Patents by Inventor Mikio Funai

Mikio Funai 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: 6646587
    Abstract: A Doppler radar apparatus includes a first oscillator for generating a first sweep signal to repeatedly sweep a predetermined frequency range periodically; a second oscillator for generating a second sweep signal having sweep properties identical to those of the first sweep signal, the second oscillator 41b starting sweep before the first oscillator finishes frequency sweep; a power combiner for combining the first and second sweep signals to generate a transmission signal; a switch for receiving, as inputs, the first and second sweep signals, and switching an output between the first and second sweep signals synchronously with the timing when sweep with each of the first and second sweep signals is terminated; and a mixer for mixing a reception signal coming from a part of the transmission signal reflected in a target and received, and an output signal from the switch with each other to produce an output signal from the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mikio Funai
  • Publication number: 20030117311
    Abstract: A Doppler radar apparatus includes a first oscillator for generating a first sweep signal to repeatedly sweep a predetermined frequency range periodically; a second oscillator for generating a second sweep signal having sweep properties identical to those of the first sweep signal, the second oscillator 41b starting sweep before the first oscillator finishes frequency sweep; a power combiner for combining the first and second sweep signals to generate a transmission signal; a switch for receiving, as inputs, the first and second sweep signals, and switching an output between the first and second sweep signals synchronously with the timing when sweep with each of the first and second sweep signals is terminated; and a mixer for mixing a reception signal coming from a part of the transmission signal reflected in a target and received, and an output signal from the switch with each other to produce an output signal from the mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mikio Funai