Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Watabe

Mitsuru Watabe 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: 8332683
    Abstract: A data processor comprising: a bus control circuit adapted to be interfaced with a synchronous DRAM which can be accessed in synchronism with a clock signal; a plurality of data processing modules coupled to said bus control circuit for producing data and addresses for accessing a memory; and a clock driver for feeding intrinsic operation clocks to said data processing modules and for feeding the clock signal for accessing said memory in synchronism with the operations of said data processing modules to be operated by the operation clock signals, to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Satoh, Kazushige Yamagishi, Keisuke Nakashima, Koyo Katsura, Takashi Miyamoto, Mitsuru Watabe, Kenichiroh Ohmura
  • Patent number: 7836233
    Abstract: A serial communication interface (SCI) cable 4 is provided between the slave processor 2 and the master processor 3. Both processors are connected with a communication interface for peripheral units (SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface) which enables fast transmission. The slave processor 2 transmits a transmission request command which requests at least one of data transmission and reception from the command communication section 220 to the master processor 3 through the SCI cable 4. The master processor 3 transfers data to and from the slave processor 2 in communication with the slave processor 2 by means of the data communication section 310 through the fast SPI cable 5 in response to a transmission request command sent from the slave processor 2 With this, the processing ability of a multi-processor system can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tsunedomi, Kentaro Yoshimura, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Takanori Yokoyama, Mitsuru Watabe
  • Publication number: 20100191934
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplification of the instruction decoding as in the RISC machine having a fixed length instruction format of the prior art, by adopting a fixed length instruction format having a power of 2 but a smaller bit number than that of the maximum data word length fed to instruction execution means. And, the control of the coded division is executed by noting the code bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Shumpei Kawasaki, Eiji Sakakibara, Kaoru Fukada, Takanaga Yamazaki, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba, Toshimasa Kihara, Keiichi Kurakazu, Takashi Tsukamoto, Shigeki Masumura, Yasuhiro Tawara, Yugo Kashiwagi, Shuya Fujita, Katsuhiko Ishida, Noriko Sawa, Yoichi Asano, Hideaki Chaki, Tadahiko Sugawara, Masahiro Kainaga, Kouki Noguchi, Mitsuru Watabe
  • Publication number: 20100180140
    Abstract: A data processor comprising: a bus control circuit adapted to be interfaced with a synchronous DRAM which can be accessed in synchronism with a clock signal; a plurality of data processing modules coupled to said bus control circuit for producing data and addresses for accessing a memory; and a clock driver for feeding intrinsic operation clocks to said data processing modules and for feeding the clock signal for accessing said memory in synchronism with the operations of said data processing modules to be operated by the operation clock signals, to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Jun Satoh, Kazushige Yamagishi, Keisuke Nakashima, Koyo Katsura, Takashi Miyamoto, Mitsuru Watabe, Kenichiroh Ohmura
  • Patent number: 7711976
    Abstract: A data processor comprising: a bus control circuit adapted to be interfaced with a synchronous DRAM which can be accessed in synchronism with a clock signal; a plurality of data processing modules coupled to said bus control circuit for producing data and addresses for accessing a memory; and a clock driver for feeding intrinsic operation clocks to said data processing modules and for feeding the clock signal for accessing said memory in synchronism with the operations of said data processing modules to be operated by the operation clock signals, to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Jun Satoh, Kazushige Yamagishi, Keisuke Nakashima, Koyo Katsura, Takashi Miyamoto, Mitsuru Watabe, Kenichiroh Ohmura
  • Patent number: 7480549
    Abstract: An electrical control unit for an automobile of which standby current is smaller. In an electrical control unit for an automobile having a microcomputer, an input circuit, a driver circuit, and a power supply circuit, which is started by a wake-up signal from the circuit other than the ignition switch even when the ignition switch of the automobile is cut off, the microcomputer is started by shifting the power supply circuit from an inert state to an active state to generate the voltage for operating the microcomputer, and the predetermined processing is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Sakurai, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Mitsuru Watabe, Shoji Sasaki, Katsuya Oyama
  • Publication number: 20080313444
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplification of the instruction decoding as in the RISC machine having a fixed length instruction format of the prior art, by adopting a fixed length instruction format having a power of 2 but a smaller bit number than that of the maximum data word length fed to instruction execution means. And, the control of the coded division is executed by noting the code bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Shumpei KAWASAKI, Eiji Sakakibara, Kaoru Fukada, Takanaga Yamazaki, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba, Toshimasa Kihara, Keiichi Kurakazu, Takashi Tsukamoto, Shigeki Masumura, Yasuhiro Tawara, Yugo Kashiwagi, Shuya Fujita, Katsuhiko Ishida, Noriko Sawa, Yoichi Asano, Hideaki Chaki, Tadahiko Sugawara, Masahiro Kainaga, Kouki Noguchi, Mitsuru Watabe
