Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Yokota

Hitoshi Yokota 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: 9500689
    Abstract: Provided is a noise equivalent circuit for completing an EMC analysis in a practical time and through a low-cost calculation process at an upstream stage of system design. The noise equivalent circuit includes one or more energy sources; a propagation path for propagation of energy from the energy source including a conductive path such as a cable and an electromagnetic field coupling path due to the coupling of an electric field and a magnetic field with another electronic device or cable; and a GND port connected to a system, and each port is represented by the noise voltage source or the noise current source and the internal impedance. This noise equivalent circuit can determine an external impedance that is varied depending on a load connected externally or the distance from an external device or a cable, whereby the noise of the system as a whole can be analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Torigoe, Hiroki Funato, Takashi Suga, Hideki Osaka, Yoshiyuki Tsuchie, Keisuke Fukumasu, Hitoshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20150219704
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave visualization device capable of visualizing multiple sources of electromagnetic noise in real time in a far field and a near field. The electromagnetic wave visualization device includes a sensor configured to detect an electromagnetic wave and output a detection signal of intensity depending on energy level of the detected electromagnetic wave, a variable resistance connected to the sensor, and a resistance adjustment unit configured to adjust a resistance value of the variable resistance connected to the sensor. The electromagnetic wave is visually measured by adjusting a resistance value of the variable resistance at the adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Ohmae, Satoshi Nakamura, Hitoshi Yokota, Takashi Suga
  • Publication number: 20140368217
    Abstract: Provided is a noise equivalent circuit required for completing an EMC analysis in a practical time and through a low-cost calculation process at an upstream stage of system design. According to the present invention, the noise equivalent circuit comprises: one or more energy sources; a propagation path for propagation of energy from the energy source including a conductive path such as a cable and an electromagnetic field coupling path due to the coupling of an electric field and a magnetic field with another electronic device or cable; and a GND port connected to a system, and is characterized in that each port is represented by the noise voltage source or the noise current source and the internal impedance. This noise equivalent circuit can be used to determine an external impedance that is varied depending on a load connected externally or the distance from an external device or a cable, whereby the noise of the system as a whole can be analyzed (see FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Torigoe, Hiroki Funato, Takashi Suga, Hideki Osaka, Yoshiyuki Tsuchie, Keisuke Fukumasu, Hitoshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20130024148
    Abstract: There is provided a technique in which a direction of current to be an electromagnetic wave source is precisely measured in a short time. An electromagnetic wave source survey method according to the present invention measures an absolute value of induced voltages by using three or more odd number of antennas whose arrangement angles seen from the reference position on a same plane are different from one another, and a vectorial angle of the current is calculated by using the arrangement angle of each antenna and the induced voltages (see FIG. 3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Hitoshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 7627323
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically calculating an optimum layout of a wireless cell station in an environment using a wireless communication system, thereby achieving a timesaving and resources-saving cell design procedure. The system calculates an optimum layout of the wireless cell station based on information of terminal locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Saito, Hitoshi Yokota, Tsutomu Hara
  • Patent number: 7180898
    Abstract: A communication system is provided of selecting the most approximate line from two or more connectable lines and connecting with a provider through the selected line in the mobile communication environment. The mobile device and the public phone of each phone company provide a standard wireless data communication facility, respectively. The public line pre-stores information about dial-up numbers of access points and a transmission speed of an internet provider. When the user starts the communication, the mobile device operates to obtain the most approximate access point information from each of the public phones and then dial up the most approximate access point through the public phone/line well-specified to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshida, Takashi Maruyama, Hitoshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 7133378
    Abstract: A wireless LAN system is provided to make a frequency band setup task easy such that interference among base stations is reduced. The base station connected to a wired LAN includes a wired connection unit connected to the wired LAN and a wireless communication unit communicating with a LAN terminal via radio waves. The base station finds frequency bands already used by other devices in a place where the base station is installed and sets up a frequency band not used by the other devices as a frequency band to be used by the wireless communication unit to automatically set up a frequency band of radio waves to be used by the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kashiwagi, Hitoshi Yokota, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7095627
    Abstract: A shield structure that transmits a radio wave in a specific frequency band and that exhibits a high shield characteristic in other bands. An opening portion having a specific shape and a specific perimeter length is formed on a conductor. A filter having a specific shape and a specific size is connected to the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 7085220
    Abstract: A optical device including conductive films having a first and second surfaces, one hole, surface specific shapes periodically, and a layer inserted as an intermediate layer between the first and the second surface of conductive films. The intermediate layer has the effect for improving surface roughness of the surface of conductive film. A light incident upon one surface enhances an intensity transmitted though the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Fujikata, Hitoshi Yokota, Tsutomu Ishi
  • Patent number: 7065100
