Patents by Inventor Toru Tanaka

Toru Tanaka 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: 20200106396
    Abstract: An offset drift compensation circuit for correcting offset drift that changes with temperature. In one example, offset drift compensation circuit includes a low temperature offset compensation circuit and a high temperature offset circuit. The low temperature offset compensation circuit is configured to compensate for drift in offset at a first rate below a selected temperature. The high temperature offset compensation circuit is configured to compensate for drift in offset at a second rate above the selected temperature. The first rate is different from the second rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shyamsunder BALASUBRAMANIAN, Wenxiao TAN, Mayank GARG, Toru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200096984
    Abstract: An alarm display system includes: a database configured to store a plurality of sets of predetermined events, occurrence probabilities of the events, checking situations of the events, and countermeasure policies of the events in association with the sets; an alarm information acquisition unit configured to acquire alarm information indicating that the events occur in monitoring target devices; a support information addition unit configured to add support information for supporting determination of a countermeasure for the alarm information according to information stored in the database, to the acquired alarm information; and a display unit configured to display alarm display information in which the support information is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto KISHI, Satoru MORI, Yuki NAKAZAWA, Toru TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10587268
    Abstract: A gate driver includes a drive signal input terminal, a drive signal output terminal, a gate drive circuit, and a serial communication interface. The drive signal input terminal is configured to receive a gate drive signal. The gate drive circuit is coupled to the drive signal input terminal and the drive signal output terminal. The gate drive circuit is configured to provide the gate drive signal to the drive signal output terminal. The serial communication interface is coupled to the drive signal input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiong Li, Toru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200067400
    Abstract: A gate driver controller, inverter circuit apparatus, and associated discharge method for electric vehicles are disclosed. An example gate driver controller includes a mode determiner to set a mode of operation of the gate driver. The example device includes a gate driver control to control the gate driver to set the gate driver to: a) on, b) off, or c) generate a pulse width modulation signal. When in a first operating mode and set to on, stored energy is to be transferred from a capacitor to a motor winding inductor via a power transistor activated by the gate driver to dissipate a first portion of the stored energy. When in a second operating mode, a second portion of the stored energy is to be transferred from the motor winding inductor to the power transistor to dissipate the second portion of the stored energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Xiong Li, Toru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200010224
    Abstract: To provide a judgement supporting system being able to support the judgement work of the pharmacist who judges the results of the package processing and a medicine dispensing apparatus. A judgement supporting system 1 comprises a packaging unit 504 performing a package processing for packaging one or a plurality of tablets in a wrapping material for every administration timing based on formulation data; and a shifted-back detection part 510 for determining occasion of a shifted-back defect when at least a part of the tablets to be charged in a first wrapping material in the package processings is wrapped in a second wrapping material being next to the first wrapping material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki KOIKE, Toru TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10530308
    Abstract: An offset drift compensation circuit for correcting offset drift that changes with temperature. In one example, offset drift compensation circuit includes a low temperature offset compensation circuit and a high temperature offset circuit. The low temperature offset compensation circuit is configured to compensate for drift in offset at a first rate below a selected temperature. The high temperature offset compensation circuit is configured to compensate for drift in offset at a second rate above the selected temperature. The first rate is different from the second rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shyamsunder Balasubramanian, Wenxiao Tan, Mayank Garg, Toru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190341917
    Abstract: A system comprises a gate driver that is configured to couple to a transistor disposed in a transistor module via a first pin. The gate driver comprises a duty cycle measurement circuit having a first input terminal and a first output terminal, the first input terminal coupled to a second pin via an isolator. The duty cycle measurement circuit comprises a flip-flop, a counter, a shift register, and a comparator. The system comprises an analog to digital converter circuit having a second input terminal, a second output terminal, and a reference terminal, the second input terminal coupled to a third pin configured to couple to a temperature-sensitive device disposed in the transistor module, the second output terminal coupled to a fourth pin via the isolator, and the reference terminal coupled to the first output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Xiong LI, Toru TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10459768