  • Publication number: 20080168295
    Abstract: A data processor comprising: a bus control circuit adapted to be interfaced with a synchronous DRAM which can be accessed in synchronism with a clock signal; a plurality of data processing modules coupled to said bus control circuit for producing data and addresses for accessing a memory; and a clock driver for feeding intrinsic operation clocks to said data processing modules and for feeding the clock signal for accessing said memory in synchronism with the operations of said data processing modules to be operated by the operation clock signals, to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Jun Satoh, Kazushige Yamagishi, Keisuke Nakashima, Koyo Katsura, Takashi Miyamoto, Mitsuru Watabe, Kenichiroh Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20070219671
    Abstract: An electrical control unit for an automobile of which standby current is smaller. In an electrical control unit for an automobile having a microcomputer, an input circuit, a driver circuit, and a power supply circuit, which is started by a wake-up signal from the circuit other than the ignition switch even when the ignition switch of the automobile is cut off, the microcomputer is started by shifting the power supply circuit from an inert state to an active state to generate the voltage for operating the microcomputer, and the predetermined processing is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: HITACHI LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei SAKURAI, Nobuyasu KANEKAWA, Mitsuru Watabe, Shoji SASAKI, Katsuya OYAMA
  • Patent number: 7263416
    Abstract: An electrical control unit for an automobile of which standby current is smaller. In an electrical control unit for an automobile having a microcomputer, an input circuit, a driver circuit, and a power supply circuit, which is started by a wake-up signal from the circuit other than the ignition switch even when the ignition switch of the automobile is cut off, the microcomputer is started by shifting the power supply circuit from an inert state to an active state to generate the voltage for operating the microcomputer, and the predetermined processing is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Sakurai, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Mitsuru Watabe, Shoji Sasaki, Katsuya Oyama
  • Patent number: 7254737
    Abstract: A data processor comprising: a bus control circuit adapted to be interfaced with a synchronous DRAM which can be accessed in synchronism with a clock signal; a plurality of data processing modules coupled to said bus control circuit for producing data and addresses for accessing a memory; and a clock driver for feeding intrinsic operation clocks to said data processing modules and for feeding the clock signal for accessing said memory in synchronism with the operations of said data processing modules to be operated by the operation clock signals, to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Jun Satoh, Kazushige Yamagishi, Keisuke Nakashima, Koyo Katsura, Takashi Miyamoto, Mitsuru Watabe, Kenichiroh Ohmura
  • Patent number: 7207314
    Abstract: An engine electronic control unit is inserted through a through hole provided in an intake pipe and mounted in an intake air passage in a direction substantially perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the intake pipe forming the intake air passage. This unit is then secured to the intake pipe using a fixing flange provided at a connector portion. A fixing rail is protruded inside the intake pipe and leading edges of a metal base and a metal cover of the unit are inserted into this rail, thereby securing in position an end opposite to a side of the connector portion of the unit. This realizes an engine electronic control unit offering an outstanding heat radiation performance and vibration resistance, without having to provide special heat radiating parts or without involving an increase in an intake air resistance within the intake air passage. By using such an engine electronic control unit, it is possible to provide a low-cost, compact engine air intake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Sakurai, Minoru Ohsuga, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Masatoshi Hoshino, Atsushi Kanke, Yutaka Nishimura, Mitsuru Watabe, Noriyoshi Urushiwara
  • Patent number: 7089097
    Abstract: A low-cost vehicle control system and a car using the system controls radiation of an actuator driver and thereby reduces the radiation component cost and allows downsizing of an electronic control unit to improve the versatility. The vehicle control system has an electronic control unit, a plurality of actuators and actuator drivers for driving the actuators at the actuator side. The actuator drivers, respectively, have an independent self-diagnosis section, a self-protection section, and a communication control section and are dispersed correspondingly to the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Sakurai, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Fumio Murabayashi, Mitsuru Watabe, Toshio Hayashibara
  • Patent number: 7047939
