Patents by Inventor Masaaki Nakayama

Masaaki Nakayama 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: 11919441
    Abstract: A lamp control device comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, an output terminal that is configured to be connectable to a lamp via an external switch and outputs a drive current for the lamp, an internal switch provided on a first path connecting the first input terminal and the output terminal, a constant current section provided on a second path connecting the second input terminal and the output terminal, a voltage monitoring section that monitors a voltage applied to the output terminal, and a control section that controls the internal switch on the basis of a monitoring result from the voltage monitoring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20240016832
    Abstract: A dialysate for hemodialysis contains electrolyzed hydrogen water, has a dissolved hydrogen concentration of 100 ppb to 200 ppb, and has an activity of reducing a feeling of fatigue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Masaaki NAKAYAMA, Yasuyoshi WATANABE, Yoshiki NISHIZAWA, Shigeru KABAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240015864
    Abstract: A light-emitting element driving circuit (1) includes: a first buffer (6) provided between the transmission terminal (1B) and the communication circuit (2), with the output side of the first buffer connected to the transmission terminal and the input side of the first buffer connected to the communication circuit; and a determination circuit (32) configured to determine whether the controller (15) is connected or not based on a first signal (S1) at the output terminal of the first buffer and a second signal (S2) at the input terminal of the first buffer. If the determination circuit determines that the controller is not connected, the communication circuit is disabled from processing the signal received via the reception terminal (1A), and the dimming signal generator (31) generates the dimming signal (Spwm) based on a pulse signal (Sp) fed to the reception terminal or the transmission terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Masaaki NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240015866
    Abstract: A light-emitting element driving device (5) includes: a first external terminal (SET terminal) connectable to a first setting resistor (Rset); a second external terminal (SET_TH terminal) connectable to a first thermistor (TH1) with a negative coefficient arranged beside a light-emitting element light source (10); a current setter (2) that generates a setting current (Iset) based on the resistance value of the first setting resistor; a current adder (3) that generates an addition current (Iadd) with a negative coefficient to the resistance value of the first thermistor; and a current driver (1) that generates an output current (Iout) that passes through the light-emitting element light source connected between an application terminal for a supply voltage (Vin) and a ground terminal based on a reference current (Iref) which is the sum of the setting current and the addition current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Masaaki NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11871492
    Abstract: A light emitting element drive device includes a driving circuit that supplies a variable drive current to a light emitting unit having one or more light emitting elements so that the light emitting unit can emit light, a drive reference voltage generation circuit that generates a drive reference voltage defining the upper limit value of the drive current and supplies the same to the driving circuit, and a specific external terminal capable of connecting to an external resistor. The drive reference voltage generation circuit operates selectively in a first mode to generate the drive reference voltage regardless of the state of the specific external terminal, or a second mode to generate the drive reference voltage in accordance with a second mode current through the specific external terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20230422372
    Abstract: In a normal mode in which light emission control of the light emitting element is performed by a dimming controller (15), if no communication signal from an external microprocessor (35) is recognized beyond a first predetermined period, the control logic circuit (10) shifts from the normal mode to a first limp home mode (limp home 2 mode). In the first limp home mode, the dimming controller sets a light emitting element current set value based on a terminal current set value commensurate with a resistance value of a setting resistor (Rextiset1, 2) and a DC dimming set value for each of the channel set in the register (10A), controls the current driver (11) so as to generate a current of the set light emitting element set value, and turns on and off the current driver based on a PWM on-duty for each of the channels set in the register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Toru TAKAHASHI, Kei NAGAO, Masaaki NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230380032
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, and an electronic module including the semiconductor device, are described. In an example, the semiconductor device includes a first voltage side terminal arranged to be connected to an external first voltage, a second voltage side terminal arranged to be connected to an external second voltage different from the external first voltage, and a terminal which is adjacent to the first voltage side terminal and is arranged to be connected to one terminal of an external resistor. A current distributor is configured to distribute a current to a direct path to the first voltage side terminal and to a loss path to the terminal. A current driver is configured to perform current control of a current including a current between the first voltage side terminal and the second voltage side terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masaaki NAKAYAMA, Krishnachandran KRISHNAN NAIR, Mathew GEORGE
  • Patent number: 11758629
    Abstract: Provided is a load drive device comprising: a first input terminal for accepting an input of a first input current from a power source; a second input terminal for accepting an input of a second input current from the power source via an external resistor; an output terminal for outputting an output current to a load; a current distribution unit for summing the first input current and second input current at a prescribed distribution ratio and generating the output current and a control unit for controlling the distribution ratio. As one example, it would be appropriate for the control unit to control the distribution ratio according to the difference between a first terminal voltage present in the second input terminal and a second terminal voltage present in the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakayama, Krishnachandran Krishnan Nair, Mathew George
  • Patent number: 11723124
    Abstract: A light-emitting element driving device includes a setter and first to nth constant current sources. An ith series circuit is a series circuit of an ith light-emitting element string and the ith constant current source. The ith constant current source is turned on and off with a delay from an ith dimming signal indicating either lighting or extinction of the ith light-emitting element string. The setter has a mode in which it sets the target value of an output voltage fed to the respective anodes of the first to nth series circuits at a value at which the jth light-emitting element string can be lit during the period from a first time point that a jth dimming signal switches from indicating extinction of the jth light-emitting element string to indicating its lighting to a second time point that the jth constant current source switches from off to on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20230099245
