Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Nakano

Hiroaki Nakano 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).

  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180287669
    Abstract: This technology relates to a communication apparatus and a communication method adapted to improve the deterioration of communication performance due to variations in parts, for example. A test signal generating section generates a predetermined test signal. A detecting section detects, given a received test signal obtained by a transmitting and receiving section upon receipt of the test signal, an influence parameter affecting the intensity of an active load modulation signal that combines a transmission carrier with a synchronizing signal synchronized with a received signal obtained upon receipt of the transmission carrier. A controlling section controls the intensity of the active load modulation signal in accordance with the influence parameter. This technology applies to cases where short-range wireless communication is performed using magnetic fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Masayoshi Abe, Hiroaki Fujita, Hiroshi Matsui
  • NON-CONTACT ELECTRIC POWER FEEDING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, NON-CONTACT ELECTRIC POWER FEEDING DEVICE, AND NON-CONTACT ELECTRIC POWER FEEDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180269721
    Abstract: Provided is a non-contact electric power feeding system including an electric power feeding device, and an electric power receiving device configured to receive electric power fed from the electric power feeding device. The electric power feeding device includes a primary-side coil, a driver, a primary-side control unit, and a primary-side communication unit. The electric power receiving device includes a secondary-side coil, a rectifier unit, a regulator, a secondary-side communication unit, and a secondary-side control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: OSAMU KOZAKAI, HIROAKI NAKANO, SHINICHI FUKUDA, MASAYUKI TANAKA
  • CURING ACCELERATOR FOR OXIDATIVELY POLYMERIZABLE UNSATURATED RESIN, PRINTING INK AND COATING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20180237645
    Abstract: To provide a curing accelerator for an oxidatively polymerizable unsaturated resin which can decrease the amount of cobalt metal soap used and has curing performance equal to or higher than excellent curing performance of the cobalt metal soap, and a printing ink and a coating material using the same. A curing accelerator for an oxidatively polymerizable unsaturated resin including a manganese or cobalt complex (?) containing quinolinol compound ions represented by Structural Formula (1) as a ligand, and a printing ink and a coating material including the curing accelerator. In the formula, R1 is any of a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfo group, and a halogen atom, and n is an integer of 1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Akinori Takahashi, Hiroaki Nakano, Takayuki Odashima, Ichiro Azuma
  • Electronic unit and feed system
    Patent number: 10027176
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • DETECTING DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND DETECTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180198324
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detecting device including a coil electromagnetically coupled to the external, a resonant circuit that includes at least the coil, and a detecting section that superimposes a measurement signal for measuring the Q-factor of the resonant circuit on a power transmission signal transmitted to the coil in a contactless manner and removes the power transmission signal from an alternating-current signal obtained by superimposing the measurement signal on the power transmission signal. The detecting section measures the Q-factor by using the alternating-current signal from which the power transmission signal is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Keigo Bunsen, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Wireless power transfer device with foreign object detection, system, and method for performing the same
    Patent number: 10020693
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting the presence of undesirable foreign matter in a region between a wireless power transmission apparatus and a power reception apparatus are described. First and second detection methods, based on different detection schemes, may be used to detect and distinguish the presence of foreign matter from misalignment during power transfer operation. A first detection method may be used before power is transferred to a load in a power reception apparatus, and a second detection method may be used while power is supplied to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Osamu Kozakai, Shinji Komiyama, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Non-contact electric power feeding system, terminal device, non-contact electric power feeding device, and non-contact electric power feeding method
    Patent number: 10003216
    Abstract: Provided is a non-contact electric power feeding system including an electric power feeding device, and an electric power receiving device configured to receive electric power fed from the electric power feeding device. The electric power feeding device includes a primary-side coil, a driver, a primary-side control unit, and a primary-side communication unit. The electric power receiving device includes a secondary-side coil, a rectifier unit, a regulator, a secondary-side communication unit, and a secondary-side control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Hiroaki Nakano, Shinichi Fukuda, Masayuki Tanaka
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180160383
    Abstract: A communication device of the disclosure includes a phase synchronizer, a first modulator, and a detector. The phase synchronizer generates a second signal on a basis of a first signal received from a communication partner. The first modulator is able to modulate the first signal on a basis of the second signal. The detector detects that synchronization between the first signal and the second signal is lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Hiroaki Fujita, Uichiro Omae, Tetsuya Fujiwara, Hiroya Yamamoto
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180145763
    Abstract: A communication device of the disclosure includes a phase synchronizer, a modulator, and a controller. The phase synchronizer generates a second signal on a basis of a first signal received from a communication partner by selectively performing one of a closed loop operation and an open loop operation. The modulator is able to modulate the first signal on a basis of the second signal. The controller controls operations of the phase synchronizer and the modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujita, Hiroaki Nakano, Uichiro Omae, Tetsuya Fujiwara
  • POWER RECEIVING UNIT, POWER RECEIVING METHOD, AND FEED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180131231
    Abstract: A power receiving unit of the disclosure includes a communicator that communicates with a feed unit, a power receiver that has a first rectifier circuit and a second rectifier circuit that each rectify an electric power signal supplied from the feed unit, and a controller that selects and operates one of the first rectifier circuit and the second rectifier circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: HIROAKI NAKANO, UICHIRO OMAE
