Patents by Inventor Kenji Inomata
Kenji Inomata 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).
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Patent number: 10640134Abstract: Based on a ratio between Doppler frequencies calculated from a plurality of reception signals outputted by a receiver, a position detector calculates a relative position of a plurality of antennas in a mobile wireless apparatus to a stationary wireless apparatus. A train position detector calculates a position of a train from the calculated relative position, a placement position of the stationary wireless apparatus and placement positions in the train of the plurality of antennas.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Misubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Wataru Tsujita, Kenji Inomata, Seiya Nagashima, Kazuhiro Tahara
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Patent number: 9904276Abstract: An access-level control apparatus includes an NC machine tool, an RFID that is held by an operator and stores an ID given to the operator, a reader unit that reads out the ID, an authenticating unit that determines operator processing limitation information including an operable range by the operator associated with the ID or display information provided to the operator, an operation/display limiting unit that limits processing by the operator for the NC machine tool on the basis of the operator processing limitation information, and a separation detecting unit that periodically reads out, after the authentication, the ID in the RFID, performs re-authentication, and detects presence or absence of separation of the operator. When detecting as a result of the re-authentication that the operator separates from the NC machine tool, the separation detecting unit releases the authentication.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshitsugu Sawa, Junji Kondo, Kenji Inomata, Nobuyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9779892Abstract: A target pole-close timing determining unit corrects a breaker characteristic correction signal of a preceding turn-on phase by using a correction amount which is proportional to an absolute value of the interpolar voltage upon turn-on of the proceeding turn-on phase, and a correction amount which is proportional to an elapsed time after a target pole-close timing of the preceding turn-on phase, to generate a subsequent phase interpolar voltage signal, and determines a target pole-close timing of the subsequent turn-on phase at a timing when the subsequent phase interpolar voltage signal is equal to or smaller than a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shoichi Kobayashi, Takashi Shindoi, Kenji Inomata, Tomohito Mori, Daigo Matsumoto, Aya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9620969Abstract: A storage battery equalization device is provided with: a battery pack including a plurality of storage battery modules; a plurality of equalization circuits corresponding to the respective storage battery modules, each including a DC/AC mutual converter circuit, a variable capacitor, and a transformer; external wirings interconnecting secondary windings of the transformers; voltage monitors each being connected across both electrodes of a corresponding storage battery module; and an equalization control unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shoichi Kobayashi, Takashi Shindoi, Hiroshi Araki, Kenji Inomata, Toshihiro Wada, Shoji Yoshioka
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Patent number: 9588236Abstract: A radioactivity analyzing apparatus for analyzing a radionuclide contained in a sample material. The apparatus includes a radiation detector that detects a radiation to be detected emitted from the sample material and a radiation analyzer configured to analyze the radiation based on an output from the radiation detector. The radiation analyzer includes a pulse-height analyzer configured to extract a pulse-height distribution from a pulse signal being output from the radiation detector and depending on the radiation, an inverse-problem operator configured to perform an inverse-problem solution of the pulse-height distribution to extract an energy spectrum of the radiation, and a deterioration detector configured to determine a deterioration state of the radiation detector based on the extracted energy spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsushi Azuma, Masateru Hayashi, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Hajime Nakajima, Kenji Inomata, Masakazu Nakanishi, Toshihide Aiba
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Patent number: 9544315Abstract: An access-level control apparatus includes an NC machine tool, an RFID that is held by an operator and stores an ID given to the operator, a reader unit that reads out the ID in the RFID, an authenticating unit that determines operator processing limitation information including an operable range by the operator associated with the ID or display information provided to the operator, and an operation/display limiting unit that limits processing by the operator for the NC machine tool on the basis of the operator processing limitation information. The reader unit includes a transmission antenna that calls the RFID. The transmission antenna is disposed in parallel to a rotation axis of a motor unit of the NC machine tool.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshitsugu Sawa, Junji Kondo, Kenji Inomata, Nobuyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9500747Abstract: A travel distance measurement device includes a transmitting antenna that is disposed in a vehicle and emits a transmission signal, as a radio wave, toward a ground surface, a receiving antenna that is disposed in the vicinity of the transmitting antenna, and receives a radio wave reflected from the ground surface and acquires a reflection signal, and a distance calculator (an IQ demodulator and a phase conversion integrator) that calculates the travel distance of the vehicle on the basis of the phase of the acquired reflection signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenji Inomata, Wataru Tsujita, Kazuhiro Tahara, Seiya Nagashima
