Patents by Inventor Soshi Higuchi

Soshi Higuchi 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).

  • I2C bus control circuit
    Patent number: 7849246
    Abstract: An I2C bus control circuit includes a continuous transmission control section in addition to a transmission control section, a sequence control section, a data line control section, and a clock line control section. The continuous transmission control section has a number-of-continuous transmission bytes register and first to (n?1)th continuous transmission data registers, and supplies an interrupt signal to the controller when continuous transmission is completed or an error is detected. The number of times the controller conducts interrupt processing is thus reduced and the processing time is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Konishi, Soshi Higuchi
  • I2C BUS CONTROL CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20080181206
    Abstract: An I2C bus control circuit includes a continuous transmission control section in addition to a transmission control section, a sequence control section, a data line control section, and a clock line control section. The continuous transmission control section has a number-of-continuous transmission bytes register and first to (n?1)th continuous transmission data registers, and supplies an interrupt signal to the controller when continuous transmission is completed or an error is detected. The number of times the controller conducts interrupt processing is thus reduced and the processing time is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Masato KONISHI, Soshi HIGUCHI