Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Wakui

Kiyoshi Wakui 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: 7415255
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a scanning receiver capable of capturing a target radio wave in an extremely short period of time by use of a simple constituting means, a plurality of wide frequency division bands in which a full frequency range is divided into predetermined frequency ranges are set and the field intensities of received radio waves are retrieved using the output of an intermediate frequency amplifier circuit over the set wide frequency division bands in order. Further, when a received radio wave having a field intensity greater than or equal to a prescribed level is obtained upon the above retrieval, receive frequencies are swept from one end of each of the wide frequency division bands to the other end thereof. When a target radio wave can be captured upon the above sweeping, transition to the operation of receiving the target radio wave is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: General Research of Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Wakui, Nobuaki Yokoyama, Kazuo Kawai
  • Publication number: 20060057986
    Abstract: With the objective of providing a scanning receiver capable of capturing a target radio wave in an extremely short period of time by use of a simple constituting means, a plurality of wide frequency division bands in which a full frequency range is divided into predetermined frequency ranges are set and the field intensities of received radio waves are retrieved using the output of an intermediate frequency amplifier circuit over the set wide frequency division bands in order. Further, when a received radio wave having a field intensity greater than or equal to a prescribed level is obtained upon the above retrieval, receive frequencies are swept from one end of each of the wide frequency division bands to the other end thereof. When a target radio wave can be captured upon the above sweeping, transition to the operation of receiving the target radio wave is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: General Research of Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Wakui, Nobuaki Yokoyama, Kazuo Kawai
  • Patent number: 6968165
    Abstract: A frequency scanning receiver minimizes the time needed for setting the frequency of a phased lock loop of a first local oscillator. The frequency scanning receiver is configured so that when the reference frequency of the PLL of the first local oscillator has been set at a high frequency, and the frequency error is less than the second IF, the frequency error is controlled to be zero by the control circuit switching the frequency of a second local oscillator or third local oscillator to an appropriate frequency using an output of a frequency discriminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: General Research of Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadanori Shitara, Kiyoshi Wakui, Nobuaki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20020168953
    Abstract: A frequency scanning receiver comprises a first local oscillator, a second local oscillator, a Nth local oscillator, a memory, a control circuit and etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Sadanori Shitara, Kiyoshi Wakui, Nobuaki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20020160736
    Abstract: A frequency scanning receiver not requiring the time for setting the frequency of the PLL of the first local oscillator and using a method capable of setting the receiving frequency in a simple circuit configuration, wherein the frequency scanning receiver is configured so that in the case where the reference frequency of the PLL of the first local oscillator has been set at a high frequency, when the frequency error is less than the second IF, it is configured so that the frequency error is controlled to be zero by the control circuit switching the frequency of the second local oscillator or the third local oscillator to an appropriate frequency using an output of the frequency discriminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Sadanori Shitara, Kiyoshi Wakui, Nobuaki Yokoyama