Patents by Inventor Satoru Kawamoto

Satoru Kawamoto 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: 11953904
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Yasunori Kawanami, Kenta Kawamoto, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Peter Duerr, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8029879
    Abstract: A display device includes a pair of glass substrates. On the side of each of the pair of glass substrates, a press mark is formed between a first end of each of the pair of glass substrates and a position at least 0.3 mm but no more than 3 mm away from the first end, another press mark is formed between a second end of each of the pair of glass substrates and a position at least 0.3 mm but no more than 3 mm away from the second end, a scribing groove having a predetermined scribing amount is formed between the press marks, and there are rib marks in the scribing groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 8023341
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a CAM cell array that stores the operation setting information as to the semiconductor device, a controller that controls read and write of the CAM cell array, a row decoder, and a column decoder. With this structure, different row addresses are allocated to respective functions of the operation setting information. Accordingly, stress is not caused in the CAM cell array of the unselected functions at the time of programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Shozo Kawabata, Kenji Shibata, Takaaki Furuyama, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20110026287
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a CAM cell array that stores the operation setting information as to the semiconductor device, a controller that controls read and write of the CAM cell array, a row decoder, and a column decoder. With this structure, different row addresses are allocated to respective functions of the operation setting information. Accordingly, stress is not caused in the CAM cell array of the unselected functions at the time of programming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Shozo KAWABATA, Kenji SHIBATA, Takaaki FURUYAMA, Satoru KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7881142
    Abstract: A storage device and its control method are described, according to which a bias voltage to be supplied to a memory cell array is selected from boosted voltages which are increased from an external voltage and non-boosted voltages which are not increased from the external voltage. In the period during which a DC-DC converter section supplies a boosted voltage increased from the external voltage to an internal bias line for supplying a bias voltage to the memory cell array, a non-boosted voltage supply section for supplying a non-boosted voltage equal to or less than the external voltage is in its inactive state. In the period during which the non-boosted voltage supply section supplies a non-boosted voltage to the internal bias line, the DC-DC converter section is in its inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Hideki Arakawa, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7813154
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a CAM cell array that stores the operation setting information as to the semiconductor device, a controller that controls read and write of the CAM cell array, a row decoder, and a column decoder. With this structure, different row addresses are allocated to respective functions of the operation setting information. Accordingly, stress is not caused in the CAM cell array of the unselected functions at the time of programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Shozo Kawabata, Kenji Shibata, Takaaki Furuyama, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7764560
    Abstract: A refresh method for a semiconductor memory device features high noise resistance, lower power consumption, and lower cost. All word lines of one or more memory cell blocks that have not been selected in a self refresh mode are controlled to have a floating potential substantially at ground level. Even when a word line and a bit line are short-circuited, this control prevents destruction of memory cell information, which may be caused by noise, and also prevents generation of leakage current. A fuse, etc., for preventing generation of leakage current is unnecessary, so that lower cost is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yuji Nakagawa, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7739559
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (1) is provided which includes a regular cell array unit (30), a redundant cell array unit (31) that is provided in relation to the regular cell array unit (30), and a PGM/ER state machine (20) that controls reprogramming in which, when programming of a sector in the regular cell array unit fails (step S3), data involved in the programming that fails and data already stored in the sector in the regular cell array unit are written (step S8) into the redundant cell array unit (31). Since reprogramming is performed to write the data already written in the sector as well as the data involved in the programming that fails into the redundant cell array unit (31), data loss can be prevented and data can be secured, thereby increasing the reliability of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Norikatsu Suzuki, Makoto Niimi, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7675801
    Abstract: A refresh method for a semiconductor memory device features high noise resistance, lower power consumption, and lower cost. All word lines of one or more memory cell blocks that have not been selected in a self refresh mode are controlled to have a floating potential substantially at ground level. Even when a word line and a bit line are short-circuited, this control prevents destruction of memory cell information, which may be caused by noise, and also prevents generation of leakage current. A fuse, etc., for preventing generation of leakage current is unnecessary, so that lower cost is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yuji Nakagawa, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7580308
    Abstract: A refresh method for a semiconductor memory device features high noise resistance, lower power consumption, and lower cost. All word lines of one or more memory cell blocks that have not been selected in a self refresh mode are controlled to have a floating potential substantially at ground level. Even when a word line and a bit line are short-circuited, this control prevents destruction of memory cell information, which may be caused by noise, and also prevents generation of leakage current. A fuse, etc., for preventing generation of leakage current is unnecessary, so that lower cost is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yuji Nakagawa, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20090150635
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuits for command control for synchronous memory device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a memory device comprises a first synchronous memory controlled by a second group of commands which includes a first command receiving section for receiving a first group of commands, and a second command receiving section for receiving a command that is unique to the first synchronous memory and different from the first group of commands during execution of the first group of commands received by the first command receiving section. The synchronous memory further comprises a second synchronous memory controlled by the first group of commands, where the first synchronous memory and the second synchronous memory are coupled to a same data bus, and where the second group of commands is different from the first group of commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Kenji SHIBATA, Mitsuhiro NAGAO, Satoru KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7514781