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Publication number: 20160325766Abstract: Based on a ratio between Doppler frequencies calculated from a plurality of reception signals outputted by a receiver, a position detector calculates a relative position of a plurality of antennas in a mobile wireless apparatus to a stationary wireless apparatus. A train position detector calculates a position of a train from the calculated relative position, a placement position of the stationary wireless apparatus and placement positions in the train of the plurality of antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Wataru TSUJITA, Kenji INOMATA, Seiya NAGASHIMA, Kazuhiro TAHARA
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Patent number: 9488500Abstract: A reflector apparatus includes reflectors, which respectively radiate reflected waves in predetermined polarization directions. A polarized wave information reading circuit fixed to a moving body radiates a radio wave toward the reflecting apparatus from a transmitting antenna, receives reflected waves from the reflecting apparatus, and generates a received level difference signal that corresponds to a polarization direction of the received reflected waves. A position calculating circuit calculates a position of the polarized wave information reading circuit based on the received level difference signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Wataru Tsujita, Kenji Inomata, Masahiro Watanabe, Masahiro Shikai
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Publication number: 20160299222Abstract: A radar device including an ADC that performs slide sampling on frequency difference signals outputted from a mixer, and classifies sampling data about the frequency difference signals according to range bins based on a distance resolution corresponding to a pulse width set by a controller, and a speed discrimination unit that separates the sampling data about each range bin after being classified by the ADC according to relative speeds of objects. A distance and speed measurement unit calculates the distance to and the relative speed of an object which has reflected a transmission pulse by using the sampling data after being separated according to relative speeds by the speed discrimination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Yoshitsugu Sawa, Kenji Inomata, Satoru Inoue
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Publication number: 20160285883Abstract: An access-level control apparatus includes an NC machine tool, an RFID that is held by an operator and stores an ID given to the operator, a reader unit that reads out the ID in the RFID, an authenticating unit that determines operator processing limitation information including an operable range by the operator associated with the ID or display information provided to the operator, and an operation/display limiting unit that limits processing by the operator for the NC machine tool on the basis of the operator processing limitation information. The reader unit includes a transmission antenna that calls the RFID. The transmission antenna is disposed in parallel to a rotation axis of a motor unit of the NC machine tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshitsugu SAWA, Junji KONDO, Kenji INOMATA, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20160239018Abstract: An access-level control apparatus includes an NC machine tool, an RFID that is held by an operator and stores an ID given to the operator, a reader unit that reads out the ID, an authenticating unit that determines operator processing limitation information including an operable range by the operator associated with the ID or display information provided to the operator, an operation/display limiting unit that limits processing by the operator for the NC machine tool on the basis of the operator processing limitation information, and a separation detecting unit that periodically reads out, after the authentication, the ID in the RFID, performs re-authentication, and detects presence or absence of separation of the operator. When detecting as a result of the re-authentication that the operator separates from the NC machine tool, the separation detecting unit releases the authentication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshitsugu SAWA, Junji KONDO, Kenji INOMATA, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9348012Abstract: In a vehicle inclination detecting device, a receiving unit includes a switching unit for alternately switching between a received signal from a first receiving antenna and a received signal from a second receiving antenna to alternately output the received signals to an orthogonal detector. The orthogonal detector carries out orthogonal detection on each of the two received signals from the switching unit and an oscillating signal from an oscillator by using an identical line.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Wataru Tsujita, Kenji Inomata, Takashi Ohsawa, Masahiro Shikai
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Patent number: 9336683Abstract: A travel distance measurement device includes a transmitting antenna that is disposed in a vehicle and emits a transmission signal, as a radio wave, toward a ground surface, a receiving antenna that is disposed in the vicinity of the transmitting antenna, and receives a radio wave reflected from the ground surface and acquires a reflection signal, a distance calculator (an IQ demodulator and a phase conversion integrator) that calculates the travel distance of the vehicle on the basis of the acquired reflection signal, a gyro sensor that measures a predetermined parameter regarding curve traveling of the vehicle, and a correcting operation unit that corrects the calculated travel distance on the basis of the measured parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenji Inomata, Wataru Tsujita, Kazuhiro Tahara, Seiya Nagashima
