Patents by Inventor Munehiko Ogawa

Munehiko Ogawa 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: 11225785
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device according to an embodiment comprises a heating part, a nozzle configured to jet water heated by the heating part toward human private parts; a controlling part configured to control at least one of the heating part and the nozzle, and a monitoring part. The monitoring part is configured to diagnose a failure of the controlling part and to prohibit at least one of heating in the heating part and jetting from the nozzle when the controlling part fails. The controlling part is configured to diagnose a failure of the monitoring part and to prohibit at least one of heating in the heating part and jetting from the nozzle when the monitoring part fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Kandai Kawahara, Haruhiko Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 10907333
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing device for washing human private parts includes a nozzle configured to jet water toward the human private parts, and a protective electronic circuit configured to prohibit operation of at least part of the sanitary washing device when a component of the sanitary washing device fails. The protective electronic circuit includes a failure diagnosis part configured to diagnose a failure of a component of the protective electronic circuit. At least part of the operation related to the jetting in the sanitary washing device is prohibited when a failure of the component of the sanitary washing device is sensed by diagnosis using the failure diagnosis part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsuda, Munehiko Ogawa, Kandai Kawahara, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Taro Tanii, Ryota Nishie
  • Publication number: 20190093329
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device according to an embodiment comprises a heating part, a nozzle configured to jet water heated by the heating part toward human private parts; a controlling part configured to control at least one of the heating part and the nozzle, and a monitoring part. The monitoring part is configured to diagnose a failure of the controlling part and to prohibit at least one of heating in the heating part and jetting from the nozzle when the controlling part fails. The controlling part is configured to diagnose a failure of the monitoring part and to prohibit at least one of heating in the heating part and jetting from the nozzle when the monitoring part fails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Kandai Kawahara, Haruhiko Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20190093330
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing device for washing human private parts includes a nozzle configured to jet water toward the human private parts, and a protective electronic circuit configured to prohibit operation of at least part of the sanitary washing device when a component of the sanitary washing device fails. The protective electronic circuit includes a failure diagnosis part configured to diagnose a failure of a component of the protective electronic circuit. At least part of the operation related to the jetting in the sanitary washing device is prohibited when a failure of the component of the sanitary washing device is sensed by diagnosis using the failure diagnosis part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsuda, Munehiko Ogawa, Kandai Kawahara, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Taro Tanii, Ryota Nishie
  • Patent number: 8456455
    Abstract: A display driving device is provided which drives a display panel having source lines provided for columns of pixels and which includes: first switches sw1 provided for the source lines; second switches sw2 provided for the source lines; AMP units 52 which are provided for the source lines and drive a pixel signal to the source lines via the second switches; an external power source 48 applying an intermediate voltage of the pixel signal to an intermediate voltage line, the intermediate voltage having a level between a minimum voltage level and a maximum voltage level of the pixel signal; and a control circuit 47 controlling turning on and off the first switches and the second switches, wherein the control unit temporarily turns off at least part of the second switches, and concurrently, temporarily turns on corresponding ones of the first switches during a transition period of the pixel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Munehiko Ogawa, Yasuhiro Hirokane, Kazuyoshi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20120068988
    Abstract: (M+N) drive circuits each perform impedance conversion on an input voltage to output the resultant voltage. A selector selects M drive circuits having a predetermined output voltage accuracy from the (M+N) drive circuits, supplies M display voltages to inputs of the selected M drive circuits, and outputs, as M drive voltages, outputs of the selected M drive circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu KOJIMA, Munehiko OGAWA, Yoshiyuki OTANI
  • Publication number: 20110261541
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving device, a display panel module, a display apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the driving device, which are capable of reducing the number of a driving circuit elements without reducing the number of display panels to be taken or increasing a wiring area of a film. The driving device according to an aspect of the present invention drives a display panel and includes: a film on which wires and a circuit element are mounted; and a first film portion and a second film portion separated by providing a first slit in the film. Each of the first film portion and the second film portion is folded at least once and connected to the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Hiromi Kitayama, Tomoya Ishikawa, Hiroshi Kojima, Kazuyoshi Nishi, Tooru Suyama
  • Publication number: 20110235286
