Patents by Inventor Kosuke Fuwa

Kosuke Fuwa 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: 20240071106
    Abstract: An occupant detection device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on an intensity of a reflected wave generated when a transmission wave transmitted toward an interior of a moving body is reflected by an object present in the interior, point cloud information indicating a three-dimensional-coordinate position of the object moving in the interior as a point cloud including a plurality of detection points; a generation unit configured to generate, based on the point cloud information, a seat row map for each seat row including a plurality of seating regions, the seat row map indicating a distribution of the detection points in a plane region corresponding to an arrangement direction of the plurality of seating regions and a height direction of the moving body; a setting unit configured to set, on the seat row map, an upper end line along an upper end portion of a plane point cloud including two or more of the detection points; and an estimation unit configured to estimate the number of occ
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke KITO, Ryohei FUWA, Takayuki NAKAGOME, Asami YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10488973
    Abstract: A reception unit (13) sequentially selects a plurality of sensor coils and receives a signal from a position indicator via the sensor coil that has been selected, and an operational circuit (14) detects, using an amplitude value and a phase value of the signal received by the reception unit (13) via each of the plurality of sensor coils, coordinates of a position indicated by the position indicator and a writing force of the position indicator. When the sensor (20) includes a sensor capacitor, a transmission unit (12) outputs a signal to the sensor capacitor, the reception unit (13) receives a signal generated at a connecting point between the sensor capacitor and the transmission unit (12), and the operational circuit (14) detects whether a touch key corresponding to the sensor capacitor has been touched using a phase value of the signal received by the reception unit (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Kosuke Fuwa
  • Patent number: 10379693
    Abstract: A current output circuit includes a separation circuit that separates a digital pseudo sine wave into first and second digital pseudo half-waves, a first digital-to-analog (DA) converter that converts the first digital pseudo half-wave into a first analog half-wave signal, and a second DA converter that converts the second digital pseudo half-wave into a second analog half-wave signal. The pseudo sine wave is represented by a digital code having an n bit width, in which n is a natural number. The separation circuit includes a plurality of OR circuits that output a logical OR between a value of a most significant bit representing a code in the digital code and values of bits other than the most significant bit as the first pseudo half-wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Fuwa
  • Patent number: 10216482
    Abstract: The speed of pen position detection is improved without increasing the circuit area and the current consumption. A sampling circuit samples a signal and outputs sampling data. A arithmetic circuit calculates a real part and an imaginary part of the sampling data. The arithmetic circuit classifies the real part of the sampling data into one of a plurality of groups and classifies the imaginary part of the sampling data into one of the groups according to an order of output of the sampling data from the sampling circuit. Then, the arithmetic circuit adds together real parts of sampling data belonging to a group and adds together imaginary parts of sampling data belonging to a group for each of the groups, and calculates amplitude and phase of the signal by using an addition result of the real parts and an addition result of the imaginary parts of each of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Yuki Higuchi, Takeshi Kuwano, Kosuke Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20180341352
    Abstract: A current output circuit includes a separation circuit that separates a digital pseudo sine wave into first and second digital pseudo half-waves, a first digital-to-analog (DA) converter that converts the first digital pseudo half-wave into a first analog half-wave signal, and a second DA converter that converts the second digital pseudo half-wave into a second analog half-wave signal. The pseudo sine wave is represented by a digital code having an n bit width, in which n is a natural number. The separation circuit includes a plurality of OR circuits that output a logical OR between a value of a most significant bit representing a code in the digital code and values of bits other than the most significant bit as the first pseudo half-wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Kosuke Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20180300106
    Abstract: The speed of pen position detection is improved without increasing the circuit area and the current consumption. A sampling circuit samples a signal and outputs sampling data. A arithmetic circuit calculates a real part and an imaginary part of the sampling data. The arithmetic circuit classifies the real part of the sampling data into one of a plurality of groups and classifies the imaginary part of the sampling data into one of the groups according to an order of output of the sampling data from the sampling circuit. Then, the arithmetic circuit adds together real parts of sampling data belonging to a group and adds together imaginary parts of sampling data belonging to a group for each of the groups, and calculates amplitude and phase of the signal by using an addition result of the real parts and an addition result of the imaginary parts of each of the groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Masato HIRAI, Yuki HIGUCHI, Takeshi KUWANO, Kosuke FUWA
  • Patent number: 10073577
