Patents by Inventor Hiroki Shoki

Hiroki Shoki 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: 20130002035
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless power transmission system, includes a power transmission antenna and a power reception antenna. The power transmission antenna has a first resonance frequency and a first frequency bandwidth, and wirelessly transmits high-frequency energy having a first transmission frequency. The power reception antenna has a second resonance frequency and a second frequency bandwidth, and wirelessly receives the high-frequency energy. The second resonance frequency is higher than a highest frequency within the first frequency bandwidth. The first transmission frequency falls within the first frequency bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Noriaki OODACHI, Kenichirou Ogawa, Hiroki Kudo, Akiko Yamada, Tetsu Shijo, Hiroki Shoki, Shuichi Obayashi
  • Publication number: 20130002511
    Abstract: An antenna device of an embodiment includes: an antenna having a feeding point and an end portion apart from the feeding point, the end portion being an open end; a variable impedance matching circuit connected to the antenna at the feeding point; a probe placed in such a position that the distance from the end portion to a tip of the probe is equal to or shorter than one eighth of the wavelength corresponding to the maximum radio frequency used in the antenna device; and a controller that is connected to the probe, and controls the variable impedance matching circuit, based on an electrical signal measured with the probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Makoto HIGAKI, Ippei KASHIWAGI, Shuichi OBAYASHI, Hiroki SHOKI
  • Publication number: 20120242161
    Abstract: There is provided a radio power transmitting apparatus including: a power transmitting coil, a band signal generating unit, a reflected signal measuring unit, an oscillator and a communication control unit. The coil is supplied with a signal and transmits the signal to a power receiving coil on a radio power receiving apparatus through magnetic coupling. The generating unit generates a band signal having an allowable transmission band and supplies the band signal to the power transmitting coil. The reflected signal measuring unit measures a reflected signal of the band signal from the power transmitting coil. The oscillator generates a carrier signal having a controllable oscillating frequency. The control unit determines a transmission frequency based on a frequency characteristic of the reflected signal and performs control so that a transmission signal generated by modulating the carrier signal of the transmission frequency is supplied to the power transmitting coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroki KUDO, Noritaka Deguchi, Daisuke Takeda, Ren Sakata, Hiroki Shoki
  • Publication number: 20120223595
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless power transmission apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of transmitting coils. The housing is capable of containing one or more power receiving apparatuses includes one or more receiving coils which receive power. The plurality of transmitting coils are provided inside the housing and are configured to transmit the power to the power receiving apparatuses by making electromagnetic coupling with the receiving coils, at least two of the plurality of transmitting coils having orientations of axes different from each other, the axes each indicating a line perpendicular to a plane which is defined by windings of a coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Noriaki OODACHI, Hiroki Shoki, Kenichirou Ogawa, Hiroki Kudo, Shuichi Obayashi
  • Publication number: 20120193810
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless apparatus includes an integrated circuit package, a board having a first layer. The integrated circuit package includes an integrated circuit and at least one antenna. The board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the integrated circuit package is mounted on the board and is electrically connected to the board. The first layer is formed on the second surface, a part of the first layer in a first region is formed of a conductor, the first region is a region on which the antenna is projected in a thickness direction of the board, the part of the first layer in the first region is electrically connected to a particular region included in a third region, the third region is formed of a second region included in the board and the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yukako Tsutsumi, Hiroki Shoki
  • Publication number: 20120161544
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device that supplies power to a power receiving device including a second self-resonant coil having a winding structure in which a conductive wire is wound one turn or more perpendicularly to a second central axis, the wireless power transmission device comprising: a first self-resonant coil having the winding structure in which the conductive wire is wound one turn or more perpendicularly to a first central axis to supply the power to the second self-resonant coil that is not located on the first central axis; and a third self-resonant coil having the winding structure in which the conductive wire is wound one turn or more perpendicularly to a third central axis that is not perpendicular to the first central axis and arranged on the first central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ippei Kashiwagi, Noriaki Oodachi, Hiroki Shoki
  • Publication number: 20120161532
    Abstract: A loop antenna includes: a pair of first linear elements, a feed point connected with each of the first linear elements, a first variable impedance element, one end of which is connected with one end of the first linear elements, a second variable impedance element, one end and the other end of which are electrically connected with the other end of the first variable impedance element and the other end of the first linear elements, and a second linear element, one end and the other end of which are electrically connected with the other end of the first variable impedance element and the other end of the first linear elements. A self-resonance coil receives power fed to the feed point of the loop antenna and transmits the received power to a receiving self-resonance coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenichirou OGAWA, Noriaki Oodachi, Hiroki Kudo, Hiroki Shoki
