Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Shimamura

Nobutaka Shimamura 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: 11475841
    Abstract: A system may include buffer circuitry that receives an input signal representative of image data for display via a pixel. The buffer circuitry may provide a first driving signal during a first frame of the image data to the pixel based on the input signal. The buffer circuitry may include slew booster circuitry. The slew booster circuitry may supply a voltage boost (e.g., additional voltage) to differential pair stage circuitry of the buffer circuit in response to a difference between the input signal and a second driving signal exceeding a threshold increase a rate of change of the input signal provided. The second driving signal may be provided to the pixel during a second frame of the image data preceding the first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Hatanaka, Derek Keith Shaeffer, Kenichi Ueno, Masaki Kinoshita, Nobutaka Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11258066
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent binder agent composition solving problems such as the decrease in a charge/discharge capacity that occurs in a case where a silicon-containing active material is used, a slurry composition and an electrode in which the binder agent composition is used, and a method for preparing the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Mizuta, Kazuki Takimoto, Hiromi Watahiki, Kaho Sugimoto, Takatoshi Matsuura, Kuniaki Okamoto, Nobutaka Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11176888
    Abstract: A system includes a pixel that emits light based on a signal provided to the pixel. The system may also include a buffer circuit having a differential pair stage, a cascade stage, and an output stage. The differential pair stage may receive a common mode voltage signal via a first switch in response to the first switch receiving a first signal that causes the first switch to close. The differential pair stage may couple a capacitor to the output stage via a second switch that operate based on a second signal, such that the capacitor reduces an offset provided by one or more circuit components in the differential pair stage, the cascade stage, the output stage, or any combination thereof. The differential pair stage may output the common mode voltage to the pixel via the output stage in response to the first signal being present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Hatanaka, Derek Keith Shaeffer, John T. Wetherell, Nobutaka Shimamura, Yuichi Okuda, Jaeyoung Kang
  • Publication number: 20210056907
    Abstract: A system may include buffer circuitry that receives an input signal representative of image data for display via a pixel. The buffer circuitry may provide a first driving signal during a first frame of the image data to the pixel based on the input signal. The buffer circuitry may include slew booster circuitry. The slew booster circuitry may supply a voltage boost (e.g., additional voltage) to differential pair stage circuitry of the buffer circuit in response to a difference between the input signal and a second driving signal exceeding a threshold increase a rate of change of the input signal provided. The second driving signal may be provided to the pixel during a second frame of the image data preceding the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo Hatanaka, Derek Keith Shaeffer, Kenichi Ueno, Masaki Kinoshita, Nobutaka Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20210056904
    Abstract: A system includes a pixel that emits light based on a signal provided to the pixel. The system may also include a buffer circuit having a differential pair stage, a cascade stage, and an output stage. The differential pair stage may receive a common mode voltage signal via a first switch in response to the first switch receiving a first signal that causes the first switch to close. The differential pair stage may couple a capacitor to the output stage via a second switch that operate based on a second signal, such that the capacitor reduces an offset provided by one or more circuit components in the differential pair stage, the cascade stage, the output stage, or any combination thereof. The differential pair stage may output the common mode voltage to the pixel via the output stage in response to the first signal being present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo Hatanaka, Derek Keith Shaeffer, John T. Wetherell, Nobutaka Shimamura, Yuichi Okuda, Jaeyoung Kang
  • Patent number: 10862169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolytic solution for a magnesium battery, formed by mixing a compound represented by the following general formula (I), a Lewis acid or a compound represented by the following general formula (A), and a solvent; and the like. {In the formula, m represents 0 or 2, n represents 2 in a case of m=0 and represents 0 or 1 in a case of m=2, X1 represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom, and two R1's each independently represent a magnesium chloride oxy group; a magnesium bromide oxy group; an alkyl group which may have a halogeno group or the like as a substituent; an alkoxy group; an aryl group which may have an alkoxy group or the like as a substituent; an aryloxy group which may have an alkoxy group or the like as a substituent; or a group represented by the following general formula (1), and two R1's may also form the following general formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM WAKO PURE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sato, Goro Mori, Hiromi Watahiki, Kuniaki Okamoto, Nobutaka Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20200235396
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent binder agent composition solving problems such as the decrease in a charge/discharge capacity that occurs in a case where a silicon-containing active material is used, a slurry composition and an electrode in which the binder agent composition is used, and a method for preparing the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hironori MIZUTA, Kazuki TAKIMOTO, Hiromi WATAHIKI, Kaho SUGIMOTO, Takatoshi MATSUURA, Kuniaki OKAMOTO, Nobutaka SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10658404
