Patents by Inventor Akinori Fujimura

Akinori Fujimura 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: 20170272117
    Abstract: A demodulation apparatus demodulates spectrum-spread received data, and includes a band variable filter removing noise components from despread received data, a power conversion unit converting each sample value of received data after removing noise components to a power value, a cyclic addition unit cyclically adding the power value in bit periods of received data, a maximum-value detection/average-level measurement unit detecting a maximum value from a cyclic-addition result of the cyclic addition unit, an estimation unit estimating a spreading-code timing and a carrier frequency based on maximum-value information detected by the maximum-value detection/average-level measurement unit, a spreading-code generation unit generating a spreading code with a timing according to an estimation result of a spreading-code timing obtained by the estimation unit, and a local-signal generation unit setting a local-signal frequency according to an estimation result of a carrier frequency obtained by the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori FUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 9749037
    Abstract: A demultiplexing apparatus includes a signal receiving unit that receives signals, an analog demultiplexing unit that analog-demultiplexes, in predetermined units of channels, received signals received by the signal receiving unit and generates analog demultiplexed signals, and a plurality of digital demultiplexing units that digital-demultiplex the analog demultiplexed signals in units of sub-channels and generate digital demultiplexed signals. The analog demultiplexing unit controls, concerning the analog demultiplexed signals output to the digital demultiplexing units, a total value of bandwidths in which a signal is present so as to be a predetermined value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 9749947
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus reducing power consumption of a large circuit size switch unit, includes a demultiplexing unit that separates an input multiplexed signal into plural signals for each input port, a prestage rearrangement unit that rearranges the plural signals input from the demultiplexing unit and outputs plural prestage rearranged signals for each input port, a switch unit that inputs the plural prestage rearranged signals output from the prestage rearrangement unit provided for each input port as plural signals before switching and applies switching processes to the plural signals before the switching to be output as plural switched signals for each output port, a poststage rearrangement unit that inputs and rearranges the plural switched signals output from the switch unit for each output port and outputs plural poststage rearranged signals for each output port, and a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the plural poststage rearranged signals for each output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Akita, Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 9473236
    Abstract: A reply apparatus includes: a reception analog switch matrix that outputs, to reception processing units, a wideband reception signal in a band wider than the bandwidth processable by the reception processing unit; a connecting unit that outputs demultiplexed signals to transmission processing units; a transmission analog switch matrix that outputs, to the same transmission antennas, signals subjected to transmission processing; a local generating unit that generates and transmits local signals having different frequencies to the reception processing units; a local-phase-difference calculating unit that calculates a phase difference between the local signals and inputs the phase difference to the reception processing units; and reception-phase correcting units that perform phase correction on the basis of the phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Fujimura, Tsuyoshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20160057698
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus reducing power consumption of a large circuit size switch unit, includes a demultiplexing unit that separates an input multiplexed signal into plural signals for each input port, a prestage rearrangement unit that rearranges the plural signals input from the demultiplexing unit and outputs plural prestage rearranged signals for each input port, a switch unit that inputs the plural prestage rearranged signals output from the prestage rearrangement unit provided for each input port as plural signals before switching and applies switching processes to the plural signals before the switching to be output as plural switched signals for each output port, a poststage rearrangement unit that inputs and rearranges the plural switched signals output from the switch unit for each output port and outputs plural poststage rearranged signals for each output port, and a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the plural poststage rearranged signals for each output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru AKITA, Akinori FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160056883
    Abstract: A demultiplexing apparatus includes a signal receiving unit that receives signals, an analog demultiplexing unit that analog-demultiplexes, in predetermined units of channels, received signals received by the signal receiving unit and generates analog demultiplexed signals, and a plurality of digital demultiplexing units that digital-demultiplex the analog demultiplexed signals in units of sub-channels and generate digital demultiplexed signals. The analog demultiplexing unit controls, concerning the analog demultiplexed signals output to the digital demultiplexing units, a total value of bandwidths in which a signal is present so as to be a predetermined value or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160014705
