Patents by Inventor TAKAHIRO AKAHANE

TAKAHIRO AKAHANE 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: 20230335043
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device in which EVS pixels can be arranged closer to a central part, and a method of controlling the electronic device. An electronic device includes a display unit that has a display region in which display elements are arranged in an array in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, and an image sensor that is disposed on a side opposite to a display surface of the display unit so as to overlap the display region in a third direction different from be first direction and the second direction, and includes a plurality of pixels. The display unit transmits incident light, and the plurality of pixels outputs an event signal in a case where a change in luminance of light incident via the display unit is larger than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Masashi Nakata, Takahiro Akahane, Junichi Kanai
  • Patent number: 11743603
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device adapted to encrypt data is described. The solid-state imaging device may include a sensor die comprising an array of imaging pixels formed on a first side of the sensor die and first wiring layers formed on a second side of the sensor die, wherein at least one of the imaging pixels is configured to generate specific signals; a logic die comprising second wiring layers formed on a first side of the logic die; and an encryption processor on the logic die configured to generate encrypted data using the specific signals. The first side of the logic die may be mounted adjacent to the second side of the sensor die and the first wiring layers electrically connect to the second wiring layers, wherein the at least one of the imaging pixels, the encryption processor, and a connecting conductor in which the specific signals pass through from the at least one of the imaging pixels to the encryption processor are located interior to the solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Minagawa, Taishin Yoshida, Marie Toyoshima, Toru Akishita, Tomohiro Morimoto, Masafumi Kusakawa, Ikuhiro Tamura, Takahiro Akahane, Eiji Hirata, Yoshinobu Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20230158473
    Abstract: An oxygen-absorbing film including at least, from an outer layer side, a surface substrate layer having an oxygen barrier property, an oxygen-absorbing resin layer, and an inner surface substrate layer that contains a stretched PET substrate and is heat-sealable. The surface substrate layer, the oxygen-absorbing resin layer, and the inner surface substrate layer are laminated in this order. The oxygen-absorbing film provides an oxygen-absorbing film suitable as a packaging material that excels in oxidation suppression of packaging contents and in non-sorption of aroma components and also exhibits excellent tearability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD,
    Inventors: Kaori SHIMANO, Tomohiro Miyai, Hiroki Komagata, Takahiro Akahane
  • Publication number: 20230104085
    Abstract: The range-finding apparatus (1) includes a light source (200), an optical receiver (1103), a setting unit (100), a detector (1100), and a calculation unit (300). The light source (200) projects light with a first irradiation pattern in a first period and projects light with a second irradiation pattern in a second period. The optical receiver (1103) receives light to output a pixel signal. The setting unit (100) sets a reference signal on the basis of the pixel signal in the first period. The detector (1100) detects whether or not the pixel signal varies from the reference signal by a first value or more in the second period and outputs a first detection signal indicative of a result obtained by the detection. The calculation unit (300) calculates a distance to a to-be-measured object using the first detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO AKAHANE, SHUN KAIZU, YUSUKE IKEDA, YASUTAKA KIMURA, SHINICHIROU ETOU, TAKESHI OYAKAWA, NAOTO NAGAKI, EIJI HIRATA, HIROSHI YUASA
  • Publication number: 20230074464
    Abstract: The range-finding apparatus (1) includes an optical receiver (110), a light source unit (200), a converter (134), and a calculation unit (300). The optical receiver (110) receives light to output a pixel signal. The light source unit (200) projects light with a first irradiation pattern in a first period and projects light with a second irradiation pattern in a second period. The converter (134) sequentially converts the pixel signal bit by bit using binary search to output a first digital signal and a second digital signal, the first digital signal being output by performing the conversion with a first bit width in the first period, the second digital signal being output by performing the conversion with a second bit width in the second period, the second bit width being less than the first bit width. The calculation unit (300) calculates a distance on the basis of the first digital signal and the second digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO AKAHANE, YUSUKE IKEDA, SHUN KAIZU, EIJI HIRATA, HIROSHI YUASA, SHINICHIROU ETOU, YASUTAKA KIMURA, TAKESHI OYAKAWA, NAOKI YOSHIMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20220024660
    Abstract: A packaging bag including a polyester-based multilayer film. The multilayer film includes at least: an innermost layer formed of a biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film; a layer formed of polybutylene terephthalate; and/or a layer formed of a blend of polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate. The biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film has a heat sealing portion that is amorphized or low-crystallized by laser light irradiation. The packaging bag is formed by allowing the innermost layers of the polyester-based multilayer film to be opposed to and superimposed on each other, and heat sealing the heat sealing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro HONGO, Takahiro KUROSAWA, Takashi MIURA, Kazuaki OHASHI, Yoshiyuki YUASA, Takahiro AKAHANE
  • Patent number: 11218624
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including multiple pixels. A lens is provided on an optical path of incident light to the image sensor. An actuator includes a coil, and supports positioning of the lens according to a driving signal applied to the coil. A position detection coil is arranged such that it magnetically couples with the coil of the actuator. An actuator driver supplies a pulse-shaped driving signal to the coil of the actuator driver. A position detection circuit generates a position detection signal that indicates the position of the lens based on an induced electromotive force that occurs in the position detection coil according to the driving signal, and feeds back the position detection signal to the actuator driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: ROHM CO., LTD., SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito Saito, Tatsuya Ninomiya, Nobuo Kohmura, Kento Nishizawa, Tatsuro Shimizu, Takahiro Akahane, Go Asayama, Yuki Urano