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid state imaging device capable of providing a solid state imaging device that does not cause deterioration of image quality due to an increase in reading speed of a pixel signal, and an imaging apparatus. In a pixel array block in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed, each of the pixels including: a photoelectric conversion device; a plurality of transistors to be used for reading a signal from the photoelectric conversion device; and wiring for driving the transistors, a plurality of pixel output lines are provided for each one column of the plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arrayed, and the plurality of pixel output lines from the pixels are arranged separately in a plurality of wiring layers. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Abe, Nobutaka Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20200014874
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image pickup element, a control method, and an image pickup device which realize easier and more diversified data output. In one aspect of the present technology, a plurality of signal lines for transmitting a pixel signal read from a pixel is allocated to each column, and different reading modes of the pixel signals are respectively allocated to the signal lines of each column. Regarding each column of the pixel array connected to the pixel corresponding to the mode, the pixel signal is read from the pixel connected to the signal line corresponding to the reading mode of the pixel signal in the mode, and the read pixel signal is transmitted via the signal line. The present technology is applied to, for example, an image pickup element and an image pickup device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki KAWAZU, Atsushi SUZUKI, Takashi SHOJI, Masashi AKAMATSU, Nobutaka SHIMAMURA, Hayato WAKABAYASHI, Yuuki YAMAGATA, Norihiro NIKAI, Tohru KIKAWADA, Takumi OKA, Toshiki KAINUMA
  • Patent number: 10516839
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging method, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of improving the image quality. It includes a plurality of signal lines for reading signals from pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, each of the plurality of signal lines being provided for one column of pixels, and a fixing unit configured to fix the potential of the plurality of signal lines to a predetermined potential, is started. The fixing unit fixes the potential of the plurality of signal lines before an operation of resetting the pixel. It is possible to fix the potential of the signal line to a predetermined potential before reading of the signal from the pixel, and to prevent the image quality from degrading due to the discrepancy in the potential when reading is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Shimamura, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190367657
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent binder agent composition solving problems such as the decrease in a charge/discharge capacity, a slurry composition and an electrode in which the binder agent composition is used, and a method for preparing the electrode. The present invention relates to “a binder agent composition containing a copolymer containing a monomer unit derived from acrylic acid and one or two kinds of monomer units derived from a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or the like as constituent components, a bivalent to decavalent alcohol, and water; [in the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, in a case where R2 is a hydrogen atom, R1 represents a methyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom; an alkyl group; an alkyl group substituted with a fluorine atom or a hydroxy group, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Hironori MIZUTA, Kazuki TAKIMOTO, Hiromi WATAHIKI, Kaho SUGIMOTO, Takatoshi MATSUURA, Kuniaki OKAMOTO, Nobutaka SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10484634
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image pickup element, a control method, and an image pickup device which realize easier and more diversified data output. In one aspect of the present technology, a plurality of signal lines for transmitting a pixel signal read from a pixel is allocated to each column, and different reading modes of the pixel signals are respectively allocated to the signal lines of each column. Regarding each column of the pixel array connected to the pixel corresponding to the mode, the pixel signal is read from the pixel connected to the signal line corresponding to the reading mode of the pixel signal in the mode, and the read pixel signal is transmitted via the signal line. The present technology is applied to, for example, an image pickup element and an image pickup device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kawazu, Atsushi Suzuki, Takashi Shoji, Masashi Akamatsu, Nobutaka Shimamura, Hayato Wakabayashi, Yuuki Yamagata, Norihiro Nikai, Tohru Kikawada, Takumi Oka, Toshiki Kainuma
  • Patent number: 10477123
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an electronic apparatus, a signal transmission system, and a control method that are capable of easily reducing adverse effects of a parasitic capacitance. An assist signal line is adjacent to a VSL and placed along the VSL, a signal output from a pixel flowing through the VSL, and a signal control unit causes a similar signal to flow through the assist signal line, the similar signal having a similarity to a signal that flows through the VSL. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an image sensor including a VSL through which a signal output from a pixel flows, and a signal transmission system including a transmission path through which a signal flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kaneko, Yoshinori Takagi, Nobutaka Shimamura
  • Patent number: 10447956
