Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Iso

Yoshimi Iso 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: 9337858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data processing system which can increase resolution and which has excellent tracking with respect to the switching of a conversion range and is small in conversion error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kakeru Kimura, Yoshimi Iso, Masakazu Okamura, Masashi Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20150288377
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data processing system which can increase resolution and which has excellent tracking with respect to the switching of a conversion range and is small in conversion error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kakeru Kimura, Yoshimi Iso, Masakazu Okamura, Masashi Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 9153271
    Abstract: The optical disc device has a circuit which forms a focus error signal for focus servo control based on reflection light from an optical disc exposed to laser light. Also, the device has a data processing unit which can control by feedback a position to which an objective lens is moved by a focusing actuator based on a focus error signal. In label printing, the data processing unit controls, by feedforward, a position to which the objective lens is moved by the focusing actuator based on control data for label printing. The operation resolution of the focusing actuator in feedforward control is made higher than that in feedback control. Thus, an intended position control accuracy is achieved in feedforward control. For instance, in feedforward control, the gain of the driver circuit for the focusing actuator is switched to a smaller one in comparison to that in feedback control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Mitsuo Hagiwara, Mitsuyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 9065467
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data processing system which can increase resolution and which has excellent tracking with respect to the switching of a conversion range and is small in conversion error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kakeru Kimura, Yoshimi Iso, Masakazu Okamura, Masashi Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8981975
    Abstract: In AD conversion of a voltage, data continuity is ensured between the results of conversion after amplification and of direct conversion without amplification. In AD conversion operation, an analog signal output from a DA converter circuit is directly converted by an AD converter circuit, and the analog signal is converted after amplification with an expected gain of 2?. Based on resultant data, a gain of an amplifier circuit and an offset thereof are calculated. An analog signal to be enhanced in bit precision is amplified by the amplifier circuit and converted by the AD converter circuit, the offset is subtracted from the resultant conversion, and the result is multiplied by a ratio of the expected gain to the calculated gain to cancel gain error. Based on data with gain error canceled, acquisition of bit-extended conversion result data is performed to ensure continuity between data having different degrees of bit precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Kakeru Kimura, Tadashi Matsushima, Yuji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20140347199
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data processing system which can increase resolution and which has excellent tracking with respect to the switching of a conversion range and is small in conversion error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Kakeru Kimura, Yoshimi Iso, Masakazu Okamura, Masashi Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8860593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data processing system which can increase resolution and which has excellent tracking with respect to the switching of a conversion range and is small in conversion error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kakeru Kimura, Yoshimi Iso, Masakazu Okamura, Masashi Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20140286148
    Abstract: The optical disc device has a circuit which forms a focus error signal for focus servo control based on reflection light from an optical disc exposed to laser light. Also, the device has a data processing unit which can control by feedback a position to which an objective lens is moved by a focusing actuator based on a focus error signal. In label printing, the data processing unit controls, by feedforward, a position to which the objective lens is moved by the focusing actuator based on control data for label printing. The operation resolution of the focusing actuator in feedforward control is made higher than that in feedback control. Thus, an intended position control accuracy is achieved in feedforward control. For instance, in feedforward control, the gain of the driver circuit for the focusing actuator is switched to a smaller one in comparison to that in feedback control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshimi ISO, Mitsuo HAGIWARA, Mitsuyuki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 8780680
    Abstract: The optical disc device has a circuit which forms a focus error signal for focus servo control based on reflection light from an optical disc exposed to laser light. Also, the device has a data processing unit which can control by feedback a position to which an objective lens is moved by a focusing actuator based on a focus error signal. In label printing, the data processing unit controls, by feedforward, a position to which the objective lens is moved by the focusing actuator based on control data for label printing. The operation resolution of the focusing actuator in feedforward control is made higher than that in feedback control. Thus, an intended position control accuracy is achieved in feedforward control. For instance, in feedforward control, the gain of the driver circuit for the focusing actuator is switched to a smaller one in comparison to that in feedback control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Mitsuo Hagiwara, Mitsuyuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140055291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data processing system which can increase resolution and which has excellent tracking with respect to the switching of a conversion range and is small in conversion error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Kakeru Kimura, Yoshimi Iso, Masakazu Okamura, Masashi Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8614636
    Abstract: In AD conversion of a voltage, data continuity is ensured between the results of conversion after amplification and of direct conversion without amplification. In AD conversion operation, an analog signal output from a DA converter circuit is directly converted by an AD converter circuit, and the analog signal is converted after amplification with an expected gain of 2n. Based on resultant data, a gain of an amplifier circuit and an offset thereof are calculated. An analog signal to be enhanced in bit precision is amplified by the amplifier circuit and converted by the AD converter circuit, the offset is subtracted from the resultant conversion, and the result is multiplied by a ratio of the expected gain to the calculated gain to cancel gain error. Based on data with gain error canceled, acquisition of bit-extended conversion result data is performed to ensure continuity between data having different degrees of bit precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Kakeru Kimura, Tadashi Matsushima, Yuji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8471737
    Abstract: DA conversion is performed while improving resolution and reducing the influence of errors. A predetermined weight is applied to an output of at least one of a plurality of DA converters to each of which calibration data is given; the resultant outputs are added by an adder. An output of the adder is converted to a digital value by an AD converter. If the predetermined weight has an error outside an allowable range on the basis of the obtained digital value, a calibrating process of obtaining a correction factor for correcting the digital signal to be converted so as to reduce influence of the error is controlled. When a digital signal is to be converted to an analog signal with high precision, the digital signal is corrected with the correction factor, the resultant value is supplied to the DA converters, and DA converted outputs are added by the adder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Akane Hiroshima, Toshiya Tamaki, Masashi Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20130015989
