Patents by Inventor Kimihiro Maruyama

Kimihiro Maruyama 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: 20240027601
    Abstract: A detection device includes a transmitter configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave or a sound wave as a transmission signal, a receiver configured to receive a signal obtained by reflecting the transmission signal from an object, as a reception signal, a mixer configured to mix the transmission signal and the reception signal and output a mixed signal as an intermediate signal, and a detector configured to detect a motion of the object and a distance to the object from the intermediate signal, wherein the detector performs first sampling of the intermediate signal at a first sampling time in a first time interval when detecting the motion of the object, and the detector performs second sampling at a second sampling time in a second time interval smaller than the first time interval, between adjacent first sampling times when detecting the distance to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaru SAKURAI, Shunichi IIZUKA, Kimihiro MARUYAMA, Fumiya SHINOHARA, Ryohei OKADA
  • Patent number: 11650283
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency signal as a transmission signal; a receiver that receives a reception signal including a reflection signal formed by reflecting the transmission signal at a target; and a controller that detects the target based on a frequency of the reflection signal, and changes a frequency of the transmission signal based on a frequency of the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko Saito, Masaru Sakurai, Syunichi Iizuka, Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11619704
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency signal as a transmission signal; a receiver that receives a reception signal including a reflection signal formed by reflecting the transmission signal at a target; and a controller that detects the target based on a frequency of the reflection signal, and changes a frequency of the transmission signal based on a frequency of the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko Saito, Masaru Sakurai, Syunichi Iizuka, Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10916827
    Abstract: A wireless module including: a substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface on the back side of the first surface; a plurality of signal terminals that are provided on the first surface and the second surface, input and output signals; an antenna provided on the first surface; a signal processing circuit that is provided on the second surface, is connected between the signal terminals and the antenna, and performs various signal processings on signals input from the signal terminals and the antenna; wherein the signal terminals are arranged in horizontal symmetry on the first surface and the second surface, arranged at the same positions of the first surface and the second surface, and connected to a single signal line in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Kimihiro Maruyama, Masakazu Muranaga, Masaru Sakurai, Tatsuya Kakehashi
  • Publication number: 20200256945
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a transmitter that transmits a high-frequency signal as a transmission signal; a receiver that receives a reception signal including a reflection signal formed by reflecting the transmission signal at a target; and a controller that detects the target based on a frequency of the reflection signal, and changes a frequency of the transmission signal based on a frequency of the reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Maiko SAITO, Masaru SAKURAI, Syunichi IIZUKA, Masahiro YANAGI, Kimihiro MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190296417
    Abstract: A wireless module including: a substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface on the back side of the first surface; a plurality of signal terminals that are provided on the first surface and the second surface, input and output signals; an antenna provided on the first surface; a signal processing circuit that is provided on the second surface, is connected between the signal terminals and the antenna, and performs various signal processings on signals input from the signal terminals and the antenna; wherein the signal terminals are arranged in horizontal symmetry on the first surface and the second surface, arranged at the same positions of the first surface and the second surface, and connected to a single signal line in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Kimihiro MARUYAMA, Masakazu MURANAGA, Masaru SAKURAI, Tatsuya KAKEHASHI
  • Patent number: 10292204
    Abstract: A wireless communication device that communicates with a plurality of slave units, including: a transmitter that transmits a data transmission instruction including a first identification information of a single slave unit among the plurality of slave units; a receiver that receives data corresponding to the data transmission instruction from the single slave unit; wherein the transmitter transmits to the plurality of slave units acknowledgment data which has incorporated second identification information into an acknowledgment to the data received from the single slave unit, the second identification information indicating another slave unit which transmits data corresponding to a next data transmission instruction to the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Kakehashi
  • Patent number: 10271160
    Abstract: A communication device communicatable with an information processing device, including: a communicator that communicates with the information processing device; a detector that detects the movement of the communication device; an acquirer that acquires position information of the communication device by using one of different communication methods; and a selector that selects a communication method in which the acquirer acquires the position information, based on a selection signal transmitted from the information processing device; wherein when the detector detects the movement of the communication device, the communicator communicates with the information processing device, and the acquirer acquires the position information of the communication device by using the communication method selected by the selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Kakehashi
  • Patent number: 10234493
    Abstract: A wireless module includes a substrate, an antenna provided on a surface of the substrate, and a circuit, provided on the substrate, and configured to transmit and receive signals through the antenna. The antenna includes a terminal provided on a tip end part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Hironobu Matsumoto, Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsushi Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20180270604
    Abstract: A communication device communicatable with an information processing device, including: a communicator that communicates with the information processing device; a detector that detects the movement of the communication device; an acquirer that acquires position information of the communication device by using one of different communication methods; and a selector that selects a communication method in which the acquirer acquires the position information, based on a selection signal transmitted from the information processing device; wherein when the detector detects the movement of the communication device, the communicator communicates with the information processing device, and the acquirer acquires the position information of the communication device by using the communication method selected by the selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro YANAGI, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Kakehashi
  • Publication number: 20180014352
    Abstract: A wireless communication device that communicates with a plurality of slave units, including: a transmitter that transmits a data transmission instruction including a first identification information of a single slave unit among the plurality of slave units; a receiver that receives data corresponding to the data transmission instruction from the single slave unit; wherein the transmitter transmits to the plurality of slave units acknowledgment data which has incorporated second identification information into an acknowledgment to the data received from the single slave unit, the second identification information indicating another slave unit which transmits data corresponding to a next data transmission instruction to the wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro YANAGI, Kimihiro MARUYAMA, Tatsuya KAKEHASHI
