Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Iizuka

Kunihiko Iizuka 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: 20190386045
    Abstract: [Object] To achieve a radiation detector capable of suppressing variation in the amount of radiation detected. [Solution] A first gate electrode (52) is connected to a light receiving device, and a second gate electrode (53) is configured to have the same potential as that of the first gate electrode (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: MASAHIRO SHIOTA, SHIGENARI TAGUCHI, TAKAHIRO SHINDOH, KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, NOBUYUKI ASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190386046
    Abstract: [Object] To achieve a high-sensitivity radiation detector. [Solution] An amplifying transistor (3) is configured such that a photodiode (1) receives light with the amplifying transistor (3) conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: MASAHIRO SHIOTA, SHIGENARI TAGUCHI, TAKAHIRO SHINDOH, KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, NOBUYUKI ASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190331805
    Abstract: A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a substrate in which pixels are arranged in a matrix, the pixels each including a sensor element for generating an electrical signal corresponding to a dose of an incident radiation, a read transistor for outputting the electrical signal, and a reset transistor for performing initialization, and a shift register that outputs a control signal for sequentially selecting pixels of each row, in which a control signal used to control read transistors in pixels of a row and a control signal used to control reset transistors in pixels of another row are identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: KUNIHIKO IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20190324163
    Abstract: An imaging system includes an input voltage setting unit that applies an input voltage to an Amp transistor, a setting output value acquisition unit that acquires a corresponding output for each pixel, and a calibration characteristic deriving unit that derives an input-output characteristic indicating a correspondence relationship between the input voltage and the output and derives a calibration characteristic to be used for calibration based on an inverse characteristic of the input-output characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: SHIGENARI TAGUCHI, SEIICHI HAMA, NOBUYUKI ASHIDA, KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, TAKAHIRO SHINDOH, ISAO NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190285579
    Abstract: Provided are a fluorescent testing system, a dielectrophoresis device, and a molecular testing method that measure only fluorescence emitted from a test object without separating excitation light and the fluorescence by an optical filter and that are able to prevent reduction of an application range of a type of the fluorescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, YOSHIHISA FUJIMOTO, TAKESHI MITSUNAKA, SOO-HYEON KIM, TERUO FUJII
  • Publication number: 20190250102
    Abstract: Provided are a fluorescent testing system, a molecular testing method, and a fluorescent testing method that can avoid enlargement and complication. A fluorescent testing system (1) includes: an excitation light source (23) that radiates excitation light (L1) to protein to which a fluorescent probe is added; a silicon integrated circuit (10) including a photon detection unit (13) that detects light by a photodiode (12); a holding layer (30) including a microwell (31) that is provided above the photodiode (12) and holds the protein to which the fluorescent probe is added; and a control unit (24) that causes the excitation light source (23) to radiate the excitation light (L1) to the protein which. is held and to which the fluorescent probe is added and causes the photon detection unit (13), after extinguishment of the excitation light (L1), to detect fluorescence emitted from the protein to which the fluorescent probe is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, YOSHIHISA FUJIMOTO, SOO-HYEON KIM, TERUO FUJII
  • Publication number: 20190242845
    Abstract: A sensor device (30) includes an oscillation unit formed in a semiconductor integrated circuit (40) and having an oscillation frequency which changes in accordance with a physical property of an analyte which comes into contact with the oscillation unit; an oscillation frequency detection unit configured to detect the oscillation frequency, and one or more electrode pairs (36) configured to move a specific analyte dispersed in liquid to an arbitrary location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: AKIRA SAITO, DAIKI SATO, TAKESHI MITSUNAKA, KUNIHIKO IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 10209374
    Abstract: A detectable range for an output signal corresponding to charge stored at a pixel is widened in a radiation detector based on an APS method. A resistor (42) is connected to a region between a pixel (12) and a signal readout circuit (21) in a signal output line (51). The resistor (42) is set so as to draw, from the signal output line (51), a current approximately equivalent to a bias current which flows to an amplifier transistor (16) when no charge is stored in a charge storage part (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Iizuka, Katsuhisa Kashiwagi, Shigenari Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20190041348
    Abstract: A change in an imaginary part of a complex dielectric constant of an inspection object containing moisture is detected as a change in an oscillation frequency. A sensor device includes an oscillation unit that is formed in a semiconductor integrated circuit and an oscillation frequency detection unit that detects an oscillation frequency of the oscillation unit. The oscillation unit has capacitors that are connected to an inspection object in series and changes the oscillation frequency in accordance with a complex dielectric constant of the inspection object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: NOBUYUKI ASHIDA, KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, AKIRA SAITO, TAKESHI MITSUNAKA
  • Publication number: 20190025235
    Abstract: Provided is a technology for detecting a change in an inspection target containing moisture. A sensor circuit (1) for inspecting property of an inspection target includes an oscillator (20) having a resonance frequency of 30 to 200 GHz, and a detection circuit (3) that estimates an oscillation frequency of the oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: TAKESHI MITSUNAKA, AKIRA SAITO, NOBUYUKI ASHIDA, KUNIHIKO IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 10180501