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Publication number: 20150362591Abstract: In a radar apparatus having a transmitting antenna that radiates a transmission signal for detecting an obstacle, and a receiving antenna that receives a reflected wave reflected on the obstacle as a reception signal, a beat signal that is a frequency difference between the transmission signal and the reception signal is generated, and presence or absence of the obstacle is detected on the basis of a frequency analysis result of the beat signal. When an obstacle is detected, the relative velocity and the relative distance of the obstacle with respect to the radar apparatus are calculated on the basis of the frequency analysis result of the beat signal, the relative velocity and the relative distance at next measurement of the obstacle with respect to the radar apparatus are estimated, and the transmission signal is controlled so that the beat signal of a large obstacle is eliminated at next measurement on the basis of the estimated relative velocity and relative distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitsugu SAWA, Hiroshi ARAKI, Kenji INOMATA
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Publication number: 20150357843Abstract: A storage battery equalization device is provided with: a battery pack including a plurality of storage battery modules; a plurality of equalization circuits corresponding to the respective storage battery modules, each including a DC/AC mutual converter circuit, a variable capacitor, and a transformer; external wirings interconnecting secondary windings of the transformers; voltage monitors each being connected across both electrodes of a corresponding storage battery module; and an equalization control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi KOBAYASHI, Takashi SHINDOI, Hiroshi ARAKI, Kenji INOMATA, Toshihiro WADA, Shoji YOSHIOKA
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Publication number: 20150294814Abstract: A target pole-close timing determining unit corrects a breaker characteristic correction signal of a preceding turn-on phase by using a correction amount which is proportional to an absolute value of the interpolar voltage upon turn-on of the proceeding turn-on phase, and a correction amount which is proportional to an elapsed time after a target pole-close timing of the preceding turn-on phase, to generate a subsequent phase interpolar voltage signal, and determines a target pole-close timing of the subsequent turn-on phase at a timing when the subsequent phase interpolar voltage signal is equal to or smaller than a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Kobayashi, Takashi Shindoi, Kenji Inomata, Tomohito Mori, Daigo Matsumoto, Aya Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150212214Abstract: A radioactivity analyzing apparatus for analyzing a radionuclide contained in a sample material. The apparatus includes a radiation detector that detects a radiation to be detected emitted from the sample material and a radiation analyzer configured to analyze the radiation based on an output from the radiation detector. The radiation analyzer includes a pulse-height analyzer configured to extract a pulse-height distribution from a pulse signal being output from the radiation detector and depending on the radiation, an inverse-problem operator configured to perform an inverse-problem solution of the pulse-height distribution to extract an energy spectrum of the radiation, and a deterioration detector configured to determine a deterioration state of the radiation detector based on the extracted energy spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsushi Azuma, Masateru Hayashi, Hiroshi Nishizawa, Hajime Nakajima, Kenji Inomata, Masakazu Nakanishi, Toshihide Aiba
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Patent number: 9052392Abstract: A velocity measurement apparatus comprising: first and second surface profile sensors for acquiring first and second surface profile data, a memory for storing the first and second surface profile data, and a calculation unit for calculating a velocity of a moving object. Each surface profile sensors acquires the corresponding surface profile data by measuring signal levels of reflected waves corresponding to a radio wave emitted to a ground surface and then reflected from structures on the ground surface, and measuring propagation durations from the emission of the radio wave to the return of the respective reflected waves. The calculation unit compares the first and second surface profile data, determines a difference between their measurement times, and divides a distance between the first and second surface profile sensors by the difference between the measurement times to calculate the velocity of the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenji Inomata, Masahiro Watanabe, Hiroshi Araki, Takahisa Murakami
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Patent number: 8878718Abstract: A normalization processing circuit normalizes a position of a complex demodulation signal on a complex plane from an A/D converter, and outputs a normalized complex demodulation signal after the normalization to a multiple-dimensional feature extractor. The multiple-dimensional feature extractor calculates a feature quantity that changes when a person intrudes, a feature quantity that changes in wind and rain, and a feature quantity that changes when a spatially isolated intense electric field exists. A discriminator discriminates that a person has intruded based on the feature quantities of three dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2010Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Koichi Ikuta, Naoki Aizawa, Kenji Inomata, Hiroshi Kage, Kazuhiko Sumi