Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Numata

Hiroyuki Numata 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).

  • Patent number: 7868816
    Abstract: A radio detection device includes two or more reception antennas, for detecting a detecting object by a mono-pulse method; the radio detection device including: a variable gain unit for discretely changing respective signal intensity of a difference signal and a sum signal of each reception signal received by the two or more reception antennas; an A/D conversion unit for performing A/D conversion process on the difference signal or the sum signal, the difference signal or the sum signal having the signal intensity changed by the variable gain unit; an angle calculating portion for calculating an angle by the mono-pulse method using the difference signal and the sum signal after the A/D conversion process by the A/D conversion unit; and a control unit for performing a control of individually switching a conversion magnification of the signal intensity by the variable gain unit with respect to the difference signal and the sum signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nishidai, Hideyuki Ohara, Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi, Hiroyuki Numata
  • Publication number: 20090213964
    Abstract: A radio detection device includes two or more reception antennas, for detecting a detecting object by a mono-pulse method; the radio detection device including: a variable gain unit for discretely changing respective signal intensity of a difference signal and a sum signal of each reception signal received by the two or more reception antennas; an A/D conversion unit for performing A/D conversion process on the difference signal or the sum signal, the difference signal or the sum signal having the signal intensity changed by the variable gain unit; an angle calculating portion for calculating an angle by the mono-pulse method using the difference signal and the sum signal after the A/D conversion process by the A/D conversion unit; and a control unit for performing a control of individually switching a conversion magnification of the signal intensity by the variable gain unit with respect to the difference signal and the sum signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nishidai, Hideyuki Ohara, Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi, Hiroyuki Numata
  • Patent number: 7548182
    Abstract: A radar device for detecting an object in front of the radar device, has a plurality of antennas, wherein the object is detected based on each reception signal received by two or more of the plurality of antennas, a position specification section for specifying a position of the object by using each reception signal received by the two or more of the plurality of antennas; and an object detection section for confirming an existence of the object if the position specified by the position specification section is in a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi, Shinya Takenouchi, Yasuhiro Satoh, Hiroyuki Numata
  • Publication number: 20090102698
    Abstract: A measuring device installed on a rear side or a side of a vehicle, for measuring an object using a reflected signal at the object of a transmission signal transmitted at a predetermined frequency, the measuring device includes a recognizing section for recognizing an object behind or beside the vehicle, a discriminating section for discriminating the recognized objects to an object moving closer to the vehicle and an object moving away from the vehicle, an extracting section for extracting only the object discriminated as moving closer to the vehicle from the recognized objects based on a discrimination result of moving closer or moving away, and a calculating section for calculating at least one of a distance or a relative velocity with the extracted object
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi, Hideyuki Ohara, Tetsuo Nishidai, Hiroyuki Numata
  • Publication number: 20080186224
    Abstract: The measurement of the distance or/and the relative velocity with fast response is to be achieved while the accuracy of measurement of the distance to an object in close range is maintained. A calculation-execution determination section determines whether or not an object is present within a predetermined range from the strength of a two-frequency Doppler signal sent from an A/D converting section and past calculated distance sent from a calculation selecting section. If the object is outside the predetermined range, the distance calculated by an FFT-method calculating section is output from a calculation output section via an calculation selecting section. If the object is within the predetermined range, one of the distance calculated by a time-interval-method calculating section and the distance calculated by the FFT-method calculating section is selected by the calculation selecting section, and is output from the calculation output section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi, Shinya Takenouchi, Yasuhiro Satoh, Hiroyuki Numata
  • Publication number: 20080030399
    Abstract: A radar device for detecting an object in front of the radar device, has a plurality of antennas, wherein the object is detected based on each reception signal received by two or more of the plurality of antennas, a position specification section for specifying a position of the object by using each reception signal received by the two or more of the plurality of antennas; and an object detection section for confirming an existence of the object if the position specified by the position specification section is in a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi, Shinya Takenouchi, Yasuhiro Satoh, Hiroyuki Numata