Patents by Inventor Minoru Hirahara

Minoru Hirahara 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: 8543845
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a first supply section that supplies power in accordance with an extent of a load in processing in a processing device by applying a voltage to the processing device which processes data; and a second supply section that supplies, to the processing device, power smaller than the supplying power by the first supply section, in accordance with an extent of a load in processing in the processing device to increase and decrease a voltage with respect to the application voltage by the first supply section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshito Koyama, Minoru Hirahara, Seiji Miyoshi, Eiji Miyachika
  • Patent number: 8183940
    Abstract: A thermostatic-chamber temperature control device includes: a heating element for heating a thermostatic chamber; a bridge circuit having a temperature sensitive element whose resistance value varies in accordance with the temperature of the heating element; a detection circuit for detecting an unbalanced voltage of the bridge circuit; a PWM signal generating circuit for generating a PWM signal corresponding to the unbalanced voltage detected by the detection circuit; and a switching element that has a current output terminal connected to the heating element and a current input terminal connected to a power supply circuit and is driven on the basis of the PWM signal generated by the PWM signal generating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshito Koyama, Minoru Hirahara, Koji Nakamuta
  • Patent number: 8179114
    Abstract: A changing-speed calculator monitors a current value of an output current flowing through a load circuit to calculate a change speed of the current value. A correction-amount obtaining unit reads from a correction-amount table a correction amount of a duty ratio corresponding to the change speed of the output current. A reference-voltage comparator compares a voltage value of an output voltage to be applied to the load circuit and a predetermined reference voltage with each other, and then notifies a duty-ratio determining unit of the comparison result. The duty-ratio determining unit performs feedback control according to the comparison result of the voltage values to correct the duty ratio. After correcting the duty ratio, the duty-ratio determining unit further corrects the duty ratio by the correction amount obtained by the correction-amount obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Minoru Hirahara
  • Patent number: 8084886
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply device connects a battery for power-outage backup to the output side of an AC/DC converter. An input monitoring circuit monitors alternating current input of the AC/DC converter and outputs an alternating current input monitor signal E1. An output monitoring circuit monitors the direct current output of the AC/DC converter and outputs a direct current output monitor signal E2. A reactivation circuit outputs a reset signal to and reactivates protection circuits of the AC/DC converter when the state that alternating current input is provided and direct current output is not provided is determined based on the alternating current input monitor signal E1 and the direct current output monitor signal E2 upon turn-on of alternating current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Minoru Hirahara
  • Publication number: 20110136450
    Abstract: A power circuit and method thereof are provided. The power circuit includes an output circuit having an alternating current-coupling element and that supplies an output signal of the output circuit to an amplifier as a driving voltage. The power circuit includes an envelope signal-extracting unit extracting an envelope signal from a carrier wave, a simulation signal-waveform generating unit generating a simulation signal including a fluctuation component occurring when the envelope signal is transmitted to the output circuit, a fluctuation component-extracting unit extracting the fluctuation component included in the simulation signal, and an inverted component-generating unit generating an inverted component obtained by performing phase inversion for the fluctuation component, where the fluctuation component occurring in the output circuit is canceled out through the inverted component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Minoru Hirahara, Seiji Miyoshi, Yoshito Koyama, Hironobu Hongo, Katsutoshi Ishidoh
  • Publication number: 20100176781
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a first supply section that supplies power in accordance with an extent of a load in processing in a processing device by applying a voltage to the processing device which processes data; and a second supply section that supplies, to the processing device, power smaller than the supplying power by the first supply section, in accordance with an extent of a load in processing in the processing device to increase and decrease a voltage with respect to the application voltage by the first supply section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshito Koyama, Minoru Hirahara, Seiji Miyoshi, Eiji Miyachika
  • Publication number: 20100176780
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a power supply connector which receives supply of power and supplies the power to the outside thereof; plural OBPs which apply voltages to supply power, to each of processing devices to perform processing and to include different types of application voltages planned to be applied, and each of the plural OBPs is supplied with power directly or indirectly from the power supply connector; and a power supply control section that increases and decreases supplying power which each of the OBPs supplies to one processing device out of the plural processing devices according to an extent of a processing load in the one processing device as well as according to an extent of a processing load in another processing device whose application voltage is different from that of the one processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshito Koyama, Minoru Hirahara, Seiji Miyoshi, Eiji Miyachika
  • Publication number: 20100176779
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a power supply plane to which a processing circuit is electrically connected to supply electrical power to the processing circuit and in which the processing circuits are connected to each supply place; plural OBP's each of which applies a voltage to the power supply plane to supply electrical power to the processing circuits via the power supply plane; and a power supply control section which controls an application voltage in individual one of the OBP's by reflecting a status of power supplying in other OBP's other than the individual one out of the plural OBP's to uniform a dispersion of voltages between the supply places.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshito Koyama, Minoru Hirahara, Seiji Miyoshi, Eiji Miyachika
  • Publication number: 20100171477
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a first supply section that supplies power according to an extent of a collective load of processing in a processing apparatus for the whole of the processing apparatus which processes data, and further includes a second supply section that supplies, at a place on a supply path through which power is supplied from the first supply section to the processing apparatus, power according to an extent of a load of processing in local in a portion of the processing apparatus to the portion, and supplies power smaller than supplying power of the first supply section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshito Koyama, Minoru Hirahara, Seiji Miyoshi, Eiji Miyachika
  • Publication number: 20100052801