    Abstract: Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry may receive multiple analog signals and output corresponding digital signals. During the conversion process, comparators may receive the analog signals and a ramp waveform and compare the two inputs to generate logic signals. The logic signals correspond to digital signals that are outputted by ADC circuitry. To enable offset distribution capabilities, offset distribution circuitry may be selectively coupled to the inputs of the comparators. The offset distribution circuitry may include switches that couples a voltage supply providing reference voltages to the comparators. The reference voltages may be conveyed via a capacitor to the comparators as offset voltages. The offset voltages may provide may be different for different ADC units to offset power consumption of different ADC units and reduce power surges in power sources coupled to ADC circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nobutaka Shimamura, Kazuhisa Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190296396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolytic solution for a magnesium battery, formed by mixing a compound represented by the following general formula (I), a Lewis acid or a compound represented by the following general formula (A), and a solvent; and the like. {In the formula, m represents 0 or 2, n represents 2 in a case of m=0 and represents 0 or 1 in a case of m=2, X1 represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom, and two R1's each independently represent a magnesium chloride oxy group; a magnesium bromide oxy group; an alkyl group which may have a halogeno group or the like as a substituent; an alkoxy group; an aryl group which may have an alkoxy group or the like as a substituent; an aryloxy group which may have an alkoxy group or the like as a substituent; or a group represented by the following general formula (1), and two R1's may also form the following general formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SATO, Goro MORI, Hiromi WATAHIKI, Kuniaki OKAMOTO, Nobutaka SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190199949
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging method, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of improving the image quality. It includes a plurality of signal lines for reading signals from pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, each of the plurality of signal lines being provided for one column of pixels, and a fixing unit configured to fix the potential of the plurality of signal lines to a predetermined potential, is started. The fixing unit fixes the potential of the plurality of signal lines before an operation of resetting the pixel. It is possible to fix the potential of the signal line to a predetermined potential before reading of the signal from the pixel, and to prevent the image quality from degrading due to the discrepancy in the potential when reading is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka SHIMAMURA, Atsushi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10270994
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging method, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of improving the image quality. It includes a plurality of signal lines for reading signals from pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, each of the plurality of signal lines being provided for one column of pixels, and a fixing unit configured to fix the potential of the plurality of signal lines to a predetermined potential, is started. The fixing unit fixes the potential of the plurality of signal lines before an operation of resetting the pixel. It is possible to fix the potential of the signal line to a predetermined potential before reading of the signal from the pixel, and to prevent the image quality from degrading due to the discrepancy in the potential when reading is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Shimamura, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180278870
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging method, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of improving the image quality. It includes a plurality of signal lines for reading signals from pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, each of the plurality of signal lines being provided for one column of pixels, and a fixing unit configured to fix the potential of the plurality of signal lines to a predetermined potential, is started. The fixing unit fixes the potential of the plurality of signal lines before an operation of resetting the pixel. It is possible to fix the potential of the signal line to a predetermined potential before reading of the signal from the pixel, and to prevent the image quality from degrading due to the discrepancy in the potential when the reading is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka SHIMAMURA, Atsushi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10021323
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging method, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of improving the image quality. It includes a plurality of signal lines for reading signals from pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, each of the plurality of signal lines being provided for one column of pixels, and a fixing unit configured to fix the potential of the plurality of signal lines to a predetermined potential, is started. The fixing unit fixes the potential of the plurality of signal lines before an operation of resetting the pixel. It is possible to fix the potential of the signal line to a predetermined potential before reading of the signal from the pixel, and to prevent the image quality from degrading due to the discrepancy in the potential when reading is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Shimamura, Atsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180152654
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging method, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of improving the image quality. It includes a plurality of signal lines for reading signals from pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, each of the plurality of signal lines being provided for one column of pixels, and a fixing unit configured to fix the potential of the plurality of signal lines to a predetermined potential, is started. The fixing unit fixes the potential of the plurality of signal lines before an operation of resetting the pixel. It is possible to fix the potential of the signal line to a predetermined potential before reading of the signal from the pixel, and to prevent the image quality from degrading due to the discrepancy in the potential when reading is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Nobutaka SHIMAMURA, Atsushi SUZUKI