Patents by Inventor Shumpei Kameyama

Shumpei Kameyama 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: 20140168634
    Abstract: A laser radar device includes: a pulse laser that outputs transmission light to a target; an transmission optical system that makes the transmission light at a predetermined beam spread angle; a light-receiving element array that receives scattered light from the target and converts the light to an electric signal; an electric circuit array that detects a reception intensity and a reception time from the electric signal; a range/three-dimensional shape output unit that measures a range to the target or a three-dimensional shape of the target on the basis of the reception time; a determination unit that determines whether the beam spread angle is changed or not on the basis of the reception intensity and the reception time; and a control unit that changes the beam spread angle on the basis of a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shumpei Kameyama, Masaharu Imaki, Nobuki Kotake, Hidenobu Tsuji, Hideaki Ochimizu, Mikio Takabayashi, Yoshihito Hirano
  • Publication number: 20130027715
    Abstract: A laser radar system includes: a scanner for transmitting a pulse toward a target while two-dimensionally scanning a transmitting beam, and outputting scan angle information; a lens of the receiver for receiving received light; a high aspect photo detector array for converting the received light into a received signal; a transimpedance amplifier array for amplifying the received signal; an adder circuit for adding the received signal from each element of the transimpedance amplifier array; a distance detecting circuit for measuring a light round-trip time to the target of an output signal from the adder circuit; and a signal processing unit for causing the scanner to perform a two-dimensional scanning operation in association with the scan angle information, to determine distances to multiple points on the target based on the light round-trip time and a speed of light and measure a three-dimensional shape of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Imaki, Shumpei Kameyama, Akihito Hirai, Kimio Asaka, Yoshihito Hirano
  • Patent number: 7561067
    Abstract: A measurement system for an aircraft having the three-axis components of the airspeed of the aircraft, the three-axis components of the wind speed currently encountered by the aircraft, and the wind speed distribution ahead of the aircraft simultaneously in real time. It comprises a Doppler anemometer measuring the airflow speeds at a plurality of points separated by a prescribed distance in the beam irradiation direction that changes in a time series, and an inertial data measurement device measuring the movement information and positional information of the aircraft. Moreover, the display system of the aircraft includes the horizontal two-axis airspeed of the aircraft, the three-axis components of the wind speed currently encountered by the aircraft, and information on the wind speed distribution ahead of the aircraft are displayed simultaneously in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignees: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Matayoshi, Kimio Asaka, Yoshinori Okuno, Masahiro Hagio, Yoshihito Hirano, Shumpei Kameyama, Toshiyuki Ando, Hidetaka Kiyosue, Masashi Furuta, Tomoya Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7295290
    Abstract: To obtain a coherent laser radar device that realizes high reliability and the high output of a transmitted light, the device includes a first optical coupler that branches a laser beam from a laser source into two lights, a local light and a transmitted light, an optical modulator that modulates the transmitted light, a space type optical amplifier that amplifies the modulated transmitted light, a transmitting/receiving optical system that applies the amplified transmitted light toward a target and receives a scattered light from the target, a transmitting/receiving light splitting device that splits the transmitted light and the received light, a second optical coupler that mixes the local light and the split received light together, a photodetector that detects heterodyne of a mixed light, a beat signal amplifier that amplifies a detected signal, a signal processing device that processes an amplified signal, and a display device that displays a processed result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Yanagisawa, Syuhei Yamamoto, Yoshihito Hirano, Shumpei Kameyama, Toshiyuki Ando
  • Publication number: 20070236367
