Patents by Inventor Shoji Ootaka

Shoji Ootaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20240322820
    Abstract: A signal transmission circuitry is a circuitry that transmits a signal from a first system on a transmission side to a second system on a reception side. The first system includes an inductor, a first current source controlled by a first switch, a second current source connected in series with the first current source via the inductor and controlled by a second switch, a third switch connected in parallel with the first current source and controlling connection with a ground point, and a fourth switch connected in parallel with the second current source and controlling connection with the ground point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Bowen DANG, Makoto ARAI, Shoji OOTAKA, Takeshi MURASAKI, Takaya KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 11979122
    Abstract: An isolation amplifier of an embodiment includes: a primary circuit including an encoder configured to encode an input signal and output the encoded input signal and an anomaly detection circuit configured to detect anomaly having occurred to the input signal and generate a detection signal; an isolation unit configured to insulate the primary circuit from a secondary circuit; an output circuit configured to generate an output signal corresponding to the input signal; and an anomaly-input sensing-output circuit configured to generate an output signal from the secondary circuit by changing the output signal from the output circuit based on the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Arai, Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka, Tadashi Arai, Manabu Yamada, Shigeyasu Iwata, Takeshi Murasaki
  • Publication number: 20240096542
    Abstract: A signal transmission device according to the embodiment includes: a first integrated circuit chip provided with a first coil that constitutes the isolation transformer; a printed circuit board provided with a second coil that is magnetically coupled with the first coil to form the insulating transformer; a second integrated circuit chip having a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal provided on the upper surface; a first wire that electrically connects between one end of the second coil and the first connection terminal; and a second wire that electrically connects between the other end of the second coil and the second connection terminal, wherein the second coil is provided only in the wiring layer of the printed circuit board, which has a single wiring layer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Bowen DANG, Takeshi MURASAKI, Takaya KITAHARA, Makoto ARAI, Shoji OOTAKA
  • Patent number: 11899097
    Abstract: A distance measurement device of an embodiment includes a first device including a first reference signal source and a first transmitter-receiver, a second device including a second reference signal source and a second transmitter-receiver, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a distance between the first device and the second device. One of a first distance measurement signal and a second distance measurement signal is transmitted once or more, and another is transmitted twice or more. The calculation unit calculates the distance based on a total of three or more pieces of first phase information and second phase information acquired through transmission of the distance measurement signals three times or more in total, a first sampling period based on a first reference signal, and a second sampling period based on a second reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Ootaka, Masaki Nishikawa, Katsuya Nonin, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masayoshi Oshiro
  • Patent number: 11860264
    Abstract: A ranging apparatus of an embodiment is a ranging apparatus adopting communication type ranging by a phase detection scheme. The ranging apparatus including: a transmitting circuit configured to be able to transmit by a plurality of channels used for data communication and configured to transmit a transmission signal obtained by modulating transmission data; and a control circuit configured to control the transmission circuit to cause a plurality of continuous waves having mutually different frequencies to be generated in a same channel as continuous waves used for ranging by the phase detection scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshida, Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka, Katsuya Nonin, Masayoshi Oshiro
  • Patent number: 11855659
    Abstract: An isolator of embodiments includes a ?? analog-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal of one bit and transmit the digital signal of one bit as normal data, a time direction multiplexing circuit configured to perform time direction multiplexing of alternately performing conversion of the normal data into a digital differential signal and transmission of the digital differential signal, and transmission of a special signal different from the normal data, and an insulated transmission circuit configured to transmit the digital differential signal and the special signal transmitted from the time direction multiplexing circuit via an insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka
  • Patent number: 11719791
    Abstract: A distance measuring device includes a calculating section that calculates, based on phase information acquired by a first device and a second device, at least one of which is movable, a distance between the first device and the second device. The first device includes a first transceiver that transmits three or more first carrier signals and receives three or more second carrier signals using an output of a first reference signal source. The second device includes a second transceiver that transmits the three or more second carrier signals and receives the three or more first carrier signals using an output of a second reference signal source. The calculating section calculates the distance based on a phase detection result obtained by reception of the first and second carrier signals and corrects the calculated distance based on information concerning an amplitude ratio of the first carrier signals received by the second transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yutaka Shimizu, Shoji Ootaka, Ichiro Seto, Katsuya Nonin
