Patents by Inventor Takao Katayama
Takao Katayama 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).
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Publication number: 20240113674Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device. In a first operation mode, a first modulated signal is input to a plurality of inverter circuits provided in a first amplifier circuit, and a second modulated signal is input to a plurality of inverter circuits provided in a second amplifier circuit. In a second operation mode, a test signal generation circuit modulates a test signal to generate a third modulated signal and a fourth modulated signal. The third modulated signal is input to some of the plurality of inverter circuits provided in the first amplifier circuit, and outputs of other inverter circuits have high impedances. The fourth modulated signal is input to some of the plurality of inverter circuits provided in the second amplifier circuit, and outputs of other inverter circuits have high impedances. A peak frequency detection circuit detects a frequency range including a frequency of the test signal at which an impedance of a sound reproduction device peaks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Takao KATAYAMA, Akihiro FUKUZAWA, Fumihito BAISHO, Tsutomu NONAKA
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Publication number: 20240088855Abstract: An audio mixing device includes a gain setting circuit configured to set first to n-th gains based on a command input from the outside, n being an integer of two or more, and a mixing circuit configured to output a mixing signal obtained by mixing two or more of first to n-th multiplication data obtained by respectively multiplying first to n-th audio data by the first to n-th gains. In a case where the j-th gain of the first to n-th gains is set to a first value, when the j-th gain is to be set to a second value different from the first value, the gain setting circuit transitions the j-th gain from the first value to the second value in a stepwise manner in a j-th gain change section of first to n-th gain change sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Takao Katayama, Fumihito Baisho, Tsutomu Nonaka
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Publication number: 20240048414Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a first modulation circuit configured to receive a first sound source signal, sigma-delta modulate a signal based on the first sound source signal, and output a first sigma-delta modulated signal; a second modulation circuit configured to pulse-width modulate a signal based on the first sigma-delta modulated signal, and output a first pulse-width modulated signal; a first modulation inspection circuit configured to inspect the first modulation circuit; and a second modulation inspection circuit configured to inspect the second modulation circuit, in which the first modulation inspection circuit and the second modulation inspection circuit are separated from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Takao KATAYAMA, Akihiro FUKUZAWA, Fumihito BAISHO, Tsutomu NONAKA
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Publication number: 20240040308Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a pulse-width modulation circuit configured to pulse-width modulate a signal based on a first pulse-code modulated signal that is a sound source signal, and output a first pulse-width modulated signal; a first conversion circuit configured to convert a second pulse-width modulated signal based on the first pulse-width modulated signal into a second pulse-code modulated signal; and a comparison circuit configured to convert the first pulse-code modulated signal into a first comparison target signal by an inversely convertible conversion method, convert the second pulse-code modulated signal into a second comparison target signal by the conversion method, and compare the first comparison target signal with the second comparison target signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Takao KATAYAMA, Burton ALEXANDER, Fumihito BAISHO, Tsutomu NONAKA
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Patent number: 11647331Abstract: A circuit device (100) includes a PWM signal output circuit (110) that outputs a PWM signal (SPWM) to a sound outputter (10), and a processing circuit (120) that controls the PWM signal output circuit (110). The frequency band that the sound outputter (10) can output is denoted as an outputtable band, and the frequency band lower than a lower limit of the outputtable band is denoted as a non-output low frequency band. The PWM signal output circuit (110) outputs a PWM signal (SPWM) based on pseudo sound data in which overtones, of a plurality of overtones of a fundamental tone belonging to the non-output low frequency band, that belong to the outputtable band are used.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Katayama, Fumihito Baisho, Tsutomu Nonaka
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Publication number: 20220417688Abstract: An audio mixing device includes: a gain setting circuit configured to set first to n-th gains based on a command input from the outside, n being an integer of 2 or more; and a mixing circuit configured to output a mixing signal obtained by mixing two or more of first to n-th multiplication data obtained by respectively multiplying first to n-th audio data by the first to n-th gains.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Takao Katayama, Fumihito Baisho, Tsutomu Nonaka
