supply, a resonator, an adjuster and a controller. The power supply supplies AC power. The resonator includes a magnetic core and a coil wound around the magnetic core, the resonator wirelessly transmitting the AC power supplied from the power supply to a different resonator arranged to be opposed to the resonator. The adjuster relatively moves the coil and the magnetic core along a longitudinal direction of the coil. The controller controls the adjuster based on a value of current flowing in the resonator to adjust relative positions of the magnetic core and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akiko Yamada, Tetsu Shijo, Shuichi Obayashi, Hiroaki Ishihara, Kohei Onizuka, Kenichirou Ogawa, Fumi Moritsuka, Hiroki Kudo, Noriaki Oodachi
  • Publication number: 20180343004
    Abstract: An information processing device has a digital-to-pulse converter which outputs a pulse signal including a pulse having a pulse length in accordance with a digital input signal, and a selective oscillator which performs an oscillation operation while the pulse of the pulse signal is output and holds an oscillation operation state at a point of time where the output of the pulse is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Yoshioka, Akihide Sai, Kohei Onizuka, Masanori Furuta
  • Patent number: 10097991
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a first transmitter configured to transmit a first frame to instruct transmission prohibition to a first wireless communication device, and to transmit a signal to a second wireless communication device during a period in which the transmission is prohibited; and a first receiver configured to receive power reception amount information corresponding to the signal after the signal is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoya Tandai, Tsuguhide Aoki, Kohei Onizuka
  • Publication number: 20180254671
    Abstract: A wireless power-supply control apparatus to perform control on transmission of power from at least one power transmitter comprising a plurality of first antennas to a plurality of power receivers, has a first communicator and a controller. The first communicator to receive propagation path information between the power transmitter and the plurality of power receivers and requested-power information on requested power of the plurality of power receivers, from the power transmitter or the plurality of power receivers. The controller to control power to be transmitted from the power transmitter to a predetermined value and control at least either one of a phase or an amplitude of power to be supplied to the plurality of first antennas, based on the propagation path information and the requested-power information, so that a specific number of power receivers receiving power larger than the requested power is equal to or larger than a predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Kentaro MURATA, Kohei ONIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20180145518
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power supply device includes a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage of power generated by a power generation element; a plurality of power storage elements connected in parallel with respective load circuits; a switch circuit configured to switch an electrical connection between the voltage conversion circuit and each of the plurality of power storage elements; and a control circuit configured to measure voltages of the plurality of power storage elements and to control the switch circuit based on the measured voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Kohei ONIZUKA, Takeshi UENO
  • Publication number: 20180084406
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a first transmitter configured to transmit a first frame to instruct transmission prohibition to a first wireless communication device, and to transmit a signal to a second wireless communication device during a period in which the transmission is prohibited; and a first receiver configured to receive power reception amount information corresponding to the signal after the signal is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoya TANDAI, Tsuguhide AOKI, Kohei ONIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20170170690
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus including a power supply to generate AC power; a power transmitting inductor to transfer the AC power to a power receiving apparatus through magnetic coupling with a power receiving inductor in the power receiving apparatus; a mutual coupling adjusting unit to adjust a relative position between the power transmitting inductor and the power receiving inductor; and a control unit to control the mutual coupling adjusting unit based on a mutual coupling coefficient between the power transmitting inductor and the power receiving inductor. The control unit controls the mutual coupling adjusting unit so that the mutual coupling coefficient falls within a predetermined range and an upper limit of the predetermined range is a value less than a maximum of the mutual coupling coefficient between the power transmitting inductor and the power receiving inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsu SHIJO, Akiko YAMADA, Kohei ONIZUKA, Fumi MORITSUKA, Hiroaki ISHIHARA, Noriaki OODACHI, Shuichi OBAYASHI, Hiroki KUDO, Kenichirou OGAWA, Shoji OTAKA, Hiroki SHOKI
  • Patent number: 9608453
    Abstract: There is provided a power transmitting apparatus including: a power supply, a power transmitting inductor, a mutual coupling adjusting unit and a control unit, in which the power supply supplies AC power, the power transmitting inductor transfers the AC power to a power receiving apparatus through magnetic coupling with a power receiving inductor in the power receiving apparatus, the mutual coupling adjusting unit adjusts a relative position between the power transmitting inductor and the power receiving inductor, and the control unit controls the mutual coupling adjusting unit, based on a mutual coupling coefficient between the power transmitting inductor and the power receiving inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsu Shijo, Akiko Yamada, Kohei Onizuka, Fumi Moritsuka, Hiroaki Ishihara, Noriaki Oodachi, Shuichi Obayashi, Hiroki Kudo, Kenichirou Ogawa, Shoji Otaka, Hiroki Shoki
  • Patent number: 9438175
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a cascode amplifier includes an amplifier circuit, a replica circuit, a bias circuit, and a feedback circuit. The amplifier circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The second transistor is cascode-connected to the first transistor. The replica circuit includes a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The third transistor has a control terminal connected to a control terminal of the first transistor. The fourth transistor is cascode-connected to the third transistor. The bias circuit applies a bias voltage to a control terminal of the second transistor and a control terminal of the fourth transistor. The feedback circuit performs a feedback control of a voltage of the control terminal of the third transistor. The feedback circuit reduces the difference between a reference current and a current at a predetermined point of the replica circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kohei Onizuka
  • Patent number: 9343225
    Abstract: There provided a power receiving device connectable with a first load circuit operating according to AC power from a power transmitting device in which the power receiver receives the AC power from the power transmitting device via magnetic coupling, the impedance adjuster is capable of converting at least one of voltage and current of the AC power received at the power receiver, the controller controls increase in output voltage of the power transmitting device, the AC power is supplied to the first load circuit via the impedance adjuster when the first load circuit is connected to the power receiving device, and the controller controls the impedance adjuster such that an input impedance of the impedance adjuster is lower than an input impedance of the first load circuit during at least a part of a time period where the output voltage of the power transmitting device is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kohei Onizuka, Shoji Otaka, Hiroaki Ishihara, Fumi Moritsuka
