Patents by Inventor KENTA IWASA

KENTA IWASA 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).

  • Publication number: 20220163623
    Abstract: Each of the plurality of transmission antenna groups includes a plurality of transmission antennas that are disposed at second intervals in a first direction, and are disposed at fourth intervals each of which is an interval of an integral multiple of a third interval in a second direction. Each of the plurality of reception antenna groups includes a plurality of reception antennas that are disposed at fifth intervals in the first direction, and are disposed at sixth intervals each of which is an interval of an integral multiple of the third interval in the second direction. The difference between the second interval and the fifth interval is the first interval, and the difference between the fourth interval and the sixth interval is the third interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki KISHIGAMI, Kenta IWASA, Hidekuni YOMO
  • Publication number: 20220075023
    Abstract: A radar device includes a radar transmitting circuit that transmits radar signals from a transmission array antenna, and a radar receiving circuit that receives returning wave signals, where the radar signals have been reflected at a target, from a receiving array antenna. One of the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna includes multiple first antennas of which phase centers are laid out along a first axis direction. The other of the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna includes multiple second antennas of which phase centers are laid out at a second spacing along a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The multiple first antennas include multiple antennas of which the phase centers are laid out at a first spacing, and multiple antennas of which the phase centers are laid out at a third spacing that is different from the first spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: KENTA IWASA, HIDEKUNI YOMO, RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220043133
    Abstract: One of a transmitting array antenna and a receiving array antenna includes a first antenna group and a second antenna group. The first antenna group includes one or more first antenna elements of which the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out at each first layout spacing following a first axis direction, and a shared antenna element. The second antenna group includes a plurality of second antenna elements and the one shared antenna element, and the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out in two columns at each second layout spacing following a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The phase centers of the antenna elements included in each of the two columns differ from each other regarding position in the second axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: KENTA IWASA, HIDEKUNI YOMO
  • Publication number: 20220003834
    Abstract: This receiving array antenna includes multiple receiving antenna rows, and each of the receiving antenna rows contains a first number of antennas; of the first number of antennas contained in the receiving antenna rows, mutually adjacent antennas are arranged separated by a first interval in a first axis direction and by a second interval in a second axis direction. The transmitting array antenna includes multiple transmitting antenna rows arranged in the second axis direction at an interval that is the first number times the second interval, each of the transmitting antenna rows contains multiple antennas, and the multiple antennas contained in the transmitting antenna rows are arranged in the same position in the second axis direction and in different positions in the first axis direction. The antennas contained in the transmitting antenna rows adjacent in the second axis direction are arranged in different positions in the first axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta IWASA, Takaaki KISHIGAMI, Hidekuni YOMO
  • Publication number: 20220003835
    Abstract: Provided is a radar apparatus including: an estimation circuit; and a processing circuit. The estimation circuit outputs a plurality of pieces of data each including information in which a distance to a target and a direction to the target are estimated based on a reception signal including a reflected wave that is a radar signal reflected by the target. The processing circuit determines a range side lobe component in the target based on the estimated distance and the estimated direction of one or more pieces of data selected from the plurality of pieces of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta IWASA, Hidekuni YOMO, Tomohiro YUI
  • Patent number: 11209518
    Abstract: A radar device includes a radar transmitting circuit that transmits radar signals from a transmission array antenna, and a radar receiving circuit that receives returning wave signals, where the radar signals have been reflected at a target, from a receiving array antenna. One of the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna includes multiple first antennas of which phase centers are laid out along a first axis direction. The other of the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna includes multiple second antennas of which phase centers are laid out at a second spacing along a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The multiple first antennas include multiple antennas of which the phase centers are laid out at a first spacing, and multiple antennas of which the phase centers are laid out at a third spacing that is different from the first spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Iwasa, Hidekuni Yomo, Ryosuke Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 11187795
    Abstract: One of a transmitting array antenna and a receiving array antenna includes a first antenna group and a second antenna group. The first antenna group includes one or more first antenna elements of which the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out at each first layout spacing following a first axis direction, and a shared antenna element. The second antenna group includes a plurality of second antenna elements and the one shared antenna element, and the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out in two columns at each second layout spacing following a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The phase centers of the antenna elements included in each of the two columns differ from each other regarding position in the second axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Iwasa, Hidekuni Yomo
  • Publication number: 20210293921
    Abstract: Performance of a radar apparatus including a plurality of transceiver ICs is improved. The radar apparatus includes: a plurality of integrated circuit, which, in operation, perform signal processing on a received signal; and a signal processing circuit, which, in operation, compensates for a deviation between the plurality of integrated circuits based on a difference between leak radio wave components received by receive antennas corresponding respectively to the plurality of integrated circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekuni YOMO, Tomohiro YUI, Kenta IWASA, Junji SATO
  • Publication number: 20210293946
    Abstract: The target detection accuracy of a radar apparatus is improved. The radar apparatus includes transmission circuitry, which, in operation, transmits a transmission signal using a plurality of transmit antennas, and reception circuitry, which, in operation, receives using a plurality of receive antennas a reflected wave signal that is the transmission signal reflected by an object, in which the plurality of transmit antennas include at least one first transmit antenna and a plurality of second transmit antennas, and, in a first direction, an absolute value of a difference between, on one hand, a spacing between the at least one first transmit antenna and a phase center of those of the plurality of second transmit antennas which are used for beam synthesis, and, on another hand, a spacing between adjacent receive antennas of the plurality of receive antennas is a defined value based on a wavelength of the plurality of transmission signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki KISHIGAMI, Kenta IWASA
  • Publication number: 20210286040
    Abstract: Provided is an improved estimation and identification device that estimates the position of a plurality of identification targets and identifies the plurality of identification targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yohei MORISHITA, Junji SATO, Naganori SHIRAKATA, Hidekuni YOMO, Kenta IWASA, Kazuma NISHIYASU, Mei OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200393553
    Abstract: Radar transmitter includes a plurality of transmit antennas that transmit a plurality of transmission signals using a multiplexing transmission, and a transmission circuit. The transmission circuit applies phase rotation amounts corresponding to combinations of Doppler shift amounts and code sequences to the plurality of transmission signals. Each of the combinations of the Doppler shift amounts and the code sequences has at least one different from other combination. The number of multiplexes of the code sequence corresponding to at least one of the Doppler shift amounts in the combinations is different from the number of multiplexing of code sequences corresponding to the remaining Doppler shift amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki KISHIGAMI, Kenta IWASA, Hidekuni YOMO
  • Publication number: 20200103495
    Abstract: To provide an improved radar apparatus capable of expanding the aperture length per antenna element and the aperture length of the virtual reception array antenna. One of a transmission array antenna and a reception array antenna includes a first antenna element group having m-pieces of antenna elements arranged at a first interval Dt along a first axis direction (m is an integer of 1 or larger), and the other one of the transmission array antenna and the reception array antenna includes a second antenna element group having (n+1)-pieces of antenna elements arranged at a second interval Dr(n) along the first axis direction (n is an integer of 1 or larger).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta IWASA, Hidekuni YOMO
  • Publication number: 20200103515
    Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a plurality of transmission antennae and a radar transmitter that transmits transmission signals by using the plurality of transmission antennae. In a virtual reception array including a plurality of virtual antennae formed of a plurality of reception antennae and the plurality of transmission antennae, disposition positions of at least two of the virtual antennae are the same as each other, and, transmission intervals of the transmission signals that are sequentially transmitted from transmission antennae corresponding to the at least two virtual antennae among the plurality of transmission antennae are an equal interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki KISHIGAMI, Ryosuke SHIOZAKI, Hidekuni YOMO, Kenta IWASA
  • Publication number: 20190293753
    Abstract: A radar device includes a radar transmitting circuit that transmits radar signals from a transmission array antenna, and a radar receiving circuit that receives returning wave signals, where the radar signals have been reflected at a target, from a receiving array antenna. One of the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna includes multiple first antennas of which phase centers are laid out along a first axis direction. The other of the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna includes multiple second antennas of which phase centers are laid out at a second spacing along a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The multiple first antennas include multiple antennas of which the phase centers are laid out at a first spacing, and multiple antennas of which the phase centers are laid out at a third spacing that is different from the first spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: KENTA IWASA, HIDEKUNI YOMO, RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190285738
    Abstract: One of a transmitting array antenna and a receiving array antenna includes a first antenna group and a second antenna group. The first antenna group includes one or more first antenna elements of which the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out at each first layout spacing following a first axis direction, and a shared antenna element. The second antenna group includes a plurality of second antenna elements and the one shared antenna element, and the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out in two columns at each second layout spacing following a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The phase centers of the antenna elements included in each of the two columns differ from each other regarding position in the second axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: KENTA IWASA, HIDEKUNI YOMO
  • Publication number: 20190101621
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted radar device has: a radar transmitting circuit transmitting a radar transmission waves to be reflected at a target; a radar receiving circuit receiving the reflected waves; a radar's axial deviation detecting circuit deciding whether the radar axis of the radar device has a deviation, according to the difference between a first value (distance between the vehicle and the known still object based on a shape of the known still object) and a second value (distance between them at a time when a radar reflected wave having attenuated power of the known still object among the radar reflected waves is received); and an axial deviation notifying circuit making a notification of the axial deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO MACHIDA, HIDEKUNI YOMO, JUNJI SATO, AKIHIKO MATSUOKA, TOMOHIRO MURATA, TAKAYUKI ABE, KENTA IWASA
  • Publication number: 20180088221
    Abstract: A multi-radar system is configured such that radars A and B perform synchronization so that their transmission timings and frequency bands are substantially the same. For this reason, in a case where the radars A and B operate as bistatic radars, the radars A and B yield the same detection results from reflected waves from a place on a surface of a target T where the detection object regions of the radars A and B overlap. Therefore, the signal-to-noise ratio can be improved by synthesizing the target detection results obtained by the radars A and B operating as bistatic radars. This results in improved target detection performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: HIDEKUNI YOMO, AKIHIKO MATSUOKA, KENTA IWASA