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Publication number: 20210127206Abstract: A circuit device (100) includes a PWM signal output circuit (110) that outputs a PWM signal (SPWM) to a sound outputter (10), and a processing circuit (120) that controls the PWM signal output circuit (110). The frequency band that the sound outputter (10) can output is denoted as an outputtable band, and the frequency band lower than a lower limit of the outputtable band is denoted as a non-output low frequency band. The PWM signal output circuit (110) outputs a PWM signal (SPWM) based on pseudo sound data in which overtones, of a plurality of overtones of a fundamental tone belonging to the non-output low frequency band, that belong to the outputtable band are used.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Takao Katayama, Fumihito Baisho, Tsutomu Nonaka
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Patent number: 10542095Abstract: A measurement system includes a controller which is connected to a first network, and a plurality of sensor units of which is connected to the first network and is provided with a synchronous signal transmitter, and the controller includes a setting section that sets at least one of the plurality of sensor units as a first node which transmits a synchronous signal to the first network.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takao Katayama, Mikimoto Jin
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Patent number: 9986035Abstract: A synchronous measurement system includes a main controller, a plurality of sub-controllers connected to the main controller, and a plurality of sensor units connected to the sub-controller. The sub-controllers include a sub-controller master and a sub-controller slave connected to the sub-controller master. The main controller transmits a start command to the sub-controller master. The sub-controller master generates a trigger signal according to reception of the start command and transmits the trigger signal to the sub-controller slave. Each of the plurality of sub-controllers transmits a synchronization command to the plurality of sensor units on the basis of the trigger signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Takeda, Takao Katayama, Mikimoto Jin
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Patent number: 9948418Abstract: A synchronous measurement system includes a controller and a sensor unit connected to the controller. The controller transmits a plurality of synchronization commands to the sensor unit at every predetermined interval. The sensor unit transmits measurement data to the controller in synchronization with each one of the plurality of synchronization commands. The controller includes a data processing section configured to process the measurement data transmitted from the sensor unit and a counter configured to count the synchronization command. The controller builds a data structure in which a count value of the synchronization command corresponding to the measurement data is added to the measurement data.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takao Katayama, Kazuyoshi Takeda
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Publication number: 20160330278Abstract: A measurement system includes a controller which is connected to a first network, and a plurality of sensor units of which is connected to the first network and is provided with a synchronous signal transmitter, and the controller includes a setting section that sets at least one of the plurality of sensor units as a first node which transmits a synchronous signal to the first network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Takao KATAYAMA, Mikimoto JIN
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Publication number: 20160036916Abstract: A synchronous measurement system includes a main controller, a plurality of sub-controllers connected to the main controller, and a plurality of sensor units connected to the sub-controller. The sub-controllers include a sub-controller master and a sub-controller slave connected to the sub-controller master. The main controller transmits a start command to the sub-controller master. The sub-controller master generates a trigger signal according to reception of the start command and transmits the trigger signal to the sub-controller slave. Each of the plurality of sub-controllers transmits a synchronization command to the plurality of sensor units on the basis of the trigger signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Kazuyoshi TAKEDA, Takao KATAYAMA, Mikimoto JIN
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Publication number: 20160036544Abstract: A synchronous measurement system includes a controller and a sensor unit connected to the controller. The controller transmits a plurality of synchronization commands to the sensor unit at every predetermined interval. The sensor unit transmits measurement data to the controller in synchronization with each one of the plurality of synchronization commands. The controller includes a data processing section configured to process the measurement data transmitted from the sensor unit and a counter configured to count the synchronization command. The controller builds a data structure in which a count value of the synchronization command corresponding to the measurement data is added to the measurement data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Takao KATAYAMA, Kazuyoshi TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20130341452Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes housing having a pair of side walls facing each other, take-up drum rotatably housed between pair of side walls, configured to take up webbing and rotated in webbing-pull-out direction when webbing is pulled out, rotation portion rotating together with the take-up drum in a state of inserted in through hole formed in the one side wall, rotation restricting member rotatably supported by supporting portion at outer periphery of the through hole and configured to stop the take-up drum and the rotation portion from rotating in webbing-pull-out direction when the rotation restricting member is rotated to inner side of the through hole under predetermined occasion and gets engaged with the rotation portion, and load receiving portion formed on one side wall and configured to receive load transmitted from the rotation portion toward the rotation restricting member when the rotation restricting member gets engaged with the rotation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takatoshi NAKAOKA, Takao KATAYAMA
