Patents by Inventor Megumi Fukuta

Megumi Fukuta 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).

  • Electronic control device
    Patent number: 8042009
    Abstract: An electronic control device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an arithmetic device such as a microcomputer having a watchdog timer circuit, and a runaway monitoring circuit which monitors the arithmetic device for an operational failure by receiving a pulse output from the arithmetic device, in which the watchdog timer circuit or the runaway monitoring circuit detects occurrence of a failure of the arithmetic device according to the state (high level or low level) of an indication signal (wakeup signal) which shows the operational state of the arithmetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Naoyuki Takaishi, Kazuhiro Komatsu, Tomohide Kasame, Masanori Akaza, Shinichiro Takatomi, Kazuhi Yamaguchi, Tomoko Satomi, Megumi Fukuta, Takashi Matsui
  • Electronic control device
    Publication number: 20080148107
    Abstract: An electronic control device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an arithmetic device such as a microcomputer having a watchdog timer circuit, and a runaway monitoring circuit which monitors the arithmetic device for an operational failure by receiving a pulse output from the arithmetic device, in which the watchdog timer circuit or the runaway monitoring circuit detects occurrence of a failure of the arithmetic device according to the state (high level or low level) of an indication signal (wakeup signal) which shows the operational state of the arithmetic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoyuki Takaishi, Kazuhiro Komatsu, Tomohide Kasame, Masanori Akaza, Shinichiro Takatomi, Kazuhi Yamaguchi, Tomoko Satomi, Megumi Fukuta, Takashi Matsui