Patents by Inventor Yusuke Okada

Yusuke Okada 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: 12289543
    Abstract: An imaging device is provided with a pixel array section including multiple pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, and a column signal processor. The multiple pixels include multiple imaging pixels that each output a pixel signal corresponding to incident light and multiple reference pixels which are aligned in the column direction in at least two columns and which each output a reset signal corresponding to the output signal at reset of each of the multiple first pixels. The column signal processor outputs the difference between the pixel signal outputted by one imaging pixel from among the multiple imaging pixels and a reference signal based on the reset signals outputted by at least two reference pixels, from among the multiple reference pixels, located in the same row as the one imaging pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Satou, Yasuo Miyake, Yusuke Okada, Kazuko Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12233696
    Abstract: On a lower side of a floor (2), a battery storage section (31) is formed on a front side of a cross member (27) that connects left and right side members (3l, 3r) to dispose a driving battery (34), a tank storage section (30) is formed on a rear side to dispose a fuel tank (32) and a driving motor (9) is disposed on a rear side of the tank storage section (30). A power cable (26) from a terminal block (34a) of the driving battery (34) is routed and fixed as appropriate so as to bypass the fuel tank (32) via the left side of the fuel tank (32) in the tank storage section (30) and connected to the driving motor (9) via a junction box (21). In an extra length routing area (37) on a side wall (27a) of the cross member (27), an extra length area (26a) is formed by slackening the power cable (26) in a semicircular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoji Tanizawa, Yusuke Okada, Masaharu Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 12120445
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Miyake, Yusuke Okada, Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Yoshiaki Satou
  • Publication number: 20240214700
    Abstract: An imaging device is provided with a pixel array section including multiple pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, and a column signal processor. The multiple pixels include multiple imaging pixels that each output a pixel signal corresponding to incident light and multiple reference pixels which are aligned in the column direction in at least two columns and which each output a reset signal corresponding to the output signal at reset of each of the multiple first pixels. The column signal processor outputs the difference between the pixel signal outputted by one imaging pixel from among the multiple imaging pixels and a reference signal based on the reset signals outputted by at least two reference pixels, from among the multiple reference pixels, located in the same row as the one imaging pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: YOSHIAKI SATOU, YASUO MIYAKE, YUSUKE OKADA, KAZUKO NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240089630
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuo MIYAKE, Yusuke OKADA, Takeyoshi TOKUHARA, Yoshiaki SATOU
  • Patent number: 11863895
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Miyake, Yusuke Okada, Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Yoshiaki Satou
  • Publication number: 20230382787
    Abstract: To provide a Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2-based crystallized glass in which yellow coloration caused by TiO2, Fe2O3, and the like is suppressed and yet transparency is ensured. The Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2-based crystallized glass is characterized by containing, in mass %, less than 0.5% of TiO2 and having a ?-OH value from 0.001 to 2/mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki YOKOTA, Yusuke OKADA, Takahiro TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11811170
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprising a male connector, and a female connector mateable to the male connector. Each of the male and female connectors include a shielding shell having two identical shielding half shells each comprising a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, a protrusion formed on one of the pair of side walls, and a latch formed on the other of the pair of side walls. The latch of one of the two shielding half shells engages with the protrusion of the other of the two shielding half shells for locking the two shielding half shells together. A terminal module is installed in each of the shielding shells. The terminal module and shielding shell of the male connector is adapted to be received within and electrically connected to the female connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Yingchun (David) Wang, Yusuke Okada, Yong (Chris) Wang, Liqiang (Gino) Yao, Daokuan (Jeremy) Zhang, Hua He, Haibo (Robert) Gan
  • Publication number: 20230296738
    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes a light source that projects pulse light toward an object, a detector that receives reflected light of the projected pulse light from the object, the detector including a first pixel having sensitivity that is variable, and a control unit. The light source projects first pulse light in a first period. The control unit sets the sensitivity of the first pixel to sensitivity ?1 in a second period and sets the sensitivity of the first pixel to sensitivity ?2 different from the sensitivity ?1 in a third period following the second period. A length of the second period is equal to a length of the first period. A start time of the second period is after a start time of the first period. The second period and the third period are included in a first light-reception period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: YUSUKE OKADA
  • Publication number: 20230276142
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels, respectively including photoelectric converters and charge accumulation nodes that accumulate signal charge. The imaging unit outputs image data based on signals corresponding to the signal charge accumulated in the charge accumulators. The imaging device includes an image processing unit that processes the image data output by the imaging unit. The imaging unit sequentially outputs a plurality of pieces of image data in one frame period by performing readout nondestructively. The image processing unit generates difference image data by determining a difference between two pieces of image data, selects output image data from initial image data and the difference image data, and combines the output image data and normal readout image data included in the plurality of pieces of image data, to generate combination-result image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Yusuke OKADA
  • Patent number: 11678081
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels, respectively including photoelectric converters and charge accumulation nodes that accumulate signal charge. The imaging unit outputs image data based on signals corresponding to the signal charge accumulated in the charge accumulators. The imaging device includes an image processing unit that processes the image data output by the imaging unit. The imaging unit sequentially outputs a plurality of pieces of image data in one frame period by performing readout nondestructively. The image processing unit generates difference image data by determining a difference between two pieces of image data, selects output image data from initial image data and the difference image data, and combines the output image data and normal readout image data included in the plurality of pieces of image data, to generate combination-result image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEVENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Okada
  • Patent number: 11658200
