Patents by Inventor Shiro Baba

Shiro Baba 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: 10866240
    Abstract: A method for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatic hypertrophy using the method for analyzing PSA and an analysis kit of PSA are provided. An object of the present invention can be solved by being brought into contact a lectin having an affinity for p-N-acetylgalactosamine residues and/or a lectin having an affinity for fucose a(I, 2) galactose residues with a sample possibly containing PSA, to determine an amount of PSA having an affinity for the lectin. A method for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatic hypertrophy can be provided by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuko Yamashita, Keiko Fukushima, Shiro Baba, Takefumi Satoh
  • Publication number: 20110294141
    Abstract: A method for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatic hypertrophy using the method for analyzing PSA and an analysis kit of PSA are provided. An object of the present invention can be solved by being brought into contact a lectin having an affinity for ?-N-acetylgalactosamine residues and/or a lectin having an affinity for fucose ?(1, 2) galactose residues with a sample possibly containing PSA, to determine an amount of PSA having an affinity for the lectin. A method for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatic hypertrophy can be provided by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Katsuko Yamashita, Keiko Fukushima, Shiro Baba, Takefumi Satoh
  • Patent number: 7965563
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7558944
    Abstract: A built-in memory is divided into the following two types: first memories 5 and 7 and second memories 4 and 6, and made accessible in parallel by third buses XAB and XDB and second buses YAB and YDB respectively. Thereby, a CPU core 2 can simultaneously transfer two data values from the built-in memory to a DSP engine 3. Moreover, the third buses XAB and XDB and the second buses YAB and YDB are also separate from first buses IAB and IDB to be externally interfaced and the CPU core 2 can access an external memory in parallel with the access to the second memories 4 and 6 and the first memories 5 and 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohsuga, Atsushi Kiuchi, Hironobu Hasegawa, Toru Baji, Koki Noguchi, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20090157953
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Patent number: 7505329
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi ULSI Systems, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • 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: 20080294873
    Abstract: A built-in memory is divided into the following two types: first memories 5 and 7 and second memories 4 and 6, and made accessible in parallel by third buses XAB and XDB and second buses YAB and YDB respectively. Thereby, a CPU core 2 can simultaneously transfer two data values from the built-in memory to a DSP engine 3. Moreover, the third buses XAB and XDB and the second buses YAB and YDB are also separate from first buses IAB and IDB to be externally interfaced and the CPU core 2 can access an external memory in parallel with the access to the second memories 4 and 6 and the first memories 5 and 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohsuga, Atsushi Kiuchi, Hironobu Hasegawa, Toru Baji, Koki Noguchi, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba
  • Patent number: 7363466
    Abstract: A built-in memory is divided into the following two types: first memories 5 and 7 and second memories 4 and 6, and made accessible in parallel by third buses XAB and XDB and second buses YAB and YDB respectively. Thereby, a CPU core 2 can simultaneously transfer two data values from the built-in memory to a DSP engine 3. Moreover, the third buses XAB and XDB and the second buses YAB and YDB are also separate from first buses IAB and IDB to be externally interfaced and the CPU core 2 can access an external memory in parallel with the access to the second memories 4 and 6 and the first memories 5 and 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohsuga, Atsushi Kiuchi, Hironobu Hasegawa, Toru Baji, Koki Noguchi, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20080028134
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Kiyoshi MATSUBARA, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Patent number: 7295476
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20070133308
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Patent number: 7184321
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd., Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Publication number: 20060224859
    Abstract: A built-in memory is divided into the following two types: first memories 5 and 7 and second memories 4 and 6, and made accessible in parallel by third buses XAB and XDB and second buses YAB and YDB respectively. Thereby, a CPU core 2 can simultaneously transfer two data values from the built-in memory to a DSP engine 3. Moreover, the third buses XAB and XDB and the second buses YAB and YDB are also separate from first buses IAB and IDB to be externally interfaced and the CPU core 2 can access an external memory in parallel with the access to the second memories 4 and 6 and the first memories 5 and 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohsuga, Atsushi Kiuchi, Hironobu Hasegawa, Toru Baji, Koki Noguchi, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba
  • Patent number: 7069423
    Abstract: A built-in memory is divided into the following two types: first memories 5 and 7 and second memories 4 and 6, and made accessible in parallel by third buses XAB and XDB and second buses YAB and YDB respectively. Thereby, a CPU core 2 can simultaneously transfer two data values from the built-in memory to a DSP engine 3. Moreover, the third buses XAB and XDB and the second buses YAB and YDB are also separate from first buses IAB and IDB to be externally interfaced and the CPU core 2 can access an external memory in parallel with the access to the second memories 4 and 6 and the first memories 5 and 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohsuga, Atsushi Kiuchi, Hironobu Hasegawa, Toru Baji, Koki Noguchi, Yasushi Akao, Shiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20060034129
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • Patent number: 6999350
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory, for example, a rewritable nonvolatile memory including memory cells arranged in rows and columns and disposed to facilitate both flash erasure as well as selective erasure of individual units of plural memory cells. The semiconductor device which functions as a microcomputer chip also has a processing unit and includes an input terminal for receiving an operation mode signal for switching the microcomputer between a first operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of a processing unit and a second operation mode in which the flash memory is rewritten under control of separate writing circuit externally connectable to the microcomputer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Naoki Yashiki, Shiro Baba, Takashi Ito, Hirofumi Mukai, Masanao Sato, Masaaki Terasawa, Kenichi Kuroda, Kazuyoshi Shiba
  • 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: 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