    Abstract: In the measurement system for an aircraft according to the present invention, the three-axis components of the airspeed of the aircraft, the three-axis components of the wind speed currently encountered by the aircraft, and the wind speed distribution ahead of the aircraft, are measured simultaneously, by providing a Doppler anemometer which measures the airflow speeds at a plurality of points separated by a prescribed distance in the beam irradiation direction, and an inertial data measurement device which measures the movement information and positional information of the aircraft. Furthermore, in the measurement system for an aircraft according to the present invention, the measurement accuracy of the device is improved by providing means for obtaining information the movement and positional information of the aircraft during measurement, from the inertial data measurement device, and for correcting the measurement values from the Doppler anemometer by means of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicants: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Matayoshi, Kimio Asaka, Yoshinori Okuno, Masahiro Hagio, Yoshihito Hirano, Shumpei Kameyama, Toshiyuki Ando, Hidetaka Kiyosue, Masashi Furuta, Tomoya Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7274437
    Abstract: In a laser detecting and ranging apparatus in which a light signal is intensity-modulated with a modulating frequency consisting of a frequency in the microwave band for thereby detecting a Doppler frequency relating to the modulating frequency, high reception sensitivity is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shumpei Kameyama, Yoshihito Hirano
  • Patent number: 7209222
    Abstract: A laser radar apparatus includes a mixer 12 for converting the frequency of an electric signal outputted from a photodetector 11 into a baseband frequency by using a modulating signal generated by an oscillator 2. The laser radar apparatus carries out a coherent integral of the electric signal whose frequency has been converted by the mixer 12, and measures the quality of scatterers which exist in the atmosphere from a result of the integral. As a result, even when the S/N ratio of the light signal received by a receiving optical unit 8 is low, the laser radar apparatus can detect the quality of the scatterers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shumpei Kameyama, Yoshihito Hirano, Kimio Asaka, Toshiyuki Ando, Atsushi Okamura, Toshio Wakayama, Hiroshi Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 7196452
    Abstract: The film acoustic wave devices (12a, 12b and 12c) having the same properties are obtained by changing at least one of the followings: the length and/or the width of upper electrode (18a and 18b); the distance between the upper electrodes (18a and 18b); the length and/or the width of connecting patterns (19a and 19b); areas of bonding pads (20a and 20b); and the pattern shape for the film acoustic wave device (12a and 12b) such as the area of capacitor electrode connected electrically to the bonding pads (20a and 20b); the property variations of film acoustic wave devices (12a, 12b and 12c) caused from the positioning at wafer 11 is compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shusou Wadaka, Koichiro Misu, Tsutomu Nagatsuka, Tomonori Kimura, Shumpei Kameyama
  • Publication number: 20060071846
    Abstract: To obtain a coherent laser radar device that realizes high reliability and the high output of a transmitted light, the device includes a first optical coupler that branches a laser beam from a laser source into two lights, a local light and a transmitted light, an optical modulator that modulates the transmitted light, a space type optical amplifier that amplifies the modulated transmitted light, a transmitting/receiving optical system that applies the amplified transmitted light toward a target and receives a scattered light from the target, a transmitting/receiving light splitting device that splits the transmitted light and the received light, a second optical coupler that mixes the local light and the split received light together, a photodetector that detects heterodyne of a mixed light, a beat signal amplifier that amplifies a detected signal, a signal processing device that processes an amplified signal, and a display device that displays a processed result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Yakayuki Yanagisawa, Syuhei Yamamoto, Yoshihito Hirano, Shumpei Kameyama, Toshiyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 6963155
    Abstract: A film acoustic wave device having similar properties are obtained by changing at least one of the length and/or the width of upper electrodes; the distance between the upper electrodes; the length and/or the width of connecting patterns; the areas of bonding pads; and the pattern shape for the film acoustic wave device such as the area of capacitor electrodes electrically connected to the bonding pads. Property variations of the film acoustic wave devices caused from the positioning at a wafer is compensated for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shusou Wadaka, Koichiro Misu, Tsutomu Nagatsuka, Tomonori Kimura, Shumpei Kameyama
  • Publication number: 20050162637
    Abstract: In a laser detecting and ranging apparatus in which a light signal is intensity-modulated with a modulating frequency consisting of a frequency in the microwave band for thereby detecting a Doppler frequency relating to the modulating frequency, high reception sensitivity is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Shumpei Kameyama, Yoshihito Hirano
