Patents by Inventor Tadashi Ono

Tadashi Ono 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: 11880225
    Abstract: A slave device continuously transmits a plurality of tuning blocks to a host device at intervals defined by a clock period between a plurality of data blocks at the time of transmitting the plurality of data blocks and by a clock period defined by a data structure of the plurality of tuning blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ono, Isao Kato, Takuji Maeda
  • Patent number: 11782852
    Abstract: When a part of a signal line of a first interface and a part of a signal line of a second interface share a signal line and there is a memory connected to both the interfaces, initialization of the second interface and initialization of the memory are executed in parallel following initialization of the first interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ono, Isao Kato, Yoshihisa Inagaki, Shuichi Ohki
  • Publication number: 20230221791
    Abstract: When a host-slave system including a host device and a slave device transitions to a power-down mode, the host device drives a CMD line in order of a high level, a low level, and a high level, and stops supplying a clock signal after a predetermined time elapses. During a power-down mode period, the slave device stops supplying a power to a back-end module. When the host device resumes the supply of the clock signal, the host-slave system returns from the power-down mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Tadashi ONO, Yoshihisa INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220413709
    Abstract: A storage system includes a nonvolatile memory, a controller that controls writing and reading of data to and from the nonvolatile memory, a first interface, and a second interface, and is connected to a host device via the first interface and the second interface. While the host device is being started, a boot loader read from the nonvolatile memory is transferred to the host device via the second interface, and the first interface is initialized in parallel. After the host device is started, write data and read data to or from the nonvolatile memory via any one or both of the first interface and the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Isao KATO, Takuji MAEDA, Tadashi ONO
  • Publication number: 20220308893
    Abstract: A slave device continuously transmits a plurality of tuning blocks to a host device at intervals defined by a clock period between a plurality of data blocks at the time of transmitting the plurality of data blocks and by a clock period defined by a data structure of the plurality of tuning blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi ONO, Isao KATO, Takuji MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220253092
    Abstract: A data transfer system includes a slave device, and a host device that is connected to the slave device via at least a power supply line, a clock line, a command line, and a data line. A CMD line is continuously driven to a low level in a period from when the supply of at least a first clock is stopped to when the second clock is supplied (period form timing t5 to timing t6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi ONO, Isao KATO
  • Patent number: 11305465
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a phosphor sheet is provided. In the method, a particulate phosphor and a particulate transparent medium are mixed to a first light transmissive resin in a liquid state. The first light transmissive resin containing the phosphor and the transparent medium in the liquid state is supplied into a lower mold of a mold, and the mold is closed. The first light transmissive resin containing the phosphor and the transparent medium in the liquid state is changed to a solid state having a predetermined thickness by applying a heat and a pressure to the first light transmissive resin containing the phosphor and the transparent medium in the liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ono, Makoto Kitazume
  • Publication number: 20210209038
    Abstract: When a part of a signal line of a first interface and a part of a signal line of a second interface share a signal line and there is a memory connected to both the interfaces, initialization of the second interface and initialization of the memory are executed in parallel following initialization of the first interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Tadashi ONO, Isao KATO, Yoshihisa INAGAKI, Shuichi OHKI
  • Patent number: 11055499
    Abstract: A card device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first interface that connects the card device with a host device. The card device notifies, through the first interface, the host device of whether or not the card device includes a second interface different from the first interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Inagaki, Tadashi Ono, Isao Kato
  • Patent number: 10971666
    Abstract: A method includes mounting a light emitting device on a board having electrodes on its surface, disposing a resin sheet containing a light conversion material so as to face the surface of the board and filling a space between the resin sheet and the board with a first light transmissive resin, covering a surface of the resin sheet opposite to a surface of the resin sheet covered with the first light transmissive resin, with a second light transmissive resin, forming a groove extending from a top surface of the second light transmissive resin to the board, filling the groove with light reflective resin and covering the top surface of the second light transmissive resin with the light reflective resin, removing the light reflective resin, and dicing the light emitting device by cutting along the light reflective resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kitazume, Tadashi Ono, Toshiki Komiyama, Yuki Inugai
  • Patent number: 10714360
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a module including N layers of stacked resin is provided, wherein N is a natural number of two or more. In the method, resin of a first layer is cured to a degree that does not fully harden the resin of the first layer. Resin of a Mth layer is stacked on resin of a (M?1)th layer, wherein M is a natural number of two or more and less than N. The resin of the Mth layer is cured to a degree that does not fully harden the resin of the Mth layer. Stacking the resin of the Mth layer and curing the resin of the Mth layer are repeated. Then, resin of Nth layer is stacked, and all of the N layers of stacked resin are fully hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ono, Makoto Kitazume
  • Publication number: 20200143118
