Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Takano

Kazuaki Takano 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: 6906660
    Abstract: To provide a radar system for controlling a gate power supply and drain power supply of a MMIC (microwave monolithic IC), protecting the MMIC at the time of start and shut-off, and simultaneously avoiding an occurrence of a failure in the MMIC due to a residual charge and an abnormal supply potential at the time of shut-off. A power supply control means controls the gate and drain power supplies at the rise time so that an output voltage of the gate power supply rises earlier than that of the drain power supply. Another power supply control means controls the gate and drain power supplies at the fall time so that an output voltage of the gate power supply falls later than that of the drain power supply. Another power supply control means turns off the drain power supply of the FET among power supplies when it is detected by a voltage monitoring means that even either of output voltages of the power supplies is not within said specified range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Nakamura, Ryuji Fukute, Atsushi Okonogii, Kazuaki Takano
  • Patent number: 6901903
    Abstract: In a cooling package for a construction machine, where a cooler (16) from among coolers (15, 16) is disposed separately from an engine (10) and the separately provided cooler (16) includes a screen (19), a lid (30, 50) for covering the screen (19) from above is provided on an upper face of the construction machine independently of a side door (21A, 21B) provided on a side face of the construction machine for covering the cooler (15, 16) from forwardly and an engine hood (22) provided on the upper face of the construction machine for covering the engine (10) and the cooler (15) provided for the engine (10) from above so that, even when the location forwardly of the cooler (16) disposed separately from the engine (10) is occupied by some other apparatus, the screen (19) can be removed or mounted without being disturbed by the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Nakajima, Naotaka Dohke, Akitoshi Nishikawa, Tsuyoshi Doi, Kazuaki Takano, Yuki Takemoto, Shigemi Takeuchi, Toshiharu Iizasa
  • Patent number: 6885335
    Abstract: An antenna base, a control circuit section, and a high-frequency circuit section are enclosed in an inner space defined by a housing and a radome. Inside this inner space, the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section are surrounded by the antenna base and the housing. A circuit GND common to the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section is electrically connected to the antenna base and the housing, and it is connected to a body GND through only capacitive impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano, Terumi Nakazawa, Shirou Oouchi, Kazuto Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20050083227
    Abstract: A radar of the present invention has: (1) an antenna unit for transmitting a radio wave and receiving a reflected wave of the radio wave; (2) rotating means for rotating the antenna unit about an axis along a direction of transmitting the radio wave; and (3) control means for detecting an azimuth of a target from the reflected wave, the azimuth using the axis as a reference and being defined in a plane determined from a posture of the antenna unit and the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takano, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20050052313
    Abstract: In order to magnetically shield the transmission line which connects the external connector mounted on the outer housing with the internal circuit and also to make it possible to freely mount the external connector without being limited by the position of the internal circuit, an outer housing 60 consists of an outer housing main body 61 and a shielding layer 62 applied to the inner-periphery surface of the outer housing 60. An transmission line 73 extends from the internal circuit through the outer-periphery side of the shielding layer 62 of the outer housing 60 along the shielding layer 62 to the desired position, where the external connector 70 is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano, Ryuji Fukute
  • Publication number: 20050030220
    Abstract: To provide a radar system for controlling a gate power supply and drain power supply of a MMIC (microwave monolithic IC), protecting the MMIC at the time of start and shut-off, and simultaneously avoiding an occurrence of a failure in the MMIC due to a residual charge and an abnormal supply potential at the time of shut-off. A power supply control means controls the gate and drain power supplies at the rise time so that an output voltage of the gate power supply rises earlier than that of the drain power supply. Another power supply control means controls the gate and drain power supplies at the fall time so that an output voltage of the gate power supply falls later than that of the drain power supply. Another power supply control means turns off the drain power supply of the FET among power supplies when it is detected by a voltage monitoring means that even either of output voltages of the power supplies is not within said specified range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuto Nakamura, Ryuji Fukute, Atsushi Okonogi, Kazuaki Takano
  • Publication number: 20050017891