    Abstract: An engine electronic control unit is inserted through a through hole provided in an intake pipe and mounted in an intake air passage in a direction substantially perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the intake pipe forming the intake air passage. This unit is then secured to the intake pipe using a fixing flange provided at a connector portion. A fixing rail is protruded inside the intake pipe and leading edges of a metal base and a metal cover of the unit are inserted into this rail, thereby securing in position an end opposite to a side of the connector portion of the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Sakurai, Minoru Ohsuga, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Masatoshi Hoshino, Atsushi Kanke, Yutaka Nishimura, Mitsuru Watabe, Noriyoshi Urushiwara
  • Patent number: 6999855
    Abstract: A low-cost vehicle control system and a car using the system controls radiation of an actuator driver and thereby reduces the radiation component cost and allows downsizing of an electronic control unit to improve the versatility. The vehicle control system has an electronic control unit, a plurality of actuators and actuator drivers for driving the actuators at the actuator side. The actuator drivers, respectively, have a independent self-diagnosis section, a self-protection section, and a communication control section and are dispersed correspondingly to the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Sakurai, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Fumio Murabayashi, Mitsuru Watabe, Toshio Hayashibara
  • Patent number: 6996700
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplification of the instruction decoding as in the RISC machine having a fixed length instruction format of the prior art, by adopting a fixed length instruction format having a power of 2 but a smaller bit number than that of the maximum data word length fed to instruction execution means. And, the control of the coded division is executed by noting the code bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shumpei Kawasaki, Eiji Sakakibara, Kaoru Fukada, Takanaga Yamazaki, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba, Toshimasa Kihara, Keiichi Kurakazu, Takashi Tsukamoto, Shigeki Masumura, Yasuhiro Tawara, Yugo Kashiwagi, Shuya Fujita, Katsuhiko Ishida, Noriko Sawa, Yoichi Asano, Hideaki Chaki, Tadahiko Sugawara, Masahiro Kainaga, Kouki Noguchi, Mitsuru Watabe
  • Publication number: 20060009886
    Abstract: A low-cost vehicle control system and a car using the system controls radiation of an actuator driver and thereby reduces the radiation component cost and allows downsizing of an electronic control unit to improve the versatility. The vehicle control system has an electronic control unit, a plurality of actuators and actuator drivers for driving the actuators at the actuator side. The actuator drivers, respectively, have an independent self-diagnosis section, a self-protection section, and a communication control section and are dispersed correspondingly to the actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Kohei Sakurai, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Fumio Murabayashi, Mitsuru Watabe, Toshio Hayashibara
  • Publication number: 20050252487
    Abstract: An engine electronic control unit is inserted through a through hole provided in an intake pipe and mounted in an intake air passage in a direction substantially perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the intake pipe forming the intake air passage. This unit is then secured to the intake pipe using a fixing flange provided at a connector portion. A fixing rail is protruded inside the intake pipe and leading edges of a metal base and a metal cover of the unit are inserted into this rail, thereby securing in position an end opposite to a side of the connector portion of the unit. This realizes an engine electronic control unit offering an outstanding heat radiation performance and vibration resistance, without having to provide special heat radiating parts or without involving an increase in an intake air resistance within the intake air passage. By using such an engine electronic control unit, it is possible to provide a low-cost, compact engine air intake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kohei Sakurai, Minoru Ohsuga, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Masatoshi Hoshino, Atsushi Kanke, Yutaka Nishimura, Mitsuru Watabe, Noriyoshi Urushiwara
  • Publication number: 20050251651
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplification of the instruction decoding as in the RISC machine having a fixed length instruction format of the prior art, by adopting a fixed length instruction format having a power of 2 but a smaller bit number than that of the maximum data word length fed to instruction execution means. And, the control of the coded division is executed by noting the code bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Shumpei Kawasaki, Eiji Sakakibara, Kaoru Fukada, Takanaga Yamazaki, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba, Toshimasa Kihara, Keiichi Kurakazu, Takashi Tsukamoto, Shigeki Masumura, Yasuhiro Tawara, Yugo Kashiwagi, Shuya Fujita, Katsuhiko Ishida, Noriko Sawa, Yoichi Asano, Hideaki Chaki, Tadahiko Sugawara, Masahiro Kainaga, Kouki Noguchi, Mitsuru Watabe
  • Publication number: 20040263523
    Abstract: A data processor comprising: a bus control circuit adapted to be interfaced with a synchronous DRAM which can be accessed in synchronism with a clock signal; a plurality of data processing modules coupled to said bus control circuit for producing data and addresses for accessing a memory; and a clock driver for feeding intrinsic operation clocks to said data processing modules and for feeding the clock signal for accessing said memory in synchronism with the operations of said data processing modules to be operated by the operation clock signals, to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Satoh, Kazushige Yamagishi, Keisuke Nakashima, Koyo Katsura, Takashi Miyamoto, Mitsuru Watabe, Kenichiroh Ohmura