    Abstract: A card device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first interface that connects the card device with a host device. The card device notifies, through the first interface, the host device of whether or not the card device includes a second interface different from the first interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshihisa INAGAKI, Tadashi ONO, Isao KATO
  • Publication number: 20200034321
    Abstract: A host device is connected to either a first slave device supporting a first interface or a second slave device supporting a second interface that is different from the first interface. The host device includes an I/F controller that initializes the first interface to a first device connected to the host device, and determines whether or not the first device is the second slave device when the first interface is successfully initialized, and a host-device I/F unit that initializes the second interface if the first device is the second slave device, and continues the initialization of the first interface if the first device is not the second slave device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Tadashi ONO
  • Publication number: 20190355887
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical module includes a step of mounting a light emitting device on a board having a plurality of electrodes on its surface in a facedown manner, a step of disposing a resin sheet containing a light conversion material so as to face the surface on which the light emitting device is mounted of the board and filling a space between the resin sheet and the board including the resin sheet and the light emitting device with a first light transmissive resin, a step of covering a surface opposite to a surface of the resin sheet covered with the first light transmissive resin with a second light transmissive resin, a step of forming a groove extending from a top surface of the second light transmissive resin to a predetermined depth of the board, a step of filling the groove with the light reflective resin and covering the top surface of the second light transmissive resin with the light reflective resin, a step of removing the light reflective resin on the second light transmissive re
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto KITAZUME, Tadashi ONO, Toshiki KOMIYAMA, Yuki INUGAI
  • Publication number: 20190304806
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a module including N layers of stacked resin is provided, wherein N is a natural number of two or more. In the method, resin of a first layer is cured to a degree that does not fully harden the resin of the first layer. Resin of a Mth layer is stacked on resin of a (M?1)th layer, wherein M is a natural number of two or more and less than N. The resin of the Mth layer is cured to a degree that does not fully harden the resin of the Mth layer. Stacking the resin of the Mth layer and curing the resin of the Mth layer are repeated. Then, resin of Nth layer is stacked, and all of the N layers of stacked resin are fully hardened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi ONO, Makoto KITAZUME
  • Publication number: 20190275711
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a phosphor sheet is provided. In the method, a particulate phosphor and a particulate transparent medium are mixed to a first light transmissive resin in a liquid state. The first light transmissive resin containing the phosphor and the transparent medium in the liquid state is supplied into a lower mold of a mold, and the mold is closed. The first light transmissive resin containing the phosphor and the transparent medium in the liquid state is changed to a solid state having a predetermined thickness by applying a heat and a pressure to the first light transmissive resin containing the phosphor and the transparent medium in the liquid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi ONO, Makoto KITAZUME
  • Patent number: 10339083
    Abstract: In a removable system formed from a host device and a slave device detachable from the host device, when the slave device sequentially detects a signal of a first voltage level and a signal of a second voltage level from the connected host device, the signal of the first voltage level is transmitted by a second signal line. Subsequently, when the host device detects that the second signal line is at the first voltage level, the host device interrupts drive of a first signal line, and executes initialization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Ono, Tatsuya Adachi
  • Publication number: 20190081028
    Abstract: An optical module includes a wiring substrate; an optical element mounted on the wiring substrate; a first light-transmitting body mounted on an upper surface of the optical element; and a light-shielding resin covering the optical element and a side surface portion of the first light-transmitting body, wherein the light-shielding resin includes filler, an upper surface of the light-shielding resin is a ground surface, and a ground surface of the filler is exposed on the upper surface of the light-shielding resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki KOMIYAMA, Makoto KITAZUME, Tadashi ONO, Yuki INUGAI
  • Patent number: 10055356
    Abstract: Provided is a memory device with improved memory region usage efficiency. The memory device includes flash memory including: a control information (FAT) region that stores FAT for a file and a user data (UD) region that stores UD; cache memory including a FAT cache region that stores all or part of the FAT; an I/F that receives a write command for writing one of the FAT and the UD; and a memory controller that determines whether write data to be written is the FAT or the UD based on an address included in the write command, and sets the size of the FAT cache region based on an update frequency or an update count for the address included in the write command for the write data determined to be the FAT by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Ono
  • Publication number: 20170192919
    Abstract: In a removable system formed from a host device and a slave device detachable from the host device, when the slave device sequentially detects a signal of a first voltage level and a signal of a second voltage level from the connected host device, the signal of the first voltage level is transmitted by a second signal line. Subsequently, when the host device detects that the second signal line is at the first voltage level, the host device interrupts drive of a first signal line, and executes initialization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Tadashi ONO, Tatsuya ADACHI