    Abstract: A communication system is provided of selecting the most approximate line from two or more connectable lines and connecting with a provider through the selected line in the mobile communication environment. The mobile device and the public phone of each phone company provide a standard wireless data communication facility, respectively. The public line pre-stores information about dial-up numbers of access points and a transmission speed of an internet provider. When the user starts the communication, the mobile device operates to obtain the most approximate access point information from each of the public phones and then dial up the most approximate access point through the public phone/line well-specified to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshida, Takashi Maruyama, Hitoshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 6985111
    Abstract: A printed circuit board with reduced noise effects and without the need to increase the distance between a noise source and a wireless communication board. The circuit board includes multilayer structural conductive layers having a first conductive plane connected to power supply potential and a second conductive plane connected to ground potential. The first and second conductive planes are formed such that an electric field generated by a potential difference between the first conductive plane and the second conductive plane is concentrated on one side of one of the first conductive plane and the second conductive plane. The conductive plane associated with the concentrated electric field and the wireless communication board are on different sides relative to the conductive plane that is not associated with the concentrated electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hara, Takashi Matsumoto, Hideki Osaka, Hitoshi Yokota, Kenji Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 6875920
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having patterned circuitry, a plurality of terminals coupled to the die, and an indication providing signal noise information of at least one of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Takashi Suga, Atsushi Nakamura, Hitoshi Yokota, Tsutomu Hara, Kouichi Uesaka, Tatsuji Noma, Makoto Torigoe
  • Publication number: 20050048952
    Abstract: A method for distributing a cipher code in a wireless network system including a mobile terminal and a fixed station includes the steps of making a registration request from a mobile terminal to the fixed station as a terminal with which communication is to be made, changing a communication range of the fixed station in accordance with the registration request and distributing an initial cipher code from the fixed station to the mobile terminal while the communication range changed. It is possible to safely make initial registration of a user and to distribute a cipher code used for communication by use of a fixed station alone, to limit the cost of an entire system and to reduce burden to a manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Tsuneo Saito, Takashi Maruyama, Jun Saito, Hitoshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20040246187
    Abstract: A printed circuit board in which effect of noise is reduced without increasing distance between a noise source and a wireless communication board. The above-mentioned printed circuit board is applied to an information processing apparatus having a wireless communication function. As a result, a small-sized information processing apparatus having improved throughput of wireless communication and increased communication distance is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hara, Takashi Matsumoto, Hideki Osaka, Hitoshi Yokota, Kenji Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20040206527
    Abstract: A shield structure that transmits a radio wave in a specific frequency band and that exhibits a high shield characteristic in other bands. An opening portion having a specific shape and a specific perimeter length is formed on a conductor. A filter having a specific shape and a specific size is connected to the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 6769045
    Abstract: There is provided a technology for realizing an PCI expansion adapter for a PC card which is connectable to a desktop type personal computer PCI expansion connector using a low profile PCI. The PCI expansion adapter includes an expansion unit which is provided with an electrical connector to a PCI bus, a low profile PCI expansion board provided with a PC card control element and an electrical connector to the PC card, wherein the low profile PCI expansion board and the expansion unit are connected by the electrical connectors mounted on the respective boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikihiro Tanaka, Kenichi Yoshida, Hiroyuki Inokuchi, Takashi Maruyama, Kazuma Kishi, Hironori Oikawa, Hiroshi Ito, Hitoshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20040125704
    Abstract: An optical device is provided including a conductive film having first and second surfaces, at least one aperture provided in the conductive film and extending from the first surface to the second surface, and a surface topography formed on at least one of the first and second surfaces, wherein said surface topography increases an intensity of light incident onto one of said first and second surfaces and transmitted through said aperture, wherein a region on which the surface topography is formed is larger than a region where the light is incident on the conductive film surface, and the aperture is formed on the region on which the surface topography is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ishi, Junichi Fujikata, Hitoshi Yokota, Kunio Kato
  • Publication number: 20030185135
    Abstract: A optical device including conductive films having a first and second surfaces, one hole, surface specific shapes periodically, and a layer inserted as an intermediate layer between the first and the second surface of conductive films. The intermediate layer has the effect for improving surface roughness of the surface of conductive film. A light incident upon one surface enhances an intensity transmitted though the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Fujikata, Hitoshi Yokota, Tsutomu Ishi
  • Publication number: 20030182095
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically calculating an optimum layout of a wireless cell station in an environment using a wireless communication system, thereby achieving a timesaving and resources-saving cell design procedure. The system calculates an optimum layout of the wireless cell station based on information of terminal locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Jun Saito, Hitoshi Yokota, Tsutomu Hara
  • Patent number: 6624536
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is comprised of a circuit apparatus; and an electromagnetic wave absorbing device arranged in the vicinity of the circuit apparatus in an insulating manner with respect to a circuit of the circuit apparatus, and having a metal loop, a portion of which is made of a high resistor. The metal loop contains a first member having a resistor having a resistance value smaller than, or equal to several ohms; and a second member having a resistor having a resistance value larger than, or equal to several ohms, and connected so as to form an electric loop in combination with the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Sawada, Hiromu Ishihara, Hitoshi Yokota, Takashi Suga, Tsutomu Hara