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a display panel module which enhances, in a display panel module, heat dissipation characteristics of a driving circuit element without reducing the number of display panels to be taken, and allows reduction in the number of display circuit elements. The display panel module according to the present invention includes: a film package; a display panel; a plurality of first electrodes connected to the film package; a plurality of second electrodes provided at a larger pitch than the first electrodes connected to the display panel; and a flexible printed circuit board 10 that relays pixel data between the film package 5 and the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi KITAYAMA, Munehiko OGAWA, Tomoya ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi KOJIMA, Kazuyoshi NISHI, Tooru SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20100220080
    Abstract: A display driving device is provided which drives a display panel having source lines provided for columns of pixels and which includes: first switches sw1 provided for the source lines; second switches sw2 provided for the source lines; AMP units 52 which are provided for the source lines and drive a pixel signal to the source lines via the second switches; an external power source 48 applying an intermediate voltage of the pixel signal to an intermediate voltage line, the intermediate voltage having a level between a minimum voltage level and a maximum voltage level of the pixel signal; and a control circuit 47 controlling turning on and off the first switches and the second switches, wherein the control unit temporarily turns off at least part of the second switches, and concurrently, temporarily turns on corresponding ones of the first switches during a transition period of the pixel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Munehiko Ogawa, Yasuhiro Hirokane, Kazuyoshi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20100085344
    Abstract: An operational amplifier circuit according to an aspect of the present invention includes a differential amplifier unit. The differential amplifier circuit includes a first differential transistor and a second differential transistor, which form a first differential pair, and a current source transistor which supplies a current to the first differential pair. The operational amplifier circuit further includes a first variable resistive element connected between (i) at least one of sources of the first and the second differential transistors and (ii) a drain of the current source transistor. The first variable resistive element includes: a first terminal and a second terminal; first resistive elements connected in series; and a first correction voltage selecting circuit which modifies a resistance value between the first and the second terminals by changing the number of stages of the first resistive elements connected in series between the first and the second terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehiko OGAWA, Kazuyoshi NISHI, Hiroshi KOJIMA, Tomokazu KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 7667536
    Abstract: In an offset fixing operational amplifier circuit, an operational amplifier circuit includes an input stage containing a first constant current source, a second constant current source, a first differential pair and a second differential pair. A bias circuit supplies a bias voltage to the operational amplifier circuit. An offset fixing circuit controls the input stage in accordance with an input voltage of the operational amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Tomokazu Kojima, Hiroshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20080309410
    Abstract: In an offset fixing operational amplifier circuit, an operational amplifier circuit includes an input stage containing a first constant current source, a second constant current source, a first differential pair and a second differential pair. A bias circuit supplies a bias voltage to the operational amplifier circuit. An offset fixing circuit controls the input stage in accordance with an input voltage of the operational amplifier circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Tomokazu Kojima, Hiroshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20080309649
    Abstract: A current drive circuit supplies a driving current to a pixel portion included in a current-driven display panel. A driving current generator includes an output terminal for supplying the driving current. A protective transistor has a drain connected to the pixel portion, a source connected to the output terminal, and a gate to which a first bias voltage is supplied. The first bias voltage has a voltage level lower than or equal to a voltage level obtained by adding the threshold voltage of the protective transistor to the breakdown voltage of the driving current generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Makoto Mizuki, Munehiko Ogawa, Kazuyoshi Nishi, Tetsuro Oomori
  • Patent number: 7414457
    Abstract: In a bias voltage generating circuit for outputting through switching over a plurality of bias voltages and standby voltages provided for the respective bias voltages, a voltage return unit is provided for each bias voltage, and charges stored in the voltage return unit are supplied before power ON starts so that the bias voltage is approximated to a predetermined voltage. A drive controller drives the voltage return unit and a standby voltage generator, and a period of driving control is arbitrarily set by a register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Kazuyoshi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20080022247
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a plural cell including a transistor pair. The plural cells are arranged at equal intervals so as to configure a cell group. A inter-cell distance between a transistor in one of the cell and a transistor the other cell in each of adjacent cells in the cell group is equal to a intra-cell distance between one of the transistor and the other transistor in the transistor pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Tomokazu Kojima, Munehiko Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20070109038
    Abstract: In a bias voltage generating circuit for outputting through switching over a plurality of bias voltages and standby voltages provided for the respective bias voltages, a voltage return unit is provided for each bias voltage, and charges stored in the voltage return unit are supplied before power ON starts so that the bias voltage is approximated to a predetermined voltage. A drive controller drives the voltage return unit and a standby voltage generator, and a period of driving control is arbitrarily set by a register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Kazuyoshi Nishi