Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Uchida
Tetsuya Uchida 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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Patent number: 9924119Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of imaging pixels configured to generate an image, and a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform phase difference detection are arranged, each of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of floating diffusions configured to convert charges stored in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units into voltage, and a plurality of amplification transistors configured to amplify the converted voltage in the plurality of floating diffusions.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Ishiwata, Hideo Kido, Norihiro Kubo, Tetsuya Uchida
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Publication number: 20180013424Abstract: This invention, is concerning a signal voltage device, in which transformers 22a, 22b and a reception circuit 24 are formed on the same chip, and accordingly, no ESD protective element connected to a transformer connection terminal of the reception circuit 24 is required, and negative pulses generated in reception-side inductors 11 can be used in signal transmission. Signal transmission using both positive pulses and negative pulses is made possible as a result, and a stable signal transmission operation can be carried out even in a case where delay time varies in a signal detection circuit. Further, a reception circuit of low power consumption can be configured by using a single-ended Schmitt trigger circuit 14 in the signal detection circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya UCHIDA, Kenichi MOROKUMA
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Patent number: 9814785Abstract: The invention provides a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of hepatitis C in a mammal with a peptide-bound liposome wherein the peptide contains a partial amino acid sequence having a length of not less than 9 amino acids in the amino acid sequence of hepatitis C virus NS3 protein, has a length of 9 to 11 amino acids, and is capable of inducing cytotoxic T lymphocytes; the liposome contains a phospholipid containing an acyl group having 14 to 24 carbon atoms and one unsaturated bond or a hydrocarbon group having 14 to 24 carbon atoms and one unsaturated bond, and a liposome stabilizer; and the peptide is bound to the surface of the liposome. The invention also provides a cytotoxic T lymphocyte activator containing the peptide-bound liposome, as well as a hepatitis C virus vaccine.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignees: Saitama Medical University, Japan as represented by the Director-General of National Institute of Infectious Diseases, NOF CorporationInventors: Toshitaka Akatsuka, Tetsuya Uchida, Maiko Taneichi, Ai Mikuma, Shoichi Yokoyama
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Patent number: 9755756Abstract: A transmission device includes: a payload generator configured to generate a payload; and an adding unit configured to add payload information on the payload to the payload, wherein the payload to which the payload information is added is transmitted via a first lane, and management information on the first lane is transmitted via a second lane.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Katsuhiro Shirai, Tetsuya Uchida, Hayato Furukawa
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Publication number: 20170237920Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of imaging pixels configured to generate an image, and a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform phase difference detection are arranged, each of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of floating diffusions configured to convert charges stored in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units into voltage, and a plurality of amplification transistors configured to amplify the converted voltage in the plurality of floating diffusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Hiroaki Ishiwata, Hideo Kido, Norihiro Kubo, Tetsuya Uchida
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Patent number: 9641780Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of imaging pixels configured to generate an image, and a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform phase difference detection are arranged, each of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of floating diffusions configured to convert charges stored in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units into voltage, and a plurality of amplification transistors configured to amplify the converted voltage in the plurality of floating diffusions.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Ishiwata, Hideo Kido, Norihiro Kubo, Tetsuya Uchida
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Publication number: 20170106121Abstract: There is provided a method for producing an artificial retina in which an organic dye compound that induces a receptor potential responding to photostimulation is fixed on a polymer sheet substrate, comprising a bonding step of immersing the substrate in a solution containing the organic dye compound to chemically bond the organic dye compound to the substrate; a first washing step of washing with water the substrate to which the organic dye compound has been chemically bonded; and a second washing step of, after the first washing step, washing with an organic solvent the substrate to which the organic dye compound has been chemically bonded. Thus, there can be provided an artificial retina which has excellent mechanical properties such as elongation at break and good biocompatibility, and is capable of inducing a receptor potential responding to photostimulation with high sensitivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Tetsuya UCHIDA, Toshihiko MATSUO