  • Publication number: 20120075147
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio device includes: a mounting board having a conductive plane; a semiconductor package mounted on the mounting board and having a interposer having a conductive plane, a semiconductor chip mounted on one surface of the interposer, and an antenna having a conductive element formed on the one surface and connected to the semiconductor chip; and a plurality of connection portions connecting the mounting board and the interposer. A first electrical length of the first connection portion which is nearest the conductive element among the plurality of connection portions or a second electrical length of the first connection portion including a conductive plane of the mounting board or interposer connected to the first connection portion is less than ½ wavelength of the operating frequency of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yukako Tsutsumi, Hiroki Shoki, Shuichi Obayashi
  • Patent number: 8041368
    Abstract: A mobile communications terminal includes positional information generator configured to generate positional information indicating a current position of the terminal, receiver which receives identification information sent from the base station of the second mobile communication network, notification information generator configured to generate notification information including the identification information and the positional information generated at the time of receiving the identification information, and transmitter which transmits the notification information to the service area calculation apparatus via the first mobile communication network to derive the information concerning the service area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroki Shoki, Ichiro Seto, Shuichi Sekine, Kuniaki Ito, Naoko Ono, Hiroshi Yoshida, Takehiko Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20100171669
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes an anechoic chamber, a DUT board, rotation units, and a feeding arm. The anechoic chamber has inner-walls. Each inner-wall is covered with a radio wave absorber. One of the inner-wall is a first wall with an aperture and the other inner-walls are second walls. The DUT board holds a first antenna to be measured with radiation property and a probe to detect a signal from the first antenna. A part of the DUT board is inserted into the anechoic chamber through the aperture opened in the first wall. One end of the feeding arm holds a second antenna radiating a radio wave to the first antenna in the anechoic chamber. Each rotation unit provides on each second wall and is selectively attached to the other end of the feeding arm for rotating the second antenna and for feeding to the second antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ito, Yukako Tsutsumi, Shuichi Obayashi, Hiroki Shoki
  • Publication number: 20100148892
    Abstract: A transformer between waveguide and transmission-line includes a high-frequency circuit module, transmission-lines, a waveguide, and feed pins. The high-frequency circuit module has differential-pair terminals to input and output a differential signal. The transmission-lines are connected to the differential-pair terminals. The waveguide includes a first to third metal walls. The feed pins are connected to the transmission-lines inside of the waveguide. The feed pins have a first distance of approximately (?g/2) from each other. One of the feed pins has a second distance of approximately (?g*(1+2 ?)/4) from the third metal plane. “?g” is a wavelength in the waveguide and “?” is an integer which is equal or larger than “0”. Each of the feed pins has a third distance of approximately (a/2) from the first or second wall. “a” is length of the waveguide along the third metal wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yukako TSUTSUMI, Tetsu SHIJO, Takayoshi ITO, Shuichi OBAYASHI, Hiroki SHOKI
  • Publication number: 20100136924
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a ground plane, an antenna element, and a metal wall. The antenna element is having a distance of (m×?/2-?/4) away from the ground plane, where “m” is an integer which is equal or larger than “1” and “?” is a wave length of operating frequency. The metal wall is surrounding the antenna element. One end of the metal wall is attached to along the ground plane. The other end of the metal wall is forming an aperture with a height from the ground plane. The height of the metal wall is (n×?/2), where “n” is an integer which is equal or larger than “m”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Takayoshi ITO, Hiroki Shoki, Shuichi Obayashi
  • Publication number: 20100109841
    Abstract: A reader that performs wireless communication with a tag inside a metal housing including a plurality of metal walls, the reader has an antenna which transmits and receives electromagnetic wave, a transmission control device that writes and/or reads information to/from the tag via the antenna, and a reflecting plate, reflecting the electromagnetic wave, and having a reflection phase different from that of the metal wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akiko YAMADA, Hiroki Shoki, Shuichi Obayashi, Kazuhiro Inoue, Makoto Higaki
  • Patent number: 7539485
    Abstract: An apparatus used in a first mobile communication system with a plurality of wireless base stations, the first mobile communication system operated by a first provider, the apparatus including an acquiring unit, a location detecting unit configured to detect a present location of the apparatus, a storing unit configured to store first service location information with respect to the first provider, and a location information providing unit configured to calculate locally a location of the plurality of wireless base stations using the detected present location of the apparatus stored in the storing unit. The location information providing unit is configured to provide a user with information based on the first service location information and the second service location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoko Ono, Hiroki Shoki, Ichiro Seto, Takehiko Toyoda, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shuichi Sekine, Kuniaki Ito