  • Detecting device, power receiving device, contactless power transmission system, and detecting method
    Patent number: 9935504
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detecting device including a coil electromagnetically coupled to the external, a resonant circuit that includes at least the coil, and a detecting section that superimposes a measurement signal for measuring the Q-factor of the resonant circuit on a power transmission signal transmitted to the coil in a contactless manner and removes the power transmission signal from an alternating-current signal obtained by superimposing the measurement signal on the power transmission signal. The detecting section measures the Q-factor by using the alternating-current signal from which the power transmission signal is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Bunsen, Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Wireless power transfer device with foreign object detection, system, and method for performing the same
    Patent number: 9929605
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting the presence of undesirable foreign matter in a region between a wireless power transmission apparatus and a power reception apparatus are described. First and second detection methods, based on different detection schemes, may be used to detect and distinguish the presence of foreign matter from misalignment during power transfer operation method may be used while power is supplied to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Osamu Kozakai, Shinji Komiyama, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180083670
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes switch control circuitry configured to determine whether a received signal is for a power receiving operation or a data receiving operation based on a level of a frequency component of the received signal, select the power-reception operation or a data-transmission operation based on the determination, and switch to the power-reception operation or the data-transmission operation based on the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki NAKANO, Shinichi FUKUDA, Osamu KOZAKAI, Kenichi FUJIMAKI
  • ELECTRONIC UNIT AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180076669
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: an electricity reception section configured to receive power fed from a power feeding unit using a magnetic field; a voltage detection section configured to detect a received voltage supplied from the electricity reception section; and a control section, wherein while preliminary power feeding at a lower power than main power feeding is performed from the power feeding unit, and when a received voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, the control section performs voltage reduction control so as to decrease the received voltage to lower than the threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen
  • POWER RECEIVING UNIT, POWER RECEIVING CONTROL METHOD, NON-CONTACT FEED SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180069436
    Abstract: A power receiving unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive power that is fed from a power feeding unit in a non-contact manner; a rectification section configured to rectify the power received by the power receiving section; a method determination section configured to identify a feeding method of the power feeding unit; and a target voltage setting section configured to set a target voltage of the power rectified by the rectification section, to a value corresponding to the feeding method identified by the method determination section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Takaaki Hashiguchi
  • MEDICAL SYRINGE, GASKET TO BE USED FOR SYRINGE, AND GASKET PRODUCTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180036489
    Abstract: A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 ?m and not greater than 55 ?m and a width of not less than 30 ?m and not greater than 75 ?m. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki NAKANO, Yuki SAKASHITA, Yoshikazu MASUYAMA
  • ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-COUPLED STATE DETECTION CIRCUIT, POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-COUPLED STATE DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180034509
    Abstract: An electromagnetically-coupled state detection circuit including a detection unit that measures a primary side Q value of a circuit containing a primary side coil electromagnetically coupled with a secondary side coil and power transmission efficiency to the secondary side coil, corrects the power transmission efficiency based on the Q value of the primary side coil, and detects a state of electromagnetic coupling with the secondary side coil based on an obtained corrected value of the power transmission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Tomomichi Murakami, Shinichi Fukuda, Osamu Kozakai, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Power feeding apparatus, power receiving apparatus, power feeding system, and method of controlling power feeding
    Patent number: 9882437
    Abstract: A power feeding apparatus is provided. The power feeding apparatus includes a power feeding unit configured to supply electric power to a power receiving apparatus through a magnetic field; a measuring unit configured to measure an electric characteristic value and to generate a measurement value; a power receiving unit configured to provide a set value; and a foreign substance detection unit configured to detect a foreign substance in the magnetic field based on the set value and the measurement value. A power receiving apparatus, a power feeding system, and a method of controlling power feeding are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Osamu Kozakai, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Electronic unit and power feeding system
    Patent number: 9882417
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: an electricity reception section configured to receive power fed from a power feeding unit using a magnetic field; a voltage detection section configured to detect a received voltage supplied from the electricity reception section; and a control section, wherein while preliminary power feeding at a lower power than main power feeding is performed from the power feeding unit, and when a received voltage detected by the voltage detection section is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, the control section performs voltage reduction control so as to decrease the received voltage to lower than the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180013596
    Abstract: A communication device according to the disclosure includes: a signal generator that generates, on the basis of the first signal received from a communication partner through a coil, a second signal that synchronizes with the first signal; a first modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal on the basis of the second signal; a second modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal; and a communication controller that selects, on the basis of the first signal, whichever modulator is to be operated, from the first modulator and the second modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Uichiro Omae, Hiroaki Fujita, Masayoshi Abe