Patents by Inventor Kazuo OIKAWA

Kazuo OIKAWA 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: 11971469
    Abstract: A contactless switch device including a reflected signal acquisition unit that acquires a reflected signal of a Doppler radar or a distance measurement radar, an approach and recede detection unit that detects an approach and a recede of a target based on the reflected signal, a target identification unit that identifies the target as a hand waving left and right, up and down, or back and forth, or a thing other than the hand based on a repeated pattern of the approach and the recede of the target, and a switch control unit that executes on-and-off controls on a switch-controlled object based on whether the target is the hand waving left and right, up and down, or back and forth, or the thing other than the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NEW JAPAN RADIO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Oikawa, Satoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220137200
    Abstract: A contactless switch device including a reflected signal acquisition unit that acquires a reflected signal of a Doppler radar or a distance measurement radar, an approach and recede detection unit that detects an approach and a recede of a target based on the reflected signal, a target identification unit that identifies the target as a hand waving left and right, up and down, or back and forth, or a thing other than the hand based on a repeated pattern of the approach and the recede of the target, and a switch control unit that executes on-and-off controls on a switch-controlled object based on whether the target is the hand waving left and right, up and down, or back and forth, or the thing other than the hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuo OIKAWA, Satoshi SASAKI