  • Patent number: 9814087
    Abstract: A communication system in which a communication apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate, upon receiving a search signal from a new communication apparatus, a first time length by multiplying a first weighting time length by a relay count in a communication route to a destination, a second time length by multiplying a second weighting time length shorter than the first weighting time length by the signal strength of each communication link in the communication route, and a third time length by adding the first and second time lengths, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a response signal upon passage of the third time length from the receipt of the search signal, wherein upon receiving the response signal from one of the communication apparatuses ahead of any other response signals, the new communication apparatus sets the one of the communication apparatuses as the most adjacent relay point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Kakehashi
  • Patent number: 9693285
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a first apparatus that is able to wirelessly communicate with the communication apparatus; a first selection unit that determines a route for communication between the communication apparatus and a communication destination, the route may include an intervening apparatus that relays communication between the communication apparatus and the communication destination, and selects, if plural routes are determined, a first route where a number of the intervening apparatuses is smallest from among the determined routes; and a second selection unit that, when two or more first routes are selected by the first selection unit, calculates, for each of the first routes, a sum of squares of each of first signal strength between two apparatuses in the determined first route as a second signal strength, and selects the route having the highest second signal strength from the determined first routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Kakehashi
  • Publication number: 20160212787
    Abstract: A communication system in which a communication apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate, upon receiving a search signal from a new communication apparatus, a first time length by multiplying a first weighting time length by a relay count in a communication route to a destination, a second time length by multiplying a second weighting time length shorter than the first weighting time length by the signal strength of each communication link in the communication route, and a third time length by adding the first and second time lengths, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a response signal upon passage of the third time length from the receipt of the search signal, wherein upon receiving the response signal from one of the communication apparatuses ahead of any other response signals, the new communication apparatus sets the one of the communication apparatuses as the most adjacent relay point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Kakehashi
  • Publication number: 20160069943
    Abstract: A wireless module includes a substrate, an antenna provided on a surface of the substrate, and a circuit, provided on the substrate, and configured to transmit and receive signals through the antenna. The antenna includes a terminal provided on a tip end part thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Hironobu Matsumoto, Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsushi Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20150249949
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a first apparatus that is able to wirelessly communicate with the communication apparatus; a first selection unit that determines a route for communication between the communication apparatus and a communication destination, the route may include an intervening apparatus that relays communication between the communication apparatus and the communication destination, and selects, if plural routes are determined, a first route where a number of the intervening apparatuses is smallest from among the determined routes; and a second selection unit that, when two or more first routes are selected by the first selection unit, calculates, for each of the first routes, a sum of squares of each of first signal strength between two apparatuses in the determined first route as a second signal strength, and selects the route having the highest second signal strength from the determined first routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro Yanagi, Kimihiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Kakehashi
  • Patent number: 8665171
    Abstract: A diversity antenna apparatus includes a feed line through which radio communication power is transmitted, antennas connected in cascade through the feed line, and a first rectifier device placed in the feed line, wherein a first one of the antennas and a second one of the antennas each include a second rectifier device having an input terminal thereof connected to the feed line, an antenna device connected to an output of the first rectifier device, and a third rectifier device having an input terminal thereof connected to a connection point between the second rectifier device and the antenna device, and having an output terminal thereof grounded, wherein the first rectifier device placed in the feed line connects between the input terminal of the second rectifier device of the first one of the antennas and the input terminal of the second rectifier device of the second one of the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventor: Kimihiro Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20130044040
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, includes: a first connector that attaches a portable module incorporating an antenna; and a first antenna that transmits and receives a signal to/from the antenna; wherein when the portable module is attached to the first connector, the first antenna is fixed at a position on a substrate which is opposed to the antenna, and the first antenna is connected to a second antenna having a gain larger than a gain of the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Kimihiro MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120133570
    Abstract: A diversity antenna apparatus includes a feed line through which radio communication power is transmitted, antennas connected in cascade through the feed line, and a first rectifier device placed in the feed line, wherein a first one of the antennas and a second one of the antennas each include a second rectifier device having an input terminal thereof connected to the feed line, an antenna device connected to an output of the first rectifier device, and a third rectifier device having an input terminal thereof connected to a connection point between the second rectifier device and the antenna device, and having an output terminal thereof grounded, wherein the first rectifier device placed in the feed line connects between the input terminal of the second rectifier device of the first one of the antennas and the input terminal of the second rectifier device of the second one of the antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Kimihiro Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20120044625
    Abstract: A card module includes a top case, a bottom case engaged with the top case, a substrate being positioned between the top case and the bottom case and including a first connection terminal, an electronic device provided in a space formed by engaging the top case with the bottom case, and a terminal substrate including a first surface on which a second connection terminal is formed, a second surface on which an electrode terminal is formed, and a through-hole in which a connection electrode is formed. The first connection terminal is connected to the second connection terminal. The second connection terminal and the electrode terminal are connected via the connection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Muranaga, Kimihiro Maruyama, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi