Patents by Inventor Eisuke HARAGUCHI

Eisuke HARAGUCHI 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: 11977158
    Abstract: A laser radar device performs control to make a focus distance of transmission light equal to a measurement distance by switching a plurality of laser light sources that emit beams of oscillation light having wavelengths different from each other to switch emission directions of the transmission light while maintaining the focus position of optical antennas, and changing the wavelength of the beams of oscillation light according to the measurement distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ando, Jiro Suzuki, Eisuke Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11933903
    Abstract: An optical transmission unit (3) transmits an optical signal having a light intensity set as a Low level component of a pulse. An optical partial reflector (6) is provided on a path through which transmission light is transmitted from a circulator (5) to the atmosphere, and reflects the optical signal. A detection unit (11) performs coherent detection on reception light using, as local light, a signal in a Low level section in the optical signal reflected by the optical partial reflector (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shumpei Kameyama, Eisuke Haraguchi, Yutaka Kajiyama, Nobuki Kotake, Takayuki Yanagisawa, Toshiyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 11735885
    Abstract: A laser device includes element circuits, a front optical system, and a reflective optical system. The front optical system forms a plurality of light beams by collimating a plurality of phase modulated light signals input from the element circuits, and generate a plurality of partially reflected light signals by partially reflecting the plurality of phase modulated light signals. The reflective optical system multiplexes the input local oscillation light with the plurality of partially reflected light signals by reflecting the local oscillation light in a direction of the front optical system. The element circuits can convert each of a plurality of interference light signals generated by multiplexing of the plurality of partially reflected light signals and the local oscillation light into a plurality of electric signals, and can detect a phase error between the plurality of electric signals and a reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Haraguchi, Toshiyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 11709229
    Abstract: A laser radar device includes: a modulator (8) for causing a transmission seed light beam to branch, and giving different offset frequencies to a plurality of the transmission seed light beams having branched, and then modulating the plurality of transmission seed light beams into pulsed light beams and outputting the pulsed light beams, or for modulating the transmission seed light beam into a pulsed light beam, causing the pulsed light beam to branch, and giving the different offset frequencies to a plurality of the pulsed light beams having branched, and then outputting the plurality of pulsed light beams; a band pass filter (14) in which a frequency band including frequencies of signal components included in a plurality of beat signals detected by an optical heterodyne receiver (13) is set as a pass band and a frequency band not including the frequencies of the signal components is set as a cutoff band; and an ADC (15) for sampling the beat signals passing through the band pass filter (14) at a sampling f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ando, Eisuke Haraguchi, Hitomi Ono
  • Patent number: 11683115
    Abstract: An optical control type phased array antenna includes: a plurality of antenna elements; a multi-wavelength light source; an optical demultiplexing circuit for separating a plurality of optical signals and local oscillation light from output light of the multi-wavelength light source; optical modulators for generating a plurality of modulated optical signals by modulating the plurality of optical signals with the output signals of the plurality of antenna elements; an optical coupler for multiplexing the plurality of modulated optical signals and the local oscillation light to generate multiplexed light and dividing the multiplexed light into reception optical signals of a plurality of channels; and an optical dispersion compensation circuit for compensating for a phase difference between the plurality of modulated optical signals by performing dispersion compensation on the reception optical signals, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Haraguchi, Toshiyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 11550042
    Abstract: A laser radar system according to the present invention includes: a light source to output light having a first frequency in a first period and light having a second frequency in a second period; an optical splitter to split the lights, outputted from the light source, into signal light and local oscillator light; an optical modulator to modulate the signal light into pulsed light; an optical antenna to output the pulsed light into space and to receive, as reception light, the scattered light from a target; an optical heterodyne receiver to perform heterodyne detection on the reception light by using the local oscillator light; and a measurement unit to measure the distance to the target or the movement characteristics of the target by using the reception signal detected by the optical heterodyne receiver, wherein the optical heterodyne receiver performs the heterodyne detection on the first frequency of the reception light by using the second frequency of the local oscillator light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Haraguchi, Toshiyuki Ando, Hitomi Ono
  • Publication number: 20220094459
    Abstract: An optical control type phased array antenna includes: a plurality of antenna elements; a multi-wavelength light source; an optical demultiplexing circuit for separating a plurality of optical signals and local oscillation light from output light of the multi-wavelength light source; optical modulators for generating a plurality of modulated optical signals by modulating the plurality of optical signals with the output signals of the plurality of antenna elements; an optical coupler for multiplexing the plurality of modulated optical signals and the local oscillation light to generate multiplexed light and dividing the multiplexed light into reception optical signals of a plurality of channels; and an optical dispersion compensation circuit for compensating for a phase difference between the plurality of modulated optical signals by performing dispersion compensation on the reception optical signals, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Toshiyuki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220052505
