Patents by Inventor Katsumi Watanabe

Katsumi Watanabe 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: 8449279
    Abstract: A hot isostatic pressing device according to the present invention includes an inner casing, an outer casing, and a heating means which are provided inside a high-pressure container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomitsu Nakai, Makoto Yoneda, Shigeo Kofune, Katsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130071508
    Abstract: A hot isotropic pressure device including: a casing disposed inside a high-pressure container; a heating unit provided inside the casing and forms a hot zone around the treatment material, in which an isotropic pressure treatment is performed on the treatment material using a pressure medium gas. A cooling unit is provided to cool the hot zone by guiding the pressure medium gas, cooled while guided from the upper side toward the lower side at the outside of the casing, into the hot zone. The cooling unit includes a gas introducing unit which guides the pressure medium gas cooled at the outside of the casing from the lower portion of the high-pressure container to the upper portion of the hot zone without any intersection with the pressure medium gas inside the hot zone and introduces the pressure medium gas into the hot zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tomomitsu Nakai, Makoto Yoneda, Itaru Masuoka, Katsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130065529
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to conduct close proximity wireless communication with another communication apparatus, and a controller configured to apply control to alternately set transmit rights for transmitting data to a communication peer by the close proximity wireless communication between the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus by adjusting the transmit start timing for data to be transmitted to the other communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8385716
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image unit, a video recording medium configured to store video data generated by the imaging unit, and a controller configured to control recording of the video data in the video recording medium. The video recording medium includes a first recording medium having a data area in which data can be recorded, and at least one second recording medium having first and second data areas in which data can be recorded. The second data area can be written data at a higher speed than a speed for writing data in the first data area. The controller records video data and management data for managing the video data in the first recording medium, using whole data area of the first recording medium. The controller records video data in the second recording medium, using only the second data area of the second recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120291586
    Abstract: A pad is adapted to receive a pedal force of a driver. A pedal arm is rotatably supported by a support body. A sensor protector is placed in the pedal arm on one side of a rotational angle sensor where the pad is located in a longitudinal direction of the pedal arm. The sensor protector is recessed from the pedal arm in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the pedal arm and protrudes from the pedal arm in a rotational direction of the pedal arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Masahiro Makino
  • Patent number: 8263908
    Abstract: A heater plate may be manufactured by receiving a sheath heater within a groove portion formed in a base member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy. At least one joint member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy may be placed into the groove portion so as to fix the sheath heater in the groove portion. The joint member may have two correspondingly tapered portions facing each other which extend toward a lower end thereof such that a distance between the two tapered portions becomes narrower and a width of a surface portion contacting with the sheath heater in the joint member is larger than a width of the sheath heater. The base member and the joint member may be metal-bonded such that a force is added from an upper surface of the base member toward the sheath heater direction, wit the sheath heater fixed in place therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20120144275
    Abstract: A code generating device includes a code word generating section which generates a code word with a predetermined code word length by applying a second matrix Gq of a second error detection method with regard to an information word A? which has been input, and a code word conversion section which converts the code word generated by the code word generating section based on an added fixed value (Qa+Pa) which is formed from respective code words Qa and Pa which are obtained by the second matrix Gq and a first matrix Gp of a first error detection method being respectively applied to an information word A which is formed from a specific data string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Odaka, Fumihiro Nishiyama, Katsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110320692
    Abstract: Provided is a method for stabilizing and increasing the speed of processing for writing a plurality of different-sized files such as a video file and a management file in parallel in the case where the area in a non-volatile memory of an information recording module is managed by a file system. An access module (1) includes a means for retaining sequential areas in logical block units as areas for writing file data, and a means for realizing file data addition and overwriting by writing data to logical blocks and changing links in a FAT regardless of whether file data addition or overwriting is performed. Writing to the information recording module is performed by writing to sequential addresses in the logical blocks. This realizes the stabilization of and an increase in the file data recording speed by suppressing needless copy processing performed in the information recording module 2 in the case of recording a plurality of files such as a video file and a management file in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuji Maeda, Masayuki Toyama, Hirokazu So, Yoshinori Nakashima, Katsumi Watanabe, Masafumi Nosaka
  • Patent number: 8050365
    Abstract: A radio communication device performs baseband processing by subjecting a received signal to an AD conversion at a predetermined sampling frequency and converting a digital signal resulting from the AD conversion into a baseband signal by frequency conversion. The device includes a frequency converting unit configured to convert the resulting digital signal into a complex baseband signal. The device further includes a waveform shaping unit configured to subject the baseband signal to waveform shaping, and a down-sampling unit configured to subject the baseband signal to sample discrete reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110165283
    Abstract: A hot isostatic pressing device according to the present invention includes an inner casing, an outer casing, and a heating means which are provided inside a high-pressure container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho(Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tomomitsu Nakai, Makoto Yoneda, Shigeo Kofune, Katsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110135273
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image unit, a video recording medium configured to store video data generated by the imaging unit, and a controller configured to control recording of the video data in the video recording medium. The video recording medium includes a first recording medium having a data area in which data can be recorded, and at least one second recording medium having first and second data areas in which data can be recorded. The second data area can be written data at a higher speed than a speed for writing data in the first data area. The controller records video data and management data for managing the video data in the first recording medium, using whole data area of the first recording medium. The controller records video data in the second recording medium, using only the second data area of the second recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Katsumi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20110081870