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Patent number: 9502954Abstract: A signal transmission circuit includes, in each of a first circuit connected to a first coil of an insulating transformer and a second circuit connected to a second coil of the insulating transformer, a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, a coil-side switching circuit, an input/output-side switching circuit, an abnormality detection circuit, a delay circuit, and a direction control section. In the signal transmission circuit, the direction control section controls the switching circuit to switch a signal direction between input and output, and the switching circuit switches between transmission and reception. The delay circuit delays a received signal and returns the resultant signal to the transmitting side, and the abnormality detection circuit detects abnormality to perform self-diagnosis.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenichi Morokuma, Jun Tomisawa, Tetsuya Uchida, Kazuyasu Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9328711Abstract: In a control unit for a vehicle, a redundancy circuit includes a main power source line, a back-up power source line, and a diode. The back-up power source line performs a voltage compensation operation when a voltage of the main power source line is lower than a predetermined voltage. The back-up power source line is turned on when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the main power source line is turned on. The back-up power source line is turned off when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the main power source line is turned off. The diode is disposed on the back-up power source line. The fault detector detects an open fault of the diode when a voltage of a cathode of the diode is lower than a predetermined threshold within the predetermined period of time after the main power source line is turned off.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsuya Uchida
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Publication number: 20160020686Abstract: A signal transmission circuit (1000) includes, in each of a first circuit (100) connected to a first coil (110) of an insulating transformer (10) and a second circuit (200) connected to a second coil (210) of the insulating transformer (10), a transmitting circuit (120, 220), a receiving circuit (130, 230), a coil-side switching circuit (140, 240), an input/output-side switching circuit (150, 250), an abnormality detection circuit (160, 260), a delay circuit (170, 270), and a direction control section (180, 280). In the signal transmission circuit (1000), the direction control section (180, 280) controls the switching circuit (150, 250) to switch a signal direction between input and output, and the switching circuit (140, 240) switches between transmission and reception. The delay circuit (170, 270) delays a received signal and returns the resultant signal to the transmitting side, and the abnormality detection circuit (160, 260) detects abnormality to perform self-diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenichi MOROKUMA, Jun TOMISAWA, Tetsuya UCHIDA, Kzauyasu NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20150381280Abstract: A transmission device includes: a payload generator configured to generate a payload; and an adding unit configured to add payload information on the payload to the payload, wherein the payload to which the payload information is added is transmitted via a first lane, and management information on the first lane is transmitted via a second lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Katsuhiro SHIRAI, Tetsuya Uchida, Hayato Furukawa
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Publication number: 20150343089Abstract: The invention provides a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of hepatitis C in a mammal with a peptide-bound liposome wherein the peptide contains a partial amino acid sequence having a length of not less than 9 amino acids in the amino acid sequence of hepatitis C virus NS3 protein, has a length of 9 to 11 amino acids, and is capable of inducing cytotoxic T lymphocytes; the liposome contains a phospholipid containing an acyl group having 14 to 24 carbon atoms and one unsaturated bond or a hydrocarbon group having 14 to 24 carbon atoms and one unsaturated bond, and a liposome stabilizer; and the peptide is bound to the surface of the liposome. The invention also provides a cytotoxic T lymphocyte activator containing the peptide-bound liposome, as well as a hepatitis C virus vaccine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Toshitaka AKATSUKA, Tetsuya UCHIDA, Maiko TANEICHI, Ai MIKUMA, Shoichi YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 9074360Abstract: To provide a flow channel opening/closing apparatus that can keep the instantaneous flow rate of supply water, quickly open and close a main valve for starting and stopping water supply and be downsized. A flush valve CV, which is such a flow channel opening/closing apparatus, incorporates constant flow rate keeping part that operates to keep constant the main flow rate of water flowing from a primary-side internal flow channel 20 to a secondary-side internal flow channel 30, and the constant flow rate keeping part has a constant flow rate valve body 44 and a constant flow rate valve seat, operates to adjust the distance between the constant flow rate valve body 44 and the constant flow rate valve seat, and is configured as an integral valve member including a main valve body 42 and the constant flow rate valve body 44.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Onodera, Tsubasa Miyake, Tetsuya Uchida, Takuya Oshikawa, Takamasa Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150124139Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of imaging pixels configured to generate an image, and a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform phase difference detection are arranged, each of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of floating diffusions configured to convert charges stored in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units into voltage, and a plurality of amplification transistors configured to amplify the converted voltage in the plurality of floating diffusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Hiroaki Ishiwata, Hideo Kido, Norihiro Kubo, Tetsuya Uchida