    Abstract: A laser device includes element circuits, a front optical system, and a reflective optical system. The front optical system forms a plurality of light beams by collimating a plurality of phase modulated light signals input from the element circuits, and generate a plurality of partially reflected light signals by partially reflecting the plurality of phase modulated light signals. The reflective optical system multiplexes the input local oscillation light with the plurality of partially reflected light signals by reflecting the local oscillation light in a direction of the front optical system. The element circuits can convert each of a plurality of interference light signals generated by multiplexing of the plurality of partially reflected light signals and the local oscillation light into a plurality of electric signals, and can detect a phase error between the plurality of electric signals and a reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Toshiyuki ANDO
  • Patent number: 11223420
    Abstract: There includes: an optical splitter splitting modulated light into local oscillator light and signal light beams; a phase adjustment unit adjusting phases of signal light beams; an optical amplification unit amplifying signal light beams phase-adjusted; an optical phased array antenna outputting signal light beams amplified to space; a phase control unit synchronizing with a reference signal light beams, output from the optical phased array antenna and multiplexed with the local oscillator light; an acquisition and tracking mechanism adjusting output angles of signal light beams; an angle detection unit detecting arrival angles of received light; and a control unit setting the reference signal to first reference signals having different frequencies, supplementing the received light based on a detection result, setting the reference signal to second reference signals having equal frequencies, and tracking the received light based on the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Haraguchi, Toshiyuki Ando, Mana Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 11204414
    Abstract: A laser radar device includes: a wavelength-tunable light source; an optical branch coupler dividing light emitted by the wavelength-tunable light source into local and transmission light; an optical phase modulator applying, to the transmission or local light, frequency shifts for wavelength discrimination of different shift amounts corresponding to respective wavelengths of light emitted by the wavelength-tunable light source; a wavelength separator switching between light paths for output, in response to wavelength of transmission light; an optical antenna emitting into space transmission light output by the wavelength separator, and receiving, as received light, backward-scattered light generated from transmission light in space in which lines of sight corresponding to respective wavelengths of the transmission light are determined; an optical heterodyne receiver receiving local light and received light, and performing heterodyne detection; and a signal processor performing frequency analysis of the optic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Haraguchi, Toshiyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 11038590
    Abstract: An optical transmission device includes: a controlled oscillator for outputting a calibration signal having an output frequency that corresponds to an input oscillation control signal; an electrical-to-optical conversion circuit for generating an optical transmission signal by superimposing a transmission signal in a radio frequency band and the calibration signal on an optical wave; an optical input and output unit for sending the optical transmission signal to an optical transmission path and receiving a reflection signal that is a part of the optical transmission signal from an optical reception device; an optical-to-electrical converter for converting the reflection signal into a radio frequency signal; a phase locked loop for generating the oscillation control signal so that radio frequency output of the optical-to-electrical converter is phase-locked with a reference signal input from a reference signal source; and a signal generation circuit for generating, as the transmission signal, the radio frequen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Nishioka, Eisuke Haraguchi, Akihiro Fujie, Toshiyuki Ando
  • Publication number: 20210141067
    Abstract: A laser radar system according to the present invention includes: a light source to output light having a first frequency in a first period and light having a second frequency in a second period; an optical splitter to split the lights, outputted from the light source, into signal light and local oscillator light; an optical modulator to modulate the signal light into pulsed light; an optical antenna to output the pulsed light into space and to receive, as reception light, the scattered light from a target; an optical heterodyne receiver to perform heterodyne detection on the reception light by using the local oscillator light; and a measurement unit to measure the distance to the target or the movement characteristics of the target by using the reception signal detected by the optical heterodyne receiver, wherein the optical heterodyne receiver performs the heterodyne detection on the first frequency of the reception light by using the second frequency of the local oscillator light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Toshiyuki ANDO, Hitomi ONO
  • Publication number: 20210099230
    Abstract: An optical transmission device includes: a controlled oscillator for outputting a calibration signal having an output frequency that corresponds to an input oscillation control signal; an electrical-to-optical conversion circuit for generating an optical transmission signal by superimposing a transmission signal in a radio frequency band and the calibration signal on an optical wave; an optical input and output unit for sending the optical transmission signal to an optical transmission path and receiving a reflection signal that is a part of the optical transmission signal from an optical reception device; an optical-to-electrical converter for converting the reflection signal into a radio frequency signal; a phase locked loop for generating the oscillation control signal so that radio frequency output of the optical-to-electrical converter is phase-locked with a reference signal input from a reference signal source; and a signal generation circuit for generating, as the transmission signal, the radio frequen
