Patents by Inventor Yasuo Miyake
Yasuo Miyake 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: 11284016Abstract: A camera system includes an imaging device configured to change sensitivity according to an instruction from a user; a display; and a graphic interface unit that causes the display to selectively display a first image for receiving the instruction for continuously changing the sensitivity and a second image for receiving the instruction for changing the sensitivity stepwise.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazuko Nishimura, Yasuo Miyake, Sanshiro Shishido
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Publication number: 20220046192Abstract: An imaging device including pixels each including: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode of each of the pixels being electrically connected to each other; and a transistor having a gate electrically connected to the first electrode. The imaging device further including voltage supply circuitry electrically connected to the second electrode, in which the voltage supply circuitry supplies a first voltage to the second electrode in an exposure period, the voltage supply circuitry supplies a second voltage to the second electrode in a non-exposure period, an a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode in the non-exposure period is less than a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode in the exposure period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Yasuo MIYAKE, Masashi Murakami, Tokuhiko Tamaki, Yoshiaki Satou
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Publication number: 20210385366Abstract: A camera system including an imaging device that captures a first image by a normal exposure including only one exposure and that captures a second image by a multiple exposure including a plurality of exposures; and a control circuit. The the imaging device captures the second image in a first frame period, and the control circuit determines, based on the second image captured in the first frame period, whether to capture an image by the normal exposure or capture an image by the multiple exposure in a second frame period following the first frame period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Yoshiaki SATOU, Sanshiro SHISHIDO, Yasuo MIYAKE, Kazuko NISHIMURA, Hiroshi IWAI, Osamu SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20210375998Abstract: An imaging device includes pixels. Each of the pixels includes a counter electrode, a pixel electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer that includes carbon nanotubes. The pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel. The pixel electrode of the first pixel and the pixel electrode of the second pixel are isolated from each other. Carbon nanotubes included in the photoelectric conversion layer in at least one selected from the group consisting of the first pixel and the second pixel include at least one first carbon nanotube that satisfies A<B, where A denotes length of a carbon nanotube in a direction in which the pixel electrode of the first pixel and the pixel electrode of the second pixel are arranged and B denotes length of a gap between the pixel electrode of the first pixel and the pixel electrode of the second pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: SANSHIRO SHISHIDO, YASUO MIYAKE
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Patent number: 11184563Abstract: An imaging device including pixels having a photoelectric converter including a first and second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer; a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the first electrode; and a signal detection circuit. The photoelectric converter is applied with a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the photoelectric converter has a characteristic, responsive to the voltage within a range from a first voltage to a second voltage, showing that a density of current passing between the first electrode and the second electrode when light is incident on the photoelectric conversion layer becomes substantially equal to that when no light is incident on the photoelectric conversion layer. A difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is 0.5 V or more, and the voltage supply circuit supplies a voltage between the first voltage and the second voltage to the second electrode in a non-exposure period.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuo Miyake, Masashi Murakami, Tokuhiko Tamaki, Yoshiaki Satou
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Patent number: 11128806Abstract: A camera system includes an imaging device that acquires a first image by a normal exposure including only one exposure and that acquires a second image by a multiple exposure including a plurality of exposures; and an image processor that extracts a feature value of a first object in the first image and that identifies one or more locations corresponding to the feature value in the second image.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Satou, Sanshiro Shishido, Yasuo Miyake, Kazuko Nishimura, Hiroshi Iwai, Osamu Shibata
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Publication number: 20210266481Abstract: An imaging system includes a first illuminator that emits light whose intensity varies with time; and a first imaging device that comprises a first imaging cell; and a first bias control line. The first imaging cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode electrically connected to the first bias control line, and a photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode. During a first period from a reset of the first imaging cell until a readout of signal charge accumulated in the first imaging cell, the first bias control line supplies to the second electrode a first bias control signal. The first bias control signal is synchronized with the intensity of the light varying with time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Katsuya NOZAWA, Yasuo MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20210250487Abstract: An imaging device including a pixel, and a controller that sets a sensitivity of the pixel according to an external signal, where the external signal includes sound, vibration or inclination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Yoshiaki SATOU, Yasuo MIYAKE, Yasunori INOUE, Tokuhiko TAMAKI