  • Publication number: 20230093818
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip including a first coil that generates a magnetic field signal; a wiring board including a second coil, a third coil, and a twisted pair wiring, the second coil being disposed to face the first coil and receiving the magnetic field signal generated by the first coil, the twisted pair wiring connecting the second coil with the third coil; and a second semiconductor chip including a fourth coil disposed to face the third coil and receiving a magnetic field signal generated by the third coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi MURASAKI, Tadashi ARAI, Makoto ARAI, Shoji OOTAKA, Yusuke IMAIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20230090444
    Abstract: An isolator of embodiments includes a ?? analog-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal of one bit and transmit the digital signal of one bit as normal data, a time direction multiplexing circuit configured to perform time direction multiplexing of alternately performing conversion of the normal data into a digital differential signal and transmission of the digital differential signal, and transmission of a special signal different from the normal data, and an insulated transmission circuit configured to transmit the digital differential signal and the special signal transmitted from the time direction multiplexing circuit via an insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka
  • Patent number: 11573315
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a first device includes: a first transceiver configured to transmit two or more first carrier signals using an output of a first reference signal source and to receive two or more second carrier signals; and a calculation unit, and a second device includes: a second transceiver configured to transmit the two or more second carrier signals using an output of a second reference signal source that operates independently of the first reference signal source and to receive the two or more first carrier signals. A frequency group of the two or more first carrier signals and a frequency group of the two or more second carrier signals are identical or substantially identical to each other, and the calculation unit calculates the distance between the first device and the second device based on a phase detection result obtained by receiving the first and second carrier signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Ootaka, Takayuki Kato, Masaki Nishikawa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Katsuya Nonin, Yoshiharu Nito, Masayoshi Oshiro
  • Patent number: 11569825
    Abstract: A phase correcting device includes a local oscillator configured to give a local oscillation signal to a device configured to detect a phase of an inputted signal, a first phase detector configured to detect a phase of the local oscillation signal to output the phase of the local oscillation signal, a reference phase device configured to generate a quasi-reference phase corresponding to a reference phase of the local oscillation signal at a time of an initial setting of the local oscillator to output the quasi-reference phase, based on a reference clock, a second phase detector configured to detect, a fluctuation amount of a phase of the local oscillator, based on the phase detected by the first phase detector and the quasi-reference phase, and a correction circuit configured to correct the phase of the inputted signal by using a detection result of the second phase detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka
  • Patent number: 11560121
    Abstract: A first device includes: a first reference signal source; a first transmitting/receiving unit which transmits two or more first carrier signals and receives two or more second carrier signals using an output of the first reference signal source; and a calculating unit. A second device includes: a second reference signal source configured to be operated independently from the first reference signal source; and a second transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit two or more second carrier signals and receive two or more first carrier signals using an output of the second reference signal source. A frequency group of two or more first carrier signals and a frequency group of two or more second carrier signals differ from each other. The calculating unit calculates a distance between the first device and the second device based on a phase detection result obtained by receiving the first and second carrier signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Ootaka, Tsuneo Suzuki, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masaki Nishikawa, Katsuya Nonin, Takayuki Kato, Yoshiharu Nito, Masayoshi Oshiro
  • Patent number: 11536824
    Abstract: A distance measuring apparatus according to an embodiment includes, a filter section configured to perform band limitation on a transmission signal and output the transmission signal, and to perform band limitation on a reception signal from an antenna section and output the reception signal, a distance measuring section configured to perform a distance measurement computation based on the transmission signal and the reception signal, and to obtain a delay of a signal passing through the filter section and perform calibration of the distance measurement computation, a signal interruption section configured to interrupt transmission of a signal between the filter section and the antenna section, and a control section configured to control the signal interruption section to interrupt the transmission of the signal during a period of the calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Kato, Shoji Ootaka, Tsuneo Suzuki, Masaki Nishikawa, Katsuya Nonin, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yoshiharu Nito, Masayoshi Oshiro
  • Patent number: 11539376
