Patents by Inventor Makoto Mihara
Makoto Mihara 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).
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Patent number: 7086034Abstract: A log acquisition method is provided that allows a processing log of software to readily be acquired and reduces the man-hours needed for analyzing a bug. The log acquisition method is a method for acquiring a runtime log of a program including a function, comprising the step of changing the address of the function loaded to the address of a function for log acquisition and selecting the function, wherein the function for log acquisition comprises the steps of: calling the function the log of which is to be acquired to cause a predetermined process to be executed, receiving the result of the execution, and passing said result to said program, recording given information when calling the address of the selected function, and recording given information when receiving the result of the execution of the selected function.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Makoto Mihara
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Publication number: 20060146847Abstract: An information processing apparatus executes a first module, a second module, and a third module for mediating a call from the first module to a function in the second module and obtaining the log of processing in the second module in response to the call. The apparatus obtains the log from the third module, extracts, from the obtained log, attribute information of functions and identifiers assigned to the functions, and determines, on the basis of attribute information of a first function and a second function among the extracted functions, identifiers assigned to the first function and the second function, whether processing in the second module has normally ended.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventor: Makoto Mihara
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Publication number: 20060150017Abstract: In an information processing apparatus which executes a first module, a second module, and a third module for mediating a call from the first module to a function in the second module and obtaining the log of processing in the second module, the third module determines operation condition of the initialization processing when a call from the first module to a function associated with initialization processing in the second module is detected, executes the function associated with the initialization processing in the determined operation condition, and notifies the first module of the execution result.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventor: Makoto Mihara
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Publication number: 20060136134Abstract: In an information processing apparatus for relaying a calling from a first module to a function inside a second module in software divided into a plurality of modules, the calling is relayed from the first module to the function inside the second module. A log in the second module corresponding to the calling is obtained. The log includes at least a write starting address of binary data and a data size thereof. An area where the binary data is written is determined based on the write starting address and the data size thereof. Whether or not writing into the decided area is permitted is determined. On the basis of the determination result, writing into the decided area of the binary data is controlled. As a result, writing into an invalid area of the log is prevented without modifying the software.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Makoto Mihara
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Patent number: 6956456Abstract: The present invention provides a boosting transformer for microwave oven, which is low in high-frequency loss, hardly saturated, small in size and easy to produce. The boosting transformer includes a rod-like ferrite core; and primary, secondary and heater windings wound around the rod-like ferrite core and piled up side by side in a direction of an axis of the rod-like ferrite core. It also includes a metal core formed from a long metal thin plate rolled by a plurality of times into a square-ring having one inner diameter larger than each of outer sizes of the primary, secondary and heater windings and the other inner diameter larger than a total size of the three windings piled up side by side, the metal core being arranged opposite to the rod-like ferrite core through a gap so as to be fitted toward the rod-like ferrite core from the outside of the primary, secondary and heater windings.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2003Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Mihara, Kenji Yasui, Takeshi Kitaizumi
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Patent number: 6891738Abstract: A Hall element (H) is arranged at an air gap of a choke coil (30). Power semiconductor elements (P1) and (P2) are attached to a heat radiation fin (61) directly by soldering. A rectangular-hollow-shaped metal core (27) is formed by winding a long metal thin plate multiple turns into a rectangular-hollow-shape and is fitted to a bar shaped ferrite core (26) from outside of the primary winding (21) and the secondary winding (22). The inner diameter of one side of the rectangular-hollow-shape core is larger than both outer diameters of the primary winding (21) and the secondary winding (22) and the inner diameter of the other side of the rectangular-hollow-shape core is larger than the height of the primary winding (21) and the secondary winding (22). The rectangular-hollow-shape (27) core is arranged such that an air gap (G) exists between the rectangular-hollow-shape core (27) and the bar shaped ferrite core (26).Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Mihara, Kenji Yasui, Takeshi Kitaizumi
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Publication number: 20040239464Abstract: The present invention provides a boosting transformer for microwave oven, which is low in high-frequency loss, hardly saturated, small in size and easy to produce. The boosting transformer includes a rod-like ferrite core; and primary, secondary and heater windings wound around the rod-like ferrite core and piled up side by side in a direction of an axis of the rod-like ferrite core. It also includes a metal core formed from a long metal thin plate rolled by a plurality of times into a square-ring having one inner diameter larger than each of outer sizes of the primary, secondary and heater windings and the other inner diameter larger than a total size of the three windings piled up side by side, the metal core being arranged opposite to the rod-like ferrite core through a gap so as to be fitted toward the rod-like ferrite core from the outside of the primary, secondary and heater windings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Makoto Mihara, Kenji Yasui, Takeshi Kitaizumi