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radar device mounted on a moving object that moves along a continuous plane, having (1) a transceiver part for transmitting a signal having a main lobe in the direction of the movement of the moving object and a side lobe directed towards the continuous plane, that receives a first reflection signal from a target in the direction of the main lobe and a second reflection signal from the continuous plane in the direction of the side lobe, and (2) control processing means for detecting the frequency of a beat signal of the second reflection signal received by the transceiver part and the signal emitted by the transceiver part and for detecting information correlated to the attitude of the radar device with respect to the continuous plane based on that frequency. This enables detection of changes of mounting attitude for the moving object without requiring additional hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuroda, Kazuaki Takano, Fumihiko Okai
  • Publication number: 20040227663
    Abstract: A millimeter-wave radar has a radome or radar cover including a layer, the dielectric constant of which is a greater than that of the other portion without the layer, or including a magnetic loss layer in an appropriate position with respect to the antenna. The dielectric constant of the radome or radar cover can be made higher in a portion corresponding to the side of the antenna than in a portion corresponding to the front of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano
  • Publication number: 20040222920
    Abstract: An antenna base, a control circuit section, and a high-frequency circuit section are enclosed in an inner space defined by a housing and a radome. Inside this inner space, the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section are surrounded by the antenna base and the housing. A circuit GND common to the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section is electrically connected to the antenna base and the housing, and it is connected to a body GND through only capacitive impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano, Terumi Nakazawa, Shirou Oouchi, Kazuto Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6795013
    Abstract: An antenna base, a control circuit section, and a high-frequency circuit section are enclosed in an inner space defined by a housing and a radome. Inside this inner space, the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section are surrounded by the antenna base and the housing. A circuit GND common to the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section is electrically connected to the antenna base and the housing, and it is connected to a body GND through only capacitive impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano, Terumi Nakazawa, Shirou Oouchi, Kazuto Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040145512
    Abstract: One of the objects of the present invention is to reduce the size of a radar device mounted on a vehicle body. To achieve the object, one aspect of the invention provides a radar device, which is mounted on a vehicle body and detects a target present in a moving direction of the vehicle body, with (1) a transmitting antenna for transmitting a mm-Wave that forms an electric field having a width equivalent to the width of the vehicle body at a position away in a moving direction of the vehicle body by a distance corresponding to the most-approached distance defined between the vehicle body and the target and (2) two receiving antennas for receiving the reflected mm-Waves at mutually different positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takano, Jiro Takezaki, Hiroshi Kuroda, Hiroshi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20040140926
    Abstract: To provide a radar system for controlling a gate power supply and drain power supply of a MMIC (micro wave monolithic IC), protecting the MMIC at the time of start and shut-off, and simultaneously avoiding an occurrence of a failure in the MMIC due to a residual charge and an abnormal supply potential at the time of shut-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuto Nakamura, Ryuji Fukute, Atsushi Okonogi, Kazuaki Takano
  • Publication number: 20040138802
    Abstract: In a vehicular control device, it is necessary to measure or calculate six physical quantities-forward-reverse speed, left-right speed, vertical speed, pitch angle, roll angle, and angle of sideslip-representing vehicular movement and to control the braking force of each wheel and/or the damping coefficient of each suspension shock absorber in order to further shorten braking distance particularly at the time of braking and to prevent spin at that time. In this case, it is necessary to furnish sensors to measure speed and angle directly. In the present invention, four radar sensors are used in order to directly measure the forward-reverse speed and the left-right speed. Also, the vertical speed, the pitch angle, the roll angle, and the angle of sideslip are indirectly measured from the output of the radar sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kuragaki, Tokuji Yoshikawa, Shiho Izumi, Hiroshi Kuroda, Takao Kojima, Toshimichi Minowa, Toshio Manaka, Nobuyuki Ueki, Kazuaki Takano
  • Publication number: 20040056793