    Abstract: A thermostatic-chamber temperature control device includes: a heating element for heating a thermostatic chamber; a bridge circuit having a temperature sensitive element whose resistance value varies in accordance with the temperature of the heating element; a detection circuit for detecting an unbalanced voltage of the bridge circuit; a PWM signal generating circuit for generating a PWM signal corresponding to the unbalanced voltage detected by the detection circuit; and a switching element that has a current output terminal connected to the heating element and a current input terminal connected to a power supply circuit and is driven on the basis of the PWM signal generated by the PWM signal generating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshito Koyama, Minoru Hirahara, Koji Nakamuta
  • Publication number: 20090295355
    Abstract: A changing-speed calculator monitors a current value of an output current flowing through a load circuit to calculate a change speed of the current value. A correction-amount obtaining unit reads from a correction-amount table a correction amount of a duty ratio corresponding to the change speed of the output current. A reference-voltage comparator compares a voltage value of an output voltage to be applied to the load circuit and a predetermined reference voltage with each other, and then notifies a duty-ratio determining unit of the comparison result. The duty-ratio determining unit performs feedback control according to the comparison result of the voltage values to correct the duty ratio. After correcting the duty ratio, the duty-ratio determining unit further corrects the duty ratio by the correction amount obtained by the correction-amount obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Minoru HIRAHARA
  • Publication number: 20090129128
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply device connects a battery for power-outage backup to the output side of an AC/DC converter. An input monitoring circuit monitors alternating current input of the AC/DC converter and outputs an alternating current input monitor signal E1. An output monitoring circuit monitors the direct current output of the AC/DC converter and outputs a direct current output monitor signal E2. A reactivation circuit outputs a reset signal to and reactivates protection circuits of the AC/DC converter when the state that alternating current input is provided and direct current output is not provided is determined based on the alternating current input monitor signal E1 and the direct current output monitor signal E2 upon turn-on of alternating current power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Minoru Hirahara
  • Publication number: 20080204105
    Abstract: A power supply device capable of suitably reducing a loss even in a case where power is supplied to an output device which outputs a high-frequency signal, a signal output apparatus in which a loss is suitably reduced, and a power supply method capable of suitably reducing a loss. The power supply device has a power supply section which supplies a power supply voltage to an output device which is supplied with the power supply voltage and outputs an output signal, and a voltage control section which controls the power supply section so that the power supply voltage follows the envelope of the output signal from the output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Minoru Hirahara, Eiji Miyachika, Seiji Miyoshi, Yoshito Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080174179
    Abstract: A power supply device that reduces the loss of a load device, such as an amplifier, which is a supply destination of a power supply voltage. The power supply device includes a controller 14 for controlling a power supply voltage supplied to a load device 12 variably in accordance with an input voltage of the load device 12 (output of a signal source 13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Minoru HIRAHARA, Eiji MIYACHIKA
  • Publication number: 20070228834
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply device connects a battery for power-outage backup to the output side of an AC/DC converter. An input monitoring circuit monitors alternating current input of the AC/DC converter and outputs an alternating current input monitor signal E1. An output monitoring circuit monitors the direct current output of the AC/DC converter and outputs a direct current output monitor signal E2. A reactivation circuit outputs a reset signal to and reactivates protection circuits of the AC/DC converter when the state that alternating current input is provided and direct current output is not provided is determined based on the alternating current input monitor signal E1 and the direct current output monitor signal E2 upon turn-on of alternating current power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Minoru Hirahara
  • Patent number: 6263015
    Abstract: An analog/digital integrated subscriber circuit includes a power supply part supplying power with respect to a subscriber line, and a signal processing part carrying out a signal processing. The power supply part is provided with a D.C./D.C. converter which controls an ON-time of a switching by detecting an output voltage and an output current supplied to the subscriber line. The D.C./D.C. converter includes a switching mechanism for switching a power supply characteristic of the power supply part to a constant current characteristic up to a maximum output voltage when supplying the power with respect to a digital subscriber line and to a constant voltage characteristic having a voltage lower than the maximum output voltage when supplying the power with respect to an analog subscriber line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yutaka Awata, Seiji Miyoshi, Minoru Hirahara, Takuo Gotoda, Hiroaki Itokawa
  • Patent number: 5572413
    Abstract: A primary control type switching power supply circuit includes a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, a control circuit generating a control signal based on a detection signal, a circuit for switching a current flowing through the primary side in response to the control signal so as to generate an A.C. voltage on the secondary side, a rectifying and smoothing circuit for rectifying and smoothing the A.C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Minoru Hirahara
  • Patent number: 5402480
    Abstract: A call signal generating circuit includes a step-up transformer having a primary winding and secondary windings and a first switching circuit coupled between the primary winding of the step-up transformer and a D.C. power source for turning ON/OFF at a frequency higher than a frequency of a call signal. A rectifying circuit is coupled to the secondary windings of the step-up transformer for rectifying voltages induced at the secondary windings into a positive polarity voltage and a negative polarity voltage. A second switching circuit is coupled to the rectifying circuit for alternatively outputting the positive polarity voltage and the negative polarity voltage with a quiescent time in which both the positive and negative polarity voltages are not output. A capacitor is coupled to the second switching circuit for receiving the positive and negative polarity voltages output from the second switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Minoru Hirahara
  • Patent number: 5260638
    Abstract: A quick charging method of secondary cell in which a secondary cell is prevented from being damaged on account of overcharging. A strain gage is bonded to the side face of a cell to be charged. A low resistor for quick charging and a high resistor for normal charging connected in parallel are inserted between a charger and the cell. The low resistor for quick charging is connected with the contact of a normally open contact relay. A voltage for measurement is generated according to the resistance of the strain gage and this voltage for measurement is compared with a reference voltage. The relay is ON/OFF controlled by the result of the comparison. Since the resistance of the strain gage is low in the beginning stage of charging, a high voltage for measurement is generated and, thereby, the relay is energized and the contact is closed so that quick charging is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Minoru Hirahara