Patents by Inventor Kengo Nishimoto

Kengo Nishimoto 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: 11950885
    Abstract: Provided is a biosensor device including: a signal generating unit for generating a continuous wave signal; an antenna for emitting the continuous wave signal as a radio wave; a variable matching circuit for performing impedance matching between the signal generating unit and the antenna; a detection circuit for outputting a detection signal on the basis of the continuous wave signal generated by the signal generating unit and a reflected signal of a radio wave incident on the antenna; and a control unit for controlling an element value of the variable matching circuit from the detection signal in a predetermined period corresponding to one cycle or more time in which heartbeat and respiration waveforms can be measured on the basis of the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki Wada, Kengo Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20230411846
    Abstract: A decoupling circuit includes: a first transmission line whose first end is connected to the first antenna element; a second transmission line whose first end is connected to the second antenna element; a first susceptance circuit whose first end is connected to a second end of the first transmission line; a second susceptance circuit whose first end is connected to a second end of the second transmission line and whose second end is connected to a second end of the first susceptance circuit; a third susceptance circuit whose first end is connected to the second end of the first susceptance circuit and whose second end is connected to the ground conductor; a first input and output terminal connected to the first end of the first susceptance circuit; and a second input and output terminal connected to the first end of the second susceptance circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20230378996
    Abstract: A canceler device includes: a line connector having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, the line connector being configured to output a signal provided to the first terminal to the second terminal; and a reflection circuit to output a reflected wave of the signal output to the second terminal to the third terminal. The reflection circuit includes: a first variable resistor having a first end connected to the second terminal; a second variable resistor having a first end connected to the second terminal and a second end grounded; and a parallel resonance circuit having a first end connected to a second end of the first variable resistor and a second end grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo YAMAURA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220069472
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a rod-shaped conductor disposed perpendicularly to a grounding face part; a plurality of first linear members supporting the rod-shaped conductor by a tension structure; a first bent conductor having a first linear conductor disposed so as to branch from the rod-shaped conductor and disposed so as to be inclined with respect to the grounding face part, and a second linear conductor disposed so as to be continuous with a distal end of the first linear conductor and disposed along a first linear member selected from among the plurality of first linear members; a first selective transmission part disposed at an end of the first linear conductor on the same side as the rod-shaped conductor; and a second selective transmission part disposed in the rod-shaped conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo YAMAURA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210367356
    Abstract: The antenna device includes a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a first input and output terminal, a second input and output terminal, a first phase shifter, a first susceptance element, a second susceptance element, a third susceptance element, a fourth susceptance element, a first variable matching circuit, and a second variable matching circuit, and when power is supplied from the first input and output terminal or the second input and output terminal, each susceptance value of the first susceptance element, the second susceptance element, the third susceptance element, and the fourth susceptance element are set so that an excitation amplitude of the first radiation element and an excitation amplitude of the second radiation element have a substantially equal amplitude, and coupling between the first input and output terminal and the second input and output terminal is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210259562
    Abstract: Provided is a biosensor device including: a signal generating unit for generating a continuous wave signal; an antenna for emitting the continuous wave signal as a radio wave; a variable matching circuit for performing impedance matching between the signal generating unit and the antenna; a detection circuit for outputting a detection signal on the basis of the continuous wave signal generated by the signal generating unit and a reflected signal of a radio wave incident on the antenna; and a control unit for controlling an element value of the variable matching circuit from the detection signal in a predetermined period corresponding to one cycle or more time in which heartbeat and respiration waveforms can be measured on the basis of the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki WADA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210194122
    Abstract: An antenna device (4) includes a first phase shifter (24) having one end connected to a fourth terminal (23d) of a directional coupler (23); a second phase shifter (25) having one end connected to a first terminal (23a) of the directional coupler (23); a third phase shifter (26) having one end connected to a second terminal (23b) of the directional coupler (23); a first matching circuit (27) having one end connected to an other end of the second phase shifter (25) and having an other end connected to a first input/output terminal (11); and a second matching circuit (28) having one end connected to an other end of the third phase shifter (26) and having an other end connected to a second input/output terminal (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shimpei AKIMOTO, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20190363435
    Abstract: It is provided with: a variable decoupling circuit (10) connected to a first input/output port (1) and a third input/output port (3), which reduces coupling between the first input/output port (1) and the third input/output port (3); and a coupling measurement circuit (20) that measures a coupled amplitude and a coupled phase between a second input/output port and a fourth input/output port from a signal output from the variable decoupling circuit (10) to the second input/output port when a signal is input from the first input/output port (1) and a signal output from the fourth input/output port to the variable decoupling circuit (10) when a signal is input from the fourth input/output port, in which a controller (30) controls the variable decoupling circuit (10) in accordance with the coupled amplitude and the coupled phase measured by the coupling measurement circuit (20) such that a coupled amplitude between the first input/output port (1) and the third input/output port (3) becomes zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi MAKIMURA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 10243256
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by an antenna device including: a circuit board; a circuit pattern formed by a conductor on a surface of the circuit board; and a minute loop antenna mounted on the circuit board and formed in a loop shape by a conductor having two end portions, wherein the circuit pattern includes at least a feeder circuit configured to supply power to the minute loop antenna, and a ground, and the minute loop antenna is mounted on the circuit board such that: the conductor having the two end portions is connected at one end thereof to the feeder circuit and connected at another end thereof to the ground; a loop surface of the conductor having the two end portions is perpendicular to a plane on which the circuit pattern is formed; and a normal line passing through the loop surface does not pass through the circuit pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Makimura, Kengo Nishimoto, Toru Fukasawa, Kazunori Takahashi, Kazuya Hojo
  • Publication number: 20160336642
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by an antenna device including: a circuit board; a circuit pattern formed by a conductor on a surface of the circuit board; and a minute loop antenna mounted on the circuit board and formed in a loop shape by a conductor having two end portions, wherein the circuit pattern includes at least a feeder circuit configured to supply power to the minute loop antenna, and a ground, and the minute loop antenna is mounted on the circuit board such that: the conductor having the two end portions is connected at one end thereof to the feeder circuit and connected at another end thereof to the ground; a loop surface of the conductor having the two end portions is perpendicular to a plane on which the circuit pattern is formed; and a normal line passing through the loop surface does not pass through the circuit pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi MAKIMURA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Toru FUKASAWA, Kazunori TAKAHASHI, Kazuya HOJO
  • Publication number: 20150255865
    Abstract: A first distribution circuit outputs a high frequency signal inputted from an input/output terminal to an input/output terminal and a connecting portion. A second distribution circuit outputs a high frequency signal inputted from an input/output terminal to an input/output terminal and a connecting portion. An end of a transmission line is connected to the connecting portion and the other end of the transmission line is connected to the connecting portion. A first antenna is connected to the input/output terminal, and a second antenna is connected to the input/output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Nishimoto, Toru Fukasawa, Hiroaki Miyashita