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Patent number: 8596567Abstract: In case a gas generating member of a pretensioner mechanism activates due to vehicle collision, a piston in a piston housing portion moves upwards from its normal position within a pipe cylinder. As a result, the piston comes in contact with a pinion gear portion and causes the pinion gear body to rotate abruptly. Further, a bottom end of a boss portion constituting one end portion of the pinion gear body is rotatably supported at a through hole of a base plate. Further, a support portion constituting the other end portion of the pinion gear body is rotatably supported at a support hole of a cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kaneko, Takatoshi Nakaoka, Takao Katayama, Masataka Tanaka, Eri Yamane
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Publication number: 20110062269Abstract: In response to movement of a vehicle sensor body, a vehicle sensor lever (205A) moves. Thereby, a front end portion of the vehicle sensor lever is pressed to move a pilot arm (203). The pilot arm is movably supported by a clutch (202) capable of moving co-axially with a take-up drum. A locking gear (206) and the take-up drum are fixed integrally and co-axially so as to get engaged with the moved pilot arm for rotating the clutch. The thus rotated clutch leads the pawl (43) for preventing rotation of the take-up drum. While the take-up drum is in a locked state, a movement restricting portion (202G) regulates movement of the vehicle sensor lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takatoshi Nakaoka, Takao Katayama
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Publication number: 20110057066Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a torsion bar (23) which is twisted and deformed depending on a load in a webbing-pull-out direction in case of vehicle collision. One end of the torsion bar is housed in a cylindrical hollow portion which is a hollow extending from an opening provided at an one-end side of a take-up drum (21) to an other-end side thereof co-axially to an axis of rotation, and via a first coupling member (23C), coupled with a concave coupling portion provided on an inner wall surface of the other-end side of the take-up drum with relative rotation of the torsion bar and the take-up drum being disabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: Ashimori Industry Co., LTD.Inventors: Shizuna Hayashi, Takao Katayama
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Publication number: 20110049284Abstract: In case a gas generating member of a pretensioner mechanism activates due to vehicle collision, a piston in a piston housing portion moves upwards from its normal position within a pipe cylinder. As a result, the piston comes in contact with a pinion gear portion and causes the pinion gear body to rotate abruptly. Further, a bottom end of a boss portion constituting one end portion of the pinion gear body is rotatably supported at a through hole of a base plate. Further, a support portion constituting the other end portion of the pinion gear body is rotatably supported at a support hole of a cover plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kaneko, Takatoshi Nakaoka, Takao Katayama, Masataka Tanaka, Eri Yamane
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Patent number: 7753305Abstract: In a seatbelt retractor of this invention is provided with an energy-absorbing means which performs an energy absorption by twisting a rotational shaft of a spool (first energy-absorbing means) and an energy-absorbing means which performs an energy absorption by twisting a wire 2b (second energy-absorbing means), a containing side (upper side of the disk member 2c) which contains the wire 2b and a take-up side (side between the disk member 2c and a plate body 2a) which takes up the wire after being pulled out from the containing side and being twisted are made on different planes, so that the length of the wire which constitutes the second energy-absorbing means can be made longer, and the energy-absorbing time by both the torsion bar and the wire can be extended.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2004Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takao Katayama
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Publication number: 20080120093Abstract: A system for creating a dictionary for speech synthesis is provided. The system has a first dictionary for speech synthesis composed of an aggregation of dictionary data necessary for creating synthesized speech corresponding to an utterance target sentence, and creates, from the first dictionary for speech synthesis, a second dictionary for speech synthesis with a fewer data amount compared to the first dictionary for speech synthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2007Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masamichi IZUMIDA, Takao KATAYAMA