    Abstract: DA conversion is performed while improving resolution and reducing the influence of errors. A predetermined weight is applied to an output of at least one of a plurality of DA converters to each of which calibration data is given; the resultant outputs are added by an adder. An output of the adder is converted to a digital value by an AD converter. If the predetermined weight has an error outside an allowable range on the basis of the obtained digital value, a calibrating process of obtaining a correction factor for correcting the digital signal to be converted so as to reduce influence of the error is controlled. When a digital signal is to be converted to an analog signal with high precision, the digital signal is corrected with the correction factor, the resultant value is supplied to the DA converters, and DA converted outputs are added by the adder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Akane Hiroshima, Toshiya Tamaki, Masashi Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20120062403
    Abstract: In AD conversion of a voltage, data continuity is ensured between the results of conversion after amplification and of direct conversion without amplification. In AD conversion operation, an analog signal output from a DA converter circuit is directly converted by an AD converter circuit, and the analog signal is converted after amplification with an expected gain of 2n. Based on resultant data, a gain of an amplifier circuit and an offset thereof are calculated. An analog signal to be enhanced in bit precision is amplified by the amplifier circuit and converted by the AD converter circuit, the offset is subtracted from the resultant conversion, and the result is multiplied by a ratio of the expected gain to the calculated gain to cancel gain error. Based on data with gain error canceled, acquisition of bit-extended conversion result data is performed to ensure continuity between data having different degrees of bit precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshimi ISO, Kakeru Kimura, Tadashi Matsushima, Yuji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8077065
    Abstract: In AD conversion of a voltage under measurement, data continuity is ensured between the result of conversion after amplification by using an amplifier circuit and the result of direct conversion without using the amplifier circuit. In AD conversion operation using a DA converter circuit, an amplifier circuit, and an AD converter circuit under the direction of a control circuit, an analog signal output from the DA converter circuit is directly converted by the AD converter circuit, and also the analog signal is converted therein after amplified by the amplifier circuit with an expected gain of 2n (ā€œnā€ represents a positive integer). Based on resultant data thus obtained, a gain of the amplifier circuit and an offset thereof are calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Kakeru Kimura, Tadashi Matsushima, Yuji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20110255386
    Abstract: The optical disc device has a circuit which forms a focus error signal for focus servo control based on reflection light from an optical disc exposed to laser light. Also, the device has a data processing unit which can control by feedback a position to which an objective lens is moved by a focusing actuator based on a focus error signal. In label printing, the data processing unit controls, by feedforward, a position to which the objective lens is moved by the focusing actuator based on control data for label printing. The operation resolution of the focusing actuator in feedforward control is made higher than that in feedback control. Thus, an intended position control accuracy is achieved in feedforward control. For instance, in feedforward control, the gain of the driver circuit for the focusing actuator is switched to a smaller one in comparison to that in feedback control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimi ISO, Mitsuo HAGIWARA, Mitsuyuki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 7995431
    Abstract: The optical disc device has a circuit 4 which forms a focus error signal FER for focus servo control based on reflection light from an optical disc exposed to laser light. A data processing unit 2 can control by feedback a position to which an objective lens is moved by a focusing actuator 30 based on the focus error signal. In label printing, the data processing unit controls, by feedforward, a position to which the objective lens is moved by the focusing actuator based on control data for label printing. The operation resolution of the focusing actuator in feedforward control is made higher than that in feedback control. Thus, an intended position control accuracy is achieved in feedforward control. For instance, in feedforward control, the gain of the driver circuit 40 for the focusing actuator is switched to a smaller one in comparison to that in feedback control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Mitsuo Hagiwara, Mitsuyuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20100283759
    Abstract: Detecting a touch on a touch sensor is performed using a microcomputer without requiring a large-resistance resistor. A capacitive electrode of the touch sensor is coupled to an external terminal of the microcomputer. The microcomputer comprises a current source circuit (e.g., constant current circuit) and an interface section which are coupled to the external terminal, a counter circuit coupled to the interface section, and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU, after initializing accumulated charge on the touch sensor by an output circuit of the interface section, integrates charge onto the touch sensor with an output current of the current source circuit, acquires a time interval counted by the counter circuit until a signal obtained from an input circuit of the interface section inverts, and discerns whether or not the touch sensor has been touched, depending on the time count value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshimi ISO, Minoru Kishi, Yukihisa Naoe
  • Publication number: 20100245140
    Abstract: In AD conversion of a voltage under measurement, data continuity is ensured between the result of conversion after amplification by using an amplifier circuit and the result of direct conversion without using the amplifier circuit. In AD conversion operation using a DA converter circuit, an amplifier circuit, and an AD converter circuit under the direction of a control circuit, an analog signal output from the DA converter circuit is directly converted by the AD converter circuit, and also the analog signal is converted therein after amplified by the amplifier circuit with an expected gain of 2n (ā€œnā€ represents a positive integer). Based on resultant data thus obtained, a gain of the amplifier circuit and an offset thereof are calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshimi ISO, Kakeru Kimura, Tadashi Matsushima, Yuji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20090213705
    Abstract: The optical disc device has a circuit 4 which forms a focus error signal FER for focus servo control based on reflection light from an optical disc exposed to laser light. A data processing unit 2 can control by feedback a position to which an objective lens is moved by a focusing actuator 30 based on the focus error signal. In label printing, the data processing unit controls, by feedforward, a position to which the objective lens is moved by the focusing actuator based on control data for label printing. The operation resolution of the focusing actuator in feedforward control is made higher than that in feedback control. Thus, an intended position control accuracy is achieved in feedforward control. For instance, in feedforward control, the gain of the driver circuit 40 for the focusing actuator is switched to a smaller one in comparison to that in feedback control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshimi Iso, Mitsuo Hagiwara, Mitsuyuki Kimura