Patents by Inventor Takeshi Nomura

Takeshi Nomura 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: 11011933
    Abstract: A contactless electric power supply device configured to widen a range in which power supply is possible to a moving body in a connection direction by supplying electric power from a supply coil to the moving body provided with the receiving coil in a contactless manner and connecting power supply modules provided with the supply coil, wherein, when at least one of the receiving coils is positioned to be able to receiver power from at least one of the supply coils, the contactless electric power supply device performs communication from the power supply module to an alternating module that supplies alternating current and performs communication from the alternating module to the power supply module, and causes a semiconductor switch provided on the power supply module to conduct electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Nomura, Shinji Takikawa, Shinichi Kato
  • Patent number: 11005295
    Abstract: A non-contact power feeding device includes multiple power feeding elements that are disposed spatially separated from one another in a movement direction, an AC power supply that supplies AC power to the power feeding elements, multiple power receiving elements that are provided in a moving body and that receive AC power in a non-contact manner, and a power receiving circuit that converts the AC power received by the power receiving elements and that outputs to an electrical load. When a length of the power feeding elements in the movement direction is LT, a separation distance between the power feeding elements is DT, a length of the power receiving elements in the movement direction is LR, and a separation distance between the power receiving elements is DR, the relationship DT?DR and the relationship (2×LR+DR)?LT are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Nomura, Shinji Takikawa, Masayuki Oki
  • Publication number: 20210065607
    Abstract: A display driver includes a D/A converter circuit outputting a gradation voltage to an output line based on display data, an assist circuit including a capacitor group and a drive circuit outputting a drive signal group to a first end of the capacitor group based on the display data, the assist circuit being coupled to the output line and configured to perform assist driving of the output line, and an amplifier circuit configured to drive an electro-optical panel. The assist circuit includes an output switch provided between a second end of the capacitor group and the output line, the output switch being ON in an assist period, and an initialization switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the capacitor group and a second end to which an initialization voltage is input, and in an initialization period, the output switch and the initialization switch are ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20210014382
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an image, and includes: an inputter that inputs image data; an image former that executes image forming processing to form an image on a sheet for each page with the image data inputted by the inputter; a controller that controls the image data processed at the image former; and a noise detector that detects noise, wherein the controller controls to perform, at the image former, image re-forming processing for a page corresponding to image data when the noise detector has detected noise when the image data is being processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nakazawa, Takeshi Nomura, Nobuhiro Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20210012955
    Abstract: A contactless electric power supply device of the present invention is provided with: multiple supply coils and an alternating current power source arranged on a fixed section; multiple receiving coils and a receiving circuit provided on a moving body; and a face-to-face power supply section provided for each of the multiple supply coils and configured to supply alternating current power from the alternating current power source to the supply coils only when detecting a face-to-face state between the supply coil and the receiving coil; wherein separation distances and lengths in the moving direction of the multiple supply coils and multiple receiving coils are set to satisfy face-to-face conditions, and a receiving circuit converts alternating current power received by at least one of the receiving coils in the face-to-face state and generates a receiving voltage at least equal to a driving voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki OKI, Shinji TAKIKAWA, Takeshi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20210005147
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element.. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAI, Takeshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10873219
    Abstract: Contactless power supply device of the present invention includes: contactless power supply section that supplies AC power in a contactless manner; contactless power receiving section that receives the AC power in a contactless manner; first DC transformer circuit that transforms, to DC load voltage, DC reception-power voltage obtained from the contactless power receiving section and supplies the DC load voltage to first electric load, and that has a reverse transfer function of transferring regenerative power generated by the first electric load in a reverse direction; and second DC transformer circuit that transforms the DC reception-power voltage to DC load voltage and supplies the DC load voltage to second electric load. Accordingly, the generated regenerative power is allocated and made available to the other electric load, and a power storage section is not necessary, which suppresses an increase in the weight and size of the power-receiving-side device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kato, Takeshi Nomura, Masayuki Oki
  • Patent number: 10839767
    Abstract: A display driver includes an operational amplifier, a D/A conversion circuit, a resistance circuit, and a resistance element. The D/A conversion circuit includes first and second variable resistance circuits including one end to which first and second voltages are input and another end connected to an inverting input node. The resistance circuit is provided between the inverting input node and an output node. The resistor is provided between the output node and the inverting input node. A resistance value of the first variable resistance circuit is set based on upper bit data of display data. A resistance value of the second variable resistance circuit is set based on lower bit data of the display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Morita, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 10810947
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasai, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 10797523
    Abstract: A non-contact power supply device of the present invention includes a power supply element provided in a power supply unit, an AC power supply circuit for supplying AC power to the power supply element, a power receiving element provided in the power receiving, a power receiving circuit for outputting a received voltage, obtained by converting AC power received by the power receiving element, to an electric load, a resonance element connected to at least one of the power supply element and the power receiving element to form a resonance circuit; a power supply substrate configured to include the AC power supply circuit, a power receiving substrate configured to include the power receiving circuit, and a resonant substrate configured to include the resonant element. The non-contact power supply device having a versatile substrate configuration can be provided for multiple types of power supply elements and power receiving elements having different characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Takikawa, Takeshi Nomura, Masayuki Oki
