Patents by Inventor Yu Maehashi

Yu Maehashi 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: 11145243
    Abstract: A digital-analog conversion circuit includes an arithmetic circuit, a voltage output unit, decoders, and output lines. The arithmetic circuit receives a digital signal of multiple bits, divides the multiple bits into groups of two or more bits, and outputs a logical operation result of each group. The voltage output unit outputs voltages having different values. The decoders receive each voltage and the logical operation result, and outputs an analog signal corresponding to the digital signal. The output lines correspond to the decoders. Each decoder includes switches and selection units. The switches correspond to the voltages. Each switch alternates between output, of a corresponding voltage, to a corresponding output line and non-output, of a corresponding voltage, to a corresponding output line. The selection units correspond to the switches. The selection units receive the logical operation result, and each selection unit controls a corresponding switch based on the logical operation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yu Maehashi
  • Publication number: 20210297565
    Abstract: An image capturing and display apparatus comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for converting incident light from the outside of the image capturing and display apparatus to electrical charge signals, and a plurality of light-emitting elements for emitting light of an intensity corresponding to the electrical charge signals acquired by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. A pixel region is defined as a region in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in an array. Signal paths for transmitting signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to the plurality of light-emitting elements lie within the pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishide, Yu Maehashi, Masahiro Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Hoshino, Akira Okita, Takeshi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11069289
    Abstract: A display device including pixels and column drivers configured to supply an image signal to the pixels is provided. The column drivers includes: an input node and an output node; an amplifier arranged between the input node and the output node; an offset signal holding unit arranged between the input node and the amplifier and configured to suppress a difference in offset of the amplifier among the column drivers; a current supply unit including a first terminal connected to the input node and a second terminal connected to the output node and configured to supply a current to the output node based on a voltage at the first terminal and the second terminal; and a switch arranged between the input node and the first terminal. The offset signal holding unit and the switch are connected in parallel to the input node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yu Maehashi
  • Patent number: 11057551
    Abstract: An image capturing and display apparatus comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for converting incident light from the outside of the image capturing and display apparatus to electrical charge signals, and a plurality of light-emitting elements for emitting light of an intensity corresponding to the electrical charge signals acquired by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. A pixel region is defined as a region in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in an array. Signal paths for transmitting signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to the plurality of light-emitting elements lie within the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishide, Yu Maehashi, Masahiro Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Hoshino, Akira Okita, Takeshi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210193032
    Abstract: A display element includes a shield line disposed between adjacent ones of signal lines that transmit a digital signal from a latch unit to a plurality of digital-to-analog converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamasaki, Yu Maehashi
  • Publication number: 20210151481
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a first selection unit, and a second selection unit. Each of the photoelectric conversion elements includes an avalanche diode and a counter. The photoelectric conversion elements have a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element. The first selection unit controls the first photoelectric conversion element. The second selection unit controls the second photoelectric conversion element. The first and second selection units are controlled by a first control line and a second control line. In a first mode, the second selection unit controls the second photoelectric conversion element to be brought into a state where no signal is read from the second photoelectric conversion element. In a second mode, the second selection unit controls the second photoelectric conversion element to be brought into a state where a signal is read from the second photoelectric conversion element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Yu Maehashi
  • Patent number: 10977989
    Abstract: A display element includes a shield line disposed between adjacent ones of signal lines that transmit a digital signal from a latch unit to a plurality of digital-to-analog converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamasaki, Yu Maehashi
  • Patent number: 10971539
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a photon detector that operates in a Geiger mode and outputs an output signal in accordance with incidence of a photon, a quench element that causes the photon detector to transition to a non-Geiger mode in accordance with the output signal, a control unit that, when the photon detector transitions from a Geiger mode to a non-Geiger mode, switches the quench element from a detection mode, in which the quench element is in a relatively low resistance state and the photon detector detects a photon, to a hold mode, in which the quench element is in a relatively high resistance state and holds the output signal, and a signal processing circuit that performs a predetermined process on the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Maehashi, Yasuji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210075989
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in an array to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a photon detection element that outputs an output signal generated by avalanche multiplication in accordance with incidence of a photon, a quench element connected to the photon detection element, a waveform shaper that is connected to the photon detection element and generates a detection signal based on the output signal, and a signal processing circuit that performs signal processing on the detection signal output from the waveform shaper. The signal processing circuit includes a counting unit that performs a counting process of counting the detection signal output from the waveform shaper, and a calculation unit that performs a predetermined calculation process on a count result output from the counting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Yu Maehashi
  • Publication number: 20200410922
    Abstract: A digital-analog conversion circuit includes an arithmetic circuit, a voltage output unit, decoders, and output lines. The arithmetic circuit receives a digital signal of multiple bits, divides the multiple bits into groups of two or more bits, and outputs a logical operation result of each group. The voltage output unit outputs voltages having different values. The decoders receive each voltage and the logical operation result, and outputs an analog signal corresponding to the digital signal. The output lines correspond to the decoders. Each decoder includes switches and selection units. The switches correspond to the voltages. Each switch alternates between output, of a corresponding voltage, to a corresponding output line and non-output, of a corresponding voltage, to a corresponding output line. The selection units correspond to the switches. The selection units receive the logical operation result, and each selection unit controls a corresponding switch based on the logical operation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Yu Maehashi