    Abstract: In an automotive radio wave radar, a center frequency of a transmitted wave is shifted at a certain cycle, and position information of an obstacle detected at three or more center frequencies is subjected to decision by majority to determine whether detection results of the obstacle are erroneous with the occurrence of jamming. If any of the detection results is determined to be abnormal, the abnormal result is discarded. An automotive radio wave radar is realized which can correctly perform the obstacle detection even in the event of jamming without causing erroneous obstacle detection or omission of the detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Takano, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 6703967
    Abstract: From a transmitter (18) and a transmission antenna (10), a first frequency signal having a fixed frequency is transmitted for a predetermined time or more, a second frequency signal having a certain frequency difference from the first frequency signal is transmitted for a predetermined time or more, and a third frequency signal having a frequency difference twice the frequency distance from the first frequency signal is transmitted for a predetermined time or more. Reflected waves from objects under measurement at the respective transmission frequencies are supplied to a reception antenna (11), a mixer (12), an analog circuit unit (13), an A/D converter (14), an FFT (15) and a signal processing unit (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuroda, Kazuaki Takano, Mitsuru Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20040036646
    Abstract: An antenna base, a control circuit section, and a high-frequency circuit section are enclosed in an inner space defined by a housing and a radome. Inside this inner space, the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section are surrounded by the antenna base and the housing. A circuit GND common to the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section is electrically connected to the antenna base and the housing, and it is connected to a body GND through only capacitive impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano, Terumi Nakazawa, Shirou Oouchi, Kazuto Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6628226
    Abstract: An antenna base, a control circuit section, and a high-frequency circuit section are enclosed in an inner space defined by a housing and a radome. Inside this inner space, the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section are surrounded by the antenna base and the housing. A circuit GND common to the control circuit section and the high-frequency circuit section is electrically connected to the antenna base and the housing, and it is connected to a body GND through only capacitive impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano, Terumi Nakazawa, Shirou Oouchi, Kazuto Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6622078
    Abstract: A vehicle control device smoothly and constantly stops a controlled vehicle at the same vehicle-to-vehicle distance each time a preceding vehicle stops. The vehicle control device includes a unit that detects the speed of the preceding vehicle, and a unit that detects the distance between the preceding vehicle and the controlled vehicle. A first target distance setting unit is set when the preceding vehicle is running at a speed level higher than a preset speed; and a second target distance setting unit is set when it is running at a speed lower than the preset speed, and either a first target vehicle-to-vehicle distance or a second target vehicle-to-vehicle distance is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kuragaki, Tokuji Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Kuroda, Toshimichi Minowa, Kozo Nakamura, Kazuaki Takano
  • Publication number: 20030168034
    Abstract: In a cooling package for a construction machine, where a cooler (16) from among coolers (15, 16) is disposed separately from an engine (10) and the separately provided cooler (16) includes a screen (19), a lid (30, 50) for covering the screen (19) from above is provided on an upper face of the construction machine independently of a side door (21A, 21B) provided on a side face of the construction machine for covering the cooler (15, 16) from forwardly and an engine hood (22) provided on the upper face of the construction machine for covering the engine (10) and the cooler (15) provided for the engine (10) from above so that, even when the location forwardly of the cooler (16) disposed separately from the engine (10) is occupied by some other apparatus, the screen (19) can be removed or mounted without being disturbed by the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Norio Nakajima, Naotaka Dohke, Akitoshi Nishikawa, Tsuyoshi Doi, Kazuaki Takano, Yuki Takemoto, Shigemi Takeuchi, Toshiharu Iizasa
  • Patent number: 6614389
    Abstract: In order to magnetically shield the transmission line which connects the external connector mounted on the outer housing with the internal circuit and also to make it possible to freely mount the external connector without being limited by the position of the internal circuit, an outer housing 60 consists of an outer housing main body 61 and a shielding layer 62 applied to the inner-periphery surface of the outer housing 60. An transmission line 73 extends from the internal circuit through the outer-periphery side of the shielding layer 62 of the outer housing 60 along the shielding layer 62 to the desired position, where the external connector 70 is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsushige Suzuki, Kazuaki Takano, Ryuji Fukute