Patents by Inventor Kenichi Kawasaki

Kenichi Kawasaki 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: 20240135716
    Abstract: A congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) acquires a captured image (50) generated by an in-vehicle camera that captures an inside of a target vehicle. The congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) determines, for each of persons (30) present in the target vehicle, an area (20) in which the person (30) is positioned out of a plurality of areas (20) in the target vehicle using the captured image (50). The congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) determines the congestion degree of the target vehicle using the number of the persons (30) positioned in each of two or more of the areas (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi SATO, Atsushi KITAURA, Kenichi ABE, Xiaosu DIAO, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Kaori YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240136719
    Abstract: An antenna module is an antenna module including at least a first radiation electrode, and a first power feeding electrode coupled with the first radiation electrode, and includes: a first dielectric layer including the first power feeding electrode; and a second dielectric layer disposed at one side of the first dielectric layer in a thickness direction of the first power feeding electrode, and a fracture toughness value of the second dielectric layer is larger than a fracture toughness value of the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi TEZUKA, Aozora KAWASAKI, Shin TAKANE, Yousuke FUTAMATA, Yasufumi FUKASAWA
  • Patent number: 11964950
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, for example, a compound represented by the general formula below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of the compound or salt: wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are each independently —CR2? or N?, R2 is, for example, a halogen atom, R1 is, for example, —S(?O)2—NH—R8, R8 is, for example, a C1-6 alkyl group, R3 is, for example, a hydrogen atom, R5 is, for example, a halogen atom, R6 is, for example, a hydrogen atom, and R4 is, for example, a cyclopropyl group. The compounds, salts or solvates provided by the present disclosure exhibit high RAF/MEK complex-stabilizing activity and can be used for the treatment or prevention of cell proliferative disorders, particularly cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Isshiki, Fumio Watanabe, Masaki Tomizawa, Kihito Hada, Kazuo Hattori, Kenichi Kawasaki, Ikumi Hyodo, Toshihiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 11909122
    Abstract: Provided is a moving object mounted radar antenna including an antenna substrate that includes a main flat surface facing an object, a first antenna element that is allowed to receive a polarization component in a first polarization direction parallel to the main flat surface, a second antenna element that is allowed to receive a polarization component in a second polarization direction perpendicular to the main flat surface, and a separation portion that electrically separates the first antenna element and the second antenna element. Each of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, and the separation portion being provided on the antenna substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawasaki, Takahiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11888243
    Abstract: An antenna (1) according to the present disclosure includes a plate-shaped transparent dielectric member (10), a patch antenna (20), a ground plane (30), and a transparent conductive film (40). The patch antenna (20) is disposed on a front face (11) of the transparent dielectric member (10) and includes holes portions (22) inside the patch antenna (20). The ground plane (30) is disposed on a back face (12) of the transparent dielectric member (10) and includes hole portions (32) inside the ground plane (30). The transparent conductive film (40) is disposed at the hole portions (22) of the patch antenna (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Okada, Kenichi Kawasaki, Sachio Iida
  • Patent number: 11852712
    Abstract: To provide a radar device capable of improving azimuth estimation accuracy by compensating the Doppler phase shift of a moving target in a TDMA FMCW MIMO radar device. Provided is a radar device that allows transmitting antennas to perform transmission by performing sequential switching such that antenna element numbers are anterior-posterior symmetrical centering on a reference time and synthesizes a beat signal at the reference time from a first beat signal received by a receiving antenna before the reference time and a second beat signal received after the reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Sachio Iida, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11719788
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus including a first position calculation unit that calculates a three-dimensional position of a target on a first coordinate system from a stereo image captured by a stereo camera, a second position calculation unit that calculates a three-dimensional position of the target on a second coordinate system from a sensor signal of a sensor capable of obtaining position information of at least one of a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction and position information of a depth direction, a correspondence detection unit that detects a correspondence relationship between the target on the first coordinate system and the target on the second coordinate system, and a positional relationship information estimating unit that estimates positional relationship information of the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system on the basis of the detected correspondence relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto Motoyama, Yasuhiro Sutou, Toshio Yamazaki, Hideki Oyaizu, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20230002333
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, for example, a compound represented by general formula (6) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of the compound or salt: wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are each independently —CR2? or —N?, R2 is, for example, a halogen atom, R1 is, for example, —S(?O)2—NH—R8, R8 is, for example, a C1-6 alkyl group, R3 is, for example, a hydrogen atom, R5 is, for example, a halogen atom, R6 is, for example, a hydrogen atom, and R4 is, for example, a cyclopropyl group. The compounds, salts or solvates provided by the present disclosure exhibit high RAF/MEK complex-stabilizing activity and can be used for the treatment or prevention of cell proliferative disorders, particularly cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Isshiki, Fumio Watanabe, Masaki Tomizawa, Kihito Hada, Kazuo Hattori, Kenichi Kawasaki, Ikumi Hyodo, Toshihiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 11534085
    Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device capable of distinguishing and measuring a plurality of measurement targets even with simple configuration. The signal processing device including a reception processing unit that receives a response to a predetermined signal transmitted from a transmission antenna, and a determination unit that determines the plurality of measurement targets by a response to a plurality of signals corresponding to a second direction having a predetermined range different from a first direction having a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenori Uchida, Kenichi Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20220302577
    Abstract: Provided is a moving object mounted radar antenna (100) including: an antenna substrate (110) including a main flat surface facing an object; a first antenna element (120a) that is allowed to receive a polarization component in a first polarization direction parallel to the main flat surface; a second antenna element (120b) that is allowed to receive a polarization component in a second polarization direction perpendicular to the main flat surface; and a separation portion (112c) that electrically separates the first antenna element and the second antenna element, each of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, and the separation portion being provided on the antenna substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: KENICHI KAWASAKI, TAKAHIRO TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220109239