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Publication number: 20040145929Abstract: A Hall element (H) is arranged a choke coil (30) having an air gap at the core portion thereof. Power semiconductor elements (P1) and (P2) are attached at a heat radiation fin (61) directly by soldering. A rectangular-hollow-shaped core (27) formed by a metal core winding a long metal thin plate plural turns in rectangular-hollow-shape is fitted to the bar shaped ferrite core (26) from outside of the primary winding (21) and the secondary winding (22). The inner diameter of one side of the rectangular-hollow-shape is larger than both outer diameters of the primary winding (21) and the secondary winding (22) and the inner diameter of the other side of the rectangular-hollow-shape is larger than piled length of the primary winding (21) and the secondary winding (22). At the above state, the rectangular-hollow-shape (27) core is arranged having an air gap (G).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Makoto Mihara, Kenji Yasui, Takeshi Kitaizumi
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Publication number: 20040015736Abstract: A log acquisition method is provided that allows a processing log of software to readily be acquired and reduces the man-hours needed for analyzing a bug. The log acquisition method is a method for acquiring a runtime log of a program 91 including a function (FuncAA), comprising the step of changing the address of the function (FuncAA) loaded to the address of a function (92) for log acquisition and selecting the function (Func AA), wherein the function (92) for log acquisition comprises the steps of: calling the function (Func AA) (96) the log of which is to be acquired to cause a predetermined process to be executed (97), receiving the result of the execution (98), and passing said result to said program 91 (101), recording given information when calling the address of the selected function (Func AA) (95, 100), and recording given information when receiving the result of the execution of the selected function (Func AA) (99, 100).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto Mihara
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Patent number: 6624579Abstract: It is provided a magnetron drive power supply wherein a series connection body of first and second semiconductor switch elements that can be brought into reverse conduction and a series connection body of first and second diodes are connected in parallel, first and second capacitors are connected in parallel to the first and second diodes, a series circuit of a commercial power supply and a primary winding of a high-voltage transformer is connected between a connection point of the first and second semiconductor switch elements that can be brought into reverse conduction and a connection point of the first and second diodes, and output of a secondary winding of the high-voltage transformer energizes a magnetron through a high-voltage rectification circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yasui, Takeshi Kitaizumi, Yoshiaki Ishio, Hideki Omori, Kazuho Sakamoto, Makoto Mihara, Haruo Suenaga, Hideaki Moriya, Emiko Ishizaki, Hisashi Morikawa
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Publication number: 20020171374Abstract: It is provided a magnetron drive power supply wherein a series connection body of first and second semiconductor switch elements that can be brought into reverse conduction and a series connection body of first and second diodes are connected in parallel, first and second capacitors are connected in parallel to the first and second diodes, a series circuit of a commercial power supply and a primary winding of a high-voltage transformer is connected between a connection point of the first and second semiconductor switch elements that can be brought into reverse conduction and a connection point of the first and second diodes, and output of a secondary winding of the high-voltage transformer energizes a magnetron through a high-voltage rectification circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Kenji Yasui, Takeshi Kitaizumi, Yoshiaki Ishio, Hideki Omori, Kazuho Sakamoto, Makoto Mihara, Haruo Suenaga, Hideaki Moriya, Emiko Ishizaki, Hisashi Morikawa
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Patent number: 6449178Abstract: A primary winding (1) and a secondary winding (2) are layered concentrically with a magnetic substance forming a main magnetic circuit (13) and the magnetic resistance of a subordinate magnetic circuit (14) placed between the primary winding (1) and the secondary winding (2) is adjusted, whereby a concentric multilayer winding transformer having an arbitrary coupling coefficient can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Sakai, Makoto Mihara, Kazuho Sakamoto, Toyotsugu Matsukura, Yohzoh Ishimura
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Patent number: 6445596Abstract: High-voltage diodes (6) and (7) and high-voltage capacitors (8) and (9) making up a high-voltage circuit are connected and are molded of a resin (22) except that terminals (21a) and (21b) are drawn out as a small-sized high-voltage module (23) in one piece.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2001Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Mihara, Hisashi Morikawa, Takeshi Irii
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Patent number: 6362463Abstract: A high frequency heating apparatus including a circuit for driving a magnetron. A circuit comprises a leakage transformer, a second capacitor connected in series to primary coil of said leakage transformer, a second switching device connected in parallel with a series circuit of said primary coil and second capacitor, a first capacitor connected in parallel with said second switching device, and a first switching device connected in series to said second switching device. Under a structure of the present invention, the switching device and the leakage transformer, both being the key components of the circuit, may respectively be used in common either on a circuit of 200V-240V commercial power supply or on a circuit of 100V-120V commercial power supply. This enables volume production of the key components, which leads to a benefit of reduced cost of the components as well as the cost of heating apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2001Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Bessyo, Kenji Yasui, Kazuho Sakamoto, Makoto Mihara, Shinichi Sakai, Haruo Suenaga, Yoshiaki Ishio, Hiokaki Moriya, Hidetomo Nagata, Hideki Omori