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Publication number: 20210235030Abstract: An imaging device including a pixel array including pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter including a first and second electrode, and a first photoelectric conversion layer between the first and second electrode, and a transistor having a gate coupled to the first electrode, the transistor outputting a signal corresponding to an amount of the signal charge collected by the first electrode. The device further including voltage supply circuitry coupled to the second electrode of each of the pixels, where the voltage supply circuitry, in each of consecutive frame periods, supplies a first voltage two or more times to form exposure periods in which the signal charge is collected by the first electrode, and supplies a second voltage one or more times to form non-exposure periods that separate the exposure periods from each other, and start time of each of the exposure periods is periodic over the consecutive frame periods.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventor: Yasuo MIYAKE
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Patent number: 11072234Abstract: A straddled vehicle includes a vehicle body frame supporting a front wheel and a rear wheel, a seat fixed to the vehicle body frame, an engine, a fuel tank, and a canister to adsorb vaporized gas generated by evaporation of a fuel inside the fuel tank. The engine includes a crankshaft that rotates around a crank axis extending in the left-right direction and located lower than the seat. The fuel tank is located farther forward than the seat and higher than the engine. The canister is connected to the fuel tank through a gas pipe. The canister is located farther forward than the crank axis and lower than the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazunari Takata, Yasuo Miyake
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Publication number: 20210203867Abstract: An imaging device including a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into an electric charge; a transfer transistor; a first node coupled to the photoelectric converter via the transfer transistor; a first signal detection transistor having a gate coupled to the first node; a second signal detection transistor having a gate coupled to the photoelectric converter; a signal line coupled to one of a source and a drain of the first signal detection transistor; a first transistor coupled to the first node; and a second transistor coupled to the photoelectric converter, wherein one of the source and the drain of the first signal detection transistor is coupled to the first transistor, one of a source and a drain of the second signal detection transistor is coupled to the second transistor, and no transistor is coupled between the photoelectric converter and the gate of the second signal detection transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Takayoshi Yamada, Yasuo MIYAKE, Masashi MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210195085Abstract: An image recognition apparatus includes a processing circuit and a control circuit. The processing circuit receives a first image obtained by performing multiple-exposure image capturing of a first subject. The processing circuit uses the first image to calculate a recognition accuracy of the first subject. The control circuit changes a condition of the multiple-exposure image capturing in a case where the recognition accuracy is lower than a recognition accuracy threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventor: YASUO MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20210185261Abstract: An imaging device 100 includes a pixel array PA. A first period, a third period, and a second period appear in this order in a first frame. During the first period, pixel signal readout is performed on a first row in the pixel array PA. During the second period, pixel signal readout is performed on a second row in the pixel array PA. Each of the first period and the second period is a high-sensitivity exposure period. The third period is a low-sensitivity exposure period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: YASUO MIYAKE, YUSUKE OKADA, TAKEYOSHI TOKUHARA, YOSHIAKI SATOU
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Publication number: 20210167101Abstract: An imaging device includes: a photoelectric converter including first and second electrodes, and a photoelectric conversion layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode; a voltage supply circuit applying a bias voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; an amplifier transistor including a gate electrically connected to the second electrode, the amplifier transistor configured to output a signal corresponding to a potential of the second electrode; and a detection circuit configured to detect a level of the signal from the amplifier transistor. The voltage supply circuit applies the bias voltage in a first voltage range when the level detected by the detection circuit is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, and applies the bias voltage in a second voltage range that is greater than the first voltage range when the level detected by the detection circuit is less than a second threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Masashi MURAKAMI, Kazuko NISHIMURA, Yasuo MIYAKE, Yasunori INOUE