    Abstract: An antenna (1) according to the present disclosure includes a plate-shaped transparent dielectric member (10), a patch antenna (20), a ground plane (30), and a transparent conductive film (40). The patch antenna (20) is disposed on a front face (11) of the transparent dielectric member (10) and includes holes portions (22) inside the patch antenna (20). The ground plane (30) is disposed on a back face (12) of the transparent dielectric member (10) and includes hole portions (32) inside the ground plane (30). The transparent conductive film (40) is disposed at the hole portions (22) of the patch antenna (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: YASUHIRO OKADA, KENICHI KAWASAKI, SACHIO IIDA
  • Publication number: 20210356579
    Abstract: To provide a radar device capable of improving azimuth estimation accuracy by compensating the Doppler phase shift of a moving target in a TDMA FMCW MIMO radar device. Provided is a radar device that allows transmitting antennas to perform transmission by performing sequential switching such that antenna element numbers are anterior-posterior symmetrical centering on a reference time and synthesizes a beat signal at the reference time from a first beat signal received by a receiving antenna before the reference time and a second beat signal received after the reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachio IIDA, Kenichi KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11119203
    Abstract: To provide a radar device capable of improving azimuth estimation accuracy by compensating the Doppler phase shift of a moving target in a TDMA FMCW MIMO radar device. Provided is a radar device that allows transmitting antennas to perform transmission by performing sequential switching such that antenna element numbers are anterior-posterior symmetrical centering on a reference time and synthesizes a beat signal at the reference time from a first beat signal received by a receiving antenna before the reference time and a second beat signal received after the reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Sachio Iida, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20210223360
    Abstract: To provide a radar device, capable of eliminating the influence based on the local feedthrough in the FMCW radar device. There is provided a radar device including: an oscillator configured to oscillate a local signal; a transmitting antenna configured to emit a transmission signal based on the local signal; a receiving antenna configured to receive a reflected wave in which the transmission signal is reflected from a target; a mixer configured to multiply the reflected wave and the local signal by each other to produce a multiplied signal; and a first shifter provided between the oscillator and the mixer and configured to shift a phase of the local signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Sachio IIDA, Kenichi KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11061111
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and an object detection system. A stereo camera performs imaging by a right camera and a left camera to acquire a stereo image and a millimeter wave radar acquires a radar image in which a position of an object is detected in a radiation range of millimeter waves by using millimeter waves. Then, by communication via a communication apparatus with a target in which positional information is known, it is determined whether or not the target is reliable, and in a case where it is determined that the target is reliable, calibration processing is performed for eliminating a deviation in coordinate systems generated in the stereo image and the radar image in which the target is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Yamazaki, Kenichi Kawasaki, Ryo Sawai, Shingo Tsurumi, Akihiko Kaino, Takuto Motoyama
  • Patent number: 11002830
    Abstract: To provide a radar device, capable of eliminating the influence based on the local feedthrough in the FMCW radar device. There is provided a radar device including: an oscillator configured to oscillate a local signal; a transmitting antenna configured to emit a transmission signal based on the local signal; a receiving antenna configured to receive a reflected wave in which the transmission signal is reflected from a target; a mixer configured to multiply the reflected wave and the local signal by each other to produce a multiplied signal; and a first shifter provided between the oscillator and the mixer and configured to shift a phase of the local signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Sachio Iida, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20210124013
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus including a first position calculation unit that calculates a three-dimensional position of a target on a first coordinate system from a stereo image captured by a stereo camera, a second position calculation unit that calculates a three-dimensional position of the target on a second coordinate system from a sensor signal of a sensor capable of obtaining position information of at least one of a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction and position information of a depth direction, a correspondence detection unit that detects a correspondence relationship between the target on the first coordinate system and the target on the second coordinate system, and a positional relationship information estimating unit that estimates positional relationship information of the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system on the basis of the detected correspondence relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto Motoyama, Yasuhiro Sutou, Toshio Yamazaki, Hideki Oyaizu, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10942268
    Abstract: There is provided a MIMO radar device including: a first array antenna configured to have L (L?2) antenna elements disposed in one direction under a first rule; and a second array antenna configured to have M (M?2) antenna elements disposed in a same direction as the one direction of the first array antenna under a second rule, and to have at least two of the M antenna elements provided across the first array antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Sachio Iida, Kenichi Kawasaki, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 10908257
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus including a first position calculation unit that calculates a three-dimensional position of a target on a first coordinate system from a stereo image captured by a stereo camera, a second position calculation unit that calculates a three-dimensional position of the target on a second coordinate system from a sensor signal of a sensor capable of obtaining position information of at least one of a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction and position information of a depth direction, a correspondence detection unit that detects a correspondence relationship between the target on the first coordinate system and the target on the second coordinate system, and a positional relationship information estimating unit that estimates positional relationship information of the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system on the basis of the detected correspondence relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto Motoyama, Yasuhiro Sutou, Toshio Yamazaki, Hideki Oyaizu, Kenichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20200264276
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and an object detection system. A stereo camera performs imaging by a right camera and a left camera to acquire a stereo image and a millimeter wave radar acquires a radar image in which a position of an object is detected in a radiation range of millimeter waves by using millimeter waves. Then, by communication via a communication apparatus with a target in which positional information is known, it is determined whether or not the target is reliable, and in a case where it is determined that the target is reliable, calibration processing is performed for eliminating a deviation in coordinate systems generated in the stereo image and the radar image in which the target is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: TOSHIO YAMAZAKI, KENICHI KAWASAKI, RYO SAWAI, SHINGO TSURUMI, AKIHIKO KAINO, TAKUTO MOTOYAMA