    Abstract: A relay control station includes a power control unit that determines, on the basis of a power value of each of demultiplexed signals measured by the repeater and an expected power value of each of the demultiplexed signals, a gain control amount provisional value for each of the demodulated signals and calculates a gain control value of each of the demultiplexed signals for the repeater on the basis of a ratio between a sum of power estimation values of all the demultiplexed signals obtained when the gain control amount provisional value is applied and a sum of power values of all the demultiplexed signals measured by the repeater and the gain control amount provisional value; and a repeater interface unit that notifies the repeater of the gain control amount calculated by the power control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shigenori TANI, Katsuyuki MOTOYOSHI, Akinori FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150381266
    Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a reception analog filter that extracts a desired signal from a received signal, an A/D converter that converts the signal after passage through the reception analog filter into a digital signal, a demultiplexing unit that demultiplexes the digital signal converted by the A/D converter into m signals, a reception-side compensating unit that digitally compensates for an analog characteristic of the reception analog filter with respect to the m signals demultiplexed by the demultiplexing unit, and a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the m signals digitally compensated by the reception-side compensating unit. The reception-side compensating unit further demultiplexes each of x signals not sufficiently compensated among the digitally-compensated m signals into k signals, digitally compensates for the analog characteristic of the reception analog filter, and multiplexes the k signals after the digital compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150295636
    Abstract: A reply apparatus includes: a reception analog switch matrix that outputs, to reception processing units, a wideband reception signal in a band wider than the bandwidth processable by the reception processing unit; a connecting unit that outputs demultiplexed signals to transmission processing units; a transmission analog switch matrix that outputs, to the same transmission antennas, signals subjected to transmission processing; a local generating unit that generates and transmits local signals having different frequencies to the reception processing units; a local-phase-difference calculating unit that calculates a phase difference between the local signals and inputs the phase difference to the reception processing units; and reception-phase correcting units that perform phase correction on the basis of the phase difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Fujimura, Tsuyoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9136933
    Abstract: A demultiplexing apparatus includes: a demultiplexed-signal selecting and distributing unit configured to apply frequency conversion processing and down-sampling processing to one or more reception signals and output reception signals to a designated output destination; frequency converting and reception low-pass filter units configured to apply frequency conversion processing and low-pass filter processing to reception signals and output reception signals while down-sampling reception signals; selector units configured to switch an input source of a signal output to the frequency converting and reception low-pass filter unit at a next stage; reception-channel filter units configured to subject signals from the frequency converting and reception low-pass filter units to waveform shaping with a desired frequency characteristic and output the signals; and a filter-bank control unit configured to generate, based on channel information estimated from one or more reception signals, a control signal controlling the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8861661
    Abstract: An interference wave suppressing apparatus includes a digital demultiplexing unit configured to demultiplex a reception signal into demultiplexed signals having predetermined bandwidth, an interference-wave detecting unit configured to determine, for each of the demultiplexed signals, based on a power value, whether an interference wave is present, an interference-wave suppressing unit configured to change a signal value of the demultiplexed signal, in which the interference-wave detecting unit determines that an interference wave is present, to a value equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, output the demultiplexed signal, and output the demultiplexed signal, in which the interference-wave detecting unit determines that an interference wave is absent, and a digital multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the signals output from the interference-wave suppressing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8731123
    Abstract: A demultiplexing device that includes frequency-conversion and reception low-pass-filter units that perform a frequency converting process and a low-pass filtering process for causing a signal to pass through a desired band, perform downsampling to reduce a sampling rate to half of a data rate of an input signal, and output the signal, reception channel-filter units that waveform-shape a signal with a desired frequency characteristic and output the waveform-shaped signal. The demultiplexing device also includes a filter-bank control unit that generates a clock control signal for supplying a clock to frequency-conversion and reception low-pass-filter units and reception channel-filter units corresponding to signal passage bands, based on channel information, and a reception-clock supply unit that supplies a clock to frequency-conversion and reception low-pass-filter units and reception channel-filter units corresponding to signal passage bands, based on the clock control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8675628
    Abstract: A demultiplexing apparatus includes, in each of n stages, 2n FC+RXHBFs that down-sample a signal, from which a high-frequency component is removed after frequency conversion is carried out, and output the signal. The demultiplexing apparatus extracts, from an input signal including a plurality of band signals, the band signals to thereby demultiplex the input signal. The demultiplexing apparatus includes a reception-filter-bank control unit that calculates, based on channel information including bands and frequency arrangement of the band signals, a dividing position on a frequency axis and a frequency offset value indicating a frequency conversion value and instructs the FC+RXHBF, which is set as a target of output of divided signals of the input signal, about the calculated values. The FC+RXHBF carries out frequency conversion based on the frequency offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Fujimura, Yasushi Sogabe
