Patents by Inventor Shinichi Mitsunaga

Shinichi Mitsunaga 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: 20230417794
    Abstract: An inertial sensor module includes: a first inertial sensor; a second inertial sensor; and a processing device configured to receive a first detection signal output from the first inertial sensor and a second detection signal output from the second inertial sensor, and output measurement data based on the first detection signal and the second detection signal and based on output instruction information received from outside. The processing device is configured to output the measurement data in a format corresponding to output format selection information received from the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Shinichi MITSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230099359
    Abstract: An inertial sensor module includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processing circuit. The first sensor detects, with a first sensitivity, a first physical quantity at a first detection axis and a second physical quantity at a second detection axis. The second sensor detects, with a second sensitivity different from the first sensitivity, a third physical quantity at a third detection axis with a higher accuracy than the first sensor. The processing circuit performs arithmetic processing that is processing of converting the first physical quantity and the second physical quantity at the first sensitivity and the third physical quantity at the second sensitivity into a first physical quantity, a second physical quantity, and a third physical quantity at a predetermined sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Shinichi MITSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160089566
    Abstract: A sensor unit includes: a measuring unit; a first buffer which saves measured data measured by the measuring unit when outputting the measured data outside; a second buffer; and an output mode switching unit which switches an output mode for outputting the measured data outside. The output mode includes a real-time mode (first mode) in which the first buffer is overwritten with the measured data if there is no free space in the first buffer, and a buffering mode (second mode) in which the measured data is written in the second buffer if there is no free space in the first buffer and in which the measured data written in the second buffer is transferred to the first buffer if a free space is generated in the first buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi MITSUNAGA, Kazuhiro SHIBUYA
  • Patent number: 8164513
    Abstract: An evaluation point E of a present position candidate corresponding to each satellite set is calculated based on an a priori residual (APR) (APR value), a PDOP value, and the number of satellites of the target satellite set according to E=k1·f1(APR)+k2·f2(PDOP)+k3·f3(number of satellites). Evaluation coefficients k1 to k3 for respectively weighting evaluation functions f1 to f3 are determined based on an APR average value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Mitsunaga, Mikio Nagahara
  • Patent number: 8072372
    Abstract: In the first positioning, a positioning process that calculates the present position based on acquired GPS satellite signals (step A3) is performed a plurality of times. A number of times that the difference (position difference) ?P between the calculated present located position and the preceding located position is successively equal to or less than a given value is counted using a position counter, and a number of times that the difference (time difference) ?T between the present time error and the preceding time error is successively equal to or less than a given value is counted using a time counter each time the positioning process is performed (step A5). A position threshold value and a time threshold value are determined by changing a reference threshold value by an amount corresponding to an APR average value (step A7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Nagahara, Shinichi Mitsunaga
  • Patent number: 7884759
    Abstract: A reception environment is determined to be a multipath environment when the difference (positioning altitude difference) between the maximum value (maximum altitude) and the minimum value (minimum altitude) of the altitudes of candidate present positions P of respective satellite sets exceeds a given threshold value (e.g., 200 m), and is determined to be an open-sky environment when the positioning altitude difference is equal to or less than the given threshold value. When the reception environment is the open-sky environment, an evaluation point E of each satellite set is calculated using a known evaluation method based on the number of satellites, a PDOP value, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Mitsunaga
  • Publication number: 20100214167
    Abstract: A reception environment is determined to be a multipath environment when the difference (positioning altitude difference) between the maximum value (maximum altitude) and the minimum value (minimum altitude) of the altitudes of candidate present positions P of respective satellite sets exceeds a given threshold value (e.g., 200 m), and is determined to be an open-sky environment when the positioning altitude difference is equal to or less than the given threshold value. When the reception environment is the open-sky environment, an evaluation point E of each satellite set is calculated using a known evaluation method based on the number of satellites, a PDOP value, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi MITSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 7728768
