Patents by Inventor Kentaro Isoda

Kentaro Isoda 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: 11874397
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a signal transmission unit for generating a MIMO signal including a plurality of pulse signals, and radiating the MIMO signal into space; a signal reception unit for receiving a reflection signal resulting from reflection, by a target, of the MIMO signal radiated from the signal transmission unit; a demodulation unit for demodulating the MIMO signal from the reflection signal received by the signal reception unit; a beam-forming unit for forming beams in a plurality of different directions, by multiplying the plurality of pulse signals included in the MIMO signal demodulated by the demodulation unit by a respective plurality of different weighting coefficients; a control unit for changing noise power included in each of the beams in the plurality of directions formed by the beam-forming unit, by shifting a phase of the MIMO signal generated by the signal transmission unit and adjusting the plurality of weighting coefficients on the basis of an amount of phase shift of the phase; and a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Isoda
  • Publication number: 20240012104
    Abstract: While transmitting any one transmission signal of a plurality of transmission signals, a transmitting-receiving unit in a radar device acquires, as a reception signal for target detection, a reception signal of a frequency band different from a frequency band of the transmission signal, and blocks a reception signal of the same frequency band as the frequency band of the transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa OKAMOTO, Yasuhide NONAKA, Fuyuki FUKUSHIMA, Kentaro ISODA, Kei SUWA
  • Publication number: 20230341538
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radar signal processing device including a shift unit to shift either one of an ascending sequence signal in which the frequency of a pulse wave rises discretely with time and a descending sequence signal in which the frequency of a pulse wave falls discretely with time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro ISODA
  • Publication number: 20230324507
    Abstract: A radar device includes a suppression band variable filter that, while a circulator outputs any one transmission signal out of a plurality of transmission signals to an antenna, and the antenna transmits the transmission signal, suppresses a signal of the same frequency channel as a frequency channel of the transmission signal, and passes a signal of a frequency channel different from the frequency channel of the transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro ISODA
  • Publication number: 20210190911
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a signal transmission unit for generating a MIMO signal including a plurality of pulse signals, and radiating the MIMO signal into space; a signal reception unit for receiving a reflection signal resulting from reflection, by a target, of the MIMO signal radiated from the signal transmission unit; a demodulation unit for demodulating the MIMO signal from the reflection signal received by the signal reception unit; a beam-forming unit for forming beams in a plurality of different directions, by multiplying the plurality of pulse signals included in the MIMO signal demodulated by the demodulation unit by a respective plurality of different weighting coefficients; a control unit for changing noise power included in each of the beams in the plurality of directions formed by the beam-forming unit, by shifting a phase of the MIMO signal generated by the signal transmission unit and adjusting the plurality of weighting coefficients on the basis of an amount of phase shift of the phase; and a
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro ISODA
  • Patent number: 9140783
    Abstract: In a radar device, a wide band filter unit suppresses unnecessary components contained in a reception signal subjected to frequency conversion by a frequency conversion unit. The wide band filter unit has frequency characteristics for performing filtering so that isolation between transmitting and receiving becomes a desired level or lower. Although the wide band filter unit has an increased noise power compared to a matched filter, the wide band filter performs the filtering so as not to round a pulse waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Isoda
  • Publication number: 20130088380
    Abstract: In a radar device, a wide band filter unit suppresses unnecessary components contained in a reception signal subjected to frequency conversion by a frequency conversion unit. The wide band filter unit has frequency characteristics for performing filtering so that isolation between transmitting and receiving becomes a desired level or lower. Although the wide band filter unit has an increased noise power compared to a matched filter, the wide band filter performs the filtering so as not to round a pulse waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Isoda