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Patent number: 5977530Abstract: A switching device is employed in a power supply for driving a magnetron with lower withstand voltage and better controllability. A high frequency heating apparatus comprises a power supply, a leakage transformer connected to the power supply, a first switching device connected in series to a primary coil side of the leakage transformer, a first capacitor, a series circuit of a second capacitor and a second switching device, a driving circuit having an oscillator for driving the first switching device and the second switching device, a rectifier connected to a secondary coil side of the leakage transformer, and a magnetron connected to the rectifier. With this configuration, voltage applied to the first switching device can be clamped, and at the same time, the OFF time can be freely adjustable by the effect of the second capacitor and the second semiconductor switching device.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LtdInventors: Daisuke Bessho, Kenji Yasui, Yoshiaki Ishio, Haruo Suenaga, Hideki Omori, Makoto Mihara, Kazuho Sakamoto
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Patent number: 5393961Abstract: In a microwave heating device, a propeller fan is mounted on a drive shaft of a motor that in vertically positioned parts of a high frequency power supply unit are arranged in the order of a power control semiconductor device and a high-voltage transformer along the direction of revolution of the propeller fan. The motor is secured to a support member formed by a motor cover attached to the casing of the propeller fan. The fan and high frequency power supply unit are mounted to a first frame and a second frame, both of which are bent and connected at a connecting portion and fixed in an approximately "L" shape, while an airflow path is defined by a first guide wall and a second guide wall to cool the parts of the high frequency power supply unit. An airflow path is formed by a plurality of guide walls provided on the two frames, and a communicating hole is provided in proximity to the connecting portion of the two frames. The propeller fan is so arranged as to revolve at a low r.p.m.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1993Date of Patent: February 28, 1995Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Umekage, Shinichi Sakai, Yoshiaki Watanabe, Hisashi Morikawa, Makoto Mihara
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Patent number: 4970374Abstract: There is disclosed herein an automatic heating appliance for controlling heating of an object in response to operation of instruction keys and on the basis of the weight of an object to be heated. The appliance includes therein a heating chamber for housing the object, a heater provided on or in the heating chamber for heating the object placed therein, and a turntable provided in the heating chamber for keeping thereon the object during heating. Also included in the appliance are a weight detector for obtaining first weight data in response to the object being placed on the turntable and a temperature compensator for obtaining a second weight data in response to the object being placed thereon, the temperature compensator substantially having the same temperature characteristic as the weight detector.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1989Date of Patent: November 13, 1990Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Ueda, Makoto Mihara, Masanobu Inoue, Kenzo Ohji
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Patent number: 4895067Abstract: A heat cooking apparatus accurately detects minor weight variations of an article of food by detecting the weight of the article of food received on a turntable in synchronization with the position of the turntable or its rotational cycle, so as to control the cooking based on such weight variations.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1989Date of Patent: January 23, 1990Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenzo Ohji, Shuji Itou, Kazuho Sakamoto, Makoto Mihara
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Patent number: 4875533Abstract: An automatic weight detecting device is provided with a platform on which an object to be measured is placed, a supporting shaft for supporting the platform is rotatable and smoothly movable in the supporting direction. A driving motor rotates the supporting shaft, and an elastic member supports the supporting shaft. A load detecting device converts the load of the object, transmitted in the supporting direction of the rotatable supporting shaft through the elastic member into a given electrically physical amount and a weight detecting circuit integrates to obtain the average of the electrically physical amount while the shaft rotates, so that the weight of the object is detected.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1988Date of Patent: October 24, 1989Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industral Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Mihara, Masanobu Inoue, Kenzo Ohji, Shuji Itou
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Patent number: 4825967Abstract: The invention detects the weight of an object by detecting the change in electrostatic capacity due to a change in the distance between electrodes caused by deflection of flat plates, by using a pressure sensitive sensor having flat plates composed of two elastic insulators stuck together across a proper gap and extending parallel to one another, with electrodes provided at the confronting sides of the flat plates, and by transferring the load of the object to be measured to the sensor through a load support. The gap between the electrodes of this pressure sensitive sensor is enclosed, and a hole is provided to allow air to pass into and out of the gap. Furthermore, the surface of the pressure sensitive sensor is coated with a water-repellent substance to eliminate current loss due to dust or dew deposited on the surface of the electrodes. As a result, the weight may be measured accurately without being effected by temperature changes or humidity.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1987Date of Patent: May 2, 1989Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuho Sakamoto, Makoto Mihara, Kenzo Ohji, Shuji Itou