Patents by Inventor Junichi Kodate

Junichi Kodate 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: 20220148722
    Abstract: A long-term care support device includes: a sensor data acquisition device that acquires biological information of a user that was measured by a sensor; a sleep stage detection device that detects a sleep stage of the user based on the acquired biological information; a timing determination device that determines that it is time to change the position of the user if the sleep stage of the user is the deep sleep stage; and a notification device that, if the timing determination device determined that it is time to change the position of the user, gives a notification to such effect
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki Ogasawara, Junichi Kodate
  • Patent number: 11158946
    Abstract: A dual loop antenna is provided which can clearly set a boundary of a communication area and create a well-balanced communication area. A dual loop antenna includes a first loop antenna and a second loop antenna. The first loop antenna and the second loop antenna are formed on an x-y plane. The center of the first loop antenna and the center of the second loop antenna are located at positions on an x-axis at the same distance from the point of origin being the center of the dual loop antenna. A phase difference between currents flowing on the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna, respectively, is a value in a range from 130 degrees to 230 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Junichi Kodate, Jumpei Fuke, Hiroki Okada, Hiroko Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20210194957
    Abstract: A content sharing method includes: a first acquisition step of acquiring first content; a second acquisition step of acquiring second content stored in a first shared server and used in combination with the first content, via a communication network; and a reproduction step of reproducing the first content and the second content in combination with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Toshiki Wada, Junichi Kodate
  • Publication number: 20200358193
    Abstract: A dual loop antenna is provided which can clearly set a boundary of a communication area and create a well-balanced communication area. A dual loop antenna includes a first loop antenna and a second loop antenna. The first loop antenna and the second loop antenna are formed on an x-y plane. The center of the first loop antenna and the center of the second loop antenna are located at positions on an x-axis at the same distance from the point of origin being the center of the dual loop antenna. A phase difference between currents flowing on the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna, respectively, is a value in a range from 130 degrees to 230 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Junichi Kodate, Jumpei Fuke, Hiroki Okada, Hiroko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 10720706
    Abstract: Even when at least one of a capacitor (C1) connected to a main loop and a capacitor (C2) connected to an amplification loop cannot be set to an optimal value, a current value of a current (I2) flowing on the amplification loop can be made sufficiently large by setting the capacitors (C1, C2) based on any of an optimal C2 curved line, an optimal C1 curved line, and an optimal C1 straight line that pass through an optimal point (C1opt, C2opt) of the capacitors (C1, C2) and extend along a ridge of contour lines each joining the points where the magnitude of the current (I2) is equal on a diagram showing a relation of values of the capacitors (C1, C2) with the magnitude of the current (I2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Junichi Kodate
  • Publication number: 20200203832
    Abstract: Even when at least one of a capacitor (C1) connected to a main loop and a capacitor (C2) connected to an amplification loop cannot be set to an optimal value, a current value of a current (I2) flowing on the amplification loop can be made sufficiently large by setting the capacitors (C1, C2) based on any of an optimal C2 curved line, an optimal C1 curved line, and an optimal C1 straight line that pass through an optimal point (C1opt, C2opt) of the capacitors (C1, C2) and extend along a ridge of contour lines each joining the points where the magnitude of the current (I2) is equal on a diagram showing a relation of values of the capacitors (C1, C2) with the magnitude of the current (I2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Junichi Kodate
  • Patent number: 10498037
    Abstract: In an antenna circuit including an antenna 1 and an antenna 2 that is connected in series with the antenna 1 and includes inductance, a variable capacitor Cv and a variable resistor Rv connected in parallel with the antenna 2 are provided. This enables controlling of an actual amplitude ratio r and a phase difference ? between currents I1 and I2 flowing through the two antennas 1 and 2 into desired values. Flows of the currents I1 and I2 with the phase difference ? through the antennas 1 and 2 enable forming of a favorable communication area. In addition, setting of the actual amplitude ratio r between the currents I1 and I2 flowing through the antennas 1 and 2 to a value other than 1 enables forming of an asymmetric communication area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Junichi Kodate
  • Publication number: 20190363441
    Abstract: In an antenna circuit including an antenna 1 and an antenna 2 that is connected in series with the antenna 1 and includes inductance, a variable capacitor Cv and a variable resistor Rv connected in parallel with the antenna 2 are provided. This enables controlling of an actual amplitude ratio r and a phase difference ? between currents I1 and I2 flowing through the two antennas 1 and 2 into desired values. Flows of the currents I1 and I2 with the phase difference ? through the antennas 1 and 2 enable forming of a favorable communication area. In addition, setting of the actual amplitude ratio r between the currents I1 and I2 flowing through the antennas 1 and 2 to a value other than 1 enables forming of an asymmetric communication area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Junichi Kodate