    Abstract: A radiation detector (radiation sensor 1) includes a sensor element (3) and an amplifying transistor (5), reads a current value that flows between the drain and the source based on a change in voltage of a gate electrode of the amplifying transistor (5), and also includes a reset reading circuit (10) that includes an amplifier (11) and reads the current value, and the reset reading circuit (10) outputs an initial voltage to the gate electrode so that the current value becomes a value that is determined in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Iizuka, Shigenari Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10165999
    Abstract: Improvement of a frame rate and suppression of power consumption are intended. A radiological-image acquisition device (100) includes a plurality of pixels, a capacitive element (1a) that accumulates electric charge corresponding to a dose (X) of radiation, and a read control unit (read element control unit 22, reset element control unit 23) that reads, from at least one pixel (active pixel 10) that is not subjected to initialization in two or more frames, an output (output voltage Vout) corresponding to the electric charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Iizuka, Shigenari Taguchi, Katsuhisa Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20180356360
    Abstract: To detect changes in the physical properties of an examination object as changes in a plurality of different oscillation frequencies using signals with the oscillation frequencies, a sensor circuit includes: an oscillation circuit (1) with a first resonant frequency; an oscillation circuit (2) with a second resonant frequency different from the first resonant frequency; and a detection circuit (4) that detects oscillation frequencies of the oscillation circuit (1) and the oscillation circuit (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: TAKESHI MITSUNAKA, KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, AKIRA SAITO, NOBUYUKI ASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180249976
    Abstract: Improvement of a frame rate and suppression of power consumption are intended. A radiological-image acquisition device (100) includes a plurality of pixels, a capacitive element (1a) that accumulates electric charge corresponding to a dose (X) of radiation, and a read control unit (read element control unit 22, reset element control unit 23) that reads, from at least one pixel (active pixel 10) that is not subjected to initialization in two or more frames, an output (output voltage Vout) corresponding to the electric charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, SHIGENARI TAGUCHI, KATSUHISA KASHIWAGI
  • Publication number: 20180209937
    Abstract: An integrated circuit sensor that enables, regardless of a type of an inspection object, the inspection object and a front surface of the integrated circuit sensor to be in reliable contact with each other in a large region is provided. A through silicon via (11) that electrically connects an inside of an integrated circuit sensor (4) and an outside of the integrated circuit sensor (4) is formed in the inside of the integrated circuit sensor (4) so as to reach a rear surface of the integrated circuit sensor (4), which faces the front surface of the integrated circuit sensor (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, AKIRA SAITO, TAKESHI MITSUNAKA, NOBUYUKI ASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180203137
    Abstract: A detectable range for an output signal corresponding to charge stored at a pixel is widened in a radiation detector based on an APS method. A resistor (42) is connected to a region between a pixel (12) and a signal readout circuit (21) in a signal output line (51). The resistor (42) is set so as to draw, from the signal output line (51), a current approximately equivalent to a bias current which flows to an amplifier transistor (16) when no charge is stored in a charge storage part (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: KUNIHIKO IIZUKA, KATSUHISA KASHIWAGI, SHIGENARI TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9898136
    Abstract: A capacitance distribution detection circuit includes a multiplexer, a driver, and a sense amplifier, and the multiplexer switches states between a first connection state in which first signal lines are connected to the driver and second signal lines are connected to the sense amplifier, and a second connection state in which the first signal lines are connected to the sense amplifier and the second signal lines are connected to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Kunihiko Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20170307764
    Abstract: A radiation detector (radiation sensor 1) includes a sensor element (3) and an amplifying transistor (5), reads a current value that flows between the drain and the source based on a change in voltage of a gate electrode of the amplifying transistor (5), and also includes a reset reading circuit (10) that includes an amplifier (11) and reads the current value, and the reset reading circuit (10) outputs an initial voltage to the gate electrode so that the current value becomes a value that is determined in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kunihiko IIZUKA, Shigenari TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160349923
    Abstract: A capacitance distribution detection circuit (2) includes a multiplexer (4), a driver (5), and a sense amplifier (6), and the multiplexer (4) switches states between a first connection state in which first signal lines (HL1 to HLM) are connected to the driver (5) and second signal lines (VL1 to VLM) are connected to the sense amplifier (6), and a second connection state in which the first signal lines (HL1 to HLM) are connected to the sense amplifier (6) and the second signal lines (VL1 to VLM) are connected to the driver (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki MIYAMOTO, Kunihiko IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 9454271
    Abstract: A capacitance distribution detection circuit (2) includes a multiplexer (4), a driver (5), and a sense amplifier (6), and the multiplexer (4) switches states between a first connection state in which first signal lines (HL1 to HLM) are connected to the driver (5) and second signal lines (VL1 to VLM) are connected to the sense amplifier (6), and a second connection state in which the first signal lines (HL1 to HLM) are connected to the sense amplifier (6) and the second signal lines (VL1 to VLM) are connected to the driver (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Kunihiko Iizuka