    Abstract: A reception environment is determined to be a multipath environment when the difference (positioning altitude difference) between the maximum value (maximum altitude) and the minimum value (minimum altitude) of the altitudes of candidate present positions P of respective satellite sets exceeds a given threshold value (e.g., 200 m), and is determined to be an open-sky environment when the positioning altitude difference is equal to or less than the given threshold value. When the reception environment is the open-sky environment, an evaluation point E of each satellite set is calculated using a known evaluation method based on the number of satellites, a PDOP value, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Mitsunaga
  • Publication number: 20100079335
    Abstract: An evaluation point E of a present position candidate corresponding to each satellite set is calculated based on an a priori residual (APR) (APR value), a PDOP value, and the number of satellites of the target satellite set according to E=k1·f1(APR)+k2·f2(PDOP)+k3·f3(number of satellites). Evaluation coefficients k1 to k3 for respectively weighting evaluation functions f1 to f3 are determined based on an APR average value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi MITSUNAGA, Mikio NAGAHARA
  • Publication number: 20100007557
    Abstract: In the first positioning, a positioning process that calculates the present position based on acquired GPS satellite signals (step A3) is performed a plurality of times. A number of times that the difference (position difference) ?P between the calculated present located position and the preceding located position is successively equal to or less than a given value is counted using a position counter, and a number of times that the difference (time difference) ?T between the present time error and the preceding time error is successively equal to or less than a given value is counted using a time counter each time the positioning process is performed (step A5). A position threshold value and a time threshold value are determined by changing a reference threshold value by an amount corresponding to an APR average value (step A7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio NAGAHARA, Shinichi MITSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20090322607
    Abstract: A reception environment is determined to be a multipath environment when the difference (positioning altitude difference) between the maximum value (maximum altitude) and the minimum value (minimum altitude) of the altitudes of candidate present positions P of respective satellite sets exceeds a given threshold value (e.g., 200 m), and is determined to be an open-sky environment when the positioning altitude difference is equal to or less than the given threshold value. When the reception environment is the open-sky environment, an evaluation point E of each satellite set is calculated using a known evaluation method based on the number of satellites, a PDOP value, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi MITSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 7623069
    Abstract: An evaluation point E of a present position candidate corresponding to each satellite set is calculated based on an a priori residual (APR) (APR value), a PDOP value, and the number of satellites of the target satellite set according to E=k1·f1(APR)+k2·f2(PDOP)+k3·f3(number of satellites). Evaluation coefficients k1 to k3 for respectively weighting evaluation functions f1 to f3 are determined based on an APR average value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Mitsunaga, Mikio Nagahara
  • Patent number: 7612713
    Abstract: In the first positioning, a positioning process that calculates the present position based on acquired GPS satellite signals (step A3) is performed a plurality of times. A number of times that the difference (position difference) ?P between the calculated present located position and the preceding located position is successively equal to or less than a given value is counted using a position counter, and a number of times that the difference (time difference) ?T between the present time error and the preceding time error is successively equal to or less than a given value is counted using a time counter each time the positioning process is performed (step A5). A position threshold value and a time threshold value are determined by changing a reference threshold value by an amount corresponding to an APR average value (step A7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Nagahara, Shinichi Mitsunaga
  • Publication number: 20090040104
    Abstract: An evaluation point E of a present position candidate corresponding to each satellite set is calculated based on an a priori residual (APR) (APR value), a PDOP value, and the number of satellites of the target satellite set according to E=k1·f1(APR)+k2·f2(PDOP)+k3·f3(number of satellites). Evaluation coefficients k1 to k3 for respectively weighting evaluation functions f1 to f3 are determined based on an APR average value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi MITSUNAGA, Mikio NAGAHARA
  • Publication number: 20080246661
    Abstract: In the first positioning, a positioning process that calculates the present position based on acquired GPS satellite signals (step A3) is performed a plurality of times. A number of times that the difference (position difference) ?P between the calculated present located position and the preceding located position is successively equal to or less than a given value is counted using a position counter, and a number of times that the difference (time difference) ?T between the present time error and the preceding time error is successively equal to or less than a given value is counted using a time counter each time the positioning process is performed (step A5). A position threshold value and a time threshold value are determined by changing a reference threshold value by an amount corresponding to an APR average value (step A7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikio NAGAHARA, Shinichi MITSUNAGA