    Abstract: An isolator of embodiments includes a ?? analog-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal of one bit and transmit the digital signal of one bit as normal data, a time direction multiplexing circuit configured to perform time direction multiplexing of alternately performing conversion of the normal data into a digital differential signal and transmission of the digital differential signal, and transmission of a special signal different from the normal data, and an insulated transmission circuit configured to transmit the digital differential signal and the special signal transmitted from the time direction multiplexing circuit via an insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka
  • Publication number: 20220311451
    Abstract: An isolator of embodiments includes a ?? analog-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal of one bit and transmit the digital signal of one bit as normal data, a time direction multiplexing circuit configured to perform time direction multiplexing of alternately performing conversion of the normal data into a digital differential signal and transmission of the digital differential signal, and transmission of a special signal different from the normal data, and an insulated transmission circuit configured to transmit the digital differential signal and the special signal transmitted from the time direction multiplexing circuit via an insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka
  • Publication number: 20220311398
    Abstract: An isolation amplifier of an embodiment includes: a primary circuit including an encoder configured to encode an input signal and output the encoded input signal and an anomaly detection circuit configured to detect anomaly having occurred to the input signal and generate a detection signal; an isolation unit configured to insulate the primary circuit from a secondary circuit; an output circuit configured to generate an output signal corresponding to the input signal; and an anomaly-input sensing-output circuit configured to generate an output signal from the secondary circuit by changing the output signal from the output circuit based on the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto ARAI, Masaki NISHIKAWA, Shoji OOTAKA, Tadashi ARAI, Manabu YAMADA, Shigeyasu IWATA, Takeshi MURASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220263513
    Abstract: A phase correcting device includes a local oscillator configured to give a local oscillation signal to a device configured to detect a phase of an inputted signal, a first phase detector configured to detect a phase of the local oscillation signal to output the phase of the local oscillation signal, a reference phase device configured to generate a quasi-reference phase corresponding to a reference phase of the local oscillation signal at a time of an initial setting of the local oscillator to output the quasi-reference phase, based on a reference clock, a second phase detector configured to detect, a fluctuation amount of a phase of the local oscillator, based on the phase detected by the first phase detector and the quasi-reference phase, and a correction circuit configured to correct the phase of the inputted signal by using a detection result of the second phase detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIKAWA, Shoji Ootaka
  • Patent number: 11287519
    Abstract: A distance measurement system for transmitting and receiving a distance measurement signal including a phase detection signal between first and second devices and calculating a distance between the devices based on a phase detection result of the received phase detection signal includes a modulation circuit configured to generate the distance measurement signal including a modulated signal obtained by modulating an identification signal, a transmission circuit configured to transmit the distance measurement signal, a reception circuit configured to receive the distance measurement signal, a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the modulated signal in the received distance measurement signal, and a control circuit configured to judge a restored state of the identification signal obtained from a demodulation result of the demodulation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Ootaka, Masaki Nishikawa, Takayuki Kato, Katsuya Nonin, Yoshiharu Nito
  • Publication number: 20220091253
    Abstract: A distance measurement device of an embodiment includes a first device including a first reference signal source and a first transmitter-receiver, a second device including a second reference signal source and a second transmitter-receiver, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a distance between the first device and the second device. One of a first distance measurement signal and a second distance measurement signal is transmitted once or more, and another is transmitted twice or more. The calculation unit calculates the distance based on a total of three or more pieces of first phase information and second phase information acquired through transmission of the distance measurement signals three times or more in total, a first sampling period based on a first reference signal, and a second sampling period based on a second reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shoji Ootaka, Masaki Nishikawa, Katsuya Nonin, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masayoshi Oshiro
  • Patent number: 11277142
    Abstract: A phase correcting device includes a local oscillator configured to give a local oscillation signal to a device configured to detect a phase of an inputted signal, a first phase detector configured to detect a phase of the local oscillation signal to output the phase of the local oscillation signal, a reference phase device configured to generate a quasi-reference phase corresponding to a reference phase of the local oscillation signal at a time of an initial setting of the local oscillator to output the quasi-reference phase, based on a reference clock, a second phase detector configured to detect a fluctuation amount of a phase of the local oscillator, based on the phase detected by the first phase detector and the quasi-reference phase, and a correction circuit configured to correct the phase of the inputted signal by using a detection result of the second phase detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka