Patents by Inventor Masanobu HORIMOTO

Masanobu HORIMOTO 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: 11592515
    Abstract: The present disclosure obtains a correction value that corrects measurement angle error signals more accurately than conventional methods even in a case where a radio wave signal-to-noise ratio is low, and thus tracks a communication counterpart more accurately than the conventional methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Horimoto, Fumiyoshi Murase, Makoto Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200200853
    Abstract: The present disclosure obtains a correction value that corrects measurement angle error signals more accurately than conventional methods even in a case where a radio wave signal-to-noise ratio is low, and thus tracks a communication counterpart more accurately than the conventional methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu HORIMOTO, Fumiyoshi MURASE, Makoto YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9912051
    Abstract: A vertical axis driver drives a vertical axis for azimuth angle tracking. A horizontal axis driver drives a horizontal axis for elevation angle tracking. A cross horizontal axis driver drives a cross horizontal axis to which an antenna is attached, that is rotatable around an axis orthogonal to the horizontal axis. An arithmetic processing controller generates a drive signal of a constant azimuth angle the vertical axis when a maximum elevation angle of the antenna is greater than or equal to a set angle in a path of the target object in a single time of continuous tracking. When the maximum elevation angle of the antenna is less than the set angle in the path of the target object in the single time of continuous tracking, the controller issues a drive command of an azimuth angle direction to the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Sakai, Masanobu Horimoto, Masakazu Saito
  • Patent number: 9543646
    Abstract: An antenna control device includes a direction acquirer to acquire a target direction in which a target object to be tracked exists, a coordinate converter to perform conversion into an Y-coordinate which is an angle between the target direction and a plane containing both the zenith direction and a Y-axis fixed horizontally within a rotation range of the vertical axis, and into a X-coordinate which is an angle between the zenith direction and a projection of the target direction projected onto the plane. A drive command value arithmetic processor commands a vertical axis angle value obtained by multiplying the Y-coordinate by a coefficient. The arithmetic processor calculates the command value for each of the horizontal axis and the cross horizontal axis such that difference between the pointing direction of the antenna and the target direction is less than or equal to an allowable value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Naoya Uego, Yuji Sakai, Masanobu Horimoto
  • Publication number: 20160336652
    Abstract: An antenna control device includes a direction acquirer to acquire a target direction in which a target object to be tracked exists, a coordinate converter to perform conversion into an Y-coordinate which is an angle between the target direction and a plane containing both the zenith direction and a Y-axis fixed horizontally within a rotation range of the vertical axis, and into a X-coordinate which is an angle between the zenith direction and a projection of the target direction projected onto the plane. A drive command value arithmetic processor commands a vertical axis angle value obtained by multiplying the Y-coordinate by a coefficient. The arithmetic processor calculates the command value for each of the horizontal axis and the cross horizontal axis such that difference between the pointing direction of the antenna and the target direction is less than or equal to an allowable value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji YOSHIDA, Naoya UEGO, Yuji SAKAI, Masanobu HORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160126626
    Abstract: A vertical axis driver drives a vertical axis for azimuth angle tracking. A horizontal axis driver drives a horizontal axis for elevation angle tracking. A cross horizontal axis driver drives a cross horizontal axis to which an antenna is attached, that is rotatable around an axis orthogonal to the horizontal axis. An arithmetic processing controller generates a drive signal of a constant azimuth angle the vertical axis when a maximum elevation angle of the antenna is greater than or equal to a set angle in a path of the target object in a single time of continuous tracking. When the maximum elevation angle of the antenna is less than the set angle in the path of the target object in the single time of continuous tracking, the controller issues a drive command of an azimuth angle direction to the vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji SAKAI, Masanobu HORIMOTO, Masakazu SAITO