  • Publication number: 20050146706
    Abstract: A laser radar apparatus includes a mixer 12 for converting the frequency of an electric signal outputted from a photodetector 11 into a baseband frequency by using a modulating signal generated by an oscillator 2. The laser radar apparatus carries out a coherent integral of the electric signal whose frequency has been converted by the mixer 12, and measures the quality of scatterers which exist in the atmosphere from a result of the integral. As a result, even when the S/N ratio of the light signal received by a receiving optical unit 8 is low, the laser radar apparatus can detect the quality of the scatterers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Shumpei Kameyama, Yoshihito Hirano, Kimino Asaka, Toshiyuki Ando, Atsushi Okamura, Toshio Wakayama, Hiroshi Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 6505508
    Abstract: A turbulent layer detecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention is equipped with a transmitting section that transmits beams of electromagnetic waves, sound waves or light waves into the atmosphere, a receiving section that receives the electromagnetic waves, the sound waves, or the light waves that have been transmitted by the transmitting section and scattered by particulates or the like in the atmosphere, a wind velocity measuring section that measures a beam direction component of a wind velocity at two or more observation points on a beam from a received signal received by the receiving section, or a density measuring section that measures a density at two or more observation points on the beam, and a turbulent layer detecting section that detects the presence of a turbulent layer on the basis of the output of either the wind velocity measuring section or the density measuring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shumpei Kameyama, Yoshihito Hirano, Shusou Wadaka, Hidetoshi Tanaka, Wakasa Kise
  • Publication number: 20010038255
    Abstract: The film acoustic wave devices (12a, 12b and 12c) having the same properties are obtained by changing at least one of the followings: the length and/or the width of upper electrode (18a and 18b); the distance between the upper electrodes (18a and 18b); the length and/or the width of connecting patterns (19a and 19b); areas of bonding pads (20a and 20b); and the pattern shape for the film acoustic wave device (12a and 12b) such as the area of capacitor electrode connected electrically to the bonding pads (20a and 20b); the property variations of film acoustic wave devices (12a, 12b and 12c) caused from the positioning at wafer 11 is compensated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shusou Wadaka, Koichiro Misu, Tsutomu Nagatsuka, Tomonori Kimura, Shumpei Kameyama
  • Patent number: 6092420
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flaw detection apparatus is equipped with a probe which is driven by a transmission signal and which transmits an ultrasonic pulse at an angle with respect to a surface of a test object. The probe receives an ultrasonic pulse, which has been reflected by a defect in the test object, as an echo. The apparatus further includes a scanner for scanning the probe over a predetermined scanning zone on the test object and for outputting a spatial position of the probe. The apparatus is further equipped with a transmitter-receiver which has a transmitter for generating a transmission signal and outputting the transmission signal to the probe, a position detector for receiving a spatial position of the probe from the scanner, and a signal processor for detecting the defect according to the stored spatial position of the probe and the stored echo, taking the spread of an ultrasonic beam attributable to diffraction into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonori Kimura, Shusou Wadaka, Shumpei Kameyama, Mitsuhiro Koike, Yuuichi Manome
  • Patent number: 6009755
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transceiver has a function of displaying a modified B scope. The ultrasonic transceiver transmits ultrasonics to an inner part of a test object at an angle of inclination to a surface of the test object, receives echoes from discontinuity in the test object, and displays, based on an outcome of the reception, an image which shows a state of transmission of the ultrasonics in the test object. When displaying the image, origins of time axes on the screen are shifted through a coordinate transformation of the outcome of reception to avoid the difference in lateral positions of images of single discontinuity. Consequently, it is possible to accurately discern the location, size, configuration, and posture of the discontinuity when the outcome of reception is displayed in a rectangular display window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuuichi Manome, Mitsuhiro Koike, Shusou Wadaka, Tomonori Kimura, Shumpei Kameyama