    Abstract: A circuit substrate includes a plurality of dielectric members and a plurality of wiring patterns. The plurality of wiring patterns are stacked on one another through the plurality of dielectric members. The plurality of dielectric members includes a mount dielectric member. A first wiring pattern of the plurality of wiring patterns is provided on a side of the mount dielectric member. A second wiring pattern of the plurality of wiring patterns is provided on an opposite side of the mount dielectric member. A first length is a length between a reinforcing medium of the mount dielectric member and the opposite side of the mount dielectric member in a thickness direction. A second length is a length between the reinforcing medium of the mount dielectric member and the side of the mount dielectric member in the thickness direction. The first length is smaller than the second length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20090073793
    Abstract: A refresh method for a semiconductor memory device features high noise resistance, lower power consumption, and lower cost. All word lines of one or more memory cell blocks that have not been selected in a self refresh mode are controlled to have a floating potential substantially at ground level. Even when a word line and a bit line are short-circuited, this control prevents destruction of memory cell information, which may be caused by noise, and also prevents generation of leakage current. A fuse, etc., for preventing generation of leakage current is unnecessary, so that lower cost is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yuji Nakagawa, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7495990
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a semiconductor memory device that can conduct the equalizing operation of bit lines with a low current consumption while maintaining a normal accessing speed and the chip area, and a control method thereof. In a semiconductor memory device of the shared sense amplification system, in a predetermined number of times which is (k?1) times or less among k-times of continuous word line selections of a selected memory block, the bit line separation gate of the unselected memory block is rendered conductive in the active period of the equalizing unit after the word line selection. Also, a circuit that equalizes a wiring higher in the capacity component is driven by a higher voltage level according to the wiring capacity component of the sense amplification power supply line and the bit lines, to thereby equalize the power supply line and the bit line in the equal time, thereby being capable of preventing the short-circuiting within the sense amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Kazufumi Komura, Yoshiharu Kato, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7492232
    Abstract: There is provided an oscillator circuit capable of obtaining stable frequency by avoiding output having unstable frequency that is likely to occur to an operation/stop-control-feasible type oscillator circuit when oscillation begins. In such an oscillator circuit, an oscillation permitting signal (EN) sets an oscillator section in oscillation-operable state, whereby a controller section starts operation. The controller section that has stared its operation change an oscillation- frequency control signal (VR) into a signal value corresponding to predetermined oscillation frequency so as to set oscillation frequency at an oscillator section. Further on, the oscillator section outputs an oscillation signal in response to a detection signal (MON) that is outputted after a detector section compares a signal inputted therein with a predetermined signal value and detects that the inputted signal reaches a predetermined signal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Yasushige Ogawa, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20080316787
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a CAM cell array that stores the operation setting information as to the semiconductor device, a controller that controls read and write of the CAM cell array, a row decoder, and a column decoder. With this structure, different row addresses are allocated to respective functions of the operation setting information. Accordingly, stress is not caused in the CAM cell array of the unselected functions at the time of programming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Shozo KAWABATA, Kenji Shibata, Takaaki Furuyama, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20080311817
    Abstract: A display device includes a pair of glass substrates. On the side of each of the pair of glass substrates, a press mark is formed between a first end of each of the pair of glass substrates and a position at least 0.3 mm but no more than 3 mm away from the first end, another press mark is formed between a second end of each of the pair of glass substrates and a position at least 0.3 mm but no more than 3 mm away from the second end, a scribing groove having a predetermined scribing amount is formed between the press marks, and there are rib marks in the scribing groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru KAWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20080253213
    Abstract: A refresh method for a semiconductor memory device features high noise resistance, lower power consumption, and lower cost. All word lines of one or more memory cell blocks that have not been selected in a self refresh mode are controlled to have a floating potential substantially at ground level. Even when a word line and a bit line are short-circuited, this control prevents destruction of memory cell information, which may be caused by noise, and also prevents generation of leakage current. A fuse, etc., for preventing generation of leakage current is unnecessary, so that lower cost is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yuji Nakagawa, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7433219
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a CAM cell array that stores the operation setting information as to the semiconductor device, a controller that controls read and write of the CAM cell array, a row decoder, and a column decoder. With this structure, different row addresses are allocated to respective functions of the operation setting information. Accordingly, stress is not caused in the CAM cell array of the unselected functions at the time of programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Shozo Kawabata, Kenji Shibata, Takaaki Furuyama, Satoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 7399214
    Abstract: The step of forming an opening in an insulating layer to expose a carbon nanotube layer is performed using two types of dry etching different from each other in conditions. In the first-stage dry etching step, a hole is formed in the insulating layer to such a depth as not exposing the carbon nanotube layer. Thereafter, in the second-stage dry etching step, a bottom surface portion of the hole is removed, thus exposing an upper surface of the carbon nanotube layer. A method of manufacturing an electron emission source capable of improving performance of an electron emission portion is thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Nishimura, Naoki Yasuda, Yosuke Suzuki, Yoshinobu Hirokado, Satoru Kawamoto