  • Publication number: 20200409459
    Abstract: An imaging display device includes an imaging unit, a processing unit, a display unit, and a pupil detection unit. The imaging unit includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and is configured to acquire first image information. The processing unit is configured to process a signal from the imaging unit and generate second image information. The display unit is configured to display an image that is based on the signal from the processing unit. The pupil detection unit is configured to detect vector information of a pupil. The processing unit generates the second image information by processing the first image information based on the vector information on the pupil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishide, Takeshi Ichikawa, Yu Maehashi, Akira Okita
  • Patent number: 10867561
    Abstract: A display apparatus in which selection circuits and display blocks are arranged is provided. Each of the display blocks include signal lines extending in a column direction, and pixels connected to the signal lines and arranged in a matrix in the column direction and in a row direction crossing the column direction. Each of the selection circuits selects a signal line in a predetermined order to supply an image signal among the signal lines such that the image signal is written in each of the pixels arranged in the row direction among the pixels. A time to select at least one signal line among the signal lines and supply the image signal is different from a time to select a signal line other than the at least one signal line among the signal lines and supply the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ota, Yasushi Matsuno, Yu Maehashi, Hiromasa Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20200211460
    Abstract: A display device including pixels and column drivers configured to supply an image signal to the pixels is provided. The column drivers includes: an input node and an output node; an amplifier arranged between the input node and the output node; an offset signal holding unit arranged between the input node and the amplifier and configured to suppress a difference in offset of the amplifier among the column drivers; a current supply unit including a first terminal connected to the input node and a second terminal connected to the output node and configured to supply a current to the output node based on a voltage at the first terminal and the second terminal; and a switch arranged between the input node and the first terminal. The offset signal holding unit and the switch are connected in parallel to the input node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Yu Maehashi
  • Publication number: 20200126479
    Abstract: A display element includes a shield line disposed between adjacent ones of signal lines that transmit a digital signal from a latch unit to a plurality of digital-to-analog converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamasaki, Yu Maehashi
  • Publication number: 20190355311
    Abstract: A display apparatus in which selection circuits and display blocks are arranged is provided. Each of the display blocks include signal lines extending in a column direction, and pixels connected to the signal lines and arranged in a matrix in the column direction and in a row direction crossing the column direction. Each of the selection circuits selects a signal line in a predetermined order to supply an image signal among the signal lines such that the image signal is written in each of the pixels arranged in the row direction among the pixels. A time to select at least one signal line among the signal lines and supply the image signal is different from a time to select a signal line other than the at least one signal line among the signal lines and supply the image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ota, Yasushi Matsuno, Yu Maehashi, Hiromasa Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20190305030
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a photon detector that operates in a Geiger mode and outputs an output signal in accordance with incidence of a photon, a quench element that causes the photon detector to transition to a non-Geiger mode in accordance with the output signal, a control unit that, when the photon detector transitions from a Geiger mode to a non-Geiger mode, switches the quench element from a detection mode, in which the quench element is in a relatively low resistance state and the photon detector detects a photon, to a hold mode, in which the quench element is in a relatively high resistance state and holds the output signal, and a signal processing circuit that performs a predetermined process on the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yu Maehashi, Yasuji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190222733
    Abstract: An image capturing and display apparatus comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for converting incident light from the outside of the image capturing and display apparatus to electrical charge signals, and a plurality of light-emitting elements for emitting light of an intensity corresponding to the electrical charge signals acquired by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. A pixel region is defined as a region in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in an array. Signal paths for transmitting signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to the plurality of light-emitting elements lie within the pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishide, Yu Maehashi, Masahiro Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Hoshino, Akira Okita, Takeshi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10230915
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a comparison circuit unit including a first comparator and a second comparator. The second comparator is kept in a non-operating state until the signal level of a first comparison result signal from the first comparator changes and is brought into an operating state in correspondence with a change in the signal level of the first comparison result signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu Maehashi
  • Publication number: 20190037160
    Abstract: At least one solid-state image pickup element includes a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a two-dimensional manner. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units each including a pixel electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and a counter electrode disposed such that the photoelectric conversion layer is sandwiched between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. In one or more embodiments, each of the plurality of pixels also includes a microlens disposed on the plurality of photoelectric conversion units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ono, Masatsugu Itahashi, Naoki Inatani, Yu Maehashi, Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10136091
    Abstract: At least one solid-state image pickup element includes a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a two-dimensional manner. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units each including a pixel electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and a counter electrode disposed such that the photoelectric conversion layer is sandwiched between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. In one or more embodiments, each of the plurality of pixels also includes a microlens disposed on the plurality of photoelectric conversion units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ono, Masatsugu Itahashi, Naoki Inatani, Yu Maehashi, Hidekazu Takahashi