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Patent number: 11025832Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel including a photoelectric converter, where the pixel captures first data in a first exposure period and captures second data in a second exposure period different from the first exposure period, the first exposure period and the second exposure period being included in a frame period. A sensitivity of the photoelectric converter in the first exposure period is different from a sensitivity of the photoelectric converter in the second exposure period, and the imaging device generates multiple-exposure image data including at least the first data and the second data.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Satou, Yasuo Miyake, Yasunori Inoue, Tokuhiko Tamaki
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Patent number: 11025847Abstract: An imaging device including a first imaging cell having a variable sensitivity; and a first sensitivity control line electrically connected to the first imaging cell, where the first imaging cell comprises a photoelectron conversion area that generates a signal charge by incidence of light, and a signal detection circuit that detects the signal charge. The photoelectron conversion area includes a first electrode, a translucent second electrode connected to the first sensitivity control line, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and during an exposure period from a reset of the first imaging cell until a readout of the signal charge accumulated in the first imaging cell by exposure, the first sensitivity control line supplies to the first imaging cell a first sensitivity control signal having a waveform expressed by a first function.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuya Nozawa, Yasuo Miyake
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Patent number: 11006057Abstract: An imaging device including a pixel including: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first photoelectric conversion layer, the first photoelectric conversion layer generating signal charge, and a transistor having a gate coupled to the first electrode, the transistor outputting a signal corresponding to an amount of the signal charge collected by the first electrode. The imaging device further includes voltage supply circuitry coupled to the second electrode, which, in each of consecutive frame periods, supplies a first voltage two or more times to form exposure periods in which the first signal charge is collected by the first electrode, supplies a second voltage one or more times to form non-exposure periods that separate the exposure periods from each other, and supplies a third voltage in a period when the transistor outputs the signal, and the third voltage is the same between the consecutive frame periods.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuo Miyake
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Patent number: 10979658Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a photoelectric converter that converts light into an electric charge; a transfer transistor; a charge accumulation node coupled to the photoelectric converter via the transfer transistor; a first signal detection transistor having a gate coupled to the charge accumulation node; a first reset transistor one of a source and a drain of which is coupled to the charge accumulation node; and a second reset transistor one of a source and a drain of which is coupled to the photoelectric converter, wherein one of a source and a drain of the first signal detection transistor is coupled to the other of the source and the drain of the first reset transistor and the other of the source and drain of the second reset transistor.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayoshi Yamada, Yasuo Miyake, Masashi Murakami
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Publication number: 20210092312Abstract: An imaging device including a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer; a voltage supply circuit that applies a bias voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; an amplifier transistor including a gate electrically connected to the second electrode, the amplifier transistor being configured to output a signal that corresponds to a potential of the gate; and a detection circuit that is configured to detect a level of the signal from the amplifier transistor. The voltage supply circuit applies the bias voltage in a first voltage range, in a case where the level detected by the detection circuit is less than a first threshold value, and applies the bias voltage in a second voltage range that is greater than the first voltage range, in a case where the level detected by the detection circuit is greater than a second threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Masashi MURAKAMI, Kazuko NISHIMURA, Yasuo MIYAKE, Yasunori INOUE
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Patent number: 10957725Abstract: An imaging device includes: a photoelectric converter including first and second electrodes, and a photoelectric conversion layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode; a voltage supply circuit applying a bias voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode: an amplifier transistor including a gate electrically connected to the second electrode, the amplifier transistor configured to output a signal corresponding to a potential of the second electrode; and a detection circuit configured to detect a level of the signal from the amplifier transistor. The voltage supply circuit applies the bias voltage in a first voltage range when the level detected by the detection circuit is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, and applies the bias voltage in a second voltage range that is greater than the first voltage range when the level detected by the detection circuit is less than a second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Murakami, Kazuko Nishimura, Yasuo Miyake, Yasunori Inoue