  • Patent number: 11196956
    Abstract: To reduce the number of ADCs in a solid-state image sensor that converts an analog pixel signal into a digital signal. An effective pixel generates an analog signal according to an amount of received light as an effective pixel signal using a power supply from a power supply line. A correction signal generation unit generates an analog signal including a noise component generated in the power supply line as a correction signal. A selection unit sequentially selects and outputs the effective pixel signal and the correction signal. An analog-digital converter performs processing of converting the output effective pixel signal into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal as effective pixel data and processing of converting the output correction signal into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal into correction data. A signal processing unit corrects the effective pixel data on the basis of the correction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Akahane
  • Publication number: 20200374428
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including multiple pixels. A lens is provided on an optical path of incident light to the image sensor. An actuator includes a coil, and supports positioning of the lens according to a driving signal applied to the coil. A position detection coil is arranged such that it magnetically couples with the coil of the actuator. An actuator driver supplies a pulse-shaped driving signal to the coil of the actuator driver. A position detection circuit generates a position detection signal that indicates the position of the lens based on an induced electromotive force that occurs in the position detection coil according to the driving signal, and feeds back the position detection signal to the actuator driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Akihito SAITO, Tatsuya NINOMIYA, Nobuo KOHMURA, Kento NISHIZAWA, Tatsuro SHIMIZU, Takahiro AKAHANE, Go ASAYAMA, Yuki URANO
  • Publication number: 20200280692
    Abstract: To reduce the number of ADCs in a solid-state image sensor that converts an analog pixel signal into a digital signal. An effective pixel generates an analog signal according to an amount of received light as an effective pixel signal using a power supply from a power supply line. A correction signal generation unit generates an analog signal including a noise component generated in the power supply line as a correction signal. A selection unit sequentially selects and outputs the effective pixel signal and the correction signal. An analog-digital converter performs processing of converting the output effective pixel signal into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal as effective pixel data and processing of converting the output correction signal into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal into correction data. A signal processing unit corrects the effective pixel data on the basis of the correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: TAKAHIRO AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20190347963
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device adapted to encrypt data is described. The solid-state imaging device may include a sensor die comprising an array of imaging pixels formed on a first side of the sensor die and first wiring layers formed on a second side of the sensor die, wherein at least one of the imaging pixels is configured to generate specific signals; a logic die comprising second wiring layers formed on a first side of the logic die; and an encryption processor on the logic die configured to generate encrypted data using the specific signals. The first side of the logic die may be mounted adjacent to the second side of the sensor die and the first wiring layers electrically connect to the second wiring layers, wherein the at least one of the imaging pixels, the encryption processor, and a connecting conductor in which the specific signals pass through from the at least one of the imaging pixels to the encryption processor are located interior to the solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Minagawa, Taishin Yoshida, Marie Toyoshima, Toru Akishita, Tomohiro Morimoto, Masafumi Kusakawa, Ikuhiro Tamura, Takahiro Akahane, Eiji Hirata, Yoshinobu Furusawa
  • Patent number: 10200642
    Abstract: A camera module of the disclosure includes: an imaging unit that includes a plurality of pixels, acquires a first detection value in one of the pixels in a second term out of a first term, the second term, a third term, and a fourth term that are set in order, acquires a second detection value in the relevant one of the pixels in the fourth term, and obtains a pixel value of the relevant one of the pixels on the basis of a difference between the first and second detection values; a lens unit including a lens and an actuator that drives the lens; and a driver unit that generates a drive signal and drives the actuator using the drive signal, in which the drive signal makes a transition in each of the first and third terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Akahane, Ken Koseki, Kenichi Shigenami, Go Asayama, Rei Takamori, Tatsuya Ninomiya, Masato Nishinouchi, Masanori Onodera, Tatsuro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180220088
    Abstract: A camera module of the disclosure includes: an imaging unit that includes a plurality of pixels, acquires a first detection value in one of the pixels in a second term out of a first term, the second term, a third term, and a fourth term that are set in order, acquires a second detection value in the relevant one of the pixels in the fourth term, and obtains a pixel value of the relevant one of the pixels on the basis of a difference between the first and second detection values; a lens unit including a lens and an actuator that drives the lens; and a driver unit that generates a drive signal and drives the actuator using the drive signal, in which the drive signal makes a transition in each of the first and third terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO AKAHANE, KEN KOSEKI, KENICHI SHIGENAMI, GO ASAYAMA, REI TAKAMORI, TATSUYA NINOMIYA, MASATO NISHINOUCHI, MASANORI ONODERA, TATSURO SHIMIZU