  • Publication number: 20200303962
    Abstract: A non-contact power feeding device includes multiple power feeding elements that are disposed spatially separated from one another in a movement direction, an AC power supply that supplies AC power to the power feeding elements, multiple power receiving elements that are provided in a moving body and that receive AC power in a non-contact manner, and a power receiving circuit that converts the AC power received by the power receiving elements and that outputs to an electrical load. When a length of the power feeding elements in the movement, direction is LT, a separation distance between the power feeding elements is DT, a length of the power receiving elements in the movement direction is LR, and a separation distance between the power receiving elements is DR, the relationship DT?DR and the relationship (2×LR+DR)?LT are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi NOMURA, Shinji Takikawa, Masayuki Oki
  • Publication number: 20200303957
    Abstract: A contactless electric power supply device configured to widen a range in which power supply is possible to a moving body in a connection direction by supplying electric power from a supply coil to the moving body provided with the receiving coil in a contactless manner and connecting power supply modules provided with the supply coil, wherein, when at least one of the receiving coils is positioned to be able to receiver power from at least one of the supply coils, the contactless electric power supply device performs communication from the power supply module to an alternating module that supplies alternating current and performs communication from the alternating module to the power supply module, and causes a semiconductor switch provided on the power supply module to conduct electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi NOMURA, Shinji TAKIKAWA, Shinichi KATO
  • Patent number: 10783849
    Abstract: A display driver includes a first data voltage output terminal, a first amplifier circuit configured to output a gray scale voltage during a drive time, and to output a first amplifier precharge voltage during a first precharge period, a first precharge line configured to supply a first precharge line voltage, a first amplifier switching element disposed between the first amplifier circuit and the first data voltage output terminal, and a first precharge line switching element disposed between the first precharge line and the first data voltage output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Ishida, Takeshi Nomura, Akihiko Okuda
  • Patent number: 10714046
    Abstract: A display driver includes a driving circuit, a first switch signal output circuit that outputs a first switch signal group to one end of a switch signal line group coupled to first to N-th demultiplexers, and a second switch signal output circuit that outputs a second switch signal group to the other end of the switch signal line group. The first switch signal output circuit sets an output terminal group of the first switch signal group to a high impedance state in a transition period of a voltage level of a switch signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Tomie, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 10692640
    Abstract: A non-contact power feeding coil provided with a coil; and a core that forms a part of a circulating magnetic path that is interlinked to the coil, and used in at least one of a power feeding-side device and a power receiving-side device of a non-contact power feeding system, in which the core is configured to connect three or more core units in one row, and the core units include one or more interlinked core units that are interlinked to the coil and two non-interlinked core units that are not interlinked to the coil respectively disposed on both ends in the connection direction of the one or more interlinked core units. Thereby, it is possible to provide a non-contact power feeding coil that suppresses an increase in leakage flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Takikawa, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20200184917
    Abstract: A display driver includes an operational amplifier, a D/A conversion circuit, a resistance circuit, and a resistance element. The D/A conversion circuit includes first and second variable resistance circuits including one end to which first and second voltages are input and another end connected to an inverting input node. The resistance circuit is provided between the inverting input node and an output node. The resistor is provided between the output node and the inverting input node. A resistance value of the first variable resistance circuit is set based on upper bit data of display data. A resistance value of the second variable resistance circuit is set based on lower bit data of the display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira MORITA, Takeshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10672551
    Abstract: A power feeding coil that configures a non-contact power feeding system is provided. The power feeding coil is provided with a coil through which an AC current of a specific frequency flows, and a core that forms a section of a circulating magnetic path, which is interlinked with the coil. In the coil, a wire having an insulating covering is wound around a conductor, and a covering thickness of the insulating covering is set so that the influence of a proximity effect that occurs at the specific frequency between adjacent portions of the wire is a predetermined amount or less. According to this configuration, it is possible to freely adjust a separation distance between portions of the conductor by altering the covering thickness; and the occurrence of AC loss caused by a proximity effect may be appropriately suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Oki, Shinji Takikawa, Takeshi Nomura, Takahiro Jindo
  • Patent number: 10616435
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor that performs: obtaining first information related to ambient electromagnetic radiation of the electronic apparatus in an environment having at least one other electronic apparatus; and controlling operation of either one or both of the electronic apparatus and the at least one other electronic apparatus with reference to the result of the comparison of a level of ambient electromagnetic radiation of the electronic apparatus to an allowable limit of electromagnetic radiation exposure of the electronic apparatus, the level of ambient electromagnetic radiation being included in the first information obtained by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Matsuo, Takeshi Nomura, Yoshiki Nakazawa, Toshinori Inomoto
  • Patent number: 10546541
    Abstract: A drive circuit of a display device includes a plurality of latch circuits that latch grayscale data for each block, a plurality of conversion circuits that convert grayscale data latched in a plurality of latch circuits into a plurality of analog grayscale signals, a plurality of transmission paths that transmit the plurality of analog grayscale signals, a selection circuit that generates a plurality of selection signals for selecting data lines in one block in sequence out of the plurality of data lines, and an output circuit connected between a plurality of transmission paths and the data lines in each block and that outputs the plurality of analog grayscale signals to the data lines in one block selected in sequence by the plurality of selection signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tamura, Takeshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20200020284
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KASAI, Takeshi NOMURA