    Abstract: A current output circuit includes a separation circuit that separates a digital pseudo sine wave into first and second digital pseudo half-waves; a first digital-to-analog (DA) converter that converts the first digital pseudo half-wave into a first analog half-wave signal; a second DA converter that converts the second digital pseudo half-wave into a second analog half-wave signal; and a voltage-current conversion circuit that converts voltages of the first and second half-wave signals into currents and outputs a current obtained by combining the currents, wherein the pseudo sine wave is represented by a digital code having an n (n is a natural number) bit width, and the separation circuit includes: a plurality of OR circuits that output a logical OR between a value of a most significant bit representing a code in the digital code and values of bits other than the most significant bit as the first pseudo half-wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Fuwa
  • Patent number: 10019233
    Abstract: The speed of pen position detection is improved without increasing the circuit area and the current consumption. A sampling circuit samples a signal and outputs sampling data. A arithmetic circuit calculates a real part and an imaginary part of the sampling data. The arithmetic circuit classifies the real part of the sampling data into one of a plurality of groups and classifies the imaginary part of the sampling data into one of the groups according to an order of output of the sampling data from the sampling circuit. Then, the arithmetic circuit adds together real parts of sampling data belonging to a group and adds together imaginary parts of sampling data belonging to a group for each of the groups, and calculates amplitude and phase of the signal by using an addition result of the real parts and an addition result of the imaginary parts of each of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Yuki Higuchi, Takeshi Kuwano, Kosuke Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20170371478
    Abstract: A reception unit (13) sequentially selects a plurality of sensor coils and receives a signal from a position indicator via the sensor coil that has been selected, and an operational circuit (14) detects, using an amplitude value and a phase value of the signal received by the reception unit (13) via each of the plurality of sensor coils, coordinates of a position indicated by the position indicator and a writing force of the position indicator. When the sensor (20) includes a sensor capacitor, a transmission unit (12) outputs a signal to the sensor capacitor, the reception unit (13) receives a signal generated at a connecting point between the sensor capacitor and the transmission unit (12), and the operational circuit (14) detects whether a touch key corresponding to the sensor capacitor has been touched using a phase value of the signal received by the reception unit (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Masato HIRAI, Kosuke FUWA
  • Publication number: 20170371457
    Abstract: A current output circuit includes a separation circuit that separates a digital pseudo sine wave into first and second digital pseudo half-waves; a first digital-to-analog (DA) converter that converts the first digital pseudo half-wave into a first analog half-wave signal; a second DA converter that converts the second digital pseudo half-wave into a second analog half-wave signal; and a voltage-current conversion circuit that converts voltages of the first and second half-wave signals into currents and outputs a current obtained by combining the currents, wherein the pseudo sine wave is represented by a digital code having an n (n is a natural number) bit width, and the separation circuit includes: a plurality of OR circuits that output a logical OR between a value of a most significant bit representing a code in the digital code and values of bits other than the most significant bit as the first pseudo half-wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: Kosuke Fuwa
  • Patent number: 9760232
    Abstract: Provided is a current output circuit 1 including a pseudo sine wave separation circuit 11 that separates a pseudo sine wave represented by a digital code Din into two pseudo half-waves represented by digital signals D1 and D2, a DA converter 113 that converts the pseudo half-wave represented by the digital signal D1 into an analog half-wave signal V1, a DA converter 114 that converts the pseudo half-wave represented by the digital signal D2 into an analog half-wave signal V2, and a voltage-current conversion circuit 12 that converts voltages of the half-wave signals V1 and V2 into currents and outputs a current Iout obtained by combining the currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20170199725
    Abstract: The speed of pen position detection is improved without increasing the circuit area and the current consumption. A sampling circuit samples a signal and outputs sampling data. A arithmetic circuit calculates a real part and an imaginary part of the sampling data. The arithmetic circuit classifies the real part of the sampling data into one of a plurality of groups and classifies the imaginary part of the sampling data into one of the groups according to an order of output of the sampling data from the sampling circuit. Then, the arithmetic circuit adds together real parts of sampling data belonging to a group and adds together imaginary parts of sampling data belonging to a group for each of the groups, and calculates amplitude and phase of the signal by using an addition result of the real parts and an addition result of the imaginary parts of each of the groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Masato HIRAI, Yuki HIGUCHI, Takeshi KUWANO, Kosuke FUWA
  • Publication number: 20160233878
    Abstract: Provided is a current output circuit 1 including a pseudo sine wave separation circuit 11 that separates a pseudo sine wave represented by a digital code Din into two pseudo half-waves represented by digital signals D1 and D2, a DA converter 113 that converts the pseudo half-wave represented by the digital signal D1 into an analog half-wave signal V1, a DA converter 114 that converts the pseudo half-wave represented by the digital signal D2 into an analog half-wave signal V2, and a voltage-current conversion circuit 12 that converts voltages of the half-wave signals V1 and V2 into currents and outputs a current Iout obtained by combining the currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Kosuke Fuwa