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Junya NISHIOKA, Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Akihiro FUJIE, Toshiyuki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20210075517
    Abstract: An optical signal from a pointing mirror (102) is focused by a focusing optical system (103). The optical signal focused is transmitted via a multi-core fiber (104). The optical signal transmitted is subjected to coherent detection by coherent detectors (108) and decoded by a digital signal processing unit (110). The digital signal processing unit (110) detects an angle shift of the optical signal input to the focusing optical system (103). The pointing mirror (102) updates a compensation angle correspondingly to the angle shift detected by the digital signal processing unit (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke MATSUDA, Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Toshiyuki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20210013966
    Abstract: There includes: an optical splitter splitting modulated light into local oscillator light and signal light beams; a phase adjustment unit adjusting phases of signal light beams; an optical amplification unit amplifying signal light beams phase-adjusted; an optical phased array antenna outputting signal light beams amplified to space; a phase control unit synchronizing with a reference signal light beams, output from the optical phased array antenna and multiplexed with the local oscillator light; an acquisition and tracking mechanism adjusting output angles of signal light beams; an angle detection unit detecting arrival angles of received light; and a control unit setting the reference signal to first reference signals having different frequencies, supplementing the received light based on a detection result, setting the reference signal to second reference signals having equal frequencies, and tracking the received light based on the detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Toshiyuki ANDO, Mana HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200408918
    Abstract: An optical transmission unit (3) transmits an optical signal having a light intensity set as a Low level component of a pulse. An optical partial reflector (6) is provided on a path through which transmission light is transmitted from a circulator (5) to the atmosphere, and reflects the optical signal. A detection unit (11) performs coherent detection on reception light using, as local light, a signal in a Low level section in the optical signal reflected by the optical partial reflector (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shumpei KAMEYAMA, Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Yutaka KAJIYAMA, Nobuki KOTAKE, Takayuki YANAGISAWA, Toshiyuki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20200400822
    Abstract: A laser radar device performs control to make a focus distance of transmission light equal to a measurement distance by switching a plurality of laser light sources that emit beams of oscillation light having wavelengths different from each other to switch emission directions of the transmission light while maintaining the focus position of optical antennas, and changing the wavelength of the beams of oscillation light according to the measurement distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki ANDO, Jiro SUZUKI, Eisuke HARAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10819436
    Abstract: A base station apparatus includes a ground station device and a plurality of ground antenna devices coupled to the ground station device via an optical transmission path. The ground station device performs electrical-optical conversion on an analog electrical signal to be transmitted to a mobile station and a reference clock signal to generate optical signals, performs wavelength division multiplexing on the obtained optical signals to generate a multiplexed optical signal, and outputs the multiplexed optical signal to the optical transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishimoto, Eisuke Haraguchi, Takashi Nishitani
  • Publication number: 20200112372
    Abstract: A base station apparatus includes a ground station device and a plurality of ground antenna devices coupled to the ground station device via an optical transmission path. The ground station device performs electrical-optical conversion on an analog electrical signal to be transmitted to a mobile station and a reference clock signal to generate optical signals, performs wavelength division multiplexing on the obtained optical signals to generate a multiplexed optical signal, and outputs the multiplexed optical signal to the optical transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi NISHIMOTO, Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Takashi NISHITANI
  • Publication number: 20200049799
    Abstract: A laser radar device includes: a modulator (8) for causing a transmission seed light beam to branch, and giving different offset frequencies to a plurality of the transmission seed light beams having branched, and then modulating the plurality of transmission seed light beams into pulsed light beams and outputting the pulsed light beams, or for modulating the transmission seed light beam into a pulsed light beam, causing the pulsed light beam to branch, and giving the different offset frequencies to a plurality of the pulsed light beams having branched, and then outputting the plurality of pulsed light beams; a band pass filter (14) in which a frequency band including frequencies of signal components included in a plurality of beat signals detected by an optical heterodyne receiver (13) is set as a pass band and a frequency band not including the frequencies of the signal components is set as a cutoff band; and an ADC (15) for sampling the beat signals passing through the band pass filter (14) at a sampling f
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki ANDO, Eisuke HARAGUCHI, Hitomi ONO