    Abstract: The management system according to the present invention, which manages a plurality of computers, manages instances that are implemented using allocated from the plurality of computers, and selects, from among a plurality of different instance implementation methods, an instance implementation method that matches instance configuration information, which is information including settings for configuring an instance and which includes particular settings, each indicating whether the instance needs to monopolize a physical resource, said selection being based the instance configuration information. The plurality of computers provide physical resources to the instance on the basis of the selected instance implementation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsumi Terayama, Toru Tanaka, Keisuke Hatasaki
  • Patent number: 10435421
    Abstract: Shown is a method for producing an N-silylaminoalkylsilane compound. The N-silylaminoalkylsilane compound is produced by allowing an aminoalkylsilane compound to react with a monochlorosilane compound in the presence of a tertiary amine compound having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 7 or more and a polar surface area (PSA) of 12 ?2 or more. The aminoalkylsilane compound is a compound represented by formula (1), for example. In formula (1), R1 is alkyl having 1 to 5 carbons; R2 is hydrogen, phenyl or 2-aminoethyl; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and n is 0, 1 or 2. A reaction is as described in (ZZ) below, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Terasawa, Chisato Tsuruoka, Toru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190296695
    Abstract: An offset drift compensation circuit for correcting offset drift that changes with temperature. In one example, offset drift compensation circuit includes a low temperature offset compensation circuit and a high temperature offset circuit. The low temperature offset compensation circuit is configured to compensate for drift in offset at a first rate below a selected temperature. The high temperature offset compensation circuit is configured to compensate for drift in offset at a second rate above the selected temperature. The first rate is different from the second rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Shyamsunder BALASUBRAMANIAN, Wenxiao TAN, Mayank GARG, Toru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190264573
    Abstract: An acquisition unit is configured to acquire measurement values of a target device. The measurement values that are acquired include at least a temperature and a flow rate of an input fluid to be input to the target device, and a temperature and a flow rate of an output fluid to be output from the target device. A correction unit is configured to obtain a correction measurement value by which the measurement values are corrected through thermal equilibrium calculations based on the measurement values. A distance calculation unit is configured to calculate a Mahalanobis distance with a factor of the correction measurement value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Ichiro NAGANO, Kuniaki AOYAMA, Mayumi SAITO, Shintaro KUMANO, Katsuhiko ABE, Toru TANAKA, Takahiro YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10393052
    Abstract: A target injector valve opening period is calculated based on a target fuel injection amount, and an injector (2) is controlled by a current supply control unit (51) in accordance with an injector drive period acquired based on the target injector valve opening period. An actual valve closing delay period is calculated based on a drive waveform of the injector (2) at this time, and a difference between an actual valve closing delay period and a valve closing delay period calculated from a target injector valve opening period is learned. Then, the injector drive period is corrected by feedback control using a result of this learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Makino, Toru Tanaka, Osamu Maeda, Hideki Hagari, Hiroyuki Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20190245541
    Abstract: A gate driver includes a drive signal input terminal, a drive signal output terminal, a gate drive circuit, and a serial communication interface. The drive signal input terminal is configured to receive a gate drive signal. The gate drive circuit is coupled to the drive signal input terminal and the drive signal output terminal. The gate drive circuit is configured to provide the gate drive signal to the drive signal output terminal. The serial communication interface is coupled to the drive signal input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Xiong Li, Toru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190225630
    Abstract: Shown is a method for producing an N-silylaminoalkylsilane compound. The N-silylaminoalkylsilane compound is produced by allowing an aminoalkylsilane compound to react with a monochlorosilane compound in the presence of a tertiary amine compound having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 7 or more and a polar surface area (PSA) of 12 ?2 or more. The aminoalkylsilane compound is a compound represented by formula (1), for example. In formula (1), R1 is alkyl having 1 to 5 carbons; R2 is hydrogen, phenyl or 2-aminoethyl; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and n is 0, 1 or 2. A reaction is as described in (ZZ) below, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi TERASAWA, Chisato TSURUOKA, Toru TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10351384