  • Patent number: 9287716
    Abstract: A power feeding device includes an oscillator to generate a high frequency signal, a resonance frequency determining unit configured to determine a resonance frequency to be used for a wireless power transmission, a resonance frequency controller configured to generate a resonance parameter, a resonant circuit to generate electromagnetic inductance, and a communicating unit configured to notify a resonance frequency to the power receiving device before starting a wireless power transmission. A power receiving device includes a communicating unit configured to receive information of a resonance frequency to be used for a wireless power transmission, a resonance frequency controller configured to generate a resonance parameter, a resonant circuit to generate power, a load circuit to operate by the power, a switch to open and close a connection between the resonant circuit and the load circuit, and a determining unit configured to control the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Kohei Onizuka
  • Patent number: 9231413
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a power reception device includes a load circuit, to which a first signal having a first power value is supplied from a first resonance circuit connected to a power reception coil, and a first transceiver which transmits the first power value to a power transmission device. The power transmission device includes a second resonance circuit including a plurality of inductors and capacitors to which a second signal having a second power value is input, a power transmission coil connected to the second resonance circuit, a second transceiver which receives the first power value from the first transceiver, and a first control circuit which calculates power transmission efficiency using the first power value and the second power value and adjusts at least one of inductance values of the inductors and/or at least one of capacitance values of the capacitors based on the power transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi Ueno, Kohei Onizuka
  • Patent number: 9190850
    Abstract: An example wireless power transmitter is configured for wirelessly transmitting a signal to a power receiving apparatus including a first resonance circuit and a load circuit. The first resonance circuit includes a power receiving coil and a first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kohei Onizuka, Takeshi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20150280790
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a control apparatus includes a controller and an estimator. The controller commands a frequency-variable signal source to perform a first frequency sweep on an input signal to a second resonator coupling with the first resonator under the first impedance condition. The frequency-variable signal source generates the input signal. The controller commands the frequency-variable signal source to perform a second frequency sweep on the input signal under the second impedance condition. The estimator detects at least one first specific frequency that provides the input signal with a maximal value or a minimal value during a period when the first frequency sweep is performed. The estimator detects at least one second specific frequency that provides the input signal with a maximal value or a minimal value during a period when the second frequency sweep is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kohei Onizuka
  • Patent number: 9124216
    Abstract: A power amplifier includes a first amplifier unit, a second amplifier unit, a first switching element, a second switching element and a third switching element. Each of the amplifier units includes a power supply terminal, a ground terminal, an input terminal, and an output terminal, and amplifies a signal received at the input terminal according to a voltage between the power supply terminal and the ground terminal, and outputs the signal from the output terminal. The first switching element is connected between the ground terminal of the first amplifier unit and the power supply terminal of the second amplifier unit. The second switching element is connected between the ground terminal of the first amplifier unit and a first reference voltage terminal. The third switching element is connected between the power supply terminal of the second amplifier unit and a second reference voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kohei Onizuka, Shigehito Saigusa
  • Publication number: 20150155832
    Abstract: A power amplifier includes a first amplifier unit, a second amplifier unit, a first switching element, a second switching element and a third switching element. Each of the amplifier units includes a power supply terminal, a ground terminal, an input terminal, and an output terminal, and amplifies a signal received at the input terminal according to a voltage between the power supply terminal and the ground terminal, and outputs the signal from the output terminal. The first switching element is connected between the ground terminal of the first amplifier unit and the power supply terminal of the second amplifier unit. The second switching element is connected between the ground terminal of the first amplifier unit and a first reference voltage terminal. The third switching element is connected between the power supply terminal of the second amplifier unit and a second reference voltage terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kohei ONIZUKA, Shigehito Saigusa
  • Publication number: 20150084695
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a cascode amplifier includes an amplifier circuit, a replica circuit, a bias circuit, and a feedback circuit. The amplifier circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The second transistor is cascode-connected to the first transistor. The replica circuit includes a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The third transistor has a control terminal connected to a control terminal of the first transistor. The fourth transistor is cascode-connected to the third transistor. The bias circuit applies a bias voltage to a control terminal of the second transistor and a control terminal of the fourth transistor. The feedback circuit performs a feedback control of a voltage of the control terminal of the third transistor. The feedback circuit reduces the difference between a reference current and a current at a predetermined point of the replica circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kohei Onizuka
  • Publication number: 20150001955
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a power transmitting device including: a power supply, a resonator, an adjuster and a controller. The power supply supplies AC power. The resonator includes a magnetic core and a coil wound around the magnetic core, the resonator wirelessly transmitting the AC power supplied from the power supply to a different resonator arranged to be opposed to the resonator. The adjuster relatively moves the coil and the magnetic core along a longitudinal direction of the coil. The controller controls the adjuster based on a value of current flowing in the resonator to adjust relative positions of the magnetic core and the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Akiko Yamada, Tetsu Shijo, Shuichi Obayashi, Hiroaki Ishihara, Kohei Onizuka, Kenichirou Ogawa, Fumi Moritsuka, Hiroki Kudo, Noriaki Oodachi