    Abstract: A light emitting element drive device includes a driving circuit that supplies a variable drive current to a light emitting unit having one or more light emitting elements so that the light emitting unit can emit light, a drive reference voltage generation circuit that generates a drive reference voltage defining the upper limit value of the drive current and supplies the same to the driving circuit, and a specific external terminal capable of connecting to an external resistor. The drive reference voltage generation circuit operates selectively in a first mode to generate the drive reference voltage regardless of the state of the specific external terminal, or a second mode to generate the drive reference voltage in accordance with a second mode current through the specific external terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20220394830
    Abstract: Provided is a load drive device comprising: a first input terminal for accepting an input of a first input current from a power source; a second input terminal for accepting an input of a second input current from the power source via an external resistor; an output terminal for outputting an output current to a load; a current distribution unit for summing the first input current and second input current at a prescribed distribution ratio and generating the output current and a control unit for controlling the distribution ratio. As one example, it would be appropriate for the control unit to control the distribution ratio according to the difference between a first terminal voltage present in the second input terminal and a second terminal voltage present in the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakayama, Krishnachandran KRISHNAN NAIR, Mathew GEORGE
  • Publication number: 20220319965
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises: a package having a rectangular shape when viewed in plan and including a first side, a second side parallel to the first side, a third side orthogonal to the first side and the second side, and a fourth side parallel to the third side and orthogonal to the first side and the second side; a power supply terminal provided on the first side; a power ground terminal provided on the second side; a switch output terminal provided on the second side; an upper switch connected between the power supply terminal and the switch output terminal; and a lower switch 11L connected between the switch output terminal and the power ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Akira Aoki, Shinsuke Takagimoto, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11438981
    Abstract: Provided is a load drive device comprising: a first input terminal for accepting an input of a first input current from a power source; a second input terminal for accepting an input of a second input current from the power source via an external resistor; an output terminal for outputting an output current to a load; a current distribution unit for summing the first input current and second input current at a prescribed distribution ratio and generating the output current and a control unit for controlling the distribution ratio. As one example, it would be appropriate for the control unit to control the distribution ratio according to the difference between a first terminal voltage present in the second input terminal and a second terminal voltage present in the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakayama, Krishnachandran Krishnan Nair, Mathew George
  • Publication number: 20220159800
    Abstract: A light-emitting element driving device includes a setter and first to nth constant current sources. An ith series circuit is a series circuit of an ith light-emitting element string and the ith constant current source. The ith constant current source is turned on and off with a delay from an ith dimming signal indicating either lighting or extinction of the ith light-emitting element string. The setter has a mode in which it sets the target value of an output voltage fed to the respective anodes of the first to nth series circuits at a value at which the jth light-emitting element string can be lit during the period from a first time point that a jth dimming signal switches from indicating extinction of the jth light-emitting element string to indicating its lighting to a second time point that the jth constant current source switches from off to on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventor: Masaaki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20220055538
    Abstract: A lamp control device comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, an output terminal that is configured to be connectable to a lamp via an external switch and outputs a drive current for the lamp, an internal switch provided on a first path connecting the first input terminal and the output terminal, a constant current section provided on a second path connecting the second input terminal and the output terminal, a voltage monitoring section that monitors a voltage applied to the output terminal, and a control section that controls the internal switch on the basis of a monitoring result from the voltage monitoring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Masaaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11229102
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element groups (HSB) including a light emitting element group (HS2) that emits light when being applied with a voltage at a light emission reference voltage (VH2), and a light emitting element group (HS12) that emits light when being applied with a light emission reference voltage (VH12) higher than the light emission reference voltage (VH2), the light emitting element groups (HSB) emitting light when being applied with a voltage equal to or higher than a light emission reference voltage (VHa); a semiconductor chip (IC1) including a light emission control unit (HC1) arranged to perform light emission control to cause light emission of a light emitting element group (HS) if a drive voltage (Vk) is higher than the light emission reference voltage (VHa), and to perform light emission stop control to stop the light emission if the drive voltage (Vk) is lower than the same; and a semiconductor chip (IC2) including a light emission control unit (HC2) arranged to perform lig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Takizawa, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11172556
    Abstract: A light emitting element drive device generates a single output current while switching a target current value for each of a plurality of light emitting elements, and supplies the single output current to the plurality of light emitting elements in a time division manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Aoki, Ryo Takagi, Masaaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: D1016031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Yorimasa Yasuda, Satoru Kozuka, Hideaki Yamamoto, Nichika Moriguchi, Keisuke Tada, Kenichi Oi, Masaaki Kadoyanagi, Toshio Nakayama, Shinichiro Ando, Akihiro Gonda
  • Patent number: D1016032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Yorimasa Yasuda, Satoru Kozuka, Hideaki Yamamoto, Nichika Moriguchi, Keisuke Tada, Kenichi Oi, Masaaki Kadoyanagi, Toshio Nakayama, Shinichiro Ando, Akihiro Gonda
  • Patent number: D1016033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Yorimasa Yasuda, Satoru Kozuka, Hideaki Yamamoto, Nichika Moriguchi, Keisuke Tada, Kenichi Oi, Masaaki Kadoyanagi, Toshio Nakayama, Shinichiro Ando, Akihiro Gonda