    Abstract: An imaging device including: a first pixel and a second pixel that are arranged along a first direction, the first pixel and the second pixel each including a photoelectric converter that converts light into a charge, a charge accumulator that accumulates the charge, and a first transistor one of a source and a drain of which is connected to the charge accumulator; a first line and a second line that each extend along the first direction; first voltage supply circuitry that is connected to the first transistor of the first pixel through the first line; and second voltage supply circuitry that is connected to the first transistor of the second pixel through the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenari Kanehara, Yusuke Okada, Sanshiro Shishido, Kazuko Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20230007195
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a photoelectric converter whose sensitivity changes depending on a value of a voltage to be applied; and a voltage supply circuit that alternately supplies a first voltage and a second voltage, which is different from the first voltage, to the photoelectric converter, in which in a first frame period, a length of a first period from a first point in time at which the first voltage is switched to the second voltage until a second point in time at which the first voltage is switched to the second voltage subsequently to the first point in time differs from a length of a second period from the second point in time until a third point in time at which the first voltage is switched to the second voltage subsequently to the second point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: YASUO MIYAKE, TAKEYOSHI TOKUHARA, YOSHIAKI SATOU, YUSUKE OKADA
  • Patent number: 11528443
    Abstract: An imaging device 100 includes a pixel array PA. A first period, a third period, and a second period appear in this order in one frame. During the first period, pixel signal readout is performed on at least one first row in the pixel array PA. During the second period, pixel signal readout is performed on at least one second row in the pixel array PA. At least one of the at least one first row or the at least one second row includes two rows in the pixel array PA. During the third period, no pixel signal readout is performed on the rows in the pixel array PA. Each of the first period and the second period is one of the high-sensitivity exposure period and the low-sensitivity exposure period. The third period is the other of the high-sensitivity exposure period and the low-sensitivity exposure period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Okada, Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Yoshiaki Satou, Yasuo Miyake
  • Publication number: 20220371420
    Abstract: On a lower side of a floor (2), a battery storage section (31) is formed on a front side of a cross member (27) that connects left and right side members (3l, 3r) to dispose a driving battery (34), a tank storage section (30) is formed on a rear side to dispose a fuel tank (32) and a driving motor (9) is disposed on a rear side of the tank storage section (30). A power cable (26) from a terminal block (34a) of the driving battery (34) is routed and fixed as appropriate so as to bypass the fuel tank (32) via the left side of the fuel tank (32) in the tank storage section (30) and connected to the driving motor (9) via a junction box (21). In an extra length routing area (37) on a side wall (27a) of the cross member (27), an extra length area (26a) is formed by slackening the power cable (26) in a semicircular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoji TANIZAWA, Yusuke OKADA, Masaharu YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20220368842
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels, respectively including photoelectric converters and charge accumulation nodes that accumulate signal charge. The imaging unit outputs image data based on signals corresponding to the signal charge accumulated in the charge accumulators. The imaging device includes an image processing unit that processes the image data output by the imaging unit. The imaging unit sequentially outputs a plurality of pieces of image data in one frame period by performing readout nondestructively. The image processing unit generates difference image data by determining a difference between two pieces of image data, selects output image data from initial image data and the difference image data, and combines the output image data and normal readout image data included in the plurality of pieces of image data, to generate combination-result image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: YUSUKE OKADA
  • Patent number: 11451726
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer that generates a signal charge; a charge accumulator connected to the first electrode to accumulate the signal charge; a first voltage supply circuit connected to the second electrode and that selectively supplies at least two different voltages including a first voltage and a third voltage greater than the first voltage; and a second voltage supply circuit that is connected to the charge accumulator via capacitance and that selectively supplies at least two different voltages including a second voltage and a fourth voltage less than the second voltage, where in a first period in which the first voltage supply circuit supplies the first voltage, the first period being included in an accumulation period for accumulating the signal charge in the charge accumulator, the second voltage supply circuit supplies the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Yoshiaki Satou, Yusuke Okada
  • Publication number: 20220140539
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprising a male connector, and a female connector mateable to the male connector. Each of the male and female connectors include a shielding shell having two identical shielding half shells each comprising a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, a protrusion formed on one of the pair of side walls, and a latch formed on the other of the pair of side walls. The latch of one of the two shielding half shells engages with the protrusion of the other of the two shielding half shells for locking the two shielding half shells together. A terminal module is installed in each of the shielding shells. The terminal module and shielding shell of the male connector is adapted to be received within and electrically connected to the female connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Yingchun (David) Wang, Yusuke Okada, Yong (Chris) Wang, Liqiang (Gino) Yao, Daokuan (Jeremy) Zhang, Hua He, Haibo (Robert) Gan
  • Publication number: 20210329181
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer that generates a signal charge; a charge accumulator connected to the first electrode to accumulate the signal charge; a first voltage supply circuit connected to the second electrode and that selectively supplies at least two different voltages including a first voltage and a third voltage greater than the first voltage; and a second voltage supply circuit that is connected to the charge accumulator via capacitance and that selectively supplies at least two different voltages including a second voltage and a fourth voltage less than the second voltage, where in a first period in which the first voltage supply circuit supplies the first voltage, the first period being included in an accumulation period for accumulating the signal charge in the charge accumulator, the second voltage supply circuit supplies the second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Takeyoshi TOKUHARA, Yoshiaki SATOU, Yusuke OKADA
  • Publication number: 20210273012
    Abstract: An imaging device including: a first pixel and a second pixel that are arranged along a first direction, the first pixel and the second pixel each including a photoelectric converter that converts light into a charge, a charge accumulator that accumulates the charge, and a first transistor one of a source and a drain of which is connected to the charge accumulator; a first line and a second line that each extend along the first direction; first voltage supply circuitry that is connected to the first transistor of the first pixel through the first line; and second voltage supply circuitry that is connected to the first transistor of the second pixel through the second line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hidenari KANEHARA, Yusuke OKADA, Sanshiro SHISHIDO, Kazuko NISHIMURA