    Abstract: There is provided a radio communication device including a radio receiving unit to receive a radio signals, a synchronization unit to detect synchronization based on a result of a correlation for received signals output from the radio receiving unit, and a signal strength output unit to output, as signal strength of the received signals that is RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) value, a level of a correlation signal that is output as a result of the correlation by the synchronization unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7912168
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus for performing reception processing while tracking a symbol timing obtained by synchronization, the wireless communication apparatus includes a resampler for performing resampling to oversample a received symbol in a plurality of phases by using a sampling rate higher than a symbol rate, a phase-error detector for obtaining a phase error in a time sequence at each of sampling points where the resampling is performed, an error-signal generator for generating an error signal on the basis of the phase error detected at each of the sampling points where the resampling is performed, and a sampling point controller for detecting an offset direction at each of the sampling points on the basis of the error signal and for controlling an offset direction of each of the sampling points of the received symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110030186
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a high-pressure treatment apparatus with which the pressure or temperature in a treatment chamber can be efficiently adjusted in a short period of time without an overall significant increase in the size or complication of the apparatus. The high-pressure treatment apparatus has a pressure-resistant container having pressure-resistant walls surrounding a treatment chamber, a lid member that closes an open end of the pressure-resistant container, a supply means that supplies a process fluid into the treatment chamber, a partition wall that is thinner than the pressure-resistant wall and is provided along the inside surface of said pressure-resistant container to form a partitioned chamber with said inside surface, and a heat transfer control means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamagata, Katsumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7773663
    Abstract: A communication apparatus including: a despreading section despreading a reception signal with a spreading code defined in one communication system; a decoding section decoding the reception signal despread by the despreading section; and a first occupation detection section correlatively detecting an occupation state of a communication band with a preamble code defined in the communication system; and a second occupation detection section correlatively detecting an occupation state of a communication band of a signal of another communication system, the signal being expected to arrive as an interference wave, with a preamble code defined in the another communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7751472
    Abstract: In one embodiment a wireless communication device is provided that: acquires a phase rotation angle in the propagation channel which phase rotation angle is contained in a received symbol and that performs rotation compensation of the acquired phase rotation angle for the received symbol; generates a coordinate value of the respective I, Q axis in the signal constellation on which the information of the respective reference signal point is set; for the respective transmission bit, obtains respective probabilities that the transmission bit is 0 and 1 by making a distance determination of the distance between the received symbol after the rotation compensation and the respective reference signal level on only one of the I and Q axes; and makes a likelihood determination of the bit value of the respective transmission bit in accordance with a probability value obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7720133
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication apparatus for receiving a code-spread transmission signal. The wireless communication apparatus includes: an RF section; and a baseband section, wherein, in the baseband section, despreaders of an integral submultiple, which is 1/n1, of the number of chips of a spread code are arranged in parallel, and there is provided a propagation measurement section that measures a propagation channel by using the plurality of despreaders a plurality of times in a time-division manner and performing despread of each period corresponding to a chip rate of the spread code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Koyama, Akira Hayashi, Shinsuke Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Takada, Katsumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090257476
    Abstract: A transmission device of the present, invention includes a baseband waveform generator to generate a transmission signal by using a transfer function H0(f) that is in a relation of a matched filter with a transfer function H1(f) in an analog domain of a transmission side and a reception side connected through a wireless channel, and transmits the transmission signal generated fay the baseband waveform generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Katsumi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 7580689
    Abstract: For the purpose of efficient transmission based on the UWB system, first and second baseband waveforms are generated at a cycle equivalent to an integral multiple of a carrier to have a specified phase difference from each other. The first baseband waveform is multiplied by the carrier and a first transmission data sequence to acquire a first transmission waveform. The second baseband waveform is multiplied by a phase shifted carrier and a second transmission data sequence to acquire a second transmission waveform. The first transmission waveform is mixed with the second transmission waveform to acquire a transmission signal. The transmission signal is transmitted as a ?/2 shift BPSK signal to transmit a UWB signal. Selecting the baseband waveforms and the carrier makes it possible to configure the transmission band and easily provide division multiplexing transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Sachio Iida, Mitsuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: RE41511
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, re-wiring is provided on a circuit element formation region of a semiconductor substrate. A columnar electrode for connection with a circuit board is provided on the rewiring. A first insulating film is provided over the semiconductor substrate excluding a connection pad, and a ground potential layer connected to a ground potential is provided on an upper surface of the first insulating film. A re-wiring is provided over the ground potential layer with a second insulating film interposed. The ground potential layer serves as a barrier layer for preventing crosstalk between the re-wiring and circuit element formation region. A thin-film circuit element is provided on the second insulating film, and a second ground potential layer is provided as a second barrier layer over the thin-film circuit element with an insulating film interposed. Re-wiring is provided over the second ground potential layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Aoki, Ichiro Mihara, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Katsumi Watanabe