    Abstract: A linear body that may be smoothly removed from a bobbin. The bobbin includes a guide tube, a pair of flanges provided on the ends of the guide tube, and a winding drum sandwiched between the pair of flanges. One flange is removably attached to one end of the guide tube and the other flange is fixedly secured to the other end of said guide tube. The winding drum includes a plurality of split drum plates separated by a plurality of slits. A biasing mechanism for biasing each split drum plate inwardly is provided. When the detachable flange has been attached, the split drum plates are supported at both ends from the inner side thereof by supporting projections on the inner surface of each of the flanges. When the detachable flange is removed, the split drum plates move inwardly owing to the respective biasing mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: TOKYO ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., GOHDA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsugu Gohda, Toru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190211077
    Abstract: Provided are: an Fc-binding protein having improved stability, particularly to heat and acid; a method for producing the protein; an antibody adsorbent using the protein; and a method for separating the antibodies using the adsorbent. Specifically provided are: an Fc-binding protein having improved stability to heat and acid, achieved by substituting an amino-acid residue in a specific position in the extracellular region of human FcyRIIIa with another specific amino acid; a method for producing the protein; an antibody adsorbent using the protein; and a method for separating the antibodies using the adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu ASAOKA, Toru TANAKA, Yosuke TERAO, Naoki YAMANAKA, Natsuko KIZU, Masaru AOKI, Teruhiko IDE
  • Patent number: 10344699
    Abstract: A microcomputer is configured to: calculate, the drive period of a previous injection, an injection interval, and an uncorrected target drive period for a current injection; obtain a correction period by increasing an internal variable from zero in proportion to the drive period of the previous injection during this drive period, attenuating the internal variable at a first-order delay during the injection interval, dividing the internal variable by a coefficient of the proportion at a start time point of the present current supply, and setting a result of the division as the correction period; and set a period obtained by subtracting the correction period from the uncorrected target drive period as a current drive period, to thereby supply a signal indicating the current drive period to the injector via a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Tomokazu Makino, Hiroyuki Fukuyama, Takeji Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20190197723
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes search area calculation means for calculating a search area size on the basis of a pixel size of at least one image among a first image and a second image, position obtaining means for obtaining a position of interest on the first image and a correspondence position on the second image corresponding to the position of interest, search area setting means for setting a search area made up of the search area size in a surrounding of the correspondence position on the second image, and difference means for deciding a difference value corresponding to the position of interest on a basis of a density value of the position of interest on the first image and density values of a plurality of positions in the search area on the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Kiyohide Satoh, Ryo Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190197687
    Abstract: An apparatus acquires a first converted image by converting resolution of a first image of a subject into first resolution, acquires a second converted image by converting resolution of a second image into the first resolution, acquires first deformation information for executing image registration between the first converted image and the second converted image with the first resolution, and generates a subtraction image with the first resolution based on the first deformation information, the subtraction image showing a difference between the first converted image and the second converted image, or generates a second subtraction image based on second deformation information obtained in such a manner that resolution of the first deformation information is converted into the resolution of the first image, the second subtraction image showing a difference between the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Minami, Ryo Ishikawa, Toru Tanaka, Kiyohide Satoh, Keita Nakagomi
  • Publication number: 20190197917
    Abstract: A guidance information presentation system includes an operation data collection unit configured to collect operation data of a plant, an operation mode determination unit configured to determine an operation mode of a plant device provided in the plant on the basis of the collected operation data, and a guidance information presentation unit configured to present guidance information according to the operation mode. Further, the guidance information presentation unit is configured to present the guidance information according to an operation state of the plant device or a department to which operating staff belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Akihisa ENDO, Yui KANAMURA, Toru TANAKA, Takahiro YAMAUCHI, Hiroki SUGINO