  • Patent number: 7502407
    Abstract: A wireless communication system which transmits and receives a signal by using a plurality of wireless apparatuses, comprising: a first wireless apparatus group having a plurality of transmitting apparatuses, each transmitting a wireless signal based on a first control signal, said first wireless apparatus group forming a first ad-hoc network between said transmitting apparatuses; and a second wireless apparatus group having a plurality of destination apparatuses, each receiving the wireless signal transmitted from said first wireless apparatus group, said second wireless apparatus group transmitting and receiving the wireless signal received by said destination apparatuses based on a second control signal, and said second wireless apparatus group forming a second ad-hoc network between said destination apparatuses different from said first ad-hoc network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ren Sakata, Syuichi Sekine, Mutsumu Serizawa, Hiroki Shoki, Hiroshi Tsurumi, Shuichi Obayashi, Tomoko Adachi, Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Tsuguhide Aoki
  • Patent number: 7489954
    Abstract: One of objects of a wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention is to realize stable communication regardless of received signal strength indication and information amount. The wireless communication apparatus for communicating in an autonomous distributed wireless network includes a detection unit which generates a detection signal by detecting a first wireless signal from a first wireless apparatus; a wireless circuit which receives a second wireless signal relating to said first wireless signal, transmitted from a second wireless apparatus which received said first wireless signal; a signal estimation unit which estimates said detection signal and the received second wireless signal; a signal selector which selects either said detection signal or the received second wireless signal, based on an estimation result of said signal estimation unit; and a demodulator which demodulates the signal selected by said signal selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Syuichi Sekine, Mutsumu Serizawa, Hiroki Shoki, Hiroshi Tsurumi, Shuichi Obayashi, Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Tomoko Adachi, Tsuguhide Aoki, Ren Sakata, Ryoko Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20080305807
    Abstract: A mobile communications terminal includes positional information generator configured to generate positional information indicating a current position of the terminal, receiver which receives identification information sent from the base station of the second mobile communication network, notification information generator configured to generate notification information including the identification information and the positional information generated at the time of receiving the identification information, and transmitter which transmits the notification information to the service area calculation apparatus via the first mobile communication network to derive the information concerning the service area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroki SHOKI, Ichiro Seto, Shuichi Sekine, Kuniaki Ito, Naoko Ono, Hiroshi Yoshida, Takehiko Toyoda
  • Patent number: 7436800
    Abstract: In this second radio channel setting example, the grouping is done for each radio mobile stations 98 running on the same lane. A different radio channel is assigned to each group. Accordingly, this prevents the beam patterns using the same channel from intersecting with each other (interfering with each other). Actually, as shown in FIG. 10B, the pas or the pursuit does not occur between the radio mobile stations 98. Thus, the same radio channel is assigned to each radio mobile stations 98 running on the same lane so as to avoid the interference in the same radio channel. Hence, the same radio channel can be repeatedly used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Akihiro Tsujimura, Kuniaki Ito, Shuichi Obayashi, Hiroki Shoki
  • Patent number: 7386329
    Abstract: One of objects of a wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention is to realize stable communication regardless of received signal strength indication and information amount. The wireless communication apparatus for communicating in an autonomous distributed wireless network includes a detection unit which generates a detection signal by detecting a first wireless signal from a first wireless apparatus; a wireless circuit which receives a second wireless signal relating to said first wireless signal, transmitted from a second wireless apparatus which received said first wireless signal; a signal estimation unit which estimates said detection signal and the received second wireless signal; a signal selector which selects either said detection signal or the received second wireless signal, based on an estimation result of said signal estimation unit; and a demodulator which demodulates the signal selected by said signal selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Syuichi Sekine, Mutsumu Serizawa, Hiroki Shoki, Hiroshi Tsurumi, Shuichi Obayashi, Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Tomoko Adachi, Tsuguhide Aoki, Ren Sakata, Ryoko Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20080096582
    Abstract: An apparatus used in a first mobile communication system with a plurality of wireless base stations, the first mobile communication system operated by a first provider, the apparatus including an acquiring unit, a location detecting unit configured to detect a present location of the apparatus, a storing unit configured to store first service location information with respect to the first provider, and a location information providing unit configured to calculate locally a location of the plurality of wireless base stations using the detected present location of the apparatus stored in the storing unit. The location information providing unit is configured to provide a user with information based on the first service location information and the second service location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoko Ono, Hiroki Shoki, Ichiro Seto, Takehiko Toyoda, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shuichi Sekine, Kuniaki Ito