  • Publication number: 20140036765
    Abstract: A relay satellite includes reception antennas, reception processing units, transmission processing units, transmission antennas, a reception analog switch matrix unit that outputs a signal received by the reception antenna to one or more of the reception processing units, a digital switch matrix unit that outputs digital reception signals obtained by reception processing performed by the reception processing units to one or more of the transmission processing units, and a transmission analog switch matrix unit that outputs analog signals obtained by transmission processing performed by the transmission processing units to one of the transmission antennas. The reception analog switch matrix unit outputs a broadband reception signal to the reception processing units when a reception signal having a band broader than a band processable by the reception processing unit is inputted, and the reception processing unit performs reception processing on a part of a band when the broadband signal is inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Fujimura, Kyoichiro Izumi, Toshiyuki Kuze
  • Patent number: 8542785
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that can suppress an increase in circuit size and reduce influence of interference, includes reception array antenna elements, a reception digital beam forming (DBF) network that generates a reception beam signal for forming M reception beams using a reception signal, and reception filter banks (FBs) that generate frequency split reception beam signals obtained by frequency-splitting the reception beam signal. The communication apparatus includes an interference-source detecting unit that stores, for each reception beam, an interference candidate beam area estimated based on an initial reception beam characteristic, calculates, based on the frequency split reception beam signals, a reception spectrum, and calculates, based on the reception spectrum and a reception spectrum of a reception beam to the interference candidate beam area, an interference source area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Fujimura, Kazunari Kihira, Yasushi Sogabe
  • Publication number: 20130155941
    Abstract: A demultiplexing apparatus includes: a demultiplexed-signal selecting and distributing unit configured to apply frequency conversion processing and down-sampling processing to one or more reception signals and output reception signals to a designated output destination; frequency converting and reception low-pass filter units configured to apply frequency conversion processing and low-pass filter processing to reception signals and output reception signals while down-sampling reception signals; selector units configured to switch an input source of a signal output to the frequency converting and reception low-pass filter unit at a next stage; reception-channel filter units configured to subject signals from the frequency converting and reception low-pass filter units to waveform shaping with a desired frequency characteristic and output the signals; and a filter-bank control unit configured to generate, based on channel information estimated from one or more reception signals, a control signal controlling the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8462875
    Abstract: A timing regenerating device regenerates a process timing for demodulating a reception signal in a spread spectrum communication system. The timing regenerating device includes a signal extracting unit that extracts a baseband signal from the reception signal on which an inverse spread processing is performed and a reference clock generating unit that converts the baseband signal into an electric power and generates a reference clock for a latch timing of the baseband signal output from the signal extracting unit based on the electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keishi Takeda, Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8346161
    Abstract: When a transmission request for new data is issued under a situation where a plurality of data are transmitted to a specific service area from a plurality of service areas, a feeder link station searches an available frequency to be allocated to the new data in a down-link frequency band of the specific service area, and when any of data communications is completed, allocates a down-link frequency band used in the data communication as a down-link frequency band for the new data. A satellite repeater arranges the new data on the down-link frequency band right after the data communication is completed following a relay control by the feeder link station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Sogabe, Akinori Fujimura, Takashi Kuwahara, Futaba Ejima
  • Publication number: 20120314824
    Abstract: An interference wave suppressing apparatus includes a digital demultiplexing unit configured to demultiplex a reception signal into demultiplexed signals having predetermined bandwidth, an interference-wave detecting unit configured to determine, for each of the demultiplexed signals, based on a power value, whether an interference wave is present, an interference-wave suppressing unit configured to change a signal value of the demultiplexed signal, in which the interference-wave detecting unit determines that an interference wave is present, to a value equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, output the demultiplexed signal, and output the demultiplexed signal, in which the interference-wave detecting unit determines that an interference wave is absent, and a digital multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the signals output from the interference-wave suppressing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8311146
    Abstract: A transmission device (10) includes: a series/parallel converter (11); an MSK modulator (31) for modulating a signal on a channel basis; a D/A converter (13); a frequency converter (14a) for conversion into different carrier frequencies; a synchronization circuit (32); an amplifier (15); a multiplexer (16) for multiplexing amplification signals; and an antenna (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Akinori Fujimura, Yasushi Sogabe, Fumio Ishizu, Tadashi Takagi, Hiroyuki Nakase, Kazuo Tsubouchi, Suguru Kameda, Shoichi Oshima