Patents Assigned to Nippon Information Industry Corporation
  • Patent number: 5465099
    Abstract: A detectable device attachable to a movable item for detecting movement. Radio waves having a predetermined frequency are received by the detectable device, and radio waves having a harmonic frequency of the received waves are reradiated from the detectable device. The detectable device comprises a dipole antenna for receiving radio waves with said predetermined frequency, a diode connected in parallel to feed points of the dipole antenna for generating an electric current having a harmonic frequency of said received radio waves. A loop antenna is provided whose feed points are connected in parallel to feed points of the diode for converting the electric current having the harmonic frequency to radio waves for transmitting the radio waves at the harmonic frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Information Industry Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Mitsui, Noriyuki Akaba, Yukitsugu Shimokawa