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Patent number: 8903611Abstract: A vehicle-occupant protection system in a vehicle has a first sensor and a second sensor on a lateral side closer to a seat of an occupant. The first sensor is either forward of or lateral to the seat of the occupant in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The second sensor is rearward of the first sensor. The system further includes a collision determination section, which concludes an occurrence of a collision when a signal of the first sensor exceeds a determination threshold value in a situation where a signal of the second sensor has not exceeded a determination threshold value. Upon concluding the occurrence of the collision, the collision determination section activates a movement restraint device to restrain the occupant from moving away from the seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignees: Denso Corporation, Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Uchida, Noriyoshi Baba, Junichi Oorai, Shoji Doi, Mitsuhiro Tsujiguchi, Shinya Motomura
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Patent number: 8828929Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a novel CTL epitope peptide of the SARS coronavirus. The present invention provides a peptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 23 and 24.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: Nof Corporation, Saitama Medical University, Japan as Represented by Director-General of National Institute of Infectious DiseasesInventors: Masanori Matsui, Tetsuya Uchida, Hiroshi Oda
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Publication number: 20140172237Abstract: A vehicle-occupant protection system in a vehicle has a first sensor and a second sensor on a lateral side closer to a seat of an occupant. The first sensor is either forward of or lateral to the seat of the occupant in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The second sensor is rearward of the first sensor. The system further includes a collision determination section, which concludes an occurrence of a collision when a signal of the first sensor exceeds a determination threshold value in a situation where a signal of the second sensor has not exceeded a determination threshold value. Upon concluding the occurrence of the collision, the collision determination section activates a movement restraint device to restrain the occupant from moving away from the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicants: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Uchida, Noriyoshi Baba, Junichi Oorai, Shoji Doi, Mitsuhiro Tsujiguchi, Shinya Motomura
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Patent number: 8705570Abstract: A communication device includes a control signal generating unit to generate a control signal for each of a plurality of second frames, and a mapping unit to map a payload signal of the plurality of second frames in a payload area of a first frame, and map at least some of the control signals generated by the control signal generating unit in a control signal area of the first frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Tetsuya Uchida, Takashi Kuwabara
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Patent number: 8675501Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a processor that is operative to terminate a first line performing a communication using a digital wrapper, to terminate a signal on a second line performing a communication using Gigabit Ethernet, to apply a transparent transcoding process to a terminated signal and the signal received from the second line and to output these signals; and wherein when a fault occurs in a communication performed through the first line and when there is no response for a predetermined time period after an auto negotiation restart signal is reported to an opposite apparatus on a second line side, to report information indicating an occurrence of the fault to the opposite apparatus by using a signal of a MAC (Media Access Control) frame format.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Tetsuya Uchida, Takashi Kuwabara
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Patent number: 8506857Abstract: An injection compression molding method of a lens is provided, where a toggle link mechanism (65) is actuated to close a molding die (50) and a movable die plate (64) is moved to a position establishing a cavity thickness of greater than a thickness of an article to be molded while the die is closed. After injecting a molten resin into the cavity, the molten resin is sealed in the cavity and the toggle link mechanism (65) is actuated to advance the movable die plate (64) toward a fixed die plate (61), the relative position of a rear die plate (62) and the movable die plate (64) is made constant at a position where extension of a tie bar (63) becomes a predetermined value, and the molten resin is cooled for a predetermined time after completion of pressurizing the resin.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventors: Tatsuo Nishimoto, Kiyohiro Saito, Kenji Tanagawa, Tetsuya Uchida